46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080276642 | COOLER AND COOLER ACCESSORY WITH INTEGRATED LIQUID DISPENSER - A cooler comprising a container body having an exterior surface and at least a partially hollow interior. The container body has one or more receptacles formed within its exterior surface and extending into the hollow interior. The receptacles have enclosed bottom and side surfaces and open tops. The hollow interior of the container body is sealed and provides a fluid-tight reservoir to hold a fluid or a frozen or partially frozen fluid or gel. The container further contains a dispenser to permit the controlled release of fluid stored in the interior of the container. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276643 | Thermally Insulated Transport Container For Cell-Based Products and Related Methods - The present invention provides a temperature sensitive transport container ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276644 | Domestic appliance with a cooling apparatus - The invention proposes a domestic appliance having a cooling unit with a sorbent from which a refrigerant can be separated by the application of energy, having a condensation unit for condensing the separated refrigerant, and a cooling unit for dispensing the cold of evaporation of the evaporated refrigerant, and having a control unit for temporally separately controlling the application of energy to the sorbent for separating the refrigerant from the sorbent firstly at a first time and dispensing cold by evaporating refrigerant in the cooling unit at another time, characterized in that the cooling unit is in the form of a physical unit which is separate from the condensation unit and is connected to the said condensation unit via a refrigerant-carrying line. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276645 | MULTI-COMPARTMENT FLEXIBLE POUCH WITH AN INSULATED COMPARTMENT - A multi-compartment flexible pouch with an insulated compartment and method of forming includes a pouch body formed from a panel of material, and the pouch body has at least one compartment for a product. An opening means for accessing the product is disposed in the pouch body. A first insulating compartment seal having a predetermined shape is applied to the pouch body and a second insulating compartment seal having a predetermined shape is applied to the pouch body and spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first seal to form the insulated compartment. The insulated compartment contains a pressurized gas and a surface temperature of the insulated compartment is less than a surface temperature of the product compartment after the pouch is heated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276646 | Conformable nosing device for reducing motion and stress within a glass sheet while manufacturing the glass sheet - A conformable nosing device is described herein which conforms to have a bowed shape that substantially matches a bowed shape of a glass sheet and which engages the glass sheet to help minimize the motion of the glass sheet and to help reduce the stress within the glass sheet while the glass sheet is being scored and separated into individual glass sheets. In addition, the conformable nosing device can include a passive nosing device which can be controlled to further help minimize the motion of the glass sheet while the glass sheet is being scored and separated into individual glass sheets. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276647 | Support apparatus to maintain physical geometry of sheet glass and methods of using same - Disclosed are devices and methods for supporting glass sheets during a thermal treatment process, such as heat treating, to maintain the physical geometry of the glass sheets. The device can comprise means for separating adjacent glass sheets to prevent them from touching. The separating means can comprise a separation comb having projections and channels configured for receiving the glass sheets, separating rods configured to be positioned between the glass sheets, or a combination of separation combs and separating rods. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276648 | Method for Glass Preparation - The invention concerns a method for preparing glass from raw materials in powder form in a furnace comprising three side walls, a roof, an upstream pinion and at least one air injector associated with a gas or liquid fuel injector, at least one of said injectors being arranged in said side walls, in said roof or in said upstream pinion. Said method includes the following steps: injecting air and gas or liquid fuel through said injectors, at least one flame being generated immediately proximate the zone where said raw materials in powder form cover the glass solution. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276649 | Isopipe sag control using improved end support conditions - The invention is directed to a method of preventing isopipe sag when using the overflow drawdown fusion process for making flat glass sheets. The method applies a vertical restraint on at least one end of an isopipe resting on a support to thereby reduce sage and/or the rate of sag during use of the isopipe. Using the vertical restraint block in accordance with the invention, the sag and/or rate of sag has been found to be reduced by at least 40 percent relative to an isopipe that does not use the vertical restraints of the invention or a compressive force along the sides of the isopipe. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276650 | Microstructured optical fibers and methods - Method of making a microstructured optical fiber. Silica glass based soot is deposited on a substrate to form at least a portion of an optical fiber preform by traversing a soot deposition burner with respect to said substrate at a burner traverse rate greater than 3 cm/sec, thereby depositing a layer of soot having a thickness less than 20 microns for each of a plurality of burner passes. At least a portion of the soot preform is then consolidated inside a furnace to remove greater than 50 percent of the air trapped in said soot preform, said consolidating taking place in a gaseous atmosphere containing krypton, nitrogen, or mixtures thereof under conditions which are effective to trap a portion of said gaseous atmosphere in said preform during said consolidation step, thereby forming a consolidated preform which when viewed in cross section will exhibit at least 50 voids therein. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276651 | Increasing the cladding-to-core ratio (D/d) of low D/d ratio core rods in optical fiber performs - An optical fiber preform is fabricated by inserting a number of core body pieces end-to-end inside a glass cylinder, wherein the pieces may have a cladding-to-core diameter (D/d) ratio within the range of one to four. The cylinder with the inserted core body pieces is mounted vertically on a furnace and heated so that the cylinder becomes elongated and its outside diameter collapses to form a core rod from which core rod sections with D/d ratios greater than five, can be cut. A soot overcladding is deposited on the circumference of a core rod section until the diameter of the deposited soot builds to a determined value. The core rod section with the deposited soot overcladding is consolidated to obtain a finished optical fiber preform. The preform preferably has a D/d ratio of about 15 or more, and an optical fiber may be drawn directly from the preform. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276652 | Submerged combustion for melting high-temperature glass - Molten glass is formed from high-temperature glass batch by feeding the glass batch to a melt chamber and heating the glass batch in the melt chamber using one or more submerged combustion burners to melt the glass batch and form molten glass. The molten glass can be removed from the melt chamber and fiberized. