Abstract: A wire tightening device including a clip and a leverage-generating tool therefor. The clip includes a tensioning arm, with an outer end having an upwardly-extending crook, and a retaining arm joined together, and held in axial alignment, by a laterally-extending, winding portion. The winding portion has a pair of legs projecting from the inner ends of the arms and an open loop joining the legs in a spaced-apart relationship. The open loop has an outer diameter greater than the distance between the inner ends of the arms. The leverage-generating tool, on the other hand, includes a handle having a tine and a key at one end thereof for engaging the clip. The key has a vertical member adapted for positioning snugly between the legs of the clip when the tine is inserted into the center of the open loop.

Abstract: A docking station and bottle system 23 including a filling head 20 and bottle 22 which have a head interconnect 86 and a bottle interconnect 90, respectively, for fastening the bottle 22 to the filling 20 head in order to prevent spillage. The bottle interconnect 90 includes a fluid port 106 and a vent port 104 which are simultaneously opened from a closed position in order to allow the filling head 20 to draw concentrated fluid from the bottle 22 and mix the concentrated fluid with a diluting fluid such as water before being dispensed from a filling head nozzle 52. The bottle 22 includes identifying indicia 158 for purposes of tracking utilization of the bottle and the concentrated fluid contained therein. An information storage system 170 is associated with the bottle and filling head in order to provide records of such concentrated fluid utilization. A wall mounted docking station 200 including one or more filling heads 20 is also provided for. A refill head is further provided for refilling bottle 22.

Abstract: Adding a decorative panel in a display position about a handbag by positioning opposite panel edges beneath front and rear fold-down flaps, the contacting surfaces of the flaps and panel edges being firmly secured to each other to an extent obviating inadvertent release of a flap during use as might result from snagging, and yet manual release is well within the strength of the user preparatory to changing a display panel.

Abstract: The described tread band (1) has laterally opposite transverse channels (6), each having a substantially rectilinear end stretch (6a) extending with an appropriate inclination from a respective outer side edge (1a), a connecting stretch (6c) of curvilinear extension and an inner end stretch (6b) terminating beyond the equatorial plane (X) and having a slightly inclined orientation relative the latter. The connecting stretch (6c) of each transverse channel (6) opens into the connecting stretch of a laterally opposite transverse channel, to define a transverse groove (3) of undulated extension. Also provided are two longitudinal grooves (2) consisting of substantially rectilinear stretches (2a) each extending between two transverse grooves (3) in a direction inclined to the equatorial plane (X). L-shaped auxiliary channels (8) are interposed in an alternate sequence relative to the transverse channels (6) defining grooves (3).

Abstract: A heavy duty radial tire comprises a radial carcass ply turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to outside of the tire, and a steel cord bead reinforcing ply disposed along the axially outer surface of the carcass ply turnup portion. The height of the carcass ply turnup portions is 1.5 to 3.5 times the rim flange height. The bead reinforcing ply extends so that the radially inner end is disposed on the radially inside of a straight line drawn between the axially inner extreme end and the axially outer extreme end of a bead core, and the radially outer end is spaced apart from the radially outer end of the turnup portion by a radial distance of from 5 to 20 mm. The radially outer ends of the turnup portions and the radially outer ends of the bead reinforcing plies are each covered with a cap made of hard rubber having a JIS-A hardness of 75 to 85 degrees.

Abstract: A radial tire (10) having at least one belt enforcement (13) and one carc reinforcement (14) with at least one ply (20) of rubberized fabric (24) having radial threads (25) essentially parallel to the radial direction (xx'), the radial ply having at least one overlapping splice (21) formed by the overlapping of two edges (22, 23) of the said fabric (24) and being limited circumferentially by two borders (28,29), characterized in that the said splice (21), in each of the said edges (22, 23), has at least one cut (26, 27) located underneath the belt reinforcement (13) and splitting several radial threads (25). The tire according to the invention, compared with classical radial tires of the prior art, presents an external sidewall appearance that is clearly improved.

