Abstract: A wrist-worn, tool and routine activity aiding device comprising, a wristband housing having a front that includes a bottom surface, an outer edge and a sidewall that extends upwards from said bottom surface outer edge, said sidewall having an inner surface, and a defined cavity boundary, a body having a boundary edge and top and bottom surfaces, a means for aiding the wearer in a routine activity of the wearer and that is attached to the body, a tubular member, a flange. The tubular member of the device is mounted to the body boundary edge, wherein the flange interacts with the wristband housing to lock and unlock the tubular member to the housing. Tool members have a configuration to be moved from a stored position to extended position for use, and wherein the tool members in a stored position are located and stored completely within the boundaries of the cavity.

Abstract: A personal-care applicator comprises at least one stem having a proximal end including a handle and a distal end opposite to the proximal end and at least one bristled component attached to the stem, wherein the bristled component comprises a carrier and a plurality of bristles ultrasonically welded to the carrier and outwardly extending therefrom according to a pre-determined pattern, wherein the elongated carrier and the at least first plurality of bristles comprise ultrasonically compatible materials, and wherein the bristles are ultrasonically bonded to the carrier through a direct ultrasonic bond between a surface of the carrier and a lengthwise portion of each of the bristles. Process comprises providing at least one elongated stem having a proximal end and a distal end, providing the at least one bristled component, and attaching the at least one bristled component to the at least first stem.

Abstract: A driver for non-magnetic gripping of a socketed fastener head. The driver includes a shank and two cantilever beams. Each cantilever beam has an end and a basal segment adjacent the shank opposite the end. The driver also includes a gap defined by the two cantilever beams in resting positions. The gap extends between the two cantilever beams from an open end toward the shank. The ends of the two cantilever beams are configured to bend into the gap from the resting positions.

Abstract: Cradle assemblies for supporting a door for one of uninstalling and installing the door to a fuselage of an aircraft, and arrangements and methods for the same are provided. In one example, a cradle assembly includes a first contoured board configured to support a first outer section of the door. A second contoured board is spaced apart from the first contoured board and is configured to support a second outer section of the door. The cradle assembly is configured to be positioned proximate to the fuselage.

Abstract: An electric toothbrush with a replaceable brush head section is disclosed. The electric toothbrush includes a handle including a motor therein and a brush head section. The toothbrush has a longitudinal axis extending through the handle to the far end of the brush head. The brush head section includes a translation head and an oscillation head, each of which has a bristle support member, one of which will rotate and oscillate and the other of which will not rotate or oscillate, but will reciprocate along, or substantially parallel to, the longitudinal, axis. The translation head is adapted so that its motion will induce a different motion in the bristle head of the oscillation head. The invention results in reduced assembly costs.

Abstract: An adaptive bending structure or insert for a lapping device is disclosed. In illustrated embodiments the bending structure provides a wider control width between bending nodes for imparting bending to a workpiece for lapping or longer beam length to increase stroke input at outer ends of the bending structure. In illustrated embodiments, outer bending fingers of the bending structure have a wider width than inner bending fingers to provide the wider control width of the adaptive bending structure. The wider bending fingers of the bending structure connect to actuator fingers of an actuator module to adapt the actuator module to provide an increased control width for controlling bow and curvature of the workpiece during the lapping process.

Abstract: The invention relates to an automation component or clamping device including a basic housing, at least one jaw movably guided in a jaw guide of the basic housing, and a piston movably guided in the basic housing, wherein the piston has a piston surface, wherein the piston is coupled in terms of movement to the jaw, and wherein a piston rod extending on the piston transversely with respect to the piston surface, wherein the centroid of the piston surface is spaced apart from the central longitudinal axis of the piston rod (22).

Abstract: A power driven direct drive ratchet/wrench tool allows a user to tighten and loosen fasteners in tight spaces efficiently and effectively. The tool includes a tool housing, a engagement body, a spur gear, a drive shaft, and a plurality of drive pins. The tool housing acts as the structural element and includes a ratchet head, a tubular handle, and a gear-receiving cavity. The ratchet head is terminally connected to the tubular handle. The gear-receiving cavity laterally traverses into the ratchet head and houses the spur gear and the engagement body. The drive shaft is rotatably mounted within the tubular handle. The plurality of drive pins is connected to a proximal base of the drive shaft, about a rotation axis of the drive shaft. In order to transmit torque, an at least one arbitrary pin from the plurality of drive pins is mechanically engaged to the spur gear.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a tool guide for a tool that shapes a workpiece. The tool guide may include a body having a contact surface configured to contact a surface of a workpiece, a tool holder positioned within the body and configured to hold a machining tool having a tool bit, the tool holder holding the machining tool in a predetermined orientation relative to the workpiece, a guide element attached to the body configured to engage a surface feature of the workpiece, and an upper opening and a lower opening in the body configured to allow the tool bit to extend beyond the contact surface and operate to remove a portion of the workpiece.

Abstract: A nut torqueing device for a recessed nut is disclosed. The nut torqueing device includes a nut engaging assembly to engage a nut in a recess. The nut engaging assembly includes: a nut engaging element to engage the nut in the recess, at least one stackable riser element to stackably connect to one of the nut engaging element and an adjacent stackable riser element therebelow, and a transmission engaging element to stackably connect to an uppermost one of the at least one stackable riser element. A ratchet interface within the nut engaging assembly allows rotation of the nut engaging element in only one direction, while other stackable elements rotationally interlock. A low profile transmission extends within a small space to transmit rotational power to the nut engaging assembly. The nut torqueing device is applicable with a terminal nut of an electric generator.

