Patents Issued in October 16, 2003
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Publication number: 20030192352Abstract: A kneading ball for washing clothes by vibration comprising: a housing, a vibration generating device and a waterproof cover, wherein, the housing is provided thereon with a lot of kneading protrusions for creating disturbance of the liquid detergent having clothes dipped therein for washing in cooperation with the vibration generating device to mildly knead the clothes dipped therein to be hand washed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Chih-Hsien Wu
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Publication number: 20030192353Abstract: A clothe-washing ball is constructed to include a ball body, the ball body having a plurality of mounting holes spaced from one another in the periphery thereof, and a plurality of bundles of bristles respectively fastened to the mounting holes of the ball body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Chih-Chung Li
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Publication number: 20030192354Abstract: A means for preventing rotation of a barrel lock when opened by a key includes a rotationally actuated barrel lock for securing electric meter boxes and the like, and a spring loaded clip for mounting inside the meter box. Lock actuation is characterized by rotation of a key relative to the lock. The barrel lock includes a head portion, and a smaller diameter shank portion with flatted areas thereon. The clip includes a lock receiving opening with internal protrusions which engage the flatted areas on the lock shank, thereby preventing rotation of the lock when it is engaged by the key.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Norman B. DeWalch, Donald m. DeWalch
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Publication number: 20030192355Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a storm door with a mortise lock that includes a lock body having opposed side plates with a dead bolt assembly and a live bolt assembly intermediate the side plates wherein a key cylinder is separate from the cam. A thumb turn button and key cylinder are secured to opposite escutcheon plates and the cam is separately secured between the side plates of the mortise lock body. The key cylinder includes one or more key pins in the key cylinder housing and preferably in the decorative portion thereof. A spindle traverses from the key cylinder through the cam through hole and terminates in the mounting slot of the thumb turn button.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Frank Char, Huang Xiang Xiang, Liang Xiao Ming
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Publication number: 20030192356Abstract: The invention concerns a method which consists in pre-bending a metal plate along at least two longitudinal edges (12-13) then in bending said plate along at least one edge (12-13) using a bending member (103-104) by exerting, during the bending process (F1, F3), a clamping force (F7, F8) of part (23, 24) of the plate relative to the bending member (103, 104). Said clamping force (F7, F8) can be globally oriented towards the edge (12, 13). The installation comprises at least a member for bending (103-104) the metal plate along a longitudinal edge (12-13) of a tubular section of the frame. The bending member (103-104) is equipped with means (103f-104f) for exerting on a part (23, 24) of the plate a clamping force (F7, F8) countering the sliding of part (23, 24) of the plate along the bending member (103, 104). The bending member is articulated about a virtual geometrical axis (a, c) located inside the corresponding tubular section of the component to be produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Jean-Claude Jeandeaud, Jean-Pierre Reyal
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Publication number: 20030192357Abstract: Apparatus for roll grooving thin wall pipe comprises a housing supporting a drive roll and an arm pivotally mounted on the housing and supporting a grooving roll. A feed screw between the housing and arm provides for pivoting the arm to displace the grooving roll radially toward and away from the drive roll, and a release arrangement between the feed screw and arm is operable to release the arm from the screw to protect the screw from damage. The feed screw is mounted on the housing and arm by a double pivot arrangement. Self-tracking during a roll grooving operation is provided by dimensionally different knurling on axially opposite sides of the rolling groove of the drive roll and/or by inclining the axis of the grooving roll relative to the axis of the drive roll and/or by tapering the rolling surface on the rolling projection of the grooving roll and/or by supporting the axially outer end of the drive roll against deflection.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Emerson Electric Co., a Missouri corporationInventors: James E. Hamm, Randy Scott Wise
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Publication number: 20030192358Abstract: The invention concerns a method using steps of placing a tube in an opening matrix having an impression corresponding to the desired final external shape; inserting the end of the tube into a cavity of a shaping component, the cavity having a base, a side wall with adapted shape, and an opening opposite the base; pressing the end of the tube against the base of the cavity, leaving a clearance between the opening of the cavity and the matrix; applying an essentially axial force on the end of the tube, the zone application of the force rotating about a longitudinal axis of the tube thereby causing gradual deformation of the tube; withdrawing the end of the deformed tube outside the cavity of the shaping component and outside the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: PARKER HANNIFIN SAInventor: Didier Gouiran
