Abstract: This invention relates to a device having a drive (6) for pivoting a vehicle door or vehicle lid rotationally connected to a hinge bow (1) around a hinge axle (3). In order to build said device (5) in a compact manner, wherein no special reinforcement of the hinges of the vehicle door or vehicle lid is required for utilization of said device in compliance with regulations, a drive (6) is provided with a drive shaft (7) that is arranged in an extension of the hinge axle, said drive shaft being connected to a bow-shaped drive lever (9) that is arranged parallel to the hinge bow (1) and that can be fixed to said hinge bow.

Abstract: A door hinge includes a body received in a cutout provided in the edge of a glass door, a pair of plates which grip the glass door and hold the body in the cutout, and lights on an edge of the body received in the cutout.

Abstract: A dual-directional hinge is composed of a first hinge member and a second hinge member perpendicular to the first hinge. The first hinge member has a pintle received in a first tubular part. An opening is radially defined at a top side of the first tubular part. The second hinge member has a second tubular part rotatably received in the opening. Two arms are respectively formed at two diametrically opposite sides of the second tubular part. A resilient member is received in the second tubular part. An upper disk under the resilient member has a ridge formed at a bottom surface thereof. A lower disk has a channel for positioning the ridge in the channel. A shaft extends through the first hinge member, the lower disk, the upper disk, the resilient member and the second tubular part and secured in the first hinge member and the lower disk.

Abstract: A hinge assembly (10) for interconnecting a main body and a cover of a portable electronic device includes a hinge housing (20), and a first hinge apparatus (30) and a second hinge apparatus (40) rotatably contained in the housing. The first hinge apparatus includes a cam (36) rotatably attached to the housing and fixed to the main body, and other elements housed in the housing and fixed relative thereto. The second hinge apparatus includes a boom (43) fixed to the cover, a boom cover (48), a support (41) rotatably attached to the boom and fixed to the housing, and two ball bearings contained between the boom and the boom cover. The cover is opened relative to the main body by being rotated about an X-axis of the first hinge apparatus. The cover is then rotated relative to the housing about a Y-axis of the second hinge apparatus.

Abstract: A loading cartridge latch structure located in a computer host to anchor a loading cartridge includes a passage and a latch trough that communicate with each other. The latch trough is larger than the latch section to form a latch position and a release position. On the latch position the handle is in a latched condition through an anchor structure to anchor the loading cartridge on an installation object. When the latch section is on the release position the handle is released from latched condition of the anchor structure and the handle is moved to a release angle to facilitate removing of the loading cartridge.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved handle, which is equipped on a hand tool, that provides a secure grip and reduces stress on a user's hand by providing a recessed surface area on a side of the handle for receiving a thumb, and a multi-ridged surface area on a side opposing the recessed surface area, the multi-ridged surface area providing at least two ridges that intercalate between an index finger and a middle finger and between a middle finger and a ring finger.

Abstract: A substantially flat clip element is provided for clamping onto the side edge of an object, such as a stack of papers or documents. Application of the clip element can be effected individually and manually, or a stack of the clip elements can be included within an application device, e.g., in the form of a hand-held and/or desktop device. In another alternative, the clip stack can be provided in a paper processing device, e.g., a finishing station, such that successive groups of papers/documents are clipped together in automatic fashion.

Abstract: A fastener for attaching a button or similar item to a piece of fabric or a garment is provided. The fastener may include a base and connected to the base may be a plurality of legs where each leg may extend downwards from the bottom surface of the base. Each of the plurality of legs may be designed to pass through one of the plurality of holes of a button and then may pass through the fabric. Additionally after passing through the fabric, each of the plurality of legs is capable of being bent over or pushed backward to secure the button to the garment.

Abstract: To provide a wristwatch in which a band can be easily attached to and detached from a case band without damaging the case band. A wristwatch in which a band is attached to a case bandvia connection pieces includes fixing surfaces, fixing screws, attachment holes, and projections. A bow crotch for releasably receiving the connection piece is formed between bow legs of the case band. The fixing surface provided on the back of the corresponding bow leg is squarely folded along a side of the bow leg opposed to the connection piece and extends in an inclination. The fixing screw is threaded into the connection piece from its back. The fixing screw has a head having such a shape as to be disposed throughout the fixing surfaces in tight contact therewith when the threading is completed and is positioned within the width of the connection piece when the threading is loosened.

