Abstract: A lock arrangement including an electrically powered lock actuator, a power receiver (30) and a power transmitter (18). The electrically powered lock actuator is adapted for mounting in or on a door (10). The power receiver (30) is adapted for mounting in or on the door (10) in electrical connection with the lock actuator. The power transmitter (18) is adapted for mounting adjacent the door (10) and for transmitting power across an air gap to the power receiver (30).

Abstract: An electromechanical lock is provide that comprises a locking assembly and a latch solenoid with a plunger axially displaceable, by an electrical command signal, between retracted and extended states and being associated with a first urging arrangement that biases the plunger in a first axial direction from the retracted to the extended states. The locking assembly comprises a lock actuation member movable between first and second states for locking and unlocking the lock, respectively. A second urging arrangement is operative to bias the actuation member to move to the second state. A third urging arrangement is operative to bias the actuation member to move from the second to the first state.

Abstract: A dual locking system having a manual lock and an electrical lock, and a shuttle connected to both the manual lock and the electrical lock. The shuttle is moveable by either the manual lock or electrical lock between an engaged position in which a hook on the shuttle can engage a prong and a disengaged position in which the hook does not engage a prong. Upon de-energization of the electrical lock, the shuttle remains in the engaged position if the shuttle was in the engaged position prior to de-energization and the shuttle remains in the unengaged position if the shuttle were in the unengaged position prior to de-energization. The dual locking system is incorporated in a latch.

Abstract: An electromechanical locking system (8) comprises a lock (12) and a key (14). The lock includes a cylinder (16), an electronic control unit (18) which is housed within the cylinder, a tailpiece (20), and an electrically-operable clutch mechanism (22) which is housed within the cylinder (16). The cylinder (16) is rotatably mounted to a first component to be locked and the tailpiece includes an adaptor (24) which is operable to interfere with the movement of a second component to be locked to the first component. The control unit (18) draws power from the key and is operable to generate an actuation signal for actuating the clutch mechanism (22) which releasably connects the cylinder and the tailpiece when actuated, thereby causing them to become rotatably coupled.

Abstract: A method for making a supporting body (1) for the lock of a motor vehicle, comprises the steps of: forming an intermediate element (8) made of electrically insulating material provided with conductive paths (3); setting the intermediate element (8) inside a mold (23) for forming the supporting body (1); and injecting electrically insulating material in the mold (23) for carrying out co-molding of the supporting body (1). The intermediate element (8) and the conductive paths (3) are made independently, and the conductive paths (3) are fixed on opposite faces (9, 10) of the intermediate element (8) by constraint means (15, 16) of a mechanical type.

Abstract: The present invention relates to eco-friendly compositions and methods for providing plant growth enhancing formulations comprising mixtures of microbial isolates. In particular, numerous bacterial and fungal strains were isolated from a variety of soil types, from rhizospheres and from root nodules of leguminous plants, in designed combinations, for providing plant growth and plant productivity enhancing formulations. These specifically designed polymicrobial formulations would further provide protection against plant pathogens lowering the need for nitrogen containing fertilizers, solubilize minerals, protect plants against pathogens, and make available to the plant valuable nutrients, such as phosphate, thus reducing and eliminating the need for using chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agricultural composition wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of a sulphur active ingredient and at least one dispersing agent.

Abstract: Ultrasonic peening treatment is desirable where an application of a compressive stress is helpful to reduce the incidence of crack formation on highly stressed parts. Ultrasonic peening treatment can be performed in field applications without requiring a rotor to be removed from the machine. The system includes an acoustic element that excites peening media within a peen chamber. A frame is attachable to an assembled turbine rotor component and includes support structure engageable with the acoustic element. The frame is cooperable with a chamber tooling that defines and encloses the peen chamber together with the turbine rotor component.

Abstract: An aerofoil member (10) comprising a ‘smart core’ (14) and a flexible skin (12). The core comprises sheet material elements (16) forming adjoining cells (18). The length of the elements can be changed, for example using the piezo-electric effect, to alter the cross-sectional shape of the aerofoil without changing the peripheral length. Thus the shape of the aerofoil may be changed to suit different flight conditions, or to mimic the effect of control surfaces.

