Abstract: A winch assembly includes a winch coupled to a bracket, a carrier having first and second members, and a latch coupled to one of the bracket and the first member. A flexible member extends through apertures extending through the first and second members. The first member includes a first end disposable through an aperture of the second member and a second end which may not pass through the aperture of the second member. The latch engages the other of the bracket and the first member upon a tire being moved toward a stored position. The first member is disengagable from the bracket to allow the tire to be moved to an accessible position.

Abstract: A control system for a pneumatic hoist limits the velocity or acceleration of a load attached to the hoist. The control system includes a controller and a valve. The controller provides a variable gain between an actuator, which controls the speed of the hoist, and the valve, which controls fluid flow into the hoist, thereby controlling the velocity or acceleration of the load. As the velocity or the acceleration of the load reaches a predetermined maximum value, the control system proportionally reduces the gain between the actuator and the valve, thereby closing the valve and reducing the velocity or acceleration of the hoist.

Abstract: A knock-down grind rail for skateboards and rollerblades is composed of at least two tubes held in axial alignment by a tubular insert inserted into opposing ends of the tubes. The tubes are clamped together end to end by a special, generally U-shaped clip having arms which are bent toward one another to form elbows. The free ends of the clip are inserted through holes present in the tubes adjacent the opposing ends thereof, the spacing of the hole being comparable to the spacing of those arm ends. As the clip arms are pushed into the tubes up to the elbows, the arms are sprung apart thereby exerting a clamping force on the tubes. Suitable supports are provided to support the tube above the ground or other support surface.

Abstract: A packing element is provided for use in a mass transfer tower or a heat sink. The packing element is in the form of a saddle shaped member having a configuration generally corresponding to a portion of a toroid generated by rotating a plane closed curve about an axis that is coplanar with and spaced from the curve. The curve has inner and outer surface generating segments. The inner segment is closer to the axis than the outer segment. The outer segment is essentially w-shaped. The member has respective inner and outer surface portions which correspond in transverse cross-sectional shape to the shape of said segments. In one form of the invention, the inner segment is essentially w-shaped and complementary to said outer segment, whereby the element itself is essentially w-shaped in transverse cross-sectional configuration.

Abstract: A railing mounting device for mounting railings to concrete slab walls includes a stanchion and an anchor insert. The stanchion is releasably mountable to the anchor insert. The stanchion is elongate and extends longitudinally between opposite first and second ends. The second end has a mounting member rigidly extending therefrom for sliding snug releasably securable mating engagement in a corresponding cavity in the anchor insert. The anchor insert is rigidly mountable into a concrete wall panel by flanges, fins or the like. The mounting member lies generally within a first plane containing the first and second ends. The first end is laterally offset in the first plane relative to the second end so as to extend over the mounting member in the first plane. Rail mounts are mountable to the stanchion towards the first end so as to mount rails to the stanchion offset relative to the second end.

Abstract: A suspension damper includes a reservoir housing with a piston slidably mounted therein and including a piston rod extending from the reservoir housing and attached to the vehicle by a mount assembly. An air chamber is defined by a sleeve cirucmscribing the piston rod and connected to the reservoir housing by a flexible portion. The mount assembly includes a pumping chamber which expands and contracts in response to normal road undulations to inflate the air chamber. A valve controlled by the flexible portion of the sleeve controls communication from the air chamber to ambient atmosphere to thereby control inflation of the air chamber and thereby controlling ride height.

Abstract: A pneumatic isolator for isolating payloads from vibrations consisting of a vertical isolator suspended from pendulum wires. A second downward-facing piston prevents changes in barometric pressure from generating disturbing forces on the isolated payload.

