Abstract: A connector apparatus includes a first and a second connector connected and disconnected to each other with relative movement in a fitting direction and a separating direction, respectively. In the first connector, a lever member is coupled to a base member and a housing which are relatively movable in the fitting and separating direction. The lever member includes an axis portion rotatably supported by the base member, a first cam portion spaced from the axis portion, and a second cam portion formed at a rotating end. The housing has a first cam-operated portion cooperated with the first cam portion to rotate the lever member following the movement thereof. The second connector has a second cam-operated portion engaged with and separated from the second cam portion following the rotation of the lever member.

Abstract: In a connector adapted to be interposed between two connection objects to connect the connection objects to each other, use is made of a plate-like base member having first and second surfaces opposite to each other. An insulating sheet includes a first end fixed in position to the first surface, a second end fixed in position to the second surface, and a supporting portion having elasticity and extending between the first and the second ends with a space left between the supporting portion and the base member. A conductive portion is supported by the supporting portion and adapted to be contacted with the connection objects.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation system for a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising a filter. The aim of the invention is to functionally improve one such device, simultaneously reducing the structural volume thereof by saving filter volume. To this end, the inventive device is characterized by at least one of the following features: a first stop valve leading to the atmosphere communicates with the same via an air intake filter of the internal combustion engine; and the inner chamber of the tank and the air-guiding region located between the tank and the stop valves are connected to a pump which sucks air from the atmosphere into said region via the air intake filter of the internal combustion engine, if one such pump is available.

Abstract: A two-part piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising a piston head and a piston skirt connected with the piston head in articulated manner, by way of a piston pin. The piston head has a piston crown that is followed by a cylindrical circumference surface having a top land and a ring belt. The piston head can include a ring-shaped circumferential cooling channel disposed within the piston head. The opening of this cooling channel faces the piston skirt, and is closed off with a seal element. There is a seal element that has a first free end that is held between piston head and piston skirt, or rests against an outer wall of the cooling channel. The seal element has a second free end that rests against the piston head, and wherein the seal element has a bottom that lies on a surface of the piston skirt that faces the cooling channel.

Abstract: A device for determining flow parameters, particularly the temperature and flow speed and changes therein, in a fluid flow for monitoring and a fire recognition or oxygen measuring device provided with such a device are provided. A slow or sudden blockage, crack or break in a pipe system of an aspirative fire recognition device is recognized by a measurement technique, whereby an air flow sensor, operated with a constant excess temperature, is combined with a regulation algorithm, running in a microprocessor, for monitoring pipe system fluid flow or flow resistance. The required resistance of the air flow sensor can thus be calculated by an exact sensor calibration curve and a precise control loop formed. The measured values recorded by the air flow sensor are extremely reliable, such that changes in condition for the flow parameters provide information about the state of the pipe system or the intake system.

Abstract: A device for high-precision machining of the surface of an object, such as for polishing and lapping semiconductor substrates, in which the object is held on an accommodation surface for its machining. The accommodation surface can be deformed by means of a actuators connected to the surface in a positive-lock and/or non-positive-lock manner. The actuators are provided between a base plate and an accommodation plate that are mechanically biased relative to one another. The accommodation plate is configured, on its inside, with concentric grooves forming rigid rings in the axial direction. The individual rings are connected by solid substance joints. Piezo-stacks configured as actuator-sensor elements, as well as springs, are disposed between the faces of the rings and the base plates and are offset relative to one another by 120°.

Abstract: A method is described for producing a stratified composite material, with a layer of sinterable solids particles being applied to a strip-like metal carrier and being sintered with liquid phase by the supply of heat continuously in the forward feed direction. In order to provide simplified production conditions it is proposed that the metal carrier is heated continuously in the forward feed direction with a temperature profile which decreases towards lower temperatures from a maximum temperature above the melting temperature of the solids particles in the region of a surface layer receiving the particle layer towards a core layer of the metal carrier, and that the particle layer is sintered at least in a layer resting on the metal carrier by a heat transmission from the heated metal carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaft-hub connection having an attachment flange and a clamping element, particularly a clamping ring, attachable thereto, by means of which the shaft end assigned to the attachment flange may be friction-locked to the attachment flange, with an interposed bushing which receives a slip torque. The present invention is based on the object of refining a device of the type initially cited in such a way that the lifetime of the attached components in the drivetrain is increased. This object is achieved according to the present invention in that the bushing is designed in multiple parts in the axial direction.

