52nd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180370208 | BARRIER STRUCTURE BASED ON MPMDT/XT COPOLYAMIDE WITH A HIGH Tg - A barrier structure for the storage and/or transport of fluids, including at least one barrier layer (1) including an MPMDT/XT copolyamide in which: MPMDT is a unit with an amide motif having a molar ratio of between 5 and 50%, particularly between 5 and 45%, preferably between 15 and 45%, more preferably between 20 and 45%, where MPMD is 2-methyl pentamethylene diamine (MPMD) and T is terephthalic acid, XT being a unit with a majority amide motif having a molar ratio of between 50 and 95%, particularly between 55 and 95%, preferably between 55 and 85%, more preferably between 55 and 80%, where X is a C9 to C18, preferably C9, C10, C11 and C12, linear aliphatic diamine, and where T is terephthalic acid, the copolyamide having a melting point of 250° C.2018-12-27 | |
20180370209 | HIGH PRESSURE LAMINATE PANEL AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a high pressure laminate panel having a surface layer on at least one panel surface, which has as the outermost layer a polymer coating with a polyurethane(meth)acrylate polymer, and which is characterized by excellent scratch resistance and resistance to weathering. Furthermore, a method for the production of polyurethane(meth)acrylate-coated high pressure laminate panels is provided. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370210 | WAFER BONDING APPARATUS AND WAFER BONDING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a wafer bonding apparatus for accurately detecting a bonding state of wafers in a wafer bonding process and/or in a wafer bonding system including the wafer bonding apparatus. The wafer bonding apparatus includes a first supporting plate including a first surface and vacuum grooves for vacuum-absorption of a first wafer disposed on the first surface, a second supporting plate including a second surface facing the first surface. A second wafer is on the second surface. The wafer bonding apparatus and/or the wafer bonding system include a bonding initiator at a center portion of the first supporting plate, and an area sensor on the first supporting plate and configured to detect a propagation state of bonding between the first wafer and the second wafer. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370211 | FOAM AS ADHESIVE FOR COMPOSITES FOR THERMAL INSULATION - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a composite for thermal insulation comprising at least layers (L1), (L2) and (LB), the process comprising the steps of providing layer (L1) containing from 25 to 95% by weight of aerogel and from 5 to 75% by weight of fibers and from 0 to 70% by weight of fillers and layer (L2) containing from 25 to 95% by weight of aerogel and from 5 to 75% by weight of fibers and from 0 to 70% by weight of fillers; applying a composition (C1) comprising an inorganic binder on one surface of the layer (L1) or layer (L2) or layer (L1) and (L2), and combining layer (L1) and layer (L2) in a manner that composition (C1) is located between layer (L1) and (L2), wherein composition (C1) is applied in the form of a, as well as a composite for thermal insulation comprising at least layers (L1), (L2) and layer (LB) which is located between layers (L1) and (L2) and the use of said composite for thermal insulation. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370212 | LASER FILM DEBONDING METHOD - A laser-based coating removal method debonds a film from a substrate rather than ablating the film. A laser light is transmitted through a transparent film to an underlying bonding layer for bonding the film to one or more additional films and/or a substrate. The laser light is absorbed at the bonding layer and the transparent film is released. In some embodiments, after the transparent film is released it is able to be physically removed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370213 | SELECTIVE POWDER PROCESSING DURING POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for secondary material deposition and insert deposition during additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Such methods and apparatuses can be used to embed chemical signatures into manufactured objects, and such embedded chemical signatures may find use in anti-counterfeiting operations and in manufacture of objects with multiple materials. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370214 | LAYER TRANSFUSION FOR HEAT CAPACITOR BELT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - An additive manufacturing system comprising a transfer medium configured to receive the layers from a imaging engine, a heater configured to heat the layers on the transfer medium, and a layer transfusion assembly that includes a build platform, and is configured to transfuse the heated layers onto the build platform in a layer-by-layer manner to print a three-dimensional part. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370215 | METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS - An example method of making a component includes providing a digital model of a component to a software program, the software program operable to slice the digital model into digital layers and raster each digital layer into digital segments, the digital segments delineated by digital raster lines. The method further includes depositing a first layer of powdered material onto a platform, compacting the first layer of powered material into a first compacted layer, sintering the first compacted layer along lines corresponding to the digital raster lines using a laser, wherein the laser operates at a first power and a first scan speed, and sintering the first compacted layer along a perimeter of the first compacted layer using the laser to form a first unitary layer, wherein the laser operates at a second power and a second scan speed, wherein the ratio of the first power to the second power is less than about 3. An apparatus for making a component is also disclosed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370216 | METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS - An example method of making a component includes providing a digital model of a component to software, the software operable to slice the model into layers and raster each layer into segments, the segments delineated by raster lines. The method further includes depositing a layer of powder onto a platform, compacting the layer of power into a compacted layer, sintering the compacted layer along lines corresponding to the raster lines using a laser, wherein the laser operates at a first power and a first scan speed, the first power being between about 200 and 230 W, then sintering the compacted layer along a perimeter of the compacted layer using the laser to form a unitary layer, wherein the laser operates at a second power and a second scan speed, the second power being between about 100 and 200 W. An apparatus for making a component is also disclosed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370217 | PROCESSLESS LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE - A method for making a lithographic printing plate by direct-to-plate recording includes the step of image-wise deposition of a hydrophobic coating by microplasma onto a hydrophilic support or a support provided with a hydrophilic layer. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370218 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD - A printer according to an embodiment includes a holding part and a printing part. The holding part holds a print substrate having a curved surface in a state where the print substrate is pressed and elastically deformed so that a curvature of the curved surface is small. The printing part performs silkscreen printing on a print surface of the print substrate held by the holding part. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370219 | PRINT STATION WITH A SCREEN FRAME ELEVATION MECHANISM AND SCREEN PRINTING MACHINE THEREOF - Print station ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370220 | ROUNDED IMAGE CANVAS CORNERS - A printing process that reduces the amount of flash that occurs when printing to a surface of a plastic card. The printing can occur by a retransfer printing process. The printing process includes generating an image canvas that has rounded corners instead of the conventional right angle corners. The use of rounded corners on the image canvas reduces the amount of printing in the image canvas at the corners compared to an image canvas that has right angle corners, thereby reducing the amount of printing that is present that could form flash at the corners of the card surface. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370221 | PRINTING ON TO A 3-DIMENSIONAL ARTICLE - A process for printing on to a 3-dimensional article is described. An image is printed on to a first side of a stretchable carrier membrane having a first side and a second side. The membrane is mounted in a plane within a frame between a heating chamber defined on one side of the membrane, and an article receiving chamber defined on the other side of the membrane. A 3-dimensional article to be printed is placed on to a generally flat platen positioned generally parallel to the said plane, optionally with a nest for the article thereon, within the article receiving chamber. A thermo- and vacuum-forming step is performed in which there is relative movement of the platen with respect to the membrane in a direction perpendicularly to the said plane to bring the article into register with the image printed on the membrane and to carry the article into intimate contact with the membrane through the said plane into the heating chamber. A source of vacuum is applied to the membrane from the said other side, and heat is applied to the membrane from the said one side at a first temperature sufficient to soften the membrane, whereby the membrane is thermo- and vacuum-wrapped at least partially about the article with the membrane in intimate contact with surface details of the article. A dye-diffusion step is performed in which infra-red radiation is applied to the article with the membrane wrapped therearound using at least two infra-red sources to heat the membrane and underlying surface of the article over substantially a half-spherical solid angle uniformly to a temperature in excess of the first temperature and for a time sufficient to cause the printed image to diffuse into the surface of the article but insufficient to damage the article. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370222 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle that has a nozzle opening from which liquid is ejected; a pressure compartment that is in communication with the nozzle; a drive element configured to vary pressure of the liquid inside the pressure compartment for ejecting the liquid from the nozzle opening; and a control element configured to apply energy to the liquid in a flow passage from the pressure compartment to the nozzle opening. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370223 | METAL ALLOY SHIM FOR MOUNTING PRINTHEAD CHIPS WITH HIGH BONDING STRENGTH - An inkjet printhead includes: a rigid elongate manifold having ink supply channels extending along its length and a plurality of ink outlets defined therein; a shim attached to the manifold, the shim having a plurality of shim apertures for receiving ink from the ink outlets; and a plurality of printhead chips adhesively bonded directly to the shim, each printhead chip receiving ink from one or more of the ink outlets. The shim is formed of a metal alloy having a CTE of 5 ppm/° C. or less and includes an adhesion-promoting surface film layer. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370224 | PRINT ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - In a print element substrate: if an amount of a voltage drop when the number of print elements driven simultaneously in a state in which the predetermined voltage is applied with respect to one print element array is largest is set as an amount of a voltage drop of the print element array, and a sum of amounts of voltage drops of the print element arrays assigned to one group is set as an amount of a voltage drop of the group, a difference between a largest value and a smallest value of the amounts of the voltage drops of the M groups is smaller than a largest value of the amounts of the voltage drops of the N print element arrays. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370225 | METHOD OF PRINTING - A printing system and method for improving ink absorption in a print substrate by preventing evaporation includes a conditioned transport module arranged for transporting a printed print substrate from a (conditioned) image formation module to a drying/fixation module. The transport module includes a control system configured for controlling the relative humidity inside the transport module to at least 50%. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370226 | INK JET PRINTER PROVIDED WITH MOVABLE SHUTTLE - A controller forms an image on a print medium by alternately repeating: a first operation of driving an inkjet head to eject ink from the inkjet head to the print medium while driving a main scanning driver to move the inkjet head in a main scanning direction; and a second operation of driving a sub-scanning driver to move a shuttle in the sub-scanning direction. The controller performs a multi-stage brake control to stop the shuttle in the second operation, and in a second stage and a stage after the second stage of the multi-stage brake control, apply brake to the shuttle at such a timing that a direction of vibration of the shuttle and a direction of force of inertia of the shuttle in braking of the shuttle are opposite to each other. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370227 | INKJET RECORDER AND METHOD OF DETECTING MALFUNCTION - An inkjet recorder includes at least one nozzle ejecting ink, at least one piezoelectric element, a power unit, and a processor. The at least one piezoelectric element deforms in response to an applied voltage and causing a change in pressure of ink to be supplied to the nozzle. The power unit supplies power for application of a driving voltage to the piezoelectric element. The processor cyclically applies the driving voltage in accordance with a predetermined driving voltage pattern to the piezoelectric element, acquires a representative value corresponding to the power supplied by the power unit in response to the application of the driving voltage, and detects an abnormal capacitance of the piezoelectric element determined based on the representative value. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370228 | LARGE FORMAT PRINTER - In a large format printer, a print head which includes a plurality of drive elements is provided with a head drive circuit which applies a voltage which is based on a first drive signal, a second drive signal, and a reference voltage signal which are input from a control circuit via a cable to the drive element. In a first flat cable and a second flat cable which configure the cable and which are in an overlapping state, a first wire which propagates a first drive signal is adjacent to a third wire which propagates a reference voltage signal, a second wire which propagates a second drive signal is adjacent to a third wire, and, in an overlapping direction, the first wire faces the third wire and the second wire faces the third wire. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370229 | LIQUID JETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COPING WITH FLOATING OF MEDIUM - There are provided a liquid jetting apparatus in which the deterioration of production efficiency is suppressed in a case in which the floating of a medium occurs, and a method of coping with the floating of a medium. A medium is fed; liquid is jetted to the medium, which is transported by a medium transport unit including a medium support surface on which the medium is supported and transporting the fed medium in a medium transport direction, by a liquid jet head; drying processing is performed on the medium, to which the liquid jetted from the liquid jet head adheres, at a position on the downstream side of the liquid jet head in the medium transport direction; and in a case in which the floating of the medium is detected at a position on the upstream side of the liquid jet head in the medium transport direction, the medium continues to be fed, the liquid jet head is moved to a retreat position from a liquid jet position, and the intensity of drying processing is suppressed in comparison with that in a liquid-drying processing-performing state in which drying processing is performed on the medium. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370230 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - In a circulating system which circulates liquid within a liquid ejecting head, thickening of liquid in the vicinity of an ejection port can be more securely suppressed. The ejection port includes a first ejection port disposed in an upstream side in an ejecting direction of ink and a second ejection port disposed in a downstream side in the ejecting direction. The second ejection port includes an enlarged diameter portion whose diameter is enlarged in a radially outward manner from at least a part of an opening edge portion of the first ejection port. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370231 | NOZZLE PLATE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS - A nozzle plate includes a nozzle open to one surface of the nozzle plate to eject ink, and a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer disposed adjacent to the one surface. The DLC layer has surface irregularities including recesses and protrusions. The protrusions adjoining one another have ends to be in contact with the ink. The ends are located at mutually different positions in a direction intersecting the one surface. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370232 | NOZZLE PLATE, LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NOZZLE PLATE - A nozzle plate is a nozzle plate provided with a plurality of nozzle openings, in which a DLC film is provided on a base material (silicon substrate) of the nozzle plate, the DLC film contains fluorine, a fluorine concentration in the DLC film decreases in a direction from a surface of the DLC film toward the silicon substrate, and a fluorine concentration in a region along the nozzle opening is lower than a fluorine concentration in the surface of the DLC film (surface of flat portion). | 2018-12-27 |
20180370233 | ELEMENT SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - An element substrate of a liquid ejection head includes: a base material; an insulating film positioned on the base material; a heating resistance element for generating heat energy for ejecting a liquid; a protective film for covering the heating resistance element; a first electrical wiring layer arranged in the insulating film, for supplying a current to the heating resistance element; a second electrical wiring layer arranged on a layer different from the first electrical wiring layer in the insulating film, for supplying a current to the heating resistance element; and at least one connecting member extending into the insulating film to connect the first electrical wiring layer and the heating resistance element, for causing the current to flow in a first direction, the heating resistance element including a connecting region, extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, to which the at least one connecting member is connected. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370234 | PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN INKJET HEAD - A piezoelectric device and method of manufacturing the same and an inkjet head are described. In one embodiment, the inkjet print head comprises a plurality of jets, wherein each of the plurality of jets comprises a nozzle, a pressure chamber connected with the nozzle, a piezoelectric body coupled to the pressure chamber, and an electrode coupled to the piezoelectric body to cause displacement of the piezoelectric body to apply pressure to the pressure chamber in response to a voltage applied to the electrode; and wherein electrodes of two or more of the plurality of jets have different sizes to cause their associated piezoelectric bodies to have a uniform displacement amount when the voltage is applied to the electrodes. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370235 | Inkjet Printhead - An inkjet print head for generating a droplet of ink includes an ink supply substrate having an ink supply channel; a droplet forming unit arranged on the ink supply substrate; and a manifold chamber formed over an ink inlet surface of the droplet forming unit. The manifold chamber has a first wall formed by the ink inlet surface, a second closed wall formed opposite to the first wall and a side wall extending between the first wall and the second wall and surrounding the manifold chamber. The manifold chamber extends in a manifold plane. A manifold supply channel is arranged in the manifold plane and surrounds the manifold chamber. The ink supply channel is in fluid communication with the manifold supply channel. A number of manifold feed openings in the side wall provide for a fluid connection between the manifold supply channel and the manifold chamber. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370236 | LIQUID EJECTING HEAD, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE - Provided is a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid in a pressure chamber by a piezoelectric device, the piezoelectric device including a vibration plate, a piezoelectric layer containing lead, a first electrode provided between the vibration plate and the piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode provided on a side opposite to a side of the first electrode as viewed from the piezoelectric layer. The piezoelectric layer is preferentially oriented in a ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370237 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - An electromechanical transducer element including a lower electrode, an electromechanical transducer film and an upper electrode formed on the electromechanical transducer film. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370238 | MAINTENANCE METHOD, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, MAINTENANCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a maintenance method of a nozzle surface hardly causing discharge bending even if image formation is performed with a wax-containing ink for a long period of time. The present invention is a maintenance method of a nozzle surface provided with a discharge port of a nozzle of a discharge head capable of discharging an inkjet ink containing a wax which reversibly undergoes a phase transition upon temperature change, a photopolymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, cured by irradiation with an active ray. This method includes a step of moving an ink absorber at a speed of 10 mm/sec or more and 1000 mm/sec or less while the ink absorber is in contact with a nozzle surface at a contact pressure of 1 mg/mm | 2018-12-27 |
20180370239 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus according to the present disclosure executes a first wiping operation in a case where the count value counted by the count unit is higher than a first threshold value while the recording operation is being performed and execute a second wiping operation when the recording operation completes in a case where the count value counted by the count unit is higher than a second threshold value. The inkjet recording apparatus also executes the second wiping operation when the first wiping operation has been performed while the recording operation is being performed. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370240 | ROLL WIPING MEMBER UNIT, WIPER CASSETTE, WIPER UNIT, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF USING WIPING MEMBER - A roll wiping member unit includes a long wiping member and a core. The long wiping member has a starting end and a terminating end at ends in a longitudinal direction and a wiping portion that is subjected to a tensile load at a position between the starting end and the terminating end. The long wiping member is configured to wipe a liquid ejecting head at the wiping portion. The long wiping member is wound on the core from the terminating end in a roll. The long wiping member has a weak portion having strength that does not withstand the tensile load at a position closer than the wiping portion to the terminating end. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370241 | LIQUID EJECTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is a technique that enables a user to confirm the period of time until refilling of the sub tank with liquid is to be started. A refill control unit | 2018-12-27 |