Abstract: A combination brushing and sealing member which fits to a garage door frame behind a garage door comprises a frame mounting portion having first and second legs meeting at a corner region of the frame mounting portion. The first leg has a front face provided with a forwardly protruding brush which wipes against the garage door. A flexible seal extends from near the corner region of the frame mounting portion forwardly of the front face of the first leg to seal against the garage door.

Abstract: A control system for a vertically moveable covering for an architectural opening includes a uni-directional drive assembly that is operated with a single pull element such that upon pulling of the pull element, the covering can be raised in increments. A clutch/brake assembly selectively prevents the covering from dropping by gravity between pulling strokes on the pulling element, but a release of the brake allows the shade to drop by gravity from its retracted position to any degree of extension. A governor is further provided to regulate the rate at which the covering drops by gravity. A cord lift system which is operated by the main drive assembly and the clutch/brake assembly includes a rotatable and axially slidable spool about which a lift cord can be wound.

Abstract: A sectional closing door having a plurality of interconnected panels, where each panel of the sectional door, except the upper and lower panels, includes matching profiles which interlock and are guided on matching profiles of adjacent panels to form a swivel joint and that the guiding of the profiles relative to each other is obtained with an angulation such that, when one panel is positioned at 90.degree. relative to the adjacent panel, joining is insured with a component acting as a rider. The rider is designed with a U-shape that ensures it is connected to and integrated in one of the profiles of the end parts such that when one panel is swivelled to the maximum extent relative to another adjacent panel, the rider functions to insure a permanent joint and prevents the panels from becoming dislocated.

Abstract: The isolator core cooperates with companion core elements in a casting operation to form a short coolant jacket surrounding the upper portion of each engine cylinder adjacent the air/fuel combustion chamber and an air pocket that surrounds the lower region of the cylinder. Drainback passage core elements may be formed integrally with the isolator core thereby reducing the total number of cores in the casting mold package during a casting operation, the finished casting thereby eliminating dividing walls between the isolator and the oil drain cores thus reducing the number of core elements and reducing the cost and complexity of the casting operation as well as reducing the weight of the finished casting. The isolator core may be used independently of cylinder liners during the casting operation.

Abstract: Reinforcing particles within a flux are dispersed through a metal matrix osited into a crucible purged of air by infeed of argon gas during heating of the matrix to a melted state for completing particle dispersion by agitation before remelting thereof after solidification. The remelted matrix with the particles fully dispersed therein is then allowed to undergo sedimentation increasing particle concentration along a flat surface portion of the final product having increased wear resistance thereat.

Abstract: A predetermined quantity of a metal-matrix composite material is injected to a heating crucible along an angular infeed direction toward a location therein at which a vortex is formed by the blade of an agitator through which the material is stirred while being superheated above the melting temperature to a pouring temperature under which the melted material is transferred to a casting mold after surface skimming thereof to form a product having improved wear resistance properties.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for steering a strip along a desired path. The strip 12 is fed along a guide table 13 by a pair of pinch rolls 50 which are of concave formation so as to grip the strip at two laterally spaced locations at the edges of the strip. A pair of fluid cylinder units 52 are independently operable to vary the pressures applied by the rolls at the two gripping locations to steer the strips. The position of the strip is monitored in the vicinity of the rolls 50 by a strip position sensor 51. Steering of the strip is controlled by a control signal derived from the output of sensor 51. The control signal in the sum of three factors the first of which is a measure of an instantaneous value of the lateral position of the strip, the second of which is a measure of an instantaneous lateral traversing velocity of the strip and the third of which is an integration of instantaneous values of the lateral position of the strip over a preceding time interval.

Abstract: A method for producing slabs in a continuous casting plant preferably equipped with a vertical mold, preferably for thin slab plants for casting preferably steel having, for example, a solidification thickness of 60 mm-120 mm, for example, 80 mm, and casting speeds of up to 10 m/min. and a maximum casting output of about 3 million tons per year. In a first vertically extending first segment 0 of a strand guide, exclusive strand reduction, also called casting and rolling, is carried out. The segment 1 arranged immediately underneath the first segment 0 carries out bending of the strand through several bending points into the inner circular arc. Prior to final solidification, the strand is bent back through several return bending points into the horizontal.