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Publication number: 20030192359Abstract: A spring making machine includes a curling device and a feeding device. The curling device has a shaft which is driven by a first servo motor so as to ensure the precise movement of the metal line. The feeding device has a second servo motor connected to the shaft and the rotor of the second servo motor has a hole through which the shaft extends. The rotor of the second servo motor is engaged with the gear for feeding the metal line on the shaft so as to reduce the volume the mechanism occupies.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Minyu Machinery Corp., Ltd.Inventor: Ming-Yih Cheng
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Publication number: 20030192360Abstract: A material 1 to be shaped is reduced and formed by bringing dies with convex forming surfaces, when viewed from the side of the transfer line of the material 1, close to the transfer line from above and below the material 1, in synchronism with each other, while giving the dies a swinging motion in such a manner that the portions of the forming surfaces of the dies, in contact with the material 1, are transferred from the upstream to the downstream side in the direction of the transfer line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicants: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., NKK CorporationInventors: Shigeki Narushima, Kenichi Ide, Yasushi Dodo, Kazuyuki Sato, Nobuhiro Tazoe, Hisashi Sato, Yasuhiro Fujii, Isao Imai, Toshihiko Obata, Sadakazu Masuda, Shuichi Yamashina, Shozo Ikemune, Satoshi Murata, Takashi Yokoyama, Hiroshi Sekine, Yoichi Motoyashiki
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Publication number: 20030192361Abstract: The present invention provides an unified folding system for processing in one work line all working processes needed in cutting and folding a cutting blade in a shape suitable to a sheet matter molding. A cutting blade supplied from a transferring unit of the cutting blade is cut in a length suitable to a sheet matter molding configuration in a cutting molding unit adjacent thereto, simultaneously the cutting tip used in cutting is transferred together with the cutting blade to a folding device side through a guide member set which is to be contacted with the cutting molding unit, the cutting blade transferred to the folding device is folded in a predetermined shape by a folding member which performs a going-straight movement and a rotating movement, and thereby, at this time, the cutting tip is detached outside by a tare. Accordingly, a working efficiency and a productivity in the cutting and folding of the cutting blade are improved and increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Byung-Jun Song
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Publication number: 20030192362Abstract: A method is disclosed for forming a hem flange in an aluminum alloy sheet during the forming of the sheet into a panel that is intended to be attached to a second panel by hemming. The hem flange is formed by fluid pressure over a small radius tool portion to bend the flange from the sheet material and stretch the flange material below the bend to form a thinned hemline valley in the material. The original bend and thinned valley cooperate during the folding of the flange around the second panel to form a flat pinched hem without cracking or fracturing the flange material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: John E. Carsley, Chongmin Kim, John Robert Bradley, George K. Nurminen
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Publication number: 20030192363Abstract: A filter (20) comprising a polycarbonate membrane (10) and a support (5) suitable for gas analysis, especially non-gravimetric gas analysis, is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Joseph G. Adiletta
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Publication number: 20030192364Abstract: A test apparatus and method for a solid propellant, comprising a combustion chamber for the solid propellant, an igniter for igniting propellant in the combustion chamber, and an exhaust housing having a primary exhaust channel extending from the combustion chamber to an exit nozzle. A supplemental exhaust channel is connected to the primary exhaust channel, and a valve controls the size of the supplemental exhaust channel to selectively vary the flow of propellant gases therethrough, thereby to selectively vary the combustion chamber pressure to enable the testing of the burning characteristics of the propellant over a wide pressure range independent of the burning surface area of the propellant. In a further embodiment, an auxiliary exhaust channel closed by a burst disk is connected to the primary exhaust channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Farid M. Khadduri, Guy Bruce Spear
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Publication number: 20030192365Abstract: A leak test system and method for a motor vehicle fuel system. A pump forces air under pressure into vapor containment space. The pump operates in accordance with steps established by a processor. The pump creates superatmospheric pressure in the space during an initial charging phase step, and after completion of that step, the pump performs a measurement phase step that forces pulses of air into the space in a succession of pulse bursts. Each burst contains a succession of individual pulses, preferably in equal numbers, and each successive burst is delayed from an immediately prior burst by a time interval substantially longer than the time intervals between individual pulses in each burst, preferably by constant time intervals. The processor processes data corresponding to a measurement of pressure in the space after the occurrence of at least one of such bursts and as a result indicates leakage from the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Paul D. Perry, Raymond Rasokas
