Assisting Assembly Or Disassembly Patents (Class 29/407.1)
  • Publication number: 20140333711
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a deflector configured to deflect a plurality of light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitters that are mutually spaced apart in a sub-scanning direction; an incident optical system configured to steer the plurality of light beams so as to be incident on the deflector; an imaging optical system configured to steer the plurality of light beams so as to be obliquely incident on a surface to be scanned and to form images of the plurality of light emitters on the surface to be scanned; and a correction unit configured to correct a jitter of at least one of the plurality of light beams in a main scanning direction on the basis of irradiation position information, in the sub-scanning direction, of at least one light beam among the plurality of light beams at a point corresponding to the surface to be scanned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yu Miyajima, Yuichi Tomioka
  • Publication number: 20140331468
    Abstract: An adjustable bed system includes first and second end boards. A first height adjustment mechanism is secured to the first end board via a first mounting member and a second height adjustment mechanism is secured to the second end board via a second mounting member. The second height adjustment mechanism is independent of the first height adjustment mechanism. An external housing member is engagable with one of the first and second mounting members. A transition box is operatively engagable with one of the first and second height adjustment mechanisms. The transition box is positioned within the external housing such that the transition box is substantially inhibited from rotation during height adjustment of the bed system. A drive shaft interconnects the transition box, at a first end thereof, and the other of the first and second height adjustment mechanisms, at a second end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Michael Serhan
  • Patent number: 8863371
    Abstract: A system for aligning and connecting components including a support structure and a measuring apparatus coupled to the support structure. The measuring apparatus is arranged to spatially analyze a first tubular component with respect to a second tubular component for determining an adjustment vector therebetween. An alignment apparatus is coupled to the support structure and in data communication with the measuring apparatus. The alignment apparatus includes a plurality of actuators operatively arranged in parallel for moving at least one of the first or second tubular components relative to the other for coaxially arranging the first and second tubular components in accordance with the adjustment vector. A connection apparatus is coupled to the support structure and operatively arranged for connecting the first and second tubular components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Dominik Brouwer, Joerg Lehr, Berend Denkena, Hans-Christian Möhring, Kai Litwinski
  • Publication number: 20140304963
    Abstract: A compound optical assembly is constructed from a plurality of stacking elements for spacing, aligning, and retaining optical elements within the assembly. Stacking faces of the stacking elements are measured and low-order surface errors are extracted, represented by mathematical approximations having a primary angular frequency. The stacking elements including the optic holders are relatively oriented to promote complementarity between the low-order surface errors of mating stacking faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Dennis Grejda, Todd Robert McMichael
  • Publication number: 20140305692
    Abstract: A terminal block cover includes a rectangular top portion with an inner surface, an outer surface and overall length; retention portions connected to the top portion; and a plurality of barriers extending from the inner surface. The cover has a barrier spacing length between each of the plurality of barriers, and the ratio of overall length to barrier spacing of at least 5.124:1. The terminal block cover can cover a terminal block with terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Derek R. Hochstetler, Jan Henry Abels
  • Publication number: 20140304964
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for using a calibration fixture adapted for use with a measurement instrument having a sample probe needle. The calibration fixture can be used for calibrating a maximum depth the sample probe needle will travel to for optimal aspiration of samples within the wells of one or more of multiple different microplates. The calibration fixture can include multiple cavities to calibrate the sample probe needle height for each of multiple different microplates. Each cavity has a cavity height that corresponds with a known depth of the wells disposed within each different microplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Yeck
  • Publication number: 20140306564
    Abstract: A standpipe assembly to connect to a starter/generator housing includes a standpipe with a first end that sits within the housing and a second end that connects to the standpipe base; and one or more brackets to secure the standpipe to the housing. The housing includes a standpipe base formed integral to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Derek R. Hochstetler, Jan Henry Abels, Timothy R. Welch
  • Patent number: 8857029
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a substrate; an optical component having a first surface on which light from the substrate is incident and a second surface from which the incident light goes out after the incident light is refracted; an adjustment unit that adjusts a position of the substrate and a position of the optical component by moving the substrate and the optical component relatively with the first surface of the optical component and the substrate being opposed to each other; an imaging unit that is arranged in an optical path of the light that goes out from the second surface; and a control unit that controls an amount by which the adjustment unit moves the substrate and the optical component relatively according to image data which is captured by the imaging unit, and that mounts the optical component on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Motohara
