Patents Issued in November 28, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130312249
    Abstract: A method for measuring and adjusting gaps between a rotor and a stator of a machine using a sensor is provided. The measuring is conducted when the rotor is operated at a rotational speed below a nominal rotational speed of the machine and without the machine being in operation. The adjusting of the gap is carried out as a function of at least one gap dimension of the gap. The sensor is not resistant to an operating temperature of the machine occurring in a region where the sensor is located. After completion of the measuring the machine is operated with the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Tobias Buchal, Björn Buchholz, Thomas Hille, Anna Kapustina, Mirko Milazar, Eric Schwerin
  • Publication number: 20130312250
    Abstract: A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ozgen Ozturk, Murat Alver, Nihan Basaran, David Thomas Brockenbrough, Erkan Karakazan, August Elwood Pendergast, Zafer Tuncali, Robert William Vadney, Yu Wang
  • Publication number: 20130312251
    Abstract: In a lamination core, a punched material strip is wound to provide layers of the core. The material strip comprises a plurality of semi-circle individual strip segments linked by hinge-like carrying webs between adjacent split lines at adjacent ends of the respective adjacent strip segments. Each strip segment has a plurality of teeth defining slots. A segment arc angle of the segment is not equally divisible into 360° and a slot arc angle of the slots is equally divisible into the segment arc angle, so that mated lines of one winding defined by respective adjacent split lines of adjacent are laterally offset with respect to mated lines defined by respective adjacent split lines of an adjacent winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TEMPEL STEEL COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark Bender
  • Publication number: 20130312252
    Abstract: A method for making a touch panel, the method comprises the following steps. Carbon nanotubes, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided. A carbon nanotube floccule structure is obtained by flocculating the carbon nanotubes. A first conductive layer on at least one of the first substrate and second substrates is obtained by treating the carbon nanotube floccule structure on at least one of the first substrate and second substrates. Two first-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a first electrode plate and two second-electrodes are located on opposite ends of a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate is spaced from the second electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: CHANG-HONG LIU, KAI-LI JIANG, LIANG LIU, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20130312253
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a touch panel is provided. A substrate having a touch-sensing region and a peripheral region is provided. A touch-sensing circuit layer including first sensing series, and second meshed metal sensing pads is formed on the touch-sensing region of the substrate. An insulating layer having first contact windows is formed on the substrate to cover the touch-sensing circuit layer. The first contact windows expose a portion of the second meshed metal sensing pads. A plurality of second transparent bridge lines are formed on the insulating layer located in the touch-sensing region. Each second transparent bridge line is electrically connected to two adjacent second meshed metal sensing pads through two first contact windows. The second transparent bridge lines completely cover the portion of the second meshed metal sensing pads exposed by the first contact windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Chien, Zeng-De Chen, Tun-Chun Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Publication number: 20130312254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a valuable-metal sulfuric-acid solution from a waste battery, and to a method for manufacturing a positive electrode active material. The method for manufacturing the valuable-metal sulfuric-acid solution includes: a step of obtaining valuable-metal powder containing lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese from waste batteries; a step of acid-leaching the valuable-metal powder under a reducing atmosphere in order to obtain a leaching solution; and a step of separating the lithium from the leaching solution so as to obtain a sulfuric-acid solution containing the nickel, cobalt, and manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Soo Kyung Kim, Jin Gu Kang, Dong Hyo Yang, Jeong Soo Sohn, Shun Myung Shin
  • Publication number: 20130312255
    Abstract: A thin film electrode is fabricated from a non-metallic, non-conductive porous support structure having pores with micrometer-range diameters. The support may include a polymer film. A first surface of the support is metalized, and the pores are partially metallized to create metal tubes having a thickness within a range of 50 to 150 nanometers, in contact with the metal layer. An active material is disposed within metalized portions of the pores. An electrolyte is disposed within non-metalized portions of the pores. Active materials may be selected to create an anode and a cathode. Non-metalized surfaces of the anode and cathode may be contacted to one another to form a battery cell, with the non-metalized electrolyte-containing portions of the anode facing the electrolyte-containing portions of the cathode pores. A battery cell may be fabricated as, for example, a nickel-zinc battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Johns Hopkins Univesity
    Inventors: Rengaswamy Srinivasan, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Lance M. Baird, Ryan M. Deacon, Arthur S. Francomacaro, Paul J. Biermann, Craig B. Leese, Gary E. Peck
  • Publication number: 20130312256
