Abstract: The structure of the umbrella comprises improved ribs for engaging with the strip portions of the cover. Each rib includes a metal structural shape or component (32) and a plurality of saw-tooth components (34) engaged with said structural shape/component and capable of fixing strip portions (18) of the cover thereto.

Abstract: A method for operating an internal combustion engine of a vehicle traveling on the road, the method comprising of damping engine vibration with a damper coupled to the engine, and when said damping is reduced, preventing engine speed from falling below a threshold value, at least under selected operating conditions, to reduce degradation of the engine that would otherwise occur.

Abstract: A work treatment installation comprises several side-by-side machine tools and at least one work supply and discharge device. It further comprises a work transport device which bridges both of them and comprises a displaceable and vertically sliding lifting skid with a work grab. The work transport device comprises lowering stops for the lifting skid. They are fixed between charge and discharge positions of the machine tools and designed for engagement and disengagement in the charge and discharge positions.

Abstract: Disclosed are a LED device and the manufacturing method thereof, the device comprises a LED, which is composed of a LED chip and bonded wires, both connected to a plurality of lead frames and enveloped by a lamp cap, wherein one end of the lead frames emerges from the lamp cap; the plurality of insulating lead wires consist of conductors in the center, and the conductor on one end of the lead wires is connected to said emerged lead frame. Moreover, the insulator of said insulating lead wires is bent to the back and extended sideward; a protective device firmly holds the LED, the electrical connecting portion and the bent insulator positioning portion so as to make the insulator not easily to be released and make the LED device become a safe device.

Abstract: An impact absorber is provided for absorbing impact forces especially in case of a collision of a motor vehicle. The impact absorber includes an inner tube (1), which can be pushed into an outer tube (2) in a telescopic manner and which is closed with a bottom plate (3) at its free end projecting from the outer tube (2). Starting from the bottom plate (3) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (4) of the impact absorber, a gas space (5) filled with pressurized gas and a first, a fluid-filled liquid space (7), which is separated from the gas space (5) by a wall (6) displaceable in the inner tube (1), are arranged in the interior of the inner tube (1). The liquid space (7) is in connection through a throttle element with a second, fluid-filled liquid space (13), which adjoins the first liquid space (7) in the direction of the longitudinal axis (4) and is closed by a piston (9) fixed in the outer tube (2) towards the free end of the outer tube (2) in a liquid-tight manner.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for managing the secure acquisition, storage and disclosure of confidential information through the use of: (a) biometric keys to lock data storage devices; (b) a secure data input/output device and authorization procedures to facilitate identity rights management; and (c) the use of metadata techniques to preserve the anonymity of disclosed personal data.

Abstract: A rocker pendulum for a motor vehicle, has an elongated, especially hollow basic body (1). The basic body (1, 11, 21, 31) has at least one section (1a, 11a, 21a, 31a), which forms or has a bearing shell of a ball and socket joint.

Abstract: A device for positioning components to be joined together, such as car body components, is characterized by at least one movable central module and a plurality of arms, movable in space and connected thereto and which in each case have at least one holding element for holding the components. By means of the inventive method for the positioning of the components to be joined together and for the performance of which the said device is particularly suitable, the components are held from a position within a desired arrangement of the components to be joined. In this way the assembled components during a subsequent tacking together and optionally further downstream production processes such as welding or the like, are accessible in optimum manner from the outside. Further advantages of the method according to the invention are a limited space requirement and possible balancing of the production process.

Abstract: A system for a vehicle, comprising of an engine, and a fuel vapor storage system coupled to the engine configured to store and release fuel vapors, the system further configured to route exhaust gas from the engine to the vapor storage system and where adsorbed vapors are released into the exhaust gas before the exhaust gas is re-inducted into the engine to be burned.

Abstract: A manufacturing plant (1) is provided for vehicle body parts (2, 3). The manufacturing plant includes a number of processing stations (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), which are situated one behind the other along a transfer line (22), and of a number of multiaxial robots (18, 19). In at least one processing station (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), one or more handling robots (18) for transporting parts is/are arranged on at least one axis of travel (20, 21). Next to the handling robot (18), one or more processing robots (19) is/are displaceably arranged on the same axis of travel (20). Working locations (11, 12) are arranged on both sides of a common axis of travel (20), whereby another common axis of travel can be provided on the rear side of the working locations.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for illuminating selected keys on a computer keyboard. The illumination color, intensity, duration and the blink rate for each key are under the control of the computer. Key select codes from the computer are mapped onto the keyboard matrix such that any computer key code can select any key on the keyboard. Multiple keys can be illuminated by time multiplexing the illumination drivers to the key matrix in a manner such that the intensity of any key does not vary regardless of the number of keys that are illuminated.