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276653 | Tool set and bar for a knitting machine - To simplify the setup of a bar and associated tools of a knitting machine and to improve the degree of precision regarding fineness and the level of sturdiness of the tools and bar system, the holding parts ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276654 | Spread fabric washing machine - This comprises an outer shell with a water tub ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276655 | WASHER AND WASHER CONTROL WITH CYCLES FOR LAUNDRY ADDITIVES AND COLOR SAFE BLEACHES/IN-WASH STAIN REMOVERS - A washer and a control for an automatic washer to operate the washer through a wash cycle selected based upon a range of conditions of a fabric load to be washed. The control has a plurality of selectable stain type entrées, each with a particular dedicated wash cycle. The control also has dispensing control over at least two wash liquor additives, one being a detergent and the other being an oxidizing agent. The control operates the dedicated wash cycles, as selected, using both the detergent and the oxidizing agent, however, the detergent and the oxidizing agent may be dispensed in different orders and at different times and in different amounts, depending on the stain type selected. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276656 | Drum Type Drying and Washing Machine - A drum type washing and drying machine has a water tank ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276657 | Drain device and washing machine having the same - Disclosed are a drain device having a drain filter, which causes foreign substances contained in washing water to be effectively filtered out by a filter chamber to prevent the foreign substances from flowing into a pump chamber, and allows the washing water to smoothly flow in the filter chamber to use the drain filter for a long time, and a washing machine having the same. The washing machine includes a housing provided with a washing chamber; and a drain device including a filter chamber provided with a filter member installed therein filtering out foreign substances from washing water in the washing chamber, and a pump chamber connected to the filter chamber to forcibly discharge the washing water. The filter member has a sectional area gradually increased toward the pump chamber and is provided with an end terminal separated from an inlet of the pump chamber by a designated distance. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276658 | Tub for drum washing machine and drum washing machine having the same - A tub for a drum washing machine, wherein the tub is assembled by connecting parts, separately prepared, to avoid retaining water therein when the tub is drained, and a drum washing machine having the same. The drum washing machine includes a housing; a tub assembled by connecting a front tub part and a rear tub part, and located in the housing to contain washing water; and a drainage exit formed through a connection portion juxtaposed to the front tub part and the rear tub part, for example, a lowermost position of the tub due to a draft angle, thereby causing the washing water in the tub to be completely discharged to the outside when the tub is drained, and thus, preventing the generation of a disagreeable smell and the contamination of laundry. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276659 | Clothes treating apparatus - A clothes treating apparatus is disclosed. The clothes treating apparatus includes a drum to hold laundry, a steam generating device to supply steam to the drum, a water supply source to supply water to the steam generating device, and a backflow inhibiting unit to inhibit water from flowing back from the steam generating device when the water supply source is removed. Accordingly, the clothes treating apparatus can inhibit or remove wrinkles generated at clothes, and can collect water from the steam generating device after operation of the steam generating device is terminated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276660 | Laundry machine - A laundry machine is disclosed. The disclosed laundry machine includes a drum rotatably provided in a cabinet; a substance supply device generating water based substance and supplying the water based substance to the drum; a water supply device that is movably provided in the cabinet and supplies water to the substance supply device; and a first stopper confining a position of the water supply device when the water supply device is pulled out from the cabinet. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276661 | Laundry machine - A washing machine is disclosed. A laundry machine includes a drum rotatably provided in a cabinet, a substance supply device to generate water based substance and to supply the water based substance to the drum, a water supply source to supply water to the substance supply device, a pump positioned between the substance supply device and the water supply source, a connection unit to connect the pump with the water supply source, and a supporting module to support the water supply source, the pump and the substance supply device. The connection unit is configured of a coupling memberr having both opposite ends connected with the water supply source and the pump, respectively, the connection unit formed at a predetermined portion of the supporting module. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276662 | LOCKING FLANGE FOR AIRLINE CARTS - A locking flange ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276663 | LOCKING DEVICE - A locking device attached to a solar junction box and a key to open the locking device, comprises: a male part; comprising: a plug-in unit extended at an angle from the male part; a pair of protruded units having a locking tab formed on edges of the plug-in unit; an outward projection disposed above the locking tab; and a slant portion formed on top of the outward projection; and a female part; comprising: a hollow main body having an outside wall and an inside wall; a pair of extrusions disposed at the inside wall of the female part corresponding to the pair of locking tabs of the male part; and a step formed in the lower part of the extrusions of the female part geometrically shaped to match the locking tab of the male part, in a locked position the male part and the female part are securely clamped together. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276664 | Steel cable fastenable to a lock - A steel cable fastenable to a lock also providing light reflective alert function includes at least a steel cable body, a covering layer and a reflective zone. The reflective zone is a bonding layer with the surface capable of reflecting light projecting thereon. The bonding layer is bonded to the outer surface of the covering layer. The steel cable thus formed can be fastened to the lock to prevent theft and also provide safety alert function. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276665 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR LOCKING UP LOCKING COMPONENT - A portable electronic device for locking up a locking component is composed of a body having a fillister; and at least one locking axis disposed in the fillister for the locking component fastening together, so that the portable electronic device can be firmly connected to the locking component and a lock for an anti-theft purpose. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276666 | High-strength lock, method of making high-strength lock, and method for mounting high-strength lock - Described herein is locking apparatus, method for making a locking apparatus, and method for mounting a locking apparatus to the door of a personal storage container. The locking apparatus may include a threaded portion having deformed threads and a lock body shape to fit a restrictive mounting hole. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276667 | Full width overlay drawer latch - A latching overlay for a tool storage unit drawer having a drawer pull with a substantially horizontal flange portion perpendicular to a front face of the drawer and extending across at least a portion of the drawer width is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the latching overlay includes a trim channel having a first surface for engaging a top face of the horizontal flange portion of the drawer pull, a second surface for engaging a bottom face of the horizontal flange portion of the drawer pull, and a release connected between the first surface and the second surface such that the trim channel is capable of pivoting about the horizontal flange portion. At least one drawer latch hook connected to the trim channel is provided, wherein the drawer latch hook engages and disengages from a latching component of the tool storage unit in response to the pivoting movement of the trim channel. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276668 | Retained lock system and method - An apparatus for securing first and second ends of a meter sealing ring, the meter sealing ring adapted for use in installing a meter to a watthour meter box. The apparatus comprises a lock having a head member and a shank portion comprising moveable locking members, the shank portion being insertable through an aperture formed in the first end of the sealing ring. The apparatus further comprises at least a retaining sleeve adapted to capture the shank portion, wherein the lock is retained on the first end of the sealing ring. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276669 | Doorknob With Lock Core - A doorknob includes a hollow body and a spindle securely mounted in the body to turn therewith. An outer end portion of the spindle includes two diametrically opposed tongues each having an outer end. An end face plate is removably and rotatably received in a compartment in an open outer end of the body. The end face plate includes opposite inner and outer faces. The end face plate further includes a substantially 8-shaped hole extending from the inner face through the outer face. A projection extends perpendicularly from the inner face of the end face plate. The projection defines a space for receiving the outer ends of the spindle. A lock core is removably mounted in the 8-shaped hole of the end face plate and includes a portion received between the outer ends of the tongues of the spindle. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276670 | Lock - A lock for releasably locking a movable hatch to a counterpart is equipped with a fitting ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276671 | Locking box for valuables - A locking box for valuables includes a wire winding box, a winding control assembly and a lock. The wire winding box has a fastening seat at a lower end that includes an upper fastening disk and a lower fastening disk. The winding control assembly is hinged on the wire winding box and includes a wire wheel, an elastic element and a holding board. The elastic element is held on an eccentric shaft of the holding board and hinged on one end of the wire wheel. The lock can be held inside or outside the wire winding box and has a screw at one end to couple or disengage with a detection terminal of the wire winding box and a connection bar at another end to fasten to a threading wire which chain locks valuables and is latched on or disengaged with a lock plug. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276672 | LOCK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A ROTARY BLOCKING DEVICE AND TAMPER RESISTANT MECHANISM - A lock including a housing having an opening for a locking bolt, a locking bolt movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, an actuator positioned within the housing, and a rotary blocking device that prevents the locking bolt from moving to the unlocked position is disclosed. The lock may optionally include a tamper resistant mechanism that is designed such that attempting to forcibly move the locking bolt from the locked position to the unlocked position while the actuator remains in the locked condition causes the locking bolt to engage the tamper resistant mechanism. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276673 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A LOCK ASSEMBLY TO FIT WITH DIFFERENT KEYS - A method for adjusting a lock assembly includes steps of providing a lock assembly, inserting a first key into the lock assembly, rotating a lock cylinder with the first key to an operating position, moving the lock cylinder relative to a housing in a first moving direction, moving the lock cylinder relative to the housing in a second moving direction, removing the first key from the lock cylinder, inserting a second key into the lock cylinder and rotating the lock cylinder with the second key. Accordingly, to adjust the lock assembly to fit with different keys is convenient and quick. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276674 | LOCK ASSEMBLY - A lock assembly has a housing, a lock cylinder, an adjusting block and multiple rack assemblies. The adjusting block is slidably received in the lock cylinder and has a wedge side facing the lock cylinder and a plurality of first wedge elements formed on the wedge side. The rack assemblies are slidably received respectively in the lock cylinder. Each rack assembly has a rack element, an adjusting base and a resilient member arranged between the rack element and the adjusting base. Each rack element and each adjusting base have a plurality teeth formed thereon and detachably engaged each other respectively. Each rack element has a second wedge element that is selectively engaged or disengaged from one of the first wedge elements on the adjusting block. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276675 | PROGRAMMABLE LOCK HAVING INCIDENTAL CHANGE CONTROL - A key-operated cylinder lock for operating a bolt or a latch, that can be programmed for use with one of a plurality of user keys without disassembling the lock or replacing the tumblers, with reduction or elimination of incidental or accidental re-keying of the lock. The lock has a rotating plug having one or more retainer cavities formed into the periphery, and lock configuration change balls, movable within the lock between a first position within a driver chamber and a second position within a corresponding retainer cavity when the plug is in a programming position. The positioning of the change balls within either the pin chambers or the retainer cavities determines the key configuration that can operate the lock. The lock employs a means for isolating selectively the retainer cavities from the corresponding driver chambers when the plug is in the programming position, to prevent incidental or accidental movement of the change members from the driver chamber into the retainer cavities. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276676 | Solidification Material - A soil improvement material comprising a ground burned product A and gypsum, the burned product A having a hydraulic modulus (H.M.) of 1.8 to 2.3, a silica modulus (S.M.) of 1.3 to 2.3, and an iron modulus (I.M.) of 1.3 to 2.8. The soil improvement material is useful for improving the ground, especially through solidifying soft soil, such as water-rich soil or organic-rich soil. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276677 | System and method for carbon dioxide double sequestration - A climate control system capable to absorb many times the human-industrial-generated carbon dioxide and reverse the trend of global warming is described in this invention. Method of partially executing Solvay soda ash process without converting sodium bicarbonate to soda ash and recycling ammonia, further thereafter implementing ammonium chloride thus obtained as deep-water ocean fertilizer to capture carbon dioxide naturally in weights of the order of hundred times that was originally released through fossil fuel combustion. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276678 | TO CRIMPING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED MONITORING - A crimping tool including a punch carrier, a plurality of punches movable in translation in radial housings of the punch carrier, a thrust member having an inside face co-operating with the outer ends of the punches, the thrust member being pivotally mounted relative to the punch carrier, such that pivoting of the thrust member causes a contact to be crimped, a tool body having two pivotal handles for causing the thrust member and the punch carrier to pivot mutually, and a member for adjusting the stroke of the punches, a sensor sensitive to the position of the member for adjusting the stroke of the punches, a sensor sensitive to an identity signal from a contact positioning tool, and a memory associated with the position sensor and with the identity sensor and arranged to record the data delivered by the sensors and/or to deliver the data to a data processor unit. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276679 | Method for the Production of Hot-Rolled Steel Strip and Combined Casting and Rolling Plant for Carrying Out the Method - A method for the production of a hot-rolled steel strip from a steel melt in a continuous manufacturing process, with an uninterrupted strip runthrough, comprising continuously casting a steel strand in a continuous casting mold of a continuous casting plant, roll-forming the cast steel strand in a first group of roll stands into a pre-rolled hot strip, further roll-forming the pre-rolled hot strip in a second group of roll stands into a hot-rolled steel strip, setting the pre-rolled hot strip to a rolling temperature between the first group of roll stands and the second group of roll stands in a temperature setting device, and winding of the hot-rolled steel strip into bundles or the division of the hot-rolled steel strip into sheets. In order to increase flexibility in the production of different steel qualities and to keep investment costs and operating costs low, descaling the pre-rolled hot strip immediately before its entry into the temperature setting device, holding the pre-rolled hot strip in a protective gas atmosphere in the temperature setting device, and after the pre-rolled hot strip runs through the temperature setting device, roll-forming the strip immediately thereafter in the second group of roll stands. Further, a combined casting and rolling plant for carrying out the method is disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276680 | Milling Device for Inline Rolling a Steel Band Produced Especially by Means of a Twin-Roll Continuous Casting Process - Disclosed is a milling device for inline-rolling a steel band which is produced especially by means of a twin-roll continuous casting process. Said milling device comprises at least two rolling units ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276681 | Preparation method of laminated composite materials of different alloys - The invention relates to a new preparation technique of composites, in details, i.e. a method of producing laminated composite materials of different alloys. In the preparation method, the bi-layer or multi-layer composites are prepared by means of the equal channel angular extrusion/pressure (ECAE/ECAP). Firstly, the appropriate alloys pairs or groups are selected, and the rational arrangements are carried out after pre-treating surfaces; then, the clad process is performed by extrusion and shear deformation in ECAE die; finally, the composite material is produced after one single pass or multiple passes clad extrusion. The annealing treatment can be performed subsequently to enhance the interfacial bonding strength by diffusion after the clad extrusion, and the heat treatment parameters consist of annealing temperature and holding time, which are chosen carefully to meet the demands of the refining microstructures and good properties for both the interfaces and individual component metals. Consequently, the layer-metal composite is produced with the firmly bonding interface, good microstructures and excellent properties. In the invention, the selection and assembling manners of the materials are very free, such as composites with bi-layer or interval multi-layer manners, and the method is suitable for most of the metal materials. The invention is a new method of fabricating composites and the preparation cost is low enough to meet the demand of large-scale industrial production. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276682 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING BEND CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENTS IN SHEET MATERIAL - An apparatus for forming bend controlling displacements in sheet materials includes one or more punch blades, a punch blade block having one or more recesses dimensioned and configured to receive the punch blades, a die block having one or more recesses corresponding in number to the number of punch blades, and a die block unit having a receptacle configured to receive the die block, one of the punch blade block and the die block unit being configured to reciprocate with respect to the other. The punch blades and the die block may include hardened steel and the punch blade block and the die block may include non-hardened steel. A method of using the sheet material with bend controlling displacements and method for forming the same is also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276683 | PRESSING DEVICE - Disclosed is a pressing device for compressingly joining pipe-shaped workpieces, particularly a pipe end and a fitting mounted thereon. At least one of the workpieces is plastically deformed by several press members which are movable along a central longitudinal axis of the workpieces for performing the compression. In order to produce a pressing device with several compression jaws that are comparatively easy to mount and allow the press members to be engaged as centrally as possible during compression, at least two press members are pivotally connected to each other by means of two articulated levers embodied as angle levers for applying compression force. The angle levers pressingly lean on a (first) press member, and both angle levers are train-connected to the same (second) press member. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276684 | CALIBRATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR - A calibrated medical device includes at least one sensor operative to detect at least one environmental influence on the medical device that may change a calibration or operability of the medical device. Based on data collected by the sensor, a determination can be made whether or not the medical device should be re-calibrated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276685 | TRANSPORT POD INTERFACE - The invention pertains to a transport pod interface including a sampling probe intended to be connected to a gas analyzer and an actuator that can couple with an access door on the transport pod in the coupling position, and that can move said door towards the base of the interface in an retracted position in which the volume of gas to be analyzed contained within the transport pod can be accessed by the sampling probe, characterized in that it includes at least one sealing joint configured so as to ensure that at least when the interface is in the retracted position, the space between the actuator and said base is sealed in such a way as to isolate the volume of gas to be analyzed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276686 | Method for analyzing gas components, apparatus for separating gas components and method for identifying the same - The present invention provides a method for analyzing gas components, an apparatus for separating the gas components, and a method for identifying the gas components that can provide more accurate information in distribution and consumption by classifying and identifying products that have been subjected to carbon monoxide treatment. The present invention provides a method for quantitatively analyzing gas components contained in a specimen, wherein an untreated specimen having an unchanged solid state and a prescribed weight is placed in an airtight container in which a solution is accommodated; the specimen is homogenized in the airtight container; and the gas components contained the specimen are quantitatively analyzed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276687 | Thermal Selectivity Multivariate Optical Computing - A method of using photoacoustic spectroscopy to determine chemical information about an analyte includes the steps of emitting a light ray for interaction with a sample of an analyte; transmitting the light ray through a fill fluid disposed in a detection cell, the fill fluid having molecules substantially similar to molecules of the analyte to absorb the light ray; producing a thermal wave and oscillation in the fill fluid proportional to an intensity of the light ray; including a pressure oscillation in the fill fluid by the thermal wave; and detecting the pressure oscillation by a microphone to determine information about the analyte sample | 2008-11-13 |