Abstract: A vertically movable workpiece support device has a ratchet wheel with a larger diameter than the outer diameter of a driving sprocket wheel and is concentrically attached to an end surface of a boss portion in the driving sprocket wheel. A pair of left and right bearing members are provided side by side, on a side on which the free end side of a drive chain is horizontally extended with respect to the driving sprocket wheel, so as to sandwich a horizontally extending path section of the drive chain. A movable pawl is pivotally supported between the pair of left and right bearing members and engages with the ratchet wheel to block the rotation of the ratchet wheel caused by the movement of the drive chain when the workpiece support base is lowered. An actuator switches the movable pawl to a non-action position with respect to the ratchet wheel.

Abstract: A clamp for use with an impact tool; the clamp having a nut for use with impact tools includes a screw on top, a safety handle, and a hole for carabiner clip. In use, a user adjusts the top screw to a length option desired, such that it doesn't slide onto object to be clamped. The clamp further comprises a grip on the safety handle. The clamp provides faster and more efficient use when using an impact tool.

Abstract: A ratchet head has a mount, a knob, and a restricting unit. The mount has an assembling hole, and two positioning recesses disposed on both sides of the assembling hole. The two positioning recesses are parallel to each other and communicate with the assembling hole. The knob is rotatably assembled to the mount and has a shaft inserted in the assembling hole and having an abutting section with two first abutting faces and two second abutting faces. The two first abutting faces are parallel to each other. The two second abutting faces are parallel to each other. The restricting unit with elasticity has two arms respectively mounted in the two positioning recesses, respectively disposed on both sides of the shaft, and respectively abutting against the two first abutting faces that respectively face to the two positioning recesses. The restricting unit is able to steadily maintain the operating directions of the ratchet head.

Abstract: A spike claw puller for pulling a rail spike includes a handle that defines a through hole that is hole configured to couple to a rail spike pulling machine. A body section defines a top surface and comprises first and second feeder teeth that extend from the handle at a first lift and form a jaw opening therebetween configured to receive the rail spike. First and second feeder extensions extend from the first and second feeder teeth, where the first and second feeder extensions extend beyond a plane that is coplanar with the top surface. The first and second feeder extensions facilitate alignment with the rail spike.

Abstract: A collapsible breaching tool comprising a tool head; a handle hold connected to the tool head and having outer thread; a first handle tube having a first end, a second end, and defining a first handle tube volume; a second handle tube having a length, the second handle tube moveable between a first position in which most of the length is outside the first handle tube volume and a second position in which most of the length is within the first handle tube volume; an insert connected to the second handle tube, the insert having an inner thread engageable with the outer thread of the handle hold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device for cleaning an optical device of a motor vehicle, wherein the cleaning device features at least two cleaning units and at least one holder upon which the cleaning units are arranged. Each cleaning unit has a drive part and a cleaning part, wherein the drive part features an electroactive polymer and can at least partly move the cleaning part. The holder on which the cleaning units are arranged can move between a working position, in which the cleaning units are positioned relative to the optical device in such a manner that the drive part can move the cleaning parts across a surface of the optical device that is to be cleaned, and a rest position, in which the cleaning units are positioned away from the optical device. The cleaning device is embodied in such a manner that each cleaning part of the cleaning units is moved over a subarea assigned to it of the surface to be cleaned, wherein the subareas can at least partly overlap.

Abstract: A tensioning device for tensioning a workpiece includes a main body having a chamber, a fluid inlet providing fluid communication between a fluid source and the chamber, a puller member supported in the main body and configured to engage the workpiece, and a piston positioned in the chamber and coupled to the puller member. Movement of the piston moves the puller member along a piston axis in at least a first direction. The tensioning device further includes a sensor coupled to the piston and operative to measure a displacement of the piston and/or the puller member in a direction parallel to the piston axis. The sensor generates a signal indicative of the displacement.

Abstract: A scissor jack kit to elevate each vehicle quadrant for maintenance including one scissor jack for each wheel. Each scissor jack includes a parallelepiped bottom base, a lower support base atop thereof, and mirror image first and second arms, each having top and bottom ends hinged at a central elbow. Each of proximal and distal ends of the bottom and top ends, respectively, pivotably couples to the respective lower and upper support base. An aperture in the central elbow receives a rotatable leadscrew therethrough having a socket with a hole which receives a hook of a jack speed crank handle to rotate the leadscrew to adjust the scissor jack height. Mount holes in the upper support base provide for chassis mounting. A groove in an axle mount body on the upper support base supports the axle proximal the respective wheel and has a cushioned lining thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (100) for a vehicle, comprising a wiper blade (2) having an elongated upper part (10) and an elongated lower part (12), which are configured to be flexible, at least in part. Furthermore, the device comprises a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), which are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2), and which are configured to allow a movement of the upper part (10) and the lower part relative to one another with a motion component along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2). The windshield wiper device (100) further comprises a fastening device. The fastening device comprises a fastening part (20) on the wiper-blade side, and a fastening element (50).

Abstract: There is provided a substrate holding mechanism of holding a substrate in a predetermined substrate holding region on a susceptor, including: a substrate holding member installed around the substrate holding region and configured to be in contact with a lateral surface of the substrate mounted on the substrate holding region at a predetermined contact surface of the substrate holding member when the substrate holding member is rotated inward of the substrate holding region; a biasing part configured to apply a biasing force with respect to the substrate holding member such that the substrate holding member is brought into contact with the lateral surface of the substrate to hold the substrate; and a release member configured to apply a pressing force against the biasing force of the biasing part with respect to the substrate holding member such that the substrate holding member is released to vertically lift up the substrate.