Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection of two shafts, for example a driving shaft and a driven shaft in a wind turbine. In particular, the invention relates to a connection making use of a band to lock the two shafts together. The two shafts are inter-connectable by connecting an interconnection part of the first shaft and an interconnection part of the second shaft. The band is positioned and wound around an outer surface enclosing the interconnection parts of the shafts. The shafts are locked together by providing pressure to the interconnection parts from the windings of the band.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process of forming reinforcements, baffles and seals having malleable carriers. The process typically includes application of an activatable material to a malleable carrier and contouring of the activatable material the malleable carrier or both.

Abstract: A workpiece support having alignment features to allow the proper alignment of the shadow mask to the workpiece is provided. The alignment features include tactile sensors, so as to measure the pressure being applied to each alignment feature. Based on these pressure readings, a determination can be made as to whether the workpiece is properly aligned with the shadow mask. In some embodiments, corrective actions may be initiated if a determination is made that the workpiece is not properly aligned.

Abstract: A work holding device that secures a workpiece includes a first support column, a second support column, and a plurality of part fixturing anchors. The first support column and the second support column are coupled to one another forming a longitudinal loading envelope having a width-wise dimension, a height-wise dimension, and a length-wise dimension. At least one of the support columns includes a plurality of part fixturing recesses passing through the support column in the width-wise dimension and arranged within the height-wise dimension and the length-wise dimension of the longitudinal loading envelope. The part fixturing anchors extend through the support column at the part fixturing recesses into the longitudinal loading envelope and couple the workpiece to the first and second support columns.

Abstract: An actuator manufacturing method includes alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric elastomer layers and a plurality of conductive rubber layers along the direction of thickness to form a sheet, and wrapping the sheet formed about a core to form a rolled sheet. When the sheet formed in the step of alternately stacking is wrapped about the core, the sheet is formed by the dielectric elastomer layers and the conductive rubber layers. Therefore, even if the dielectric elastomer layers in the sheet are made to be thin, the thickness of the entire sheet is prevented from being excessively thin.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electronic component includes a heating head that moves relative to the electronic component placed on a printed board, inclines according to the inclination of the electronic component, comes into contact with the electronic component, and heats a joining material that joins the printed board and the electronic component; a first sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the heating head; a second sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the printed board; and, a control unit that calculates the position and the inclination of the electronic component based on a measurement result of the first sensor in a state where the heating head is in contact with the electronic component, and determines the melted state of the joining material based on the measurement result of the second sensor and the position and the inclination of the electronic component.

Abstract: It is an objective to provide a part-mounting system and a part-mounting method that, even when parts are extremely small, make it possible to mount the parts at a repair-requiring location without fail, to thus enhance a percentage of a non-defective substrate. In a part-mounting system 1, inspection is made as to whether or not a parts-missing location exists on a substrate Pb reloaded between a solder printer 2 and a first part-mounting machine 4A after having undergone manual repair by an operator OP, or the like, in connection with a repair-requiring location found through inspection performed after mounting of parts Pt, by use of an inspection camera 15A of a first part-mounting machine 4A. When a parts-missing location on the substrate Pb is found, the parts-missing location is identified. Subsequently, a mounting head 14A of the first part-mounting machine 4A and a mounting head 14B of a second part-mounting machine 4B mount a part Pt at the parts-missing location on the thus-identified substrate Pb.

Abstract: In compact drive, spiroid gear unit, and method for manufacturing a drive unit that includes at least an electric motor, a brake, a gear unit, and a frequency converter, the output shaft of the gear unit and the rotor shaft are positioned in parallel to each other, and the shaft-center distance is determined by at least one gear stage. The first gear stage includes a first toothed member connected to the rotor shaft, and a second toothed member, which engages with the first toothed member and is connected to an intermediate shaft, the brake, including at least a brake-rotor shaft, being integrated in the housing of the compact drive, the brake-rotor shaft being parallel to the rotor shaft, and the brake-rotor shaft being connected to a toothed member, which engages with the second toothed member.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and apparatus for producing ready to use RFID devices in a convenient and economical manner. The apparatus of the present invention may be collocated with a manufacturer of consumer goods.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a polymer lithium-ion battery manufacturing method. With the method, first preparing the electrolyte, and then injecting the electrolyte into a battery; after aging and activating the semi-product, processes of evacuating, sealing, and capacity grading are required to complete the battery. In order to overcome the defects of the convention batteries in production and performance, the present invention creatively chooses the polymer with appropriate molecular weight and other functional ingredients for the electrolyte, whereby the safety performance, service lifetime, high and low temperature performance and rate capacity of the batteries are significantly improved, and the battery production according to the present invention is simple and ease to perform.

