Patents Issued in April 10, 2003
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Publication number: 20030066666Abstract: A belt clip can be side-mounted to a drill/driver to facilitate holstering of the drill/driver and to reduce the profile of the drill/driver. The side-mounted belt clip can be positioned to enable the drill/driver to be grasped in the ergonomically desirable thumb-rest and power-grip holds. The side-mounted belt clip can be adapted to facilitate the wielding of the tool by providing additional surfaces for the fingers and thumb to contact when grasping the tool. The belt clip can also be detachably mounted to a tool and can be designed to provide curved surfaces which match the profile of the user's thumb and fingers for comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Mark Alan Etter, Daniel Paxton Wall
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Publication number: 20030066667Abstract: A tool head attachment mechanism located within a tool body retains a replaceable tool head in an opening of the tool body. The mechanism includes a retaining ring including a wall having a number of apertures therethrough. A locking ring is rotatable with respect to the retaining ring. Ball bearings equivalent in number to the number of apertures are retained between the locking ring and the retaining ring. The ball bearings are sufficiently large to extend partially, but not completely through the apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Hong Lin Zhang
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Publication number: 20030066668Abstract: The present invention is a system for protecting, for example, electronic, mechanical, or other components from contamination in a processing environment and includes a distribution manifold, a pressurized fluid in fluid communication with the manifold, and a plurality of apparatuses, such as sensors, which are connected to the manifold by respective conduits throughwhich the pressurized fluid flows to maintain a positive pressure at each of the apparatuses to prevent the processing environment from contacting the plurality of apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Paul J. Celauro
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Publication number: 20030066669Abstract: The gas-insulated multi-phase line is made up of sections, each of which is formed by metal cladding filled with a dielectric gas under pressure and containing at least three phase conductors disposed in a triangle configuration. Two adjacent sections are connected together via a connection module whose metal cladding is locally made up of a plurality of tubular portions, each of which is filled with dielectric gas and has a single phase conductor passing through it, constituting a passive electrical connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: ALSTOMInventors: Bernard Gelloz, Jean-Michel Berals, Christophe Rech
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Publication number: 20030066670Abstract: An electric power supply cable comprises a core made up of a conductor coated with a layer of insulating material and enveloped in a second conductor, woven with wire, strands, plait, strap or mesh, which surrounds it concentrically in the form of a sheath. The second conductor is protected and coated with an outer jacket of insulating material and inside the outer jacket there are provided at least two cores, each of which are enveloped in a respective woven conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Giuseppe Parise, Umberto Grasselli, Luigi Martirano, Luciano Benetti
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Publication number: 20030066671Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided for supplying power and communications within a first piping structure. An external power transfer device is positioned around the first piping structure and is magnetically coupled to an internal power transfer device. The internal power transfer device is positioned around a second piping structure disposed within the first piping structure. A main surface current flowing on the first piping structure induces a first surface current within the external power transfer device. The first surface current causes a second surface current to be induced within the internal power transfer device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Harold J. Vinegar, Robert Rex Burnett, William Mountjoy Savage, Frederick Gordon Carl Jr., John Michele Hirsch
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Publication number: 20030066672Abstract: Heat dissipation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for an electronic device having an enclosure. An interior surface of the enclosure is covered with a conformal metallic layer which, as disposed in thermal adjacency with one or more heat-generating electronic components or other sources contained within the enclosure, may provide both thermal dissipation and EMI shielding for the device. The layer may be sprayed onto the interior surface in a molten state and solidified to form a self-adherent coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: George R. Watchko, Matthew T. Gagnon, Peter W. Liu, Miksa de Sorgo, Christian V. Rodriguez, William G. Lionetta, Scott M. Oppenheim
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Publication number: 20030066673Abstract: The device comprises an insulating casing defining at least one connecting housing and, in each connecting housing, an interconnection piece arranged in the casing and provided with at least one connecting branch, a connecting spring, means for compressing the spring to uncover the connection opening, and to allow the conductor for connecting to be introduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: ENTRELEC S.A.Inventor: Luc Doutaz
