Abstract: The description relates to a clip fastening for fastening fitting parts such as locks, hinges, grips and/or for fastening thin-walled structural component parts provided with an opening to a thin wall, such as a sheet-metal cabinet door, provided with an opening or openings, comprising a head part with a flange which overlaps the outer rim or edge of the opening after assembly, and a body part which proceeds from the head part and extends through the opening after assembly, a substantially U-shaped spring being held at the end of the body part and supported by its leg ends on the inner edge of the opening. According to the invention, the spring is a flat structural component part with U-legs that are cut off or shaped at the free end substantially at right angles to the running direction of the U-leg in such a way that they are supported on the rim or edge of the opening after assembly at a slight inclination to the plane of the thin wall.

Abstract: A mission adaptable multi-purpose, collapsible portable cart/utility table, for use in emergency response and disaster situations, camping, hunting and other outdoors activities, which carries medical rescue carts, canoes, small boats, game, or hauled cargo by hand. The portable cart/utility table can be converted to a various uses and the portable cart/utility table can be folded down and transported within a wheeled bin, backpack, hand carried bag, canoe or boat. It transports injured persons or cargo over long, rough terrain and it can broken down into a carrying position, by hand or by back. The objects being carried can be held by clamps, by fasteners, or through the use of insertions with longitudinally extending channels. An optional pivotable kickstand and/or tie rods can stabilize the cart in a position of rest.

Abstract: A quick release strap tube mount is for mounting a strap tube to an equipment item. The strap tube has a notch formed therein and provides a channel for conveyance of strapping material. The mount includes a housing defining a strap tube channel. At least one locking arm is mounted to and disposed within the housing. The locking arm is disposed outside of the strap tube channel. A locking hub is operably connected to the locking arm and extends into the strap tube channel. The locking hub engages the strap tube at the notch. The locking arm and hub are pivotable relative to the housing between a latched position and a release position. A biasing element is coupled to the locking arm and the housing to bias the locking arm into the latched position and a release member is operably connected to the locking arm to move the locking arm and hub from the latched position to the release position to release the strap tube.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing composite yarn by doubling and twisting paper tape and back warp yarn in one process without doubling paper yarn and back warp yarn after fabricating the paper yarn using the paper tape, includes: passing paper tape unwound from a bobbin by external force through the bobbin in an axial direction of the bobbin, and rotating the paper tape together with additionally-supplied back warp yarn about the axis of the bobbin to twist the paper tape and the back warp yarn together.

Abstract: A method of refurbishing a camshaft (100) having at least one defective portion (202, 206) includes removing material from the at least one defective portion (202, 206) to create a neck region (302). An alignment feature (402) is introduced in the neck region (302) according to a previous orientation of the defective portion (202, 206). A blank (508) is installed around the neck region (302) and oriented with the alignment feature (402).

Abstract: A method of refurbishing a camshaft (100) having at least one defective portion (202, 206) includes removing material from the at least one defective portion (202, 206) to create a neck region (302). An alignment feature (402) is introduced in the neck region (302) according to a previous orientation of the defective portion (202, 206). A segmented blank (1008) is installed around the neck region (302) and oriented with the alignment feature (402).

Abstract: Methods for repairing composite containment casings involving providing a composite containment casing having an integrated abradable system, the abradable system having at least one damaged portion, and including a sandwich structure, and at least one abradable layer, removing the damaged portion of the abradable system to leave a hole, shaping a sandwich structure segment to produce a shaped sandwich structure, placing the shaped sandwich structure into the hole in the abradable system, infusing a resin into the shaped sandwich structure, and curing the containment casing having the shaped sandwich structure, and applying at least one abradable layer to the shaped sandwich structure to produce the containment casing having a repaired integrated abradable system.

Abstract: Illustrative computer-executable methods, systems, and computer software program products compute orientation alignment transfer tool location. Orientation of at least one aerodynamically significant feature of an as-built airplane is automatically determined. Orientation of an orientation monument for the as-built airplane is automatically determined from the determined orientation of the at least one aerodynamically significant feature of the as-built airplane, and motion to align an orientation alignment transfer tool with the determined orientation of the orientation monument is automatically determined.

Abstract: A method of removing a locking ring from a component includes welding at least one sacrificial tab to the locking ring while the locking ring is within a bore of a component and axially forcing the locking ring from the bore along the axis.