Abstract: Disclosed is a housings for lithium based batteries, suitable for large format batteries, and a method of manufacturing such housings using direct electroplating resin technology. The housing, while maintaining stack pressure and acting as a moisture and electrolyte barrier, is lighter in weight, smaller in volume, and is safer than conventional metal housings. The manufacturing process is well suited for automation and is less expensive than current manufacturing processes.

Abstract: Provided is a temperature sensitive actuator attaching structure wherein the ease of attachment is improved. A heat generating element (51) generates heat by energizing a temperature sensitive actuator (2) via conducting terminals (41, 42). The generated heat expands a wax (W) to project a piston (21), and an elastic member (23) biases the piston (21) in a direction opposite to the projecting direction. In order to attach the temperature sensitive actuator (2) to an attachment portion (11) of an object member (1), fixing protrusions (41a) are provided in the conducting terminal (41) of the temperature sensitive actuator (2), and receiving portions (14) which can receive the fixing protrusions (41a) in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the piston (21) are provided in the attachment portion (11). The temperature sensitive actuator (2) is attached to the object member (1) by inserting the fixing protrusions (41a) into the receiving portions (14).

Abstract: A disassembling device includes a housing, a rotating element and a battery module. The housing includes a first engaging portion. The rotating element is rotatably disposed on the housing. The battery module, disposed in the housing in a detachable manner, includes a second engaging portion engaging with the first engaging portion. The rotating element rotates to push the first engaging portion, enabling the first engaging portion is enabled to detach from the second engaging portion.

Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatus and methods having circuitry to test continuity of conductive paths coupled to dice arranged in a stack.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having a metal bump, including: forming a recess for creation of the metal bump on a first carrier, forming a first barrier layer on the first carrier, and forming an upper circuit layer on the first barrier layer, the upper circuit layer including a metal bump charged in the recess and a circuit pattern; forming a second barrier layer on a second carrier, and forming a lower circuit layer on the second barrier layer; preparing an insulating layer, and transferring the upper and lower circuit layers to the insulating layer; removing the first and second carriers; and removing the first and second barrier layers.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the invention, a wiring pathway determining method includes: tracing continuously a first wiring forming grid to extend an additional wiring line from a starting point to one first already-selected intersection selected from plural first intersections; computing a first via allocatable region where an additional via can be allocated on a first wiring layer and a second via allocatable region where the additional via can be allocated on a second wiring layer based on positions of an already-designed wiring line and an already-designed via; allocating the additional via, in which a first already-selected intersection is included in an arbitrary position in a region of a lower surface, such that the lower surface is included in the first via allocatable region and such that an upper surface is included in a second via allocatable region; and tracing continuously a second wiring forming grid to extend the additional wiring line from the additional via to an ending point.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flex-rigid wiring board including forming a rigid substrate including a rigid base material, a separator provided over the rigid base material, and insulation layers laminated over the rigid base material after the separator is provided, removing the separator together with a portion of the insulation layers after the laminating of the insulation layers, and forming a recessed portion configured to accommodate an electronic component according to a shape of the separator on a surface of the rigid substrate.

