Abstract: A method for connecting a tang between a first arm and a second arm of a connecting rod includes inserting a cylindrical portion of a contact ring into a bore of the first arm until a bearing surface of the first flange contacts a first side of the first arm, deforming the second end of the cylindrical portion of the contact ring to form a second flange and to cause a bearing surface of the second flange to contact the second side of the first arm, inserting the tang axially between the first arm and the second arm, and inserting a mounting shaft through the bore of the first arm and a bore of the tang and a bore of the second arm so that a gap exists between the first arm and the tang.

Abstract: A fixing assembly includes a clevis having two arms, a tang extending between the arms, and a clevis pin extending through the arms and the tang to connect the tang to the clevis. A first contact assembly has a first cylinder having a bore and a first flange and a second cylinder having a bore and a second flange. The first cylinder extends into the bore of the first arm from a first side of the first arm, and the second cylinder extends into a portion of the bore of first cylinder located inside the bore of the first arm from a second side of the first arm. The first or second flange axially faces or contacts a first lateral face of the tang, and a first axial space exists between the first arm and the first lateral face of the tang.

Abstract: A user interface control is provided. The user interface control presents a first user interface control extending as a first extent between a first display position and a second display position and defining a first track with a first upper value corresponding to a first total value allocated between a first proportion and a second proportion based on a position of a first selector movable along the first track; and presents a second user interface control extending as a second extent between a third display position and a fourth display position and defining a second track with a second upper value corresponding to either the first proportion or the second proportion set by the first user interface control, the second upper value being allocated between a third proportion and a fourth proportion based on a position of a second selector moveable along the second track.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a part made of composite material including a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix reinforced with fibers includes the following steps: winding or depositing pre-impregnated fibers about a mandrel so as to form a preform, the fibers being formed of a thermoplastic or thermosetting material and being pre-impregnated with a thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix; winding a heat-shrinkable film around the preform; polymerizing the intermediate product obtained by winding the film about the preform at a polymerization temperature depending on the composite material used; and removing the heat-shrinkable film from the intermediate product so as to obtain a one-piece part made of composite material and including the mandrel.

Abstract: A user interface control is provided. The user interface control extends between a first display position and a second display position and defines a track. The extent of the track corresponds to a range of values, the user interface control having a manipulable portion and a non-manipulable portion, wherein a selector is movable along the track within the manipulable portion to select a value within an allowable subrange of the range of values. The allowable subrange is based on a limit defining an extent of the allowable subrange and the non-manipulable portion corresponding to a portion of the range of values beyond the limit.

Abstract: A sensor for automatic doors or gates that works based on a pulse-echo evaluation comprises a rotating mirror having at least three different emitting mirror facets, where the rotational axis lies normal to a reference plane, and at least one light-pulse generation unit generating infrared pulses having a certain beam width. The pulses are sent along two different emitting optical paths, each having at least one optical component, where the emitted pulses can be reflected by the mirror facets, and the emitting optical path defines an incident pulse direction of the emitted pulses. The reflected pulses establish a scanning field, where each of the reflected pulse directions defines a reflected beam projection on the reference plane (R), where the angle (IA) between the projections of the incident beams, namely the projection of the incident pulse directions onto the reference plane, is between 30° and 160°.

Abstract: An optical block includes a first surface that receives light entering the optical block, a second surface through which the light exits the optical block, and a reflector that reflects light from the first surface towards the second surface. The reflector includes a textured surface that scatters or absorbs some of the light received from the first surface to attenuate the light exiting the optical block through the second surface.

Abstract: An interface device between a hemodialysis machine and venous and arterial tubes includes: a first port adapted to be connected to an output port of the hemodialysis machine and a venous port to inject blood into the venous tube. The interface device includes a second port adapted to be connected to an input port of the hemodialysis machine and an arterial port for receiving blood from the patient from the arterial tube. The interface device is further adapted to selectively allow or prohibit the passage of blood between the first and second ports and the venous and arterial ports respectively.

Abstract: A user interface control is provided. The user interface control extends between a first display position and a second display position and defines a track. The extent of the track corresponds to a range of values, the user interface control having a manipulable portion and a non-manipulable portion, wherein a selector is movable along the track within the manipulable portion to select a value within an allowable subrange of the range of values. The allowable subrange is based on a limit defining an extent of the allowable subrange and the non-manipulable portion corresponding to a portion of the range of values beyond the limit.

Abstract: A collet assembly including an actuator and a collet connected to the actuator. The collet assembly is adapted to be installed on a welding electrode holder having an electrode. The collet is moveable by the actuator from an advanced position, in which the collet is adapted to grip a fastener such as a welding rivet, and a retracted position, in which at least a portion of the collet is retracted into the actuator to enable the electrode to engage the fastener for welding to a work piece, and the collet is adapted to release the fastener.