Abstract: A hydraulic mount useful for automotive vehicle powertrain applications includes an elastomeric body, a base, a flexible diaphragm and a partition assembled to provide a pumping chamber and a reservoir. An actuator is mounted for moving a closure member between positions to allow flow of fluid between the pumping chamber and the reservoir and to restrict flow of fluid between the pumping chamber and the reservoir. The partition comprises an orifice plate assembly including a valve housing and an annular recess formed in one of two orifice plates for receiving a decoupler. The orifice plates include openings therein for communicating fluid between the decoupler and the pumping chamber and between the decoupler and the reservoir, respectively.

Abstract: A torsional vibration damper comprising at least two components which can be twisted against the resistance of at least one energy storage element, spring coils extending along its longitudinal axis. The components have forced-application areas for compressing the energy storage element. The invention also relates to a helical compression spring made of steel spring wire which has a plurality of coils along its length and can be compressed until it becomes blocked. Between its two terminal coils, the helical spring has at least two types of coils having different external diameters, namely a first larger external diameter and a second, smaller external diameter.

Abstract: A holding device for work pieces to be machined, with a fixture and a vacuum holding block which can be set on the fixture, where an automatic or remotely-controllable mechanical locking device, for holding the vacuum holding block in position on the fixture is provided.

Abstract: A product stacking apparatus and method employs one or more stations, each including a stationary stacking platform or a conveyor upon which spaced-apart pucks are coupled for travel thereon. A product delivery apparatus drives one or more movable webs to which segmented product sheets are removably affixed. The product delivery apparatus includes one or more rotatable lamination interfaces associated with each of the stations for transferring product sheets from the webs to the pucks on a repetitive basis to produce a stack of product sheets on the respective pucks. Each of the segmented product sheets may define all or a portion of an electrochemical cell, all or a portion of a pad including layers of film or sheet material, wherein a portion of each of the layers is provided with a bonding feature, or all or a portion of a pack comprising layers of medical dressing. A puck need not be in motion during the transfer of the product sheet from the lamination roll to the puck.

Abstract: A staple apparatus of the present invention comprises a staple wire unit for storing a staple wire as a roll-like form which provides a staple with which a stack of sheet materials is bound, a feeding roller for feeding the staple wire which is stored in the storage section in accordance with a stacked amount of sheets, a cutting device for cutting the staple wire fed by the feeding roller to form a staple, a conveying clip for conveying the staple formed by the cutting device to a predetermined position, and a stapling apparatus bending the staple conveyed by a conveying clip to the predetermined position to staple the stacked sheet materials.

Abstract: A newspaper inserting machine for inserting supplements or inserts into signatures or newspaper jackets improves upon conventional inserting machines by modifying the conventional inserting machines existing belt gripping mechanisms for gripping the inserts and for propelling the inserts into the newspaper jackets as the jackets are moved by a conveyor past insert-containing containers. The existing belt gripping mechanisms are modified to be adjustably positionable to accommodate inserts of different thicknesses and are also modified to be adjustably positionable in directions parallel with the conveyor to accommodate inserts of different sizes while reducing the machine set-up time required by operators for different sizes of inserts. The adjustability of the belt gripping mechanisms also increase the capacity of conventional machines for the number of different inserts which can be placed into the newspaper jackets along a conveyor of predetermined length.

Abstract: A folder includes a cam having a cam follower path and a movable segment, the movable segment having a first actuating part and a second part, the first actuating part and the second part being selectively movable into the cam follower path. At holds an edge of a signature, the holding device being actuated by the at least one cam follower. Also disclosed is a method for switching a folder from a straight mode to a collect mode, the folder being actuated by a cam. The method includes moving a movable segment of the cam so that a raised section of the movable segment is in a cam follower path of the cam, so as to permit a straight mode of the folder, and moving the movable segment of the cam so that a non-raised section of the movable segment is in the cam follower path of the cam, so as to permit a collect mode of the folder.