20080276688 | Signal processing method for an engine knock signal - The duration of a knock detection window over which a filtered knock signal is single-point DFT-processed for engine knock detection is user adjustable. The knock detection window is defined by at least two overlapping identical duration sub-windows, and the extent of the sub-window overlap is changed to adjust the duration of the knock detection window. The DFT processing is performed over each sub-window and the processing results are combined for knock detection. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276689 | KNOCKING DETECTING DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a knocking detecting device for an internal combustion engine, for controlling a timing at which an ignition coil is actuated according to a knocking occurrence intensity, the knocking detecting device including the signal processing module for processing a signal attributable to knocking occurring in the operation of the internal combustion engine to determine a knocking occurrence intensity, in which the signal processing module includes: signal detecting means for detecting a signal attributable to knocking; frequency intensity calculating means for selecting a plurality of frequencies extracted from an output of the signal detecting means to calculate a frequency intensity; and knocking intensity determining means for finally determining that knocking occurs in a case where it is determined that at least two primary determination results of among a plurality of primary knocking determination results based on the outputs of the frequency intensity calculating means. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276690 | COMPRESSION VACUAPORE FOR DETERMINATION OF PORE STRUCTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF HYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS UNDER COMPRESSIVE STRESS - A method for determining pore structure characteristics of hydrophobic porous materials includes placing a test sample of material in the sample chamber of a porosimetry apparatus, creating a partial vacuum and evacuating the sample chamber to remove air, creating a partial vacuum and evacuating the penetrometer and storage vessel above the water level, releasing the vacuum in a controlled manner, so pressure is applied and water in the penetrometer enters the sample chamber and intrudes into pores of the sample, applying a measured amount of intrusion pressure and measuring the change in volume of water in the penetrometer, and determining pore structure characteristics of the sample based on the change in volume of water in the penetrometer. The method further includes an optional step of applying a desired amount of compressive stress on the sample prior to testing. Nonporous plates optionally are used to measure x-y plane pore structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276691 | Single Car Test Interface Device - A single car test device includes a housing; a source port, on the housing, to be connected to a source of pressurized air; a brake pipe port, on the housing, to be connected to the brake pipe connector; and valves, in the housing, selectively interconnecting the ports to each other and atmosphere to perform tests. A brake cylinder sensor is to be connected to a brake cylinder tap. A sensor module on an interface device, remote from the housing, is to be mounted on the test ports on a control valve for determining pressure at the test ports. A controller is connected to the valves, the sensor module and the brake cylinder sensor and includes a program performing a plurality of component tests which form a single car test. The interface device includes reservoir charging valves controlled by the controller. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276692 | Leak Indicator Comprising a Sniffer Probe - The leak detector comprises a basic device ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276693 | METHOD FOR LEAK TESTING AND LEAK TESTING APPARATUS - For leak testing closed containers ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276694 | Analytical Methods For 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose - 2-Deoxy-2-D-glucose (2-DG) concentration and purity can be measured in a sample of crystalline or liquid by HPLC with accuracy and precision suitable for analysis of active pharmaceutical ingredient and drug product. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276695 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE WAFER-SCALE SUB-SURFACE ULTRASONIC MICROSCOPY EMPLOYING NEAR FIELD AFM DETECTION - A method, and corresponding apparatus, of imaging sub-surface features at a plurality of locations on a sample includes coupling an ultrasonic wave into a sample at a first lateral position. The method then measures the amplitude and phase of ultrasonic energy near the sample with a tip of an atomic force microscope. Next, the method couples an ultrasonic wave into a sample at a second lateral position and the measuring step is repeated for the second lateral position. Overall, the present system and methods achieve high resolution sub-surface mapping of a wide range of samples, including silicon wafers. It is notable that when imaging wafers, backside contamination is minimized. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276696 | ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY OF SCANNING AND IMAGE PROCESSING - A topographic profile of a structure is generated using atomic force microscopy. The structure is scanned such that an area of interest of the structure is scanned at a higher resolution than portions of the structure outside of the area of interest. An profile of the structure is then generated based on the scan. To correct skew and tilt of the profile, a first feature of the profile is aligned with a first axis of a coordinate system. The profile is then manipulated to align a second feature of the profile with a second axis of the coordinate system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276697 | Apparatus for Identifying a Non-Uniform Share of Cylinder Power in an Internal Combustion Piston Engine System - The invention utilizes the firing order of the cylinders within the engine to identify the cylinder or cylinders that mainly contribute or, alternatively, contribute as little as possible to the production of certain harmonic frequencies in the engine's torque. In order to use the engine's torque for this purpose, the calculation of torque must take into account the non-linearities of the engine system. Thus the calculation of torque takes into account not only the properties of the engine but also the properties of the load and the shaft. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276698 | APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSING MALFUNCTIONING OF OXYGEN SENSOR - An apparatus for diagnosing malfunctioning which is applied to an internal combustion engine having a catalyst, an air-fuel ratio sensor, and an oxygen sensor is disclosed. The apparatus diagnoses whether the oxygen sensor is malfunctioning on the basis of a change in an output value of the oxygen sensor within a predetermined period of time after the output value has started changing towards a lean side after the start of fuel cutoff. The apparatus is provided with a first determination section and a second determination section. The first determination section determines whether fresh air has reached the air-fuel ratio sensor after the start of the fuel cutoff. The second determination section determines whether or not to carry out diagnosis of malfunctioning on the basis of the output value of the oxygen sensor immediately after the first determination section has determined that fresh air has reached the air-fuel ratio sensor. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276699 | Method For Automatically Initializing an Indirectly Measuring Tire Pressure Monitoring System - Method for automatically initializing an indirectly measuring tire pressure monitoring system which due a change of the rotational behavior of the vehicle wheels, in particular a change in the rolling circumference detects a deflation on the vehicle wheels by comparing learnt reference values with continuously detected new values ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276700 | Method for monitoring the tire condition in vehicles - In a method for monitoring the tire condition in a vehicle, the vertical acceleration is measured at one axle of the vehicle, a reference stiffness value is determined from the vertical acceleration, and a tire pressure is assigned to the reference stiffness value. In the case of a detected tire pressure loss, the tire pressure is assigned to the tire of the wheel having the pressure loss. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276701 | Wheel identifying apparatus and tire inflation pressure detecting apparatus with function of wheel identification - A wheel identifying apparatus includes first and second triggering devices located on the body of a vehicle, a plurality of transceivers each of which is located on one of the running and spare wheels of the vehicle, and a receiver and a wheel identifier both of which are located on the body of the vehicle. The first and second triggering devices continuously transmit first and second trigger signals, respectively. Each of the transceivers monitors the strength of either the first or second trigger signal thereat for a given length of time, and transmits a signal indicating variation in the monitored strength. The receiver receives and provides to the wheel identifier all the signals transmitted by the transceivers. The wheel identifier identifies, for each of the signals, the wheel on which the transceiver having transmitted the signal is located through a comparison between the variations indicated by the signals. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276702 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING WATER CURRENTS - Fluid current measurement by means of resistance differentials in thermistor. Input parameters to micro-processor like fluid temperature, depth, change in electrical resistance, direction sensors. Output calculation of fluid current, current direction, temperature, danger level and recommended safe distance from the boat. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276703 | Volume measurement gauge/device for an arbitrarily shaped container or glass - This patent application is associated with the provisional patent application No. 60/917,116 and claims the filing date of May 10, 2007. This patent application is for a device or gauge that is used to measure and determine the volume in a glass or container, as well as determine the amount missing from the container. This device or gauge is designed to be placed on the side of any arbitrarily shaped container or glass in order to determine either the amount of substance (liquid or solid) in the container and/or the amount of substance missing from the container. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276704 | Capacitive Gauge for Fuel Tank - Capacitive gauge for fuel tank comprising a measurement capacitor, a reference capacitor and at least one standard capacitive device, fed by and connected to an electronic interpretation circuit comprising switches for charging and discharging the capacitors and the capacitive device at a certain frequency; an integrator to which the charges of the measurement or reference capacitor can be transmitted and accumulated before being discharged into the standard capacitive device; a comparator for comparing an output value of the integrator with a threshold value; a counter; and a processor or computation unit for calculating the level of liquid in a fuel tank according to the equation: | 2008-11-13 |
20080276705 | Measuring device - A measuring device is disclosed that includes a plurality of measuring cups connected through a ring. Each measuring cup has a lobed sidewall defining a plurality of lobes of an epicycloidal configuration. Each lobe of smaller cup contacts an inner surface of the sidewall of the larger cup to define a void between the cups that facilitates air to flow between the cups. The flow of air prevents suction between the cups. The epicycloidal configuration defines a plurality of longitudinally raised portions that are adapted to stop an axial inward movement of the next smaller cup and hold next smaller cup in position. The epicycloidal configuration of the sidewall defines a plurality of channels that form a plurality of spouts within the container portion to permit drip-free pouring. The channels facilitate minimum inter-surface contact between the cups to prevent sticking of their surfaces. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276706 | Rotation Speed Sensor - Disclosed is a rotational rate sensor with a substrate, at least one basic element ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276707 | MEMS TUNING FORK GYRO SENSITIVE TO RATE OF ROTATION ABOUT TWO AXES - A two-axes rate sensing MEMS system. The system includes two proof masses, two drive components, two drive sense components, two orthogonal sets of substrate electrodes, and a processing device. The processing device is in signal communication with the two proof masses, the two sense components, or the two sets of substrate electrodes. The processing device determines the rate of rotation about two orthogonal axes based on signals received from the two proof masses, the two sense components, or the two substrate electrodes. Rotation about one axis will induce proofmass motion in the plane of the substrate. Rotation about an orthogonal axis will induce proofmass motion out-of-plane of the proofmasses. The sensing scheme independently detects these proof mass motion, which can infer rate of rotation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276708 | Vibration Gyro Circuitry, Vibration Gyro Unit, and Method for Detecting Vibration Gyro Output - Vibration gyro circuitry, a vibration gyro unit, and a method for detecting a vibration gyro output, which enable detection of a rotational angular velocity with high sensitivity, are provided. The circuitry and the unit includes a differential amplifier circuit ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276709 | Method for Generation Mechanical Waves by Generation of Interfacial Acoustic Radiation Force - The present invention relates to a method for generating mechanical waves within a viscoelastic medium ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276710 | IMMERSED PROBE OVER PRESSURIZED ELASTOMER - A method for ultrasonic testing includes placing an ultrasonic probe in a liquid bath inside of a pressure vessel having an elastomeric diaphragm stretched across an opening of the pressure vessel, applying pressure within the pressure vessel to bring the elastomeric diaphragm towards a test piece, and conducting ultrasonic testing of the test piece using the ultrasonic probe. A device for ultrasonic testing of a test piece includes a pressure vessel having an elastomeric diaphragm and an ultrasonic probe disposed within the pressure vessel. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276711 | Device for Testing Material and Measuring Thickness on a Test Object Having at Least Electrically Conducting and Ferromagnetic Material Parts - A device is disclosed for material testing on a test object having at least electrically conducting and ferromagnetic material parts, the test object being provided with at least one technical surface, with at least one electromagnetic ultrasonic transducer array (EMUS) which is provided with a permanent magnet array or an electromagnet array and at least one eddy current coil arrangement. The at least one eddy current coil arrangement has at least one electrical strip conductor arrangement which is disposed at or parallel to a surface area of a rolling member which can be rolled on the technical surface of the test object, with the surface area rolling along with the rolling member during rolling. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276712 | Pressure transducer employing a micro-filter and emulating an infinite tube pressure transducer - A pressure transducer for measuring pressures in high temperature environments employs a tube which is terminated at one end by an acoustic micro-filter. The acoustic filter or micro-filter has a plurality of apertures extending from one end to the other end, each aperture is of a small diameter as compared to the diameter of the transducer and the damper operates to absorb acoustic waves impinging on it with limited or no reflection. Mounted to the tube is a pressure transducer with a diaphragm flush with the inner wall of the tube. The tube is mounted in an aperture in a casing of a gas turbine operating at a high temperature. The hot gases propagate through the tube where the pressure of the gases are measured by the transducer coupled to the tube and where the acoustic filter operates to absorb acoustic waves impinging on it with little or no reflection, therefore enabling the pressure transducer to be mainly responsive to high frequency waves associated with the gas turbine operation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276713 | PRESSURE SENSOR PACKAGE AND ELECTRONIC PART - A pressure sensor package of the present invention includes a pressure sensor including a cavity disposed within a semiconductor substrate, wherein a region of the substrate above the cavity comprises a diaphragm section; a plurality of pressure-sensitive elements, wherein at least of portion of each pressure-sensitive element is disposed on the diaphragm section; and a plurality of conductive portions laterally spaced from the cavity and electrically connected to the pressure sensitive elements, a plurality of electrically conductive bumps arranged on the conductive portions and electrically connected to the conductive portions, wherein a total thickness D | 2008-11-13 |