Abstract: A rear projection display device. The display device includes a screen and a base to which the screen is mounted. The base includes a plurality of vents to allow air to flow in and out of the base, a heat source, and an air movement device to move air from near the screen, past the heat source, and out through the vents.

Abstract: A pieces hold-unit for machine tools such as workstations, transfer machines and milling machines is provided which comprises two parallel supports (12, 13) placed on a plane with at least a first of said support guided, controlled and movable with respect to the other one in order to approach and move them away, at least a first clamp-holder shaft (14) rotary mounted on the said first support and controlled for rotating, a second clamp-holder shaft (15) mounted on the other of said supports. Each shaft holds a clamp opposite to that of the other shaft, and one gear-reduction unit (16) is located at least on board of the support carrying said first shaft to follow the movements of said support and cause the gradual rotation of said first shaft.

Abstract: A breath alcohol measuring device includes a flow chamber, for receiving exhaled breathing gas of a person, with a flow diaphragm. A differential pressure sensor has a first measuring connection via a first gas line (5) to the interior space of the flow chamber (2) upstream of the flow diaphragm (3), and a second measuring connection via second and third gas lines (12, 15) and a breath alcohol sensor (8) to the interior space of the flow chamber (2) downstream of the flow diaphragm (3). A throttling element (14) is present in the second gas line (12). The second gas line (12) is connected to a sampling system (9, 10), and an evaluating and control unit (6) is connected to the sensors (4, 8) and to the sampling system (9, 10) for controlling the sampling system.

Abstract: A serial lamp set having security warning functions comprising at least one serial lamp set unit composed of a plurality of light emitting elements, insulated electric wires, and power source connector; at least one IC set being connected in the serial lamp set for receiving the signal of electric power, generating pre-determined functions, having set limitation values of electric properties of the serial lamp set, emitting signals, such as a warning signal, and having set security warning functions. After the power connector is connected to the power source, a preset security warning signal shall be released at the time when the load of the serial lamp set is over the preset limitation value of an electric property.

Abstract: A small watercraft equipped with a lock mechanism for an engine hood is disclosed. The watercraft includes a deck, an engine hood that is pivotably provided to the deck around a pivot shaft, and covers an engine room thereunder from above so as to open and close, and a lock mechanism for locking the hood in an open position. The mechanism includes one member attached to the hood, another member attached to the deck, and a stopping member. At least one of the one member and the another member is formed with a protruding portion that protrudes in the radial direction of the pivoting. The stopping member is attached to the other member, and the protruding portion engages with the stopping member when the engine hood reaches a predetermined open position so that the protruding portion stops the pivoting of the one member to lock the hood in the position.

Abstract: Engine cylinder reactivation from a fuel-cut state is controlled based on a calculated future engine speed and a minimum allowable engine speed. The future engine speed is calculated based on the current rate of change of engine speed and a duration required to reactivate an engine cylinder. The duration can be in the time domain, or engine event domain, for example.

Abstract: In an apparatus having an internal combustion engine and a catalytic device for treating NOx emissions from the internal combustion engine, a method of operating the engine comprising operating the engine for a first interval in such a manner as to store and reduce NOx emissions in the catalytic device thereby accumulating stored sulfur in the catalytic device, and operating the engine for a second interval in such a manner as to remove a portion of the stored sulfur from the catalytic device and to leave a substantial portion of stored sulfur in the catalytic device.

Abstract: A display device of a personal watercraft is disclosed. The display device typically includes a memory configured to store a plurality of control modes for controlling components of the watercraft, a controller configured to control the components of the watercraft based on a control mode selected from the control modes, and a display portion that is provided in a display panel positioned in the vicinity of a steering handle of the watercraft and is configured to display operating information of the watercraft based on a signal from the controller while the watercraft is traveling. The display portion is configured to display mode information indicating the watercraft is controlled based on the selected control mode instead of the operating information when the controller controls the watercraft based on the selected control mode.