Abstract: A wax pattern assembly (10) is removed from a ceramic shell mould (30) by removing a support member (20) from the wax pattern assembly (10). The ceramic shell mould (30) is then heated to melt the wax out of the ceramic shell mould (30). The removal of the support member (20) provides a cavity (22) into which the wax may expand without cracking the ceramic shell mould (30). The support member (20) is provided with an external thread to allow it to be easily removed from the wax pattern assembly (10).

Abstract: Anti-leak two-port and three-port poppet valves for a regenerative thermal oxidizer in which a gas such as contaminated air is first passed through a hot heat-exchange bed and into a communicating high temperature oxidation (combustion) chamber or zone, and then through a relatively cool second heat exchange bed. The alternating of the heat transfer zones to provide matrix regeneration is accomplished via regenerative thermal oxidizer switching valves. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the switching valves are horizontal pneumatic poppet type valves in a consolidated housing, the valve's switching frequency or cycle being a function of volumetric flow rate.

Abstract: In a vehicular air conditioner having an insertion hole for inserting an air filter adjacently on the upstream side of an evaporator, the air filter is inserted and mounted along guide rails provided on the upper and lower inside walls of a cooler case, and a drain pan and a drain port are formed at the cooler case bottom surface portion corresponding to the installation position of the evaporator, a drain groove extends from the lower cooler case bottom surface portion on the upstream side of the lower guide rail to the drain pan to prevent the rainwater, sucked together with the air and blocked by the lower guide rail, from leaking into the cabin and to discharge the rainwater to the outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: This invention provides a primary uniform heater in the natural temperature preserving main body and it is conducted to a room needed to be heated, where the temperature can disperse openly; the temperature is transferred by the heat-conductive fluid by a main pump, or further by a shunt pump; that is, fresh air enters into the primary uniform air-heater through an open filtered inlet, and enter the primay uniform heater of the natural temperature preserving main body and then it is pumped through a transfering tube to a detector in the room needed to be heated. If the conductive tube is long enough to be buried in the natural temperature preserving main body, the primary uniform heater can be omitted and the tube is made of good conductive material's to actuate the function of a primary uniform heating power; a primary filter, such as active carbon filter, tester for harmful gas, and air fresher, can be attached to the inlet and the outlet of the fresh air.

Abstract: A side sheet of a radiator has a thermal expansion joint to allow thermal relief in the radiator as the radiator expands due to temperature variations during operation. The thermal expansion joint is formed by first brazing the side sheet to the radiator core and then cutting through the side sheet.

Abstract: A brazing sheet which has an excellent corrosion resistance and cladding rolling property, and is formed from a four layer aluminum alloy cladding member, and a heat exchanger of aluminum alloy, in which the brazing sheet is used, are provided. The brazing sheet is suitable for use as a member in the fluid path of an aluminum heat exchange for a car, and particularly, as a core plate of a drawn cup type heat exchanger. In the brazing sheet, one side of a core member is cladded with an intermediate member less noble than a core member, and the other side of both the core member and the intermediate member are cladded with Al--Si--Mg type cladding member, wherein the core member is of an aluminum alloy containing 0.5 to 1.6% of Mn, 0.15 to 0.35% of Cu, 0.05 to 0.50% of Mg, 0.06 to 0.30% of Ti, and the remainder being Al and unavoidable impurities, and the intermediate member contains 0.5 to 1.2% of Mn and the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, and 0.05 to 1.

Abstract: An evaporator consisting of stacked pockets wherein the refrigerating fluid is injected into an upstream connecting duct formed by a sub-assembly of the pockets by a longitudinal tubing which passes through an end face of the evaporator, distant from the upstream connecting duct, and at least another connecting duct formed by other pockets. According to the invention, the tubing is offset with respect to the centers of the openings through which the pockets forming the other connecting duct communicate between them. This results in an improvement in the heat exchange efficiency. The invention is applicable to the air conditioning of the passenger space of automobile vehicles.

