Abstract: And electrical device with a pressure proof metal protection casing with at least two casing parts and a shape matching profile clamp connecting the casing parts in the region of an ignition punch safe slot against the force of an internal pressure in the casing.

Abstract: A wiring method for an electrical wire 3 is provided. In the resultant wiring structure, an insulating base member 11 is provided with a plurality of projections 12 formed along a designated wiring route. Each projection 12 is provided with a dented top for receiving the wire 3. By using an ultrasonic welding machine, the wire 3 is welded on the projections 12 in order, while wiring the wire 3 on the insulating base member 11. The insulating base member 11 has a plurality of shelf portions providing a three-dimensional structure.

Abstract: A grommet for a door is provided with a door mounting base portion, an automobile mounting base portion and a bellows portion. The door mounting portion includes a front side portion, from which the bellows portion extends, a passenger compartment side portion, which includes a wire harness through-hole, and a wire harness protecting portion extending diagonally between the front side portion and the passenger compartment side portion. The vertical width of the grommet is made short to reduce an area of the grommet that is exposed to the exterior and that is overlapped with the weather strip. Due to the structure described above, the grommet can be efficiently mounted to the door body, and waterproofness can be ensured.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer ceramic moulded part, limited by two virtually parallel surfaces and an edge, which internally contains electrically conductive paths parallel to the surface, characterised in that the moulded part is curved in at least one direction. In particular the invention relates to such a moulded part that is curved in two directions perpendicular to one another. The invention also relates to a process for the production of such a moulded part and to a laminate that is produced as an intermediate in the process.

Abstract: A multilayer circuit board having strengthened air bridge crossover structures, and additive and subtractive methods for producing the same, wherein the circuit includes specially designed metallic fortifying layers to mechanically and/or electrically fortify the circuit. A preferred embodiment includes air bridge structures having generally T-shaped cross-sections, which provide strengthened, mechanically robust air bridges which are especially resistant to damage from flexure and displacement due to physical impact, bending, thermal excursions, and the like.

Abstract: A process of forming a multi-layer feature on a ceramic or organic article in which first and second layers of paste are sequentially screened through a screening mask wherein the screening mask has not been moved between screening steps. A structure produced by this process is also disclosed.

Abstract: A mechanical-laser structure on a printed circuit board and a carrier. A method for fabricating the mechanical-laser structure includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first through hole is formed in the substrate by mechanical drilling An epoxy plug is formed within the first through hole. A conductive layer is formed on the substrate by compression. The conductive layer is patterned to form conducting wires and exposes the epoxy plug. A micro via is formed within the epoxy plug by laser drilling.

Abstract: A non-contact type IC card includes an insulating film having first and second surfaces. A plane coil is arranged on the first surface of the film. A semiconductor element is arranged on the first surface of the film. The film has through holes which expose terminals of the plane coil and electrode terminals of the semiconductor element to the second surface of the film. A wiring pattern consisting of conductive paste is filled in the through holes and extends therebetween along the second surface of the film so that the terminals of the plane coil are electrically connected to the electrode terminals of the semiconductor element by means of the wiring pattern.

Abstract: A circuit board for use in the production of semiconductor devices, in which the circuit board comprises two or more by-pass capacitors formed thereon, and each by-pass capacitor is constituted from a first electrode layer formed in the uppermost layer of the circuit board, a ferroelectric layer formed, from a ferroelectric material having a higher dielectric constant than the upper electrode layer, over the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed over the ferroelectric layer, and a semiconductor device comprising the circuit board having mounted thereon a semiconductor element. A circuit board-providing article for use in the production of the circuit board, and a process for the production of the circuit board and the semiconductor device, are also disclosed.

Abstract: Three air hammers are housed and arranged in a hammer case, and have bits at their respective ends. Each of the air hammers can be activated independently. In a normal excavation, the earth is excavated by activating all the air hammers. When correcting an excavating direction, only an air hammer positioned in the correct direction is activated first so that the earth in the correct direction is excavated in a predetermined amount. Next, all the air hammers are activated to excavate the earth. Thereby, a leading hammer can direct the excavation toward the correct direction, and thus the excavating direction is corrected.

