Abstract: A ball joint includes a ball member, a socket member, and a resilient pressing mechanism. The ball member couples with the socket member. The resilient pressing mechanism is positioned between the ball member and the socket member, applying compression to cause the ball member to tightly contact the socket member. The resilient pressing mechanism includes a plurality of springs positioned in parallel between the ball member and the socket member.

Abstract: A clamp assembly for securing together in a superimposed relationship two elongate members each having a pair of opposite edge regions, includes a clamping frame having four frame members, the frame members of a first pair of the frame members being spaced apart by a second pair and the frame members of the second pair being spaced apart by the first pair, the second pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the first pair to be varied whereby the first pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of a first of the elongate members and/or the first pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the second pair to be varied whereby the second pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of the second of the elongate members, the two pairs of frame members being interconnected by first connection elements.

Abstract: An elastic retaining assembly for matable components includes a first component having a first surface. Also included is a second component having a second surface and a third surface, wherein the second component is configured to be mated with the first component. Further included is a receiving feature formed proximate an engagement side of the second component and defining a pin perimeter surface. Yet further included is an elastically deformable pin operatively coupled to, and extending away from, the first surface, wherein the elastically deformable pin is formed of an elastically deformable material to elastically deform proximate the pin perimeter surface upon contact with the receiving feature.

Abstract: Assembling blow molded parts to form cantilevered structures incorporating a joint among three blow molded parts. A joint incorporates connector components from each part. One part comprises a cantilever, and has a tab with a through hole disposed substantially at the fixed end. The other two parts are assembled using a barbed post-and-hole joint, such that the post is inserted through the hole in the tab. The tab acts in tension at an angle to oppose the moment and shear generated by the weight of the cantilever. Other aspects of the invention include an additional dovetail joint connecting the cantilever part and the other part or parts, The dovetail joint may be blind, and may contribute to supporting the weight of, as well as opposing the moment and shear.

Abstract: A locking device for supporting members for a mobile machine, which supporting members are arranged on a chassis or load-bearing frame and can be extended, pivoted or telescoped from a retracted transport position into a deployed working position, has a locking bolt which can be displaced between a locked position and an unlocked position in a guide sleeve which is fixed to the frame and is arranged transversely with respect to the pulling-out direction of the supporting member, which locking bolt is prestressed in the direction of the locked position under the action of a spring, has an actuating member which displaces the locking bolt between the locked position and the unlocked position, and has a latching and guiding member for the locking bolt, which latching and guiding member is arranged rigidly on the supporting member, wherein the latching and guiding member has a guiding curve which pushes the locking bolt into a release slope, and wherein the locking bolt can be moved in the release slope automatic

Abstract: Various embodiments of an invention regarding universal fence sections are described including a specially shaped fence section connector that may act as an elbow and/or a T-member, a universal fence section kit with parts for assembling a universal fence section including a specially shaped fence section connector, and a universal fence section assembled using a specially shaped fence section connector.

Abstract: A housing with a self-mounting feature is provided. The housing includes a base that is configured to define a hook that cooperates with a back side of a panel and a first edge of an opening of the panel to secure the housing to a front side of the panel. The housing further includes a retainer that is operable to an un-engaged position and an engaged position. The retainer is configured to define a blocker portion that cooperates with a second edge of the opening to keep the hook adjacent to the first edge when the retainer is in the engaged position.

Abstract: An assembly of a first element, such as a fan shroud, with a second element, such as an air guide, realized by assembling an elongate thin lip belonging to the second element in an elongate narrow slit formed by the three sides of an elongate planar plate attached in parallel to a planar wall of the first element. The elongate thin lip includes a concave edge and includes, at either side thereof, extended tips, and the elongate slit includes, at either side thereof, areas in which the thickness of the slit is increased, configured to engage with the extended tips of the lip so that the insertion of the lip into the slit begins by inserting the tips into the areas and then continues with gradual insertion of the rest of the concave edge of the lip as the lip is being advanced.

Abstract: An apparatus for joining a first member and a second member includes fasteners for joining the first member and the second member, a shear transfer layer for transferring shear loads between the first member and the second member separate from the fasteners for joining the first member and the second member. An assembly includes a first member, a second member, and fasteners for joining the first member and the second member. The assembly further includes a shear transfer layer for transferring shear loads between the first member and the second member separate from the fasteners for joining the first member and the second.

Abstract: A guiding means at a joint including groove and tenon preferably intended to be joined with glue. The tenon and/or groove includes guiding wedges.

Abstract: A connector for covering an opening in and connecting a scaffolding panel to an underlying cable. One plate has a portion pivotally attached to another plate for movement within a slot thereof, an arcuate portion to cradle the cable and extend back through a slot in the other plate for securing, and a neck therebetween which suspends the arcuate portion at a distance below the other plate to ease receiving the cable. The plates alternatively abut. Alternatively, the plates are hingedly joined with one having an arcuate cable-receiving portion which extends back through a slot in the other plate for securing with a wedge which is inseparable from the plates.