Abstract: A clip (10) for fastening a panel (50) to a support structure (52) is provided. The clip (10) has a plate (12) and a stem (14) extending from the plate. The stem (14) has a base (22) and a body section (24). The base (22) has a width greater than a width of the body section (24). A pair of tangs (16) extend from a distal end of the stem (14) towards the plate (12). A sealing flange (18) extends from the base (22). The sealing flange (18) is first molded from a material having a first durometer and then the plate (12), stem (14) and tangs (16) are molded from a material having a second durometer greater than the first durometer.

Abstract: A safety hook including a main shaft, a chain receiving portion disposed at a first end of the main shaft, a first bend disposed at a second end of the main shaft, and a second bend depending from the first bend. The chain receiving portion and the first bend are positioned on the same side as the main shaft and are substantially in-line with each other. The second bend bends in substantially the opposite direction of the first bend and has a terminal end that does not extend beyond the first bend.

Abstract: Body restraint systems for vehicles that include buckles for latching and retaining latch plates associated with safety belts. The buckle of each system includes a pair of oppositely biased latching mechanisms that are operative in such a manner that an inertial force applied to release one latching mechanism from a latch plate inserted within the buckle creates an opposite and equal force against the opposite latching mechanism to thereby positively retain the latch plate within the buckle in a locked position. Release of a latch plate can only occur upon the simultaneous movement of both of the oppositely biased latching mechanisms away from one another by application of manual force on a slide release member.

Abstract: There is described an attachment system for attaching a plurality of elements to a resilient body, preferably for attachment of a trim cover to a foam element. The system comprising a first element having attached thereto a first attachment portion and a second element having attached thereto a second attachment portion, the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion being releasably engageable with the resilient body.

Abstract: A cap panel or cap panel insert and methods of making the same having three-dimensional aspects to enhance the aesthetic appearance is hereby provided. A cast paper product is used for the various three-dimensional designs in or on the cap panel or cap panel insert. In particular, a three-dimensional design may be formed integral to the cap panel or cap panel insert through a molding process that provides a wide variety of sculpted shapes that can be tailored to meet the specific desires of a family to reflect a particular feature or trait of the deceased. The cast paper cap panel or cap panel insert can be integrated into a dish assembly to provide the decorative aspects of a burial casket lid during a showing.

Abstract: A method of making a plurality of battery plates includes forming a strip including a plurality of battery grids. Each battery grid includes a grid network bordered by a frame element and includes a plurality of spaced apart grid wire elements. Each grid wire element has opposed ends joined to one of a plurality of nodes to define a plurality of open spaces in the grid network. The method also includes deforming at least a portion of a plurality of the grid wire elements such that the deformed grid wire elements have a first transverse cross-section at a point intermediate their opposed ends that differs from a second transverse cross-section taken at at least one of their opposed ends. The method also includes applying a lead alloy coating to the strip, applying battery paste to the strip, and cutting the strip to form a plurality of battery plates.

Abstract: A rotating table apparatus using a cam mechanism and having a higher precision than a conventional rotating table is realized. A rotating table apparatus having a driven shaft supported by a housing and driven by a driving means, and a rotating table which is rotatingly driven by said driven shaft using a cam and cam followers, wherein the rotating table apparatus has an opposing surface which opposes an end surface of the rotating table in a direction along a rotation shaft of said rotating table, and oil is intervened in between the opposing surface and said end surface.

Abstract: A method for notifying installers 14-22 of the existence, type, and location of a portion 26 of an item within an assembly line 10. The notification allows the installers 14-22 to respectively ensure that the components 40 which are needed to be placed upon the portion 26 are available for use by the installer 14-22 in a timely manner.

Abstract: Support feet of a generator are mounted on foundation columns spaced laterally one from the other, with one column having a block in a recess for receiving the feet on one side of the generator. Guides on a radius and supported by the generator foundation extend through notches on the underside of the block. To locate an end of the generator displaced horizontally from the turbines, the generator is unloaded from the foundation and the block is removed. The generator is then loaded onto the guides and pivoted about a vertical axis to locate at least one end out of alignment with the axis of the turbines enabling removal of the generator rotor in an axial direction. By employing two blocks set in recesses in the opposite columns and sets of tracks which extend into the notches, the generator can be rotated about a vertical axis through its center to locate the generator rotor in axially non-interfering positions with the adjacent turbines.

