52nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 16 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150367628 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF PRINTING COMPONENT SET IN SCREEN PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF SET PRINTING COMPONENT - A method of determining whether printing components suitable for a type of a substrate are correctly set in a screen printing device that makes a mask provided with a pattern hole abut on the substrate, supplies paste onto the mask, and slides a squeegee to thereby print the paste on the substrate through the pattern hole, includes reading identification marks attached to respective printing components, verifying pieces of component information corresponding to the read identification marks using pieces of component information allocated to the substrate in advance in production data, and informing purport when a printing component having discordant component information is present in the verification. The printing components include at least a mask, a squeegee, and paste. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367629 | METHOD OF INKJET PRINTING AND MAINTAINING NOZZLE HYDRATION - A method of printing from a fixed inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink planes. The method includes the steps of: feeding a print medium past the printhead in a media feed direction, the media feed direction defining relative upstream and downstream sides of the printhead; printing an image onto the print medium, the image being defined by image data; | 2015-12-24 |
20150367630 | PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE - A printing control device includes a nozzle information obtainment unit that obtains the position of a discharge-failing nozzle which fails to discharge ink in a printing head which includes a plurality of nozzles discharging ink, a data generation unit that generates printing data in which a dot position which is the position of a dot constituting an image printed on a printing medium is associated with the amount of ink discharged to the dot position, and a data correction unit that specifies a second position which is adjacent to a first position where ink is discharged by the discharge-failing nozzle in the printing data on the basis of the position of the discharge-failing nozzle obtained and corrects the printing data so that the amount of ink which is greater than the amount of ink associated with the second position in the printing data generated is associated with the second position. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367631 | Fluid Drop Detection In Firing Paths Corresponding To Nozzles Of A Printhead - A method of operating a printing system includes identifying groups of nozzles of a plurality of nozzles of a printhead device. The method also includes ejecting fluid drops by the printhead device from nozzles thereof and along corresponding firing paths. The method also includes controlling movement of a detector carriage including a plurality of drop detectors of a drop detector array with respect to the printhead device by a control module to align each one of the drop detectors with the respective firing paths corresponding to the respective nozzles at a predetermined time. The method also includes sensing the firing paths corresponding to the nozzles to detect a presence of the fluid drops by the drop detectors such that each one of the drop detectors senses at a same time a respective firing path corresponding to a respective nozzle for a plurality of groups of nozzles. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367632 | INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS, INK JET PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - First heating is started at a first time point, and a second heating having higher heating energy than the first heating is started at a second time point subsequent to the first time point. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367633 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING METHOD - A liquid droplet ejecting device includes multiple pressure chambers communicating with multiple nozzles, to contain liquid; a vibration plate, disposed extending along the pressure chambers; multiple piezoelectric elements disposed facing the multiple chambers respectively via the vibration plate; a drive waveform generator to generate a drive voltage for the piezoelectric elements; a residual vibration detector to detect a residual vibration waveform occurring within the pressure chamber after the piezoelectric elements are driven; and a controller to calculate a damping ratio of the residual vibration waveform detected by the residual vibration detector; and to determine whether abnormal ejection occurs. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367634 | ACCOUNTING FOR OSCILLATIONS WITH DROP EJECTION WAVEFORMS - Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include identifying a previous ejection waveform having a first plurality of parameters including a time interval from a final pulse of the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include determining a second plurality of parameters based on the first plurality of parameters, where the second plurality of parameters define a current ejection waveform that accounts for oscillations caused by the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include applying the current ejection waveform to cause an ejection nozzle of the printhead to generate a desired fluid drop. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367635 | INK JET RECORDER - An ink jet recorder includes a support unit configured to support a recording medium, and a mobile unit including a plurality of containers containing inks of identical composition and a head configured to eject the ink supplied from any one of the plurality of containers. The ink jet recorder is configured to record an image on the recording medium in such a manner that the head performs main scanning by ejecting the ink while changing positions in a first direction, and the mobile unit performs sub-scanning by moving in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367636 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - An element substrate includes a discharge port that discharges a liquid, an energy-generating element that generates energy that discharges the liquid from the discharge port, an acting chamber that makes the energy of the energy-generating element act on the liquid, and a heating element including at least two heat generating surfaces that are exposed to the liquid inside the acting chamber, the heating element disposed inside the acting chamber. The element substrate further includes a substrate in which a supply port that supplies liquid to the acting chambers is formed. The heating element may be disposed such that the heat generating surfaces are spaced apart from the substrate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367637 | FLUID FLOW STRUCTURE - In one example, parts to be assembled into a fluid flow structure include: a first part having flat sealing surfaces each surrounding one of multiple first conduit openings; a second part having sealing ridges each surrounding one of multiple second conduit openings; and a single gasket having multiple holes each surrounded on both sides by a flat sealing surface. Each hole in the gasket is positioned to align with one of the first and second conduit openings so that, when the parts are assembled together, each gasket sealing surface contacts a corresponding one of the flat sealing surfaces on the first part or the sealing ridges on the second part and fluid may flow through the holes in the gasket from the conduit openings on one of the parts to the conduit openings on the other part. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367638 | INKJET-HEAD AND INK JET PRINTER - An inkjet-head includes a first flow path member in which a plurality of first flow paths are formed; and a second flow path member in which a plurality of second flow paths are formed and to which the first flow path member is bonded. The second flow paths have intra-joint-surface flow paths, respectively, which are formed by surrounding, with a first adhesive, a peripheral edge of a groove formed in the second flow path member and bonding the first flow path member thereto. A joint space is formed and includes a plurality of the intra-joint-surface flow paths due to surrounding, with a second adhesive, an outer periphery of the intra-joint-surface flow path and bonding the second flow path member and the first flow path member. At least a part of the second adhesive is formed further inside of a straight line connecting an end of one intra-joint-surface flow path on the outer side and an end of another intra-joint-surface flow path on the outer side in joined surfaces. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367639 | COMPOUND SLOT - The present disclosure describes a compound slot, and systems and methods of forming the compound slot. An example of a compound slot includes a wafer, where the compound slot includes a trench along a long axis of the compound slot and on a top surface of the wafer, where the trench passes through an initial portion of a total depth of the wafer. A number of openings pass through a remaining portion of the total depth of the wafer, where at least a retained portion of a bottom of the trench is present around a perimeter of each of the number of openings. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367640 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID-EJECTION HEAD - A liquid-ejection head including:
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20150367641 | MICROFLUIDIC DIE WITH MULTIPLE HEATERS IN A CHAMBER - The present disclosure is directed to a microfluidic die that includes a first larger heater and a second smaller heater is a single chamber. The first heater is configured to form a primary bubble that ejects fluid from a nozzle associated with the chamber. The second heater is configured to form a secondary bubble to prevent blow back caused when the primary bubble bursts and ejects fluid from the nozzle. The first and second heater may be coupled to a single input trace and a single ground trace. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367642 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID DISCHARGING HEAD - An element substrate includes a discharge port from which liquid is discharged, an energy generating element configured to generate energy for discharging the liquid from the discharge port, a heating element having a shape with a longitudinal axis and including at least two heating surfaces exposed to the liquid, a first support portion configured to support one end portion of the heating element, a second support portion configured to support the other end portion of the heating element, and a third support portion configured to support a portion between the one end portion and the other end portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367643 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - A liquid ejection head includes a substrate in which a pressure generating chamber that communicates with a nozzle opening is formed; and a piezoelectric element having a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer on a side of the substrate so as to correspond to the pressure generating chamber, and a second electrode that is formed on a surface of the piezoelectric layer opposite to the side on which the first electrode is formed so as to extend over a plurality of the pressure generating chambers, wherein the second electrode is formed to extend to an outside of the pressure generating chamber in a longitudinal direction of the pressure generating chamber. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367644 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTING HEAD - A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle which ejects a liquid, a pressure chamber, a portion of which is partitioned by a flexible diaphragm and which communicates with the nozzle, a piezoelectric element which is laminated on an opposite side of the diaphragm from the pressure chamber and changes a pressure within the pressure chamber, and a reservoir which communicates with the pressure chamber, in which a valve mechanism is provided in a region which is distanced from a region in which the piezoelectric element of the diaphragm is laminated, and is configured to allow the liquid to flow from the reservoir side into the pressure chamber side while inhibiting the liquid from flowing out from the pressure chamber side to the reservoir side. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367645 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DROPLET-DISCHARGE HEAD SUBSTRATE AND DROPLET-DISCHARGING HEAD - An embodiment method for manufacturing a droplet-discharging head substrate may include a first step to perform a surface activation process on joint surfaces of first and second plates with an atom beam, ion beam or plasma; a second step to align and stack the first and second plates in such a manner that nozzle holes formed in the first plate communicate with through-holes formed in the second plate; and a third step to bond the joint surfaces of the stacked first and second plates by atomic bonding without covalent bonding caused by ion movement. The third step bonds the joint surfaces by bringing a load member into contact with the droplet-discharging surface of the first plate at a position away from the nozzle holes to apply pressure under an atmospheric pressure and by bringing the joint surfaces close to each other with an electrostatic attractive force. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367646 | VARIABLE FORCE WIPER FOR MAINTENANCE STATION OF IMAGING DEVICE - A wiper for a maintenance station of an imaging device, including a foundational body that attaches to the maintenance station and a blade on top of the foundational body for scraping fluid and debris from a printhead of the imaging device, the blade being formed of a flexible material having two terminal sections and a central section defining a longitudinal extent of the blade, wherein each of the two terminal sections connects to the foundational body with a thicker expanse of the flexible material compared to the central section that connects to the body with a thinner expanse of the flexible material. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367647 | LIQUID ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER - A liquid accommodating container in which a fiber member and a liquid are accommodated has a fiber ratio of the fiber member is 5% or more to 30% or less, a fiber diameter of the fiber member is 10 μm or more to 50 μm or less, a volume average particle diameter (D | 2015-12-24 |
20150367648 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid container including a casing that has a side wall surrounding a container portion configured to contain a liquid; a projecting portion that is provided inside of the container portion to be protruded from a fourth wall corresponding to a bottom of the container portion; and a supply port that is provided in the casing to communicate with outside of the casing through an outer area outside of an overlapping area which overlaps the projecting portion in the container portion in a planar view of the fourth wall and discharge the liquid from the container portion. At least part of a second wall provided to face the projecting portion across a first liquid reservoir has optical transparency. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367649 | FLOW PATH MEMBER, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - There is provided a flow path member including a flow-path member main body which is provided with a liquid supplying path through which liquid is supplied to a head main body that ejects liquid and an attaching portion to which a liquid supplying unit that supplies liquid of the liquid supplying path is attached; and a sealing member which is provided with an insertion hole into which the attaching portion is inserted, and is interposed between the liquid supplying unit and the attaching portion, in which a convex portion is provided in any one of the inner surface of the insertion hole and the outer surface of the attaching portion, and a concave portion that fits with the convex portion is provided in the other of the inner surface of the insertion hole and the outer surface of the attaching portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367650 | Print Head Cleaning Apparatus And Method For A Ribbon Printing System - A cleaning apparatus for a ribbon printing system includes a base support and an insert. The base support has a receiving area configured to receive a cleaning pad and the insert is configured to secure the cleaning pad in the receiving area or the base support. The base support is shaped to fit between a printer and a backup platen of the ribbon printing system when the insert secures the cleaning pad in the base support so that a thermal print head of the printer engages the cleaning pad in order to clean the print head. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367651 | THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE RECEIVING SHEET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention is to provide a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which is able to provide excellent printing sensitivity and prevent the generation of poor image quality in high density areas and folded lines even during high speed printing, and an image forming method for forming an image on the thermal transfer image receiving sheet. Presented is a thermal transfer image receiving sheet containing a substrate and, on at least one surface of the substrate, a composite porous layer containing a thermoplastic resin, and a dye receiving layer in this order from the substrate, wherein the composite porous layer contains a porous core layer and non-porous skin layers layered on both surfaces of the porous core layer; a total thickness of the non-porous skin layers is 5 to 15% of a whole thickness of the composite porous layer; and a density of the composite porous layer is 0.65 to 0.74 g/cm | 2015-12-24 |
20150367652 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INK CURING - A printing device ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367653 | Printer For Kiosks - A printer for kiosks is disclosed that includes an anti-intrusion door that is movable between a normal closed position and an open position in which it respectively closes and opens a passage through which a printed document is guided, moving from the normal closed position to the open position by a thrust exerted by the exiting document and returning to the closed position through the effect of its weight after the printed document has been removed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367654 | System And Method For Forming Hydrophobic Structures In A Porous Substrate - An apparatus for distributing a hydrophobic material in a substrate includes a first roller, second roller that engages the first roller to form a nip, a heater operatively connected to the first roller and configured to heat the first roller to a first temperature that is greater than a second temperature of the second roller, and a substrate transport configured to move a substrate through the nip at a predetermined velocity. The first roller engages a first side of the substrate and the second roller engages a second side of the substrate to enable the hydrophobic material to penetrate into the substrate. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367655 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A image forming method is provided to form a high-quality color image having a wrinkle-like texture. A first primer layer | 2015-12-24 |
20150367656 | RECORDING METHOD AND PRINTER - There is provided a recording method, in which a glitter pigment ink and a clear ink containing substantially no color material is used with respect to a coated paper or a film, including: at least one of (A) primarily-applying the clear ink before applying the glitter pigment ink and (B) applying the clear ink in the same scanning at the time of applying the glitter pigment ink; and (C) secondarily-applying the clear ink after applying the glitter pigment ink. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367657 | INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink jet recording apparatus includes a case; a recording head that performs recording by ejecting liquid to a medium provided in the case; a base portion provided in a position that faces the recording head and has a medium supporting portion that supports the medium; a protruding portion that is provided in any one of an area facing a bottom portion of the case in the medium supporting portion or an area facing the base portion in the bottom portion in the case, protrudes to the other one, and extends in a first direction intersecting a transportation direction of the medium; and a receiving portion that is provided in any one of an area facing the bottom portion of the case in the medium supporting portion and an area facing the medium supporting portion in the bottom portion of the case, and receives the protruding portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367658 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus includes a support unit that is capable of supporting a target recording medium, a recording unit that is capable of recording on a target recording medium that is supported by the support unit, and a plurality of adjustment units that adjust an interval between the support unit and the recording unit. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367659 | PRINTERS HAVING ENCODERS FOR MONITORING PAPER MISALIGNMENTS - A printing system includes at least one print module for printing on a receiver media; a mechanism for moving the receiver media past the at least one print module; at least a first and second optical encoder sensor for measuring at least one of displacement and velocity of the receiver media which provides an output signal to a controller; wherein the controller, in response to the signals received from the at least two optical encoder sensors, controls the operation of the at least one print module. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367660 | Liquid Discharging Apparatus - A liquid discharging apparatus includes a feeding unit that feeds a medium, a feeding driving unit that drives the feeding unit, a liquid discharging unit that performs a discharging operation of discharging a liquid to the medium, and a controller that controls the feeding driving unit to start to operate in synchronization with a timing when the liquid discharging unit finally discharges the liquid in the discharging operation. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367661 | Printing Apparatus - A image process unit includes program memory units that each store a corresponding one of programs for an image processing; a data memory unit that stores therein a set of image data; a program memory bus that interconnects a data analysis unit and the image process unit and carries a printing command; a data memory bus that interconnects the data analysis unit and the image process unit and carries the set of image data; a color conversion process unit that performs color conversion processing on the set of image data on the basis of the printing command and one of the programs; a halftone process unit that performs halftone processing on the set of image data having been subjected to the color conversion processing, on the basis of the printing command and the other one of the programs. The color conversion processing and the halftone processing are performed in parallel. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367662 | METHODS OF PRINTING CALIBRATION PATTERNS, CALIBRATION METHODS, AND PRINTERS - A calibration-pattern printing method in a page-wide array printer having an array of print nozzles extending in a transverse direction of the printer comprises printing a respective calibration pattern portion on a substrate by at least one first portion of the nozzle array, changing the relative position of the nozzle array and substrate in the transverse direction then printing a respective further calibration pattern portion on the substrate by the at least one first portion of the nozzle array so that a given first nozzle-array portion prints a calibration pattern portion and further calibration pattern portion that are at least partially aligned with each other in the longitudinal direction and join up in the transverse direction to form an enlarged calibration pattern portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367663 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING BODY - The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material having a high recording density, excellent plasticizer resistance in recorded portions, and excellent resistance to thermal background fogging in high-temperature environments. The heat-sensitive recording material includes a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a specific sulfonamide compound. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367664 | HEAT SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL - The invention relates to a heat-sensitive recording material having a flat support, a thermal reaction layer on at least one face of the flat carrier, and optionally an intermediate layer formed between the flat support and the respective thermal reaction layer, and optionally other layers, a crosslinked biopolymer material in the form of nanoparticles being used as a binder in at least one of the layers. The invention also relates to the production and the use thereof. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367665 | THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING SHEET - An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer recording sheet that enables high-chroma images to be formed, has a high color-developability that enables a wide color gamut to be achieved, and enables high-quality black images to be formed using process black. The thermal transfer recording sheet includes a base material, and a yellow dye layer including a yellow dye, a magenta dye layer including a magenta dye, and a cyan dye layer including a cyan dye that are disposed on the base material. The magenta dye, yellow dye, and cyan dye each contain specific compounds. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367666 | PRINTABLE MEDIUM - An inkjet printable medium includes an opaque substrate having I(x)/I | 2015-12-24 |
20150367667 | PROCESSING FLUID, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, RECORDED MATTER, AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - A processing fluid contains a water soluble cation polymer having a quaternary ammonium cation in the main chain, either of one of phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt and p-tert-butyl benzoate, and water, wherein the phosphoric acid-based inorganic salt is either of one of disodium monohydrogen phosphate, sodium dihydrogen phosphate, sodium polyphosphate, dipotassium monohydrogen phosphate, and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, wherein the water soluble cation polymer accounts for 40% by weight to 60% by weight. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367668 | RESIN PRINTING PLATE PRECUSOR FOR LASER ENGRAVING - It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin printing plate precursor for laser engraving that is able to form a relief by laser engraving, the relief having excellent image reproducibility, and moreover has toughness and improved printing durability. The present invention is a resin printing plate precursor for laser engraving comprising a substrate and a resin layer on the substrate, the resin layer containing:
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20150367669 | Reliefed Card-Shaped Data Carrier - A multilayer card-shaped data carrier has a core layer based on paper, with an individualization formed in the layer. At least a part of the area of the data carrier is deformed into a relief which has a viewing angle-dependent optical effect and which extends into the core layer through the cover layer. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367670 | METHOD OF USING LASER ABLATION TO REVEAL UNDERLYING SECURITY FEATURE AND DEVICE OBTAINED THEREBY - A credential with one or more security features is disclosed. The disclosed credential includes a thin-film metal layer that can be utilized as a recording media. The thin-film metal layer may also have portions thereof removed to reveal at least one underlying layer, such as a photoreactive layer. A method of manufacturing such a credential is also disclosed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367671 | Picture Album - A picture album can include a picture frame and has a front cover panel, back cover panel, and four side panels, all in a rectangular shape and covered by a material. The edges of the sides and the front cover have embedded magnets that allow the album to open flat and recover its original shape through engaging magnetic force when closed. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367672 | WRITING INSTRUMENT - In order to provide a writing instrument applicable to an applicator, in which a writing or applying direction can be visually recognized in a broad range at a visual part of a tip, the writing instrument is endowed with a constitution in which a tip | 2015-12-24 |
20150367673 | COMPONENT FOR WRITING, DRAWING, PAINTING AND/OR COSMETIC IMPLEMENTS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a component for writing, drawing, painting and/or cosmetic implements for receiving at least one application medium, the component comprising at least one sleeve, which is made of a polymer-bonded wood substitute substance and which has an inner sleeve wall and an outer sleeve wall, the component further having at least one migration blocking layer, the at least one migration blocking layer directly or indirectly covering the inner sleeve wall of the at least one sleeve. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367674 | Temporary Outdoor Graphic Film - Temporary graphic films that may be applied to rough, outdoor surfaces such as concrete or asphalt pavement are provided. The temporary graphic films are durable, yet easily removed and may include a fracturable material that permits fluid flow to reduce slip and fall situations. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367675 | DECORATIVE ELEMENT COMPRISING A NUMBER OF STONES WHICH ARE ASSEMBLED WITHIN A CLOSED FRAME, COMPRISING TWO DECORATIVE FACES - A decorative element including a number of stones ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367676 | COMPOSITE WHEEL WITH REINFORCED CORE - A one-piece composite wheel has a disc core made from a three-dimensionally reinforced honeycomb structure, with the disc core embedded by a composite material to form a disc section of the wheel. The composite material also forms the rim of the wheel, with the rim being integral with the disc section. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367677 | WHEEL HAVING COVERING PARTS - Disclosed herein is a wheel, in particular for vehicles, such as motor vehicles, with a rim ring having an opening defined there through, and with a main support at least partially arranged in the opening in the rim ring. The wheel, despite having a low weight, provides adequate rigidity and strength and can be produced in a simple manner, while maintaining design flexibility. The main support of the wheel has a plurality of spokes, and a plurality of covering parts for at least partially covering the spokes, wherein the main support and the covering parts support the rim ring. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367678 | Container Wheel System - An improved wheel system that can be connected to existing wheels of a container to provide additional stability and/or ease of use during the movement of the container. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367679 | RAILCAR WHEEL, APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A cast metal railroad car wheel includes a hub section, a tread section, and an uninterrupted annular web extending between and supporting the tread section on the hub section. The web includes a disk-shaped surface that is continuously concave and that does not include a reversely curved portion. A V-process casting process casts railroad wheels using a vacuum-process casting mold with opposing halves each partially filled with unbonded sand and sand-retaining-plastic film and a vacuum application port and that, when positioned together with the unbonded sand held to shape by vacuum and the film, define a cavity shaped to form a railroad car wheel. The V-process includes feeding molten metal into the cavity, cooling the molten metal, and releasing a vacuum to cause the sand to fall away from the railroad car wheel. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367680 | HOLLOW AXLE SHAFT FOR A VEHICLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A hollow axle shaft for transmitting rotational motion from a prime mover to a wheel of a vehicle comprises an elongated member. The elongated member extends along an axis between a first end and a second end. The hollow axle shaft further comprises a flange at the first end and extending radially away from the axis for receiving the wheel. The flange is integral with the elongated member. A method of manufacturing the hollow axle shaft comprises the step of providing the elongated member comprising a material and defining a bore extending along the axis between the first and second ends, and the step of forming the flange with the material at the first end. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367681 | HOLLOW AXLE SHAFT FOR A VEHICLE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a hollow axle shaft, which transmits rotational motion from a prime mover to a wheel of a vehicle, includes an elongated member extending along an axis between a first end and a second end. The hollow axle shaft includes a flange at the first end with the flange extending radially away from the axis for receiving the wheel. The method comprises the steps of providing the elongated member comprising a material, forming a bore extending partially through the elongated member by removing a portion of the material along the axis from the second end toward the first end, and forming the flange with the material at the first end. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367682 | TRACTION DEVICE - A traction device to engage a track of a tracked vehicle includes spaced apart longitudinal ribs and spaced apart transverse ribs forming a matrix, with at least one longitudinal rib having first gripping elements spaced apart to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a first pitch and at least one other longitudinal rib having second gripping elements spaced apart to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a second pitch. A number of third gripping elements are arranged across a width of each of the transverse ribs, and the transverse ribs are spaced to engage a track of a vehicle having lugs spaced at a third pitch. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367683 | Quick Assembly Bicycle Inner Tube - A quick assembly bicycle inner tube comprising a cylindrical hollow body strip with two distal ends, an air valve, and end coverings formed of round cup shaped bodies, each end covering integral to a distal end of the tube. Each end covering has a closed head, where a first end covering is formed with a protrusion or convex head; and a second end covering is formed with a matching recess or concave head. When inflated in a tire, the protrusion at the first distal end sits flush against the recess of the second distal end. The bicycle inner tube and method of installing the inner tube, eliminates the need for tools to disassemble the wheel set, allowing the user to manually remove and replace the inner tube without removing the wheel set from the bicycle. The inner tube is further easily folded into a flat shape to facilitate easy portability. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367684 | PNEUMATIC RADIAL TIRE FOR PASSENGER VEHICLES - A pneumatic radial tire for passenger vehicles. When the tire is fitted on a rim and having an internal pressure of 250 kPa or higher, the section width SW and the outer diameter OD of the tire satisfy a predetermined relationship. A center land row is a rib-shaped land, and has center lug grooves each opening into one of the two circumferential main grooves and terminating within the center land row. Outer land rows are rib-shaped lands, each outer land row having outer lug grooves and outer auxiliary lug grooves. The outer lug grooves each open into a ground contact end in the tire width direction and terminate within the outer land row. The outer auxiliary lug grooves open into the circumferential main groove defining the outer land row, has a groove width smaller than the groove width of the outer lug grooves, and extend in the tread width direction. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367685 | TIRE FOR HEAVY LOADS - To improve durability performance and rolling resistance performance in a well-balanced manner. It is a tire for heavy loads including a carcass ply ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367686 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A pneumatic tire, including a pair of bead portions, a pair of sidewall portions, and a tread portion, the sidewall portion comprising: a first decorative portion indicating a first mark; and a second decorative portion indicating a second mark and provided on the inner side in the tire radial direction of the first decorative portion such that at least a portion in the tire circumferential direction of the second decorative portion overlaps the first decorative portion in the tire radial direction, wherein brightness of the second mark of the second decorative portion is higher than brightness of the first mark of the first decorative portion, and an area of the second mark of the second decorative portion is smaller than an area of the first mark of the first decorative portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367687 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A tire has a projecting portion raised from an outer surface of a side portion. A top surface of the projecting portion forms a mark. A colored portion is formed in a region defined by a profile line offset with respect to an outer edge formed by the top surface and an outer side surface. Formed on the top surface between the colored portion and the outer edge is a non-colored portion which exposes a base color of the tire. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367688 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - A back surface part ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367689 | PNEUMATIC TIRE - The pneumatic tire described herein is provided with, in a tread surface, at least two circumferential grooves continuously extending in a tread circumferential direction, and a resonator disposed in a land part defined between two circumferential grooves having different sectional areas of the at least two circumferential grooves, the resonator having an air chamber opened to a land part surface in a position separated away from the circumferential groove, one or more narrowed necks communicating the air chamber with one of the two circumferential grooves, and one or more narrowed necks communicating the air chamber with the other circumferential groove, wherein
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20150367690 | Tire Inflation System Having a Seal - A tire inflation system that includes a seal. The seal may have an annular mounting portion and an annular lip portion. The annular lip portion may have a sealing side and a non-sealing side. Leakage of pressurized gas may be inhibited when the sealing side faces away from the annular mounting portion. Leakage of pressurized gas may be enabled when the annular lip portion is rolled such that at least a portion of the sealing side faces toward the annular mounting portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367691 | TIRE STATUS MONITORING-TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE THEREOF - A tire status monitoring-transmission system and a transmission device thereof are disclosed. The system comprises a Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer having a display interface and sending out a response signal after detecting an upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal; a plurality of transmission modules each including a Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit persistently emitting the upward Bluetooth broadcasting signal and receiving the response signal; a control unit electrically connected with the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit and generating a trigger signal according to the response signal; and a sensor module electrically connected with the control unit, triggered by the trigger signal to detect a tire status, and generating detection signals to the control unit, wherein the control unit further transmits the detection signals to the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer through the Bluetooth wireless transceiving unit, and the Bluetooth wireless transceiving host computer presents the tire status on the display interface. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367692 | REPEATER FOR TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM (TPMS) AUTO LOCALIZATION - A TPMS auto localization system for on-demand tire parameter acquisition and an associated method includes a central unit configured to receive and transmit radio-frequency (RF) signals, and a tire module associated with a tire. The tire module is configured to measure one or more tire parameters based on a received low frequency (LF) command and transmit the one or more tire parameters to the central unit. A repeater module is associated with the tire module, and is configured to receive the RF signal from the central unit and translate the RF signal into a LF command to be transmitted to the tire module. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367693 | TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM - A tire inflation system including a drive mechanism having a rotational axis, a pump cavity positioned a radial distance away from the axis of rotation, and a force translator coupling the rotational axis to the pump cavity. The drive mechanism includes a cam comprising an arcuate bearing surface having a non-uniform curvature, the cam rotatable about the rotational axis, and an eccentric mass couple to the cam that offsets a center of mass of the drive mechanism from the rotational axis. The pump cavity is rotatably coupled to the cam, wherein the pump cavity includes an actuating element and a chamber. The force translator couples the arcuate bearing surface to the actuating element, wherein the force translator includes an axis having an arcuate position fixed to an arcuate position of the pump cavity. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367694 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SHAPE OF VULCANIZATION-MOLDED TIRE - A computer-implemented method for estimating a shape of a tire vulcanization-molded by a molding surface of a mold, comprises: a process in which a primary mold model of the mold which is made up of a finite number of elements to have the molding surface before tire vulcanization is defined; a mold deformation process in which a deformation calculation of the primary mold model is performed based on conditions for tire vulcanization to obtain a shape of the molding surface during tire vulcanization, and a secondary mold model having the obtained shape of the molding surface is defined; and a tire shape acquiring process in which, based on the obtained shape of the molding surface of the secondary mold model, the shape of the tire is calculated. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367695 | MOWER WITH FRONT CASTER WHEEL SUSPENSION - A lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly includes a suspension and a fork. The fork is rotatably connected to a structural member of the lawn maintenance vehicle. The caster wheel assembly also includes an arm connected to the fork, and the arm is rotatable about an arm axis. The caster wheel assembly further includes a caster wheel mounted to the arm and is rotatable about a wheel axis. A damping member is attached to the fork and the arm such that the caster wheel and the arm can rotate about the arm axis. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367696 | ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICE - An anti-vibration device includes: an inner cylinder connected to one of a vibration generating portion and a vibration receiving portion; an outer cylinder connected to the other one of the vibration generating portion and the vibration receiving portion; an intermediate cylinder pressed in an inner periphery of the outer cylinder; a main elastic body connecting the inner cylinder and the intermediate cylinder; and a stopper elastic body independent of the main elastic body, the stopper elastic body being fixed to the intermediate cylinder and facing, in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the inner cylinder, the inner cylinder with at least a cavity in between, the cavity being formed through the main elastic body in the inner cylinder axial direction, wherein the stopper elastic body has an axial stopper portion that protrudes beyond the intermediate cylinder and the outer cylinder in the inner cylinder axial direction. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367697 | SUSPENSION GROUP IN PARTICULAR FOR MOTORIZED VEHICLES - Suspension group for motorized vehicles comprising a main spring which extends between a first and a second end of the group, a main damper connected in parallel to said main spring said main spring being pre-loaded by pre-loading means which together press the spring in compression and impose a rest length thereon, namely the length assumed by the spring when there are no further external loads on the first and/or on the second end of the group except for the pre-load caused by the pre-loading means, wherein the first and second end are connected kinematically to a first and a second mass of the motor vehicle respectively, the first mass being a mass suspended by the suspension group and the second mass being a non-suspended mass. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367698 | STRUT BEARING - A strut bearing including a cap ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367699 | SUSPENSION MOUNT - A suspension mount comprises an inner plate, an elastomer member, a lower case, and an upper plate. A plate includes an extended portion extending from the circular-cylinder portion. An incline portion is integrally formed on the extended portion and clamped by the elastomer member. The elastomer member clamps the incline portion of the extended portion from the outer periphery side. Thereby, when the plate is fixed in a status that the plate and the elastomer member are contained in the case, the input in the axial direction of the mount will be decomposed into a compressive load in an axial direction and a compressive load in an axially-perpendicular direction by the incline portion. Therefore, the elastomer member is held in a status that it is precompressed in the axial direction and the axially-perpendicular direction. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367700 | GAS SPRING AND GAS DAMPER ASSEMBLY WITH A RELEASABLE AXIAL - LOCKING ASSEMBLY - Gas spring and gas damper assemblies can include a gas spring that includes a flexible spring member, a first end member and a second end member that together at least partially define a spring chamber. A gas damper can include a first damper element and a second damper element that are telescopically engaged with one another for reciprocal motion. A releasable axial-locking assembly can be operatively connected between the first and second damper elements that is capable of operating in both locked and released conditions. Gas damper assemblies, suspension systems and methods of manufacture are also included. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367701 | SHOCK ABSORBER SYSTEM - A shock absorber system installed on a vehicle having four wheels in which a VSC control for giving a braking force to any of the wheels is to be executed to reduce an improper turning behavior of the vehicle due to an excessive side slip of any of the wheels, including: four hydraulic shock absorbers each configured to generate a damping force with respect to a relative movement of a corresponding sprung and unsprung portion and having a damping-force changer configured to change the damping force; and a controller configured to control the damping force by controlling the damping-force changer and configured such that, when the improper turning behavior of the vehicle occurs, the controller executes a reduction control in which the damping force to be generated by at least one of the four shock absorbers is controlled to reduce the improper turning behavior. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367702 | DAMPER CONTROL DEVICE - A damper control device controls a damping force of each damper interposed between a vehicle body and a corresponding one of a plurality of vehicle wheels of a vehicle. The damper control device includes: a good wavy road control calculation unit that obtains, for each damper, a good wavy road control instruction suitable for a good wavy road representing a wavy road surface; a bad wavy road control calculation unit that obtains, for each damper, a bad wavy road control instruction suitable for a bad wavy road that has more concavities and convexities than the good wavy road; and a final instruction calculation unit that obtains a final control instruction for each damper based on the good wavy road control instruction and on the bad wavy road control instruction. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367703 | DAMPER CONTROL DEVICE - A damper control device controls vibration of an unsprung member by controlling a damping force of a damper interposed between a sprung member and the unsprung member of a vehicle on the basis of a damping property prepared in advance. The damper control device includes a correction unit that extracts a sprung resonant frequency component of a stroke velocity of the damper, and corrects a damping force target value of the damper on the basis of the extracted above-spring resonant frequency component. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367704 | PNEUMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLE - A pneumatic control system for a heavy-duty vehicle includes an air supply in fluid communication with a height control valve and an air spring. An air lock valve is in fluid communication with the height control valve and the air spring, and is also in fluid communication with a blank cavity. The air lock valve includes an “air lock off” position and an “air lock on” position. When the air lock valve is in the “air lock off” position, fluid flows from the height control valve, through the air lock valve to the air spring. When the air lock valve is in the “air lock on” position, fluid communication between the air spring, the air lock valve and the height control valve is prevented and, instead, fluid flows from the air spring, through the air lock valve to the blank cavity. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367705 | TORSION BAR SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AXLE OF A TWO TRACK VEHICLE - A torsion bar system for a vehicle axle, in particular a rear axle, of a two-track vehicle, includes first and second rotary actuators, each of which is associated with a vehicle side, for an active suspension control. Each rotary actuator has at least one motor/gear unit with which torques can be generated and transmitted as actuating forces onto a wheel suspension element via an output lever. The motor/gear units of both rotary actuators are arranged in a common housing which is rotationally fixed to the vehicle body. The housing has at least two attachment points for bracing the vehicle body, wherein the attachment points are spaced from one another across a bearing distance, and the housing is mounted on the vehicle body in a rigid assembly via said attachment points. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367706 | AIR DISTRIBUTION DUCT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - An air distribution duct configured to be connected to a heating and/or air-conditioning device of a motor vehicle, the air distribution duct including: a connection end configured to be connected to the heating and/or air conditioning device; a closed other end; a longilinear main branch with one end which forms the closed end and the other end which forms the connection end, one face of the main branch being pierced with one or a number of orifices; at least one other orifice situated on a secondary branch one end of which is connected to the main branch and the free other end of which is closed, the at least one other orifice being on a face situated on a same side of the duct as the other orifices of the main branch. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367707 | AIR VENT WITH FORCED AIR FEATURE - An air vent is mounted in a vehicle window frame. The air vent includes a one-piece body having an interior face and an exterior face. A passive ventilation feature includes an air pathway that extends between a first opening in the interior face to a second opening in the exterior face. A forced air ventilation feature is carried by the body. The forced air ventilation feature includes a ventilation fan, an exhaust outlet and a closure for the exhaust outlet that is displaceable between open and closed positions. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367708 | TUNED AIR EXTRACTOR TO PREVENT WIND THROB IN A VEHICLE - An air extractor is provided for reducing wind throb in a vehicle. The air extractor includes a support having a first opening. A first flap is pivotally mounted to support frame in the first opening. The first flap is displaceable between a fully outwardly open position, a fully inwardly open position and an intermediate closed position. Further, the flap is tuned to a resonance frequency of between 12 and 18 hertz characteristic of the wind throb generated by the vehicle in which the air extractor is mounted. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367709 | AIR VENT FOR MITIGATING HOT AIR IN VEHICLE - An air vent is mounted in a vehicle window frame. The air vent includes a one-piece body having an interior face and an exterior face. An air pathway extends between a first opening in the interior face to a second opening in the exterior face. An elongated window channel is also provided in the body for receiving the window over which the air vent is mounted. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367710 | VEHICLE AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus is installed at an upper portion of a vehicle and includes an apparatus main body which includes an outdoor unit chamber and an indoor unit chamber, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an outdoor blower, a second heat exchanger, an indoor blower, and an electrical component box which houses an inverter that controls the compressor. A return port for taking in in-vehicle air is provided at a lower portion of the indoor unit chamber, and the electrical component box is installed in a space inside the indoor unit chamber so as to be close to the ceiling of the indoor unit chamber, the space defined above the return port. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367711 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An air conditioning device for vehicle includes a refrigeration cycle including a compressor for sucking, compressing and discharging a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an expansion valve for decompressing the refrigerant condensed in the condenser and an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant through heat exchange between the refrigerant reduced in pressure by the expansion valve and surrounding air. This air conditioning device for vehicle increases an operation rate of the compressor more than that before a vehicle speed drops below a first permitted vehicle speed higher than a fuel cut recovery vehicle speed when an air conditioner is on, at which the compressor is actuated, when the vehicle speed drops below the first permitted vehicle speed during the deceleration of a vehicle associated with a fuel cut. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367712 | REMOVABLE CLIP TO SECURE A VEHICULAR SUN VISOR IN THE OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION - A removable clip for use with a sun visor in a vehicle to maintain the visor in an open position against a windshield of the vehicle or a closed position against an interior roof portion of the vehicle is provided. The clip includes a bar member having a first elongated member, a bend portion, and a second elongated member. The first elongated member is coupled to a first end of the bend portion, the second elongated member is coupled to a second end of the bend portion. The bend portion has a path with a bend of at least 180 degrees to create sufficient space between the first elongated member and the second elongated member to receive the sun visor. A first grip layer is disposed around the second elongated member and a second grip layer is disposed around the first elongated member. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367713 | Sun Tracking Tint Visor - A light filtering transparent or semitransparent visor intended to prevent flash blindness and other hazards associated with the adverse affects associated with bright lights impacting the eyesight of occupants of a vehicle. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the visor comprises a larger, tinted body surrounding a smaller, much more heavily tinted body intended to filter the bright rays of sun to enable safe viewing of the sun through the filter. The entire apparatus is designed to be repositioned directly in the line of sight between the viewer and the sun in the preferred embodiment of the invention. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367714 | Sun Tracking Tint Visor - A light filtering transparent or semitransparent visor intended to prevent flash blindness and other hazards associated with the adverse affects associated with bright lights impacting the eyesight of occupants of a vehicle. In the certain embodiments, the visor comprises a larger, tinted body surrounding a smaller, much more heavily tinted body intended to filter the bright rays of sun to enable safe viewing of the sun through the filter. The entire apparatus is designed to be repositioned directly in the line of sight between the viewer and the sun. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367715 | VEHICLE DOOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle door structure includes a door outer panel that configures an outer plate of a side door; a door inner panel that is provided towards a vehicle width direction inside than the door outer panel, and that configures an inner plate of the side door; an impact beam disposed between the door outer panel and the door inner panel so as to run along the side door in the vehicle front-rear direction; and a bracket that is provided with an excess length portion between a first joint portion that is joined to a vehicle front-rear direction front portion of the door inner panel and a second joint portion that is joined to a vehicle front-rear direction front portion of the impact beam, with an apex portion of the excess length portion provided towards the vehicle width direction inside than the vehicle width direction position of the second joint portion. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367716 | METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING END MUCKETS TO A PREVIOUSLY MOLDED VEHICLE PANEL AND PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF A SEPARATELY EXTRUDED AND ELONGATED COMPRESSION SEAL - A seal for incorporating into a vehicle application, including an elongated body having a first softer portion exhibiting a multi-sided and enclosed cross sectional profile and a second more rigid portion coextruded with the softer portion and which is adapted to being resistively engaged with an extending location associated with a vehicle panel so that the first portion is supported upon the panel and adapted to being contacted by a further component associated with the vehicle. The first portion exhibits a multi-sided profile in cross section with a hollow interior to facilitate controlled and cushioning collapse when compressed and includes an upper portion having a generally conical pointed upper end and a pair of outwardly flared lower ends. A slip coat is applied over the body and includes any type of plastic olefinic based grade or post applied and cured material | 2015-12-24 |
20150367717 | Shelter for Vehicle and Method Thereof - A shelter for a vehicle includes a container member adapted for being detachably affixed at a rear side of said vehicle and a cover arrangement including a utility body having a rear lateral side extended from the container member. The utility body is normally stored in the container member when it is not in use. The utility body is large enough to cover an outer surface of the vehicle that the utility body is unfolded to extend a front lateral side from the container member toward a front side of said vehicle for covering the vehicle.
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20150367718 | VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE - A vehicle body structure | 2015-12-24 |
20150367719 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HYBRID DRIVE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, CORRESPONDING HYBRID DRIVE DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method for operating a hybrid drive device of a motor vehicle is disclosed, wherein the hybrid drive device includes an internal combustion engine, which can be operatively connected to a first axle of the motor vehicle, a first electric motor, which can also be operatively connected to the first axle of the motor vehicle, and a second electric motor, which can be operatively connected to a second axle of the motor vehicle. The electrical energy used for operating the second electric motor is generated in a first mode of operation by the first electric motor driven by the internal combustion engine while increasing the output of the internal combustion engine, and in a second mode of operation is derived exclusively from an energy storage device for electrical energy. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367720 | ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE DRIVE UNIT - In a configuration where a left and a right wheels are driven individually by a plurality of drive-motor units mounted on a vehicle body, power transmission members which are provided by constant-velocity joints have a small operation angle made by their input shafts and output shafts for improved life of the constant-velocity joints. Left and right wheels are individually driven by a plurality of drive-motor units, which are mounted onto a vehicle body via a sub-frame, so that each power transmission member provided by a constant-velocity joint has a small operation angle made by its input shaft and output shaft. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367721 | IN-WHEEL MOTOR AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE - The in-wheel motor for installation inside a wheel disk of a wheel includes: a cylindrical coil body; a coil body support member fixed to a shaft; an outer yoke that is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the coil body, and is fixed to a wheel disk; a cylindrical inner yoke that is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the coil body, and is rotatable around the shaft; and a magnet that is fixed on one of an inner circumferential face of the outer yoke and an outer circumferential face of the inner yoke, the magnet disposed to face a circumferential face of the coil body. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367722 | Hydraulic Module Comprising High and Low Pressure Accumulators, For a Hybrid Vehicle - A hydraulic module designed to be mounted on a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, characterised in that it forms a rigid and compact assembly comprising a body ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367723 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle includes an electric power storage device, motors, a grille shutter and at least one ECU. The ECU is configured to: (i) control the motors and the grille shutter, (ii) calculate the SOC of an electric power storage device, and (iii) execute opening control of the grille shutter such that a first amount of the air exceeds a second amount of the air. The first amount of the air is an amount of the air introduced into the vehicle from the outside of the vehicle when the SOC exceeds a predetermined value. The second amount of the air is an amount of the air introduced into the vehicle from the outside of the vehicle when the SOC does not exceed the predetermined value. | 2015-12-24 |
20150367724 | VENTING APPARATUS FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS, IN PARTICULAR FOR LIQUID CONTAINERS FOR AN AQUEOUS UREA SOLUTION - The present invention discloses a venting apparatus ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367725 | MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TANK WITH VALVE DEVICE MOUNTABLE WITHIN THE SAME - The tank comprises: a hollow body; a valve device ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367726 | Structure for Mounting Fuel Tank on Vehicle Body and Device for Preventing Deformation of Fuel Tank - To provide a structure for mounting a fuel tank on a vehicle body that can prevent harmful deformation of the fuel tank that would impair the function of the fuel tank in either case where the pressure in the fuel tank changes to a positive pressure or to a negative pressure, the structure for mounting a fuel tank on a vehicle body includes: a band lower ( | 2015-12-24 |
20150367727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOUNTING A FUEL SYSTEM - The invention provides systems and methods for mounting a fuel system to a vehicle. In some embodiments, the invention provides systems and methods for mounting a fuel system comprising a fuel tank to a vehicle chassis using a bracket, which may be a multi-part bracket, and may be referred to as a “drop and go” bracket. | 2015-12-24 |