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Publication number: 20030066674Abstract: A convertible electrical device cover including a base plate and an adapter plate that are both configured to accommodate an electrical device. When the convertible electrical device cover is placed in an operative position over the electrical device the adapter plate may be located between the electrical device and a rear side of the base plate. A method for installing a convertible electrical device cover is also disclosed including placing the convertible electrical device cover in an operative position over an electrical device so that an adapter plate may be located between the electrical device and a rear side of a base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Michael J. Shotey, Marcus J. Shotey, Edgar W. Maltby
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Publication number: 20030066675Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating for cables which is capable of protecting the cable against accidental impacts. By inserting into the structure of a power transmissioncable a suitable coating of expanded polymer material of adequate thickness, preferably in contact with the sheath of outer polymer coating, it is possible to obtain a cable which has a high impact strength. The Applicant has moreover observed that an expanded polymer material used as a coating for cables makes it possible to obtain a higher impact strength for this cable than using a similar coating based on the same polymer which is not expanded. A cable with a coating of this type has various advantages over a conventional cable with metal armor, such as, for example, easier processing, a reduction in the weight and dimensions of the finished cable and a lower environmental impact as regards recycling of the cable once its working cycle is over.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: PIRELLI CAVI E SISTEMI S. p. A.Inventors: Sergio Belli, Luigi Caimi, Alberto Bareggi, Luca Balconi
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Publication number: 20030066676Abstract: A cable incorporates at least one flexible conductor and a non-conductive, elongated, strain relieving member bound mechanically to the conductor. The strain relieving member is mechanically attached between two relatively movable components. The electrical conductor is in turn electrically attached to contacts on the components. Movement of the components relative to one another will be limited by the strain relieving member thereby protecting a somewhat longer electrical conductor extending therebetween. Alternately, a plurality of conductors can be integrally combined with the elongated strain relieving member, by braiding or twisting, to form a unitary cable which incorporates the strain relieving member. In this configuration, all of the conductors in the cable are mechanically protected by the strain relieving element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Paul R. Stonikas, Robert S. Yoest, Gregory Prutnikov, Roman Klyachman
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Publication number: 20030066677Abstract: A busbar system for lights, especially a high voltage busbar system, comprising at least one resilient busbar which has supply lines (1) which are surrounded by a resilient strip-like insulating material (2), the busbar system further comprising at least one adaptor unit (4, 34) which has contact elements (18, 38) that reach through the strip-like insulating material (2) to make electrically conductive contact with the supply lines (1), and also a connecting region for the connection to at least one lamp (5), wherein the busbar system further comprises a preferably flexible concealment device (3, 8, 21) which surrounds the strip-like insulating material (2), at least in some sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Hans-Walter Hustadt
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Publication number: 20030066678Abstract: A method for shaping an object. The method includes the steps of preparing an attachment material having a glass transition temperature lower than that of the object, fixing the attachment material on the object, forming the object into a predetermined shape, heating the attachment material until the temperature is higher than its glass transition temperature, and cooling the attachment material and the object until the temperature is lower than the glass transition temperature of the attachment material. Additionally, shaping of the object and heating of the attachment material can achieve the same results.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: BENQ CORPORATIONInventor: Yung-Tsun Hsieh
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Publication number: 20030066679Abstract: A circuit board according to the invention is made from two or more laminates each made of a fusible dielectric material, which laminates are bonded to each other along respective inner faces thereof. Each such laminate is preferably a pre-preg sheet containing both a heat-fusible resin and a reinforcing fiber filler to provide the desired stiffness and strength. A number of first electrical contacts are exposed on an outer face of the first laminate, and second electrical contacts are exposed on an outer face of the second laminate. The circuit board further includes a plurality of electrical conductors each running from a first contact to a second contact, the conductors including elongated conductive lines extending along one of the first or second laminates, and vias extending through the first and second laminates which have been filled with an electrically conductive via filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Abram M. Castro, Bernardo Gallegos, Gary Lee Engvall
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Publication number: 20030066680Abstract: A terminal electrode provided on a lead joint of a thin-film device fabricated by a thin-film technology. The terminal electrode is constituted by an upper pad and a lower pad, the lower pad being formed into a pillar-like shape protuberantly projecting from the lead joint. The upper pad, which is wider than the lower pad, is formed on the lower pad such that the center thereof is aligned with the center of the lower pad. This arrangement provides the terminal electrode that allows a higher-density insulating layer free of defects, such as voids, to be formed around the terminal electrode, leading to an improved mounting strength of the terminal electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuya Kikuiri, Takashi Takabatake
