Abstract: The present invention relates to an outside rear view mirror assembly adapted to be mounted to a body portion of a vehicle wherein the bracket or support structure through which the mirror is mounted to the vehicle body is disposed within the interior of said body portion so as to eliminate such bracket or support structure from the exterior of the vehicle.

Abstract: A linkage of the disclosure is utilized with a vehicle independent suspension system to indicate whether a wheel supported by the system has a proper camber angle. The linkage includes a first linkage portion extending between a control arm of the suspension system and a wheel supporting member so that the angular relationship therebetween is sensed. A second linkage portion extends between the control arm and the sprung mass of the vehicle so that the angular relationship therebetween is also sensed. The angular relationships sensed by the two linkage portions are compared so as to determine whether the wheel supporting member is angularly oriented so that the wheel supported thereby has a proper camber angle. Each linkage portion preferably includes a push-pull link and a lever pivoted to each other. Connections of the linkage components are at predetermined locations so that the levers are pivotally positioned with respect to each other at a predetermined angle when the wheel camber angle is proper.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, there is provided an assembly of two members having therebetween a resilient heat-resistant laminated composite consisting essentially of a plurality of layers of graphite cloth bonded together by silicone rubber, the graphite cloth forming from about 60% to 90% by volume of the composite.

Abstract: Apparatus and a method for splining annular thin wall power transmission members in a manner that provides precise spline formation and accurately maintains the roundness of the splined members. A toothed pinion type mandrel of the apparatus mounts a power transmission member to be splined between a pair of cooperable dies of the apparatus. Each die has at least one first tooth group and a second tooth group, and teeth of each tooth group are spaced therealong with the teeth of the first group spaced farther from each other than the teeth of the second group. Driving of the dies relative to each other and the power transmission member mounted on the mandrel initially engages the farther spaced teeth with the mounted transmission member so as to cooperate in a meshing relationship with the toothed mandrel with the power transmission member therebetween to form a first set of splines.

Abstract: Tilting cab control apparatus including a horizontally extending hydraulic pump reservoir cover plate having upper and lower surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the upper and lower surfaces to define the periphery of the plate. A pump reservoir having an upper opening is sealed against the lower surface of the cover plate such that the upper and edge surfaces thereof are exposed. A pump opening of the cover plate, a pump in the opening, a valve bore communicated with the pump opening, and a control valve in the valve bore cooperate to provide pumped hydraulic fluid to a tilting cab control cylinder. One embodiment of the cover plate is specifically designed for use with single acting cylinders while a second embodiment is designed for use with double acting cylinders.

Abstract: The invention relates to the fabrication of composite rigid tubular structures which include a rigidified tubular core member, an initially open-cell resilient foam material helically wrapped about the core member, a layer of reinforcing elements helically wrapped about and radially compressing said foam material, and a thermoset resinous matrix filling the compressed open-cells of said foam material and encapsulating said reinforcing elements.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention there is provided a water filter and water filter cartridge having an upper water filtering layer containing charcoal particles, a lower filtering layer having a submicron pore size and an intermediate filtering layer having a pore size greater than that of the lower layer but less than the particle size of the charcoal in the upper layer.

Abstract: A vehicle sun shield of the disclosure includes a planar support and a planar sun visor that are pivotally interconnected along hinge edges thereof by a friction hinge. The planar support has a triangular shape with one vertex thereof opposite its hinge edge pivotally mounted on the lower side of a vehicle roof above the area occupied by a driver or a front seat passenger. Side edges of the triangular support extend between its pivotally supported vertex and the opposite ends of its hinge edge. The planar sun visor is made from opaque material with its hinge edge of the same length as the hinge edge of the support. A pair of side edges of the sun visor extend from its hinge edge and respectively meet with the side edges of the support at a pair of spaced junctions. The mounting of the sun visor allows it to be positioned to shield a front seat occupant from the sun in any frontal or side direction.

Abstract: A manifold heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine is disclosed as including an enclosed liquid receptacle having a heat receiving portion projecting into an exhaust manifold and a heat dissipating portion projecting into an associated intake manifold. The receptacle is partially filled by a quantity of liquid that is vaporized by heat from the exhaust gases flowing over the heat receiving portion of the receptacle. The vaporized liquid transfers heat to the heat dissipating portion of the receptacle so as to heat a combustible charge flowing within the intake manifold. The intake manifold is preferably located above the exhaust manifold so that gravity normally positions the unvaporized liquid within the heat receiving portion of the receptacle. The liquid receptacle also preferably has a mushroom shape with an elongated lower portion defining its heat receiving portion and a partially spherical upper portion that defines the heat dissipating portion.

Abstract: A lid for a vehicle roof opening has linkage hinging it to the roof structure accommodating tilting the lid upwardly in either of two directions, or elevating it bodily, for use of the opening to ventilate the vehicle, including provision for separating parts of the hinging linkage to permit swinging the lid fully open for use of the roof opening as an escape hatch. In a modification, the lid is hinged for tilting in only one direction to a ventilating position or swinging to the full open position in the same direction.