    Abstract: A stretchable circuit assembly includes first and second printed circuit boards, discrete conductive wires or flexible circuits including ends connected to the first and second printed circuit boards, and a stretchable interconnect in which the discrete conductive wires or flexible circuits and a portion of the first and second printed circuit boards are embedded. Main surfaces of the flexible circuits are perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to main surfaces of the stretchable interconnect. A method of making a stretchable circuit assembly includes the steps of providing electrical interconnects, a first printed circuit board, and a second printed circuit board, shaping the electrical interconnects to have an oscillating configuration, and forming a stretchable interconnect such that the electrical interconnects, a portion of the first printed circuit board, and a portion of the second printed circuit board are embedded within the stretchable interconnect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MULTI-FINELINE ELECTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Dale WESSELMANN, Luis CHAU, Chengkong Chris WU
  • Publication number: 20130312257
    Abstract: An electronic component is connected to a circuit board by forming a connector pin on the electronic component, the connector pin having a proximate end secured to the electronic component, a distal end with a fork lock, and a compliant portion between the proximate and distal ends. A multi-width through-hole is formed on a circuit board having a circuit board thickness greater than a length of the connector pin, with a first portion that is narrower than each of the compliant portion and the fork lock and extends partially through the circuit board and a second portion that extends beyond the first portion and is wider than the first portion. The connector pin is inserted into the first portion of the through-hole and the fork lock is moved beyond the first portion into the second portion of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James A. Day, JR., Zachary B. Durham, Luke D. Remis, Tony C. Sass, Gregory D. Sellman
  • Publication number: 20130312258
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a stimulation lead for applying electrical pulses to tissue of a patient, the stimulation lead comprises: a plurality of electrodes on a first end of the lead body; a plurality of terminals on a second end of the lead body; a lead body comprising a flex film component disposed within insulative material, wherein (i) the flex film component comprises a plurality of electrical traces, (ii) the plurality of electrical traces electrically couple the plurality of electrodes with the plurality of terminals, and (iii) the flex film component comprises a plurality of bends along a substantial length of the lead body; wherein the stimulation lead is adapted to elastically elongate under application of stretching forces to the lead body without disconnection of the electrical connections between the plurality of electrodes and the plurality of terminals through the electrical traces of the flex film component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130312259
    Abstract: The wire insertion tool by the present invention includes: a first division block having a first wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a first wire insertion guide ditch has been formed; a second division block having a second wire insertion guide ditch forming plane where a second wire insertion guide ditch has been formed; and a division block positioning guide. When the first division block and the second division block form a coupling unit by fitting the first wire insertion guide ditch forming plane and the second wire insertion guide ditch forming plane, the first wire insertion guide ditch and the second wire insertion guide ditch form a wire insertion guide hole. The division block positioning guide guides one of these blocks linearly to the other such that these planes approach to each other or separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumihito SOMA, Minoru MAJIMA, Yosuke SASAKI, Takuya OSHIBA, Hiroaki MIYAZAWA, Takamitsu HAMANAGA, Kentaro NISHI
  • Publication number: 20130312260
    Abstract: A method and device for modifying a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The method for modifying a gas turbine engine includes accessing a first outward end of a first tube installed in the gas turbine engine, the first tube having a tube axis. Then attaching an extraction tool to the first outward end of the first tube, and applying an axial force to the first tube using the extraction tool, the axial force relative to the tube axis, thus breaking a first interference seal between a first interface surface on a first inward end of the first tube and a receiving member of the gas turbine engine. The method continues with removing the first tube from the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventor: Jeffrey Carl Brill
  • Publication number: 20130312261
    Abstract: A method for producing a reinforced metal part, includes: cutting out a plurality of metal foils from at least one flexible metal sheet, the foils substantially corresponding to the blank of said metal part to be produced; rigidly connecting at least one metal reinforcing wire to at least one metal foil, the metal wire being positioned depending on the orientation of the desired structural reinforcement; making a plurality of reinforced metal pockets, each metal pocket being made from two reinforced metal foils; positioning the plurality of reinforced metal pockets in shaping equipment; performing a isostatically hot-pressing of the reinforced metal pockets, causing the metal pockets and the metal reinforcing wire to be bonded together so as to produce the metal part incorporating the structural reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Godon, Bruno Jacques Gérard Dambrine
  • Publication number: 20130312262