Abstract: A method of making a stent includes providing a tubular member having a first layer, the first layer and the tubular member having different compositions, removing a portion of the tubular member, and removing a portion of the first layer from the tubular member.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method for joining, by axial movement, inner and outer metal pieces having different hardnesses. The method involves forming the harder piece to have a radial groove in its juncture surface. The harder piece has leading and trailing portions on either side of the radial groove. The leading portion is dimensioned to permit it to slide with respect to the softer piece and the trailing portion is dimensioned for swaging interference with the softer piece. Relative male-female axial movement is imparted to the pieces, thereby urging the junction surface of the softer piece along the leading portion of the harder piece until the softer piece engages the trailing portion of the harder piece. Relative axial force is applied for continued axial movement whereby the softer piece is forced past the groove such that swaging interference causes a portion of the softer piece to be upset into the groove, thereby creating a permanent joint between the pieces.

Abstract: A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation to the first tubular member. The second tubular member and the overlapping portion of the first tubular member are then radially expanded again.

Abstract: A main body 110 of a component comprises a projection 120 protruding from an axis thereof in the direction of a normal, a fitting shaft portion 111 to be fitted into an opening 811 of a structure 810, and a mounting plate portion 130 including a bolt inserting hole 131a to mount and fix the main body 110 to the structure 810. The mounting plate portion 130 is formed with a notched groove 132 communicating with the bolt inserting hole 131a. The mounting plate portion 130 is fixed with a tightening bolt 820 which is screwed in the structure 810.

Abstract: A system and method for processing a tubular member comprises a hollow tubular member, a laser and a media flow. The laser is constructed and arranged to transmit laser energy to the tubular member. The laser energy is transmitted to the tubular member through a fluid column according to a predetermined pattern. The media flow is injected into the lumen of the hollow tubular member.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for holding an object by a one-piece clip includes the use of a base (101) having an opening (107) and a top member (113) having a grasping end (115) that extends into the opening (107) are described. The clip includes a bendable fulcrum (111) that elastically connects the base (101) to the top member (113). Tension produced by a bent bendable fulcrum (111) is utilized to hold the object between a base grasping end (103) and the top member grasping end (115). The one-piece clip can be manufactured by injection molding of a thermoplastic.

Abstract: A system for validating each of a plurality of radio frequency identification tags disposed on a web in close proximity to one another to ensure proper functioning thereof includes a narrow angle radio frequency identification tag reading station which reads a designation of each radio frequency identification tag individually in order to generate a first list of tag designations read thereby and a wide angle radio frequency identification tag reading station which reads designations of a plurality of radio frequency identification tags simultaneously from a long range in order to generate a second list of tag designations read thereby. The system also includes a processor which compares the first list of tag designations with the second list of tag designations and evaluates the functionality of the plurality of radio frequency identification tags based at least in part upon the comparison.

Abstract: A device for the assembly of at least two standard elements (EB) of a precision mechanical structure by means of a linking element, where the first standard element includes a reference surface, while the second standard element includes a bearing surface which has to be positioned with precision in an orthonormal coordinate system associated with the aforementioned reference surface, given that the connection between the linking element and at least one of said standard elements (EB) includes: two contact faces provided on said linking element and said standard element (EB) respectively, a clamp composed of two half collars, held together by tightening means, and presenting shapes which interlock with the corresponding shapes of said linking element and of said standard element (EB) in such a way that the clamping of the two half collars causes the application and the centring of the two aforementioned contact faces against each other.

Abstract: A device for loading a rivet and the like in a rivet holder belt which can continuously and securely load a large number of rivets and the like to the rivet holder belt includes: a hopper 11 for storing the rivets and the like at random; a chute 14 which is continuous from the hopper 11 to guide the rivets and the like that are contained in the hopper 11 to a delivery position of a rivet wheel 15; the rivet wheel 15 which rotates to receive the rivets and the like from the lower end of the chute 14 and store them one by one in each of plural grooves 29 that are formed in the rims of flange bodies; a pushing member 42 which is provided to face the circumference of the rivet wheel 15 to push the rivets and the like resting in the grooves 29 of the rivet wheel 15 into holding notches 37 of a rivet holder belt 36 that is guided along the rivet wheel 15; and a sprocket 35 which is provided in a trunk 27 of the rivet wheel 15 and feeds the rivet holder belt 36 while engaging with engagement holes 38 that are opened

Abstract: A method of reducing noise induced from reference plane currents is disclosed. The method includes routing a first path for an electrical trace on a circuit board such that the first path references a voltage plane. The method further includes routing a second path for the electrical trace on the circuit board such that the second path references a ground plane whereby the second path is substantially similar to the first path. The method further includes electrically coupling the first path to the second path at each of the ends of the first and second paths such that noise induced into the electrical trace is reduced.

