Abstract: Provided is a master console for a surgical robot. The master console includes: a base unit including a first base and a second base, the first and second bases being provided parallel to each other; and a foot pedal unit between the first base and the second base, wherein the foot pedal unit includes at least one foot pedal switch capable of being manipulated by a foot of an operator, a foot panel configured to support the at least one foot pedal switch, and a footrest extending outward from the foot panel.

Abstract: A steering wheel spinner is incorporated within an outer steering wheel. The spinner assembly is fashioned as an inner steering wheel secured within the circumference of the outer steering wheel. The inner steering wheel is capable of full 360° rotation relative thereto.

Abstract: I was training my teen student driver on the road when I came up with this brilliant yet innovative idea. It is very hard to control the vehicle by just merely yelling “BRAKE” to the student driver. It is unfair to other motorists the risk they are unknowingly taking without an absolute control of the vehicle of a professional driver who is just sitting on the passenger side. In view of this unsafe training condition, I designed and fabricated a Famor Extension Brake. It is a mechanical device that is easily installed on any motor vehicle without modifications. Using this device, the passenger can independently apply the brake to the vehicle when the driver fails to do so. These can be a student, old or destructed drivers.

Abstract: In a vehicle power transmission device including a case housing a power transmission mechanism and a cover covering a side surface of the case in a vehicle width direction, the cover includes a stepped portion with a vehicle rear-side portion projecting outward in the vehicle width direction in a horizontal cross section, a front-side extending portion extending from the stepped portion to the vehicle front side and a plate-shaped inclined rib disposed at a corner portion between the stepped portion and the front-side extending portion, and inclined toward the front-side extending portion from a leading end portion of the stepped portion to the vehicle front side.

Abstract: The application provides a rotating device, including: an annular base, a first positioning member, a second positioning member, and a driving member. The driving member includes a pushing structure. The driving member drives the pushing structure to rotate around the outer edge of the peripheral portion in a first rotating direction or a second rotating direction; when the pushing structure rotates in the first rotating direction, the first stop portion and the third stop portion fit the peripheral portion in response to the push of the pushing structure, and the second stop portion and the fourth stop portion stop the pushing structure; and when the pushing structure rotates in the second rotating direction, the second stop portion and the fourth stop portion fit the peripheral portion in response to the push of the pushing structure, and the first stop portion and the third stop portion stop the pushing structure.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a steering wheel vibration reduction apparatus including: a vibration torque signal detector that detects a vibration torque signal according to a torque generated in accordance with vibrations of a steering wheel; a wheel frequency recognizer that detects a frequency of the vibration torque signal and, if the frequency corresponds to a wheel frequency condition set in advance and recognizes the frequency as the wheel frequency; and a vibration reduction torque signal generator that generates a vibration reduction torque signal using the wheel frequency and controls the motor such that a torque for reducing the vibrations of the steering wheel is generated by the motor and a steering wheel vibration reduction method.

Abstract: An inlay element to be arranged in a clamping region of a fiber-reinforced tube has an elongate round body, which has an outer lateral surface on which there are arranged at least two protrusions extending radially away from the lateral surface. The protrusions each have an end face remote from the round body for the areal application of an external clamping force. A tube arrangement is provided with the fiber-reinforced tube.

Abstract: A vehicle steering wheel includes a first volume of phase change material and a second volume of phase change material spaced apart from the first volume of phase change material. The first volume of phase change material contains a greater mass of phase change material than the second volume of phase change material. A first wall forms a rim of the steering wheel. The first wall is in direct contact with both the first volume of phase change material and the second volume of phase change material, so as to facilitate heat transfer between the first volume of phase change material and the second volume of phase change material.

Abstract: A drive unit is disclosed that includes case portions, a gasket interposed between the case portions, shafts, bearings having respective bearing races, and a bearing shim plate. One shaft includes an input oil tube which provides a fluid pathway between the bearing shim plate and a rotor of the drive unit. Interposed between bearings, and the bearing shim plate, are shims. An approach for sizing shims for use with a drive unit is also disclosed, the approach including determining the distance from a mating flange of a case portion, to different bearing races, selecting shims based on the determined distances, and attaching the bearing shim plate to the case portion with shims interposed therebetween.

Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle housing having at least one axle shaft and a flow control member disposed therein. The flow control member is interposed between the at least one axle shaft and the axle housing. The flow control member includes a hollow cylindrical main body having at least one surface irregularity formed on an outer surface thereof that cooperates with the inner surface of the housing to form at least one fluid flow path configured to receive a fluid therein.