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Publication number: 20030192366Abstract: The current invention provides a method for determining the rheology of a mixture of gelled hydrocarbon and liquid carbon dioxide. The method of the current invention precludes the negative impact of the Weissenberg effect when determining the rheology of a non-Newtonian fluid. Additionally, the method of the current invention produces a homogenous mixture without generating the Weissenberg effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Robert S. Taylor
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Publication number: 20030192367Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the rheological properties of a polymer melt includes flowing the polymer melt from a first reactor to a device through a conduit at a predetermined flow rate, measuring a first pressure of the polymer melt at a first location in the conduit, measuring a second pressure at a second location downstream from the first location, measuring a temperature at a third location in the conduit, wherein the third location is between the first location and the second location, and calculating the Theological property of the polymer melt as it flows through the conduit. The method and apparatus do not require diversion of the polymer melt from the main process stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Ye-Gang Lin, Vijaykumar Hanagandi, Ana Isabel Diaz Calderon, Rafael Hierro Martin
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Publication number: 20030192368Abstract: A probe (1) for quantitatively measuring volatile components of a liquid (2) includes a measurement gas space (3) separated from the liquid (4) by a permeation membrane (5). The membrane (5) is permeable for the volatile component, however nonpermeable for liquid. A selective gas detection system is arranged in the measurement gas space (3) for a defined volatile component. The gas detection system has an IR light source (6), an IR filter (7), (7′) and an IR-sensitive light sensor (8), (8′). Light falls through the IR filter on the light sensor (8), (8′). The IR filter (7), (7′) comprises a transmission window in the range of an alcohol-specific absorption band.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Eberhard Kempe
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Publication number: 20030192369Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring effects of various conditions on deposit build up in an exhaust gas recirculation system. The apparatus includes a testing jig having a main branch, a test branch, and a control branch. The test and control branches are connected, at an inlet and outlet, to the main branch. Each branch includes a flow control valve so that fluid flow through the test branch can be equalized with fluid flow through the control branch. A parameter of interest, such as temperature, oil, or humidity, in the test branch is modified, and the jig is connected to an engine exhaust, and the flows are equalized. Pressures and temperatures at various points in the jig are monitored and, after a predetermined period of time or when a pressure drop is sensed, the test is complete and the deposits in the test branch are compared with those in the control branch to determine the effect of the altered parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Craig Brazeau, James Robinson, Andrew Fairchild
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Publication number: 20030192370Abstract: An apparatus detects leak in a fuel vapor treatment system which is referred to as an evaporation system. The apparatus measures a required time T2 that is required for decreasing pressure in the evaporation system from P0 to P1 while opening a base leak hole that provides known amount of leak. Then, a required time T1 that is required for decreasing pressure from P0 to P1 is measured while closing the base leak hole. The apparatus compares the required times T1 and T2 in order to detect a leak other than the base leak hole. In this process, a specified coefficient that is defined in accordance with the base leak hole is taken into consideration. It is possible to detect the leak of the evaporation system with high accuracy even when the amount of remaining fuel is extremely large.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Noriyasu Amano, Hideaki Itakura, Naoya Kato, Masao Kano
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Publication number: 20030192371Abstract: In an accessory device utilized to inflate and deflate conventional tubed or tubeless tire, and giving the user an indication of the amount of air pressure within the tire's chamber, the device of the present invention comprises; a flexible rim-attaching portion having a larger lower body portion than the rim perforation of a conventional tire and a central neck portion having an outside diameter equal or lesser than said rim perforation, a rigid central gauge portion having a transparent molded tube-like form imprinted with markings identifying the location of a moveable luminescent spring loaded rubber indicator adapted to travel longitudinally within said gauge portion, and an upper valve portion having a centered stem portion in direct communication with a valve seal where perforations in the valve seal are in misalignment with perforations in the valve seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: William R. Cousineau
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Publication number: 20030192372Abstract: A method for control of a tire pressure management system (or central tire inflation system) is provided which enables active adaptation of control variables in the system in response to variations in air line volume. The air line volume in a conduit between an air source and a vehicle tire is determined. Subsequently, one or more values for control variables are adjusted in response to the air line volume and various parameters associated with the system are determined in response to the adjusted values of the control variables.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Stephen P. Claussen, Daryl J. Stacer, James A. Beverly
