Abstract: In one advantageous embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus and method for supporting a load is provided. The apparatus comprises a structure having an inner surface with a shape configured to substantially conform to an outer surface of a stringer. A number of pins extends from the inner surface of the structure such that the number of pins are configured to engage holes in the outer surface of the stringer when the structure is placed over the outer surface of the stringer. The pins support the structure with respect to the stringer when a load is applied to the structure. A number of members extends from the outer surface of the structure such that the number of members is configured to connect to a part.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of mounting an aircraft wheel drive member (30) on an undercarriage having an axle (1) that carries the wheel and that is provided with a torque plate (3) having an outside face against which a brake can be fitted, the method comprising the steps of fitting a support (10) that bears against an inside face of the torque plate opposite from its outside face against which a brake (2) is fitted, and of fitting the drive member on the support.

Abstract: A method of removably securing a gas regulating sleeve and a gas line to a rifle by: fluidly coupling a gas block to a bore of a barrel of the rifle; removably locating and securing the gas regulating sleeve in the gas block, the gas line being in fluid communication with the bore via the gas regulating sleeve, and wherein a portion of the gas line is received within an impingement cylinder of a bolt assembly of the rifle when it is in a first position, and wherein the impingement cylinder moves away from the gas line as it moves from the first position to a second position due to gases from the gas block; and wherein the gas regulating sleeve and the gas line are removable from the gas block without disconnecting the barrel from the receiver and without removal of the gas block from the barrel.

Abstract: Hydraulic flange connectors connect two flange components together, and hydraulic pressure applied to ports in connector holes of one of the flanges tension the flange studs and crush the gasket between the flange components. Each connector has a piston that disposes in the connector hole and can move therein when hydraulic pressure is applied through the port by a pump. A first stud connected to the piston extends beyond one open end of the hole for connection to a first nut, while a second stud connected to the piston extending beyond another open end of the to the second flange component for connection to a second nut. A retainer having seals threads in this other open end of the hole and seals between the hole and the second stud.

Abstract: An apparatus that couples a first substrate and a second substrate of an electrowetting display panel, the apparatus comprising a first chuck provided with a first support surface and a second chuck provided with a second support surface opposite to the first support surface and positioned beneath the first chuck. The second support surface is smaller than the first support surface and is positioned in a plane parallel to a plane that includes the first support surface.

Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing can be machined from a single billet of material, such as a billet of aluminum. The single piece housing can include ledges with a surface receiving a trim bead and a cover. Corner brackets can be attached to the single piece housing to improve the damage resistance of the housing.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for pressing of windings assembled onto a transformer. The method includes applying pressing force on the windings, and controlling the pressing force on the windings during drying of transformer active part. Thus, before the drying process commences, the windings are assembled onto the transformer core and a pressing force is applied to the windings assembled onto a respective transformer core limb, wherein an individual pressing force is applied to the respective winding. This individual pressing force applied to the respective winding is then controlled during the process of drying the transformer active part. The windings will as a result advantageously be effectively compressed onto the core and stabilized.

Abstract: An alkali/oxidant battery is provided with an associated method of creating battery capacity. The battery is made from an anode including a reduced first alkali metal such as lithium (Li), sodium (Na), and potassium (K), when the battery is charged. The battery's catholyte includes an element, in the battery charged state, such as nickel oxyhydroxide (NiOOH), magnesium(IV) (oxide Mn(4+)O2), or iron(III) oxyhydroxide (Fe(3+)(OH)3), with the alkali metal hydroxide. An alkali metal ion permeable separator is interposed between the anolyte and the catholyte. For example, if the catholyte includes nickel(II) hydroxide (Ni(OH)2) in a battery discharged state, then it includes NiOOH in a battery charged state. To continue the example, the anolyte may include dissolved lithium ions (Li+) in a discharged state, with solid phase reduced Li formed on the anode in the battery charged state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a bis(sulphonato)imide salt of formula: (III) (SO3?)—N?—(SO3)3C+??(III) where C+ represents a monovalent cation, comprising the reaction of amidosulphuric acid of formula: (OH)—SO2—NH2??(I) with a halosulphonic acid of formula: (OH)—SO2—X??(II) where X represents a halogen atom, and comprising a reaction with a base which is a salt formed with the cation C+. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of bis(fluorosulphonyl)imide acid of formula: F—(SO2)—NH—(SO2)—F??(V) and to a process for the preparation of lithium bis(fluorosulphonyl)imide salt of formula: F—(SO2)—N?—(SO2)—F Li+.