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Publication number: 20030066681Abstract: A solder paste contains a solder alloy powder and a metal powder dispersed in a flux. The solder alloy contains Sn and Zn, whereas the metal powder contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ti, and Ni. Preferably, the metal powder is contained in an amount exceeding the solubility limit of the metal powder with respect to the solder alloy at the melting point of the solder alloy powder. The solder paste may be used to form a structure for electrically connecting two objects by interposing a solder layer between their terminals.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Hiroki Uchida, Masayuki Ochiai
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Publication number: 20030066682Abstract: A method for forming electrical interconnects for printed circuit boards and the like includes the steps of laminating a first surface of a rigid dielectric substrate with a first conductive laminate such that the first conductive laminate extends beyond at least one edge of the dielectric substrate, patterning the first conductive laminate to define a plurality of electrical interconnects which extend beyond the edge(s) of the dielectric substrate, forming a plurality of conductive traces on a second surface of the dielectric substrate and forming a plurality of openings in the dielectric substrate, each opening extending from a first location on the first surface of the dielectric which is proximate at least one electrical interconnect to a second location on the second surface of the substrate which is proximate at least one conductive trace.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Richard M. Biron
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Publication number: 20030066683Abstract: A circuit board is configured so as to include not less than two wiring layers, an insulator layer for electric insulation between the wiring layers, and an inner-via-hole conductive member provided in the insulator layer in a thickness direction of the insulator layer, for electric connection between the wiring layers. The insulator layer is made of a composite material containing an organic resin and a material having a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the organic resin, and includes a surface part, a core part, and a surface part laminated in the stated order, the surface part having a high content of the organic resin, the core part having a low content of the organic resin. The wiring layers have a land portion that is connected with the inner-via-hole conductive member, the land portion being embedded so as to be substantially in contact with the core part, and the inner-via-hole conductive member has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the core part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuo Ogawa, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Tomekawa, Yasuhiro Nakatani, Yoji Ueda, Susumu Matsuoka, Daizo Andoh, Fumio Echigo
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Publication number: 20030066684Abstract: The invention concerns a drilling apparatus for enlarging a bore in the ground, comprising a drilling head (6) having a drilling bit (12); a percussion piston (14) which is driven by a drive medium (9) and which impacts against the drilling bit (12), and a hollow drill string (8) to which the drilling head (6) is fixed and through the cavity of which the drive medium (9) is passed to the percussion piston (14). One object of the invention is to ensure improved removal of the drive medium out of the borehole. That object is attained in that the drill string (8) is surrounded by a hollow outer string (3) enclosing an annular space which surrounds the drill string (8) and through which the drive medium (9) is passed out of the borehole. The invention further concerns a method of enlarging an existing borehole, using a drilling head of that kind.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Gunter W. Klemm
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Publication number: 20030066685Abstract: A steering apparatus for an auger in its casing to bore a horizontal hole in earth by utilizing four expandable and retractable wings equally spaced at the head of the casing. The wings are actuated by integrated single action low profile hydraulic cylinders energized by external single action hydraulic cylinders to minimize the diameter of the hole bored due to State building codes. Two embodiments of the wings are shown.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Donald Beyerl
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Publication number: 20030066686Abstract: A conventional land drilling rig is interconnected to the substructure for an oilfield pad location. The interconnected drilling rig is placed on top of matting. The matting has embedded rollers to facilitate movement of the drilling rig as a “convoy” across the mat from one wellhead to another wellhead. The buildings in the mud tank system may also be interconnected and move in a separate convoy but in tandem with the first convoy.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Precision Drilling CorporationInventor: Orlie Conn
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Publication number: 20030066687Abstract: A well bore pressure containment device is provided. Operating as a single stripping and containment device compatible with a wide range of tool string and tubing sizes, the containment device may be integrated with rotating pressure control systems, and be used during completion and work over operations. The containment device has a spool, and a flexible bladder extending about the interior of the spool. The bladder may be controllably deformed to seal against a tool string passing through the device using an inwardly directed pressure, which preferably is exerted by a fluid in the interstitial space between the spool and the bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Bruce Stephen Mitchell