Abstract: A tool for effecting drilling and/or chiseling and including a tubular shaft (2, 22) having an axially extending through-channel (8, 28) and provided, at one of its axial ends, with a drilling or chiseling head (5), and a connection member (3, 23) connected with another of axial ends of the shaft and provided at its end remote from the shaft (2, 22) with a shank (4, 24), the through-channel (8, 28) being connected with the tool circumference by a cross-bore (7, 27), and the largest cross-sectional surface (A1, A4) of the connection member (3, 23) corresponding at least to 2.5 times of the largest cross-sectional surface of the shank (4, 24).

Abstract: A tool for effecting drilling and/or chiseling and including a tubular shaft (2) provided, at its one axial end, with a cutting head (5), and a connection member (3) provided at another axial end of the shaft (2) and equipped with a shank (4), with the connection member (3) having a cross-bore (7) opening into the through-channel (8) formed in the shaft (2) and, with the connection member having, along a substantial portion of its axial extent, a diameter (d1) that at most corresponds to 1.6 of a diameter (d2) of the shank (4).

Abstract: A tool for drilling and/or chiseling for use with a hand-held mechanized tool having a suction device (10) including a housing (11) surrounding the tool (1), with the tool (1) including a tubular shaft (2) and a connection member (3) located opposite a front end of the shaft (2) for connecting the shaft (2) with the housing (11) of the suction device (10) and having a diameter larger than a diameter of the shaft (2), and with the connection member (3) being formed of a core (5) surrounding the shaft (2), and an adapter (6) surrounding the connection member core (5) and having a cross-bore (7) opening into the through-channel (8) formed in the shaft (2).

Abstract: A pressure compensating assembly for use in roller cone drilling bits of the sealed bearing type. The compensating assembly includes a hollow body arranged to fit into a cavity in the bit connected with the lubrication system of the bit and the hollow body includes a normally open lubricant passageway extending therethrough. A seal encircles the body on one side of the lubricant passageway and is arranged to sealingly engage the bit and an elastomeric, cup-shaped diaphragm is located on the body and has a lip arranged to sealingly engage the bit on the other side of the lubricant passageway. The diaphragm having a protuberance on the side of the diaphragm facing the passageway and sized to enter and close the passageway. The body, seal, and diaphragm being assembled into a unitary cartridge for introduction into the bit as a unit.

Abstract: A motorized wheelchair is advantageously provided with a rate-of-turn feedback sensor and with forward/reverse motion, lateral motion, and vertical motion acceleration feedback sensors that are integrated into a closed-loop wheelchair servo control system to differentially control the rotational speed of wheelchair opposed motor-driven wheels and thereby obtain improved wheelchair motion stability through reduction/elimination of likely wheelchair spin-out and wheelchair tipping during wheelchair operation.

Abstract: A towing apparatus is disclosed capable of moving aircraft and other workpieces about an airfield or other workspace. The present invention includes a first frame which is rotatable relative to a second frame about a common substantially vertical axis. A wheel assembly is positioned within the first frame and driven by a motor which is also mounted on the first frame. A gripper assembly for engaging the aircraft or other workpiece is attached to the second frame. In this manner, the present invention provides for the towing of aircraft or other workpieces along an axis which is proximate the axis of the wheel assembly. Additionally, it provides for a low center of gravity significantly enhancing the stability and maneuverability of the present invention in a towing attitude or a non-towing attitude.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention is directed to a vehicle drive/suspension system including a chassis having a front portion, a rear portion and a pair of sides; a drive axle having opposed end portions extending between said sides; an elongated rocker arm, having opposed end portions, connected to each of said opposed end portions of said drive axle and pivotally mounted to each of said sides substantially at said opposed end portions of said drive axle; a sprocket rotatably fixed to each of said opposed end portions of said rocker arms; a rotatable drive sprocket connected to each of said opposed end portions of said drive axle; and a drive link for each rocker arm connected to rotate said sprockets in conjunction with said drive sprockets.

