Abstract: An operating device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member extends in a longitudinal direction. The base member includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion has a coupling surface configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion includes a pommel portion and an end surface extending from the pommel portion. The end surface is arranged on a reverse side of the coupling surface in the longitudinal direction. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member about a pivot axis between a rest position and an operated position. The operating member extends from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion in an extending direction. The indicator is configured to indicate information relating to the human-powered vehicle. The indicator is provided to the end surface.

Abstract: A safety switch (2) with a latching unit (12), by means of which an associated actuator (3) is held in a latched position. The latching unit (12) has an arrangement of latching jaws (14). Each latching jaw (14) is spring-mounted by means of a spring unit (15). The latching jaws (14) are concentrically arranged and each face one another with a first free end and delimit an insertion opening (A). The latching jaws (14) are held in latched position by the spring forces generated by the spring units (15). The latching jaws (14) can be displaced against the spring forces of the spring unit (15), which serves to enlarge the insertion opening (A).

Abstract: An adjustable handlebar assembly for fitting a bicycle to a user having disparate arm reaches includes a handlebar, which comprises left and right sections. A lower end of the left section and a bottom end of the right section are rotatably engaged and define a midpoint of the handlebar. The handlebar is mountable by its midpoint to a handlebar stem of a bicycle. Left and right grips of the handlebar are independently positionable relative to a rotatable plane, which is perpendicular to a front wheel of the bicycle and which extends longitudinally through the handlebar stem. The left and right sections are fixedly engageable so that the left and right grips are fixed relative to the rotatable plane. The left and right sections being selectively positionable allows them to be engaged by left and right hands, respectively, of a user having a reach disparity between their arms.

Abstract: A multi-part steering apparatus includes an outer rim and an inner hub. The outer rim rotates relative to the inner hub with an adjustable rotation resistance. A rotatable mechanical interface connected the outer rim to the inner hub, and a damper connects to the rotatable mechanical interface. The damper is configured to change the rotation resistance between the outer rim and inner hub. The rotatable mechanical interface may include a gear track disposed on an inside portion of the outer rim and a gear system attached to the inner hub and positioned to mesh with the gear track. The damper may include an electric motor connected to the rotatable mechanical interface and an adjustable load connected to terminals of the electric motor.

Abstract: An input device provides an improved feeling of operation to a user and allows the user to recognize an operation of a handle by providing haptic feedback by limiting a direction of movement of the handle of the input device provided in a vehicle according to a control item, applying a reaction force to the handle, or generating a vibration. The input device includes the handle that is movable in a first direction and a second direction and a motor that is configured to generate force related to a movement of the handle. A driver is configured to operate the motor. A controller operates the driver to limit a moving direction of the handle to the first direction or the second direction according to a control item controlled by the movement of the handle.

Abstract: A centrifugal pendulum for damping rotational irregularities of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine, having a carrier flange element connectable indirectly or directly to the driveshaft, and having multiple pendulum elements displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element, and guided via rollers in pendulum paths. Each pendulum element is displaceable in relation to the carrier flange element in the circumferential direction between a first and a second stop position. At least one friction element having defined thermal expansion properties, which are different in particular from the carrier flange element and/or the pendulum elements, is associated with the carrier flange element, and is designed and arranged in such a way that in a defined temperature range of the centrifugal pendulum, upon a movement of at least one pendulum element corresponding to the friction element in the direction of a stop position.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper for torsional vibration damping in a drive train of a motor vehicle is provided with a primary mass for introducing a torque, wherein the primary mass has a flywheel which can be connected to an input shaft, a secondary mass which can be rotated to a limited extent relative to the primary mass for dissipating a torque, an energy storage element that can act on the primary mass and on the secondary mass and a centrifugal pendulum connected to the secondary mass to provide restoring torque directed against a rotational irregularity, wherein the centrifugal pendulum is arranged in the axial direction between the flywheel of the primary mass and the energy storage element.

Abstract: An operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The first end portion is configured to be coupled to a handlebar. The second end portion is opposite to the first end portion. The grip portion is provided between the first end portion and the second end portion. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The base member includes a first lateral surface, a second lateral surface, and a first positioning portion. The second lateral surface is provided on a reverse side of the first lateral surface in a pivot axis direction parallel to the pivot axis. The first positioning portion is provided on the first lateral surface. The first positioning portion is configured to position a rider's finger.

Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes a rotary arm provided in a pedal housing and configured to rotate with respect to a rotational axis by an operating force applied to a pedal pad; a magnet whose position is changed as the rotary arm rotates; a position detector configured for detecting a position of the rotary arm as the rotary arm rotates. The position detector includes: a sensor configured for sensing a strength of a magnetic field generated by the magnet; and a plurality of shield portions arranged to have different distances from the magnet, shielding the magnetic field generated by each of the magnet from an external magnetic field source.