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Publication number: 20030066688Abstract: The invention relates to a downhole rotary coring device placeable in a drill string and comprising a head section, a motor, and a core barrel having an outer motor comprising a rotor connected to the outer barrel and a stator to the head section, whereby the rotor and the stator are movable with respect to each other in the longitudinal direction of the drill string.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Peter Nicolaas Looijen, Herman Maria Zuidberg
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Publication number: 20030066689Abstract: 22A temperature and/or pressure compensated microbalance is disclosed. Temperature compensation is achieved by applying heat to at least a part of the microbalance, measuring a temperature-dependent variable, and controlling the amount of heat applied to the microbalance to keep the temperature-dependent variable substantially constant. In one embodiment, the heat is applied to the microbalance by passing electrical current through a resistive element provided on or embedded in the oscillating element of the microbalance. Pressure compensation is achieved by taking into account the variation in the mass or density of fluid passing through the microbalance. Various materials and methods of construction are also disclosed, including micro-machining and electroforming.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: David Michael Korpi
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Publication number: 20030066690Abstract: A toot assembly for a weighing scale is provided including a base and an annular ring that is arranged in coaxial spaced relation to the base, and supported by a plurality of resilient beams that project radially outwardly from a portion of the base. Each of the resilient beams comprises a compound curve contour so that the plurality of resilient beams may twist and/or bend to take up and compensate for unwanted rotational moments or twisting torques that result from placement of the foot assembly on an uneven surface. A weighing scale is also provided incorporating the foregoing foot assemblies, and including a platform coupled to a mounting tray and including a weight determination assembly that is positioned between the platform and the mounting tray. A plurality of force transfer beams are arranged within the mounting tray so as to substantially support the platform and the mounting tray such that the mounting tray is isolated from a support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Damon Germanton
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Publication number: 20030066691Abstract: One aspect of the invention involves the output of a radio frequency (RF) identification tag by a writing instrument to indicate ink color or another characteristic associated with a line style parameter of the writing instrument. The RF identification tag is a wireless signal that uniquely identifies the line style parameters, such as physical-ink or virtual-ink color, produced when using the writing instrument. A writing tablet receives the RF identification tag and signals a computing device, responsible for displaying graphical representations made on the writing tablet, to display a portion of the graphical representation formed by that writing instrument with the characteristics of the line style parameters specified by the RF identification tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Lenka M. Jelinek, William C. Deleeuw, Herman D'hooge, Frank T. Brown, David H. Koizumi
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Publication number: 20030066692Abstract: The invention concerns a device for acquiring the position co-ordinates of a source of mechanical waves optionally generated by impacting the surface of a plate (PLQ) of finite dimensions comprising a set of acoustic sensors (PZT00 to PZT11) each formed by a pair of piezoelectric transducers (PZTa, PZTb) facing each other on either side of the plate, the device including processing means for determining the co-ordinates of the source by analysing the difference in propagation time of the acoustic waves generated by the source to the different sensors. Said device is characterised in that the processing means comprise combined with each sensor (PZT00 to PZT11) a respective electronic circuit including means mounted in cascade for digitizing the amplified signal around a predetermined frequency, associated with means for limiting the digitization to a time window starting before the acoustic waves reach a sensor and ending when the acoustic waves have reached said sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Fabrice Devige, Jean-Pierre Nikolovski
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Publication number: 20030066693Abstract: A collapsible security vehicle having a pair of security vehicle bodies is provided. The security vehicle preferably includes a pair security vehicle bodies collapsibly connected by a pair of security vehicle connectors so that the security vehicle can be positioned between an extended position and a collapsed position. Each of the pair of security vehicle bodies preferably includes a pair of security vehicle connector extensions and a pair of security vehicle connector receivers rotatably connected to the security vehicle connector extensions and positioned to receive each of the pair of security vehicle connectors. The security vehicle preferably includes a plurality of omni-directional wheels connected to each of the pair of security vehicle bodies so that the security vehicle can be readily positioned in a forward, rearward, lateral, and transverse direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Louis Marrero