Abstract: An earthmoving machine wherein a driver's cab and a propulsion device for powering the machine are located on opposite sides of a central lift arm. The propulsion device is provided with a cooling device located over the propulsion device itself.

Abstract: A parking mechanism for an automatic transmission includes a manual control shaft rotationally supported by a transmission housing, the manual control shaft cooperating with a shift lever, a detent plate mounted on the manual control shaft, an annulus gear formed on a transfer gear of the transmission, and a sprag interposed between the detent plate and the annulus gear, the sprag pivoting a fulcrum shaft which is fixed to the transmission housing.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus comprises a housing 22b for housing rotatably a steering shaft 18 interlocked with a steering wheel (not shown), an electric motor 8a which has a through hole 50 through which a screw member 53 is to be inserted and is attached to the housing 22b by the screw member 53 through the through hole 50, and a gear mechanism 57, 57a, connected to the electric motor 8a through a joint 55, for transmitting a torque of the electric motor 8a to the steering shaft 18. The joint 55 is formed by a synthetic resin so as to detach the electric motor 8a from the housing 22b by an impact force in an axial direction of the steering shaft 18. Even when a portion of a vehicle body and a mounting bracket, etc. belonging to the vehicle body are caught on the electric motor during the primary collision or secondary collision, it is possible to sufficiently absorb the impact force of the secondary collision.

Abstract: A composite panel (22) comprising a core (24) sandwiched between two faceskins (26), and a method of making the panel. Each faceskin (26) is reinforced with a low weight fibrous veil. The faceskins (26) are bonded to the core (24) using layers of adhesive (28). The composite panel is especially well-adapted for use in a panel-form bending wave loudspeaker.

Abstract: The composite sound insulation system for room boundary surfaces consists of a sound-proofing layer (D) in communication with the corresponding floor, wall, or ceiling covering (V) which preferably has an inner loss factor &eegr;int of at least 0.1, and more particularly of at least 0.2, and of a footfall sound-proofing layer (S) adjoining the floor, wall, or ceiling covering (V) or the sound-proofing layer (D) on the side facing away from the room and having a dynamic stiffness s′ of at most 20 MN/m3, preferably of at most 10 MN/m3. The floor, wall, or ceiling covering (V) preferably is a paneling having a thickness of at most 40 mm, preferably of at most 20 mm, and more particularly at most 10 mm, and it can be made of two parts, in which case for instance at least one sound-proofing layer (D) is arranged between the two parts (V1, V2).

Abstract: A bicycle disc brake caliper is provided with a detachable cooling system that transfers heat away from the actuating fluid. Basically, the bicycle disc brake caliper has a housing and a piston unit, with a coolant member of the cooling system attached to the housing. The housing has a frame mounting member sized to be coupled to a portion of a bicycle frame. The piston unit is movably coupled to the housing between a release position, in which the piston unit is spaced from a brake disc mounted to a wheel of a bicycle, and a braking position, in which the piston unit engages the brake disc of the bicycle wheel. The coolant member has a coolant area for receiving coolant to create a coolant heat sink that transfers heat from the housing. The housing has an actuating passage in fluid communication with the piston unit to move the piston unit via an actuating fluid. In one embodiment, the cooling system includes a pump and a reservoir.

Abstract: A disc brake assembly is disclosed which incorporates a disc 50 which includes radially inner and outer portions (54 55) which are separated by a gap 56. Two pad assemblies (11, 12) are located on respective sides of the disc and are interconnected by a draw bar 29 which extends through the gap and is connected to a piston cylinder assembly. Actuation of the piston cylinder assembly imparts a force to the pad assemblies through the draw bar which causes them to move either towards or away from the disc to thereby effect actuation and release of the brake assembly. The draw bar is rotatable about its axis 71 and is releaseably coupled to the outboard pad assembly 12 so as to be operative to move between an engaged configuration with the pad assembly to a released configuration on rotation about the draw bar axis.