Abstract: A heat dissipator includes a heat-conductive substrate, a lid and a heat-conductive cover layer, and a coolant groove for passing a coolant therethrough is formed on a major surface of the substrate. The lid is positioned on the coolant groove to seal the same, and the cover layer covers the major surface of substrate and the lid. The lid may be received in a lid groove to be flush with the major surface of the substrate. The substrate, lid and cover layer are all made of diamond, and are joined together with substantially no other material therebetween. Thus, a high heat conductivity is achieved. The heat dissipator can be a heat dissipating substrate for an electronic component, or an optical transmission window.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is disclosed with one piece manifolds formed from a unitary sheet of metal. Each manifold has first and second sidewalls and a third sidewall extending therebetween the a lap joint between the side edges of the metal sheet. The first and second sidewalls are flat and the first is provided with tube apertures for receiving cooling tubes extending between a pair of manifolds. The second sidewall is flat and is provided with a socket for receiving the end of a pipe fitting in an interlocking connection. The manifold is clad on both sides with a brazing material and the manifold assembly with all attached parts are heated in a brazing oven to effect final assembly of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A folded and brazed tube consists of at least one metal band folded over itself to form two parallel channels separated by a cross-piece. The cross-piece is formed by at least one margin of the band, which is locally folded from the tube surface towards its interior. At least one sheet is pressed against the outside of the cross-piece and has an edge flush with the surface of the tube in order to delimit a volume formed in the folding region of the margin which must be filled in during brazing. Applications include the manufacture of vehicle engine cooling radiators.

Abstract: Method for reducing the viscosity of clogging hydrocarbons in an oil well. The method utilizes a tube type heat exchanger enabling heated gases to pass through feed water coils to heat the water to a predetermined temperature and at a pressure which prevents any flashing or phase change of the feed water within the heat exchanger. From the heat exchanger the heated feed water passes through a conduit which empties into the oil well. The well is open to atmosphere so that the feed water undergoes a phase change or flashing when it is introduced into the oil well. The resulting combined steam and hot water reduce the viscosity of the hydrocarbons sufficiently to facilitate their flow out of the oil well.

Abstract: A connector device for connecting a wellhead christmas tree assembly to a wellhead wherein the device comprises a cylindrical body adapted to be placed in sleeved relationship to the wellhead and having means for attaching a wellhead christmas tree assembly in coaxial relation therewith. The cylindrical body member is further provided with a plurality of lateral openings in equiangular relationship with respect to the axis of the body member. The connector further includes a plurality of locking dogs, each having a toothed front face in conforming configuration with the wellhead exterior and each disposed in a different one of the lateral openings. The connector also includes a first drive means comprising a locking sleeve with an internal camming surface for interacting with a matching cam surface on the back face of each of the locking dogs and adapted by an actuator to drive the locking dogs into locking engagement with the wellhead.

Abstract: A subsea primary separating vessel (2) is installed close to the wellhead (1) of an oil producing well to effect primary separation of the liquid and gas phases of the produced fluids. A line (3) connected to the top of the separating vessel allows the separated gases to flow to a collecting vessel (7) located at any gathering station. The liquid phase flows to the gathering center through a flow line (21) which distributes the fluids into a U-shaped pipe length (13), each end of which is connected to a flow line (4 or 5) along which the liquid phase flows to a surge tank (8). When the volume of liquid phase which has settled out within the flow lines begins to exert a back pressure which has a prejudicial effect on well production, high pressure gas can be injected into the flow lines for a specific period of time to promote flow of the liquid phase to the surge tank (8).

Abstract: Apparatus for use in the completion and workover of a subsea well adapted for coil tubing intervention comprises a surface tree having an upper end on which a coil tubing injection unit may be mounted, a tension joint adapted to be connected to the upper end of a lower riser section extending to a subsea tree and to be suspended from a tensioning system at the surface to enable the lower riser section to be maintained in tension, an upper riser section for connection at its upper end to the surface tree and at its lower end to the tension joint, and a surface joint mounted on and surrounding the riser section in position to extend through the spider at the floor of an offshore rig.