Abstract: Electro-mechanical connection component provided on one connection surface with conductive inserts intended to be inserted at ambient temperature into respective ductile conductive pads formed on a surface of another connection component for a face-to-face type hybridization. Each insert of the component includes: a hollow metal core formed of a bottom arranged on the connection surface and of a lateral wall protruding from said bottom, defining an internal surface of the insert, at least a portion of said internal surface being non-oxidized; and a metal layer substantially only covering the internal surface of the metal core.

Abstract: An improved electrical connector for connecting bus lines to a card such as a memory card or media card, including a multi-level connector comprising a latching device having a plurality of insertable latch positions that advantageously allows for selectively connecting or isolating an electrical path to an adjoining connector. The connectors of unpopulated DIMM slots are disconnected from the network along with the traces that would normally form a stub with associated undesirable signal reflections that would otherwise disturb the signal transmitted to the receiving end if not properly terminated. The contacts of the edge connector itself are used as a means to selectively connect or disconnect adjacent/downstream cards in a serially cascaded architecture. The burden of the stubs due to unpopulated card slots and the need to place one card at the far end of the network are thus eliminated.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to forming, on a first circuit board, first pins that connect to first leads of a first electronic component; forming, on the first circuit board, second pins that connect to second leads of a second electronic component; affixing the first circuit board to a second circuit board having a first layer with first wires; and forming second wires on a second layer of the second circuit board, wherein said forming the second wires creates an electrical connection on the second circuit board between a portion of the first pins and a portion of the second pins. In some embodiments, the second circuit board is smaller than the first circuit board, and the second layer of the second circuit board is, in length, approximately equivalent to a distance between the first electronic component and the second electronic component.

Abstract: A touch screen panel and a method for preparing the same, and more specifically, a touch screen panel includes a window plate 311, a non-conductive color pattern 312 formed on a non-display part on one face of the window plate, and a non-conductive shielding pattern 313 formed on the non-conductive color pattern 312, so as to provide a non-conductive pattern having the desired colors and shielding effects, and to reduce failure rates during the formation of the non-conductive pattern, as well as a method for preparing the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing LED lead frame. The method comprises steps of: (a) forming a metal base with a plurality of lead areas by injection molding; (b) electroplating the metal base; and (c) forming an insulating casing on each of the lead areas.

Abstract: The present subject matter provides feedthrough or interconnect systems for components of an implantable medical device and methods for their manufacture. A feedthrough system includes a wire or nailhead having a protruded tip. The wire or nailhead extends from an aperture in an encasement of a first component and is connected to a terminal conductor adapted to electrically connect to circuitry within the encasement. A ribbon wire has a distal end adapted to electrically connect to a second component and a proximal end having a pattern adapted to fit to the protruded tip of the wire or nailhead to provide for subsequent attachment of the ribbon wire to the nailhead.

Abstract: Various coiled conductors having two or more sections and methods and devices for constructing such conductors are disclosed. The various embodiments of coiled conductors and related methods include two or more sections that can have different mechanical, structural, and/or electrical characteristics.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aircraft component according to one embodiment of this disclosure includes providing a machining system including a controller, at least one sensor, and a tool for machining. The method further includes providing an aircraft component, and machining the aircraft component with the tool based on feedback from the at least one sensor.

Abstract: A system for manufacturing an airfoil includes an outer surface of the airfoil, a cavity inside the airfoil, and a collimator outside of the airfoil. The system further includes a fluid column flowing from the collimator toward the outer surface of the airfoil, and a laser beam inside the fluid column creates a confined laser beam directed at the outer surface of the airfoil. A method for manufacturing an airfoil includes confining a laser beam inside a fluid column to create a confined laser beam, directing the confined laser beam at an outer surface of the airfoil, and creating a passage through the outer surface of the airfoil with the confined laser beam.

Abstract: An intravascular valve component broadly includes a valve case and a flexible pressure-actuated flow control valve. The valve case includes attached proximal and distal case portions that present respective spaced apart fluid ports and a fluid passageway extending between the ports. The flexible pressure-actuated flow control valve is disposed within the fluid passageway and includes a slitted central valve wall and an annular flange surrounding the central valve wall. The annular flange includes a radially-extending flange wall and a projection extending axially from the flange wall, with the projection engaging one of the case portions to restrict radial movement of the flow control valve relative to the valve case.

Abstract: A method of installing a panel member on a frame assembly includes the steps of providing a panel member having inner and outer surfaces and providing one or more positioning assemblies on the inner surface of the panel. The positioning assemblies each having an adjustable positioning member adapted to engage a portion of the frame assembly. The method further includes setting the positioning members to determine a registration point for the panel member along the frame assembly. One or more driving assemblies are then provided on the inner surface of the panel, each having a biasing member adapted to engage a portion of the frame assembly to drive the panel member towards the registration point on the frame assembly.