    Abstract: Systems, methods and structures for remanufacturing inkjet printer cartridges and inkjet printer print heads by removing the print head and adhesive holding the print head to a used inkjet printer cartridge, preparing the cartridge housing for a new print head by routing out the used print head and used adhesive to create a new mounting surface for new adhesive and a new print head, placing the adhesive and new print head on the new mounting surface, curing the adhesive and assembling a re-manufactured cartridge from the cartridge housing having a new print head positioned thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Wazana Brothers International, Inc. d/b/a Micro Solutions Enterprises
    Inventors: Yoel Wazana, Sagie Shanun, Joda Paulus
  • Publication number: 20130312263
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air-intake structure for a turbojet-engine nacelle includes two component parts, i.e. one air-intake lip structure and one outer cowl for the air-intake structure. In particular, the method includes the following steps: separately manufacturing the component parts such that each integrates one overlapping portion with a part to which is to be attached. The overlapping portion is configured such that an outer surface of the outer overlapping portion provides continuity with an outer surface of the outer cowl associated with the inner overlapping portion. To secure the overlapping portions, glue or a fastener may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Olivier Hubier
  • Publication number: 20130312264
    Abstract: A safety razor for illuminating the area of skin to be shaved having a substantially translucent or transparent handle, the handle including one or more light emitting elements, such as an LED, and a power source electrically and selectively connected to the light emitting elements. A neck portion is permanently attached to the handle, and includes one or more light emitting elements electrically and selectively connected to the power source. A razor blade is permanently attached to the handle, or a razor cartridge connection portion is permanently attached to the neck portion. The cartridge connection portion removably attaches a razor cartridge to the handle in one embodiment. An end cap removably attached to the handle opposite the neck portion includes a seal for providing a waterproof seal between the end cap and the handle. An actuator selectively activates the light emitting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Deborah S. Cohen
  • Publication number: 20130312265
    Abstract: Shaving systems are disclosed that include a replaceable shaving assembly and a cartridge connecting structure for connecting the shaving assembly to a handle. In preferred implementations, the cartridge connecting structure has a magnetic portion configured to help draw the cartridge onto the handle and retain the cartridge in place when the razor is not in contact with the skin, and a mechanical engagement that provides the necessary retention forces required to keep the system intact during shaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SHAVELOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Wilson, Craig A. Provost, John W. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20130312266
    Abstract: A device for the sectioning of food piece(s)comprises: a tubular member, open at both opposed ends, which is small enough to be hand-holdable; a cutting element disposed adjacent a first open end of the tubular element, the cutting element being dimensioned to section such food piece(s)into an intended sectioned configuration; and a separate pusher member, which is configured to fit into the second open end of the tubular element after individual non-sectioned food piece(s)have been loaded into the tubular element, that can be pushed against the non-sectioned food piece(s)to force such piece(s)against and through the cutting element to produce the desired sectioned food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Erica E. Steinmann
  • Publication number: 20130312267
    Abstract: A motor chain saw has a first driven sprocket wheel driving a saw chain lubricated via a supply pump driven by first and second drive wheel, wherein the second drive wheel is connected to the first sprocket wheel. A drive element with coupling section is connected to the first sprocket wheel and the second drive wheel is formed on the drive element. A second sprocket wheel can be used in place of the first sprocket wheel. The first and second sprocket wheels have different geometries. The coupling section has first and second followers correlated with follower surfaces of the first and second sprocket wheels. The coupling section contacts with first followers the follower surfaces of the first sprocket wheel or with second followers the follower surfaces of the second sprocket wheel when used in place of the first sprocket wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Engel
  • Publication number: 20130312268
    Abstract: A cooking utensil 10 having a stem or handle 12 and a bowl or containment portion 13 which has a cavity 16 and protruding ridges which may be used to selectively engage, cut and grind an item such as food.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Jacob Vogan
  • Publication number: 20130312269
    Abstract: A kitchen tool that cuts a zig-zag pattern into a vegetable or fruit which encompasses the total circumference is disclosed. This is accomplished by rotating two handles relative to each other so that movable blades, via cams, are forced into the fruit/vegetable. The movable blades are constrained to a linear motion by guiding surfaces in top and bottom plates along with cams and pins. The entire cutting assembly is readily cleanable by easy disassembly or thorough rinsing/washing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Chester M. Haworth, JR., Steven A. Haworth
  • Publication number: 20130312270
