Abstract: The gyroscopic impulse motor rigidly attaches to a superstructure. The gyroscopic impulse motor transfers a plurality of independent torqueing forces to the superstructure. By independent is meant the amount of force applied by any first independent torqueing force is independent of the amount of torqueing force applied by any second independent torqueing force generated by the gyroscopic impulse motor. By independent is further meant that the selected direction any first independent torqueing force is independent of the selected direction of any second independent torqueing force generated by the gyroscopic impulse motor. By controlling the amount and direction of the plurality of independent torqueing forces applied by the gyroscopic impulse motor to the superstructure, the superstructure can be rotated. By properly aligning the amount and direction of the plurality of independent torqueing forces applied by the gyroscopic impulse motor, a net propulsive force can further be generated.

Abstract: In embodiments, a work vehicle magnetorheological fluid (MRF) joystick system includes a joystick device. The joystick device includes, in turn, a base housing and a joystick, which is rotatable relative to the base housing and which is biased toward a joystick return position. An MRF joystick resistance mechanism is controllable to vary an MRF resistance force impeding movement of the joystick relative to the base housing, while a controller architecture is coupled to the MRF joystick resistance mechanism. The controller configured to: (i) selectively enable an operator adjustment of the joystick return position by a work vehicle operator; and (ii) when enabling the operator adjustment of the joystick return position, command the MRF joystick resistance mechanism to maintain the MRF resistance force at a predetermined level until the operator adjustment of the joystick return position is terminated.

Abstract: In embodiments, a work vehicle magnetorheological fluid (MRF) joystick system includes a joystick device, an MRF joystick resistance mechanism, and a controller architecture. The joystick device includes, in turn, a base housing, a joystick, and a joystick position sensor. The MRF joystick resistance mechanism is controllable to selectively resist movement of the joystick relative to the base housing. The controller architecture is configured to: (i) when detecting operator rotation of the joystick in an operator input direction, determine whether continued joystick rotation in the operator input direction will misposition the work vehicle in a manner increasing at least one of work vehicle instability and a likelihood of work vehicle collision; and (ii) when determining that continued joystick rotation will misposition the work vehicle, command the MRF joystick resistance mechanism to generate an MRF resistance force deterring continued joystick rotation in the operator input direction.

Abstract: An operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a base body and a mounting part. The mounting part includes a mounting contact surface contactable with a tubular part of the human-powered vehicle in a mounting state where the mounting part couples the base body to the tubular part of the human-powered vehicle. The base member includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface. The first contact surface is contactable with the tubular part of the human-powered vehicle in the mounting state. The first contact surface is spaced apart from the mounting contact surface in an axial direction. The second contact surface is contactable with the tubular part of the human-powered vehicle in the mounting state. The second contact surface is spaced apart from the mounting contact surface and the first contact surface in the axial direction.

Abstract: A handle protection device configured for a personal mobility, which is mounted on an upper end portion of a steering shaft may include a handle member disposed with a grip portion at opposite sides of the handle member, includes a first protection member mounted on an external surface of the handle member between the grip portion and the steering shaft, a protection cover configured to enclose and accommodate the grip portion and one or more components provided on the grip portion and including a coupling end portion at a first end portion of the protection cover and detachably coupled to the first protection member and an opening through which a hand of a user enters and exits, and a second protection member fixed to a second end portion of the protection cover opposite to the coupling end portion.

Abstract: A force reducing apparatus includes a housing and cover plate, a pair of fixed anchor plates disposed to the housing and underside of the cover plate, a pivot plate assembly including a first pair pivot plates and a second pair of pivot plates connected to a fixed pair of anchor plates, the first pair of pivot plates connected to a first cable routed through the housing sidewall and connected to a clutch lever, the second pair of pivot plates connected to a second cable routed through the sidewall of the housing and connected to a clutch actuator at a clutch assembly, and a pair of idler plates connected to the pivot plates at the unanchored ends of the pivot plates. An operator pulls the first pair of pivot plates via the clutch lever to operate the plate assembly reducing the amount of force needed to release an engaged clutch.

Abstract: A flexible electric heating device includes a planar flexible carrier foil, at least two electrically conductive bus lines attached to a surface of the carrier foil, and at least one electric heating member, including first and second electrically conductive electrodes, electrically connected to one of the bus lines. Each electrode has at least one curved edge, wherein the curved edges are located at a distance and are facing each other. The heating member further includes a resistive heater layer, at least partially overlapping the curved edges of the electrodes to form a resistive connecting region. The curved edges are arranged such that locations of the resistive connecting region are facing the first electrode or the second electrode in directions parallel to at least three mutually orthogonal directions that lie in the carrier foil, wherein one of the orthogonal directions is aligned parallel to an edge of the carrier foil.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a bicycle handlebar support, which is suitable in particular for time trial or triathlon bicycles and has a central holding element which in the fitted state points in the direction of travel. Furthermore, in addition to the holding element two arm supports are provided for the lower arms. According to the disclosure a common grip element is provided in a front region of the holding element for gripping jointly with both hands.

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device includes first and second rotatable rotors, a centrifugal element and a cam mechanism. The first rotor includes an accommodation portion. The second rotor is rotatable with and relative to the first rotor. The centrifugal element is disposed in the accommodation portion to be radially movable, and receives a centrifugal force generated by rotation of the first or second rotor. The cam mechanism receives the centrifugal force acting on the centrifugal element, and converts the centrifugal force into a circumferential force directed to reduce rotational phase difference between the first and second rotors. The cam mechanism includes a cam surface provided on the centrifugal element, and a cam follower which contacts the cam surface. The cam follower transmits a force therethrough between the centrifugal element and the second rotor. The centrifugal element is radially moved while rolling on an inner wall surface of the accommodation portion.