Abstract: Process for moulding at least one portion of a hollow plastic component, during which said portion is produced in a mould comprising a core and a cavity, by moulding in a space between by the core and the cavity, so that the moulded portion has no parting line at its surface intended to be in contact with a seal. Method of fastening such a component to the perimeter of an opening in a fuel tank.

Abstract: A method for joining a holed member, including a through-hole, and an unholed member together, the method includes deforming the unholed member against the through-hole of the holed member so that a flat portion of the holed member around the through-hole is deformed into the shape of a truncated conical projection and so that the unholed member is deformed along the truncated conical projection to partly project from the through-hole, and deforming a portion of the unholed member which projects from the through-hole to come into intimate contact with a wall surface of the through-hole of the holed member.

Abstract: A method for making a device includes providing a tubular member which will be formed into the device, masking at least a portion of the inner surface of the tubular member with a removable sacrificial material, selectively removing a portion of the tubular member and sacrificial material using a laser device, and mechanically removing the sacrificial material from the inner surface of the tubular member. Ultrasonic energy could be applied to a workpiece which is being laser cut to prevent any generated slag from welding itself to an exposed surface of the workpiece. A compressed fluid or gas, such as air, could be used to clean the surface of the laser-cut workpiece to remove slag formation which adheres to the surface of the cut workpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing apparatus, a “process bench”, for processing a workpiece transported on a work carrier, having a base module and at least one process module which can be inserted into the base module at a point within an accommodating region. Each process module processes, assembles or tests workpieces, for example also pharmaceutical and medico-technical products. The processing apparatus is characterized in that the base module comprises a support device which is designed to accommodate process modules or functional modules at any desired point or at a multiplicity of predetermined points within the accommodating region.

Abstract: A method of controlling contact load in an apparatus for mounting electronic components on a substrate includes a head holding an electronic component being lowered at a first speed to a first position where the electronic component does not contact the substrate. The head is lowered at a second speed slower than the first speed from the first position until a predetermined target contact load is detected. The head is moved down by a small step for a predetermined distance at the second speed and a contact load is measured after moving the head down. The method includes determining whether a measured contact load has reached the predetermined target contact load. The moving and the measuring is sequentially repeated until the measured contact load reaches the predetermined target contact load. The predetermined distance is set to a first predetermined distance when moving the head down until the electronic component contacts the substrate.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a dual interface card includes at least the following step: collocating multiple card support sheets one onto the other, some of these sheets showing holes, in order to form a recess adapted to receive the dual interface module, one of the sheets supporting the antenna having solid metallic contact pads at least partially freely accessible in the recess depositing a conductive adhesive onto the contact pads positioning the dual interface module in the recess such that the pads of the module are contacting the conductive adhesive executing one single lamination step of the sheets with the module in order to: laminate the multiple layers together in order to form the card body embed the dual interface module in the recess and achieve the curing of the isotropic conductive adhesive and the permanent electrical contact between the antenna and the dual interface module.

Abstract: Methods of fabricating magnetic read heads are provided which reduce the width of the scratch exposure region of a read head. During normal fabrication processes, a read head is formed with a first shield, a read element formed on the first shield, and hard bias layers formed on either side of the read element. The width of the read elements and the hard bias layers define an initial scratch exposure region. According to embodiments herein, a mask structure is formed to protect the read element and first portions of the hard bias layers proximate to the read element. A removal process is then performed to remove second portions of the hard bias layers that are not protected by the mask structure, which defines a final scratch exposure region that is smaller than the initial scratch exposure region.