Abstract: A method of replacing eccentric bushings installed on the gangheads of machine tools for adjusting a machining operation. The machine tools, which are used to machine or otherwise process parts, utilize the eccentric bushings for applying fine adjustments to the machining by adjusting the location of the machining operation in a plane using the orientation and amount of eccentricity of the bushing. Also the apparatuses provided for supporting this method.

Abstract: A double sided peeler is disclosed. The double sided peeler has two peeler blades and a slide cover for protecting the user from the peeler blade that is not in use. Each peeler blade may have a different attribute to accommodate a wide range of fruits and vegetables. The double sided peeler has a spot tool and retainer for both removing unwanted spots from a fruit or vegetable and also for retaining the slide cover in a given position. A retention web on the slide cover cooperates with the spot tool and retainer to retain the slide cover in a given position that protects both the unused peeler blade and the user.

Abstract: A multifunctional spool tool having a body with winding edges for winding a utility cord thereabout, and one or more of: a lighter clip and lighter, a cutting blade, a notch for fusing the utility cord, or a supplemental component such as a flashlight, compass, knife, fire starter, magnifying glass, screwdriver, measuring device, pen, storage device, magnesium striker, can opener, safety belt knife, skinning knife, tweezers, toothpick, or a signal mirror.

Abstract: A folding knife comprises a lock configured to more securely hold the blade in an extended position than conventional locks of conventional knives. The folding knife includes a handle, a blade movable relative to the handle to an extended position, and the lock that retains the blade in the extended position. The blade includes a cutting edge, and a tang that has a cavity and that is attached to the handle and pivotable about a pivot axis. The cavity includes a central axis parallel or substantially parallel with the pivot axis and that is located a distance away from the pivot axis that is greater than the distance between the pivot axis and the end of the handle. The lock includes a pin moveable relative to the handle and insertable into the cavity to retain the blade in an extended position.

Abstract: There is provided in a preferred embodiment of the present invention a multifunction safety knife having two cutting positions. The knife includes a head having a protected lower opening and a frontal opening. A bottom cutting edge of a blade is exposed by the protected lower opening and a front cutting edge of the blade is selectively exposed by the frontal opening. The head further includes a pointed hook for puncturing film prior to cutting a length of it.

Abstract: An eating/oral care device has a concave or curved head and spaced-apart, broad protrusions in the interior space of the head, for children or challenged adults having difficulty with a conventional fork or spoon. The protrusions are fewer and more spaced-apart, and have a larger diameter to length to ratio, than toothbrush or other conventional bristles. The protrusions have a lower diameter to length ratio than nubs or bumps. The head may be an elongated, curved arm, having low or no sidewalls and an upwardly-extending rear end serving as a food and safety stop. Multiple longitudinal rows of protrusions may extend along the curved upper surface of the arm. The preferred utensil handle is spherical, which allows the user to grasp the device comfortably and naturally in various orientations, and to handle the utensil in a way that improves food-pick-up and aiming at the mouth.

Abstract: A low cost and simple device (10) is provided for forming a hole (51) of precise size in a baby bottle nipple (12). The device includes a hollow cylinder (24) with a vertical axis (28), a plunger (14) that slides vertically in the cylinder, and a cap (32) that lies over the housing and that traps the nipple between the cap and the housing. When a person presses up a bottom (44) of the plunger, a tapered needle (22) at the top of the plunger penetrates up though the nipple to enlarge the hole in it.

Abstract: A machine tool system comprises at least one portable machine tool and at least one separating device for a machine tool, which includes at least one cutting strand and at least one guide unit for guiding the cutting strand, said guide unit forming with the cutting strand a closed system. The machine tool system comprises at least one cutting edge guide unit.

Abstract: The present invention describes a new and improved pattern tracing device that enables accurate tracing of irregularly shaped objects. The device includes a plurality of tracing assistance sleeves of various sizes for creating tracings of different objects with a given offset therefrom. The tracing sleeves are slid over the working end of a pencil and are attached to the writing end the pen. The tracing guide ends of the sleeves are pointed or square and the sleeves are held in place on the pencil and at a fixed distance from the irregularly shaped object while the user traces out the design matching that of the object.

Abstract: The disclosure proceeds from a system with a measurement bar and a measurement device, having at least one computation unit, an inclination measurement means and an electronic distance measurement means. The disclosure proposes that the system have a coupling apparatus which is provided for coupling the measurement bar and the measurement device such that they can be separated by an operator.