Abstract: A method of fabrication a circuit board structure comprising providing a circuit board main body, forming a molded, irregular plastic body having a non-plate type, stereo structure and at least one scraggy surface by encapsulating at least a portion of said circuit board main body with injection molded material, and forming a first three-dimensional circuit pattern on said molded, irregular plastic body thereby defining a three-dimensional circuit device.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing printed circuit board, including: providing a substrate including a first circuit layer having a lower land of a via; forming an insulating layer on the first circuit layer; forming a via hole in the insulating layer; filling the via hole with a first metal, thus forming a via; forming a seed layer with a second metal on the insulating layer and an exposed surface of the via; applying a resist film on the seed layer, and forming a resist pattern having an opening for a second circuit layer with a width formed on the via being smaller than a width of the via; plating a circuit region defined by the opening with a third metal, thus forming a plating layer formed of the third metal; and removing the resist film, and selectively removing an exposed portion of the seed layer, thus forming a second circuit layer.

Abstract: A method for repairing a defect in a component having a first major surface and a second major surface, a thickness defined between the major surfaces, and an edge adjoining both the major surfaces is characterized by forming a slot cut entirely through the thickness of the component between the first and second major surfaces, the slot extending inward from the edge of the component towards an interior of the component to a depth from the edge sufficient to remove at least a substantial part of the defect, the slot defining an open end at the edge of the component, a closed end within the component, a width, a radius formed by the closed end, and opposing chamfered edges at the open end.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a two-phase flow heat sink. The two-phase flow heat sink comprises an evaporation chamber and a capillary layer. The material of the capillary layer, which has at least a porous structure, is cooled and disposed on the inner side of the evaporation chamber from a melted state. The method first sprays the thermally melted material of the capillary layer on the substrate of the evaporation chamber for forming the capillary layer on the substrate. Because the capillary layer is sprayed on the substrate of the evaporation chamber, the capillary layer is distributed irregularly on the substrate and forming irregularly distributed holes. Thereby, the flowing space for fluids in the evaporation chamber is increased, and hence enhancing the heat transfer efficiency of the heat sink.

Abstract: Methods of making tungsten carbide-based annular jewelry rings including sinterable metal and/or ceramic powder materials compressed into a predetermined configuration and then sintered to form an annular jewelry ring to which softer precious metals, stones, crystals or other materials suitable for use in jewelry may be affixed. Such items of jewelry may have multiple facets and can be fabricated using various disclosed techniques and various combinations of materials.

Abstract: A pizza slice cutting stamp for creating bite size pizza portions from a single slice of pizza includes a cutting stamp frame having a predetermined top view footprint, and an outer support peripheral member that is a structural support and a cutting blade. The cutting stamp frame also has a plurality of inner blade members connected to one another and to the outer support peripheral member to establish a plurality a bite-size closed loop cutting patterns for creating a plurality of bite size portions from a single slice of pizza. The cutting stamp frame has a triangular footprint. A handle cover functionally connected to the cutting stamp frame is adapted to be held by a single hand for pressing said cutting stamp frame on a pizza slice. A user may utilize the cutting stamp frame by placing it on a slice of pizza and pressing on the handle cover to create a plurality of bite size portions from a single slice of pizza.

Abstract: A pill splitter includes a base, a cover pivotably secured to the base, a cutting blade attached to the cover, and a pill holder arrangement. The pill holder arrangement includes a slideable fixture constructed and arranged to be movable relative to the base and hold the pill. The pill holder arrangement allows a pill to split when the cover is moved in a closed position.

Abstract: An innard clean out tool for use in cleaning the interior of a pumpkin or other fruit or vegetable. The innard clean out tool having a shaft which is removable attached to an electric or cordless drill driver and a plurality of cutting blades for generally horizontal cutting. The cutting blades are generally disposed in a closed loop configuration sharpened on one or both sides with an angled segment to remove the fibrous strands within the interior of the pumpkin while simultaneously thinning portions of the pumpkin's interior wall.

Abstract: A cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing clamp ring removal tool including first and second handles pivotally connected, first and second jaw members pivotally connected to the first and second handles, respectively, a coarse adjuster slidably carried on the first handle including a stepped member defining first and second seating surfaces of different heights, the stepped member slidable relative to the first handle in a direction generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the first handle, and a fine adjuster carried on the second handle positioned between the first and second handles and in alignment with the stepped member.