    Abstract: An asymmetrical cutting tool has a partially cord-wrapped handle with a first handle panel, a second handle panel, and an intercheangeable overlay. The cutting tool further includes a folding blade, pivotably attached to the cord-wrapped/overlaid handle, and having a partially concave edge and a punch tip. The folding blade is operable to transition between a locked state and an unlocked state. Lock wear is compensated by dual eccentric thumb studs which act as a camshaft lobe to alter the position of the blade with respect to the lock while in the locked state. The partially cord-wrapped handle is configured to receive the folding blade when the blade transitions from the locked state into the unlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Santiago Gutiérrez, John David Broadwell
  • Publication number: 20130312271
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a grout removal tool comprising: a frame having a proximal end and a distal end; a blade removably attached to the distal end of the frame; a wheel rotatably attached to the proximal end of the frame for supporting the frame above a surface; a pressure pad rotatably attached to the frame having a pressure pad cavity defined in the pressure pad for receiving a portion of the frame; a hinge pin disposed inside the pressure pad cavity; a hinge pin opening defined in the rearward portion of the frame for receiving the hinge pin allowing the pressure pad to rotate from a open position to a closed position; and, a detent assembly having a first member carried by the pressure pad and a second member carried by the frame juxtaposed when the pressure pad is in a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Karen Floyd, Angel Cox, Tom Wilke
  • Publication number: 20130312272
    Abstract: Shaving systems are disclosed that include a replaceable shaving assembly and a cartridge connecting structure for connecting the shaving assembly to a handle. In preferred implementations, the cartridge connecting structure has a magnetic portion configured to help draw the cartridge onto the handle and retain the cartridge in place when the razor is not in contact with the skin, and a mechanical engagement that provides the necessary retention forces required to keep the system intact during shaving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SHAVELOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Robert A. Wilson, Craig A. Provost, John W. Griffin
  • Publication number: 20130312273
    Abstract: A revolutionary, new sizing and fitting system for jeans is based on the concept of shape, not size. This sizing and fitting system is organized around some basic body shapes categories: e.g., slight curve (straighter figure, flatter fanny), demi curve (evenly proportioned hip and seat) and bold curve (smaller waist, larger seat). To use the system, the consumer finds their shape using a shape measuring tool. The shape measuring tool calculates a shape category based on a differential of two measurements in the seat area. With this shape category information, the consumer can easily locate a pair of form-fitting jeans. The sizing and fitting system is also applicable to pants, shorts, skirts, and other clothing where form fit is desirable in the seat and hip area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: LEVI STRAUSS & CO.
    Inventor: Levi Strauss & Co.
  • Publication number: 20130312274
    Abstract: A laundry dryer includes a casing (1) accommodating therein a drying air circuit, a laundry container, a drying air moisture removing unit and further operational devices for carrying out a drying treatment on laundry. The dryer further includes a basement (8, 108) having a condensate draining path (21, 121) for conveying moisture condensed from drying air towards a reservoir (24, 124), wherein at least a portion of the condensate draining path (21, 121) extends on a basement region (17, 117) where drying air exiting the laundry container flows before entering the drying air moisture removing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Sergio Pillot, Marco Santarossa
  • Publication number: 20130312275
    Abstract: A laundry dryer includes a drying air circuit for circulating a drying air flow through laundry to be dried, a drying air moisture condensing unit and a condensate drawer tank (102) which is movable along a sliding path (A) relative to a housing (121). The condenser drawer tank (102) includes a condensate container (115) having a pouring opening (114) for collecting moisture condensed from the drying air flow. A guiding portion (128) is formed on an outer surface (127) of the condensate container (115) and extends parallel to the sliding path (A). The guiding portion (128) is arranged in proximity of a pouring opening (114) for driving at least a structural element (109, 112) of the laundry dryer to slide over the pouring opening (114) when the condensate drawer tank (102) moves along the sliding path (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Massimo Castiglione, Diego Dal Ben, Fabio Pasut
  • Publication number: 20130312276
    Abstract: A home laundry drier (1) includes a laundry drum (4) which is located inside a casing (3) to rotate about an longitudinal axis (A), and a closed circuit hot-air generator (7) provided with: an air recirculating conduit (8) connected to laundry drum (4); a centrifugal fan (9) and heat-pump means (10). The heat pump means (10) includes first (12) and second air/refrigerant heat exchangers (13) located in the air recirculating conduit (8) to cool the airflow coming out from the laundry drum, and respectively, to heat the airflow returning back into laundry drum (4). The home laundry drier (1) further includes an electric motor (14) designed to simultaneously rotate both centrifugal fan (9) and the laundry drum (4) through transmission system means (16); and inverter means (23) controlling the electric motor (14) and configured to receive a predetermined speed which is associated to a nominal airflow rate within the air recirculating conduit (8) and to a nominal drum speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION N.V.