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Publication number: 20030192373Abstract: The device for communication between a vehicle and one of its wheels comprises a housing (13) containing an electronic circuit (18) and capable of pressing against a rim (21) of said wheel during fitting of a valve (10) to said rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVEInventor: Dominique Luce
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Publication number: 20030192374Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for articulating a tire-pressure sensor to a motor vehicle rim.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVEInventor: Dominique Luce
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Publication number: 20030192375Abstract: A physical quantity estimating apparatus and method that detects an acceleration and deceleration rate of a vehicle body and a rotational velocity of a wheel, estimates at least one of a tire radius of each wheel, a road surface &mgr; gradient, and a spring constant of a combination spring which combines spring elements, with a distribution ratio of braking force and driving force to a front and rear wheel and a distribution ratio of a load on each wheel that is corrected according to the detected acceleration and deceleration rate, as known values, based on a wheel speed difference of any two wheels, during acceleration and deceleration of a vehicle, of an ideal vehicle model that takes into consideration a tire torsional spring element and a suspension longitudinal spring element and estimates a tire type based on the estimated road surface &mgr; gradient and spring constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo KenkyushoInventors: Masaru Sugai, Katsuhiro Asano, Takaji Umeno
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Publication number: 20030192376Abstract: A method is provided for measuring a pressure of a hydraulic fluid that is supplied from a hydraulic fluid control device (1) to a operation device (6). The method includes measurement of a first pressure (Pm) and a second pressure (Pa). The first pressure is the pressure of the hydraulic fluid within a first flow path (P3 to P8) connecting a pressure control unit (3) and the operation device. The second pressure is the pressure of the hydraulic fluid within a second flow path (P11, P12) connecting an accumulator (22) and the pressure control unit. Then, a stabilization time (T) is determined. The stabilization time is the time when a pressure gradient per unit time of the second pressure become to be smaller than a predetermined value. Thereafter, a pressure (Pw) of the hydraulic fluid at the operation device is determined based on the first pressure that is measured at the stabilization time or at a time immediately after the stabilization time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Keita Nakano
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Publication number: 20030192377Abstract: A flow meter and electrically operable valve assembly having an integral flow meter provide detection of very low water flows along with ease of installation and compact packaging for a water supply control system. The flow is particularly useful for systems that control household water supplies to prevent flooding, but is also useful in other applications such as agricultural and industrial systems where low water flow rates must be determined. All of the controls and features are integrable within a compact package that occupies essentially the same volume and piping space as a conventional electrically operable valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Michael Brent Ford
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Publication number: 20030192378Abstract: An air meter is provided which enables the improvement of accuracy of internal reference voltages with few IC terminals. A band gap reference power supply circuit 6 supplies an internal reference voltage to a characteristic adjusting circuit 4 and an internal reference voltage VINT to a multiplier circuit 5. the band gap reference power supply circuit 6 comprises a temperature current generating circuit 21 for generating a current proportional to a temperature, a current mirror circuit for duplicating the current of the temperature current generating circuit 21, a reference voltage generating circuit 23 through which the current duplicated by the current mirror circuit 22 is caused to be flowed to generate the internal reference voltage ES, and a reference voltage generating circuit 24 through which the current duplicated by the current mirror circuit 22 is caused to be flowed to generate the internal reference voltage VINT.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventor: Masuo Akamatsu
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Publication number: 20030192379Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring a liquid level in a 4-20 mA closed loop system are provided. A process instrument and a measuring unit are powered for a predetermined time and power is provided by a battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Keith Ridenour, Jack Gardner
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Publication number: 20030192380Abstract: The invention relates to a device for determining the level (F) of a medium (3) in a container (2) using a capacitive sensor (4). A voltage source which subjects the sensor (4) to a measuring frequency (fM) is provided, as is a measuring/evaluating circuit (6) which establishes the measured capacitance (CM), compares this to a predetermined capacitance value and provides the information concerning the level (F) of the medium (3) in the container (2). The aim of the invention is to increase the measuring sensitivity of a capacitive sensor (4) without increasing the sensitivity of the sensor to interfering signals. To this end, the measuring/evaluating circuit (6) has at least one inductance (L) which together with the measured capacitance (CM), forms a resonant circuit (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Hans-Jorg Florenz, Armin Wernet