Abstract: A garden shears has a main cutting member, a minor cutting member, two applying arms, and two assembling members. The major and minor cutting members both have a first pivot aperture and an extended section. An end of each extended section is bent up to form an L-shaped pawl forming a first indentation; an arced limiting slot is adjacent to each first pivot, and a tool end is respectively formed at an opposite end of the major and minor cutting members. Each applying arm has a handle and an assembling portion, each assembling portion having a second pivot aperture and a second indentation. A top edge of each second indentation has driving teeth that respectively engage with the L-shaped pawls of the major and minor cutting members. Each assembling member has a third pivot aperture and two fourth pivot apertures corresponding to the first pivot apertures and the second pivot apertures.

Abstract: A pizza wheel includes a handle that is configured to fold or unfold into a variety of configurations. In a stowed, two handle halves are positioned upright, parallel to a plane defined by a cutting wheel. In a deployed position, the handle halves are rotated apart from one another to positions about 90 degrees from the original stowed position.

Abstract: A utility knife blade includes a portion made of a first material; and an elongated portion made of a second material, the second material being harder than the first material and coated on the first material by melting a powder of the second material on the first material, the elongated portion forming the tip of the blade, wherein the second material includes tungsten carbide particles embedded in a soft binder, and wherein the size of at least 90% of the tungsten carbide particles is lower than about 5 micrometers.

Abstract: A knife has a cutting blade with an elongate planar body having a front and a back, a first and second opposite edges, the elongate body having a centerline extending between the first and the second edges, each of said first and second edges being provided with a plurality of angularly-oriented notches defined by beveled surfaces, which intersect to form cutting edges. The notches have a generally V-shaped configuration and have one or more sides that extend at an acute angle in relation to the centerline.

Abstract: A hand-held power tool has a two-stroke engine with a cylinder with combustion chamber and a piston disposed therein that drives a crankshaft supported in a crankcase. In at least one piston position, crankcase and combustion chamber are connected by a transfer passage. An air passage supplies in at least one piston position combustion air to the transfer passage. A mixture passage for fuel/air mixture is provided. Air and mixture passages in operation are at least partially connected to each other. Part of the mixture passage is formed in a carburetor where a fuel port opens into the mixture passage. The mixture passage opens into the crankcase with a piston-controlled mixture inlet having a width in circumferential direction of the cylinder. Upon upward piston stroke the mixture inlet is connected to the crankcase with a portion of the width before a connection of air passage and transfer passage is established.

Abstract: A pivoting arrangement for a shaving device, comprising a pivoting member (10), adapted to support a shaving head, a cradle (11), pivotly supporting the pivoting member, and a spring loading arrangement (13) arranged to bias the pivoting member in a resting position. The spring loading arrangement has a limited active range, so that, when the pivoting member is brought out of the resting position in a first pivoting direction, the spring loading arrangement is prevented from interacting with the pivoting member in a first point of action (14a), and when the pivoting member is brought out of the resting position in a second pivoting direction, the spring loading arrangement is prevented from interacting with the pivoting member in a second point of action (14b). As a result, the resting position will not be dependent on e.g. the spring constants of different springs in the spring loading arrangement. The resting position will thus be more exactly defined, and exhibit less variation than conventional solutions.

Abstract: A light-based guidance system mountable on a forklift and method for guiding a plurality of load bearing members of a forklift is disclosed. The light-based guidance system includes first and second light sources disposed within a housing. The first light source is configured to emit a first light beam that is substantially parallel with the load bearing members. The method includes emitting a first light beam substantially parallel with the load bearing members, emitting a second light beam, and guiding the plurality of load bearing members based upon a position of irradiated light from the first and second light beams.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a workpiece clamped in a workpiece clamping device in a machine tool includes the steps of successively positioning a position measuring head of a position measuring device held in the hand of an operator at different positions on a surface of the workpiece, determining, after each positioning of the position measuring head, a position of the position measuring head in relation to a machine coordinate system of the machine tool, and determining from the determined positions in the machine coordinate system the position of the workpiece in relation to the machine coordinate system. A machine tool configured to a carry out the method is also disclosed. The position of a workpiece clamped in a workpiece clamping device in a machine tool can thus be determined in a simple manner.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a surface using a surface sensing device mounted on a scanning head on a member of a coordinate positioning apparatus. The coordinate positioning apparatus may be operated to produce relative movement between the scanning head and the surface profile and the scanning head includes a drive for producing rotational movement of the surface sensing probe about one or more axis. The coordinate positioning apparatus is driven to provide relative movement between the member and the surface profile in a circular path and the scanning head is driven to move the surface sensing device about said one or more axes, such that the surface sensing device maintains a nominally constant lead angle. The motion of the coordinate positioning apparatus and scanning head is synchronous.