Abstract: A method and system for transporting envelopes from an envelope feeder to an envelope staging area in an envelope insertion machine. The envelope transport system includes two envelope bins and two envelope supply paths linking the envelope bins to an envelope feeder. Each of the bins is used to temporarily store an envelope before that envelope is moved to the staging area. The envelope supply paths are controlled by a flipper gate which alternately opens one path and closes another so as to allow an envelope to enter one envelope bin while another envelope in the other envelope bin is moved to the staging area. With the dual envelope bins connected to the dual supply paths to receive envelopes released by the envelope feeder, the envelope feeder does not have to slow down substantially in order to wait for the released envelope to clear the feeding path.

Abstract: A sheet feed cassette adapted to be installed within a sheet feed unit of an image forming apparatus such as, for example, a copier as a printer. The cassette includes a frame including at least a side frame and a bottom frame. A bottom plate is provided above the bottom frame including collapsible guide walls for positioning four separate stacks of sheets within the cassette on the plate. Each of the walls are adapted to collapse thereby allowing each of the four stacks of sheets individually to be moved within the cassette to be in contiguous relation to a feeder unit for feeding individual sheets from a single stack of sheets that is positioned within the cassette into the apparatus. A feeding device moves each of the four stacks from different positions within the cassette to the feeder unit so that individual sheets can be fed to the apparatus for each of the four stacks.

Abstract: A stopper member regulates the leading edges of sheets stacked on a sheet supply tray. In a first position of the stopper member, the sheets on a sheet supply tray are prevented from advancing into a paper feed path, and in a second position, the sheets drawn out by a draw-out device pass. The stopper member can be moved to a third position between the first and second positions. The displacement to the third position from the first position is associated with the lowering of the draw-out device for drawing out the sheets from the sheet supply tray, and the displacement from the third position to the second position is accomplished by the leading edge of a sheet drawn out by the draw-out device. This structure prevents damage to the original stacked on the sheet supply tray, and attains a simple structure and a low cost apparatus.

Abstract: A pick-up mechanism and a method for performing a pick-up cycle in a reproduction machine. The pick-up mechanism comprises a pick-up control pinion which is firmly coupled to a control cam, and a drive gearing including a first rocker driving gear and a second rocker driving gear. The first and second rocker driving gears are mounted to a rocker device to be alternately engaged into and disengaged from, respectively, the pick-up control pinion. Upon starting the pick-up operation, the second rocker driving gear is drivingly engaged into a toothed section of the pick-up control pinion, and, in the course of the pick-up operation, the first rocker driving gear is drivingly engaged into the toothed section of the pick-up control pinion.

Abstract: A sheet feeding roller is brought into contact with an uppermost sheet stacked on a hopper, and rotates to feed the uppermost sheet to the recording apparatus. A separation pad presses the uppermost sheet against the feeding roller so that the upper most sheet is separated from a next uppermost sheet. A first sheet returner pushes back a first part of the next uppermost sheet situated on the separation pad to the hopper. A second sheet returner pushes back a second part of the next uppermost sheet situated on the separation pad to the hopper. The sheet feeding roller, the separation pad and the first sheet returner are incorporated in a single unit which is disposed at a first position of a sheet feeding passage formed on the hopper. The second sheet returner is solely disposed at a second position of the sheet feeding passage.

Abstract: A pivotally mounted bail actuator is pivotally moved from its home position to an elevated position by the leading edge of a sheet of paper exiting from sheet path exit rollers of a printer. The pivotally mounted bail actuator has a wire bail extending for more than half of the sheet width. When the sheet exits from the sheet path exit rollers, both the pivotally mounted bail actuator and the sheet simultaneously fall by gravity, and the wire bail contacts the sheet to remove any longitudinal beam and to create a lateral beam extending the width of the sheet. A rear portion of the sheet falls onto an upper support surface with most of the sheet falling onto a lower support surface. If the sheet does not have a longitudinal beam, a lateral beam is created by the height difference of the two support surfaces on which the sheet is supported. The sheet is aligned on the upper support surface.