  • Patent number: 8857061
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a bearing assembly on a shaft includes an internal flange, external flange, and a sleeve. The internal flange is securable to the bearing assembly and has a displacement pin extending outward that defines an initial position of the bearing assembly relative to the shaft. The external flange is secured to the internal flange via fasteners passing through elongated holes. The external flange has an opening configured to receive the displacement pin. The external flange may be rotated when coupled to the internal flange with the fasteners between a first position where the external flange opening is not in register with the displacement pin and a second position where the external flange opening is in register with the displacement pin. A sleeve has a tapered outside diameter and is engageable with the external flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Baldor Electric Company
    Inventor: William Gregory Hewitt
  • Publication number: 20140298634
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a component handling assembly, comprising, an index table which comprises one or more nests each of which is configured to cooperate with a component to hold the component as the index table is indexed, wherein the one or more nests are configured such that a component which cooperates with a nest is supported above the nest so that the one or more nests can cooperate with components of various sizes, and an alignment means operable to move a component into a predefined orientation before a component co-operates with a nest on the index table. There is further provided a corresponding method of handling a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: ISMECA SEMICONDUCTOR HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Giovanni Palmisano, Jacques André Matthey Junod, Pascal Dromard, Philippe Roy
  • Patent number: 8851009
    Abstract: An alignment master glass for aligning a plurality of openings of a vapor deposition mask for tensioning the vapor deposition mask, the alignment master glass includes a transparent substrate, and reflective film patterns on at least one surface of the transparent substrate, the reflective film patterns being only at locations corresponding to the plurality of openings of the vapor deposition mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 8850680
    Abstract: A threaded element in the shape of a wire thread insert with a specific geometric design is disclosed. This threaded element contains, in particular, a narrowed helical winding of at least two helical winding sections that enclose one or a plurality of sequential secants. Based on this geometric design of the threaded element, a matched installation process is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Böllhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Marxkors, Francisco Tovar, Ralf Dörr
  • Publication number: 20140290791
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a compact, mobile filling station for fitting cylinders. The compact modular filling station is capable of filling cylinders with fluids at high pressures and at high gas flow rates to achieve a rapid fill rates as measured in volume of fluid per time per filling system area using a controlled temperature filling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: WENDELL W. ISOM, Marcelo Ribeiro, Armando Alejandro Garcia
  • Publication number: 20140294341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spot-size converter, a manufacturing method thereof, and an integrated optical circuit device, and ensures easier coupling to the optical fiber and higher accuracy in manufacturing the spot-size converter. A first core that is extended from a first end configured to input/output light toward a second end, and a second core that is formed by a plurality of cores, and formed at a position to be evanescent-coupled to the first core, and moreover extended along a direction from the first end toward the second end are provided, and, on the second core, a third core that has a taper unit and is formed at a position to be evanescent-coupled to the second core in a lamination direction is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuaki Hatori, Masashige Ishizaka, Takanori Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20140290024
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking positions for burglar alarm sensor elements on a door, the door attached to a frame having a header including comprising the steps of providing a marking apparatus the marking apparatus including an arm, a positioning member with a longitudinal centerline attached to the arm, and punch point attached to the positioning member, the punch point being aligned with the longitudinal centerline of the positioning member; at least partially opening the door; placing the positioning member in a hole in the header and closing the door; while the door is closed causing the positioning member to make a mark on the top of the door; and opening the door and removing the positioning member from the hole in the header; and causing an opening to be made in the door at the location of the mark.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Joseph Morales, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140290784
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a reinforcement stack of a spoolable pipe composed of a plurality of laminates stacked to form the reinforcement stack. At least one of the plurality of laminates includes an alignment feature configured to align adjacently stacked laminates. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method to manufacture a reinforcement stack of a spoolable pipe. The method includes providing an alignment feature on at least one laminate of a plurality of laminates and arranging the plurality of laminates using the alignment feature to form the reinforcement stack. In another aspect, the present disclosure relates to an armor layer of an unbonded flexible pipe. The armor layer includes a plurality of laminates stacked to form a reinforcement stack of the armor layer in which each laminate of the plurality of laminates comprises an alignment feature to align adjacent laminates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DeepFlex Inc.
