Abstract: A folding ski consists in the possibility of folding the ski itself, by means of a mechanical system contained within it and forming part, to all effects, of the construction of the ski. The innovative mechanism makes it possible to reduce the bulk of the equipment and makes it easier to transport. In addition, not only does it maintain the physical, mechanical and dynamic characteristics required for practicing the various sporting disciplines, but it offers better performance and safety qualities than a traditional ski.

Abstract: A lighting device for attachment to a motor vehicle inside a housing 4. One or more light emitting diodes 9 which emit substantially white light are employed as lighting emitters. On account of the small amount of waste heat of the light-emitting diodes 9 the lighting device can be particularly easily integrated into existing subassemblies of the motor vehicle, in particular into the outside mirrors, inside mirror, trim strips and door handles, and can serve to illuminate the region around the vehicle or the interior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A process and system is provided for regulating the air temperature in an incubator (3), which accommodates a patient, especially a premature or newborn infant, and which is part of a so-called hybrid device. When the function of the hybrid device is changed over between the two device types of “closed incubator” and “open care unit,” the problem arises that the air temperature set point cannot be maintained and the patient cools down as a consequence. The process uses a heat radiation source (1), which is located outside the incubator (3), which can be closed with a hood (2) that is transparent to the radiated heat. The corresponding value measured by an air temperature sensor (5), which is used as an actual air temperature value, is evaluated by an evaluating and control unit (4) along with a value measured by a body temperature sensor (7).

Abstract: The invention relates to an exterior rear-view mirror comprising an adjustably held glass subassembly and at least one electrical drive motor (2), with the glass subassembly being adjustable via at least one adjustment mechanism arranged between the drive motor (2) and the glass subassembly. The adjustment mechanism comprises a drive shaft (7, 8) with an eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10) and a drive bar (12, 13) arranged between the glass subassembly and the eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10) of the drive shaft (7, 8). The drive shaft (7, 8) and the drive bar interact in such a way that a rotatory actuating movement of the drive shaft (7, 8) is converted to a linear actuating movement, acting on the glass subassembly, of the drive bar (12, 13) as a result of excursion of the eccentrically shaped shaft section (9, 10).

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a holder which has a holding part and a connector part. The holding part has an elastic body holding a built-in electronic part in a position. The method steps include pouring a liquid polymer mixed with a magnetic electric conductor into a mold for forming the holder. A magnetic force is applied to a desired position in the mold to orient the magnetic electric conductor to form a connector pattern of the connector part with the magnetic force. A holding part is molded integrally with the connector part to provide a one piece integral structure by crosslinking the liquid polymer. The magnetic electric conductor may be linked together by a force of a magnetic field. This defines a conductive passage in the connector part.

Abstract: A method and device is provided for multistage calibration of multiple-axis measuring robots (6) and associated optical measuring devices (10), especially 3D sensors, in a measuring station (1) for workpieces (2), preferably the bodyshells of motor vehicles. Calibration occurs in a measuring cascade comprising at least three calibrating steps, whereby the optical measuring device (10) and the operating point (28) thereof, the manipulator (6) and the axes thereof and the allocation of the manipulator (6) with respect to the workpiece (2) are successively calibrated. The calibration device (47) includes a control and a calibration system (27) for the operating point (28), a calibration body (15) for the axes of the manipulator and a calibration device (12) for the allocation of the manipulator with respect to the workpiece.

Abstract: A vehicle door with a door casing includes an inside door panel (1) of a shell-like design. The inside door panel (1) is closed by a replaceable outside door shell (2) toward the outside of the vehicle door. To achieve that moisture is prevented in a simple manner from entering the interior space of the vehicle from the door casing, the inside door panel (1) is connected from its side facing the outer shell (2) to a plastic support part. The plastic part is provided with fastening elements (13), which carry the door components to be arranged in the door casing. The structural elements (9, 10, 10′) of the vehicle door, which protrude into the interior space of the vehicle, are fastened to the inside door panel (1). The openings (5, 6) necessary in the inside door panel (1) for the structural elements (9, 10, 10′) protruding into the interior space of the vehicle are sealed, e.g., by the plastic support part (8).

Abstract: A miniaturized coin hopper device is provided so as to have a lower height. The device has an electric motor which is arranged such that the projection end of a rotated axis thereof is located at a lower side. A first gear is fixed on this projection end of rotated axis. A disk for discharging coins one by one is provided at the bottom of a hopper which stores the coins. A second gear rotates this disk. A gear train connects this second gear and the first gear. The problem of a true coin being disbursed when a pseudo-coin was in a hopper device and the return button was pushed is also addressed. A distinguishing element checks the money kind of a deposited coin. A reserve temporarily holds the coin distinguished by this distinction element. A storage for coins of same money kind and a disbursing element is provided for the the coin in this storage to return the coin reserved in the temporary reservation. A device is also provided to distribute the coin reserved in said temporary reservation to the storage.

Abstract: A direction indicator placed on one site of a sorting block indicates, for a given good, the direction towards a nominated slot through which the good is to be placed in the block. This arrangement makes it possible for the hauler to immediately put a good into a nominated slot without looking around at sorting blocks at large, which will lead to the improvement of work efficiency. Moreover, because this will moderate the burden imposed on the hauler, the number of wrongly hauled goods would be greatly reduced. If a good is passed through a wrong slot, it is recognized by a sensor and then an alarming means is activated to generate a buzzing sound or a blinking light to alarm. This arrangement will make it possible to greatly reduce the number of wrongly hauled goods.

