38th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100236259 | Operating Method for a Cryo-Compressed Tank - An operating method is provided for a cryo-compressed tank for supplying cryogenic hydrogen to a consumer of a motor vehicle under supercritical pressure at 13 bar or more. In order to compensate for pressure loss resulting from hydrogen removal, the removed hydrogen that has been heated in a heat exchanger is conveyed to a heat exchanger, provided in the cryo-compressed tank, by way of a tank pressure regulating valve and a branch line, which branches off of a supply line leading to the consumer. After flowing through the heat exchanger, it is introduced into the supply line downstream of the branching off of the branch line. Over a period of time that significantly exceeds the cycle times of a conventional frequency valve, either the removed amount of hydrogen is guided without limitation into the heat exchanger, provided in the cryo-compressed tank, the tank pressure regulating valve being completely open, or no return of the heated hydrogen into the heat exchanger occurs at all. Downstream of the branching off of the branch line, the supply line has a pressure regulating unit, which ensures that irrespective of the changes in the pressure in the supply line caused upstream of the pressure regulating unit by switching the tank pressure regulating valve, a sufficient and continuous supply of hydrogen to the consumer at the pressure required is guaranteed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236260 | Undercooled horizontal cryostat configuration - A cryostat configuration has a magnet coil system ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236261 | METHOD FOR UTILIZING HEAT OF COMPRESSION - Described is a method for utilizing the heat of compression accumulating during a compression process for air-conditioning and/or heating buildings and/or for heating service water. According to the invention, the heat of compression accumulating during the compression process is at least temporarily transferred to at least one consumer that serves for air-conditioning and/or heating a building and/or for heating service water by means of at least one refrigerant circuit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236262 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DEHUMIDIFICATION - Comfort temperature and humidity levels in a conditioned space are controlled by cycling the speed of an evaporator fan motor in such a manner that, during time periods when higher sensible capacity is desired, the time in which the fan motor operates at a higher speed is increased, and during time periods when a higher latent capacity is desired, the time in which the fan motor operates at a lower speed is increased. The fan motor may be a single speed motor that is switched between on and off positions, or it may be a multiple speed motor that is cycled between a higher speed and a lower speed. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236263 | Air Conditioning System for Communication Equipment and Controlling Method thereof - An air conditioner for communication equipment is provided. The air conditioner includes an indoor module disposed at an indoor space of a base station having communication equipment and including an indoor heat exchanger and an indoor ventilator, an outdoor module disposed at an outside of the base station and including an outdoor ventilator, a brine cooling cycle including first and second outdoor brine heat exchangers, and first and second brine coolers, the indoor heat exchanger, and a brine pump, which are connected through a brine pipe, a first refrigerant cooling cycle including an expansion valve, the first brine cooler, a compressor, and a first outdoor refrigerant heat exchanger, which are connected through a first refrigerant pipe, and a second refrigerant cooling cycle including an expansion valve, the second brine cooler, a compressor, and a second outdoor refrigerant heat exchanger, which are connected through a second refrigerant pipe. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236264 | COMPRESSOR MOTOR CONTROL - A compressor, which is susceptible to protective shutdowns when certain operating conditions are sensed, includes a control feature wherein, when the compressor is restarted after a period of time, it may be caused to operate in an unloaded mode such that a reoccurrence of the shutdowns is less likely. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236265 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - An air conditioner for a vehicle comprises a refrigeration cycle including a variable displacement compressor for refrigerant which uses an engine as a drive source, a condenser, and an evaporator, a displacement adjustment means for outputting a displacement control signal to the compressor, and a compressor torque calculation means for calculating the torque of the compressor. The compressor torque calculation means includes at least two torque estimation means of a saturation region torque estimation means corresponding to a case where the compressor is driven at a maximum discharge displacement and a displacement control region torque estimation means corresponding to a case where it is driven at a discharge displacement other than the maximum discharge displacement, and also includes a correction means for correcting the calculation of the torque of the compressor when a change in engine rotational speed greater than a set value is detected. Even when the engine rotational speed changes rapidly, the torque of the compressor in the refrigeration cycle can be precisely calculated. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236266 | Geothermal Heating and Cooling System - A closed loop geothermal heat exchange system for providing energy efficient cooling during the warmer seasons and baseline heating during the colder season that in one preferred embodiment is comprised of a heat exchanger unit, a circulating pump and a connection to a community water supply by means of upstream and down stream piping. The up stream supply pipe is connected to the community water supply on the system side of the water metering device. Water would flow from the supply side connection by means of water main system pressure to the input side of a heat exchanger through a turbulence-inducing fixture or fixtures that would increase the thermal transfer between the heat exchanger and the water. The output side of the exchanger is connected to the input side of a small booster pump, which supplies additional pressure to the return pipe which may also be configured into a venturi to assist the return water flow and is connected to community water system downstream from the supply connection. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236267 | WEARABLE PERSONAL AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A personal air conditioning device cools and moistens environmentally hot and dry blower-forced air using water vaporization occurring on external surface of a hollow fiber micro-porous membrane while water or other liquid coolant is taken from a container by means of internal capillaries of hollow fiber tubes. The device is able to deliver the pre-cooled air flow over any desired body fragment, particularly under a protective vest. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236268 | AIR CONDITIONER - The filter | 2010-09-23 |