Abstract: One embodiment includes a positioning device configured to couple with a first work-tool device coupling portion, receive an indication of coupling with a first work-tool, detect a first leveling status of the positioning device, wirelessly communicate the detected first leveling status of the positioning device, couple with a second work-tool device coupling portion, receive an indication of coupling with a second work-tool, detect a second leveling status of the positioning device and wirelessly communicate the detected second leveling status of the device. An embodiment may further include a display device configured to wirelessly receive a first leveling status from the positioning device, display a first work-tool working-axis leveling status based on the first leveling status, wirelessly receive a second leveling status from the positioning device, and display a second work-tool working-axis leveling status based on the second leveling status.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a leveling apparatus, methods of using the leveling apparatus, and kits that include the leveling apparatus. The leveling apparatus is useful in various applications, including, without limitation, those applications that involve positioning a planar object (e.g., a wall stencil) against a substantially vertical surface (e.g., a wall) at a desired angle relative to horizontal (e.g., relative to the floor or ceiling).

Abstract: A vision apparatus may include a first longitudinal base member, a second longitudinal base member which substantially mirrors the first longitudinal base member, a traverse member to connect the first and second longitudinal base member, a pointer member being positioned on the traverse member. The longitudinal base member may include a inclined tower surface, and the longitudinal base member may include a mounting post. The mounting post may cooperate with a rail, and the pointer member may be detachably connected to the traverse member. The first longitudinal base member may include a tower member to cooperate with the rail member, and the vision apparatus may include a tower member to connect the longitudinal base member and the traverse member. The tower member may be detachably connected.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention provide a wide variety of integrated and compact templates of the parallel lines and multi-radius curves drawing for cloth stitching. The integrated templates provide the convenience for the drawing of those parallel curves, lines, and angles focused on the same central point. The integrated templates can be designed with a wide variety of shapes consisting of many sub-shapes with different distances from the central point or the common reference point, and be manufactured by the injection molded transparent plastic in the compact and solid one-body format without any mechanical connection.

Abstract: A measuring tape rule device includes a tape rule housing, the housing having a connection portion. The device also includes an axle within the housing, the axle configured to rotate about an axis of rotation. The device also includes a reel within the housing, the reel configured to rotate about the axis of rotation and the axle. The device additionally includes an elongated tape having gradations thereon and wound on the reel. The device further includes a first spring coupled between the axle and the connection portion of the housing, and a second spring coupled between the axle and the reel. Rotation of the reel relative to the housing in a direction tending to tension the second spring transmits rotational movement to the axle through the tensioning of the second spring. Such rotational movement of the axle is applied to the first spring to tension the first spring.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining the presence of a drying rack based on image data of the laundry located in a treating chamber of a laundry treating appliance.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of a semiconductor processing apparatus. The semiconductor processing apparatus includes a load lock designed to receive a wafer carrier; an inner wafer carrier buffer configured to hold the wafer carrier received from the load lock and to perform a nitrogen purge to the wafer carrier; and a processing module designed to perform a semiconductor process to wafers from the wafer.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable drum defining a laundry treating chamber, where the laundry in the laundry treating chamber may be imaged and a motion condition of the laundry determined based on the imaging of the laundry. The operation of the laundry treating appliance may be based on the determined motion condition.

Abstract: A gas heater with specialized controls allows an operator to deploy a single device to heat and to dry when extracting moisture from a structure. The heater has a fan in a blow thru arrangement ahead of a burner. The burner uses either natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas. The heater has air flow, fan motor, temperature, and ignition controls and sensors. The heater delivers high temperature air to the structure that hastens evaporation as the heated air absorbs great concentrations of water vapor. Then the moisture laden heated air exits the building as the heater draws in fresh air, ducts it into a structure, and pressurizes the structure. This moisture laden air then leaks from the building through select windows using the energy imparted from the fan and then exhausts the moisture to the atmosphere, drying the structure.

Abstract: Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include: (a) an outsole component; (b) a midsole component engaged with the outsole component, wherein the midsole component includes at least one opening or receptacle; (c) at least one fluid-filled bladder system or foam system provided in the opening or receptacle; and/or (d) a rigid plate system including one or more rigid plates overlaying the fluid-filled bladder or foam system(s). The rigid plate(s) may be fixed directly to the midsole component or the rigid plate(s) may rest on the fluid-filled bladder(s) or foam somewhat above the surface of the midsole component when the sole structure is in an uncompressed condition. Articles of footwear and methods of making sole structures and articles of footwear including such sole structures also are described.