Abstract: A low impact belt dryer is presented for drying pellets while minimizing high-energy pellet collisions that may create pellet dust or cause pellets to fracture. The dryer includes a vacuum chamber having multiple air knife assemblies that direct high velocity drying fluid towards the pellets and though a liquid-permeable pellet-impermeable belt to a vacuum port. The low impact dryer may also include a centrifugal dryer for dewatering the pellets before they pass though the vacuum chamber. The conveyor belt of the dryer may transport the pellets through multiple desiccation chambers where low velocity air is directed upwards though the belt to both dry and levitate the pellets above the belt. The dryer may also include a cleaning chamber for removing debris from the liquid-permeable pellet-impermeable belt.

Abstract: A heat pump laundry dryer and, more particularly, a heat exchanger that can provide improved efficiency for a heat pump laundry dryer is described. A refrigerant based heating system is used for both heating air to be supplied to a drum containing the articles and for cooling air from the drum so as to condense moisture contained therein. Heat exchange between the suction line supplying refrigerant to a compressor and an outlet line from a gas cooler is provided for improved thermal efficiency.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods particularly suited for drying tissue grade paper. In certain embodiments, a wet web, such as a web exiting a tissue manufacturing machine, is transferred to an air floatation dryer with specially arranged air bars and impingement nozzles described herein where the wet web is dried while still at least partly supported by an air-permeable belt. In certain embodiments, the specially arranged air floatation dryer comprises one or more air floatation dryer units through which the wet web is conveyed by way of a supporting endless loop or belt of air-permeable construction. The air bars and opposing impingement nozzles are so arranged as to force the web into contact with the belt and then subsequently lift the web from the belt surface in a repetitive and alternating fashion as the web and belt travel through the dryer.

Abstract: An overshoe has a hollow front part open at the rear so that the shoe is engaged therein, and a band to be passed behind the heel of the shoe. The band is structurally separate from the front part and connected thereto.

Abstract: Improved footwear is disclosed, including an improved foot gripping member and footwear having a resilient and angled or curved sole. The improvements are particularly well adapted for footwear made for beach, street, home, sports, or general casual wear. The various features of the disclosed footwear may be utilized alone, or in combination with each other, in order to improve the comfort and improve the attachment to the footwear to the foot.

Abstract: Provided is functional footwear that restrains bad smell and the propagation of germs due to long-time usage of the footwear while maintaining a correct posture of a wearer by cushioning impact applied to feet and distributing pressure. The functional footwear includes a first groove formed in a length direction at a predetermined portion of a midsole, a second groove formed in a width direction of the midsole to be connected with the first groove, a recess formed inside the second groove and perfume emitting materials or antibacterial materials inserted into the recess.

Abstract: A footwear includes an insole having a first layer for the contact of the sole of a user's foot and a second layer bonded to the first layer at a bottom side. The first layer comprises a base and a plurality of ribs raised from a top side of said base and has a hardness greater than the second layer. An outsole bonds to the bottom side of the insole for contacting the ground. When a user wearing the footwear is paddling, the insole is elastically deformed and the ribs are elastically curved to buffer the pressure applied by the user, enhancing wearing comfort.

