Abstract: A drill for forming through holes in a glass fiber reinforced substrate includes a drill body having a cutting edge part on a front end side, and a neck part on a base end side. The cutting edge part has a larger diameter than the neck part. The drill body has a step formed between the cutting edge and neck parts and a single continuous chip evacuation groove having main and secondary grooves. The main groove has an L-shaped cross section and is extending from front end of the cutting edge part over the step to the neck part. The secondary groove has a U-shaped cross section and smaller groove width and depth than the main groove and is extending along the main groove from the front end of the cutting edge part over the step to the neck part and merging into the main groove at the neck part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a panel including a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, a side surface extending between the front surface and the rear surface, and a plurality of interlock members, each of the interlock members provided at a respective corner of the panel, each of the interlock members being identical to one another.

Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods, systems, and devices related to a system for pre-heating an electrode foil, including a chimney and a heating device. The chimney formed between an inner surface of a heated wall and an inner surface of a passive wall, the chimney having a foil inlet at a first end and a foil outlet at a second end adjacent to a nip of a heated calender roll device. The heating device may be configured to heat the electrode foil and positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the heated wall, where the heating device includes a gas inlet, a heater and a nozzle adjacent to the foil outlet and in fluid communication with the heater, the nozzle including a bend configured to direct a flow of gas to the inner surface of the heated wall and towards the foil inlet.

Abstract: A cleaning cutting element includes an ultrahard layer joined to a substrate. The substrate includes a substrate bore formed at least partially therethrough. The substrate includes a plurality of conduits that extend from the substrate bore at a junction. The conduits exit the substrate at an exit opening in the circumferential wall to direct drilling fluid to a feature of the bit to which the cleaning cutting element is secured.

Abstract: There is provided a support pin assembly for full size determinant assembly of an aircraft structure. The support pin assembly includes a clevis having a clevis body with a first clevis lug and a second clevis lug, the clevis configured for mounting to an assembly jig. The support pin assembly further includes a first bushing disposed within the first clevis lug, a second bushing disposed within the second clevis lug, and a pin slideably disposed within the first bushing and the second bushing. The pin includes a shoulder portion with a pin groove, and a part support portion configured to fit through a hole in a part of the aircraft structure. The support pin assembly further includes a sleeve bushing slideably disposed over the part support portion, a retainer element coupled to the part support portion, and a gauge assembly configured for coupling to the pin groove.

Abstract: A device for installing O-rings within a cylinder is disclosed and includes a top plate, a central plate, and a bottom plate each disposed along a plate axis. The top plate includes a tool catch extending out from the top face and a slot extending through the top plate and tool catch towards the plate axis. The central plate and bottom plate each include a circumferential surface and a guide extending out from a top surface. The guide has an engagement surface disposed proximal to the circumferential surface that engages an inner surface of an O-ring and hold it such that an outer surface of the O-ring is in line with the circumferential surface.

Abstract: A method for processing a heat exchanger includes: preparing a plurality of heat exchange tube semi-finished products, each heat exchange tube semi-finished product including a first wall and a second wall arranged in a thickness direction of the heat exchange tube semi-finished product, and the second wall having a first gap penetrating the second wall in the thickness direction; arranging N heat exchange tube semi-finished products spaced apart by a predetermined distance in a first direction, N>4, the thickness direction of the heat exchange tube semi-finished product being parallel or angled to the first direction, and in the first direction, the arranged heat exchange tube semi-finished products being sequentially defined as a first tube, a second tube, . . . , a N?1th tube, and a Nth tube; placing the second wall of the first tube towards the second tube; and placing the second wall of the Nth tube towards the N?1th tube.

Abstract: A watch component is formed of a metal member formed into a component shape. A surface of the metal member includes a coated region being coated with a coating material having a color different from a material color of the metal member and an exposed region from which the material color of the metal member is exposed. A boundary part between the coated region and the exposed region forms a blade-pattern-like design.

Abstract: A first flank face includes a first front flank face portion and a first rear flank face portion. A second flank face includes a second front flank face portion and a second rear flank face portion. A ridgeline between the first front flank face portion and the first rear flank face portion is defined as a first ridgeline. A ridgeline between the second front flank face portion and the second rear flank face portion is defined as a second ridgeline. When viewed in the axial direction, a distance between the first ridgeline and the second ridgeline in a direction perpendicular to the first ridgeline is greater than 0 mm and less than or equal to 0.03 mm.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for locating respective end regions of wires of an armour layer of a segment of flexible pipe body at a respective desired positions in an end fitting, and apparatus for terminating a segment of flexible pipe body in an end fitting are disclosed.

Abstract: A microstructure-transfer stamp component including a substrate and a silicone-based rubber film formed on the substrate, wherein a surface of the silicone-based rubber film facing away from the substrate has one or more recesses each being closed except for a surface opening. This provides a microstructure-transfer stamp component that can optimize temporary adhesive strength of the surface of the silicone-based rubber film stamp in a short period of time.