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Publication number: 20030066694Abstract: An electric vehicle in which driving force of a motor driven by batteries is transmitted through a reduction device and a differential to front wheels. The motor and the reduction device are disposed at portions of a vehicle body rearwardly of the differential and hence, a portion of the vehicle body in front of the differential is enlarged and can effectively function as a crushable zone upon a frontal collision of a vehicle. Moreover, the motor and the reduction device which are heavy components are disposed near a central portion of the vehicle body, leading to a mid-ship layout. This contributes to an enhancement in motional property of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 1998Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Mita , Kazunari Takahashi , Shiro Yamamuro
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Publication number: 20030066695Abstract: A high-voltage energy regulated conversion circuit (HVERCC) 12 for electrically coupling to a vehicle bus 24 is provided. The HVERCC 12 includes a high-voltage energy converter (HVEC) module 22 coupled to the vehicle bus 24, a battery-pack high-voltage bus battery bus 28, and a WEG heater bus 29. The battery bus 28 is coupled to a high-voltage battery pack 30 and a WEG heater circuit 32. The HVEC module 22, the high-voltage battery pack 30, and the WEG heater circuit 32 are coupled to a logic controller 14 via a network 36. The logic controller 14 regulates the power on the vehicle bus 24, the battery bus 28, and the WEG heater bus 29. An operational method for the HVEC module 22 is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Joel Beckerman, Joseph Carl Burba, Matthew Roger DeDona, Raymond Spiteri
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Publication number: 20030066696Abstract: A cooling system for an engine transmission in a saddle type vehicle such as an all-terrain-vehicle. In one embodiment, the cooling system has an induction duct, connected to a belt case that houses a transmission, for inducting cooling air into the belt case. The system further includes a discharge duct connected to the belt case for exhausting the cooling air from the belt case, the discharge duct extending towards a rear fender of the vehicle. In addition, the system has an air exhaust aperture through which the cooling-air exits the discharge duct, the exhaust aperture located at an end of the discharge duct, the discharge duct generally forming an inverted “U” shape as viewed from a rear end of the vehicle, and the air exhaust aperture positioned so that the cooling air exiting the discharge duct does not directly strike the rear fender of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Eiichi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20030066697Abstract: A radiator support structure in which in case a radiator is supported in a housed state between down pipes, the effective area of the radiator can be increased. A radiator is supported in a housed state between down pipes branched in two directions from a head pipe and extended downward. An upper part support is provided on the upper surface of the radiator, a lower part support is provided on the lower surface of the radiator, and the radiator is supported by the down pipes via the upper part support and the lower part support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Keishi Kodan, Hideo Ogura, Hideo Amino
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Publication number: 20030066698Abstract: An engine compartment splash panel for a vehicle is disposed generally between the engine of the vehicle and a nearby wheel to prevent water and debris from being flung from the nearby wheel onto the engine. The engine compartment splash panel and the panel-support components that mount it to the vehicle are constructed in such a manner that the engine compartment splash panel can be quickly and easily mounted to and removed from the vehicle to provide for expedient execution of service procedures. The engine compartment splash panel has a substantially rigid portion that defines and/or has mounted to it a number of locating features that have fixed positions relative to one another. The panel-support components define and/or have mounted to them a plurality of locating features that have fixed positions relative to one another and that are complimentary to the locating features of the engine compartment splash panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Chad A. Lawrence, Patrick O. Gotschall, Carl W. Fuhrmann
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Publication number: 20030066699Abstract: The present invention relates to an attaching structure of a brake fluid pressure generator on the vehicle. This brake fluid pressure generator is attached to a dash panel provided at near the rear side of a damper housing, by which a compartment of a vehicle is divided into a cabin and an engine room.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroo Kawakami, Toru Otani, Goro Tsujino, Keisuke Miyahara, Masateru Momozu
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Publication number: 20030066700Abstract: A security vehicle system and a security vehicle is provided. The security vehicle system preferably includes a remote controller and a security vehicle. The security vehicle preferably includes a security vehicle having a main body, a cargo receiving area adapted to receive cargo, at least one security device connected to the main body, a plurality of omni-directional wheels connected to the main body to provide multi-directional movement of the security vehicle, a control signal receiver, and at least one drive assembly connected to the main body and to the plurality of omni-directional wheels to drive the plurality of omni-directional wheels. The security vehicle preferably has a vertical height less than about twelve inches to thereby define a security vehicle having a low clearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: OMNICS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: Louis Marrero