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Publication number: 20030192381Abstract: A modular dynamometer can assembly defining an interior region sized to house and support a dynamometer. The can assembly is formed from two modules: a main can form module and a separate and discrete motor end module. The main can form module is adapted for prefabrication at a first location and transportation in a disassembled state to a second installation location. Similarly, the motor end module is adapted for prefabrication at the first location and transportation in a disassembled state to the second installation location. The main can form module and the motor end module are assembled and engaged, forming the modular dynamometer can, at the second installation location.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Kirk E. Kelly, John H. Crane
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Publication number: 20030192382Abstract: An apparatus examines the internal structure of an object disposed substantially in a medium such as air, which essentially totally reflects acoustic signals in the 1-200 MHz frequency range. The apparatus has an acoustic transducer that emits and receives acoustic signals in the 1-200 MHz frequency range and an acoustic coupler that acoustically couples the acoustic transducer to the object. The acoustic coupler is adapted to essentially retain a body of fluid such as water between a section of the surface of the object and the acoustic transducer. The fluid carries acoustic signals in the 1-200 MHz frequency range between the acoustic transducer and the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Dennis William Mueller
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Publication number: 20030192383Abstract: A pressure sensor may include a first membrane that flexes in response to pressure, a reference cavity covered by the first membrane where the reference cavity contains a vacuum and a second membrane, adjacent to the first membrane, the first and second membranes forming a capacitor having a capacitance that varies in accordance with the flexing of the first membrane and the pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Chien-Hua Chen
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Publication number: 20030192384Abstract: A pressure verification device is provided which is configured to be used with a Superpave gyratory compactor to measure the pressure applied to a specimen of asphalt paving mix during the compaction process. The pressure verification device is positionable within the cylindrical mold of the gyratory compactor for dynamically measuring the pressure exerted upon the sample within the mold. The pressure verification device comprises a rigid disk-shaped plate having opposing surfaces, with at least one pressure transducer being carried by the disk-shaped plate on one of the opposing surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Raffaello Verna
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Publication number: 20030192385Abstract: A panel testing device includes a frame, a first roller assembly pivotally mounted to the frame including a first roller and a second roller spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first roller. The panel testing device also includes a second roller assembly pivotally mounted to the frame having a third roller and a fourth roller spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the third roller. The device is configured such that the first and third rollers may be engaged with a first side of a test panel and the second and fourth rollers may be engaged with a second side of the test panel. The first and second roller assemblies are pivoted in opposing directions to bend the panel. A deflection sensor mounted on a movable manipulator measures the deflection of the panel as the panel is bent.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Timberco, Inc. d/b/a TECOInventors: Joseph R. Uhlik, Paul Knuteson, Darren J. Robertson
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Publication number: 20030192386Abstract: A rotational angle detecting apparatus wherein one or more first targets 3a are provided on a steering shaft 13 so that first detecting means 1A outputs a detection signal as the steering shaft 13 rotates, second detecting means 1B outputs a detection signal having a phase different from that of the detection signal of the first detecting means 1A, and the rotational angle of the steering shaft 13 is detected on the basis of the detection signals outputted by the first detecting means IA and the second detecting means 1B.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitomo Tokumoto, Naoki Maeda, Mahito Shiba
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Publication number: 20030192387Abstract: To reduce entire length and radial dimension of a starter, the starter includes a driving lever composed of a lever body and a lever pin as a pivot center of the driving lever body. Further, the lever pin is disposed close to a center case in the radial direction. The dimension between supporting positions of both arm portions supporting the lever pin is set large. To provide the waterproof structure of a starter, a projection provided on a lever seal is inserted into a positioning hole of a lever holder in a lever assembly of a starter. Further, a tip of the projection comes in contact with a peripheral surface of a lever pin at a lower side than the center of the lever pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Shinji Andou
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Publication number: 20030192388Abstract: A ball screw mechanism includes a ball screw shaft of a metal material coaxially connected to a rotary driving source, a nut member of a resin material being screwed onto the ball screw shaft, a plate member fixed to an upper surface of the nut member by screw members, and steel balls which are arranged on a passage formed in the nut member closed by the plate member and which are installed into screw grooves of the ball screw shaft and the nut member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: SMC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shigekazu Nagai, Ryuuichi Masui