Abstract: The tilted position of an upright seat back mounted on the seat base is controlled by a recliner mechanism. A pawl of the recliner mechanism has ends that are slidably supported by two spaced support portions of the upper base between which a toothed keeper on the seat back is received. The keeper teeth engage the pawl and transfer forces from the seat back to the support portions on the seat base in a balanced manner due to the positioning of the keeper and pawl between the support portions.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical pill counter incorporating a rotating pill bowl and a stationary guide that cooperatively guide pills in single file to an exposed slide having a main portion that feeds prescription and stock bottle slide portions under the control of a gate. Each slide portion has a downwardly inclined orientation with an exposed channel shape to guide the pills downwardly while permitting the slide portions to be easily cleaned. The slide is preferably integrally defined by an upper housing portion of molded plastic and is located at a corner of the housing so that the prescription and stock bottle slide portions direct the pills to opposite sides of the corner. The gate includes a lower end pivotally mounted at a lower extremity of a common junction of the slide portions and an upper end that is moved along an upper extremity of this junction to direct the pills in the proper direction.

Abstract: A geodesic dome-like structure of the disclosure is constructed from a plurality of generally equilateral triangular panels whose sides are each defined by a plurality of elongated rods extending in spaced relationship to each other. Opposite ends of the rods associated with each panel side are secured to the ends of the rods associated with the other two sides. A plurality of generally planar hinge plates are fixed to the rods in a longitudinally spaced relationship and have their planes oriented perpendicular to the elongated direction of the rods. Pintles pivotally interconnect the hinge plates associated with adjacent panel sides about axes intermediate the rods so that the panels pivot relative to each other about axes located outwardly from their sides. The pintles take the form of elongated pintle rods or headed pins.

Abstract: The invention relates to the fabrication of composite rigid tubular structures which include a rigidified tubular core member, an initially open-cell resilient foam material helically wrapped about the core member, a layer of reinforcing elements helically wrapped about and radially compressing said foam material, and a thermoset resinous matrix filling the compressed open-cells of said foam material and encapsulating said reinforcing elements.

Abstract: Vibration sealing apparatus including a vibrating horn and a stationary mandrel having rectangular work faces for opposing each other to seal a rectangular end closure of a thermoplastic coated paperboard carton. The work face of the vibrating horn defines an elongated depression extending between a pair of its opposite edges with a predetermined depth and also defines a pair of spaced depressions associated with each of the opposite edges. The spaced depressions have a depth greater than the elongated depression and each pair of the spaced depressions forms a pointed configuration that points toward the other pair of spaced depressions. Preferably, the spaced depressions of each pair have the shape of right triangles with the right angle vertices thereof located adjacent the associated edge of the work face in a spaced relationship thereto and adjacent each other in a spaced relationship.

Abstract: A grinding machine and dresser therefor for dressing a grinding wheel of the machine to grind a crooked configuration in a workpiece. The dresser includes a holder for a template having the cutting profile of the grinding wheel as well as a holder for a cutting tool that dresses the wheel. The tool holder is mounted for movement with a template follower in an antifriction manner so that the cutting tool dresses the grinding wheel with the cutting profile. Cutting profiles for grinding precise toothed configurations are possible with the dresser. A carriage of the machine on which the dresser is mounted is slidably movable with respect to a base of the machine by axial movement of a dual threaded drive screw having right and left-hand threaded portions spaced axially along its length.

Abstract: An oxygen sensing device particularly suited as a sensor for the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, the sensing device comprising an electrically insulative ceramic element having bonded on the surface thereof a layer of an oxygen sensing metal oxide, preferably titania, and a pair of electrical leads for the oxygen sensing metal oxide, the device also having a layer of electrical resistance heating material adjacent to the layer of oxygen sensing metal oxide but separated therefrom by a layer of the electrically insulative ceramic, a pair of electrical leads for the electrical resistance heating material, and a layer of ceramic covering the layer of electrical resistance heating material.

Abstract: This electronic voltmeter is particularly suited to develop volume unit output readings for appliance type electronic equipment. Seven operational amplifiers are used to selectively and separately energize seven light emitting diodes. Each of the operational amplifiers is provided a reference voltage. Additionally, each operational amplifier is supplied a voltage proportional to the peak voltage of the signal from the electronic equipment. The reference voltage and the voltage proportional to the peak signal from the equipment are compared by each operational amplifier. The operational amplifiers are sequentially switched as the level of the peak signal from the equipment increases. Six of the seven light emitting diodes are energized through transistors. The transistors coact with the operational amplifiers to extinguish all but one light emitting diode. Accordingly, only a single light emitting diode is energized at any time.

Abstract: A rectangular box spring assembly of the disclosure includes a grid of crossing wires whose lateral edges have an improved construction in combination with formed wire springs that support the edges of the grid on lateral side members of a lower frame. Each lateral edge of the grid includes a pair of inboard and outboard longitudinally extending wires that are of a heavier gauge than the other wires of the grid. Each formed wire spring on the side frame members includes a pair of fishmouth sections extending upwardly from the frame and a connecting section that interconnects the fishmouth sections and supports the adjacent grid edge. The connecting section of each spring includes an inboard main portion and outboard end portions connected to the main portion. The outboard heavier gauge wire at each lateral grid edge is secured to the outboard end portions of the spring connecting sections to locate the grid.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel of the disclosure includes a plurality of structural members secured to each other to define a cavity that receives foam which adheres to the structural members to cooperate therewith as a load bearing component. One of the structural members defines the outboard side of a disc of the wheel and includes radial openings that are spaced circumferentially. Stamped ribs project in an outboard direction through the openings and give the wheel a styled appearance. The ribs include flanges engaged with the interior side of the outboard structural member defining the radial openings. A central cap of the wheel includes axially extending notches that receive the radial inner ends of the ribs. The ribs have arcuately curved configurations between their radial inner ends and their radial outer ends. The ribs also have circumferentially extending portions that project in opposite directions at their radial outer ends.