20080276714 | Method for Determining Strain Hardening Property of Line Pipe - A method for determining a strain hardening property of a pipe enabling reduction of costs while ensuring pipeline integrity is provided. Moreover, a method for manufacturing a pipe based on the method for determining the strain hardening property of the pipe, a pipe manufactured by means of the method for manufacturing the pipe, and a pipeline are proposed. The method for determining the strain hardening property of the pipe according to the present invention includes a step of defining pipe dimensions where a diameter D, a thickness t, and a required critical local buckling strain ε | 2008-11-13 |
20080276715 | Handrail testing device - A handrail testing device having a lever arm having a first end and a second end, a mounting portion connected to the lever arm capable of pivotally securing the first end on or near a handrail, a load portion connected to the lever arm and capable of engaging the handrail to transmit a force applied to the second end of the lever arm to the handrail, and a measurement portion connected to the lever arm. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276716 | Penetration-type pipe strain gauge - A penetration-type pipe strain gauge easily transportable and easily installable in various places at low cost in a short period of time to measure strain produced in a shallow layer of the ground. Strain gauges are attached to the outer peripheral surface of an inner pipe, and a pipe strain gauge body is formed by integrally incorporating the inner pipe in an outer pipe. A boring screw is provided at the forward end of the pipe strain gauge body. A rotary tool mounting part for mounting a tool for rotating the pipe strain gauge body is formed at the rear end of the strain gauge body. The pipe strain gauge body is buried in the shallow layer of the ground by using the rotary tool. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276717 | Method to estimate pent values - The PENT value for a resin may be estimated within ±10% by determining the % of heat flow to melt a fraction of a polymer above or below a set point and comparing it to a graph or algorithm of PENT values related to the % of heat flow to melt entire sample for a number of resins made using the same catalyst system. In a similar manner one may estimate the process conditions to prepare a polymer having a target PENT value based on the conditions used to prepare the samples for the graph or algorithms. The invention provides a simple procedure that may be used at a manufacturing site to estimate PENT values. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276718 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A MATERIAL - A method and device is provided for detecting a predetermined material. The device includes a first inner layer having first and second surfaces and a volume responsive to a first predetermined stimuli. A second inner layer has first and second surfaces. An adhesive bonds at least a portion of the first surface of the first inner layer to the first surface of the second inner layer with a bonding force. A change in the volume of the first layer generates an elastic force on the adhesive material. As a result, the first inner layer delaminates from the second inner layer in response to the elastic force overcoming the bonding force. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276719 | SPRING SUPPORTED LOWER CLAMPER FOR DIRECT TENSILE TEST - The present invention discloses a spring supported lower clamper for direct tensile test, comprising a lower connection member, a lower end cap for holding a sample, a lower chain for connecting the lower connection member with the lower end cap, and spring-type supporting means for supporting a broken-apart lower part of the sample formed during the tensile test and the lower end cap. During the tensile test, the sample, the lower end cap and the lower chain are supported by the spring-type supporting means. Thus the sample can be prevented from being broken abruptly when a tensile force in the sample reaches its maximum level, and the mechanical behavior after the maximum tensile force is reached can be measured. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276720 | Method and Apparatus for Testing of Shear Stiffness in Board - A method and apparatus for testing shear stiffness in board is disclosed. The board sample ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276721 | METHOD FOR MEASURING BENDING MOMENTS ON A JOINT AND MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for measuring bending moments on a joint ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276722 | ELECTRONIC FLUID DISPENSING APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD - An electronic fluid dispensing apparatus and related method. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are apparatuses comprising a funnel comprising a receiving mouth open to atmosphere, a sidewall that defines a frustum, and an apex that comprises an end portion (the frustum tapers from the receiving mouth towards the apex), a tube fluidly coupled to the end portion (the tube configured to receive a fluid from the funnel, the combined volume of the funnel and the tube being no greater than 64 fluid ounces), and a device coupled to the tube (the device configured to determine a parameter of a fluid that flows through the funnel and tube). | 2008-11-13 |
20080276723 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STRATIFICATION METRIC OF A MULTIPHASE FLUID FLOWING WITHIN A PIPE - A method and apparatus for determining a level of stratification of a multiphase fluid flow passing through a pipe is provided. The method includes, and the apparatus is operable to perform, the steps of: 1) determining a flow velocity of the multiphase fluid flow passing through a first radial region of the pipe; 2) determining a flow velocity of a portion of the multiphase fluid flow passing within a second radial region of the pipe, wherein the second radial region is above the first radial region; and 3) comparing the flow velocity from the first radial region and flow velocity from the second radial region to determine information indicative of the stratification of the multiphase fluid flow. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276724 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A TRANSDUCER HAVING A PLASTIC MATCHING LAYER - Systems and methods of a transducer having a plastic matching layer. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are transducers comprising a housing (having a proximal end, a distal end and an internal volume, the housing configured to couple to a spoolpiece of an ultrasonic meter), a plastic matching layer that has an external surface and an internal surface (the plastic matching layer seals to and occludes the distal end of the housing), and a transducer element abutting the internal surface of the plastic matching layer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276725 | Sensor Assembly for Measuring Forces and/or Torques and Use of Said Assembly - A sensor assembly is provided for measuring forces and/or torques which are transmitted by means of a rigid transmitter having a first part and a second part. The sensor assembly includes a first connection, a second connection, electromechanical sensor elements, a first flange, a second flange and a plurality of struts. The first and second connections are connectable to the first and second parts of the transmitter, respectively. The electromechanical sensor elements convert mechanical parameters into electrical parameters. The first flange surrounds the first connection and originates at the first connection. The second flange is aligned substantially parallel to the first flange. The second connection is arranged on the second flange and has a first surface and a second surface. The plurality of struts are substantially perpendicular to the first flange and connect the first flange to the second flange. A gap is formed between the first flange, the second flange and the struts, and is larger than a width of the struts. The electromechanical sensor elements are designed for determining strains or compressions and are arranged next to the plurality of struts on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the second flange. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276726 | Device for Measuring Force by Resistive Detection with Double Wheastone Bridge - A device for measuring force by resistive detection includes a double Wheatstone bridge having at least eight resistive gauges arranged on a membrane where each of the Wheastone bridges are respectively arranged on disjointed portions of the membrane, and two resistive gauges of at least one Wheatstone bridge are reside on a non-deformable area of the membrane. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276727 | Mems Nanoindenter - In recent years there has been a growing market for more universal analysis instruments. Analysis tools such as AFM | 2008-11-13 |