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Publication number: 20030066701Abstract: An assembly for converting a vehicle between two-wheel and four-wheel drive. The assembly includes a bell form of a constant velocity joint being supported by a bearing mounted to one of the vehicle knuckle and the wheel hub. The bell form further includes a collar that has a connector, and a spindle of the wheel hub has a connector in close proximity to the bell form connector. A clutch ring actuated by an actuator is moved by the actuator between engagement with one of the connectors and engagement with both of the connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Bryan M. Averill, Kip E. Clohessy, John R. Dupree, Fred L. Ewer, Mark J. Fogelberg, Randy C. Karambelas, Peter A. Lines, Scott J. Pugliese
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Publication number: 20030066702Abstract: An identification device for retrofitting a child seat is provided for detecting the child seat on a vehicle seat in a motor vehicle by means of a child seat detection device. A transceiver component, connected to a control and evaluation device, for transmitting an electromagnetic transmission signal and for receiving an electromagnetic reception signal, is arranged as part the child seat detection device in the vehicle seat or in the direct vicinity of the vehicle seat. The reception of the transmission signal in the identification device causes transmission of the reception signal. The identification device has external wiring. By means of a defined mechanical manipulation which brings about a defined change in the external wiring, the identification device can be changed from an inactive initial state to an active state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Roland Jung, Carsten Lorenz, Michael Meyer, Harald Rudolf, Frank Schink
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Publication number: 20030066703Abstract: An integrated wheel hub assembly includes a hydrostatic spindle assembly that has a spindle with a hydrostatic rotational power unit and integral high-pressure passageways therein, a wheel hub rotatably supported by the spindle assembly, and an axle shaft extending through the spindle for transmitting power from the hydrostatic unit to the wheel hub through a planetary gear set reducer. For radial compactness, the swashplate of the hydrostatic power unit resides outside the wheel hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Jeffrey C. Hansell
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Publication number: 20030066704Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission device (1) for a self-propelled wheeled machine, this device, driven by a belt (2) from a drive shaft (3), comprising a housing (4) mounted floating relative to the chassis (7) of the machine containing a mechanism for reducing and clutching between an input shaft (5) and at least one output shaft (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Robert Blanchard
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Publication number: 20030066705Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for enhancing the acoustical performance of a dual chamber bass reflex acoustical enclosure. The apparatus of the invention comprises a first speaker placed within a partitioning wall between a first chamber and a second chamber of the acoustical enclosure. The apparatus of the invention also comprises a second speaker placed within an external wall of the first chamber of the acoustical enclosure. The first speaker and the second speaker are electrically connected in phase. The apparatus of the invention extends the low frequency response of the acoustical enclosure to approximately thirty Hertz.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Wayne Milton Schott
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Publication number: 20030066706Abstract: A flow tube for an induction system with a turbo charger defines a longitudinal flow path and includes a noise attenuation plate positioned within the flow tube. A plurality of ribs formed on an internal surface of the tube. The ribs are spaced apart from one another and are tuned to a desired frequency. The noise attenuation plate includes a plurality of holes having varying diameter and depths. When acoustic energy created by the turbo charger encounters the noise attenuation plate and the ribs, the change in impedance results in acoustic reflections back toward the turbo charger. Thus the noise attenuation plate cooperates with the ribs to serve as a low pass filter that attenuates high frequencies while allowing lower frequencies through.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Siemens VDO Automotive, Inc.Inventors: Roderic Cole, Mark Letourneau, Jason Pettipiece
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Publication number: 20030066707Abstract: An acoustic door assembly generally comprises a door, a frame and a hinge. The door of the assembly is an insulated, acoustic door having a predetermined length. The frame of the assembly is positioned proximate the door and is joined thereto by the hinge. The hinge is a continuous, cam hinge having a length that is substantially equivalent to the predetermined length of the door and is secured along the length of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Wenger CorporationInventors: Grant S. Quam, Thomas A. Dettmann, Jay Iverson
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Publication number: 20030066708Abstract: Sound attenuating composite articles and methods of making same are provided. Sound attenuating composite article include first, second and/or third and/or fourth layers of material. The first layer of material may be either an acoustic fiber batting and/or an acoustic foam material and may be an elastic or inelastic material. The second layer of material is a thermoplastic material that is fused to a surface of the first layer of material. The third layer of material is a thermoplastic material that is fused to a surface of the second layer of material. The fourth layer of material is a woven or non-woven mixture of fibers, such as scrim material, that is attached to a surface of the third layer of material. Selected portions of the sound attenuating composite article are heated and then compressed (referred to as “tuned”) so as to have an acoustic impedance that is greater than an acoustic impedance of adjacent portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: T. J. Allison, Carroll Owenby