Abstract: A dashpot with an inner cylinder (3) accommodated in an outer cylinder (1), and a piston (6) traveling back and forth inside on the end of a piston rod (5) and separating the inner cylinder into two chambers (7 & 8). The piston rod enters the cylinders through a hole at one end that seals it off and positions it. The outer cylinder is provided with a base (4) at the end opposite the end with the hole. The inner cylinder is centered along the axis of the outer cylinder at each end. The cylindrical gap (2) between the two cylinders is provided with a fluid-accommodating compartment (11) and, toward the base, a port (13) opening into the adjacent chamber (8). The chamber accommodates, preferably above the port, a vent (12). The mutually contacting ends of the cylinders are hot or cold welded together at the base end or at the end remote from the base.

Abstract: A torque converter includes a bridging clutch having an annular friction liner for engaging axially against a reaction surface of the clutch. The liner is in the form of an annular ring having a friction surface, an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter, with a network of grooves formed in the friction surface to enable a liquid to flow between the liner and the reaction surface. The network of grooves is not open radially in the outer perimeter of the liner.

Abstract: A viscous coupling having two rotatable parts in the form of a hub and a housing for the transmission of torque between the rotatable parts caused by a positive speed differential between the rotatable parts, which are supported inside one another, which are rotatable relative to one another around a common longitudinal axis, and which form an annular chamber which is filled with a highly viscous fluid and in which first coupling plates non-rotatably connected to the first one of the two rotatable parts, e.g. the hub, and second coupling plates non-rotatably connected to the second one of the rotatable parts, e.g. the housing, are arranged alternately in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: In a belt-driven auxiliary equipment driving apparatus for vehicle engines, a one-way clutch-integrated pulley is disposed which includes a bearing for relatively rotatably supporting inner and outer rings and a clutch mechanism for effecting or blocking torque transmission between the inner and outer rings by changing the tilting direction of sprags according to the direction of relative rotation of the inner and outer rings. In such a case, a cage of the clutch mechanism is connected to a cage of the bearing. The cage of the bearing is rotated in the same direction as that of relative rotation of the outer ring at a relative rotational speed lower than that of the outer ring, and as a result, the relative speed of bodily movement of each sprag around the inner ring is made slower than the relative rotational speed of the outer ring. During idling of the inner and outer rings, each sprag thereby slides also on the outer ring and the speed of slide of each sprag on the inner ring is lowered.

Abstract: A clutch assembly of an automatic transmission includes a clutch pack mounted on a turbine shaft, a piston mounted to one end of the clutch pack for selectively depressing the clutch pack, a stopper plate fixed at the other end of the clutch pack for supporting the clutch pack, and a plurality of return springs arranged parallel with the clutch pack between the stopper plate and the piston, for returning the piston.

Abstract: A thrust plate assembly for a motor vehicle friction clutch with automatic wear compensation includes a housing fixedly connectable to a flywheel for joint rotation with the flywheel about an axis of rotation, a pressure plate arranged in the housing such that the pressure plate is fixed with respect to rotation relative to the housing and axially displaceable relative to the housing, an energy accumulator such as a diaphragm spring having one side supported at the housing and another side supported at the pressure plate, and a wear adjustment device arranged in the support path of the energy accumulator between the energy accumulator and a component of the housing and pressure plate. The wear adjustment device has at least one adjustment element which is displaceable to compensate for wear and is operatively arranged for effecting wear compensation in proportion to the occurring wear. The ratio of movement of the wear adjustment device to the amount of occurring wear differs from 1:1.

Abstract: A driver disk for a clutch plate includes a facing carrier for holding friction facings. The facing carrier is designed in one piece with facing springs for axial suspension of the friction facings. The facing springs are constructed as pot-shaped protuberances and have a flat area provided for contacting the friction facings. Since the facing springs are made as one piece with the facing carrier, the driver disk has only a small number of structural component parts and can be produced very economically.

Abstract: A facing carrier of a driver disk for a clutch plate includes a plurality of segments situated at a slight distance from one another around a circumference of a reinforcement part. The segments are pretensioned against the reinforcement part during assembly and welded thereto. The spacing of the segments allows uniform pretensioning of the segments against the reinforcement part.