Abstract: A mandrel mill is provided which can perform elongation rolling with a markedly increased working ratio and dimensional accuracy on a material which is inherently difficult to roll such as a hollow shell made of stainless steel or a thin-walled material. A mandrel mill for manufacturing a mother tube by performing elongation rolling of a hollow shell comprises a plurality of roll stands, having at least one 4-roll stand for wall thickness reduction of a hollow shell and at least one 2-roll stand including the final stand downstream of the 4-roll stand.

Abstract: In a system for producing a helical stator, a stator core strip is provided having a base portion with spaced tangs extending from the base portion. The strip is driven in a feed direction toward a bending region. At the bending region the strip is bent with an outside pressure member positioned to apply pressure at an outside edge of the strip base portion and with an inside pressure wheel having a plurality of teeth. A backstop surface of the teeth contact an inside edge of the base portion between adjacent tangs to support the base portion as the strip is bent by the outside pressure member. A winding arbor receives the bent strip to collect multiple turns of the bent strip to form the helical stator.

Abstract: A stretching device has a housing; a first clamping member attached to a first portion of the housing; a second clamping member attached to a second portion of the housing; wherein the first clamping member has a movable pivot member such that an angle of contact between the first clamping member and a workpiece to be gripped remains constant regardless of the workpiece's thickness. A stretcher assembly has a first stretcher having a first housing having a first clamping member and a second clamping member opposed to each other; and a second stretcher having a second housing having a third clamping member and a fourth clamping member opposed to each other; and a workpiece support member interposed between the first stretcher and the second stretcher, wherein the first and third clamping members each includes a movable pivot joint such that an angle of contact of the first and third members with a workpiece to be gripped remains constant regardless of a thickness of the workpiece.

Abstract: A kinematic system of movement for the clamping/pressing unit of a semifinished piece, that is to say of sheet metal or the like, of panelling machines, the kinematic system comprising a frame on which a presser unit is hinged to a pin and which is free to make angular movements around the pin, the presser unit consisting of elements v fixed to a head supporting the upper presser tool, the presser unit being moved angularly by at least one connecting rod driven by a first lower crank, in which the presser unit is driven by a second upper crank, the first and second crank defining an articulated mechanism, for driving the punch-presser unit, with two degrees of freedom in sequence that can be activated independently or simultaneously.

Abstract: A crimping device is provided for crimping an outer work piece onto an inner work piece. The crimping device includes at least two jaws forming a throat surface about the outer work piece and movable between a partially closed position wherein the outer work piece is not crimped and a closed position wherein the jaws crimp the outer work piece onto the inner work piece. The jaws are configured as a shutter mechanism so that the throat surface remains substantially continuous about the first work piece as the jaws move from the partially closed position to the closed position. At least one of the jaws moves in straight line motion as the jaws move from the partially closed position to the closed position. At least two of the jaws radially and slide against each other as the jaws move from the partially closed position to the closed position.

Abstract: A method for utilizing a bending machine die layout, the method including the steps of: designating a bending machine die layout; extracting a region, in the designated die layout, where a punch and a die face each other, as a virtual die stage; and assigning the extracted virtual die stage to each bend line using a sheet metal shape model of a working part.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a discrete die (1) for forming a three-dimensionally curved surface, comprising a frame (2), parallel pins (4) which are individually movable in their longitudinal direction relative to the frame, which pins are arranged in parallel rows (6) and whose front ends define said three-dimensionally curved surface, at least substantially plate-shaped separating elements (7) between said rows, as well as pressure elements (8, 9) for pressing the rows of pins with the separating elements there-between together whilst pushing off against the frame in the radial direction of the pins. At least the surface of at least some of the plate-shaped separating elements that extends parallel to the longitudinal direction is corrugated in the longitudinal direction of the rows (6), at least during use of the discrete die for producing a product.