    Inventor: David Michael McCall
  • Publication number: 20140270931
    Abstract: A pet toy having a first part with internal threads, and a second part having external threads. When the first and second parts are threaded together by interengagement of their internal and external threads, they cooperate frictionally with one another to prevent, or at least to make difficult, an unintentional unthreading of the two parts from one another, wherein the threaded-together parts form a pet toy. To make unintentional unthreading even more difficult, additional engagement means can be provided on the first part and additional cooperating second engagement means can be provided on the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Artemis Rubber Technology
    Inventor: Claudius Jäger
  • Publication number: 20140259596
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a condition of assembly of an aircraft. A current state of assembly of the aircraft is identified. Parts present in the aircraft for the current state of assembly of the aircraft are identified. The parts present in the aircraft for the current state of assembly of the aircraft are displayed in a graphical user interface on a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: THE BOEING COMPANY
  • Publication number: 20140259595
    Abstract: A fluid ejection module mounting apparatus, including a module mount having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, a fluid ejection module mounted to the module mount, and a clamp assembly including a recessed portion, a clamp along a wall of the recessed portion, and a lever coupled to the clamp and configured to move the clamp from an open position to a closed position. The horizontal portion has an opening configured to receive a fluid ejection module and the vertical portion has a protruding portion. The protruding portion of the module mount is configured to mate with the recessed portion of the clamp assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FUJIFILM DIMATIX, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Von Essen, Paul A. Hoisington, Michael Rocchio
  • Publication number: 20140259597
    Abstract: A pipe processing tool that is configured to deform the end of a pipe so that the circumferential shape of the end of the pipe generally matches the circumferential shape of an adjacent pipe end. Matching the circumferential shapes of the pipe ends is advantageous during a pipe attachment process. The pipe processing tool can include a deformation ring with a plurality of pipe deformation members. Each pipe deformation member faces radially inward and is actuatable in a radial direction toward and away from the center of the deformation ring in order to permit engagement with the pipe. Each pipe deformation member is individually and separately actuatable from the other pipe deformation members so that the circumferential shapes of the pipes can be altered by controlling suitable ones of the pipe deformation members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: LAVALLEY INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jason LAVALLEY, Daniel LARSON, Jesse KILDE
  • Publication number: 20140240988
    Abstract: An ambient lighting jig assembly generally includes a support assembly, a trim panel, an insert panel, and a light source. The support assembly defines an inner support cavity. The trim panel is configured to be coupled to the support assembly and at least partly defines a jig opening. The insert panel is configured to be rotatably coupled to the support assembly within the jig opening and has a reflective surface. The light source is configured to emit a light stream. Further, the light source is configured to be rotatably coupled to the support assembly within the inner support cavity at a plurality of angular positions so that the light stream is projected onto the reflective surface for use in determining an optimal angle for the insert panel and the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Luis Miguel Del Pozo Gonzalez, Aurelien Doisy, David B. Wong
  • Patent number: 8813334
    Abstract: A torque transmitting device in a drive train of a vehicle, which has an assembly on the engine side and an assembly on the transmission side. A geometrically defined installation position of the torque transmitting device between the assemblies can be set by inserting a compensating element, such as an adjustment disk. A thickness of the compensating element depends on the air gap of the torque transmitting device to be set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marcus Adolph, Klaus Dussel, Bernhard Wolf
  • Publication number: 20140236096
    Abstract: A drug delivery device is provided comprising a housing comprising a distal end and a proximal end and a cartridge adapted and arranged to contain at least one dose of a drug, a bung being movably arranged within the cartridge. In an initial state of the device, the bung is arranged in a proximal end position with respect to the cartridge. The device further comprises a piston rod adapted and arranged to move the bung in the distal direction with respect to the cartridge for delivering a dose of the drug. The device further comprises a mechanism operable such that, after a dose delivery operation was completed, the piston rod is moved into the proximal direction with respect to the bung by a back off distance (D), wherein in the initial state, a distance between a distal end of the piston rod and a proximal end of the bung is greater than zero, with the distance between the piston rod and the bung in the initial state being defined by the back off distance (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: SANOFI-AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Helmer, Christoph Eisengarthen, Winfried Huthmacher, Carsten Mosebach