Abstract: A dielectric substrate having an embedded inductor wherein each turn of the inductor traverses several layers such that the top and bottom of each turn of the inductor are parallel to each other but are in different layers and the sides of each turn of the inductor traverse at least one layer to connect the top and bottom of the inductor.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a monolithic thermal ink jet printhead (40) comprising a plurality of chambers (74) and of nozzles (56), comprises steps of (206) depositing a plurality of sacrificial layers (31), of obtaining, by means of exposure and development operations, a plurality of casts (156), of (215) applying a structural layer (107), and subsequently steps of (225) removing the casts (156) and of (226) removing the sacrificial layers (31), in order to produce a plurality of chambers (74) and nozzles (56).

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat carrier comprising at least one collector pipe (1) for receiving the ends of flat pipes (10a), especially for a CO2 air conditioning unit for motor vehicles. The collector pipe (1) is formed by an open hollow profiled section (7) with edges (8, 9) forming a continuous longitudinal slit extending in a longitudinal direction and the ends of the flat pipes (10a), which are twisted at an angle of 90°, are received in a fluidically tight manner in the longitudinal slot. According to the invention, the edges (8,9) partially abut, forming a separating joint (4) and are partially rolled back, forming receiving openings for the ends of the flat pipes (10a). The receiving openings are produced by plastic deformation.

Abstract: A method of processing a valve mechanism which includes a valve body having a shut-off surface in the form of a convex spherical surface, a valve hole, a valve seat formed by an opening of the valve hole, and a spring which urges the valve body toward the valve seat, wherein the valve mechanism is so formed that the valve body resists the urging force of the spring in accordance with the pressure increase in the valve hole to be separate from the valve seat, includes the steps of: preparing a processing tool having a processing surface in the form of a convex spherical surface which has the same curvature radius as the shut-off surface of the valve body; positioning the processing tool to the valve seat; and forming the valve seat along the form of the processing surface by pushing the processing surface of the processing tool against the valve seat.

Abstract: The present invention provides a part having passages from an internal surface to an external surface formed by the intersection of internal and external grooves. The present invention further provides a method of providing a part having passages from an internal surface to an external surface formed by the intersection of internal and external grooves. The part includes at least one internal groove located in an internal surface and at least one external groove located in an external surface, wherein the internal groove and the external groove intersect to form at least one passage between the internal surface and the external surface.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a constant velocity joint (“CV joint”) and, more particularly, to a Rzeppa CV joint and method of forming the same. The method generally includes the steps of forming a bell shaped outer bearing race and separating the bell shaped outer bearing race into a disc shaped outer bearing race and a stub shaft. The method may further include the step of machining the bell shaped outer bearing race to create the stub shaft integrally connected to the disc shaped outer bearing race, before separating the bell shaped outer bearing race into the disc shaped outer bearing race and the stub shaft.

Abstract: A hair clipping device includes a motor, an electrostatic ion generator, a power cord, a switch and an indicating light, all housed within an elongated plastic housing and an opening in the housing for the discharge of the ions positioned so that the ions are directed towards the hair being trimmed.

Abstract: A Tube Cutting Device is provided with a casing having a circular shape and an open interior for access to the open interior. A ring is mounted within the casing to rotate in the casing to rotate in the casing. The ring has a main section and a hinged section that opens. A cutting wheel is mounted on the ring. The casing is mounted on a shaft enclosure extending from an electric motor with a shaft of the motor which rotates within the shaft enclosure. The ring has gear teeth about its periphery and a gear on the shaft energizes the gear teeth on the ring to rotate the ring within the casing. The cutting wheel thus rotates about a tube or pipe placed inside the ring. A switch on the motor permits energizing and de-energizing the motor and a handle is held connected to the motor to hold the Tube Cutting Device. A power source is connected to the switch and may be a power pack or electrical cord. Spaces are used within the ring of varying sizes for tube or pipe cutting of varying lengths.

Abstract: The present invention is industrial scissors and a method of manufacturing and using same including first and second scissor halves, each half having a blade, a handle, and first and second major opposed surfaces. Each blade has a first edge that is relatively thick and blunt tapered to a second edge that is sharp to form a cutting edge. Serrations are formed in the cutting edge of the blade having larger radii between the pivot point and the midpoint of the blade and smaller serrations between the midpoint of the blade and the tip of the blade to provide a gripping surface for preventing an object being cut from sliding down the blade toward the tip of the blade while cutting the object. Wire strippers are positioned between the handle and the pivot point of the scissors. A deburring surface is made from a plurality of filing grooves spaced transversely along the blunt side of the blade.