Abstract: A terminal pliers includes a first handle pivotally and relatively connected to a second handle. The first handle has a first working end formed on one end thereof. The second handle has a second working end formed on one end thereof and facially corresponding to the first working end. The first working end and the second working end respectively have a working unit mounted thereto. Two jaws are detachably mounted to a corresponding one of the two working units. The two jaws complementally abut against each other for deforming a terminal. The two jaws are detachable and replaceable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a particle standard including particles having optical properties similar to those of a carrier in which the particles are dispersed, as well as a method of calibrating or validating a subject optical particle analyzer with respect to a reference optical particle analyzer by using the particle standard. In the method, the particle standard is analyzed with the reference optical particle analyzer to obtain a reference particle concentration and a reference particle-size distribution. Analogously, the particle standard is analyzed with the subject optical particle analyzer to obtain a subject particle concentration and a subject particle-size distribution. The subject particle concentration and the subject particle-size distribution are then compared to the reference particle concentration and the reference particle-size distribution, respectively, and the subject optical particle analyzer is adjusted accordingly.

Abstract: Apparatus for testing a hazard detector, the apparatus comprising electrically-powered generating means arranged to generate at least two stimuli for application to the detector; and control means arranged to control the generation of each stimulus by said stimulus generating means, wherein said generating means includes a carbon monoxide generator.

Abstract: A method for determining the temperature of a measurement sensor for determining an oxygen concentration in gas mixtures, in particular in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, wherein a detection voltage which corresponds to the oxygen concentration and is provided by a Nernst measuring cell is evaluated, and the measurement sensor is regulated to an operating temperature using a heating device, is characterized in that the internal resistance of the Nernst measuring cell is determined in a first temperature range and is used to infer the temperature of the Nernst measuring cell, and in that the internal resistance of the heating device is determined in a second temperature range and is used to infer the temperature of the Nernst measuring cell.

Abstract: The disclosure describes an apparatus including a substrate and a gas chromatograph having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and being mounted to the substrate. A detector array having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and is mounted to the substrate, and the fluid inlet of the detector array is fluidly coupled to the fluid outlet of the gas chromatograph. A control is circuit coupled to the gas chromatograph and to the detector array such that the control circuit can communicate with the gas chromatograph and to the detector array, and a readout circuit is coupled to the detector array and to the control circuit such that the readout circuit can communicate with the control circuit and the detector array. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A multicapillary bundle for use in a gas chromatograph. Each of the capillaries in the bundle is formed using a coating solution containing a stationary phase and a solvent. The capillaries are coated with stationary phase by reducing pressure at a vacuum end of the capillary and creating a moving interface between the coating solution and a film of stationary phase deposited on each of the capillaries. The reducing pressure at the vacuum end of the capillary and the temperature of the capillary are controlled to maintain motion of the moving interface away from the vacuum end of the capillary. Maintained movement of the interface prevents recoating of the stationary phase. A heating wire and capillaries are embedded in a thermally conductive polymer to create a highly responsive method of heating the multicapillary column. An electronic control device controls the feedback temperature of the multicapillary column using the heating wire.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for measuring the uniform filling of reactors or columns with solid bodies and to an apparatus for performing the process.

Abstract: An apparatus for checking or monitoring a vacuum drawn by a suction cup used in connection with a material handling system. The apparatus including a faceplate and a handle connected to the faceplate. The handle including a vacuum gauge wherein a passageway extends from the vacuum gauge to the faceplate.

Abstract: A pipeline leak detection system, includes, in combination, a pipeline; pressure sensors positioned at regular spaced intervals along the pipeline to monitor pressure within the pipeline; and a monitoring station receiving data from the pressure sensors. The monitoring station establishes a normal pressure profile of relative pressures recorded by the pressure sensors along the pipeline in the absence of a leak and issues an alarm should one of the pressure sensors provide data which is uncharacteristic of the normal pressure profile, indicating a leak in the vicinity of the one pressure sensor.