Abstract: To provide a switching device for selecting an operational instruction and deciding the operational instruction and a portable terminal device having the same switching device capable of preventing a malfunction of the switching device. The switching device comprises a decision switch 4, selection switches 5a, 5b, a key base 6, a guide 9, a key top 12 and the like, and it is constituted in that the pressure on central portion of the key top is transmitted to the decision switch through the key base and the force of tilting the key top toward a center axis is transmitted to the selection switches through the guide and the key base.

Abstract: An actuation and control device for opening and/or closing high- and medium-voltage circuit breakers having at least one fixed contact and at least one moving contact, comprising actuation means which are operatively connected to the moving contact and supply the energy for performing the opening/closure movement, the particularity of which consists of the fact that the actuation means comprise a servomotor, an electronic control and power supply unit, and elements for transmitting motion, and that the actuation means and/or the coupling between the fixed contact and the moving contact are such as to achieve a desired speed of the moving contact at the instant in which it separates from the fixed contact.

Abstract: An overload-protection push-button switch with retractable mechanism is disclosed. The switch is characterized in that a retractable rocker actuator is used to actuate or release a conducting leaf. The rocker actuator comprises a main body and a sub-body. The sub-body is retractable with respect to the main body under a rotation action or a sliding action. When the bimetallic blade is in an overload position, the sub-body will be pushed and make the rocker actuator became disabled. As a result, the conducting leaf goes into a broken position. By means of the above structure, the trip action of the switch is assured and the space occupied by the rocker actuator is as small as possible under a condition without increasing the complication and loading of the bimetallic blade.

Abstract: A highly combustible fuel which exhibits low exhaust pollutants is developed by exposing an atmosphere of a gaseous hydrocarbon fuel, for example, gasoline, to a source of energy such as an electrical potential difference, ultra-violet radiation, microwave radiation or laser radiation. The combustible fuel can be fed directly to the cylinders of an internal combustion engine. It is clearly visible in the flask as being whitish silvery grey in color. The combustible fuel can also be condensed and the condensate employed as a fuel.

Abstract: A method for treating a silicon substrate is described. The silicon substrate is placed into a sputtering equipment. A sputtering step is performed to simultaneously dry clean and amorphize the silicon substrate surface by using the sputtering equipment. A titanium film is deposited on the silicon substrate by the sputtering equipment.

Abstract: A process is provided for sputter-induced precipitation of metal oxide layers on substrates by means of a reactive sputter process. The plasma charge acting upon the target to be evaporated is provided with electric power selected such that the metal oxide layers precipitated on the substrates to be coated are deposited at a precipitation rate of ≧4 nm/s. During the coating process the substrate to be coated is arranged stationary in relation to the target material to be evaporated. The electrodes are connected in a conductive manner to the outputs of an alternating current source whereby the alternating frequency of the alternating current provided for the electrical supply of the plasma discharge is selected between 10 kHz and 80 kHz. Particularly preferred is that the precipitated oxide layer is a TiO2 layer or an SiO2 layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biosensor having a favorable response characteristic up to a high concentration range, a low blank response and a high storage stability. This sensor comprises an electrode system including a working electrode and a counter electrode, for forming an electrochemical measurement system by coming in contact with a supplied solution; an electrically insulating supporting member for supporting the electrode system; a first reagent layer formed on the working electrode; and a second reagent layer formed on the counter electrode, wherein the first reagent layer comprises an enzyme as the main component, and the second reagent layer comprises an electron mediator as the main component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biosensor having a high current response sensitivity, a low blank response and a high storage stability. This sensor comprises an electrode system including a working electrode and a counter electrode, for forming an electrochemical measurement system by coming in contact with a supplied solution; an insulating supporting member for supporting the electrode system; a first reagent layer formed on the working electrode; and a second reagent layer formed on the counter electrode, wherein the first reagent layer does not contain an enzyme, but it contains at least an electron mediator, and the second reagent layer does not contain an electron mediator, but it contains at least an enzyme.