Abstract: A rotating blowout preventer and method is disclosed that includes a flexible bladder that defines a pressure chamber radially outwardly of the bladder for direct activation of the bladder to allow for gas tight sealing along the variable profile of drill pipe and the irregular shape of the kelly. The pressure chamber for activating the bladder is preferably defined within the rotating seal assembly. As well, the rotating seal assembly includes both the bladder and the bearings. A pressure drop element is included within the hydraulic flow line through the rotating seal assembly so that the upper seal and bearing have a significantly reduced pressure drop for increased lifetime operation. The rotating seal assembly is hydraulically secured within the rotating blow-out preventer housing, preferably by remote control, by means of a preferred single cylindrical latch piston that moves upwardly and downwardly substantially parallel to the well bore axis.

Abstract: A water spraying control unit includes a fire extinguishing sprinkler head. The sprinkler head receives a branch pipe from a pipe line arranged in the ceiling of a building and the sprinkler head suppresses fire by discharging pressured water due to separation of a heat sensing plate and a nut supporting plate from the sprinkler head during a fire. A water spraying plate is joined with a water spraying plate bolt. The water spraying plate bolt is able to move through a through hole of a protruding portion in the outside of the sprinkler head. During a fire, the heat sensing plate and the nut supporting plate melt, enabling the water spraying plate to move downwardly thus opening a path for the pressurized water, the water spraying plate spraying the water over a wide area. Thus, a sprinkler head stored in the ceiling of a building is able to lower itself when actuated and spray water over a large area.

Abstract: A spray nozzle, especially for spraying water in fire prevention systems, has a housing in which there is a vortex chamber into which a first channel into which a first channel for supplying water opens essentially tangentially at a distance from the axis of the vortex and which has a first outlet orifice coaxial with the axis of the vortex. The spray nozzle also has a second outlet orifice arranged inside the vortex chamber so it is coaxial with the first outlet orifice and is located at the end of a second channel that is coaxial with the axis of the vortex. The second channel has an enlarged area upstream from the second outlet orifice, where the cross-sectional area at right angles to the axis of the channel increases in the direction of flow. furthermore, the cross-sectional area of the second channel at right angles to the axis of the channel does not decrease further downstream from the enlargement as seen in the direction of flow.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a plurality of hydraulic cylinders to control the movement of a work implement having multiple degrees of freedom. The method includes inputting a velocity command in a work implement frame of reference, determining a plurality of desired cylinder positions as a function of the velocity command, controllably moving at least one cylinder to move the work implement in at least one degree of freedom to a desired work implement position, and controllably moving at least one other cylinder to maintain the position of the work implement in at least one other degree of freedom.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically moving the blade of a motor grader from a present blade position to a mirror image position. The method includes the steps of: providing an electronic controller, blade controls having position sensors, and an input switch; obtaining information from the position sensors indicating the position of the blade controls; determining the present blade position; receiving an input signal from the input switch requesting a mirror image position; calculating the mirror image position of the present blade position; and producing a control signal for actuating the blade controls to move the blade from the present blade position to the mirror image position.

Abstract: An implement lift with a plurality of individual electrohydraulically controlled lift cylinders spaced on a tool frame includes a bypass system for facilitating continued implement operation in the event of a failure of the electronics or wiring. The system includes an electrically controlled valve at each cylinder normally operated by an electronic controller but manually lockable in an open position if there is a circuit failure so the operator can control the implement from the tractor selective control valve (SCV). Hydraulic hoses with quick disconnects compatible with both the tractor SCV connections and the main electrohydraulic valve on the tractor are connected to the tractor valve for normal automatic operation but can be easily rerouted to the SCV connections for control by the SCV when the cylinder valves are manually locked in the open position.

Abstract: An extensive torsional force exerted on a vehicle body frame due to an operation of blade lift cylinders can be avoided. Determination is made to identify an occurrence condition which causes a torsional force on a vehicle body frame due to an operation of the blade lift cylinders 9. If a condition which causes a torsional force is identified, pressure oil supplied to the blade lift cylinders 9 through a lift control valve 26 is interrupted, thereby stopping the operation of the blade lift cylinders 9. Alternatively, the operation speed of the blade lift cylinders 9 may be reduced by limiting the flow rate of pressure oil supplied to the blade lift cylinders 9.