Abstract: A circulatory feed system has roller pairs for feeding a stimulable phosphor sheet in a substantially horizontal attitude. Each of the roller pairs comprises first and second coupled rollers interconnected by a shaft for rotation in unison with each other, and first and second separate rollers which are independent of each other. The first and second separate rollers are disposed below the first and second coupled rollers, i.e., in a region toward which the stimulable phosphor sheet is flexed.

Abstract: A gripper drum for gripping printed products includes a drum shaft; at least one gripper disk coupled to the drum shaft; a gripper shaft disposed on the at least one gripper disk and having a shaft body rotatable about its longitudinal axis; an apparatus for controlling the gripper shaft; and a plurality of grippers disposed on the shaft body. The grippers are adaptable to be rotated about the longitudinal axis of the gripper shaft for gripping the printed products. The gripper drum further includes a tensing apparatus coupled to the gripper shaft for compensating any play between the controlling apparatus and the plurality of grippers. The gripper drum operates to define an opening movement and closing movement of the grippers.

Abstract: There is provided a carrying direction changing apparatus of a compact and highly-reliable design capable of changing a carrying direction of documents or the like to three directions. The apparatus includes one gate device having a function of changing the carrying direction from one carrying path to another carrying path while carrying and guiding the documents, a rotation shaft having the gate device fixedly mounted thereon, a bracket fixedly mounted on the rotation shaft, a pin mounted on the bracket, a link device pivotally movable relative to the pin, a drive source connected to the link device so as to drive the gate device, a spring device connected at one end thereof to the bracket, a stop member device provided for contact with the bracket, a rotation shaft for enabling the stop member device to rotate, a pin mounted on the stop member device, a link device pivotally movable relative to this pin, and a drive source connected to this link device so as to drive the stop member device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for playing a game of chance. The game of chance includes a multi-reel slot game and one or more matrices. In one embodiment, one matrix per payline configuration is made available. When a special symbol appears on a reel it is activated on the corresponding matrix in a corresponding cell of the matrix. When the special symbols align in the matrix according to the payline in question, a winning outcome occurs. In another embodiment, a plurality of special symbols are available on said reels. One matrix per special symbol is provided. When special symbols appear on the reel selected paylines they are activated in like cell positions on the appropriate matrix. When the a matrix is filled a winning outcome occurs and the player may qualify for an eligibility game that may provide additional awards to a player.

Abstract: A portable jig-saw puzzle comprising a back plate integrally provided with magnetically attractive material extending substantially across its entire area, and a puzzle board, said puzzle board comprising four layers, the outer layer being a lenticular lens sheet provided with a flat face and a face which includes a plurality of outwardly presented parallel lenslets, an imaging layer disposed against the flat face of the lens sheet in registration with the lenslets, a reflecting layer disposed behind the imaging layer, the imaging layer and reflecting layer being mutually adapted for reflecting light through the imaging layer and out the lens face, and a base sheet integrally provided with a plethora of tiny magnets, said puzzle board being divided into a plurality of small pieces, each of which may be selectively attached to either side of the back plate.

Abstract: A game assembly suitable for simultaneous play by both sighted and sight-impaired individuals.

Abstract: A educational game for teaching verses from the bible in an entertaining manner. The educational game includes a game board. A game path is on the game board. The game path is divided into a plurality of game spaces and begins with a starting space and ends with an ending space. Bible indicia are in a plurality of the game spaces. Each of the bible indicia comprises a name of a book contained in a Christian bible. A plurality of scripture cards each has question indicia thereon corresponding to each of the bible indicia. A chance means determines movement about the game path. A plurality of game tokens is used for moving about the game path. The players choose a scripture card if they land on a game space having bible indicia therein, and they recite a verse referred to by the question indicia on the scripture card. The game is won by being the first player to move their token to the finish space.

Abstract: In a casino card game, a player makes a first elective wager and is provided with an opportunity to make a proposition wager. A dealer deals two cards, and the players can then wager whether a third card will fall between (MID) the first two cards or above (HI) or below (LOW) at least one of the first two cards. Preferably, the player betting the HI option or the LOW option will win if the third card is higher or lower, respectively, and of a same suit as at least one of the cards. The subsequent electing wager serves to direct the application of the first elective wager. With the proposition wager, the player wins if at least two of the three cards have a predetermined composite relationship based on suit and/or rank or three-card poker rankings.