Abstract: Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include: (a) an outsole component; (b) a midsole component engaged with the outsole component, wherein the midsole component includes at least one opening or receptacle; (c) at least one fluid-filled bladder system or foam system provided in the opening or receptacle; and/or (d) a rigid plate system including one or more rigid plates overlaying the fluid-filled bladder or foam system(s). The rigid plate(s) may be fixed directly to the midsole component or the rigid plate(s) may rest on the fluid-filled bladder(s) or foam somewhat above the surface of the midsole component when the sole structure is in an uncompressed condition. Articles of footwear and methods of making sole structures and articles of footwear including such sole structures also are described.

Abstract: Sole structures for articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include: (a) an outsole component; (b) a midsole component engaged with the outsole component, wherein the midsole component includes at least one opening or receptacle; (c) at least one fluid-filled bladder system or foam system provided in the opening or receptacle; and/or (d) a rigid plate system including one or more rigid plates overlaying the fluid-filled bladder or foam system(s). The rigid plate(s) may be fixed directly to the midsole component or the rigid plate(s) may rest on the fluid-filled bladder(s) or foam somewhat above the surface of the midsole component when the sole structure is in an uncompressed condition. Articles of footwear and methods of making sole structures and articles of footwear including such sole structures also are described.

Abstract: An item of footwear comprises an upper having a first overlap area and the bottom having a second overlap area. The upper is attached to the bottom by stitching high frequency adhesive tape to the overlap area of the upper and separately to the overlap area of the bottom. The upper and the bottom are brought together so that the two overlap areas are in solid contact with one another when the footwear is subjected to the high frequency signal which turns the solid adhesive tapes into a molten liquid. When the liquid cools, the upper and bottom are welded to one another. The seal between the components is waterproof.

Abstract: A heel float therapeutic footwear for people that spend a large amount of time in bed. The heel float therapeutic footwear includes a lower leg support portion, a foot support portion, and a wing support structure. The foot support portion extends from the lower leg support portion and includes a foot support platform. The wing support structure is permanently attached to the foot support platform. The wing support structure is adjustably fastenable to a side of the lower leg support portion to adjustably support a position and an angle of the foot support platform with respect to the lower leg support portion. A method of making a heel float therapeutic footwear is also disclosed.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a decoupled foot stabilizer system. The foot stabilizer system is decoupled from a midfoot region of the article of footwear. The foot stabilizer system includes a plurality of strap members. The foot stabilizer system may optionally include a bootie. The plurality of strap members extend underneath a portion of a foot of a wearer. The plurality of strap members are configured to receive a lace at one end. A lace running through the ends of the strap members pulls on the strap members when the lace is tightened and causes the foot stabilizer system to conform to the wearer's foot.

Abstract: An example interchangeable shoe in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes a sole, at least three fastening points, wherein each fastening point comprises a coupling mechanism, and at least one upper, wherein the at least one upper is attached to the shoe at the at least three fastening points using the coupling mechanisms.

Abstract: A boot comprises a sole, an upper including a foot portion and a leg portion. The leg portion is moveable in use between a first position around a wearer's leg and a second position, in which the leg portion is reversed and passed over the foot portion and sole to enclose the foot portion and sole.

Abstract: An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes an illuminable panel and a plurality of strands positioned to extend adjacent and parallel to the illuminable panel. The illuminable panel has a surface with a covered area and an exposed area. The covered area includes a substantially opaque covering, and the exposed area is at least partially visible from the exterior of the footwear. The strands are located to correspond with the exposed area of the illuminable panel. Light from the exposed area of the illuminable panel may enhance, highlight, or otherwise increase the visibility of the strands or areas of the upper that include the strands.

Abstract: The present invention is embodied in a mounting standard for mounting a cleat assembly to a shoe sole having a curved underside portion and a plurality of mounting holes. The mounting standard is configured so that the cleat assembly can be moved forward or rearward with respect to the curved underside portion of the shoe sole without significantly affecting the distance between the cleat assembly and a user's foot. The present invention is also embodied in a shoe configured to receive a user's foot, the shoe comprising a shoe sole and a mounting standard.

Abstract: A functional athletic shoe cover that allows for optimizing the shoe for a specific athletic, sport, or daily routine use. The shoe cover covers the mid and lower portions of the shoe, and holds devices such as cleats, studs, spikes or tread patterns in place. The cover is arranged such that the devices are removable and interchangeable, thus avoiding the expense of owning separate shoes for various sports or for different field conditions.