Abstract: Method for producing a nickel foam having a specific weight of between 200 and 400 g/m2, at least comprising the steps of:

Abstract: A rectangular box 10 that can be made from folded card. The box 10 has a slip case 22 for holding a book 28 and an internal space 26 for storing objects. The internal space 26 is divided from the slip case 22 by a partition wall 20 extending between the top and bottom 16,17 faces of the box 10. The internal space 26 has a window 30 so that its content can be inspected, and a flap 18 for covering the window 30.

Abstract: A means is provided for packaging disc drives and other information-storage devices in a manner that reduces transmittal of shock to the packaged device. The device is placed in a static-disssipative package comprising an upper and lower portion, each of which has external protrusions that deform to absorb shock. Further anti-impact protection is provided by internal buttresses that cushion the packaged device. The package is preferably a unitary article molded from PVC plastic sheeting, with the upper and lower portions joined at an accordion-like hinge. The upper and lower portions nest together at the peripheral edges, providing a labyrinthine path (in effect, a seal) that prevents passage of contaminants. Shock transmittal (relative to an unprotected drive) is reduced by a factor of approximately 5-7.

Abstract: A process for making a lube base stock wherein an olefinic feedstock is contacted with an oligomerization catalyst in a catalytic distillation unit to produce a product having a higher number average molecular weight than the olefinic feedstock. That product is separated zone in the catalytic distillation unit into a light byproduct fraction and a heavy product fraction that includes hydrocarbons in a lube base stock range.

Abstract: A process for producing a diesel fuel having at least 70% C10+paraffins, wherein the iso-paraffin to normal paraffin mole ratio is 5:1 and higher. This diesel fuel is produced by from a feed containing at least 40% C10+normal paraffins and at least 20% C26+normal paraffins. It is produced by contacting that feed in an isomerization/cracking reaction zone a feed with a catalyst comprising a SAPO-11 and platinum in the presence of hydrogen (hydrogen:feed ratio of from 1,000 to 10,000 SCFB) at a temperature of from 340° C. to 420° C., a pressure of from 100 psig to 600 psig, and a liquid hourly space velocity of from 0.1 hr−1 to 1.0 hr−1.

Abstract: A method for making an oil soluble coking process additive, includes the steps of: providing mixture of a metal salt in water wherein the metal salt contains a metal selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and mixtures thereof; providing a heavy hydrocarbon; forming an emulsion of the mixture and the heavy hydrocarbon; heating the emulsion so as to react the metal salt with components of the heavy hydrocarbon so as to provide a treated hydrocarbon containing oil soluble organometallic compound, wherein the organometallic compound includes the metal and is stable at a temperature of at least about 300° C. The oil soluble additive and a process using same are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention provides a filtration apparatus for filtering and regenerating a machining fluid. The filtration apparatus includes a dirty tank for receiving the machining fluid and a clean tank fluidly connected to the dirty tank. A filter is provided between the dirty and the clean tanks for filtering the machining fluid which flows from the dirty tank into the clean tank. A conveyer mechanism is provided in the dirty tank for conveying the sediment of particles separated from the machining fluid in the dirty tank. A filter cleaning device are provided for cleaning the filter. The filter cleaning device includes a nozzle bar which is provided in the clean tank for rotation within a plane parallel to the filter means. The nozzle bar directs the machining fluid in the clean tank onto the filter means to blow the particles off the filter means into the dirty tank.

Abstract: A process using a hydrophobic membrane separation process for making an enhanced flavor fluid, particularly a low-alcohol brew, having improved flavor is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing crosslinked ion exchangers with a homogeneous network structure based on unsaturated aliphatic nitrites in the presence of film-forming protective colloids.

Abstract: The invention describes hydrophilically acting shaped objects, in particular semipermeable membranes for pyrogen retention, comprising a synthetic polymer component and an additive made from a copolymer made from vinylpyrrolidone and a vinylimidazole compound, and furthermore processes for manufacturing the shaped objects. The shaped objects of the invention exhibit such a high pyrogen retention capacity that the pyrogen concentrations present in the filtrates are in part below the detection limit of the gel clot LAL test.