Abstract: A tool for aligning a nose tire on a F-35 aircraft. The tool defining a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular thereto. The tool has a yoke having two opposed arms extending outwardly from a common proximal end to two transversely spaced distal ends defining a space between the arms. Each arm has a protuberance at the distal end of the respective arm and articulable between open and closed positions. A trunnion adapted to fit into a gudgeon of a F-35 landing gear is disposed on each articulable protuberance. The trunnion extends towards the longitudinal axis and engages the gudgeon when the protuberance is in the closed position and easily disengages from the gudgeon when the protuberance is in the open position.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to an elevator positioning system, comprising: a transceiver disposed within an elevator shaft; a first positioning element; a second positioning element; and a controller communicably coupled to the transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to: determine a first distance between the transceiver and the first positioning element; determine a calibration distance between the transceiver and the second positioning element based at least in part on a second reflection detected by the transceiver from the second positioning element at a first instance; based at least in part on the first distance and the calibration distance, calculate an adjusted elevator car position defined at least in part by a shaft displacement compensation distance; and cause an elevator car to move about a vertical axis of the elevator shaft to a vertical position within the elevator shaft that corresponds at least in part to the adjusted elevator car position.

Abstract: An apparatus for aligning corrugated decking includes a main body, an alignment frame, and one or more arms configured by linear actuation to raise and lower the alignment frame. The apparatus features one or more vertically-adjustable corrugation plates and a sliding corrugation plate positioned across the alignment frame, each including a plurality of teeth that are grooved to complement the profile of corrugated panels. The sliding corrugation plate is moveable along sliding rails via a linear actuator in a header of the alignment frame. In practice, the vertically-adjustable corrugation plates grip the flutes of an unsecured panel while the sliding corrugation plate grips the flutes of an adjacent unsecured panel and aligns them together with one another in preparation for fastening.

Abstract: A system and method for a fastener. The fastener, in one example, includes a clutch mechanism configured to transition to a disengaged configuration responsive to a clamping force of the fastener exceeding a threshold value. The clutch mechanism includes a drive nut that is configured to mate with a head of a screw in an engaged configuration and a spring configured to interact with the screw head and where in the disengaged configuration of the clutch mechanism, rotation of the drive nut in a first direction does not induce rotation of the screw and rotation of the drive nut in a second direction induces rotation of the screw in an unclamping direction.

Abstract: A strap for a wearable device configured to secure to a portion of a body of a user can include a base and a plurality of strap members secured to portions of the base. In some implementations, the base is made of a first material and each of the plurality of strap members are made of a second material, the first material being more pliable than the second material. In some implementations, the base includes a plurality of openings spaced from one another along a length of the base and a plurality of stems. In some implementations, each of the plurality of strap members is a channel secured to one of the stems. In some implementations, the first material includes at least one of rubber and silicone and the second material is a metallic material.

Abstract: A system includes a seal carrier tool. The seal carrier tool includes an inner portion configured to engage a seal carrier assembly. The seal carrier assembly is configured to removably engage with a portion of a borehole of a connector of a fluid supply system. The seal carrier tool also includes an outer portion disposed radially outward from the inner portion. The outer portion is configured to engage the connector. The seal carrier tool also includes an actuator configured to engage both the inner portion and the outer portion. The actuator is configured to drive the inner portion to move in an axial direction relative to the outer portion to facilitate removal of the seal carrier assembly from the portion of the borehole.

Abstract: A device for manufacturing a display apparatus includes a mask assembly, and a magnetic force portion facing the mask assembly, where the magnetic force portion applies a magnetic force toward the mask assembly. The mask assembly includes a mask frame, in which first openings are defined therethrough and a second opening is defined in a first surface thereof, where the second opening is arranged between two adjacent first openings among the first openings, a mask membrane disposed on a second surface of the mask frame opposite to the first surface and overlapping at least one of the first openings, and a support member on the first surface of the mask frame and including a magnetic body, where the support member is disposed on a surface of the mask frame defining a first opening or a surface of the mask frame defining the second opening.

Abstract: A method for producing a nonlinear cylindrical spring produced by winding or coiling a spring wire having wire diameters varying over its length, and formed from a blank with a constant diameter. A drum roller shapes the blank and, between the outer lateral surface of an inner rotor driven in rotation about a central longitudinal axis and the inner lateral surface of a drum concentric with the rotor, has an annular gap which tapers continuously from an input side to an output side, the clear opening width of which, viewed in the radial direction, is greater than the diameter of the blank on the input side and equal to or smaller than the minimum wire diameter of the spring wire on the output side, and the blank is shaped by moving it into the annular gap from the input side to the output side.

Abstract: A cutting tool has a cutting insert removably secured to a holding portion of an insert holder. The cutting insert has opposing first and second end surfaces with an insert peripheral surface and a central axis extending therebetween, at least one cutting portion, and at least one mounting cut-out. Each cutting portion has a cutting edge and an adjacent relief surface facing in a first rotary direction about the central axis. Each mounting cut-out extends between the first and second end surfaces and has a first flank surface and an adjacent first upper slope surface. The first flank surface faces in a second rotary direction about the central axis and the first upper slope surface faces away from a median plane located midway between the first and second end surfaces. The first upper slope surface extends away from the median plane with increasing distance from the first flank surface.