Abstract: The cooking appliance according to the disclosure includes a main body having at least one heat source, a valve that includes a valve shaft, and adjusts an amount of fuel supplied to the at least one heat source according to an opening degree or a closing degree of the valve, and a knob apparatus that is coupled with the valve shaft and is installed on the main body. The knob apparatus includes a knob holder mounted on the main body, a knob that is rotatively supported by the knob holder, and an interference member that varies a rotating force by which the knob is rotatable while being supported by the knob holder and while the knob is at a predetermined location.

Abstract: A haptic operator control device for a motor vehicle has a magnetorheological brake with a brake component that is fixed to a holder and a brake component that is continuously rotatable relative to the fixed brake component. A first of the brake components extends in an axial direction and has a magnetically conductive core which extends in the axial direction, and a second brake component has a hollow shell part that encircles the first brake component. An encircling gap between the brake components is filled with a magnetorheological medium. An electrical coil is accommodated in the brake housing. At least one star contour with magnetic field concentrators formed thereon is arranged between the shell part and the core. The magnetic field concentrators project radially into the gap to define a varying gap height in a region of the star contour.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are gross positioning systems for use with robotic surgical devices to provide gross positioning of the robotic surgical devices. The gross positioning systems have a base, a first arm link operably coupled to the base, a second arm link operably coupled to the first arm link, a third arm link operably coupled to the second arm link, and a slidable coupling component slidably coupled to the third arm link.

Abstract: A pedal assembly comprises a pedal arm; a pedal plate; a vehicle mounting bracket; a pivot pin receiving member; and a pivot pin. A first end of the pedal arm is operatively connected to the pivot pin receiving member to provide pivotal movement to the pivot pin receiving member during movement of the pedal arm between first and second arm positions. The pivot pin is at least partially and axially received by the pivot pin receiving member. The pivot pin receiving member and the pivot pin are mechanically coupled to one another via an interlock connection therebetween to simultaneously pivot together about the pivot axis as a unit during movement of the pedal arm between the first and second arm positions. At least a portion of the pivot pin receiving member or the pivot pin is deformed to form the interlock connection therebetween.

Abstract: A reaction force control system configured to control a reaction force applied to a pedal without reducing an operational feeling. A controller reduces a reaction force applied to the pedal mildly from a second reaction force to a first reaction force at a rate D upon satisfaction of a predetermined condition. The rate D is determined based on a depression of the pedal, a pedal force applied to the pedal, an elapsed time, or a predetermined function.

Abstract: A vehicle deceleration controller includes: a brake pedal; an accelerator pedal which is operated when an acceleration/deceleration request of a vehicle is inputted; a target acceleration/deceleration setting part configured to set a target deceleration based on a deceleration operation of the accelerator pedal; and an acceleration/deceleration control part configured to, when the accelerator pedal is operated to decelerate the vehicle, provide deceleration control over the vehicle such that an actual deceleration follows the target deceleration set by the target acceleration/deceleration setting part.

Abstract: An anti-resonance apparatus of a propeller shaft may include a support provided in a tube and configured to be rotated with the tube, and including at least a guide pin arranged at equal angles around a longitudinal axis of the tube and formed in a radial direction of the support, at least a mass body slidably engaged to the at least a guide pin and guided by the at least a guide pin to be moved along a longitudinal axis of the at least a guide pin, and a return spring configured to provide an elastic force in a moving direction in which the at least a mass body is moved toward the support.

Abstract: A stiffening element to provide variable resistance to movement between a pair of members at a joint. The stiffening element comprises a filler with particles flowable in a bladder. A pressure source is coupled to the bladder to vary a pressure within the bladder and collapse the bladder. Collapsing the bladder varies a flow characteristic of the filler within the bladder, Varying the flow characteristics of the filler varies resistance of the bladder to movement of the bladder, and thus a pair of movable members and the joint.

Abstract: A foldable pedal apparatus of a vehicle with a hysteresis module, may include a pedal pad is in a popped-up state of protruding from a pedal housing to be exposed toward a driver, in a manual driving mode in which the driver directly drives the vehicle; the pedal pad is in a hidden state of being inserted into the pedal housing and blocked from being exposed to the driver, in the autonomous driving mode in which the driver does not directly drive the vehicle; and hysteresis may be implemented by a hysteresis module when the pedal pad is operated.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine with an accessory gearbox. The accessory gearbox has a gear shaft rotatable about a gear shaft axis. The gear shaft has a first end drivingly engaged to a first accessory and a second end drivingly engaged to a second accessory. The gearbox has a spline made of a polymer material and rotatably coupled to one of the first and second ends of the gear shaft, and to a corresponding one of a first and second accessory shafts of the first and second accessories. The spline is rotatable about the gear shaft axis.

Abstract: Provided is a vehicle operation pedal device comprising: an operation pedal which includes a depressing part provided thereto; a pair of upper support members which are fixed to a dash panel; a pair of lower support members which are fixed to the dash panel and also fixed to the pair of upper support members; an upper center support member which is laid between the pair of upper support members; and a connection hole which supports an operating rod protruding from the dash panel towards a vehicle rear side, such that the operating rod is rotatable with respect to the operation pedal. The upper center support member comprises a sliding receiving part. The pair of upper support members comprise an escape hole.