    Inventors: Marcin Lorenc, Paolo Ros
  • Publication number: 20130312277
    Abstract: A device for controlling the temperature of vehicle bodies, in particular for drying painted vehicle bodies, having a housing in which a temperature control tunnel and at least one pressure chamber separated therefrom by a wall are provided. In said wall there is a plurality of conventional nozzles via which temperature controlled air, which is introduced into the pressure chamber, is applied in particular in the upper region of the vehicle body. At least one nozzle device is provided which has a plurality of nozzle openings on the side thereof facing the vehicle body and at least roughly following the geometry of the lower region of the vehicle body at a distance from the vehicle body, which is smaller than the distance of the other nozzles arranged in the same wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: EISENMANN AG
    Inventor: Erwin Hihn
  • Publication number: 20130312278
    Abstract: An assembly comprising an article of footwear, such as a boot, and a crampon, the assembly comprising a binding for retaining the crampon on the boot. The binding comprises an assembly device that comprises a first element affixed to the boot and a second element affixed to the crampon, the first and second elements being structured for assembly with one another in two phases, a first phase in which one of the elements guides the other element along a translational movement, from an initial point to a transition point, and a second phase in which one of the elements guides the other element along a rotational movement in the area of the transition point, the first phase and the second phase being mutually exclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SALOMON S.A.S.
    Inventor: François GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20130312279
    Abstract: A foot orthotic for use as an insole in footwear is made solely from a copper-containing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: ORTHOTICS ONLINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Anthony Clive Andrews
  • Publication number: 20130312280
    Abstract: An insole device configured to fit the profile of a human foot to promote dynamic proprioceptive stimulation of the mechanoreceptors and nocioreceptors in the skin of the sole of the foot at the anatomical apex of the foot's arch system. The midfoot section of the insole device has a receptacle located central to the foot's anatomical arch apex that receives interchangeable resilient ellipsoidal and spherically shaped biofeedback catalysts of many shapes and forms. The resilient ellipsoidal and spherically shaped biofeedback catalysts present to the plantar aspect of the foot at a location found to be the anatomical apex of the foot's arch system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Roy Gardiner
  • Publication number: 20130312281
    Abstract: A crampon including a body extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a first side and a second side, and heightwise between a supporting surface and a receiving surface, the crampon including points projecting in the area of the supporting face, as well as a structure for retaining a boot in the area of the receiving surface. The crampon includes a device for adjusting the longitudinal bending strength of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Francois GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20130312282
    Abstract: A crampon including a body extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a first side and a second side, and heightwise between a supporting surface and a receiving surface, the crampon including points projecting in the area of the supporting surface, as well as a first member for retaining a boot in the area of the receiving surface, the first retaining member being movable between a locking position and an unlocking position, the crampon further including an elastic mechanism provided for biasing the first retaining member toward the locking position. On the side of the receiving surface, the crampon includes a return adapted to cooperate with the boot, the return biasing the first retaining member toward the unlocking position when the boot approaches the receiving surface, the return allowing the first retaining member to move back toward the locking position when the boot is in place on the receiving surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: François GIRARD
  • Publication number: 20130312283
    Abstract: An half shoe includes an upper part, a lower part, an insole part, a bag main part, a first annular elastic part, a covering part, and a second annular elastic part. The insole part, which is attached an upper side surface of the lower part, has elasticity and deodorant effect. The bag main part is constituted by sewing up edges of the upper and lower parts to provide an opening in end part sides of the upper and lower parts. The first annular elastic part is sewn on the opening by the upper part of the bag main part. The covering part is sewn by gathering on the upper part to cover a whole part located in the opening of the first annular elastic part. The second annular elastic part is sewn on the opening by the lower part of the bag main part by gathering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Eri TANABE
  • Publication number: 20130312284
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an upper, including a skin layer forming at least a portion of an external surface of the upper. The upper may also include a reinforcing material selectively located internal and adjacent to portions of the skin layer, thereby defining reinforced portions of the skin layer and unreinforced portions of the skin layer. The reinforcing material may be selectively joined with the skin layer at a bonded area by welding, the bonded area having an externally exposed surface that defines a portion of the external surface of the upper. In addition, the skin layer may have a first color and the externally exposed surface of the bonded area may have a second color that is different from the first color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Berend, Douglas A. Beye, Tony H. Le