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Publication number: 20030066709Abstract: A portable table assembled with the use of an extension ladder that is located at the job site. The portable saw table is easily assembled from combining a plurality of component parts together and transforming an ordinary extension ladder into an accurate workstation for saw and carpentry tasks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventor: Lee Gordon Elliott
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Publication number: 20030066710Abstract: The invention concerns an oil supply system for an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle having one hydrodynamic starting element. It has one oil pump (2) to convey oil to a variator (9, 10) and/or to shifting elements (12, 13), to a converter unit (19) that can be supplied with oil via two oil lines (23, 25), especially a hydrodynamic torque converter (20) having a converter lock-up clutch (21), and to a lubrication device (28), the same as at least one filter device (3, 31) and one oil cooling device (17). Here are provided one prioritized primary circuit (6) with a main pressure adjusted by a main pressure valve (3) for pressure supply of the variator (9, 10) and/or of the shifting elements (12, 13) and a secondary circuit (7) for oil supply of the lubrication device (28).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Bernd Fessler, Friedrich Reiter
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Publication number: 20030066711Abstract: A lubricating system for an outboard motor equipped with a vertical type engine. In one embodiment, the lubricating system has an oil pump positioned near the bottom of the engine, the oil pump driven by an oil pump rotor that is positioned at a connection between the crankshaft and an engine drive-shaft, the oil pump rotor being linked to the crankshaft. The system further includes a camshaft-driving mechanism for transmitting the rotation of the crankshaft to a propulsion device. The camshaft-driving mechanism is also positioned at the connection between the crankshaft and the drive-shaft and is also linked to the crankshaft. The lubrication system also has a main oil tank for storing lubricating oil circulated by the oil pump, and an engine-cooling water passageway positioned next to the main oil tank. Another element of this embodiment of the lubricating system is a filter-mounting base positioned on an outer wall of the cylinder blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Jiro Saiga, Katsuhiro Fukuda, Yasushi Miyashita
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Publication number: 20030066712Abstract: A greasing system for conveyor belt rollers uses a depression formed in a shaft about which the roller rotates to permit grease to flow from a front side to a backside of a roller bearing. In this way grease can be applied to the bearing while the conveyor is operating. The grease then flows from the backside of the bearing, through the bearing and out an outlet on the front side of the bearing making it easy to determine when the bearing has been fully greased.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Tim Wolf, James R. Dugger
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Publication number: 20030066713Abstract: A winding stem (10) is connected to an inner end (11a) of a mainspring (11), and an outer end (11b) of the mainspring (11) is connected to a barrel drum (12). A braking plate (15) is placed inside a braking case (14), and the braking case (14) is filled with a fluid (16). An uneven joint portion (10b) is formed at the lower end of the winding stem (10), and is engaged with an uneven joint portion (15b) of the braking plate (15) placed in the braking case (14). By adopting the above configuration which can simplify the structure of the mainspring mechanism having the braking plate and which can reduce the number of components, the size and production cost of the mainspring mechanism can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Shoichi Nagao, Eiji Morikuni, Taro Matsunaga
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Publication number: 20030066714Abstract: A parking brake assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft, a control module coupled to the motor for controlling the motor and a transmission coupling a threaded lead screw to the output shaft of the motor. A drive nut has a lead screw bore threadably receiving the lead screw therein and a guide shaft bore slidingly receiving the elongate guide shaft therein. The drive nut also has a cable attachment for attaching a brake cable to the drive nut. A retainer member is coupled to the attachment point and a biasing member urges the retainer member away from a seat. A tension feedback device measures the displacement of the retainer toward the seat. The displacement is proportional to the cable tension when a predetermined displacement is achieved. The operation of the electric motor is stopped when the tension feedback device measures the predetermined distance and the brake is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2001Publication date: April 10, 2003Inventors: Charles L. Flynn, Casimir R. Kiczek
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Publication number: 20030066715Abstract: The invention relates to a wheel and/or brake disk hub (2) for receiving a one-piece or multi-piece, and notably fragmented, brake disk (1) having friction rings (5, 6) which are preferably connected via links (7). Said hub is configured such that cams (15) of the hub (2) have shoulders (22) which protrude radially outwards and on one side axially secure the brake disk (1) positioned on the hub (2). The brake disk is axially stepped at its inner periphery in such a way that a step (6′) is formed which is supported on the shoulder (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2002Publication date: April 10, 2003Applicant: Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbHInventors: Hans Baumgartner, Wolfgang Pahle