Abstract: A test specimen is provided which has one or more chemical substances fixed to prescribed plural independent positions on a substrate, and the quantities of the chemical substances fixed at the respective prescribed positions are the total of integer multiples of existence quantity units defined for the respective chemical substances in the range from 1 amol to 1 nmol (excluding the case in which the total quantity is zero).

Abstract: In a sensing instrument using a quartz sensor on whose front surface an adsorption layer for adsorbing a substance to be sensed is formed and which changes in natural frequency by the adsorption of the substance to be sensed, the present invention has an object to quickly detect a trouble of the quartz sensor to prevent an operator from recognizing an incorrect measurement result. In the present invention, a level detecting circuit detecting a signal level of an oscillation output of an oscillator circuit is provided, and after the time for stabilization passes after the power-on time, a computer takes a level detection value therein to compare the signal level and a threshold value. Then, when the signal level is lower than the threshold value, the signal level is determined as abnormal and, for example, the abnormality notification is displayed on a display unit, whereby an operator is notified of the occurrence of the abnormality.

Abstract: A hydrostatically compensated soil resistance probe includes a cylindrical body having a distal tip for insertion into a material, a plurality of load gates for transitioning an axial load on said cylindrical body to a shear load, and a plurality of shear load sensors to measure a transverse loading on said probe due to an axial loading. The axial loading can be the result of the resistance on the probe tip to the insertion of the probe in the soil, or the frictional forces acting on a friction sleeve as the probe passes through the soil.

Abstract: A method for treating or preparing a fuel rod cladding tube in such a way that an influence of iron oxide deposits on its surface can be studied and assessed precisely under virtually operational conditions with as little risk as possible, includes at least partially coating the fuel rod cladding tube with an iron oxide layer by immersing it in an aqueous electrolyte medium which contains iron oxide particles. The iron oxide particles are produced by anodic oxidation of an iron-containing working electrode. A test body and a device for pretreating a fuel rod cladding tube with an electrochemical three-electrode configuration, are also provided.

Abstract: A damper post-stage rotation speed in a post-stage of a damper calculated from motor rotation speeds and an engine rotation speed are used to calculate a resonance influence component, and the resonance influence component is subtracted from the engine rotation speed to calculate a determination rotation speed. Then, the determination rotation speed is used to determine a misfire of an engine. This allows determination of the misfire of the engine with higher accuracy even if resonance caused by torsion of the damper occurs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for detecting abnormal combustion in the combustion chamber of at least one cylinder of a spark-ignition supercharged internal-combustion engine, characterized in that it comprises: measuring a quantity linked with the combustion of the fuel mixture in the chamber, producing a signal whose amplitude depends on the amplitude of the measured quantity, comparing the amplitude of the signal produced with the amplitude of a threshold signal corresponding to the amplitude of a signal during combustion with engine knock, determining the presence of a rumble type abnormal combustion in the combustion chamber when the amplitude of the signal produced exceeds the amplitude of said threshold signal by a significant value.

Abstract: An air flow measuring device can suppress the degradation of measurement accuracy due to variations in attachment position. The air flow measuring device includes a body with a main air passage, a sensor attached to the body for detecting a flow rate of air passing through the main air passage, and a positioning part that positions the body and the sensor. The positioning part is configured to be exposed to the outside.

Abstract: A vehicle that is equipped with an idling stop and restarting system and method thereof for testing a function of the idling stop and restarting system may include counting the ignition number of an engine including a first ignition, accumulating the operating time period after the first ignition, and setting a charging value of a battery as a predetermined value, if the ignition number is smaller than a predetermined ignition number and/or if operating time period is shorter than a predetermined operating time period, wherein the idling stop and restarting system is operated regardless of the real charging value of the battery.

Abstract: A method for tire rolling simulation on mud comprises the steps of modeling a tire using finite elements to build a tire model, modeling a muddy road using finite volumes to build a muddy road model which can exhibit elastoplasticity property and failure property, and executing a numerical simulation in which the tire model is made to roll on the muddy road model in a predetermined condition.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a pressure (P) of a tire of a motor vehicle involves measuring a pressure (P) of the tire and comparing the measured pressure with at least one reference value (PrM, Prm, Pr). The reference value (PrM, Prm, Pr) varies in accordance with a temporal law that depends on at least one of the following parameters: a temporal benchmark, a speech of the vehicle, a temperature of the tire, and a parameter that is based on at least one of the previous three parameters. The reference value (PrM, Prm, Pr) varies between first and second extreme values.