Abstract: A novel card game is disclosed utilizing a standard deck of playing cards and played by combining the rules of tic-tac-toe and twenty-one or poker. The player places the cards at certain locations in order to accumulate combinations of twenty-one or in order to accumulate the best poker hands. Also disclosed are novel decks of game playing cards containing playing cards. One novel deck consists of groups of cards, each containing the numeric values of one through ten. The other novel deck contains 37 or 38 novel cards, each containing a numeric value one through 36, or a zero or a double zero, along with a color indication of red, black or green.

Abstract: A ball game set includes racket having a head and a handle. A first passage and a second passage respectively and co-axially defined through the handle and the head. The second passage is smaller than the first passage so as to form a shoulder at the conjunction of the first passage and the second passage. A hole is defined through two faces of the head and communicates with the second passage. A rod is inserted in the first passage and the second passage and has a flange. A spring is mounted to the rod and biased between the flange and the shoulder. A flexible cable connected to a bouncing ball is inserted in the hole and pressed by the rod.

Abstract: Series or parallel LED arrays are formed on a highly resistive substrate, such that both the p- and n-contacts for the array are on the same side of the array. The individual LEDs are electrically isolated from each other by trenches or by ion implantation. Interconnects deposited on the array connects the contacts of the individual LEDs in the array. In some embodiments, the LEDs are III-nitride devices formed on sapphire substrates. In one embodiment, two LEDs formed on a single substrate are connected in antiparallel to form a monolithic electrostatic discharge protection circuit. In one embodiment, multiple LEDs formed on a single substrate are connected in series . In one embodiment, multiple LEDs formed on a single substrate are connected in parallel. In some embodiments, a layer of phosphor covers a portion of the substrate on which one or more individual LEDs is formed.

Abstract: A seal assembly for providing sealing between a movable cylindrical body and a housing body comprises separate sealing mechanisms for providing static and dynamic sealing. The seal assembly is associated in fixed relationship with either the cylindrical body or the housing body and provides a static seal with the body it is associated with and a dynamic seal with the body that moves relative to the seal assembly. The static sealing mechanism is temperature-activated so that within the operating temperature range, a metallic member of the static seal mechanism is pressed tightly against the associated body to provide a fluid tight static seal. The temperature-activation is caused by the metallic member having a different thermal expansion coefficient than the associated body. The dynamic seal may employ known dynamic sealing mechanisms such as spring-energized seals, interference fit seals, and/or temperature-activated seals.

Abstract: A ring groove for a two-piece oil ring of a piston is provided that has ring body equipped with a coil expander, wherein the ring body has an upper outer surface and a lower outer surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston. The ring groove also has an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface, both orthogonal to the axial direction of the piston; a radially inward-most, bottom surface connecting the upper and lower inner surfaces; and oil drain holes, each having an opening thereof located on the bottom surface. The ring groove has an axial width slightly greater than the width of the two-piece oil ring.

Abstract: A housing (3), especially for the electromagnetically shielded location of electronic components, with a first and second housing part (1, 2) and a sealing profile (8) arranged between the first and second housing parts and sealing off the inner space of the housing, made of an elastically hardened sealing material (7) consisting of the substance applied in an initial pasty state or foamed from an initial liquid state and tightly adhered to the housing, whereby the first housing part has a defined receiving area (9), especially a recess, for the locating of a part of the sealing material applied thereto in the area of an initial, final or bifurcation point of the sealing profile embodied with a raised cross section in relation to the rest of the longitudinal extension of the sealing profile.