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Publication number: 20030192389Abstract: A shift control assembly and method includes a shift linkage, a shift control rod, and a retainer member. The retainer member is secured to the shift control linkage in a manner such that a fastener integral with the linkage extends through a portion of the retainer clip. The shift control rod is secured to the retainer by clip portions formed thereon in a manner such that a final assembly threaded member can be secured on the fastener member of the shift linkage to complete the shift control assembly. The assembly method involves providing a shift link with a fastener secured thereto, assembling a retainer on the shift link, assembling a control rod on the retainer, and securing the assembly together with a fastener member securely engaging the fastener secured to the shift link.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Michael A. Van Camp, Steven Alan Kornburger, Anthony P. Tata
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Publication number: 20030192390Abstract: A line laying structure for a wrist of a robot capable of enhancing durability of lines of cables/pipes for flowing electricity, air, water, etc. to an end effector attached to the wrist, and reducing a restriction of angle of rotation of a wrist axis by rotation of the other wrist axes. First, second and third wrist elements of the wrist are rotatable around fist, second and third axes, respectively. The first wrist element is fixed to a distal end of a forearm of the robot, to be rotated on a mounting base with the forearm as a unit. The lines are clamped on the mounting base by a line retainer and laid inside the forearm and clamped at a distal end of the forearm inside and outside thereof by line retainers. The lines are then clamped by line retainers provided on the second wrist element and introduced to the third wrist element. Then, the lines are clamped by the line retainer provided on the third wrist element and drawn outside thereof to be connected with the end effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: FANUC LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Uematsu, Kuniyasu Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Masahiro Morioka
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Publication number: 20030192391Abstract: A wrist driving mechanism capable of arranging a large amount of cables and pipes in a robot arm. A robot wrist mechanism having three degrees of freedom is driven by first, second and third drive shafts for transmitting driving forces of first, second and third motors M4, M5 and M6, respectively. The first drive shaft is a hollow shaft for transmitting a rotational driving force from the motor M4 to a first wrist element supported rotatably around the first axis B1. The second and third drive shafts are arranged eccentrically with the first axis B1 in an inner space of the first drive shaft. The second drive shaft transmits a rotational driving force from the motor M5 to a second wrist element supported rotatably around the second axis B2, and the third drive shaft transmits a rotational force from the motor M6 to a third wrist element supported rotatably around the third axis B3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: FANUC LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Uematsu, Kuniyasu Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakagawa, Masahiro Morioka
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Publication number: 20030192392Abstract: A steering column assembly moveable along an axis to an extended and retracted position and having a hand wheel tiltable about a pivot axis between tilted and untilted positions is provided. A control mechanism limits the degree of tilting movement of the hand wheel so that while the steering column assembly is in the extended position, the steering column is tiltable to the first maximum tilt angle, and while in the retracted position, the steering column is tiltable to the second maximum tilt angle. The second maximum tilt angle is less than the first maximum tilt angle to prevent the steering column assembly from interfering with any portion of a vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Gerald A. Gaeth
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Publication number: 20030192393Abstract: A bicycle cable connector for connecting a first cable to a second cable includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector include a first cable retaining portion for retaining the first cable and a projection extending along a first connector axis, wherein the projection includes a radially outwardly extending locking member. The second connector includes a second cable retaining portion for retaining the second cable and a tubular portion defining a first connector opening for receiving the first connector therein and having a side wall extending along a second connector axis. The side wall includes a first passage for passing the locking member in the direction of the second connector axis away from the first connector opening, a second passage extending in a circumferential direction, and a recess communicating with the second passage and extending in the direction of the first connector opening for receiving the locking member therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: SHIMANO, INC.Inventor: Nobuyuki Matsuo
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Publication number: 20030192394Abstract: An adjustable pedal assembly for a vehicle includes an adjustment bracket adapted for mounting on a vehicle, and the adjustment bracket includes a pair of outwardly extending side portions having a vertically extending arcuate slot. The adjustable pedal assembly also includes a pedal arm pivotally attached to the adjustment bracket using a pivot pin, such that an end of the pivot pin is slidably disposed within the arcuate slot in the adjustment bracket. The adjustable pedal assembly further includes a pedal pad mounted to the pedal arm, and a pedal adjustment mechanism operatively attached to the pedal arm, for adjusting the position of the pedal arm along a predetermined path, such that the pivot pin is slidably positioned in the arcuate slot relative to the predetermined path of the pedal arm to ergonomically position the pedal pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: KSR International, Inc.Inventors: Pat Burton, Dan O'Neill, Rob Soteros, Dave Kelloway