20180370242 | LIQUID STORING TANK HAVING A FIRST CHAMBER AND A SECOND CHAMBER BELOW THE FIRST CHAMBER - There is provided a tank including a liquid inlet port, an atmosphere open port, a liquid outflow port, a first liquid chamber having a first atmosphere communication channel, a second liquid chamber being in communication with the first liquid chamber and having a second atmosphere communication channel, and a liquid channel. The liquid inside the liquid channel is movable along with a liquid consumption of a liquid consuming device connected to the tank. With the tank in a usage posture, when the liquid is stored in the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, the liquid level of the liquid stored in the first liquid chamber is formed independently from the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second liquid chamber. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370243 | LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS - To provide a liquid storage container equipped with a plug member that can prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid storage container and can be opened without causing scatter of the liquid, and a liquid ejection apparatus equipped with the liquid storage container. For the purpose, at least one of a connection part of the convex part with the cover part and an apical part of the convex part most apart from the connection part is provided offset from the centroid of the cover part, seen from a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of a supply port in a state that the plug member is mounted on a supply port of the liquid storage container. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370244 | COLORANT THROUGHPUT SYNCHRONIZER IN A PRINTER - A method for synchronizing consumption of a plurality of toners in a printing device by implementing an automated toner Throughput rate reduction is disclosed, comprising steps of detecting levels of the plurality of toners; identifying, based on a given criteria and detected levels, at least one toner out of the plurality of toners that is running low; calculating a Throughput Rate Reduction (TRR) for each of the identified toners; and reducing Toner Throughput Rate (TTR) at the current printing mode for the identified toner by TRR thereby conserving the identified at least one toner. The toners are identified for reduced throughput based on a dynamic threshold that is equal to difference in its level as compared to toner having highest level. Dynamic thresholds for toners is determined either dynamically at beginning of each print job, or periodically at set intervals, or in combination of two. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370245 | LIQUID CIRCULATION DEVICE AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS - A liquid circulation device includes a liquid discharge head, a circulation channel through which a liquid is circulated via the liquid discharge head, a first liquid feed pump to supply the liquid to the liquid discharge head in a circulation direction, a second liquid feed pump to collect the liquid from the liquid discharge head in the circulation direction, a filter disposed in the circulation channel upstream from the first liquid feed pump and downstream from the second liquid feed pump in the circulation direction, and a decompression-side reverse channel to bypass the second liquid feed pump. One end of the decompression-side reverse channel is connected to the circulation channel upstream from the second liquid feed pump, and another end of the decompression-side reverse channel is connected to the circulation channel downstream from the filter in the circulation direction. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370246 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first shape data representing a shape of ink unevenness, a first determination unit that determines a direction of a pattern of the ink unevenness based on the first shape data, a second determination unit that determines a rotation angle for changing the direction of the pattern of the ink unevenness based on at least one of a movement direction of a head of a printer and a movement direction of a recording medium, and a generation unit that generates second shape data representing a shape having a pattern in at least one of the movement direction of the head and the movement direction of the recording medium based on the first shape data and the rotation angle. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370247 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING INKJET HEAD, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - The present invention has a problem of suppressing liquid gathering of an interpolation dot which interpolates a discharge defective nozzle and preventing deterioration of image quality, and the problem is solved by the present invention including: an inkjet head configured to separately discharge a large droplet, a medium droplet, and a small droplet from each of a plurality of nozzles; and a control unit which forms an image in a single-pass system by discharging the medium droplets from the plurality of nozzles respectively, and forms an interpolation dot to interpolate a discharge defective nozzle by discharging a droplet from a different nozzle when the discharge defective nozzle is present, the control unit forming the interpolation dot to interpolate the discharge defective nozzle with the use of the large droplet and forming at least one adjacent dot which is in contact with the interpolation dot with the use of the small droplet. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370248 | THERMAL HEAD AND THERMAL PRINTER - A thermal head according to the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a first electrode; a heat generating section; a second electrode; a resin layer; and a protective layer. The first electrode is located on the substrate. The heat generating section is located on the substrate. The second electrode is located on the substrate so as to be electrically connected to the heat generating section and the first electrode. The resin layer is located on the first electrode. The protective layer is located on the resin layer. Moreover, the resin layer includes a first portion inserted in the first electrode. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370249 | PRINTER AND PRINTER SYSTEM - In accordance with an embodiment, a printer connectable to a host device comprises a printing module for carrying out printing on a medium, a reception module for receiving a first control signal for driving the printing module which is generated based on an image indicated by data which is a printing object from the host device, and a printing processing module for printing the image indicated by the data which is the printing object on the medium by driving the printing module according to the first control signal received by the reception module. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370250 | METHOD OF PRINTING ON A SURFACE OF A SPHERE AND AN APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ON A SURFACE OF A SPHERE - A method of printing on a surface of a sphere and an apparatus for printing on a surface of a sphere are disclosed, which are used to apply images recorded by omnidirectional 360 cameras, which allow the recording of images in all directions simultaneously. In particular, the print is applied by a printing head over a line which enables printing of each fragment of the sphere surface only once. The apparatus is in the form of a sphere holder and a printing head, wherein the ball is mounted on the base on a rotary support, which rotates the sphere, and the printing head is located on the zone of the sphere surface. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370251 | Integrated Object Packaging and Holder for Direct-to-Object Printer - A system for printing on a multi-dimensional object includes a plurality of print heads, a mounting structure configured to receive an integrated object packaging and holder for an object and to movably mount on a support member, an actuator configured to move the mounting structure along the support member, and a processing device. The system also includes a non-transitory, computer-readable memory containing programming instructions that are configured to cause the processing device to control a movement of the mounting structure relative to the plurality of print heads, and operate the plurality of print heads to eject marking material onto an object mounted on the mounting structure. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370252 | ADHESIVE FILM PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus may include a dispensing device and a print device. The dispensing device may be configured for dispensing a film, wherein the film has an adhesive side. The print device may be arranged about the dispensing device in a position and orientation allowing the print device to impart information onto the adhesive side of the film. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370253 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - To suppress the risk of ink bleeding and thereby attain an improved printing quality, a printing apparatus is provided that carries out an inkjet printing operation for a medium. The printing apparatus includes inkjet heads that eject droplets of ink using inkjet technique; and ultraviolet light sources that radiate ultraviolet light. The ink ejected from the inkjet heads contains an ultraviolet absorbent that absorbs ultraviolet light, and a solvent that dissolves or disperses the ultraviolet absorbent. The ejected ink is adherable to the medium and fixable by evaporating the solvent. The ultraviolet light sources irradiate the ink adhered to the medium with ultraviolet light so as to volatilize and remove at least part of the solvent from the ink. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370254 | MULTI-COLOR PRINTING METHOD ON PLASTIC FILM AND MULTI-COLOR PRINTING APPARATUS - The invention was made in order to provide a multi-color printing method of a plastic film wherein multi-color print can be made fast without requiring complex operations, while functions of the anchor-coating layer and the shielding are ensured sufficiently, and provides a method of multi-color printing on a plastic film, which comprises an anchor-coating process wherein an anchoring agent is applied to the plastic film by a gravure roll to form an anchor-coating layer which acts as receptive layer to multi-color inks, a multi-color printing process wherein multi-color print is provided on said anchor-coating layer by continuous ink jet printers, a shielding layer-coating process wherein a titanium white ink is applied to said multi-color print by a gravure roll to form a shielding layer, and drying processes being provided after said anchor-coating process, multi-color printing process and shielding layer-coating process, respectively, and an apparatus therefor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370255 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which generates data for forming a shaped object configured of at least a first layer and a second layer as layers of recording materials on a recording medium, the image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire data relating to a shape of the first layer and data for expressing a reflection characteristic of the second layer, an estimation unit configured to estimate a reflection characteristic at each predetermined area of the shaped object based on the reflection characteristic data and the shape data, and a generation unit configured to generate at least any one of recording amount data for expressing a recording amount of the recording material and dot arrangement data corresponding to dot arrangement of the recording material on the recording medium in order to form on the recording medium the shaped object having the reflection characteristic estimated by the estimation unit. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370256 | TABLET PRINTING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus performs printing by using an inkjet print head device for a tablet conveyed by a conveying device. The conveying device includes a conveyor belt having a suction hole and configured to convey the tablet while sucking the tablet from the suction hole. The tablet printing apparatus further includes a rectifying board arranged at a distance from the conveyor belt so as to face a surface of the conveyor belt. The rectifying board has a gas permeability to let an airflow flowing toward the suction hole pass therethrough. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370257 | FULL BLEED PRINTING OF RIGID SUBSTRATE - A system includes a carrier frame having a void, a rigid substrate of size of the void, the rigid substrate is connected to the void of the carrier frame, and a tape connected to edges of the rigid substrate and the carrier frame along the edges of the rigid substrate. The system is for printing with a standard printer to provide a full bleed print on the rigid substrate. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370258 | TEXTILE PALLET WITH ADJUSTABLE FRAME - A textile holder having adjustable side extensions is provided. The side extensions can be generally U-shaped metal rods or wires having a plurality of spaced notches for adjusting the spacing of the wires from a central pallet portion. Alternatively, other structures, such as plates can be used for the side extensions. The plates can include one or more slots. Screws or posts on the central pallet portion can be used to align the plates at appropriate extension distances and hold the plates in place. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370259 | MOVE BAIL ARMS - Examples disclosed herein relate to moving a bail arm. Examples include to determine a size of a medium to be ejected to an output tray; acquire a fill state of the output tray; and raise a bail arm to a first position above a receiving surface of the output tray when the size of the medium is larger than a size threshold and the fill state is lower than a stack height threshold. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370260 | PRESSURE PLATE CONTROL - An example system includes a pressure plate actuating portion. The pressure plate actuating portion includes a cam gear coupled to a cam arm and a pressure plate arranged to be driven by the cam arm as the cam arm rotates with the cam gear through a pick-up cycle, the pressure plate being biased in a first direction toward the cam arm with a pressure plate spring. The example system also includes a pressure plate release control portion, the pressure plate release control portion being arranged to transfer potential energy from the pressure plate spring in a gradual manner. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370261 | REMOVABLE PRINTHEAD - A printhead mounting system includes one or more pins attached to a printhead, and configured to be inserted through one or more slots in a support frame coupled to a printer, and one or more fasteners configured to engage with the pins inserted through the support frame slots. The fasteners can be detachable, operably coupled to the support frame, or coupled to each other. Additionally, the system can have locating pins for aligning the printhead with the support frame. A method for attaching a printhead includes inserting posts located at a top of a printhead through openings in a printhead support frame, and engaging one or more quick-release fasteners with the posts above the support frame. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370262 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a printer, a baseplate, a jacket, and a container. The printer is configured to perform printing on a recording sheet. The baseplate holds the printer. The jacket is attached to a first surface of the baseplate, and is configured to hold an information terminal. The container is attached to a second surface of the baseplate facing away from the first surface, and is configured to store the recording sheet. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370263 | Low-Particle Gas Enclosure Systems and Methods - The present teachings relate to various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that can have various components comprising a particle control system that can provide a low-particle zone proximal to a substrate. Various components of a particle control system can include a gas circulation and filtration system, a low-particle-generating motion system for moving a printhead assembly relative to a substrate, a service bundle housing exhaust system, and a printhead assembly exhaust system. In addition to maintaining substantially low levels for each species of various reactive species, including various reactive atmospheric gases, such as water vapor and oxygen, for various embodiments of a gas enclosure system that have a particle control system, an on-substrate particle specification can be readily met. Accordingly, processing of various substrates in an inert, low-particle gas environment according to systems and methods of the present teachings can have substantially lower manufacturing defects. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370264 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS - An inkjet recording apparatus includes a plurality of nozzles, storage, a first reading section, a first computing section, a selection section, and a controller. The storage stores first information and first pattern image data representing a first pattern image. The first reading section scans a sheet to generate sheet data. The first computing section computes positions of both edge portions of the sheet in a main scanning direction based on the sheet data. The selection section selects a plurality of used nozzles. The controller directs the used nozzles to form a second pattern image on the sheet. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370265 | PRINTER AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATING SLACKNESS OF PRINTING MEDIUM - In accordance with an embodiment, a ribbon holding shaft winds an ink ribbon before printing. A ribbon winding shaft winds the ink ribbon after printing to collect the ink ribbon. A feed motor rotationally drives the ribbon holding shaft. A winding motor rotationally drives the ribbon winding shaft. A detection module detects slackness of the ink ribbon stretched between the ribbon holding shaft and the ribbon winding shaft. A ribbon feed control module forward rotates the winding motor to draw out the ink ribbon from the ribbon holding shaft to the printing section and further controls the ribbon winding shaft to wind the ink ribbon. A reverse rotation control module reversely rotates the feed motor to stretch the ink ribbon between the ribbon holding shaft and the ribbon winding shaft if the detection module detects the slackness of the ink ribbon. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370266 | INSTANT TICKET REDUNDANCY VIA MULTI-CHROMATIC INDICIA - A redundantly printed security-enhanced document, printing method and system ensure the meaning of the information imparted by variable indicia printed by redundant printing on the document with removable scratch-off coatings. By printing the variable indicia with multiple colors, redundancy and integrity of the intended indicia is achieved. Additionally, inverted color indicia countermeasures to pinprick attacks are also disclosed. The redundantly printed document, methods and systems enhance the overall appearance of the redundantly printed document, and reduce possible consequences resulting from misprinted variable indicia. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370267 | HEAT-SENSITIVE RECORDING MATERIAL - The invention relates to a heat-sensitive recording material, comprising a carrier substrate and at least one heat-sensitive thermal reaction layer, which is applied to at least one side of the carrier substrate and contains at least one fluoran color former, at least one color developer, at least one melting aid, and optionally typical additives, such as lubricants, stabilizers (anti-aging agents), and/or pigments, characterized in that the color developer is dodecyl gallate and the melting aid is an ethylene bis fatty acid amide of formula (I), wherein R | 2018-12-27 |
20180370268 | SEAMLESS CYLINDRICAL OFFSET PRINTING PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND REPRODUCTION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided are a seamless cylindrical offset printing plate which enables seamless continuous printing to be performed, a manufacturing method therefor, and a reproduction processing method. The seamless cylindrical offset printing plate comprises: a cylindrical plate base material; a hydrophilic satin-like rough surface which is formed on a surface of the cylindrical plate base material; and a hydrophobic resist pattern part which is formed on the satin-like rough surface, wherein an exposed part of the satin-like rough surface serves as a non-printing area and the resist pattern part serves as a printing area. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370269 | BINDING MEMBER, BINDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a cross section shape of the toothed part, in gaps formed between a recesses and a projections when a upper toothed part and a lower toothed part are engaged without a bundle of recording materials, when the distances between the recesses and the projections in a pressing direction of the toothed part at positions where the distances from a center lines of the projections in a direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part to the surfaces of the projections in the direction perpendicular to the pressing direction of the toothed part are a distance L | 2018-12-27 |
20180370270 | BINDING MEMBER, BINDING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided a binding member. The binding member includes: an upper toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in a bundle of recording materials; and a lower toothed part having projections and recesses for forming irregularities in the bundle of recording materials and forming a pair with the upper toothed part. In at least one of the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part, in side surfaces of the recesses of one toothed part, when the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part are engaged, surfaces wide in a direction parallel to the pressing direction of the toothed parts are formed so as to be provided gaps between the upper toothed part and the lower toothed part. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370271 | METHOD FOR BINDING A BUNDLE OF LEAVES AND A BOOK OR FOLDER THEREBY OBTAINED - A method for binding a bundle ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370272 | GREETING CARD HAVING A BIASING MEMBER - A greeting card generally comprising panels and a biasing member which stores a compressive force or a tensional force. The biasing member is coupled to the greeting card, such that the greeting card moves to an open configuration or a closed configuration, depending on the type of force held by the biasing member. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370273 | PROCESS FOR PROTECTING A DOCUMENT, PROTECTIVE DEVICE COMPRISING AN ADHESIVE LAYER AND DOCUMENT - The invention relates to a process for protecting variable inscriptions of a document in which: a transparent film is bonded to a face of said document with a view to protecting variable inscriptions of said document, by at least one adhesive layer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature between 40° C. and 110° C. and having a hydroxyl value between 3 mg of KOH/g and 60 mg of KOH/g and/or an acid value between 2 mg of KOH/g and 150 mg of KOH/g, said adhesive layer comprises a crosslinking agent having at least 2.8 functions selected from the group formed of isocyanates, carbodiimides, aziridines and alkoxysilanes, during the bonding, a crosslinking of said adhesive layer is carried out. The invention also relates to a protective device and to a document. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370274 | WRITING INSTRUMENT - Provided is a writing implement capable of drawing lines using capillary action, wherein the width of the line can be freely adjusted while the line is being drawn and it is possible to draw lines of almost the same width at the beginning of the use of the writing implement as at the end of use. A felt-tip pen | 2018-12-27 |
20180370275 | COATING FILM TRANSFER TOOL - Provided is a coating film transfer tool comprising an external cassette and an internal cassette housed in the external cassette. The internal cassette includes a supply portion configured to supply transfer tape having a coating film on substrate tape. A pressing and transferring portion is configured to transfer the coating film to a film receiving surface by pressing the transfer tape against the film receiving surface, a take-up portion is configured to take up the substrate tape after the coating film is transferred, and a rotation-in-conjunction mechanism is configured to rotate the supply portion and the take-up portion in conjunction with each other. The external cassette includes a button and an elastic member. The pressing and transferring portion sticks out of the external cassette by the button being pressed, and the pressing and transferring portion retracts into the external cassette by the pressing of the button being stopped. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370276 | DECORATED-PART AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a decorated-part comprises a first and second base coat-layer-forming process, a surface coat-layer-forming process and a laser-decorating process. In the first base coat-layer-forming process, the first base coat-layer colored in a highly light color at a lightness-level of 70 or more is formed on the surface of the resin base-material | 2018-12-27 |