Abstract: In an attachment structure of a gasket for a refrigerant-seal, both first and second connection members are disposed to define a seal space by first and second opposite surfaces and first and second wall surfaces, and the gasket having a beam portion is disposed in the seal space so that one end surface of the gasket is held on the first wall surface of the first connection member and the other end surface of the gasket is separated from the second wall surface of the second connection member by a predetermined clearance, before both the first and second connection members are fastened. After both the first and second connection members are fastened, the gasket extends, and the other end surface of the gasket press-contacts the second wall surface.

Abstract: A seal structure in an engine, including a seal member interposed between a cylinder head having a slanting face portion at least at an intermediate portion of its upper end face to which a valve-operating cam chamber opens, and a head cover coupled to the upper end face of the cylinder head by a bolt to close the valve-operating cam chamber. The head cover has a fit wall portion formed thereon and fitted to an inner peripheral surface of the valve-operating cam chamber, and the seal member is mounted in a seal groove provided in an outer peripheral surface of the fit wall portion to come into close contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder head. Thus, an interference can be provided equally at various portions of the seal member irrespective of the number of bolts used, and the seal member can always exhibit a good seal function.

Abstract: A fluid seal for sealing a joint between two components in a fluid line has an integral filter. The seal has sealing portions on each side of the filter that are compressed by relative axial movement of the components to effect a fluid-tight seal therebetween with the filter extending across the fluid line. The seal and filter are located in a central hole of a support plate with the seal bonded to the marginal edge of the hole.

Abstract: A seal assembly including a low flow cloth ring seal having a cloth assemblage is provided for sealing a tubular cavity disposed between a tubular member and a mating body. The density of the cloth assemblage may be set according to a desired flow rate of gas through the cloth ring seal. In applications where more stiffness and strength is desired, the cloth ring seal may include a shim assemblage surrounded by the cloth assemblage.

Abstract: A transition piece seal assembly includes a transition piece seal support having a first flange for supporting a transition piece seal, and a second flange adapted for mounting in an adjacent nozzle; and at least one spring seal element having a mounting flange adapted to engage the second flange of the transition piece seal support, and a flex portion having a free edge adapted to engage a forward face of the nozzle.

Abstract: A chuck body has a first surface for fixing to a support body and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the second surface of the chuck body is provided with a pair of chuck members for chucking a workpiece and a guide rail for guiding an open and close operation of these chuck members. Further, a plurality of stationary holes for fixing the chuck body to the support body is formed at a position overlapping with the chuck members of the guide rail so as to communicate with the first surface, and each of the chuck members is provided with a work hole for inserting a screw into these stationary holes.

Abstract: The jaw assembly includes a master jaw and an insert jaw. An engagement surface on the master jaw provides a mounting surface for the insert jaw. The master jaw is contoured to provide a minimum of mass opposite the mounting surface and opposite the engagement surface to minimize the total rotating mass when the jaw assembly is in operation. In operation, a force is applied substantially perpendicular to the engagement surfaces between the insert jaw and master jaw such that the engagement surface experiences the force rather than the insert fastener.

Abstract: The vehicle includes a suspended running chassis (1) making it possible to define a longitudinal and vertical plane forming a reference on the chassis (1), the preferred running direction being parallel to the longitudinal plane, and at least two wheel connecting systems, the wheels (2) of which are not aligned relative to the longitudinal plane, the wheel connecting systems being mounted on the chassis (1) on either side of the latter in the transverse direction, each of the wheel connecting systems including a wheel (2) mounted on a support (5) by means of a suspension device allowing vertical deflection of the wheel (2) relative to the support (5), the suspensions being independent of one another. Each support (5) is mounted on the chassis (1) by means of a camber mechanism which includes a camber lever (4) and an actuating lever (40) making it possible to vary the camber angle of the corresponding wheel (2).