Abstract: A torque fluctuation inhibiting device configured to inhibit torque fluctuations is disclosed. The torque fluctuation inhibiting device comprises a first rotor, a second rotor disposed to be rotatable relative to the first rotor, a centrifugal element, and a cam mechanism. The centrifugal element is configured to receive a centrifugal force generated by rotation of the first rotor. The centrifugal element is disposed to be movable with respect to the first rotor. The centrifugal element includes an engaging portion configured to be engage with the first rotor. The centrifugal element is formed by a plurality of components. The cam mechanism is configured to generate a circumferential force in movement of the centrifugal element and the circumferential force reduces relative displacement between the first rotor and the second rotor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleat with an adjustable pad. The cleat includes a cleat body, an anti-slip buffer and a support base. The cleat body has three fixing holes and a central hole among the three fixing holes. A top side of the central hole is formed with a recess. The recess has a front portion and a rear portion. The central is located in the front portion. The anti-slip buffer is of a hat shape corresponding to the central hole and capable of selectively being placed in the central hole in different directions to form two protrudent heights. The support base is of a shape corresponding to the recess and capable of selectively being placed in the recess in different directions to adjustably support the anti-slip buffer.

Abstract: A pedal apparatus for driver protection, may include a switch bracket rotatably coupled to a pedal member by a hinge pin; and a collision removal pin fixedly connected to the switch bracket and detachably coupled to the pedal member, wherein the switch bracket rotates a pedal arm forwards by contacting with the pedal arm while rotating around the hinge pin when the collision removal pin is detached from the pedal member.

Abstract: An assembly includes a steering wheel having a first member and a second member supported by the first member, the second member being extendable from the first member from a first position to an extended position. The assembly includes a cylinder in the first member. The assembly includes a piston slidably supported by the cylinder. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic in communication with the cylinder.

Abstract: A liquid storage case surrounded by wall surfaces which includes a side surface extending in a vertical direction. The liquid storage case includes an inlet portion disposed on the side surface and including an inlet port through which a liquid is poured, a connecting portion disposed below the inlet portion and connected to an electrical component, and a guide disposed between the inlet portion and the connecting portion to guide the liquid spilled out of the inlet port in a direction away from the connecting portion. The guide includes a plate protruding from the side surface to a more horizontally outward position than a tip end of the inlet portion. The plate includes a first face opposed to the inlet portion, and the first face is disposed along the side surface so as to be inclined downward.

Abstract: A pedal includes a pedal body and a step-in assembly. The step-in assembly has a projected area less than that of the pedal body and is fixed on a platform of the pedal body. The step-in assembly has a frame with a U-shape, a front fastener integrally formed at a closed end of the frame in one-piece, and a rear fastener pivotedly connected to an open end of the frame. A protrusion is aslant extended from each of two opposite sides of the frame. The two protrusions are symmetrically arranged to face to each other.

Abstract: A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an input shaft arranged therein for rotation, an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing, and an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. A cable band is coupled to the input shaft and operatively couples the input shaft to a drive cable that extends to the end effector. Rotation of the input drive correspondingly moves the cable band and thereby controls longitudinal movement of the drive cable to articulate the end effector.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper in which a noise resulting from collision of an inertia body against a rotary member is reduced. An inertia body is arranged coaxially with the rotary member, and rolling members are interposed between the rotary member and the inertial body to transmit torque of the rotary member to the inertia body. A first clearance between an outer circumference of a rotary member and an inner circumference of the inertia body created when rolling members are centrifugally pushed onto raceway surfaces is identical to or narrower than a second clearance between one of the rolling members situated at a highest level and a bottom surface of a guide section.

Abstract: A control element for controlling a function of a domestic appliance has a control knob having a circular outer periphery, the control knob having a gripping portion configured to be gripped by a user of the domestic appliance, and a shaft receiving portion that is configured to receive a shaft of the domestic appliance; and a sliding ring positionally fixed to the control knob, the sliding ring having a circular outer periphery wall surrounding the outer periphery of the control knob, a base perpendicular to the outer periphery wall, and an opening in the base configured to receive the shaft of the domestic appliance.

Abstract: A distal end side link hub is coupled to a proximal end side link hub via three or more link mechanisms. Each link mechanism has a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and an intermediate link member. The proximal side end link member has a bent portion and rotation shaft mounting portions. A rotation shaft is mounted to the rotation shaft mounting portion. A bevel gear, forming a part of a gear mechanism for transmitting rotary motion of a posture control actuator to the proximal side end link member, is mounted on the rotation shaft mounting portion and disposed in a space between two virtual planes obtained by extending a radially inner edge and a radially outer edge of one end of the bent portion in a longitudinal direction of the rotation shaft mounting portion.