Abstract: There is provided an outrigger connection locking device used in a crane apparatus including a boom, a swivel base that supports the boom so as to be raised and lowered, a carrier frame on which the swivel base is mounted, and an outrigger removably mounted to the carrier frame. The outrigger locking device includes: a connection pin that can be inserted into a carrier frame hole formed in the carrier frame and into an outrigger hole formed in the outrigger; a telescopic cylinder that performs a telescopic motion that allows the connection pin to move to a location in which the connection pin is inserted into the carrier frame hole and the outrigger hole; a connection locking unit that restricts the connection pin inserted into the carrier frame hole and the outrigger hole from moving; and a remote operation mechanism for connection locking that can operate the connection locking unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fastening arrangement for plate-shaped facing components. The fastening arrangement includes at least one profiled rail comprising legs in a cross-section, an intermediate space being formed between these legs and configured to hold a peripheral portion of at least one of the facing components. A first one of the legs of the profiled rail includes at least one opening which extends into the first leg in a transverse direction of the profiled rail. The fastening arrangement also includes at least one fixing element which is equipped with at least one extension. The extension is designed such that it can be pressed into the opening in the first leg to fix the facing component so that the extension protrudes into the intermediate space and portions thereof come into frictional contact with the peripheral portion of the facing component held in the intermediate space.

Abstract: A lock device that locks or unlocks a locking subject includes a lock member moved between a lock position where the lock member locks the locking subject and an unlock position where the lock member unlocks the unlocking subject and a movable transmission member that acts to move the lock member to at least the lock position. A guide mechanism is arranged between the transmission member and the lock member. The guide mechanism includes a sloped lock guide surface. The lock guide surface guides the lock member to the lock position when the transmission member moves in a first direction.

Abstract: There is provided a joint structure for a fiber reinforced resin and a metal. In the joint structure, respective end portions of a fiber reinforced plastic and a metallic material are joined to each other. A large number of projections having a height that enables the projections to contact fibers constituting the fiber reinforced plastic are formed on a joint surface of the metallic material serving as a part of a joint surface between the fiber reinforced plastic and the metallic material.

Abstract: In a dust cover for a ball joint, a reinforcing ring is buries in a shaft side attaching portion closely fitted and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion of a ball stud in the ball joint, and an inner peripheral collar portion is formed in an inner peripheral portion of the reinforcing ring, the inner peripheral collar portion having a slightly larger inner diameter than an inner peripheral surface of the shaft side attaching portion. One sealing projection and the other sealing projection are alternately formed in the inner peripheral surface of the shaft side attaching portion, the one sealing projection being arranged at a position in an inner periphery of the inner peripheral collar portion of the reinforcing ring, and the other sealing projection being arranged at a position deviated from the inner periphery of the inner peripheral collar portion.

Abstract: A fastener comprises a housing, a pintle and a locking feature. The housing includes a shaft, a central bore that extends axially at least partially through the housing and a ball lock aperture extending from the bore radially out through the shaft. The pintle is positioned within the bore and includes an actuation end and a rod that extends axially from the actuation end. The rod includes a ball transitioning surface and a ball locking surface. The pintle is moveable axially within the bore between a designated lock position where the ball locking surface of the pintle is aligned in register with each ball lock aperture urging a locking ball through the ball lock aperture, and a designated unlocked position where the ball lock surface of the pintle is moved axially away from each ball lock aperture allowing the locking ball to recess into the housing.

Abstract: An automatically extensible telescopic apparatus includes a first tube inserted in a second tube. A positioning unit includes a ferrule, two fins, a shaft, a toothed wheel and a first detent. The ferrule is provided on the second tube. The fins extend from the ferrule. The shaft is supported on the fins. The toothed wheel is supported on the shaft and includes teeth for insertion in recesses defined in the first tube. The first detent is supported on the fins for engagement with the toothed wheel. A handle includes two blades and a second detent. The blades are placed between the fins and supported on the shaft. The second detent is supported on the blades for engagement with the toothed wheel. An elastic element compressed between the first and second tubes for extending the first tube from the second tube.

Abstract: A locking mechanism associated with a handrail is provided. A housing having a top open end is configured to accommodate the handrail in an upright position. The housing has a side open end configured to accommodate the handrail in a collapsed position. A pair of slots is provided on opposite side surfaces of the housing. Each of the side surfaces is adjacent to the side open end. A bracket is affixed to any one of the side surface of the housing. A locking member is pivotally coupled to the bracket. The first arm of the locking member is configured to selectively engage with the pair of slots to retain the handrail in the upright position. A second arm of the locking member is configured to selectively release the first arm from the pair of slots to allow the handrail to move from the upright position to the collapsed position.

Abstract: The present invention is an anchoring device for joining three boards. It includes a substantially flat horizontal top element having a top view configuration which includes two sides and has a first predetermined width as measured wide to side at its maximum width between the two sides. There is at least one substantially vertical support member attached to the underside of the top element along an imaginary center line and extending downwardly from the top element for a predetermined length, which has two sides and a second predetermined width as measured at its maximum width. There is a substantially flat horizontal bottom element with two sides and has a third predetermined width at its maximum width. The first predetermined width is greater than the second predetermined width and the third predetermined width, and the third is greater than the second.