Abstract: A method of forming an actuating mechanism for a probe storage system includes providing a scanner chip having a main body including first and second outer surfaces and first and second coil mounting cavities. First and second coils are positioned in respective ones of the first and second coil mounting cavities. First and second magnet receiving pockets are formed in a first plate with first and second magnets being positioned in corresponding ones of the first and second magnet receiving pockets. The first plate is arranged relative to one of the first and second outer surfaces of the scanner chip with the first and second magnets registering with respective ones of the first and second coils. The first plate is spaced from the one of the first and second outer surfaces by a gap of less than about 10 microns.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a transformer is disclosed. First, a first bobbin piece is provided, wherein the first bobbin piece has a first channel therein and a primary winding section. Second, a second bobbin is provided, wherein the second bobbin piece comprises a first secondary side plate, a second secondary side plate opposed to the first secondary side plate, a plurality of partition plates between the first secondary side plate and the second secondary side plate, a wall portion between every two adjacent partition plates, and a secondary base extended from an edge of the first secondary side plate and having a first pin arranged on a bottom surface of the secondary base, wherein a plurality of secondary winding sections are defined by every two adjacent partition plates, and a second channel is defined within the wall portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for transferring a nanostructure from a die to a flat side of a large-area substrate with a substrate holder that receives the substrate on a substrate receiving surface, and an actuator device that can be oriented parallel to the substrate receiving surface and opposite to this movable structural surface of the die and that acts orthogonally to the substrate receiving surface. To be able to use reasonably priced dies and in this case to achieve the highest possible throughput, a good edge yield, and a homogeneous structure with the substrate as much as possible without scrapping, a system is proposed with which the resultant force that acts through the die on the substrate surface can be shifted along the die surface.

Abstract: A triaxial connector release tool comprising an outer housing and an inner appliance. The shape and size of appliance is adapted to fit concentrically within the housing of the tool. The appliance is pivotally mounted to the housing of the tool about a tab. In use, the tool is placed over the female and male triaxial connectors whereby a first end of the housing rests against an annular shoulder of a connector to provide resistance when the tool is in use. A user grasps the tool about the housing and exerts an inward squeezing force so that a pair of flanges of the appliance depress the protrusions of the locking mechanism of the male connector until they are disengaged from the apertures of the female connector and allowing the male connector to easily slide back out of the female connector.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board assembly for a controller. The method includes providing first and second printed circuit boards wherein the first printed circuit board has a plurality of copper pads containing slots therein that correspond to a plurality of power tabs in the second printed circuit board. The power tabs are then slid into the slots and the tabs are flooded with copper. At this time the power tabs are soldered within the slots to provide an electrical connection between the first and second printed circuit boards that allows for the transfer of current between the boards of more than three amps.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a conductive contact holder includes forming, from a conductive material, a substrate having a hollow portion to which a holder member for holding a plurality of conductive contacts can be fitted; fixing the substrate formed from the conductive material and an insulating member by fitting the substrate and the insulating member into the hollow portion of the substrate, the insulating member being a raw material of the holder member; polishing a surface of the fixed holder member and a surface of the substrate adjoining the surface so as to make the surfaces smooth; and forming a plurality of holder holes for containing the conductive contacts, respectively, the holder holes penetrating the holder member, the surface of which is polished. The fixing includes filling an insulating adhesive between the holder member and the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a number of techniques for laminating and interconnecting multiple substrates to form a multilayer package or other circuit component. A solder bump may be formed on the conductive pad of at least one of two or more substrates. The solder bump preferably is formed from an application of solder paste to the conductive pad(s). Adhesive films may be positioned between the surfaces of the substrates having the conductive pads, where the adhesive films include apertures located substantially over the conductive pads such that the conductive pads and/or solder bumps confront each other through the aperture. The two or more substrates then may be pressed together to mechanically bond the two or more substrates via the adhesive films. The solder bump(s) may be reflowed during or after the lamination to create a solder segment that provides an electrical connection between the conductive pads through the aperture in the adhesive films.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for arranging a plurality of connecting elements corresponding to a plurality of electronic components which is required to be subject to an electric test for inspecting a fault. The method for arranging a plurality of connecting elements on electronic substrates such that the connecting elements may simultaneously contact with a plurality of electronic components comprises the steps of fabricating each connecting element to have the first extending region at one end extended in a certain direction with a regular width and the second extending region at the other end extended in a certain direction with a regular width; and coupling the first extending region of each connecting element to a fixing post formed in a pre-determined region of the electronic substrate in order to be parallel with the second extending region of each connecting element, wherein each of the second extending region extends at the same length.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having solder balls. The method may include: stacking a second carrier, in which at least one hole is formed, over one side of a first carrier; forming at least one solder bump by filling the hole with a conductive material; forming a circuit pattern layer, which is electrically connected with the solder bump, on the second carrier; and exposing the solder bump by removing the first carrier and the second carrier. Using this method, uniform hemispherical solder balls with fine pitch can be formed as a part of the manufacturing process, without having to attach the solder balls separately. Carriers may be used to serve as supports during the manufacturing process, whereby deformations can be prevented in the board.