  • Publication number: 20140231110
    Abstract: A moldboard is disclosed for use with a machine. The moldboard may have a center section that is curved about a center axis, a first wing section joined to a first side of the center section, and a second wing section joined to a second side of the center section. The first wing section may be curved about a first wing axis, and the second wing section may be curved about a second wing axis. The first and second wing axes may be rotated in at least two directions relative to the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventor: Michael P. MAY
  • Patent number: 8802213
    Abstract: A patch for reworking an inconsistent area in a composite structure includes a composite laminate patch adapted to cover the inconsistent area and bonded to the structure by a layer of adhesive. The patch includes a plurality of composite plies having a tapered cross section, and at least first and second regions respectively having differing fracture toughnesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Dan-Jumbo, Russell L. Keller, Everett A. Westerman
  • Patent number: 8805575
    Abstract: A method for delivering fasteners to a remote installation tool is provided. The method includes delivering a first fastener of a first type to a remote installation tool in response to receiving a request for a fastener of the first type from an operator and staging a second fastener of the first type for delivery to the remote installation tool. The staging begins prior to receiving a request for another fastener of the first type from the operator. The staging includes retrieving the second fastener of the first type from a storage location and transferring the second fastener of the first type from the storage location to a staging location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Robert E. Bender
  • Publication number: 20140217763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assembling a trim part (10) to a sup-porting part (12) of a vehicle, wherein the trim part (10) has an outer surface (16) and an inner surface (18) and is fixable to the supporting part (12) by fixing means (14) provided on the inner surface (18), a fixing connection being established by engaging the fixing means (14) with counter means (20) provided on the supporting part (12), the method comprising following steps of aligning the trim part (10) and the supporting part (12) such that the fixing means (14) and the counter means (20) can be engaged to each other, engaging the fixing means (14) with the counter means (20) by applying force to the outer surface (16) of trim part (10), and fastening an indicator (30) on the outer surface (16) for indicating the position of the fixing means (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ovgu Sayan, Didem Colakel, Aycin Polat
  • Publication number: 20140215788
    Abstract: Described is a method for assembling a gyratory crusher (1) where a main shaft arrangement (2) having a main shaft (3) with a midmost axial portion enclosed by a first crushing surface (4) is lowered axially from a free-hanging position down into a centrally positioned bushing (5) which provides guidance and support for the main shaft (3) where at least a portion of the bushing (5) is located below the first crushing surface (4) which is configured for interaction with an opposite second crushing surface (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: FLSmidth A/S
    Inventors: Matt Ford, Stephen Harris, Dale Kaskisto
  • Patent number: 8793856
    Abstract: An alignment tool for a pitch link comprises first and second pitch link retainers, wherein the distance between the retainers is adjustable to accommodate the length of the pitch link; and a measurement system for measuring the displacement of a rod end from an adjustment member of the pitch link, comprising first and second measurement reference points fixedly associated with the first and second retainers, respectively. Another alignment tool for a pitch link comprises first and second retainers having an adjustable distance there between; and a stabilization mechanism for stabilizing the tool on a surface. A method for adjusting and aligning a pitch link, in part comprising the steps of securing the pitch link to the alignment tool; measuring and recording a baseline length displacement of the pitch link; loosening the pitch link jam nuts; and adjusting the pitch link on the alignment tool to match the previously recorded displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Amanda Werner, Dominic Przano, Geoffrey Latham
  • Publication number: 20140208562
    Abstract: An optical fiber having an end section with a front face to couple light in and out of the optical fiber is inserted in an opening of a housing to encase the end section of the optical fiber. The optical fiber is attached to a surface of the housing, wherein the surface forms a boundary of the opening. The front face of the optical fiber is aligned to the opto-electronic device such that light coupled out of the front face of the optical fiber is coupled into the opto-electronic device or light coupled out of the opto-electronic device is coupled into the optical fiber at the front face of the optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: CCS Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Rudolf Beier, Karsten Contag, Markus Meinelt, Dirk Richter, Angela Rief, Wolfgang Gottfried Tobias Schweiker
  • Publication number: 20140208561