  • Publication number: 20130312285
    Abstract: Embodiments of this invention include a shoe having removable or interchangeable heels. Some embodiments have a low heel and a high heel, each having mechanisms for attaching and detaching said heel(s) from said shoe. Further embodiments include a shoe body having an expandable element, permitting the shoe body to attain a shape suitable for low heel configuration, and permitting the shoe body to change shape to accommodate a high heel configuration. Embodiments of this invention thereby permit a person to wear a single pair of shoes, carry one or more pairs of heels, and change the heels to either low heel or high heel shoes. Such embodiments eliminate the need for a person to carry a multiplicity of pairs of shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Poonam Sharma, Cristina Castellano, Alyssa Garver, Arthur Kwun
  • Publication number: 20130312286
    Abstract: A shoe assembly includes a main portion, a sole, and a detachable upper. The main portion includes an opening for a foot and a top portion having a first engagement feature thereon. The sole is coupled to bottom edges of the top portion. The detachable upper has a top side and an underside, at least a portion of the underside of the detachable upper having a second engagement feature thereon, the second engagement feature being configured to engage with the first engagement feature. The detachable upper covers substantially all of the top portion of the main portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: LivSkinz, LLC
    Inventor: Sherese Renee Fralin
  • Publication number: 20130312287
    Abstract: Material for mitigating impact forces with collision durations in nanoseconds to milliseconds range is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an object wearable on or against a human body comprises one of a layer of polyurea material and plug of polyurea material, and the layer of polyurea material or plug of polyurea material is positioned within the object or on the object between the human body and an outer structure of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Vijay Gupta, Jason K. Citron, George H. Youssef
  • Publication number: 20130312288
    Abstract: A sports shoe is disclosed for playing golf, having a sole fitted with a rotation mechanism, the rotation mechanism being provided with a rotary element rotatable against a biasing force provided to the rotary element by a biasing mechanism coupled to the rotary element. Further, a ground plate device is provided, in particular for use in playing golf, the ground plate device comprising a rotation mechanism, the rotation mechanism being configured to receive a section of a sole of a sports shoe, especially a golf shoe, and being provided with a rotary element rotatable against a biasing force provided to the rotary element by a biasing mechanism coupled to the rotary element. In a preferred embodiment, the ground plate device further comprises fastening means for detachably or not-detachably fastening the sports shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: James Richard Colthurst
  • Publication number: 20130312289
    Abstract: A sport footwear comprises a lower part or shell to contain the foot, and an upper part or cuff to contain and surround the joint of the ankle and the lower part of the leg. The cuff and shell are pivoted with respect to each other. A clamping device is provided for the reciprocal clamping of the cuff and the shell at least in a first clamped position and a second unclamped position, in which the free oscillatory movement of cuff and shell is allowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: DAL BELLO HOLDING S.R.L
    Inventor: Carletto BATTILANA
  • Publication number: 20130312290
    Abstract: The present invention provides in one aspect a cyclic pedal device comprising a sole portion comprising a first portion for reversible engagement with the foot of a cyclist and a second portion for reversible engagement with a pedal such that the device is fastened around the user's feet and footwear by means of a trivalent ankle fastening system. The device allows for practical bicycling performance. The device may allow cyclists to pursue a cycling activity and another non-cycling activity without the use of specialized bicycle footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Rohan Donald
  • Publication number: 20130312291
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: William E. Berner, JR., Albert Shum, Charles W. Case, JR., Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz
  • Publication number: 20130312292
    Abstract: A striking surface of a sole for a shoe comprises a central transition zone having a centerline extending substantially from the front of the sole to the rear of the sole, the central transition zone dividing the striking surface of the sole into a medial portion and a lateral portion. The medial portion of the striking surface is disposed at a first angle of inclination with respect to a support surface. The lateral portion of the striking surface is disposed at a second angle of inclination with respect to the support surface. The first angle of inclination may decrease along a length of the sole, from a front of the central transition zone to a rear of the central transition zone. The second angle of inclination may increase along a length of the sole, from a front of the central transition zone to a rear of the central transition zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SARK LTD.