Abstract: In an electron-emitting device manufacturing apparatus for forming a surface conduction electron-emitting element by a conductive thin film, a discharge head of a piezo-jet type using a piezoelectric element has a diameter being equal to or less than ?25?m and jets a solution that includes metal micro-particle material for forming the conductive thin film, on the area between the electrodes, which are formed on a substrate of the electron-emitting device, as a droplet. A volatile component in a solution dot pattern is vaporized after the droplet is jetted on the substrate so that a solid content is remained on the substrate. The solution having micro-particle dispersed in liquid satisfies a relationship of 0.0002?Dp/Do?0.01 where Dp denotes a diameter of the metal micro-particle and Do denotes a diameter of the discharge opening.

Abstract: Methods for making a composite containment casing having an integrated fragment catcher involving providing a mandrel having a pocket, applying at least one ply of a material about the mandrel in at least the pocket, applying a strip about the material in the pocket to produce an integrated fragment catcher preform, applying at least one ply of the material about the mandrel having the integrated fragment catcher preform to produce a containment casing preform comprising the integrated fragment catcher preform, infusing a resin into the containment casing preform having the integrated fragment catcher preform, curing the containment casing preform to produce the containment casing having the integrated fragment catcher.

Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a cast iron member in which the production of gas defects such as blowholes or pinholes in a clad layer formed on the surface of a cast iron material can be reduced, and the generation of bead cracks in the clad layer can be restrained. In the method for manufacturing a cast iron member, including a step of forming the clad layer by melting a material for cladding by means of irradiation of a laser emitted from a laser irradiation device and by depositing the melted material on the surface of a part of the cast iron material, the step of forming the clad layer is performed by using a material the main ingredient of which is a copper element as the material for cladding so that when the clad layer is formed, a hardened layer having a thickness of 0.01 to 2.0 mm is formed on the surface of the cast iron material.

Abstract: A brake disk mounting surface is ground by bringing it into contact with an annular grinding wheel, while an inner ring having the brake disk mounting surface is rotated around its center axis, in a state where a part of the annular grinding wheel overlaps with a recess over an entire region of the annular grinding wheel in a radial direction, and in a state where a grinding surface of the annular grinding wheel is inclined with respect to the brake disk mounting surface so that a distance between the brake disk mounting surface and the annular grinding wheel grows larger in a direction toward an outer edge of the brake disk mounting surface.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of constructing a multi-storey building from modular panel components. Each panel component comprises a framework of cold-formed C-profile structural steel members including vertical members, horizontal members and optional diagonal cross-brace members. The vertical members include some load-bearing structural uprights of the finished building, each of which is provided with an end cap on each of its top and bottom ends, connected to the corresponding load-bearing structural upright by welding or by brazing. Each end cap comprises a back plate portion secured across the open side of the C-profile of the associated structural upright, to side plate portions secured to opposite sides of the associated structural upright and an end plate portion which lies across the otherwise open end of the associated structural upright.

Abstract: A cutting tool for cutting the armor includes a cutter body having first and bottom entry walls defining a channel for receiving an armored cable. There is a slot in the first wall that affords reciprocating entry into the channel of a movable cutting blade from the outside of the wall. The direction of translation into the channel defines a blade insertion direction. The slot defines a slot segment of the first wall which in turn defines a base line. A stopper is mounted on the cutter body opposite the slot on the inside of the first wall. The stopper moves toward and away from the first wall to engage an armored cable placed in the channel and releasably press the armored cable against the slot segment of the first wall. The distance in the blade insertion direction of the bottom entry wall from the base line increases as the longitudinal distance from the slot segment increases to impart a curved configuration to the channel.

Abstract: A cable access tool and method provide a means for accurately and efficiently cutting through a jacket of a fiber optic cable at a break-out location. The cable access tool provides a means to securely hold the fiber optic cable. A means of accurately controlling the depth and length of cut(s) are provided. In addition, a means of accurately positioning the cut(s) both in relation to the fiber optic cable and in relation to other cuts is provided.