    Abstract: An elastic alignment assembly includes a first component having a first engagement surface. Also included is a second component having a second engagement surface and is configured to be mated with the first component. Further included is a receiving feature formed in at least one of the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface. Yet further included is a protrusion comprising a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the protrusion extending away from at least one of the first engagement surface and the second engagement surface, the protrusion formed of an elastically deformable material to elastically deform at a first interface and a second interface upon contact with the receiving feature, wherein the first interface is located proximate the first sidewall and the receiving feature, and wherein the second interface is located proximate the second sidewall and the receiving feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Joel Colombo, Michael D. Richardson, Steven E. Morris
  • Publication number: 20140201965
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a slide assembly device having a static tooling base which is statically and solidly affixed to a base such as a table and a moveable tooling arm that is rotatable about a hinge connected to the static tooling base, so that moveable tooling arm rotates about the hinge in a manner similar to a book cover opening and closing. The embodiments further provide an upper slide chuck that is removably attachable to the moveable tooling arm and a lower slide receiver that is removably attachable to the static tooling base. The upper slide chuck is configured to hold an experimental slide via a vacuum mechanism to engagedly hold the experimental slide to the upper slide chuck while the moveable tooling arm is rotated about the hinge from an open-book position to a closed-book position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: SOMALOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Aldred, Alexis Stuart Foreman, Tracy R. Keeney, Jonathan Vaught, Chris Bock, Stephan Kraemer
  • Patent number: 8782866
    Abstract: An angularly adjustable clamp assembly includes a hub clamp, an adjustment base connectable to the hub clamp and a plurality of attachment members. The hub clamp includes a hub and collar, the hub having a sleeve portion forming a passageway to receive a shaft. The sleeve portion has multiple slits along the sleeve portion to form a plurality of sleeve segments. The collar has an inner surface configured to engage an outer surface of the sleeve portion. The attachment members cause the collar to move axially along the length of the sleeve portion to urge the sleeve segments radially inward to secure the shaft within the passageway. The assembly is configured such that at least one attachment member further connects the adjustment base to the hub clamp. The attachment members can be actuated to cause an angular adjustment of two shafts connected by the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Coupling Corporation of America, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Anderson, III, Adam Lehigh
  • Patent number: 8782867
    Abstract: A device (1; 20; 51) for assembling pre-bored (15) elements (2; 3), the elements together having a reference thickness (18) that may vary up to an actual maximum thickness (40), may include a male element (4; 21; 52) having a shank (6; 22; 54) extending in a thread (11; 27) or swaging grooves (59), an external surface (12; 28; 60) having a height (13; 61) equal to a height (14) of the shank, chosen so as to correspond to at least the actual maximum thickness (40) of the elements to be assembled, wherein the external surface has a visual reference mark (16; 35; 63), located at a distance (17) of a lower limit (9; 34; 57), or extending over a distance (17) from a lower limit up to an upper limit (42A; 42B; 65) toward the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lisi Aerospace
    Inventor: Florent Verdier
  • Patent number: 8769792
    Abstract: A media player according to the invention is provided. The media player may include a scroll wheel and a housing including a retention ledge. The retention ledge may maintain the position of the scroll wheel with respect to the housing. A flexible printed circuit may also be included in the media player. The flexible printed circuit may include a first face and a second face. The first face may contact the scroll wheel. The second face may include tactile dome switches. Compressible shims may also form a portion of the media player and may be adjacent the second face. The compressible shims may control the distance between the scroll wheel and the retention ledge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Douglas J. Weber, Stephen P. Zadesky
  • Publication number: 20140182105
    Abstract: Systems and methods are presented herein for assembling a fence gate on-site. The system may include a fence press and a nail plate. The fence press may be smaller and more portable than typical presses, and adapted to press the nail plate into a junction of a plurality of boards to create the fence gate. In one embodiment, the fence press presses the nail plate into three boards at once, causing a strong union at the plate location. The nail plate may contain protrusions that have a hook feature to prevent the nail plate from pulling out of the boards. In one embodiment, the hook feature may include a sub-protrusion on the protrusion. The fence press may include a pressing surface that is substantially the same shape as the nail plate, and may be adapted to hold the nail plate in place as the press operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventor: Marston Lee Tuck
  • Publication number: 20140182083