Abstract: A vibratory drill head for use with a drill stand apparatus. The eccentric cams are mounted on parallel drive shafts which are powered by hydraulic motors. The hydraulic motors cause the drive shafts to spin in opposite directions. The counter-rotating eccentric cams eliminate horizontal vibration and maximize vertical vibration. The vibratory drill head is mounted to a drill shaft such as a sample tube. When the vibrating drill shaft is lowered into the soil, the vibrations allow the sample tube to pierce the soil to collect the sample. The minimization of horizontal vibration produces accurate core samples.

Abstract: A subterranean drilling assembly for linear and nonlinear drilling. A downhole motor-based bottomhole assembly with a bit deflection device includes a torque compensation device and is secured to the drill string via a swivel assembly to permit independent rotation of the string and the bottomhole assembly. In the case of a drill pipe string, the string may be rotated continuously during both linear and nonlinear drilling to reduce drag. In the case of a tubing string, the bottomhole assembly is rotated by the torque compensation device during straight drilling. In both cases, the torque compensation device is employed to adjust TFO for nonlinear drilling when the bottomhole assembly is not rotated. In an alternative embodiment, a torque-sensitive clutch is employed in lieu of the torque compensation device to provide rotational orientation to, and rotation of, the bottomhole assembly.

Abstract: A rotary drill bit comprises a bit body having a leading face and a gauge region, cutting elements mounted on the bit body, fluid channels extending outwardly across the leading face towards the gauge region, and nozzles for supplying fluid to the channels. At the outer end of each alternate channel, in the gauge region, is an outwardly facing junk slot which extends across only a part of the width of the channel, and a bearing surface which extends across the other part of the channel and bears against a wall of the borehole being drilled. In the channel, inwardly of the bearing surface, is an opening into an enclosed passage which passes internally through the bit body to an outlet. The bearing surfaces at the end of the channels increase the peripheral bearing surface area of the drill bit, thus improving stability, but fluid can still escape from all parts of each channel.

Abstract: A rock drill has an axially extending drill shaft (2) with at least one helically shaped drilled material removal groove (3) and a drillhead (5) formed of a hard metal alloy. The drillhead (5) is secured to an end face of the drill shaft (2) such as by welding or soldering and has a main cutter (6) extending along a diagonal of the drillhead and at least one supplementary cutter (7, 8) extending along another diagonal of the drillhead. The supplementary cutter (7, 8) projects axially outwardly from a radially outer section of the main cutter (6).

Abstract: A flightless rock auger For drilling postholes through rock without the use of hydraulic pressure. The rock auger has a plurality of teeth extending downwardly at a selected angle from the edge of a cylinder connected to a quick connect shaft. The rock auger is utilized for drilling through rock and used in combination with a conventional flighted auger used for drilling postholes in dirt and clay. During a posthole drilling operation, the rock auger is substituted for the flighted auger as needed for drilling through and remove rock or other hard material such as concrete fron the posthole. The rock auger is designed for use at very low revolutions per minute and utilizes only the weight of the auger and shaft and does not require any additional hydraulic pressure for cutting a circular hole through the rock and forming a plug which is to be lodged in the cavity of the rock auger cylinder to be removed from the posthole.

Abstract: A steering mechanism that controls a drive and steer transmission and that causes the transmission to execute turns in the direction a steering wheel is turned when operating in either the forward or reverse direction of travel. In response to operator engagement of a drive control, an actuation linkage shifts an elongate member within a slot formed in a cam member that pivots in response to turning of a steering wheel. Shifting of the rod member between to positions on either side of the cam member pivot axis causes the drive and steer transmission to steer the vehicle in the desired direction when the vehicle is traveling in both forward and reverse.

Abstract: A curb-climbing front wheel drive power wheelchair has a frame, a seat connected to the frame, a pair of drive wheels connected to the frame and rotatable about a transverse axis below a portion of the seat supporting the wheelchair occupant's thighs. The power wheelchair also has at least one ground-engaging idler wheel connected to the frame behind the drive wheels and anti-tip wheels forward of the drive wheels, rigidly connected to the motors for pivotal movement.