Abstract: An adjustment device, particularly for adjusting the size of an in-line roller skate composed of a frame connected to the wheels and to the heel unit of a shell to which a cuff is articulated. A toe unit for containing an innerboot is slidingly connected with the frame, can be positioned selectively, and can be actuated directly by the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an improved skateboard truck for skateboards. The preferred skateboard truck comprises a yoke mounted by a king bolt to a mounting base. The mounting base comprises a socket hub and a bracket. The yoke comprises a hanger and a pivot arm. The pivot arm rotates freely in a bearing unit supporting the pivot arm in the socket hub. The king bolt clamps the hanger with a first grommet and a second grommet. The first grommet is flexible, preferably made of urethane rubber, and comprises an edge circumference and a center circumference. The center circumference is narrower than the edge circumference. Preferably, the first and second grommets are fluorescent.

Abstract: A convertible cart and container may be assembled by folding a blank of paperboard and attaching a wheeled carriage thereto. The blank includes a floor panel connected to front and back panels along fold lines, the back panel having side panels connected thereto along fold lines. The blank includes a plurality of lines of weakness which facilitate separation of the assembled cart into an upper handle portion which may be discarded and a container portion. The assembled cart conveniently includes an opening in a front panel and a pair of doors which are hinged to the front panel along fold lines to permit access to the chamber within the cart while obscuring the contents from view. The cart includes a top flap portion which may be separated from the upper handle portion and folded over a substantially rectangular box-type container for enclosing items received in the container and permitting shipping of the reduced size container without the need for emptying the contents for conversion.

Abstract: A service cart leg extender assembly for attachment to a leg of a service cart that lengthens the leg of the service cart to a chosen length. The leg extender assembly includes an apparatus that augments the leg of the service cart through an easy to accomplish, reversible effect. The leg extender assembly disposes the components of the service cart at a higher elevation without diminishing stability of the service cart. The leg extender assembly is also embodied in a two portion apparatus with an upper portion including a notch that allows for securing the leg extender assembly to a leg of the service cart. The leg extender assembly is also embodied in a two portion apparatus with an upper portion including a hole that allows for securing the leg extender assembly to a leg of the service cart. One such leg extender is connected to each leg of the service cart to be elevated.

Abstract: A wheelchair apparatus that provides an unobstructed seating platform for loading and unloading the user; that does not require a caregiver to lift the user's entire body during transfer on to or off of the chair; that provides a seating platform that can be positioned directly over a bed thereby eliminating the need to carry or move a patient over a gap or across an entire bed; and that reduces the number of necessary transfers on and off the chair during a twenty-four hour period by providing an integral toileting platform thereby allowing the chaired user to stay in the chair while using a pre-existing toilet.

Abstract: A steering gear frame includes upper and lower plates joined together at flange portions to define an inner space, a steering gearbox disposed to directly contact at least one of the upper and lower plates without using a bracket, and a fixing member for fixing the steering gearbox in a state where the steering gearbox is disposed to directly contact at least one of the upper and lower plates.

Abstract: The subject of the present invention is an axle system for the articulated arrangement of vehicle axles in motor vehicles, comprising an axle strut body (1) and at least one joint body (2), with said axle strut body (1) having recesses (7, 8) that are formed in the end regions (5, 6) to receive the joint body (2). To create an axle system that can be produced cost-effectively and without additional work steps and that has a low rate of wear even under high dynamic and static loads, the present invention proposes that the axle strut body (1) and the joint bodies (2) each be made as a one-piece closed hollow section, with the joint bodies (2) being pivot type and set into the recesses of the axle strut body (1) in a form-fit and/or friction-locked manner.

Abstract: A swing arm of a suspension system for supporting the body of a motor vehicle comprises a main swing arm body on which a support portion for supporting a suspension damper is provided, a support member fixed to a rear portion of the main swing arm body and having supporting parts for supporting first to third suspension arms, and a support reinforcing member for reinforcing at least the supporting parts of the support member for supporting the second and third suspension arms. The main swing arm body, the support member and the support reinforcing member are produced by individually press-forming single steel plates and the swing arm is formed by joining the main swing arm body, the support member and the support reinforcing member.