    Abstract: A method and system for mounting and adjusting a vehicle door rotatably connected to a vehicle body by upper and lower hinges with hinge holes. The upper and lower hinges are positioned to the vehicle body and the vehicle door by aligning the hinge holes to corresponding receiving holes. The vehicle door is temporarily mounted to the vehicle body by inserting cam bolts into aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes. The vehicle door is adjusted to a desired position relative to the vehicle body by rotating the cam bolts. The desired positioned is secured by inserting mounting bolts into empty aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes and replacing the cam bolts with mounting bolts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Mazzei
  • Publication number: 20140183344
    Abstract: Provided are a hybrid optical coupling module and a manufacturing method thereof. The hybrid optical coupling module includes an optical unit configured to include an optical transmission means that transmits an optical signal, and an array lens that is bonded at a point where the optical signal of the optical transmission means is output and focuses the output optical signal, and an electrical unit configured to receive the optical signal focused through the array lens and convert the received optical signal into an electrical signal. Here, an alignment mark is formed on the optical transmission means and the array lens so that the array lens is bonded at the point where the optical signal of the optical transmission means is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon Ki LEE, Sae-Kyoung KANG, Joon Young HUH
  • Publication number: 20140173870
    Abstract: In a laser-based alignment system, a laser sensor tool, comprising a laser emitter and detector element can be gripped by a gripper unit of a robotic arm and used to automatically align the robotic arm with a work surface. A landmark on the work surface can be identified by scanning the work surface with the laser sensor in an X-Y plane. A center point of the landmark in the X-Y plane can be determined to align the gripper unit with the work surface in the X-Y plane. The robotic arm can be calibrated on a Z-axis by moving the gripper downward in a z-direction until the gripper unit contacts the work surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Otts
  • Patent number: 8756782
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for assembling lighting fixtures where reflective inserts are installed into a reflector frame to create a reflective surface for the fixture. According to one aspect of the method, some type of worker-perceivable indication prompts a worker as to which reflective insert should be installed at which mounting location on the reflector frame. The worker does not have to guess or translate written instructions. The method can be used sequentially to provide such assistance for each of a plurality of reflective inserts for a plurality of mounting locations. The method is particularly helpful if the reflective inserts are not identical for each mounting location. According to one aspect of an apparatus according to the invention, a reflector frame is removably mounted to a machine that holds the reflector frame in an indexed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas A. Stone
  • Publication number: 20140165360
    Abstract: Method for mounting side doors on motor-vehicle bodies, wherein the doors are connected to the body by means of a pair of hinges each providing a pivot for support and articulation of the door. Each hinge is constituted by a body (fixed) element connected to the body and a door (movable) element connected to the door, as well as by a pin for their mutual rotational articulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: COMAU S.p.A., C.R.F. SOCIETA CONSORTILE PER AZIONI
    Inventor: Carlo Mangiarino
  • Publication number: 20140165359
    Abstract: Various embodiments include alignment systems for turbines. In various particular embodiments, an apparatus for aligning an end of a transition piece (TP) with an outlet of a combustor component is disclosed. The apparatus can include: a mount configured to attach to the combustor component proximate the outlet; a hinge component pivotably connected to the mount, the hinge component having an axis of motion substantially perpendicular with a primary axis of the combustor component; a dummy transition piece (dummy TP) component fixedly attached to the hinge component for pivoting with the hinge component; and an adjustment apparatus having a first end fixedly attached to the dummy TP, and a second end with an actuatable adjustment member for modifying a position of the dummy TP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Bradford Holmes, James Robert Hollis, Wayne David Sullivan
  • Patent number: 8752281
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of clamping a tool or a workpiece, using an electric actuator (1) having a housing (2) attached to a work spindle of a machine tool and in which a threaded spindle (3) for moving jaws of a chuck is axially displaceable, and an electric servomotor (4) having a rotor connected with a drive wheel (6) that moves a nut (7) on the threaded spindle (3), a first sensor being associated with the threaded spindle (3) for detecting the axial position thereof, and a second sensor being associated with the spindle nut (7) for detecting the axial position thereof, and including the method step of determining the position of the threaded spindle (3) by the first sensor when a slight axial force occurs due to contact of the clamping jaws with the tool or the workpiece, and continued movement of the spindle nut (7) until a specified sensor difference (12) between the first sensor and the second sensor is determined by the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Roehm GmbH
    Inventors: Eugen Hangleiter, Peter Schenk
  • Patent number: 8755055