Abstract: A measurement device is disclosed which includes a structure adapted to be removably coupled to a Christmas tree, a sleeve operatively coupled to the structure and a flowmeter positioned at least partially within the sleeve.

Abstract: A measurement device is disclosed which includes a structure adapted to be removably coupled to a Christmas tree, a sleeve operatively coupled to the structure and a flowmeter positioned at least partially within the sleeve.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for testing a dryer, which applies to test a dryer outputting hot air from an outlet to fill a drying space and evaluate the drying efficiency of the dryer. In the method of the present invention, a test pattern is arranged inside the drying space of the dryer, and an initial water content is added to the surface of the test pattern; next, the dryer is turned on to output hot air to the drying space to begin the test; during the test, the test pattern is moved inside the drying space to have a displacement travel; then, a drying loss and a drying test time is obtained and used to calculate the drying efficiency of the dryer. Therefore, the present invention simulates the behavior of a subject in using a dryer to attain an accurate drying efficiency of the dryer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fuel cartridge structure with sensor apparatus, comprising a main fuel solution tank provided with a casing with accommodation space, the accommodation space being used for storing the fuel solution; and a sensor apparatus mainly having two sensor components, the two sensor components being disposed on exterior surface or in the structure of the casing of the main fuel solution tank for achieving the objective of measurement.

Abstract: A humidity sensor having temperature sensing includes a substrate and a RLC (damped resonant) circuit formed in or on the substrate. The RLC circuit comprises a capacitor having a first and a second electrically conductive plate and a moisture sensitive dielectric interposed between the first and second plate. An RL network comprising an inductor and a resistor is coupled to the capacitor and comprises a high relative temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) portion formed from a first material which is coupled to a low relative TCR portion formed from a second material different from the first material. The RLC circuit can be a series RLC circuit. In another embodiment, the RLC circuit can comprises a parallel RLC circuit.

Abstract: A tire testing machine according to the present invention, which can measure both uniformity and dynamic balance of a tire T, comprises a spindle for driving the tire T to rotate about a vertical axis, a spindle housing which supports the spindle rotatably, and a rotating drum rotatable about an axis parallel to an axis of the spindle and movable toward and away from the tire T. The spindle housing is fixed to a base through a piezoelectric sensor so that it can bear a pressing force provided from the rotating drum. The piezoelectric sensor is disposed within a plane including the axis of the spindle and perpendicular to the pressing force. With this structure, dynamic balance of the tire can be measured accurately and easily.

Abstract: An inertial measurement system having a triangular cupola shaped base structure with three mutually orthogonal sides and a bottom surface surrounding a hollow core. The bottom surface includes an aperture providing access to the hollow core. An inertial module is mounted on each of the sides and includes a gyroscopic rotational rate sensor and a linear accelerometer connected to a circuit board. The inertial measurement system also includes a motherboard and a plurality of metallization elements. The metallization elements extend from the bottom surface to the sides of the base structure and conductively connect the inertial module to the motherboard. The inertial measurement system may also include a non-conductive adhesive underfill positioned between the inertial module and the base structure.

Abstract: An optical accelerometer including a light source, a light detector and a flexible medium positioned between the light source and the light detector. The flexible medium has an opening through which the light beam from the light sources passes with the light beam being detected by the light detector. Movement by the flexible medium in response to acceleration or deceleration varies the intensity of the light beam detected by the light detector.

Abstract: With a sensor having a centrifugal mass in the form of a balancing rocker which is deflectable in the z-direction, to avoid asymmetrical clipping in the case of lever arms of the balancing rocker that are of different lengths, a limit-stop device, which shortens the possible deflection, is provided on the side of the shorter lever arm, or, in the case of lever arms of equal length, at least one additional mass disposed on the side on one lever arm is provided, so that the maximum mechanical deflection of the centrifugal mass is of equal magnitude on both sides of the asymmetrical balancing rocker.