20100236269 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator that sprays a mist using an atomization apparatus includes an atomization state determination unit that determines an atomization state of an atomization unit. An operation of the atomization unit is controlled according to a signal determined by the atomization state determination unit. Thus, an appropriate amount of mist spray is performed according to the atomization state, so that improved spray accuracy can be attained. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236270 | DISPENSER FOR REFRIGERATOR - A dispenser for refrigerator is disclosed. The dispenser for refrigerator includes a pushing member formed in a planar shape and configured to be movable in back and forth direction; a switch configured to be operated by a pushing force applied to be parallel with the pushing member; and a motion conversion unit cooperating with the motion of the pushing member so as for the switch to be pushed. The motion conversion unit includes an oblique member configured to be protruded with being oblique from one side of a rear surface of the pushing member; and a transfer member coming in contact with the oblique member and the switch and having one side fixed to be rotatable in parallel with the pushing member. According to the dispenser for refrigerator, since the motion conversion unit is provided so as to operate the switch resulting from that the transfer member is rotated in parallel with the rear surface of the dispenser housing, it is capable of decreasing an installation space for the dispenser. And, since it is capable of converting a direction of a force using simple configurations such as the transfer member, the oblique member, there may exist a small number of portions where undesired operations may occur, thereby enhancing reliability of operations of the dispenser. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236271 | Ice Management Apparatus - An ice making and delivery apparatus for making and delivering ice to different ones of a plurality of receptacle units is provided, in which ice delivered via a conduit to a diverter valve mechanism, is diverted from alignment with one ice discharge line to another, depending upon sensors in ice receptacles recognizing a level of build-up of ice in any given receptacle, for computer control of a gearmotor for moving the diverter valve from one position to another. Various controls are provided for preventing ice build-up, and for operating the diverter valve during a “dwell” period of ice movement in the conduit, as distinguished from a “push” period of ice movement in the conduit to the diverter valve. A force multiplication technique is employed for moving the diverter valve notwithstanding the presence of ice therein. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236272 | ICE MAKING DEVICE - There is provided an ice making device in which any fluctuation in the amount of ice to be scraped off is nullified so that lump-shaped ice is prevented from being produced and damage to the scraper is prevented. In the ice making device configured in such a way that salt water that flows through a space between an inner pipe and a rotating cylinder is cooled by a cooling medium via the inner pipe so that ice is produced on the inner surface of the inner pipe, and the produced ice is scraped off by an edge portion of the scraper so that sherbet ice is produced, the scraper is provided with a scraper main body that is disposed on the outer surface of the rotating cylinder and pivotally supported by a center axle thereof, as a pivotal center, that is in parallel with the center axis of the rotating cylinder and a scraper weighted body that is formed of a material having a specific gravity larger than that of the scraper main body and mounted in the scraper main body in such a way as to be situated between the pivotal center of the scraper and the edge portion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236273 | ICE MAKING DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator. The ice-making device of the present invention comprises a water tank detachably installed to a rear surface of a refrigerator door for selectively opening or closing a storage space, first and second ice trays rotatably installed to the rear surface of the door to make ice using water supplied from the water tank, and an ice bank installed to the rear surface of the door to store therein the ice made in the first and second ice trays. According to the present invention, ice can be more simply and easily taken out while minimizing the leakage of cold air circulating in the storage space. Further, ice can be stored in a more sanitary way while minimizing the contamination of the storage space in the process of making ice. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236274 | Refrigerator and/or Freezer Unit - The present invention covers a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having at least one wall or door which has a cut-out in which a dispensing unit, in particular for ice, a liquid or the like, is located or through which such a dispensing unit is accessible, wherein a frame is provided to cover the dispensing unit and wherein fastening means are provided by means of which the frame can be fixed. In accordance with the invention, the fastening means include at least one fastening apparatus which is adjustable by means of a thread in the thickness direction of the wall or door and which has connection means, in particular latching means, by means of which the frame or another part of the unit can be connected, preferably releasably, to the fastening apparatus. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236275 | FLUID MACHINE AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A fluid machine ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236276 | Refrigerator Unit and/or Freezer Unit - The present invention relates to a refrigerator unit and/or a freezer unit having at least one air grille for the supply and/or removal of air in a region of the unit, preferably into and/or out of the base region, wherein fastening means are provided for the holding of the air grille, with the fastening means including one or more magnets and one or more elements which can be fixed by the magnet. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236277 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A refrigerator and a method for controlling such a refrigerator is provided in which a receiving box may be automatically drawn in and out together with a door that forms a front face thereof in response to a command input at an input unit, thereby increasing user convenience. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236278 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are provided. In this refrigerator and control method, a receiving box may be automatically drawn in and out together with a door based on a movement command received at an input unit, thus enhancing user convenience and satisfaction. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236279 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a receiving box that may be automatically drawn in and out together with a door in response to a door drawing in command or drawing out command, thereby enhancing user convenience. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236280 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator includes a drawer having a door and a receiving box attached thereto. The drawer may be automatically moved in forward and backward directions. A supply of standby voltage may be intercepted by a drawer driving mechanism when the door is closed so as to reduce power consumption and improve response time to drawer opening and closing commands. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236281 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A refrigerator and a method for controlling the same are provided. With the refrigerator and the method for controlling the refrigerator, a receiving box may be automatically drawn in and out together with a door when a user operates an input device that inputs door drawing in and out instructions, thereby increasing use convenience of children and older people. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236282 | REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant compressor includes a hermetic container storing refrigerant oil an electrically-driven element and a compressing element driven by the electrically-driven element. The compressing element includes a cylinder block having a cylindrical compression chamber and a cylindrical piston reciprocating in the compression chamber. The compression chamber and the piston have a diameter difference in the range of not shorter than 4 μm to not longer than 15 μm. The refrigerant oil has viscosity of 8 mm | 2010-09-23 |