Abstract: A four-wheeled-electromotive cart includes a single motor and a direct axle driving mechanism for driving the axle of left and right front wheels by means of the motor. The single electric motor would cause no rotation speed difference between the left and right front wheels and hence constantly permits a smooth linear movement of the electromotive cart. The direct axle driving mechanism includes a relay shaft connected to the output shaft of the electric motor, a small-diameter bevel gear mounted on a lower end of the relay shaft, and a large-diameter bevel gear engaging with the small-diameter bevel gear. The front-wheel axle is spline-connected to the large-diameter bevel gear so as to be driven by the motor via the direct axle driving mechanism. Thus, the electromotive cart is allowed to smoothly start moving without sudden jolts or shocks caused by start of the motor rotation.

Abstract: The invention is an accessory for a motorcycle of the type having a nonvertical, slanted radiator with a first reservoir, a second reservoir, and a core between the first and second reservoirs, comprising: a cover portion having an upper end, a lower end, an opening between the upper and lower ends, and an outer surface having a lower boundary at the lower end; a projecting portion having an upper surface extending generally outwardly from the lower boundary and sloping upwardly in a generally inward direction; and a means for mounting the cover portion over the radiator so that the cover portion covers the first and second reservoirs and the opening is aligned with the core.

Abstract: An weight sensor (16) for use in the crash management system of a motor vehicle's safety restraint system (10). The weight sensor (16) functions to determine the weight of an occupant sitting on a vehicle seat (12) and is mounted between the seat frame (42) and mounting structure (46) of the vehicle seat (12). The weight sensor (16) includes a position sensing unit (52) retained in an enclosed housing assembly (50). The weight of a seat occupant causes a portion (56) of the housing assembly (50) to deflect and the position sensing unit (52) measures the corresponding displacement caused by such deflection. The position sensing unit (52) includes a Hall effect sensor (70) fixed to the rigid portion (54) of the housing assembly (50) and a magnet (74) fixed to the deflectable portion (56) of the housing assembly (50).

Abstract: A mobile work vehicle with at least one driven axle assembly is connected to and driven by just one integrated hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor is a low-speed radial-piston motor which has a hollow shaft of which the axis of rotation is concentric with respect to the longitudinal axis of the axle assembly.

Abstract: A steering system for an articulated steered mobile work machine has a first sensor for sensing the relative angular position of first and second machine sections and a second sensor for sensing the relative angular position of second and a third machine sections. A controller determines for a sensed relative angle of the first and second machine sections the desired relative steering angle of the second and third sections and actuates a second control valve to direct fluid flow to a second pair of fluid operated jacks and pivot the third machine section to a desired angular position relative to the second machine section. The second sensor provides feedback as to the relative angular position of the second and third machine sections.

Abstract: In an electric power steering device, a rotating member is screwed onto a rack, which meshes with a pinion rotated by steering manipulation, via a screw mechanism. The rotation of a motor for generating steering assistance force is transmitted to the rotating member via a gear mechanism. The vehicle is turned by longitudinal movement of the rack caused by rotation of the pinion. The steering assistance force is applied in the longitudinal direction of the rack by driving the rotating member by means of the motor. The gear ratio of the gear mechanism is set such that the speed of rotation of the rotating member is equal to or greater than the speed of rotation of the motor.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus is disclosed in which steering return control is maintained when vehicle speed reaches a predetermined vehicle speed range after the vehicle speed has been lower than the speed range, and steering return control is disabled when the vehicle speed reaches the predetermined vehicle speed range after the vehicle speed has been higher than the speed range and steering angular velocity has been higher than a predetermined value. Therefore, the control state between the steering return control and convergence control can preferably be switched so that the steering wheel settles quickly to a steering angle predetermined point based on the vehicle speed and the steering angular velocity even while the steering state is not changing.

Abstract: A personal removable mouthpiece can be slipped over the mouthpiece of a voice amplification instrument. An aperture in the removable mouthpiece allows a user to use the voice amplification instrument without the user's mouth coming into contact with the instrument. When a second user begins using the instrument, the removable mouthpiece is replaced thereby preventing the second user from being exposed to any communicable disease of the first user. The removable mouthpiece includes inner and outer annular walls with an annular opening defined therebetween into which the mouthpiece of the voice amplification instrument is inserted. The inner and outer annular walls are connected at bottom ends thereof by a bottom annular wall.