20080276728 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING REACTION MOMENTS AND FORCES ON A LEVER | 2008-11-13 |
20080276729 | Apparatus for analyzing sample using centrifugal force and inertia - The present invention relates to a sample analyzing apparatus for controlling the flow of a fluid by the movement of a ball using centrifugal force and inertia. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276730 | FLUID BED SAMPLING DEVICE - A sampling device for a fluid bed processor includes a body inserted into the wall of the container. A sample receiver is removably attached to the sampling body. The body has a passageway extending between the process container and the receiver. A vacuum source is applied to the passageway to draw a material sample from the container through the passageway for deposit into the receiver. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276731 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC CURRENT IN A PIPELINE - A system for measuring a voltage differential in a current-carrying pipe using a propulsion vehicle for conveying the system inside the pipe, the system including a first contact for maintaining electrical contact with the pipe as the vehicle moves through the pipe; a second contact positioned in a spaced apart relationship from the first contact for maintaining electrical contact with the pipe as the vehicle moves through the pipe; and an AC voltage reading device connected to the first contact and the second contact for measuring the AC voltage between the first contact and the second contact as the vehicle moves through the pipe. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276732 | INDICATOR FOR ORALLY ADMINISTERED COMPOSITIONS - A method for estimating the rate of bioavailability of the active components of orally administered dietary supplements of provided. The method comprises the administration of a substance which provides a sensory feedback to a user following administration. For example, Niacin or derivatives thereof provide sate, transient and perceptible sensory effects which are indicative of the bioavailability of active components of the dietary supplemental composition. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276733 | STARTER DEVICE FOR AN ENGINE UNIT WITH IMPROVED DAMPING - In order to create a starter device ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276734 | Torque limiter for engine starter - Disclosed is a starter motor including a drive assembly disposed at least partially within the housing. The drive assembly includes a gear train disposed in the housing, with the gear train in operable communication with a first end of an armature shaft. A pinion gear is in operable communication with a second end of the output shaft. A spacer is disposed between the gear train and the housing. The spacer is disposed and configured to hold the gear train fixed relative to the housing but allow the gear train to rotate relative to the housing when a selected slippage torque is applied to the gear train. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276735 | STARTER DEVICE FOR A MOTOR DRIVEN MACHINE - The invention pertains to a device for starting an internal combustion engine for handheld equipment such as chain saws, lawn mowers, lawn trimmers and the like, or for vehicles such as mopeds, boats or miniature aircraft. The starting device features an output element into which a starter torque can be introduced when the starting device is actuated. The output element is functionally connected to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine in order to introduce a crankshaft torque therein. The functional connection between the output element and the crankshaft introduces variable crankshaft torque into the crankshaft depending on the rotational angle of the crankshaft at a constant starter torque. This advantageously improves force or torque characteristics for largely operating the starter device independently of the compression phase and the expansion phase of the internal combustion engine. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276736 | Drive Mechanism Which Can Be Used in a Scanning Device - The invention relates to a drive mechanism which can be used in a scanning device. The inventive mechanism comprises a device which converts a rotary motion produced by a motor member into a linear reciprocating motion. According to the invention, the aforementioned converter uses: a planetary rotating table ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276737 | Crank Gear for a Reciprocating Compressor - Crank gear ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080276738 | Automatic transmission control system - An automatic transmission control system equipped with a shift lever position sensor which includes a plurality of switches which output binary signals following a shifting motion of a gear shift lever. Patterns of combinations of the switch outputs are preselected so as to represent positions to which the gear shift lever is manually shiftable. The switches are broken down into two groups each of which produces a binary code carrying information about the position of the gear shift lever to monitor a failure in operation of the shift lever position sensor. The control system also works to perform a deemed D-position hydraulic transmission control to ensure the running of the vehicle even if the shift lever position sensor is failing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276739 | Power Transmission Apparatus - The present invention relates to a power transmission apparatus having a high efficiency, which can cany out the rolling friction by constructing a cross shaft gear comprising a plurality of teeth formed with teeth grooves inclined to a desired angle, and a roller type mediation member having a plurality of rotation teeth engaged with the teeth grooves of the gear to thereby prevent the loss of the power and ensure the reliability of the operation and make it easy to fabricate, so as to embody the chainless power transmission for a bicycle. The power transmission apparatus of the present invention comprises a first gear having a first rotation shaft, a disk body installed at the first rotation shaft, a plurality of teeth arranged at a periphery of the disk body in the radial direction, and a plurality of teeth grooves, each of which is formed between the teeth and is arranged to define an acute angle relative to a virtual plane formed by the disk body; a mediation member having two rotation bodies spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of rotation teeth rotatably secured between the two rotation bodies by means of shaft pins so as to be engaged with the teeth grooves of the first gear, and in which an axial line of the pair of rotation bodies is arranged to define an acute angle relative to an axial line of the rotation tooth; and wherein the first gear and the mediation member define a cross shaft gear. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276740 | Drive unit and method for installing a drive unit - The invention relates to a drive unit comprising an internal combustion engine and a gearbox for motor vehicles, wherein for transmitting a torque to the transmission a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine is connected to a transmission-side element via a carrier plate. According to the invention, the carrier plate is designed in at least two parts with separate plate sections. | 2008-11-13 |
20080276741 | GEAR, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A gear is made of resin and includes: a support cylindrical portion; a teeth-formed cylindrical portion arranged coaxially with the support cylindrical portion on a radially outer side of the support cylindrical portion and formed with a plurality of teeth in its outer periphery; and a web connecting an outer peripheral surface of the support cylindrical portion and an inner circumferential surface of the teeth-formed cylindrical portion, and an axial thickness of at least a part of the web becomes thinner gradually from the outer peripheral surface of the support cylindrical portion to the inner circumferential surface of the teeth-formed cylindrical portion. | 2008-11-13 |