20100236283 | Refrigerant Accumulator - A reversible cooling/heating system ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236284 | Preserving liquids in cryogenic processes - A trap system for cryogenic environments, which brings a gas to a body of the same material in liquid form, allows the liquefied material in the gas bearing tube to pass through a submerged trap combining the newly condensed liquid with that in the reserve. With this apparatus, for example, pure cold Nitrogen gas can be condensed and recycled in a system requiring cryogenic liquid Nitrogen to start the process. This trap system can also be applied to other gaseous materials stored cooled beyond the condensing temperatures. The trap system brings the newly condensed material into the vessel of already condensed material. The gas that has not condensed into liquid, in the case of Liquid Nitrogen, will release into the atmosphere. It is expected that all the gas of the other material will liquefy and be part of the stored liquid because it is stored below its liquefaction temperature—here using Liquid Nitrogen chambers surrounding the vessel of the liquefied material. Also included are means to maintain a clean reservoir of cryogenic liquids providing means to remove debris on the surface, floating within the liquid and at the bottom of the reservoir. And yet more, keeping the liquid form of material is protected from the gas state material to prevent more rapid evaporation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236285 | Hydrocarbon Gas Processing - A process and an apparatus are disclosed for the recovery of ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream in a compact processing assembly. The gas stream is cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled to condense substantially all of it and is thereafter expanded to lower pressure and supplied as the top feed to an absorbing means inside the processing assembly. The second stream is also expanded to lower pressure and supplied as the bottom feed to the absorbing means. A distillation vapor stream is collected from the upper region of the absorbing means and directed into one or more heat exchange means inside the processing assembly to heat it while cooling the gas stream and the first stream. A distillation liquid stream is collected from the lower region of the absorbing means and directed into a heat and mass transfer means inside the processing assembly to heat it and strip out its volatile components while cooling the gas stream. The quantities and temperatures of the feeds to the absorbing means are effective to maintain the temperature of the upper region of the absorbing means at a temperature whereby the major portions of the desired components are recovered in the stripped distillation liquid stream. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236286 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATION OF COOLING CAPACITY OF A COOLING SYSTEM BASED ON A GAS EXPANSION PROCESS - A method and associated system for regulation of the cooling capacity of a cooling system that uses a gas expansion cooling circuit where the cooling principle is expansion of one or more gaseous cooling medium streams from a higher pressure to a lower pressure are described, characterised by the following steps: —reducing the amount of cooling medium which is circulated in the cooling circuit ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236287 | NECKLACE COVER - A necklace cover, or sleeve, which covers jewelry that is worn around the neck is described. The necklace cover is designed to be worn at the back of a neck and is worn over a piece of jewelry to prevent tangling of hair, hair breakage, and/or damage to a persons clothing (e.g. snags or pulls) that often occurs when a person wears jewelry around the neck. Methods for preventing a wearer's hair from getting tangled in a jewelry composition worn around the neck of a wearer are also provided. The methods comprise providing the necklace covers according to the invention. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236288 | GLASS POWDERS, METHODS FOR PRODUCING GLASS POWDERS AND DEVICES FABRICATED FROM SAME - Glass powders and methods for producing glass powders. The powders preferably have a small particle size, narrow size distribution and a spherical morphology. The method includes forming the particles by a spray pyrolysis technique. The invention also includes novel devices and products formed from the glass powders. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236289 | GLASS TUBE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND GLASS TUBE - In a glass processing method according to the invention, in the case of performing chemical vapor deposition or diameter shrinkage of a substrate glass tube G by relatively moving a heating furnace | 2010-09-23 |
20100236290 | BENDING METHOD FOR A GLASS PLATE AND BENDING APPARATUS FOR A GLASS PLATE - In a preliminary forming step, positioning of a glass sheet is facilitated, and generation of a hinge mark by a flapping mechanism and generation of excessively bent portions, are prevented at the same time. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236291 | ARTICLES MADE FROM CO-POLYMER BASED POLYIMIDE AND THEIR USES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS - Disclosed herein is a method for making polyimide articles that are suitable for high temperature applications. The articles disclosed herein are rigid, oxidatively stable, wear-resistant, and permeable to heated moisture and gases, and comprise co-polymer based polyimide, and at least one additive or filler, and are made using 20,000 to 50,000 psi of compression pressure. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236292 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A LOW-ATTENUATION OPTICAL FIBER - A process for manufacturing an optical fiber, includes the steps of: a) producing a soot core preform by depositing a core material on a substrate; b) removing the substrate from the soot preform leaving an axial cavity along the longitudinal axis of the soot core preform; (c) drying and consolidating the soot core preform so as to obtain a glass core preform having an axial hole corresponding to the axial cavity; d) reducing a diameter of the axial hole; and e) stretching the glass core preform so as to substantially close the axial hole, wherein the process further includes the step of measuring at least one geometric characteristic of the axial hole of the glass core preform. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236293 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TAPERED FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS - A system for producing a tapered fiber optic component, the system including a support platform, coupled with a first end of an optical fiber, a weight suspended from a second end of the optical fiber, such that the weight applies longitudinal pulling pressure on the optical fiber, and a moveable heater, positioned adjacent to a predetermined area of the optical fiber, the predetermined area is positioned between the first end and the second end of the optical fiber, the moveable heater applying thermal energy to the predetermined area of the optical fiber, when the optical fiber is lengthened by the pulling pressure, the movable heater follows the predetermined area, such that the movable heater remains adjacent to the predetermined area of the optical fiber. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236294 | CUT-RESISTANT GLOVES - A cut-resistant fabric has at least a fabric section knitted with composite metallic core yarns ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236295 | UNBALANCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VERTICAL-ROTATION-AXIS WASHING MACHINES - There is described a control system ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236296 | TOTAL LAUNDRY TREATING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a total clothes treating system, including a plurality of clothes treating apparatuses positioned adjacent to one another for treating clothes, a display unit for receiving states of the plurality of clothes treating apparatuses and data on the clothes being treated at the plurality of clothes treating apparatuses, and displaying for a user to notice, and a data exchange unit for data exchange among the clothes treating apparatuses and the display unit. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236297 | STATOR OF MOTOR AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a stator of an electric motor and a washing machine having the same, wherein the stator includes a stator core of a stack of bases each with a plurality of poles, an insulator having an upper insulator and a lower insulator fastened to the stator core, a plurality of fastening portions each having a fastening hole for fastening the stator, and a plurality of connection portions each having a plurality of vertical ribs for connecting the insulator to each of the fastening portions, wherein the insulator, the fastening portions, and the connection portions are injection molded as one unit, with the stator core inserted thereto. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236298 | High-Security Enclosure - A high-security enclosure includes a base, a cover and a lock system. The lock system includes a base portion and a cover portion. The lock system base portion includes one or more fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion includes one or more movable lock bars. Each movable lock bar is generally perpendicular to, and arranged to engage, one of the fixed lock bars. The lock system cover portion further includes a lock bar retraction assembly coupled to the one or more movable lock bars for retracting the movable lock bar(s) substantially simultaneously out of engagement with the fixed lock bar(s). A security drive mechanism is coupled to the lock bar retraction assembly to drive the lock system. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236299 | Door Lock and Alarm - A door lock and alarm in the form of a case which is attached to the exterior door handle by a clamping mechanism that stops movement of the case with respect to the door in all degrees of freedom, but allows the handle to turn inside the case. The case is provided with a lockable cover so as to permit an authorised user to open the cover and operate the door handle. An alarm device can be provided within the case to indicate tampering with the door lock. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236300 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - A motor vehicle door lock having a locking device ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236301 | LOCK - The present invention is directed to a lock that provides a multipoint lock that includes reinforcement of the door and jamb on a relatively continuous basis. The lock is for installation in a residential or commercial door having a door frame or jamb and a door. The lock includes a fixed strip coupled to the door jamb, a sliding strip slidably coupled to an edge of the door configured to slidably engage the fixed strip, and a mechanism moveably engaged to the sliding strip for vertically moving the sliding strip to engage the fixed strip. Both the sliding strip and fixed strip have at least one tab extending outwardly therefrom and configured to engage each other. If desired, these tabs could be extended all along the sliding and fixed strips to provide a series of engagement points that serve to uniformly connect the door edge to the door jamb. Each tab on the door edge is formed so it can lock into the similar shaped tab on the door jamb to provide a secure point of connection. When the door is opened the tabs are aligned in a manner so they do not engage and then when the door is closed one set of tabs moves transversely to engage the opposite set of tabs. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236302 | Multiple point door locking system - A multi-function door lock system, comprising in combination, a frame having opposite sides, and installable on a door openable between an interior space and an exterior space, a deadbolt and a door latch carried by the frame to move between retracted and extended positions, a first rotary control located at one level on the frame to control deadbolt movement between extended and retracted positions via primary cam mechanism, a second rotary control at another level on the frame to control latch movement between extended and retracted positions, via secondary cam mechanism, means operatively connected between said secondary cam mechanism and the primary cam mechanism to effect deadbolt movement as aforesaid, in response to operation of the second rotary control, as effected via rotary input to the second rotary control from only one side of the frame. Means is also provided to be responsive to reverse rotation of the first rotary control to effect latch retraction independently of deadbolt displacement. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236303 | PIVOTING LEVER WHICH CAN BE LOCKED IN A HOLLOW AND HAS A COVERING FOR THE LOCKING MEANS - A swivel lever can be locked in a trough in a swiveled in position and comprises a locking device which is accommodated in the swivel lever and which can be unlocked by way of an access opening in the swivel lever. The access opening can be made inaccessible by means of a cover. According to the invention, the cover can be blocked mechanically, particularly electromechanically, in its covering position. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236304 | VEHICLE HANDLE LOCKING APPARATUS - In a vehicle handle locking apparatus, a locking member that can operate between a locked position and an unlocked position and a holding member that operates together with the locking member are resiliently urged toward the unlocked position side; and an engaging member that engages with a holding member in the locked position and holds the locking member in the locked position is operated by operation of an electric actuator toward the side to release the engagement with the holding member. Forced unlocking drive device forcibly drives the holding member toward the unlocked position side in response to the operation of the electric actuator in a state in which the locking member is in the locked position. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a vehicle handle locking apparatus that releases, even when a force in a rotating direction is applied to a steering handle, engagement of a locking member with the steering handle or a linkage member so that an unlocked state is reliably achieved. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236305 | REINFORCED MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK - Motor vehicle lock ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236306 | HOLDING COIL FOR ELECTRONIC LOCK - An electronic lock may include a locking mechanism and a cartridge having a body portion and one or more extension receiving portions that may receive the locking mechanism. The lock may also include a first coil positioned around the cartridge, a core disposed within the cartridge and substantially within the first coil, and a second coil positioned around the cartridge. The second coil may be spaced from the first coil. In addition, a first sliding barrier may be disposed within the cartridge, which barrier may be selectively in communication with the locking mechanism. A control circuit may be included in the lock, which may energize the first and second coils to cause the first sliding barrier to move from a first position magnetically attracted to the core to a second position magnetically attracted to the second coil and thereby allow actuation of the locking mechanism. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236307 | REKEYABLE LOCK CYLINDER - A lock cylinder having a keyway includes a first plurality of guide channels. A plurality of cup-shaped pins is movably disposed within the first plurality of guide channels. Each cup-shaped pin of the plurality of cup-shaped pins extends across the keyway. Each cup-shaped pin of the plurality of cup-shaped pins has an engagement protrusion. The first plurality of guide channels conform to the shape of the plurality of cup-shaped pins to allow movement of the plurality of cup-shaped pins in a first direction while restraining movement transverse to the first direction. A plurality of biasing springs is positioned to bias the plurality of cup-shaped pins in a direction toward the keyway. A plurality of racks is movably disposed in a second plurality of guide channels. Each rack of the plurality of racks has at least one engagement groove to selectively receive the engagement protrusion of a respective cup-shaped pin. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING LIQUID COMPOST - Liquid compost is made automatically and continuously. A rotating carousel, mounted above a tank, receives organic material, and a plurality of nozzles spray fluid onto the carousel, so as to entrain particles of organic material. The fluid and the particles pass through a screen in the carousel, and into the tank. Residual organic material which has not passed through the screen is removed from the carousel by a nozzle oriented to push such material off the carousel. A system of conveyors automatically delivers fresh organic material to the carousel, and removes spent organic material from the carousel. The entire system operates continuously, so that liquid compost, or compost tea, can be made efficiently. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236309 | METHOD AND MATRIX FOR ENHANCING GROWTH MEDIA - The invention relates to a growth media including a charred organic matter, a hydrophilic polyurethane prepolymer, and water for mixing said hydrophilic polyurethane prepolymer and said charred organic matter together into a malleable mixture. The invention also relates to a method of providing the growth media. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236310 | EDGE FLATNESS MONITORING - A metallic strip edge flatness monitoring system for a rolling mill has one or more thermal imaging devices ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236311 | RING ROLLING MILL AND RING ROLLING METHOD - This ring rolling mill includes a main roll and a mandrel provided so as to be capable of being brought close to or separated from each other, and rolling a peripheral portion of a ring-shaped body in a radial direction of the ring-shaped body while the ring-shaped body is rotated along its peripheral direction in a state where the peripheral portion of the ring-shaped body is pinched in the radial direction between an outer peripheral surface of the main roll which is rotationally driven, and an outer peripheral surface of the mandrel which is rotatable. This ring rolling mill further includes a mandrel inclining/supporting mechanism which inclines and supports the mandrel with respect to the axis of rotation of the main roll such that the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the mandrel and the outer peripheral surface of the main roll differs on one side and on the other side as seen in a direction along the axis of rotation of the main roll. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236312 | COILER MANDREL - The invention relates to a reel mandrel ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236313 | STAMPING-EXTRUSION PROCESS AND DEVICE - The subject of the invention is a device and a process for producing single-piece parts, including a bulk section and an elongated section, the device includes a die, formed from at least two half-shells, provided with an orifice for introducing material and bearing as a hollow the shape of the bulk section of the part, at least one of the two half-shells includes an extrusion orifice for producing the elongated section of the part. The process includes a step of pushing a slug of material into a die, provided with an inlet orifice and bearing as a hollow, the shape of the bulk section of the part, and a step of extruding a fraction of the slug to produce the elongated section of the part through an extrusion orifice of the die so as to form a blank of the part via a stamping-extrusion operation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236314 | PRESSING DEVICE FOR CUTTING MEANS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES ON CYLINDRICAL PARTS OF A WORKPIECE - A pressing device ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236315 | Electrical connector configuring dies, tool and method - A die set adapted to remove an end of a substantially flat lug of an electrical connector. The die set includes a first die and a second die. The first die includes a first frame and a spring loaded member connected to the first frame. The first frame includes a first contact surface adapted to directly contact a first side of the lug. The second die includes a second frame having a second contact surface adapted to contact a second side of the lug at a position offset from the first contact surface. The spring loaded member is adapted to contact the first side of the lug directly opposite the second contact surface. The first and second contact surfaces are adapted to shear off the end of the lug from the electrical connector. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236316 | Sheet Metal Blank Having a Homogeneous Thickness Transition - A method for manufacturing a sheet metal blank, in particular a tailored blank, in which at least two metal sheets are connected to one another at their respective connecting edges, the two metal sheets displaying differing thickness is provided herein and allows in a simple manner an application-specific configuration of the region of transition from one metal sheet thickness to another metal sheet thickness. The method includes a step in which, prior to the connecting of the two metal sheets, at least the region of the connecting edge of the thicker of the two metal sheets is pressed to a predefinable thickness in a forming tool in such a way that the connecting edges of the metal sheets display substantially the same thickness. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236317 | METHOD FOR FORMING ARTICLES AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE - A method for hot/warm forming an article that includes heating a billet in a first heater; forging the heated billet in a forging die to form an intermediate workpiece; removing the intermediate workpiece from the forging die while a temperature of the intermediate workpiece is greater than or equal to a predetermined elevated temperature of 1,000 degrees F; and heat treating the intermediate workpiece before the intermediate workpiece has cooled below the predetermined elevated temperature. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236318 | PRESS-PROCESSING METHOD, AND PRESS-PROCESSING APPARATUS - This aims to provide a press process for drawing a plate material ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236319 | VALVE TESTING - Apparatus for testing a safety valve by applying a force to the valve stem and detecting the resultant motion of the valve. The actuator used is generally a hollow cylinder of piezoelectric material or other solid state actuator, which is adapted to locate concentrically about the valve stem. The concentric placement and lack of moving parts creates reliability and even force distribution while maintaining a small overall size. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236320 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF A GAS IN A SEALED LIQUID CONTAINER - A method for measuring an amount of a determined gas, particularly oxygen, in a sealed container ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236321 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING DIABETES - The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes comprising determining at least one metabolite in a test sample of a subject suspected to have a predisposition for diabetes and comparing said at least one metabolite to a reference, whereby a predisposition for diabetes is to be diagnosed. Moreover, the present invention encompasses a collection of metabolites, a data collection comprising characteristic values of metabolites and a storage medium comprising said data collection. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a system comprising means for comparing characteristic values of metabolites of a sample operatively linked to a data storage medium. Further encompassed by the present invention are diagnostic means comprising at least one metabolite and the use of said at least one metabolite for the manufacture of diagnostic means for diagnosing a predisposition for diabetes. Finally, the present invention pertains to a method for identifying diabetes-related metabolites. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236322 | Surface Acoustic Wave Element and Equipment for Measuring Characteristics of Liquid Material - A surface acoustic wave device having electrodes disposed on a piezoelectric substrate, comprising a sealing member having a peripheral wall disposed on the piezoelectric substrate in surrounding relation to the electrodes, and a top plate covering the peripheral wall; and a sealing stiffener disposed on the piezoelectric substrate in facing relation to a liquid material imposed on the piezoelectric substrate and which extends parallel to a portion of the peripheral wall. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236323 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND/ OR MONITORING VISCOSITY AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - A method for determining and/or monitoring the viscosity of a medium, wherein a mechanically oscillatable unit is excited to execute oscillations based on an exciter signal, and wherein oscillations are received from the mechanically oscillatable unit and transduced into a received signal. The eigenfrequency and/or resonance frequency of the mechanically oscillatable unit and/or phase relationship between the exciter signal and the received signal are/is ascertained and/or monitored, and, from changes in the eigenfrequency and/or resonance frequency and/or phase relationship, a change in viscosity is deduced and/or, based on dependencies of the oscillations on the viscosity of the medium, from the eigenfrequency and/or resonance frequency and/or phase relationship, viscosity is ascertained. In a second variant of the method, decay behavior of the mechanically oscillatable unit is evaluated. An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring viscosity is also presented. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236324 | COLUMN TIP PROCESSING DEVICE AND COLUMN TIP PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a column tip processing device and a column tip processing method, and its objective is to enhance the contact between a packing and a fluid as a subject to be processed whereby accomplishing a highly efficient reaction as well as an accurate processing, which has a nozzle head having a single or multiple-channeled nozzle, a suction and discharge mechanism, one or more types of column tips in which a packing is enclosed, a stage provided with a fluid housing part group including a plurality of fluid housing parts in which various solutions are or can be housed, and moving means for moving the nozzle head relatively to the fluid housing part group, and also has a controlling part which controls the suction and discharge mechanism and the moving means with regard to quantities, pressure, flow rate, the number of cycles, time or position of the suction or discharge by the nozzle based on a structural requirement relating to the structure of the one or more types of column tips to be fitted to the nozzle and a processing requirement relating to the processing contents involving one or more types of subject fluids subjected to the suction or discharge of the column tips. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236325 | TIRE AIR-PRESSURE SENSOR - The present invention provides a tire air-pressure sensor ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236326 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CRUDE OILS AND MIXTURES OF CHAIN MOLECULES BY DIFFUSION, RELAXATION AND DENSITY MEASUREMENTS - The diffusion coefficients and relaxation times of mixtures of alkanes follow simple scaling laws based on the chain length of the constituents and the mean chain length of the mixture. These scaling laws are used to determine chain sizes in a mixture from the distribution of the diffusion coefficients. These scaling laws can be used to determine the mean chain lengths (or chain lengths) of a sample (alkanes or mixtures of alkanes) and therefore the constituents of the sample. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236327 | Tri-axis Angular Rate Sensor - Angular rate sensor for detecting rotation about first, second and third mutually perpendicular input axes having a plurality of generally planar proof masses coupled together for linear drive-mode oscillation along multi-directional drive axes in a plane formed by the first and second input axes. The masses are mounted on a generally planar sense frame for linear movements relative to the sense frame in drive-mode and for rotation together with the sense frame in sense modes. The sense frame is mounted for rotation with the masses in sense modes about the first, second, and third input axes independent of each other, in response to Coriolis forces produced by rotation of the masses about the first, second, and third input axes respectively. And capacitance sensors responsive to the rotational movements of the masses and the sense frame in sense modes are employed for monitoring rate of rotation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236328 | APPARATUS HAVING A MOVABLE BODY - An apparatus with a second movable portion that moves along an x-axis direction and a z-axis direction and a first movable portion that only moves along the z-axis direction is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with a fixed portion fixed to a support portion, a plurality of first spring portions connected to the fixed portion, a first movable portion connected to the plurality of first spring portions, a second spring portion connected to the first movable portion, and a second movable portion connected to the second spring portion. A spring constant of each of the plurality of first spring portions in the z-axis direction is lower than spring constants of each of the plurality of first spring portions in the x-axis and a y-axis directions respectively, and a spring constant of the second spring portion in the x-axis direction is lower than spring constants of the second spring portion in the y-axis and the z-axis directions respectively. The first movable portion is configured to move along the z-axis but not to move along the x-axis and the y-axis nor to rotate around the z-axis, and the second movable portion is configured to move along the x-axis and the z-axis with respect to the support portion. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236329 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED ENERGY HARVESTING POWER SOURCES AND INERTIAL SENSORS FOR GUN-FIRED MUNITIONS - A method for generating electrical power from an acceleration of an object is provided. The method including: vibrating a mass-spring unit upon an acceleration of an object; transmitting a force resulting from the acceleration from the mass-spring unit to the one or more piezoelectric elements; converting the vibration of the mass-spring unit to an electrical energy; and calculating at least one of the force and acceleration based on an output of the one or more piezoelectric elements. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236330 | DRY-COUPLED PERMANENTLY INSTALLED ULTRASONIC SENSOR LINEAR ARRAY - This invention relates to permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays for the inspection of pipelines, process equipment, and the like. The permanent, ultrasonic, flexible, dry-coupled, linear arrays detect and/or measure corrosion wall loss, stress corrosion cracking, and/or internal initiated pipeline cracking. The apparatus for ultrasonically testing materials includes a linear array of ultrasonic sensors, and a flexible, acoustically transmissive, dry-coupling surrounding at least a portion of each of the ultrasonic sensors. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236331 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR AND SENSING INSTRUMENT - It is an object of the present invention to provide a piezoelectric sensor sensing a substance to be measured in a sample solution, thereby conducting high-precision measurement. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236332 | FLUID PRESSURE OPERATED FIXTURE - A fixture includes a housing assembly defined along an axis. A pressure bar assembly is mounted to the housing assembly for movement relative the axis. A bladder assembly is mounted at least partially within the housing assembly such that pressurization of the bladder assembly is operable to exert a force on a workpiece along the axis with the pressure bar assembly. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236333 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING REMAINING LIFESPAN OF BOLT USED AT HIGH TEMPERATURES - The present invention is intended to provide a method for assessing remaining lifespan of a bolt with higher precision than conventional methods, which can be applied to a bolt comprising a high alloy with fewer tissue changes caused by creep damage. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236334 | MULTIPLE LAYER STRAIN GAUGE - An apparatus and method uses a die having at least one perimeter side with multiple pads. A structure is positioned between the at least one perimeter side and the multiple pads having multiple layers within the die. The structure functions as both a strain gauge and a crack stop. The structure arrests cracks from propagating from the at least one perimeter side to an interior of the die and provides an electrical resistance value as a function of an amount of strain existing where the structure is positioned. In another form the structure is implemented on a substrate such as a printed circuit board rather than in a semiconductor die. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236335 | INTEGRATED MULTI-MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GAS DIFFUSION LAYER FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL WITH RESPECT TO COMPRESSION - Disclosed is an integrated multi-measurement system for measuring physical properties including thickness, electrical resistance and differential pressure of a gas diffusion layer for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell with respect to compression. The integrated multi-measurement system simultaneously measures changes in the physical properties of the gas diffusion layer depending on pressure upon measurement of the physical properties of the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell and also measures through-plane permeability in which a gas is passed through a sample in a direction perpendicular to the sample and in-plane permeability in which a gas is passed through a sample in a direction parallel to the sample. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236336 | MULIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER - A multiple degree of freedom displacement transducer and body thereof is used to measure linear displacements along and/or rotational or pivotal displacements about up to three orthogonal axes. In one embodiment, a displacement transducer body includes a first pivoting assembly and a second pivoting assembly. Each pivoting assembly has a support member pivotable relative to another portion about two orthogonal axes. A structure joins said another portion of each pivoting assembly together. In another embodiment, a displacement transducer includes a first support member, a second support member, and a cross flexure assembly joining the first support member to the second support member. The cross flexure assembly is arranged to allow the first support member to pivot relative to the second support member about two intersecting orthogonal axes. An angular sensing device is arranged to provide an output signal related to angular movement of the first support member relative to the second support member about at least one of the orthogonal axes. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236337 | Apparatus for the Measurement of Liquid Flow Rates - A flow rate meter that includes a container of known and fixed volume. Electrodes, or sensors, are placed inside the container at several different heights. An electronic circuit uses the electrodes, or sensors, to measure the time it takes this container of known and fixed volume to fill a certain distance with water or water-based solution. The electronic circuit calculates the flow rate in engineering units from this elapsed time by knowing the volume of the container between the fixed electrodes. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236338 | Measuring transducer of vibration-type, as well as an in-line measuring device having such a measuring transducer - A measuring transducer comprising: a transducer housing, of which an inlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an inlet-side, flow divider having exactly four flow openings spaced, in each case, from one another and an outlet-side, housing end is formed by means of an outlet-side, flow divider having exactly four flow openings spaced, in each case, from one another; as well as exactly four, straight, measuring tubes connected to the flow dividers for guiding flowing medium along flow paths connected in parallel. The measuring transducer includes an electromechanical exciter mechanism for producing and/or maintaining mechanical oscillations of the four measuring tubes. The measuring tubes are excitable pairwise to execute opposite phase bending oscillations in, in each case, a shared imaginary plane of oscillation. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236339 | BIAXIAL STRESS MANAGEMENT - A method of measuring biaxial stress in an object of a ferromagnetic material in which material in a region ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236340 | AUTOMATABLE ASEPTIC SAMPLE WITHDRAWAL SYSTEM - An aseptic sampling system includes substantially sealed sampling lines connecting one or more sample container to a vessel containing the fluid to be sampled. A flow control system includes valves and/or clamps placed strategically along the sampling lines and filtered vent lines are provided at strategic locations relative to a reversible fluid pump in communication with the sampling lines. The clamps are selectively actuated, the vent lines are selectively opened or closed, and the pump is operated in a forward or reverse direction to permit a volume of sample fluid to be drawn from the vessel and into a sample container and to permit fluid to be purged from the sampling lines either into the sample container or back into the vessel. Thus, sampling and purging can be accomplished without opening the system to potentially contaminating agents and without wasting or having to properly dispose the fluid. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236341 | ACTIVELY COOLED VAPOR PRECONCENTRATOR - An analyte collection system device includes an active area that includes a plurality of perforations extending therethrough. The plurality of perforations are arranged to permit passage of an analyte fluid flow through the microscale plate. A heating element is provided for heating the active area, and a thermal distribution layer is disposed over at least a portion of the active area. For cooling the active area at or below an ambient temperature, an active cooler is provided. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236342 | Linear actuator - A linear actuator is characterized by having an upper sleeve part formed with a fastening portion that has a lower surface including at least one non-arched plane, a lower sleeve part formed with a fastening portion that has an upper surface including at least one non-arched plane so that a sleeve composed of the sleeve parts has an annular fastening section that includes at least the two non-arched planes; a rear fastening head having a combining portion that is fittedly received in the sleeve and is retained from rotating relative to the sleeve; at least one first fixing element provided at a lower surface of the upper sleeve part or an upper surface of the lower sleeve part; and at least one second fixing element provided at a tubular sheathing to face and engage with the first fixing element. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236343 | Linear actuator having quick-release mechanism - A linear actuator with a quick-release mechanism allows the unpowered, loaded linear actuator to immediately return to its initial position by operating a rotatable involute cam of the quick-release mechanism. The quick-release mechanism is connected with a remote monitoring system so the current position of the linear actuator can be detected from a distant place. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236344 | DUAL CLUTCH MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission includes an input member, an output transfer gear, first and second shaft or transmission input members, first and second counter shaft members, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of synchronizer assemblies and a dual clutch assembly. The transmission is operable to provide at least one reverse speed ratio and a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236345 | ROLLING BODY SCREW DEVICE - There is provided a new rolling body screw device manufactured with cheap cost without degrading quality in comparison with a conventional device even for a device having any large dimension in an end-cap type rolling body screw device. The rolling body screw device includes the direction changing passages | 2010-09-23 |