Abstract: A collapsible, tub-shaped container for placing on a support, comprising a base of flexible flat material with a frame construction and side walls of flexible flat material. There are connecting walls of flexible flat material arranged between the two adjacent side walls, which have a frame construction.

Abstract: A motor spindle includes a spindle shaft for receiving a tool. The spindle shaft is accommodated in the housing of the motor spindle in a fixed bearing and a loose bearing. The received tool enters into contact with the machined workpiece in a tool interface when the spindle shaft is driven and the tool interface is displaced in an axial direction of the spindle shaft when a workpiece is machined. A displacement sensor is provided on the spindle bearing in order to determine the axial displacement of the tool interface. There is also a motor spindle including a spindle shaft for receiving a tool. The spindle shaft is accommodated in the housing of the motor spindle in a fixed bearing and in a loose bearing with an axially displaceable bearing bushing. The tool enters into contact with the machined workpiece at the tool interface when the spindle shaft is driven, and an adjusting element which is used to adjust the axial displacement of the bearing bushing of the motor spindle is also provided.

Abstract: A method of archiving documents by duplicating data by means of an acquisition and reproduction circuit connected to a personal computer, the circuit responding to a current document image output signal from a running printer. The information is stored in the computer's memory as a binary identical image of the document to be printed. The image is then archived for permanent storage.

Abstract: A connector is capable of selectively connecting different types of cards. The connector has a first connector portion having a first contact for connection to a first card, and a second connector portion having a second contact for connection to a second card. The first contact and the first card are connected together in a fitting/removal direction, while, the second contact and the second card are connected together in a direction crossing the fitting/removal direction. When the first contact and the first card are connected together, the second contact is prevented from contacting the first card. When the second contact and the second card are connected together, the first contact is prevented from contacting the second card.

Abstract: The invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine comprising piston-pin bores, into which lubrication grooves that run around the nadir and equator zones of said bores are machined. The aim of the invention, is to simplify the production of the piston-pin bores provided with said lubrication grooves. To achieve this, each of the lubrication grooves has a central region, whose groove base has a depth of less than 100 ?m. Said central region is flanked by groove areas facing towards the interior and exterior of the piston. The bases of said grooves are inclined towards the longitudinal axis, each forming an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the piston-pin bore.

Abstract: A device for generating a massage stream in a sanitary tub has an accommodation device that can be attached to an opening in the tub body of the sanitary tub, for accommodating an electric motor having a drive shaft, a propeller having a hub attached to the drive shaft and vanes arranged radially about the hub. There is a rosette arranged on the accommodation device, positioned within the sanitary tub, having edge-side inflow openings, as well as a central outlet opening. The propeller draws water located in the sanitary tub in through the inflow openings, and subsequently transports it back into the sanitary tub, through a guide element arranged in the outlet opening, which can be pivoted relative to the hub axis. The guide element is configured as a guide vane ring and has a ring-shaped bearing shell at the outer end of the guide vanes. The shell moves between a glide surface of the accommodation device that is configured as a sphere surface segment, and a concave contact surface of the rosette.

Abstract: In a connector, an insulator has a mount portion. Signal and ground contacts are held by the insulator, each having a terminal portion placed on the mount portion. A shell member surrounds the insulator. The mount portion includes a groove portion corresponding to the terminal portion of the ground contact. The shell has a terminal portion inserted into the groove portion and clamped between the terminal portion of the ground contact and a bottom of the groove portion.

Abstract: An artificial fingernail and method of making an artificial fingernail is provided in which the artificial fingernail is adapted to conform to varying finger sizes and shapes. In one aspect, the artificial fingernail includes a polymeric body having a fingernail shape with an upper and a lower surface. A layer of deformable material is applied to at least a portion of the lower surface. The layer of deformable material is adapted to conform to an upper surface of a natural fingernail when applied to the natural fingernail.