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Publication number: 20030192395Abstract: The present invention relates to a handle grip cover for use on a bicycle, which is an integrally formed elastic hollow body having at one end an engagement opening. On the wall of the hollow body are disposed a plurality of paired vertical through holes perpendicular to the axis of the grip handle whereby a rider of a bicycle can grasp the handles of the bicycle with comfort as a result of shock being easily absorbed by such a hole-filled hollow body. In addition, such handle grip covers are mass produced with ease and speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: Sunny Wheel Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kuo-Chung Hsu
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Publication number: 20030192396Abstract: A steering wheel comprises a rim skeleton and a rim casing. At least one vibration-damping element is provided which is arranged between the rim skeleton and the rim casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbHInventor: Christian Lorenz
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Publication number: 20030192397Abstract: The invention relates to a steering wheel comprising a steering wheel rim, a hub and at least one spoke connecting the steering wheel rim and the hub. At least one of the steering wheel rim and the spoke comprises a skeleton, a sheathing surrounding the skeleton as well as a shell arranged around the sheathing, and at least one decorative element. At least one latching element is provided by means of which the decorative element is directly attached to the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Kreuzer, Michael Lehmann
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Publication number: 20030192398Abstract: A connecting rod including shaft with a major flange projecting outwardly from one of its ends and a minor flange projecting outwardly from the other of its ends. The major flange and the minor flange each have a number of holes for the passage of threaded fasteners. Abutting the minor flange is a ring with a transverse aperture. A number of threaded fasteners releasably join the shaft and the link together.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Berton L. Vicars
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Publication number: 20030192399Abstract: A bicycle pedal adapter and bicycle pedal assembly is disclosed for use on a bicycle having a crank arm and a clipless bicycle pedal supported by the crank arm, wherein the pedal includes engagement structure engageable with a shoe having complementary structure for fixing the shoe to the pedal. In one embodiment, the bicycle pedal adapter includes a first portion engaging the clipless bicycle pedal and covering at least a portion of the engagement structure to eliminate the need for the shoe having the complementary structure. A second portion is coupled to the first portion. The clipless bicycle pedal is received in a cavity defined between the first and second portions. At least one engagement surface is formed on at least one of the first and second portions, wherein the at least one engagement surface is engageable with a shoe not having the complementary structure to pedal the bicycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Todd Milanowski
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Publication number: 20030192400Abstract: A method is disclosed for improving the performance attainable in a motor-driven system of the type characterized by a single motor driving an output shaft operatively coupled to a motor-driven device, the single motor characterized by a first power and a first peak rate of acceleration, the method comprising: Providing at least two motors in place of the single motor, each of the at least two motors being characterized by a second peak rate of acceleration significantly greater than the first peak rate of acceleration, and the at least two motors further characterized by a combined power that is at least equivalent to the first power of the single motor; and operatively coupling the at least two motors in parallel to a common output shaft driving the motor-driven device such that the second peak rate of acceleration is efficiently translated to the common output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventor: Alan M. Cordeiro
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Publication number: 20030192401Abstract: A transfer case is provided and includes a first output shaft driven by a powertrain and operably interconnected with a first pair of wheels, a second output shaft selectively driven by the first output shaft and operably interconnected with a second pair of wheels and a transfer gear assembly operably disposed between the first output shaft and the second output shaft for transferring drive torque from the first output shaft to the second output shaft. The transfer gear assembly includes a first transfer gear in selective drive connection with the first output shaft, a second transfer gear in meshed engagement with the first transfer gear, a third transfer gear in drive connection with the second transfer gear and the second output shaft. A clutch pack is operably disposed between the first output shaft and the first transfer gear for selectively establishing drive connection therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2002Publication date: October 16, 2003Inventors: Gareth Thomas, Paul Cowsill, Thomas C. Bowen, Dale L. Pennycuff, Malcolm E. Kirkwood, John D. Zalewski