Abstract: A cervical spine brace and traction device incorporates a forwardly open head and jaw brace which is adjustably supported vertically above a forwardly collar member. The brace and the collar member have cooperating lateral wall sections having mating arcuate surfaces that are juxtaposed and which include interengaging means that assure they remain precisely angularly aligned with each other while the vertical spacing between them is being changed. Support of the brace and adjustment is by pairs of laterally extending brackets which interconnect with rotatable rod mechanisms that carry coaxial right-handed and left-handed lead screw surfaces. A miter gear affixed to each rod in a central location mates with a cooperative miter gear affixed to a horizontal shaft that carries a starwheel at one end which permits smooth and accurate patient adjustment.
Abstract: A device and method for controlling the flow of a gaseous fuel from a fuel supply to a pressurized combustion chamber. A fuel pump is included in the gas train from supply to chamber. The fuel pump increases the pressure of the gas to allow efficient injection into the chamber. The pump is modulated to control the fuel flow. Both alternating current and pulse-width-modulated direct current signals may be used to control the flow. The pump may be a piston pump or a diaphragm pump. Feedback may be provided from sensors that determine operating parameters of the engine and such sensor signals may be used by the controller to maintain a parameter, such as temperature, at a specified value. An acoustic filter can be included in the gas train to significantly reduce gas flow pulsations generated by the pump. This filter improves the uniformity of the combustion process.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 18, 2003
Date of Patent:
September 26, 2006
Assignee:
New Power Concepts LLC
Inventors:
Eric Jensen, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Scott Newell, Michael Norris, Jeffrey D. Renk, Andrew Schnellinger
Abstract: A vehicle roof assembly is provided including a glass roof that has an outer surface, an opposing inner surface and edge surfaces defining a periphery therebetween. Trim members are configured to abut the edge surfaces when the glass roof is supported at the inner surface. The glass roof and trim members are preferably of sufficient size to extend from the front windshield to a rear window of the vehicle when the trim members abut the edge surfaces. Additionally, a method of retrofitting a vehicle is provided.
Abstract: A hands-free device includes a sensor, a motor, a pilot valve, a gear train, an arm, and, an override control. The pilot motor opens the pilot valve when an activation signal is received from the sensor. The arm is coupled to the gear train, and the override control is coupled to the arm. The override control is capable of moving the arm between a locked and unlocked configuration.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 14, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 1, 2006
Assignee:
Technical Concepts, LLC
Inventors:
George J. Jost, Sean Bellinger, Jerry McDermott, Aharon Carmel
Abstract: Lightweight, structurally integral, and strong composite rack shelving that includes a shelf. The shelf includes a honeycomb core sandwiched between an upper skin and a lower skin so as to form a composite structure that is lightweight and strong. The shelf has a plurality of through bores that pass vertically therethrough which allow flames under the shelf to pass upwardly therethrough instead of sidewardly therealong and to pass an extinguishant thereabove to flow downwardly therethrough for extinguishing the flames thereunder.