Abstract: A cutting tool configured to cut packaging. The tool includes a handle and a blade having a cutting portion. The blade is affixed to the handle with the cutting portion extending outwardly from the handle. The cutting portion of the blade resides inside a retractable sheath that is movable between a blade guarding position and a blade exposing position. The sheath is coupled to the handle by a biasing assembly that biases the sheath into the blade guarding position whereat the cutting portion of the blade is received completely inside the sheath. The sheath retracts to the blade exposing position when the sheath is pressed against the packaging with sufficient force to overcome the biasing force applied thereto by the biasing assembly. When the sheath is retracted, the cutting portion of the blade is placed into contact with the packaging against which the sheath is pressed.

Abstract: A pair of gardening shears include two support seats spaced from each other, an anvil mounted between the support seats, a slide movably mounted between the support seats and having a cutting blade that is movable relative to the anvil, and a rotation arm pivotally mounted between the support seats to move the slide relative to the anvil by rotation of the rotation arm relative to the support seats and the slide. The slide has a side formed with an elongated driven rack. The rotation arm has an end portion formed with a drive gear portion pivotally mounted between the support seats and meshing with the driven rack of the slide.

Abstract: A hand-operated pruning clipper having a multi-function plastic top handle and metal bottom handle with metal bypass cutting blades for cutting twigs and branches. A pair of wire cutting blades and a plastic bag slicing blade are incorporated into the metal cutting blades.

Abstract: A cardboard cutter comprises a main body and at least one cutting assembly. The cutting assembly is slidably mounted on the main body and is fixed on the main body by a positioning assembly. By such arrangements, during cutting process, the cuffing assembly can be stably fixed on the main body by the positioning assembly and will not be moved by the upward resistance of the cardboard, so the cutting depth is fixed, and the cuffing operation can be finished at one time. Further, the cuffing lines are trim and the products are beautiful.

Abstract: Double handle knives and attachments to convert a knife to a double handle knife are described with secondary handles able to form an angle (a) between about 20 to 70 degrees between the long axis of the secondary handle and the long axis of the blade in a plane at about right angles to the blade. Embodiments describe fixed, rotatable, and indexable means for the angle of attachment of the secondary handle to the blade. Embodiments further describe reversible and permanent means of attachment. The placement of the secondary handle at the angle described allows for the optimal positioning of the hands for both controlling and assisting with the cutting of foods and other items.

Abstract: A guide bar arrangement has a guide bar having a guide groove that extends about an outer circumference of the guide bar. A saw chain is driven in circulation in the guide groove about the guide bar. The guide groove is delimited by a groove base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall positioned opposite the first sidewall. The guide bar has an opening for supply of oil into the guide groove, wherein the opening extends from an exterior side of the guide bar, wherein the exterior side extends in a longitudinal direction of the guide bar, into the guide groove and opens in the first sidewall into the guide groove. An insert is secured in the opening and reduces a free flow cross-sectional area of the opening.

Abstract: A motor-driven reciprocating saw (10) includes a guide device (20) the guide member (21) of which has a base body (25) and a guide sole (27) provided on the base body (25) and having a first layer (31) formed of a rigid material with a low frictional adhesion and forming a bearing surface (28) for the workpiece, a third layer (33) likewise formed of a rigid material and formed integrally with the base body (25), and a second layer (32) formed of a vibration-damping material and located between the first and third layers (31 and 33).

Abstract: An adjustable rotary structure comprises a first restricting assembly, a second restricting assembly, a rotary member and a positioning seat. The rotary member is formed with a restricting hole and a shift hole. The positioning seat is formed with a positioning groove, a restricting circular groove and a restricting elliptic groove. The first restricting assembly is positioned on the positioning groove by the restricting hole in such a manner that the restricting hole of the rotary member abuts against the positioning groove and is restricted on the positioning seat. The second restricting assembly is selectively positioned in the restricting circular groove or the restricting elliptic groove via the shift hole, so that the rotary member is forced to rotate along a circular path or an elliptic path.

Abstract: A flat transparent overlay for measurement of equine parasgital foot section x-rays is provided with a flat lower edge for parallel alignment with a ground surface and at least a portion of an anterior edge angled at an inclination approximating a hoof distal wall. A first sight ring is provided for positioning of the tool over a tip of a third phalanx image. A first scale extends posterior at a selected angle from the first sight ring for measurement of the palmar cortex. A second scale depends from the first sight ring substantially perpendicular to the lower edge for measurement of the distal sole thickness. A third scale extends anterior perpendicular to the second scale for measurement of the break-over distance. A first protractor element is centered posterior on the first sight ring for measurement of the palmar angle.