    Inventor: Saul YUDELOWITZ
  • Publication number: 20130312293
    Abstract: A protective member for an article of footwear includes protruding portions that are configured to prevent incidental contact with a control device. The protective member can be attached to a heel member. The protective member can include shallow portions that allow a user access to the control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Clifford B. Gerber
  • Publication number: 20130312294
    Abstract: A strap-on shoe anti-slip device includes a ground-contacting belt-like main body connected at two lateral ends to two extension straps, and a fastening unit having a male and a female fastener separately assembled to outer ends of the two extension straps. The male fastener can be detachably connected to variable positions on the female fastener for the strap-on shoe anti-slip device to form a circumference-adjustable loop structure, which internally defines a size-adjustable opening for a front portion of a shoe to extend therethrough and be bound thereto. The fastening unit is operable to selectively open or close the loop structure. The belt-like main body is provided on an underside with an anti-slip element, which may be differently configured to provide different anti-slip effects. A user may conveniently change shoes to have a specific anti-slip effect by selecting a strap-on shoe anti-slip device with a suitably configured anti-slip element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Poesen Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li TANG
  • Publication number: 20130312295
    Abstract: A wheelbarrow conversion kit is used to convert a wheelbarrow structure to a pull wagon or to accommodate a push blade. The handles of the wheelbarrow are removed and an adaptor is preferably inserted where the handles were removed. The pull wagon adaptor includes a pair of steerable wheels and handle for pulling of the wagon. Other embodiments provide additional functionality for use of the wagon in a gardening type application. The push blade assembly is removably attached to the frame of the wheelbarrow at a front edge thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Giuliano CELLI
  • Publication number: 20130312296
    Abstract: A system for seafloor mining. A seafloor auxiliary mining tool works a seafloor site to prepare a bench, and deposits cut ore in a gathering area. A seafloor bulk mining tool undertakes production cutting of a bench and deposits cut ore in a gathering area. A seafloor gathering machine gathers cut ore deposited in the gathering area and pumps gathered ore as a slurry to a riser base. A riser and lifting system receives slurry from the gathering machine and lifts the slurry to the surface. A surface vessel receives slurry from the riser and lifting system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Glen Robert Jones, Anthony Paul O'Sullivan, Michael Howitt, Glen Smith, Roland Gunter Berndt, Dall Hallam Jaffers, Antony Eliot Inglis
  • Publication number: 20130312297
    Abstract: Ironing board comprising a frame supporting a top and at least two legs joined to the frame, one of the legs having an upper end pivotably mounted on a back end of the frame, the other leg having an upper end slidably mounted on said frame, the two legs being connected to one another by a pivot linkage and movable between a storage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Ducruet, Daniel Vieira Gameiro
  • Publication number: 20130312298
    Abstract: The present provides a training device in the form of a specially designed bobblehead doll. The Cesar Millan Bobblehead is configured in the form of a dog with a head being a cartoon image of Cesar Millan who is known by many people as the Dog Whisperer. A dog owner will be reminded of the training methods taught by Cesar Millan by looking at the Cesar Millan Dog Whisperer Bobblehead. Consistency is important in effective animal training. Seeing this device will help to ingrain the positive training methods taught by Cesar Millan, and hence result in a better trained dog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Leo Acosta