20100236346 | Ball screw - Ball screw, having a spindle nut ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236347 | GEAR TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - In a gear transmission apparatus including a shared gear in which two rows of internal teeth are formed on an inner circumference of a common gear main body so as to be adjacent to each other in an axial direction, the internal teeth of each of the rows are meshed with an external gear to configure a transmission mechanism for each of the rows, the internal teeth of each of the rows are inclined with respect to the axial direction such that each of inner end portions thereof in the axial direction is further deviated to a normal rotation direction, which is a rotation direction in which a frequency in use of the shared gear is high, than each of outer end portions in the axial direction, oil drainage holes are provided between the internal teeth, and oil drainage grooves are provided on bottom lands of the internal teeth. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236348 | DRIVETRAIN DEVICE OF A VEHICLE | 2010-09-23 |
20100236349 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTER ADJUSTMENT TOOL - A tool adapted to prevent a shifter shaft from moving relative to a shifter housing includes an elongated member having a first side, a second side substantially opposite the first side, and a third side disposed between the first and second sides, wherein the elongated member is disposed at least partially parallel to the shifter shaft and is adapted to be secured to the shifter housing. A first side member is disposed on the first side of the elongated member, a second side member is disposed on the second side of the elongated member, and a collar is disposed on the third side of the elongated member, wherein the collar is adapted to secure to the shifter shaft. The first side member and second side member prevent the shifter shaft from moving in a first direction and the elongated member prevents the shifter shaft from moving in a second direction. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236350 | Brake operating device with magnetic brake sensitivity adjustment arrangement for bicycles - A brake operating device for bicycles includes a hydraulic fluid cylinder secured to a housing, a parallel cylindrical member on the cylinder and comprising a hollow threaded fastener at one end, a rod in a right portion of the cylinder and having one end connected to a brake lever; a spring biased magnet in the right portion of the cylinder; a plunger interconnecting the magnet and the rod; a spring biased conductor in the cylindrical member and urged by the fastener; and an electric wire interconnecting the conductor and a connector which is connected to a brake lamp. For decreasing a turn-on time of the brake lamp a loosening of the fastener will push the conductor away from the brake lever to decrease a current generated on the conductor due to a movement of the conductor relative to the magnet. Tightening of the fastener can increase the turn-on time. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236351 | PARALLEL LINK MECHANISM AND INDUSTRIAL ROBOT - A link mechanism arranged between a fixed base and a movable base. The mechanism includes a drive gear reducer, a first arm, a second arm, a connection base, a first link, and a second link. The drive gear reducer includes a body, an input shaft, a first output shaft, and a second output shaft. The first arm is connected to the fixed base and the body of the reducer. The second arm is connected to the second output shaft and the movable base. The connection base is arranged such that the second arm is between the connection base and the reducer, the connection base is connected to the first output shaft. The first link is connected to the fixed base and the connection base. The second link is connected to the connection base and the movable base. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236352 | TENSION DETECTION MECHANISM AND MANIPULATOR USING THE SAME - A tension detection mechanism includes a linear member which extends in a longitudinal direction, and which is configured to transmits power, a restraining member including a restraining portion through which the linear member extends and which is configured to restrain movement of the linear member in the longitudinal direction partially, and a detection member which is provided to the restraining member and which is configured to detect tension of the linear member. A length of a portion of the linear member restrained by the restraining portion is larger than a distance between two ends of the restraining member in the longitudinal direction of the linear member. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236353 | Steering Wheel and Method for Manufacturing a Steering Wheel - The invention relates to a steering wheel and to a method for producing a steering wheel having a dimensionally stable base body ( | 2010-09-23 |
20100236354 | CAM MECHANISM HAVING A CONTROL CAM AND A CONTROL ROLLER, ALIGNMENT CYLINDER AND SHEET PROCESSING MACHINE - A cam mechanism includes a control cam and a control roller rolling on the control cam to produce a deflection of the control roller. The control cam and the control roller each have a respective anti-twist safeguard, protection or device interacting with each other and being constructed, for example, as a toothing system. An alignment cylinder for sheets and a sheet processing machine are also provided. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236355 | VARIABLE ECCENTRICITY ASSEMBLY - The invention describes a variable eccentricity assembly, in which the overall eccentricity of the assembly can be changed while continuing rotation of the assembly. Two types of assemblies to change the eccentricity of the assembly are described. In one type multiple eccentric parts are arranged in series, and a relative rotation between them varies the eccentricity of the assembly and in second type a disc is moved in a direction normal to the shaft to vary the overall eccentricity of the assembly. The variable eccentricity assembly can be used in eccentric gearbox, eccentric gear drives, eccentric clutches and in other various-applications. It can also be used in many applications to compensate wear and tear. Use of variable eccentricity assembly can also save maintenance efforts in some applications. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236356 | BICYCLE CRANK SHAFT ASSEMBLY - A bicycle crank shaft assembly includes first, second and third members. The first member defines first (crank axle), second (first segment of first crank arm) and third (first segment of second crank arm) portions, the first, second and third portions of the first member being integral and continuous with each other and having a generally s-shaped configuration. The second member defines a second segment of the first crank arm, and the third member defines a second segment of the second crank arm. The first and second segments of the first crank arm are bonded to each other with a bond seam therebetween to define the first crank arm, and the first and second segments of the second crank arm are bonded to each other with a bond seam therebetween to define the second crank arm. At least one of the crank axle, the first crank arm and the second crank arm is hollow. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236357 | TRANSMISSION GEAR TRAIN BAFFLE - A transmission includes a transmission case, a rotatable component disposed within the transmission case, and a sump disposed below the rotatable component for storing a hydraulic fluid. A gear train baffle is disposed between the rotatable component and the transmission case. The baffle includes an outer surface, an inner surface defining a cavity that substantially encircles the rotatable component, and a plurality of tabs disposed radially outward from the outer surface. The plurality of tabs are in contact with the transmission case to prevent the baffle from rotating. A plurality of openings are located at a bottom portion of the baffle. The plurality of openings extend through the baffle between the inner surface and the outer surface. The hydraulic fluid from the rotatable component collects on the inner surface of the baffle and is directed out of the cavity through the plurality of openings into the sump. | 2010-09-23 |
20100236358 | DUAL CLUTCH MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION - A transmission includes an input member, an output transfer gear, first and second shaft members, first and second counter shaft members, a plurality of co-planar gear sets, and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. The torque transmitting devices include a plurality of synchronizer assemblies and a dual clutch assembly. The transmission is operable to provide at least one reverse speed ratio and a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member. | 2010-09-23 |