    Abstract: The present invention is to generate a pulsed laser beam having a width greater than the gap between a rotating tool and a workpiece opposed thereto, and then irradiate the gap with the generated laser beam while the optical axis thereof is tilted relative to a workpiece plane. The pulsed laser beam has one lased-pulse period per one revolution or an integer number of revolutions of the rotating tool and is directed in the same angle range relative to the rotating tool within the ON durations of the lased pulse. The light which has irradiated the gap and has not been interrupted but diffracted by the gap is detected on a light-receiving sensor to measure the length of the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kyushu Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Panart Khajornrungruang, Keiichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20140130325
    Abstract: A label finishing station receives a web carrying printed images for labels arranged so there are a plurality of images formed in rows or ranks across the width of the web. The images are also arranged in longitudinal columns along the length of the web. A cutting station carries a plurality of cutter heads to cut out the plurality of labels forming each row or rank simultaneously. The web, with the label peripheries cut out, may be slit longitudinally and formed into finished rolls of labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Primera Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert P. Cummins, Todd A. Britz, Darren W. Haas, Michael R. Tolrud
  • Patent number: 8720030
    Abstract: Apparatus for installing a cable into a tube with the assistance of a fluid drag acting on the cable within the tube with an installation device, the apparatus including a driving mechanism comprising a driving surface arranged to contact the cable substantially along the full driving surface length, for driving the cable into the tube, a first measurement device for obtaining a first value indicative of a rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube, a second measurement device for obtaining a second value indicative of a rate at which the cable is travelling through the apparatus, a processor for detecting when the first value exceeds the second value, and for reducing the rate at which the installation device is driving the cable into the tube for the duration when the first value exceeds the second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Philip Alfred Barker, Graham Anthony Laidler, Christopher Nigel Munnings, Ian Hunter, Keith Eric Nolde
  • Patent number: 8713778
    Abstract: A method and system for mounting and adjusting a vehicle door rotatably connected to a vehicle body by upper and lower hinges with hinge holes. The upper and lower hinges are positioned to the vehicle body and the vehicle door by aligning the hinge holes to corresponding receiving holes. The vehicle door is temporarily mounted to the vehicle body by inserting cam bolts into aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes. The vehicle door is adjusted to a desired position relative to the vehicle body by rotating the cam bolts. The desired positioned is secured by inserting mounting bolts into empty aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes and replacing the cam bolts with mounting bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: David Mazzei
  • Publication number: 20140115857
    Abstract: Provided are a clamping method and a clamping device that enable automatic mount and fixation of a boot to a constant velocity universal joint with a band. A boot band (11) for fixing a boot (10) that is mounted to a constant velocity universal joint (S) is clamped. The boot band (11) and the constant velocity universal joint (S) are aligned in phase with each other in a circumferential direction, and an axial position of a clamping portion (13) of clamping means (12) is thereafter aligned with an axial position of the boot band (11). Then, the boot band (11) is clamped by the clamping means (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hatano, Nao Ishiyama, Shinya Inui, Yuuki Ogata
  • Publication number: 20140109777
    Abstract: A pressure device for use in the production of electrochemical energy storage devices is designed to bring a force to bear on a first foil section of said energy storage device during said production and includes a thrust bearing element, a pressure element, a fastening element that is designed for fastening the pressure element to the thrust bearing element, and an aligning element, wherein at least parts of said pressure element are separated from said thrust bearing element by said aligning element, wherein said aligning element can be connected in form-fit manner to said pressure device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: LI-TEC BATTERY GMBH
    Inventor: Frank Pantke
  • Publication number: 20140110096
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making an LED light bulb using a plurality of surface mount light emitting diodes mounted on a variety of semiregular polyhedrons and optimizing the number and placement of the surface mount light emitting diodes for the widest lighting angle (to achieve as close to 360-degrees in three dimensions) with a heat sink matched to the thermal output of the surface mount light emitting diodes and the heat conductive capacity of the polyhedron. Also described are a light emitting diode light bulb made using a plurality of surface mount light emitting diodes mounted on a variety of semiregular polyhedrons. Some embodiments may include a heat conductor comprising a plurality of curved-T shaped heat fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: LUMEN LED
    Inventors: SHELDON STEWART NORBERG, JOHN ALBERT MASSA, DAVID R. GOODSON, CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS, FELIX MING HAN CHAI