Abstract: Provided is a vertical acceleration measuring apparatus including a substrate; a plumb that is separated from the substrate to operate; a plurality of movable electrode plates that are formed at an upper end of the plumb in a predetermined direction; a movable electrode plate supporting portion that is formed at the upper end of the plumb and supports the movable electrode plates; a fixed body that is formed at an upper end of the substrate; a fixed electrode plate supporting portion that is coupled to the fixed body adjacent to the upper end of the plumb; a plurality of fixed electrode plates that are supported by the fixed electrode plate supporting portion and arranged to face the movable electrode plates in parallel; and a connection spring that connects the fixed body and the movable electrode plate supporting portion.

Abstract: An acoustic method and apparatus detects or characterizes a medium in a structure which may be a container, such as a pipeline for transportation of oil, gas, or hydrocarbon condensate. A pulse of broadband acoustic energy is emitted towards the structure by a first transducer. A return signal is generating by a second transducer from acoustic energy returned from the structure in response to the emission of acoustic energy. A return signal spectrum representing acoustic spectral components of the acoustic energy returned from the structure is derived from the return signal, and the medium is detected or characterized by applying a return signal processing medium detection or characterization algorithm to the return signal spectrum.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods for testing a bearing component, in order to ensure that the bearing surface and a load-bearing region located underneath said bearing surface are in a perfect condition. According to the invention, a material testing depth containing the point of maximum mechanical load during operation is determined; in a first partial testing step, the bearing component is subjected to an ultrasound test by which means the material region underneath the bearing surface is tested for defects by means of ultrasound, at least up to the material testing depth; in a second partial testing step, a full optical test of the bearing surface is carried out, during which the actual surface state of the bearing surface is compared with a nominal surface state; and the bearing component is then only classified as faultless if the results of the two partial testing steps do not reveal any defects.

Abstract: A plurality of ultrasonic flaw detection methods can be switched and executed by a simple operation. An ultrasonic flaw detection apparatus includes a switching circuit 3 for permitting an angle probe 1 and a normal probe 2 to be arbitrarily switched to a transmission unit T and a reception unit R of a flaw detector. The switching circuit 3 can select an angle flaw detection mode for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam only by the angle probe, an SPOD mode for transmitting the ultrasonic beam by the angle probe and receiving a diffracted wave by the normal probe, a flaw detection mode executed by a combination of angle flaw detection mode the SPOD method for transmitting the ultrasonic beam by the angle probe and receiving a reflected wave by the angle probe as well as receiving the diffracted wave by the normal probe, and a normal flaw detection mode for transmitting and receiving the ultrasonic beam by the normal probe.

Abstract: A pressure sensor includes a housing, a pressure input orifice opened on a pipe sleeve formed on the housing, a diaphragm that seals the pressure input orifice and has one face as a pressure receiving face, a force transmitting unit connected to a central area of the other face of the diaphragm in the housing, and a pressure sensitive element whose detection direction of a force is a detection axis. A displacement direction and the detection axis of the force transmitting unit are roughly orthogonal to the pressure receiving face. One end and the other end of the pressure sensitive element are respectively fixed to the housing and the force transmitting unit with an adhesive therebetween, and the adhesive is an inorganic adhesive.

Abstract: Pressure sensor unit, in particular for a vehicle brake system, including a housing (2) in which at least one sensor element (1) is arranged which includes a deformation body (6) and at least one sensor means (7) arranged on the deformation body (6) for sensing a deformation of the deformation body (6), in which case at least the part of the housing (2) which is connected to the sensor element (1) and the part of the sensor element (1) which is connected to the housing (2) are fabricated from the same plastic material or from plastic materials having identical or almost identical temperature expansion coefficients, or in that at least part of the housing (2) and part of the sensor element (1) is designed as a one-piece injection molded part made of plastics.