Abstract: An inertial navigation device for fitting to an article that bears intermittently against a surface, the device comprising an inertial unit having at least one inertial sensor, and mechanical connection means connecting the inertial unit to the article, wherein the connection means are arranged to provide mechanical coupling between the inertial unit and the article when the article is not bearing against the surface and to provide mechanical decoupling therebetween when the article is bearing against the surface, in such a manner that the inertial unit is substantially stationary relative to the surface when the article is bearing against the surface. A shoe and equipment provided with such a device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a footwear (including shoes, sneakers, and like, and hereinafter, referred to as “footwear”) which is produced on the basis of ergonomics, and which includes a heel part provided at a rear portion of a sole part, and an impact absorbing cap detachably coupled with the heel part. The footwear absorbs external impacts generated during walking as much as possible in three stages. The heel of the footwear is divided into a left section and a right section, and is replaceable at any time. The footwear prevents deformation in the ankle joint and knock-knees or bandy-legs caused by a difference in wear between the two heels of shoes.

Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed having at least one elongated heel support member. The elongated heel support member may be angled and extend from a heel region to a midfoot region, in order to disperse forces applied by a wearer's heel during movement. The heel system may include two heel support members, each associated with a side of the article of footwear. The article of footwear may also include a series of ribs in the midfoot region, which may abut a front edge of the heel support members. Finally, the article of footwear may include asymmetric side flaps extending downward from an upper plate so as to overlap a midsole.

Abstract: A steam generating appliance such as an electric iron comprises a base unit and a hand-held mobile unit which can be releasably coupled to the base unit. The base unit comprises a reservoir for water and a pump for pumping water from the reservoir into the mobile unit when the mobile unit is coupled to the base unit. The mobile unit comprises a boiler and an on-board reservoir for water, wherein the on-board reservoir is adapted to store water received from the base unit under pressure and to deliver the water to the boiler under the control of a user-operable valve.

Abstract: An iron rest assembly removably attachable to an ironing board is provided. The iron rest includes a pair of support areas with a recess area therebetween, a basket suspended below the recess area for storing an iron, and a pair of bars extending away from a back end of the iron rest assembly. The pair of bars serves to attach the iron rest assembly to the ironing board.

Abstract: A sign utilizing interchangeable magnetic displays adhering to a ferromagnetic layer. The information, printed on the magnetic layers, retains their original freshness and crispness until removed and their magnetic replacements installed in their stead. Installing the new magnetic displays proves very facile and only requires removing the old magnetic display from its ferromagnetic panel and placing the new magnetic sign in its stead. The ferromagnetic panels can sit on top of regular signs or simply sit on the ground. In the latter instance, the ferromagnetic panel can sit in a frame that has a flat base that can simply rest on the ground, two runners to support the sign on the ground, or spikes attached to the runners that will penetrate soil to hold the sign. The frame may hold the ferromagnetic panel with its sign in a fixed position or allow it to rotate 180 degrees.

Abstract: An ESL and ESL holder combination includes a locking mechanism for releasably securing the ESL to the ESL holder and an ESL provided with at least one gripping means for cooperative engagement with the ESL holder. A protruding, spring loaded locking element is arranged on the ESL for cooperative engagement with the shelf edge rail. The ESL holder is attachable to the edge of a shelf, the ESL holder being provided with one or more receiving means such as slots for receiving the gripping means and the locking element in cooperative engagement. The spring loaded locking element arranged adjacent to the gripping means and positioned on the ESL such that the spring loaded locking element cannot enter the receiving means on the ESL holder during insertion of the gripping means into the receiving means, and such that it enters the receiving means by spring action when the gripping means is brought into a hooked position, in the receiving means.

Abstract: A photograph retention assembly, for holding one or more photographs, includes a retention member that includes a pair of opposed retention fingers. The retention fingers are moveable between an open configuration to receive one or more photographs therebetween and a closed configuration to retain the one or more photographs therebetween. Each retention finger includes a corresponding arm. Movement of one arm relative to the other arm moves the fingers between the open and closed configurations. The photograph retention assembly also includes a mount member that has an engagement formation. The engagement formation is cooperable with at least one arm to selectively secure the retention member and the mount member to one another.