Abstract: Range finder for determining the distance between the user and an object of known height or width, such as a golf flagstick, structure, etc. The range finder is a flat card, having a series of graduated apertures, each aperture being dimensioned to correspond to a particular distance to the flagstick. Range information is provided for each aperture. The user holds the card 24 inches from the eye and sights the flagstick through the apertures. The range information for the aperture whose diameter most closely corresponds to the height of the sighted flagstick is the actual distance between the user and the flagstick. The apertures are graduated in size, to represent range information in specific increments. The size of the increments is selected to facilitate optimal performance and may vary within a series of apertures.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a position measurement adapter for attachment to a threaded stud, the adapter having an elongate rigid member with a first end and a second end. The elongate rigid member has a threaded aperture that extends along an axial direction from the first end to a distance that is spaced apart from the second end. In addition, the elongate rigid member has a hollow shaft that extends in the axial direction from the threaded aperture towards the second end. The hollow shaft is radially larger than the threaded aperture. A contrast target can be located on the second end. In some instances, the hollow shaft extends to the second end and the elongate member has a cylindrical shape.

Abstract: An airlessly sealed vial includes an interior cavity filled with at least one liquid. At least one sealing cap is provided, which seals closed an opening into the interior cavity. The vial also includes means associated with the sealing cap and/or the interior cavity for changing the volumetric liquid containing capacity of the interior cavity in accordance with volumetric changes in the liquid contained in the vial. The means may be a moveable or flexible wall at least partly defining the interior cavity and/or a compressible member included in the interior cavity.

Abstract: A plumb probe assembly for a level measuring device has a plumb and a connection assembly. The plumb has an inner connecting tube. The connection assembly has two connectors and two clip brackets. The connectors are slidably mounted together while one of the connector firmly connects to the inner connecting tube of the plumb. The clip brackets are movably connected together by at least one resilient device supplying a clipping force and clip around the connectors to hold connectors firmly together. When a force greater than the clipping force, applied to the plumb, the clip brackets separate and the plumb falls into the particulates in the container. The plumb will not cause damage to a particulate discharging device and will disconnect with the connection assembly. A replacement plumb may then be attached to the connection assembly for continued operation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the depth of a hole with a first edge and a second edge, comprising positioning a distal end of a first member of a measuring instrument against a first surface in which the first edge is formed. Then, positioning a distal end of a second member against a second surface in which the second edge is formed, the first member and the second member being movably connected; and finally, measuring an electronic signal that represents the distance between the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A measuring device, includes a guiding rail, a sliding unit levitatedly slidably engaged with the guiding rail, and a measuring unit fixed to the sliding unit and comprising at least one clock gauge mounted thereto.

Abstract: An inspecting tool for inspecting whether inside dimensions of a server chassis is qualified or not is presented. The inspecting tool includes a rectangular frame and a handle attached to the fame. A width of the frame is equal to a minimum desirable value of an inside width of the server chassis, and a height of the frame is equal to a minimum desirable value of an inside height of the server chassis.

Abstract: A flexible locking dipstick module useful with a motor vehicle including an oil reservoir. A dipstick is disposed within a housing which has one end thereof affixed to the oil reservoir and extends therefrom to a location within the engine compartment of a motor vehicle. The end of the module disposed within the engine compartment includes a quick disconnect locking coupling providing for ready installation and removal of the dipstick. The coupling further provides protection against blow out of the dipstick in the event of inordinate build up of pressure within the oil reservoir. Further, one portion of the outboard coupling may be employed as a liquid-tight closure for a dipstick entry opening in the oil reservoir during removal and/or storage of the engine.

Abstract: A flexible locking dipstick module useful with a motor vehicle transmission including a transmission case. A transmission dipstick is disposed within a housing which has one end thereof affixed to the transmission case and extends therefrom to a location within the engine compartment of a motor vehicle. Each end of the module includes a quick disconnect locking coupling providing for ready installation of the dipstick housing and its associated dipstick. Each coupling further provides protection against blow out of the dipstick in the event of inordinate build up of pressure within the transmission. Further, one portion of the outboard coupling may be employed as a liquid-tight closure for a dipstick entry opening in the transmission case during removal and/or storage of the transmission case.