20180370277 | A DECORATIVE PANEL - The present invention relates to a decorative panel, comprising a core layer provided with a decor layer, said décor layer comprising a substrate layer provided with at least one coating, wherein within said decorative panel at least one sensor, especially a passive sensor, is located. The present invention furthermore relates to the use of such a decorative panel in furniture, in exterior walls and facades and in interior decoration. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370278 | A METHOD TO PRODUCE A BUILDING PANEL AND A SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT - A method to produce a building panel, including: providing a substrate, applying a thermosetting binder in dry form on the substrate for forming a sub-layer, applying a sheet on the sub-layer, and pressing the substrate, the sub-layer and the sheet together to form a building panel, thereby the thermosetting binder of the sub-layer impregnates the sheet from below. Also, a semi-finished product. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370279 | Magnetic Wheel - A magnetic wheel includes a rim provided with a tire and a magnet housed inside the rim. The rim defines a central rotation axis, and is characterized in that the magnet is mounted in a swinging body that rotates around the central rotation axis defined by the rim. The combination enables the size to be smaller with respect to the force it contributes, and it makes the wheel lighter. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FAILURE OF A WHEEL BEARING IN VEHICLE - Methods and apparatus are provided for predicting potential failure of wheel bearings in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature value for a wheel bearing and a processor for comparing the temperature value to a threshold value. When the temperature value exceeds the threshold value, the process provides an indication to warn of the potential failure of the wheel bearing. The method includes operating the vehicle for a time period and measuring a temperature value for the wheel bearing after the time period. Next, the temperature value is compared to a threshold value for the wheel bearing. When the wheel bearing temperature value exceeds the threshold value, and indication is provided to warn of the potential failure of the wheel bearing. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370281 | ADJUSTABLE CASTER ASSEMBLY - An adjustable caster assembly includes a body having a top surface and a base, and an opening within the base. A wheel is connected to the body, where the wheel is configured to extend beyond the base of the body to engage a supporting surface. A foot is positioned within the opening in the base and configured to move between an expanded position and a contracted position. The foot may be actuated by an actuation shaft that engages a gear. The actuation shaft may be movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370282 | TIRE - A tire including: a circular tire frame that includes a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer having a hard segment and a soft segment, the hard segment containing a copolymer of a dicarboxylic acid having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and a diamine having from 4 to 12 carbon atoms, and the soft segment containing a polyamine; and a reinforcing cord layer that includes a reinforcing cord member wound around an outer circumferential portion of the tire frame along a tire circumferential direction at an average interval of from 0.4 mm to 3.2 mm in a tire width direction. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370283 | NON-PNEUMATIC TYRE WITH AN IMPROVED CAVITY APERTURE - A tire comprising a plurality of cavities formed on each of the first and second tire sidewalls. The cavities are extending longitudinally from a cavity opening up to a predetermined distance in the radial middle portion, wherein each cavity comprises a bottom surface and at least one cavity sidewall surface extending from the bottom surface to the cavity opening, said bottom surface and at least one sidewall surface defining an unpressurised cavity space. At least one of the tire cavities comprises at least one structural element extending outwardly from at least one of the cavity surfaces. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370284 | POLYBENZOXAZINE THAT CAN BE USED FOR COATING METAL AND BONDING OF SAME TO RUBBER - The repeat units of a polybenzoxazine comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): | 2018-12-27 |
20180370285 | TIRE - A tire comprising a tire frame that comprises a resin material and has a circular shape, and a belt portion that comprises a metal-resin composite that is disposed around the tire frame,
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20180370286 | TIRE - A tire comprising a tire frame that comprises a resin material and has a circular shape, and a metal-resin composite,
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20180370287 | Tire Tread For A Heavy Civil Engineering Vehicle - Tire tread is made up of a radial superposition of a first portion ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370288 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS CONSISTING OF AN ORIENTED STACKING OF HARD-SOFT MIXTURES FOR MECHANICAL COUPLING IN THE PRODUCTION OF TIRE TREADS - The present invention relates to materials making it possible to generate mechanical coupling in elastomeric compositions, of use especially for the manufacture of tyre treads. It relates in particular to a tread comprising a stack of layers having high and low stiffness moduli. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370289 | Tread For An Aircraft Tire - An aeroplane tire, and, in particular, the tread thereof. The tread ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370290 | TIRE - A tire includes a tread portion including at least one land portion having axially spaced first and second ends. The at least one land portion is provided with lateral grooves extending from the first end to terminal ends terminating within the at least one land portion, first sipes each extending along a tire circumferential direction to connect a pair of lateral grooves arranged adjacently in the tire circumferential direction, second sipes extending from the first end toward the first sipes, and third sipes extending from the second end toward the first sipes. The second sipes and the third sipes are arranged without intersecting the lateral grooves. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370291 | Tire Tread For A Heavy Civil-Engineering Vehicle - Tread of a tire ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370292 | Tire Crown For Heavy Goods Vehicle Of The Civil Engineering Type - Crown of a tire for a heavy vehicle of construction plant type is desensitized to attacks. The tire includes a tread ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370293 | Tire Tread For An Agricultural Vehicle | 2018-12-27 |
20180370294 | TREAD FOR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE WINTER TIRE - The tread comprises circumferential grooves which delimit an intermediate row (I) and edge rows (B). The tread also has a plurality of V-shaped oblique grooves with branches that make an angle of 30° to 60° with the axial direction. The circumferential and oblique grooves delimit a plurality of V-shaped blocks in each intermediate row. In each V-shaped block, there is a canal below the tread surface, and this canal has a width of 2 to 6 mm and is intended to generate a new groove after a predetermined amount of wear. When new, each canal has openings that open into the oblique grooves. A bridge of material is formed between the V-shaped blocks and occupies heightwise at least 40% of the depth of the oblique grooves and doing so over a width at least 10 mm. The bridge of material is suitable for not closing the openings of the canals. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370295 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire mountable on a 15° tapered specified rim includes a bead core, a carcass, a steel cord reinforcing layer, a bead rubber layer, an organic fiber reinforced layer, and a first reinforcing rubber layer. A distance from a second line segment to a third line segment is from 4 mm to 12 mm, a complex modulus of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 6 MPa to 10 MPa, an elongation at break of the first reinforcing rubber layer is from 300% to 450%, and a difference between a first height and a second height is from 3 mm to 15 mm. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370296 | Pneumatic Tire - A pneumatic tire includes a bead portions and a bead core at the bead portions, the tire being mounted to a 15°-tapered specified rim. The bead portions include a portion inward in a radial direction of an extension line of an inner circumferential surface of the bead core, the extension line extending in the lateral direction, that is positioned outward in the tire lateral direction of an imaginary line passing through a first intersection point between the extension line and a tire inner surface and extends inward in the tire radial direction from the extension line at an angle perpendicular to the extension line. An angle α formed by the imaginary line and a line segment passing through a second intersection point between a bead base and the tire inner surface and the first intersection point between the extension line and the tire inner surface is from 0° to 25°. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370297 | RUN FLAT TIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A run flat tire | 2018-12-27 |
20180370298 | A MODULAR TYRE LINER - There is provided a piece for a modular tyre liner, the piece being planar and generally rectangular and cut to define: a key head and a key hole, the key head configured for insertion into an associated key hole of an adjacent piece for engagement in use to form a mechanical interlock with the adjacent piece and wherein the key head and a key hole are configured for allowing movement of the piece with respect to the adjacent piece along the length of the liner in use. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370299 | TIRE WITH A PRESSURE REGULATOR AND APPLICABLE WHEEL - The present invention relates to a wheel with a pressure regulator and to the applicable rim. The wheel has a tire ( | 2018-12-27 |
20180370300 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AN ELECTRONIC HOUSING MOUNTED ON A WHEEL OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A method for configuring an electronic housing mounted on a wheel of a motor vehicle for the purposes of transmitting signals intended for a central unit incorporated into the motor vehicle, involving dividing one turn of the wheel into a predetermined number n of referenced sectors, commanding the emission of a sequence of n successive signals, referred to as configuration signals, which are synchronized with the n referenced sectors and of emission duration t | 2018-12-27 |
20180370301 | TIRE MOUNT SENSOR - A protruding portion is provided on a molded resin portion of a tire mount sensor, and the longitudinal direction of the protruding portion is aligned with the longitudinal direction of an antenna. Further, the longitudinal direction of the antenna is set at a predetermined angle with respect to the acceleration detection direction of the G sensor. For example, with a predetermined angle of 0°, the longitudinal direction of the antenna may be matched with the acceleration detection direction of the G sensor. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370302 | TYRE CHANGING MACHINE - A tyre changing machine includes a frame; a wheel support assembly mounted on the frame for locking and setting in rotation a rim of a wheel; at least a bead breaking arm; and a bead breaking tool adapted to carry out the bead breaking operation of the tyre of the wheel. The bead breaking arm is movable between a disengaged position, in which the bead breaking tool is substantially distanced with respect to the tyre, and a working position, in which the bead breaking tool can engage on the tyre. A motor device has an output drive shaft for moving the bead breaking arm. The tyre changing machine further includes means for transmitting drive from the motor device to the bead breaking arm or to the wheel support assembly and adapted to activate the bead breaking arm or the wheel support assembly. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370303 | Apparatus for Securing and Sealing a Pneumatic Tire to a Wheel - An annular and ring extends around the interior of a wheel/rim on which a tire is mounted. The inner diameter of the annular ring is sized for a snug fit on the wheel rim. A tensioning cable extends through the tubular ring and opposed arms are attached to the ring and are movable between disengaged and engaged positions. The apparatus is selectively movable by actuation of a cable tensioner between a first, disengaged position where the arms do not engage the tire and thereby lock it to the rim, and a second, engaged position in which the arm bear against the tire beads, capturing the tire beads between the rim flanges and the wing members to lock the tire to the rim and to create and/or enhances the air-tight seal between the tire and the rim. The bead lock apparatus may be beneficially used in combination with a foam insert for enhanced tire performance. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370304 | TIRE SPREADER - A tire spreader has a pair of tire engaging members pivotally interconnected at a coupling location, each supporting a tire engaging element for contacting a sidewall of a tire. The tire engaging members can be pivotally actuated relative to one another from a neutral position, in which the sidewalls are spaced apart at a regular spacing, to a self-retaining spreading position in which the tire engaging elements are spaced further apart than in the neutral position so as to spread the sidewalls further apart from their regular spacing. First and second pivotally interconnected links are provided, with one of the links connected to the first tire engaging member between the coupling location and the tire engaging element of this first member, while the other one of the links is connected to the second engaging member spaced from the coupling location in a direction distal to the tire engaging element thereof. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370305 | Air Valve for Tubeless Pneumatic Tire - Air valve for a pneumatic tire has a threaded shaft between a first end defining an air inlet and an opposite, second end that is located within the bounded space of a tire mounted on a rim. The air passageway through the air valve has at least one outlet at the distal end of the valve that exists the device through a side portion rather than the terminal end of the device. In a preferred embodiment the air passageway is T-shaped so that air flowing into the tire flows in a non-linear path, exiting the air outlets transverse to the air flow through the inlet into the air passageway. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370306 | HITCHING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTABLE SUPPLY PLUG COMPONENTS - A hitching apparatus includes a towing vehicle-side hitch component, a towed vehicle-side hitch component, a towing vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towing vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towed vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towed vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towing vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towing vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towing vehicle-side insertion connector component, and a towed vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towed vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towed vehicle-side insertion connector component. One alignment component includes an alignment configuration and is movable relative to the hitch component carrying it. One insertion connector component is displaceable relative to the alignment component carrying it. | 2018-12-27 |
20180370307 | Hitch Cushion System - A hitch cushion system for inhibiting a vehicle from being damaged while backing toward a trailer includes a trailer that has a ball receiver. A cushion unit is removably coupled to the ball receiver and the cushion unit extends outwardly beyond a perimeter of the ball receiver. In this way the cushion unit inhibits a vehicle from striking the ball receiver when the vehicle is backing toward the ball receiver. The cushion unit is substantially comprised of a resiliently compressible material to inhibit the vehicle from being damaged when the vehicle contacts the cushion unit. | 2018-12-27 |