Abstract: The stem (9) of the piston (7) has a series of impressions in indented (12) or relief form, permitting the tactile perception, even by persons without sight, of the position of the piston with respect to the cylinder. The impressions (12) being able to interact with one or more tongues (16, 16A) formed in the stopper.

Abstract: A trunk switch of a trunk cluster for connecting a plurality of edge devices to each other, where each edge device can communicate with all the other edge devices through all of the trunk switches. Each trunk switch contains an intra cluster port and intra cluster links 35 connect the intra cluster ports of different trunk switches. When an edge device becomes disconnected from one trunk switch, but is still connected to another trunk switch, the trunk switch from which it has become disconnected transfers the data destined for the disconnected edge device to the intra cluster port which then transfers that data to another trunk switch. The another trunk switch, upon receiving the intra cluster data, then forwards that data to the edge device which has become disconnected from the first trunk switch.

Abstract: An electrochemical gas sensor (1) is disclosed with a plurality of electrodes (2, 3, 4). The sensor has substantially reduced cross sensitivity with respect to interfering gases. At least the measuring electrode (2) is provided as a thin layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC, diamond-like carbon) on the gas-permeable membrane (9).

Abstract: The present invention is a key sheet comprising a resin film wherein a mirror-like evaporation deposit layer is provided on a part or all of the back, and further a colored layer is provided at the back of the evaporation deposit layer, said resin film is integrated with the top face side of a button made of resin, allowing to realize a key sheet having all color metallic tones at a low cost, by making the optical concentration of the laminated portion of resin film and evaporation deposit layer 0.35 to 0.85.

Abstract: An inking device for feeding ink that is fed to an ink rail to a printing plate on a plate cylinder via a group of rollers that are sequentially in contact with each other, comprising a first roller part of the outer periphery of which faces an ink feeding surface of the ink rail, a second roller that is disposed downstream of the first roller in the ink feeding process and in contact with the outer periphery of the first roller on the downstream side in the rotating direction from the position at which the first roller faces the ink feeding surface of the ink rail, a third roller that is in contact with the first roller on the downstream side in the rotating direction from the position at which the second roller comes in contact with the outer periphery of the first roller, and a fourth roller that is in contact with the outer peripheries of the second and third rollers and blocks the front side in the rotating direction of the first and second rollers at the position where the first and second rollers are i

Abstract: To provide a synchronous control apparatus in a rotary press having a plurality of multicolor printing units to print the synchronous control apparatus including a printing image allocation setting section for allocating printing images which printing couples are to print, a drive unit for driving the printing couples, an inking transmission unit, a first moving unit for moving blanket cylinders of two sets of printing couples, a second moving unit for making it possible to supply ink, slave control sections for controlling rotation of the drive unit, a transmission unit related to the printing couples and inking devices, operation control sections for controlling operations of the first moving unit and second moving unit according to output signals of the slave control sections, and a master control section connected to the printing image allocation setting section and each of the slave control sections via a network.

Abstract: A brush unit includes a carbon brush 1, a substantially straight brush arm 2 for holding the carbon brush 1, and a brush base 3 connected to the brush arm 2. The brush base 3 is provided with a receptacle terminal 5 formed by cutting and raising the brush base 3, and thereby the brush base 3 is formed with a base hole 6 corresponding to the receptacle terminal 5. The brush unit is installed to a case cover 4 at two locations of a fixing portion in which the brush arm 2 is fixed to the brush base 3, and a brush base end portion integral with a base portion of the receptacle terminal 5, so that noise is reduced by decreasing a vibration component in an axial direction of the motor at a sliding portion at which the carbon brush 1 slides with-respect to a commutator at the time of motor rotation, and also brush tension is not changed when outside terminals are inserted through outside terminal insertion holes.

Abstract: A shifting device with a gearshift lever for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle is provided with an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the gearshift lever with a manual actuating element. The gearshift lever can be moved, in at least one shift gate, between two different shift positions and can be locked at least partially in these shift positions as a function of different vehicle configurations. A spring-tensioned force transmission element is provided in the unlocking mechanism.

Abstract: A shifting device of a motor vehicle automatic transmission has a selector lever (3) and a kinematics (4-9) for transmitting the selection movements to an automatic transmission. The selector lever (3) can be moved around a first shift axis (7) in an automatic shift gate AG for selecting automatic gears and around a second shift axis (8) in a sequence shift gate SG1, SG2 for manually upshifting and downshifting gears. A central carrier (6) is pivotable around a selector axis (9). An inner bridge (4) is mounted pivotably on the central carrier (6) and is pivotable around the first shift axis (7) extending essentially at right angles to the selector axis (9). An outer bridge (5) is mounted on the inner bridge (4) in the sequence shift gate pivotably around the second shift axis (8) and is connected to the selector lever (3). The shift selector for selecting the shift axes by a pivoting movement of the selector lever (3) is indirectly or directly fastened to the central carrier (6).