Abstract: A suspension cable robot is provided, its stability can be improved by using at least three groups of three cables arranged in a parallelogram manner. The ability to remain stable when subjected to forces acting on the robot platform or end effector is thereby significantly increased. The cable robot can be moved by cables to different working locations.

Abstract: A control apparatus for actuating hydraulic valve systems includes an actuation section including an oscillating control element and a plurality of control rods provided with a pusher capable of interacting with the control element so as to translate the control rods in a longitudinal direction, a sensor section including a plurality of sensor elements for detecting a movement in a longitudinal direction of said control rods, and an auxiliary section capable of generating a force opposing the motion of the control rods.

Abstract: A pump comprises a frame and a docking platform connected to the frame. A motor is mounted to the docking platform and has a rotatable drive shaft extending therefrom. Roller bearings are mounted to cross beams attached to the frame. A vertically reciprocable slide bar driven is reciprocable through the at least one pair of roller bearings. A pump rod connector is attached to the slide bar and connectable to a pump rod extending into a well.

Abstract: A selector assembly includes a housing having a spherical cavity and a detent cavity. A positioning sensor is positioned within a sensor cavity and is in communication with the spherical cavity. A selector operates about a center point of the spherical cavity and includes a spheroid member that slidably engages a guide surface of the housing. The spheroid member includes a magnet in electromagnetic communication with the positioning sensor. A first pivot and a second pivot include respective first and second rotational axes that each extend through the center point. A detent pin is biased toward and slidably engages a detent surface of the detent cavity to define a plurality of selector positions of the selector. Operation of the selector within the spherical cavity and along the detent surface defines the plurality of selector positions that are communicated to a controller via the magnet and the positioning sensor.

Abstract: A brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI) assembly is provided. The BTSI assembly may include an armature assembly and a flux collector. The armature assembly may include an armature component, a shaft, and a pin. The armature component may include a central through-hole defining a central axis and include a first end defining a first angle surface. The shaft may be disposed within the central through-hole and the pin mounted to the shaft. The flux collector may be mounted to the shaft and includes a second end defining a second angle surface. The armature component and the flux collector may be arranged with one another such that a first plane defined by the first angle surface is substantially parallel to a second plane defined by the second angle surface.

Abstract: A wear monitoring device for rolling elements in a machine element has at least one magnet generating a measuring magnetic field, and a magnetic field sensor arrangement for measuring a flux density of the measuring magnetic field. The sensor arrangement has at least one first magnetic field sensor for measuring the flux density at a first measuring position and a second magnetic field sensor for measuring the flux density at a second measuring position at a distance from the first measuring position. The measuring positions are selected such that rolling elements passing the measuring positions are in close contact with one another and a resulting change in the measuring magnetic field is detectable at a measuring position by the respective magnetic field sensor. An evaluation unit records and evaluates the flux densities measured by the magnetic field sensors, to determine diameters and/or changes in the diameters of the rolling elements.

Abstract: A windshield wiper system has an articulating pivot for wiping a curved glass surface of a vehicle. The articulating pivot has a pivot shaft assembly (64) having a first pivot ball (160) separated by a distance from a second pivot ball (166). The pivot shaft assembly is encased in an outer housing (158) and each pivot ball is supported by a bearing. A pinion gear is integrated with one of the first pivot ball, the second pivot ball, and/or the pivot shaft. A rack gear is integrated into one of the bearings and/or the housing. Rotational movement of the pinion gear along the rack gear articulates the pivot shaft as the pivot shaft is rotated.

Abstract: A series elastic actuator includes a gear configured to rotate, an output body configured to rotate by the gear, and an elastic body connecting the gear and the output body. The elastic body may include an outer ring fastened to the gear, an inner ring positioned inside the outer ring and fastened to the output body, and a deformation portion connecting the outer ring and the inner ring and deforming elastically. The elastic body may include a plurality of elastic bodies connected in parallel or in series.

Abstract: An electromechanically assisted steering system is proposed, having a worm drive which comprises a worm shaft and a worm gear, an electric motor which has a drive shaft, and a spring element. At an end assigned to the electric motor, the worm shaft has a first bearing portion which is connected to the drive shaft in a torque-transmitting manner. The worm shaft has a second bearing portion which is arranged at an end of the worm shaft remote from the first bearing portion. The spring element is connected to the first bearing portion or to the second bearing portion so as to transmit axial force in the axial direction, such that the spring element axially pretensions the worm shaft relative to the worm gear. A tolerance compensation of the worm drive in the axial direction of the worm shaft is carried out exclusively via the spring element.