Abstract: A joystick can include a shaft having an axis, a manipulating portion, and a sensing end with a magnet mounted thereto. The joystick can further include a movement mechanism configured to allow the manipulating portion of the shaft to be moved in three dimensions with respect to the axis of the shaft. The movement of the manipulating portion results in corresponding movement of the magnet that can be sensed in a non-contacting manner by a magnetic sensor positioned relative to the magnet.

Abstract: A pendulum vibration damper in which raceway surfaces are processed accurately at desired positions to damp vibrations effectively by oscillating motions of rolling masses, and a manufacturing method thereof. The pendulum vibration damper comprises a first attachment and a second attachment formed symmetrically. A first raceway surface is formed on the first attachment, and a second raceway surface is formed on the second attachment. The first attachment and the second attachment are attached to each surface of the inertia body a while being positioned to align the first raceway surface and the second raceway surface with a predetermined common profile in the axial direction.

Abstract: A gearbox includes a housing, which has a lower housing part onto which an upper housing part is placed. The lower housing part and the upper housing part are in physical contact along a contact surface, for example, so that the contact surface between the lower and upper housing part lies in a plane and/or is planar. Cooling fins are situated on the housing, the cooling fins having a curved characteristic such that a portion of an axially directed airflow streaming along the housing, and thus in particular an airflow that is streaming parallel to the axis of rotation of the input shaft, is deflected in a transverse direction between two cooling fins disposed closest to each other in the axial direction in each case, the axial direction, for example, being parallel to the contact surface, e.g., the plane.

Abstract: A sensor system is able adjust control location and the type of controls based on the positioning of a user's hands. The sensor system is adapted to detect the positioning of a hand or body part and compensate for the changing positions of the hand or body part. When the positioning of the hand or body part changes, the controls that are able to be activated by the hand or body part also change and adapt to the location where the controls are activated, providing accessible and/or contextualized controls.

Abstract: An adjustment lever deceleration assembly for a steering column includes an adjustment lever rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The adjustment lever deceleration assembly also includes a component positioned proximate the adjustment lever, the component rotating at a speed less than a rotational speed of the adjustment lever during adjustment between the locked position to the unlocked position. The adjustment lever deceleration assembly further includes an adjustment lever decelerator integrally formed with the adjustment lever, the adjustment lever decelerator positioned on the adjustment lever to contact the component during rotation of the adjustment lever toward the unlocked position, wherein the adjustment lever deflects and absorbs energy upon contact with the component.

Abstract: A fixed and stable anti-pinch brake handlebar includes a handle piece, a fixing screw, a fixing block, a return spring, a brake cable housing fixing block, a brake cable housing fixing slot, an adjusting nut, a brake cable fixing slot, screw-threaded fixing holes and a semi-circular block. The handle piece is movably connected to the fixing block via the fixing screw. The return spring is provided on the fixing screw. The brake cable housing fixing block is provided at an end of the handle piece. The brake cable housing fixing slot is provided on the brake cable housing fixing block. The adjusting nut is provided on the brake cable housing fixing slot. The brake cable fixing slot is provided on the fixing block. Both sides of the fixing block are provided with the screw-threaded fixing holes. The fixing block is connected to the semi-circular block via the screw-threaded fixing holes.

Abstract: A handlebar for controlling a travelling direction of a vehicle includes: a transverse support extending along a first axial direction; a first grippable element extending from a first end of the transverse support and having a free end; a cavity in the transverse support or the first grippable element, the cavity communicating with: an opening in an external surface of the transverse support or the first grippable element, and a cavity entrance in an external surface of the transverse support or the first grippable element, wherein the cavity entrance is spaced from the opening; and a mounting arrangement including a mounting plate within the cavity, the mounting plate including: a first face abutting a contact surface within the cavity and is accessible via the opening; a second face opposite to the first face and accessible via the cavity entrance; and a hole for receiving a fastener for mounting an attachment.

Abstract: In some examples, an apparatus can include a dial having a central axis and an inner channel defined by a first surface and a second surface, and a middle cover having a central axis, where the middle cover includes a first spring member and a second spring member, the first spring member and the second spring member are biased away from the central axis, and where when the dial is interfaced with the middle cover, the first spring member and the second spring member are to interface with the first surface and the second surface of the dial.

Abstract: An alignment tool for aligning the handlebars relative to the front fork of a bicycle. The alignment tool provides a handlebar connection point and a fork connection point that simultaneously engages the handlebars and the fork assembly, respectively, spaced apart from the fork assembly. In certain embodiment, the handlebar connection point and the fork connection point are movable relative to each other between a plurality of contracted and extended conditions. The method of using the present invention embodies the alignment tool to engage while adjusting the handlebars relative to the fork assembly in such as ways as to gauge the alignment tool's alignment, and thus the handlebar's assembly, relative to the fork assembly.

Abstract: A force transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument, the force transmission mechanism being configured to releasably engage with a drive interface device located at a patient side cart of a teleoperated surgical system may comprise a housing comprising a side wall surrounding an interior of the housing, one or more drive components in the interior of the housing, a releasable coupling mechanism configured to releasably engage the force transmission mechanism with the drive interface device, wherein the releasable coupling mechanism has a longitudinal axis and is pivotable about an axis oriented approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A reactive force generation device (130) of clutch-by-wire system is a reactive force generation device which generates a reactive force on a clutch lever (51), and includes a piston structure in which an air bleeding hole (139) is provided, and a contact member (133) which is in contact with the clutch lever (51) and in which the air bleeding hole 139 is formed.