Abstract: A robot waist skeleton includes: a swing waist effector; a first bracket, one end of which is connected to an output end of the swing waist effector; a bend waist effector, a case of which is connected to the other end of the first bracket; a second bracket, one end of which is connected to the case of the swing waist effector; a rotate waist effector, an output end of which is connected to the other end of the second bracket; and a third bracket, one end of which is connected to a case of the swing waist effector.

Abstract: Electronic shifting systems, mechanisms and methods of using and/or controlling the systems to operate a bicycle that allows front and rear gear changer mechanisms to be controlled with only two switches. The switches can be arranged so that each hand is only required to operate one switch to shift the bicycle.

Abstract: A snag point cover for an industrial manufacturing robot, the snag point cover including: a body adapted to be disposed about a protrusion extending from an external surface of an industrial manufacturing robot, wherein the body is adapted to form an external transition surface between the protrusion and the external surface of the industrial manufacturing robot thereby preventing a dresspack from becoming snagged on the protrusion when the industrial manufacturing robot is articulated. The snag point cover body is adapted to surround and cover one or more protrusions. The snag point cover body may be elongated or arcuate in shape and defines an internal cavity that conforms to the one or more protrusions. This allows external structures such as wiring harnesses and conduits to slide over these protrusions without becoming snagged or pinched during complex motion.

Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base structure, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The base structure defines a mounting axis. The first switch unit comprises a first switch base member, a first switch, and a first point. The first point is closest to the mounting axis along a first direction parallel to a first pivot axis. The second switch unit comprises a second switch base member, a second switch, and a second point. The second point is closest to the mounting axis along a second direction parallel to a second pivot axis. A second minimum distance is longer than a first minimum distance. A third minimum distance is longer than a fourth minimum distance.

Abstract: A transmission is presented, including a spool having a bore. An outer member disposed on the spool, and a cord is configured to at least partially wrap around the outer member. The outer member is configured to constrict and unconstrict to a force applied to the outer member. In this way, rotation of the spool causes a tension force to be applied to the cord, and a greater tension force in the cord will cause the outer member to constrict more than a lower tension force in the cord.

Abstract: An actuator module for a driveline assembly includes, among other things, a cover housing and a fork driving unit supported by the cover housing. The fork driving unit includes a fork driver and a pusher assembly coupled to the fork driver by spaced apart pusher ends. The fork driving unit also includes a drive assembly carried by the pusher assembly to translate the fork driver relative to the cover housing. The fork driving unit further includes a spring that biases the pusher assembly and fork driver to a neutral position.

Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing, at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft from the rotor, a circuit board for supplying power to the stator and controlling the electric motor, and a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion. The housing defines a first volume in which the electric motor and the circuit board are received. The circuit board is located axially along the axis X1 between the electric motor and the motor pinion. The actuator further includes a cover defining a second volume in which the reduction mechanism is received, the housing and the cover each have guides for guiding the reduction mechanism.

Abstract: An actuator for the actuation of at least one movable member of a motor vehicle transmission. The actuator includes a housing and a cover defining an internal volume in which are received at least one electric motor having a stator and a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft extending along an axis X1, a motor pinion fixed to the opposite end of the shaft to the rotor, a reduction mechanism driven by the motor pinion, a pin mounted so as to be able to rotate at the end of a shaft extending along an axis X3 and able to be engaged in the movable member of the transmission. The shaft of the pin is rotationally guided by a rolling bearing and a slide bearing.

Abstract: A water ejecting apparatus includes a case and a water ejection unit coupled to one side of the case. The water ejection unit includes a rotator seated inside at a front of the case, a first lifting cover coupled to one side of the rotator and allowing a lifting gear extending in an up-down direction to be fixed thereto, a second lifting cover movably accommodated inside the first lifting cover, a lifting motor coupled to the second lifting cover and configured to interwork with the lifting motor, and a water ejection nozzle installed at a lower end of the second lifting cover and configured to eject water. A water ejection pipe having one end connected to the water ejection nozzle and the other end extending to an inside of the case is disposed in a lower space of the lifting motor and the gear module.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a transmission housing of a vehicle. In one example, a system comprises a transmission housing comprising at least one cover configured to support a shift fork, wherein the at least one cover is removable from an exterior of the transmission housing.

Abstract: A robot includes an input link, an output link, and a wire routing. The output link is coupled to the input link at an inline twist joint where the output link is configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis of the output link relative to the input link. The wire routing traverses the inline twist joint to couple the input link and the output link. The wire routing includes an input link section, an output link section, and an omega section. A first position of the wire routing coaxially aligns at a start of the omega section on the input link with a second position of the wire routing at an end of the omega section on an output link.