Abstract: This invention provides an article of manufacture for a knife or cutting tool that can cut materials such as webbing and cording without opening the knife. More particularly, the present invention relates to knives with blades that are partially exposed for use when the knife is closed or the blade is sheathed.

Abstract: A utility tool comprising a body having a first end and a second end positioned on opposite ends of the body; a removable device; as well as a first tool and a second tool configured to be selectively coupled to each other or one of either the first end and second end of the body.

Abstract: A slicer for slicing a fruit or vegetable, such as, for example, a mango fruit, comprising a slicing structure having a central cutter with a generally oblong shape and first and second cutters extending outwardly from the central cutter and transversely disposed relative to each other, the central cutter and the first and second cutters respectively having cutting edges for slicing the fruit or vegetable; and a handle structure coupled to the first and second cutters.

Abstract: The claimed invention relates to a device in a guide bar (10) for a chain saw. The guide bar (10) comprises at least two layers (11, 12, 13) that are bounded by an adhesive material. To ensure that the layer of adhesive material gets the optimal thickness is one of the surfaces of the layers that will be bounded to each other provided with several protruding parts (17). The protruding parts (17) will generate a slot, with the same width as the height of the protruding parts, for the adhesive material when the layers are put together. This is important to ensure maximum strength in the bounding as well as a constant width of a groove (14) for the saw chain.

Abstract: A device used to facilitate the accurate shooting of an archery bow. The device includes horizontally and vertically adjustable support structure for attaching the device to a bow. Moreover, the device includes a base, a guard and sight pins. The base includes arcuate channels sized for receipt of sight pins and arched to ensure that the sight pins are aimed at the archer's eye regardless of vertical spacing. The sight pins include an offset-Y-shaped fiber support and a light-gathering fiber. The light-gathering fiber comprises a length of fiber optic material with a sighting point on each distal end thereof. The offset-Y-shaped fiber support is an offset-Y-shaped member whose offset allows for placement in either of two spaced arcuate channels while maintaining the targeting axis position of the sighting points. The guard, which encircles the sight pins, includes three fiber optic fibers spaced about its diameter to allow for low-light alignment.

Abstract: A device for projecting an alignment guide (34,36) onto a workpiece comprises a mount (2) for mounting the device on or upon a workpiece and a self levelling projector (12) for projecting the alignment guide (34,36) in a predetermined orientation relative to the vertical. The projector (12) is articulated to the mount (2) so that the alignment guide (34,36) emanates from that point on the workpiece where the mount (2) is situated.

Abstract: A gyroscopic system for translating parallel and non-parallel lines between a reference line and a device to be aligned with respect to the reference line is provided. The system includes a first inertial sensor configured to be substantially stationary, the first inertial sensor comprising a first three-axis gyroscopic sensor configured to produce an output signal and a reflector. A second inertial sensor is configured to be portable so as to be positionable adjacent to the first inertial sensor and comprises a gimbal restricted to two physical axes, a gimbal drive system, an electromagnetic energy beam generator, a second three-axis gyroscopic sensor configured to generate an output signal, and a collimator. The collimator is operable to determine an angle between a beam projected by the beam generator and a beam reflected from the reflector and to generate an output signal indicative of the determined angle.

Abstract: An input device using a geomagnetic sensor includes a geomagnetic sensor outputting a voltage corresponding to geomagnetism, and a control part calculating an azimuth using the voltage output from the geomagnetic sensor and calculating the rotation angle by comparing the azimuth to a previously measured azimuth, thereby generating the input signal corresponding to the rotation angle when the input device is tilted within a certain range. Accordingly, unwanted generation of the input signal is prevented when the input device is tilted by more than a certain angle.

Abstract: An automated coordinate measuring system comprising a measuring arm used for acquisition of geometry data that incorporates an exoskeletal structure resilient to physical perturbations including thermal changes and vibrations which may affect coordinate data acquisition. The system may be adapted to a portable platform allowing for convenient positioning and alignment of the measuring arm in a wide variety of environments.

Abstract: A custom, therapeutic pillow is constructed based on measurements of a person's torso and head widths. A sliding caliper is used for taking the measurements. The resulting pillow is custom fitted to the patient and provides support for the head and neck when the patient is in a supine position or on their side.

Abstract: Apparatus for releasably connecting together two members (18, 20) comprises two members (18, 20), each provided with co-operating elements (22a, 24A) to define the location of one member with respect to the other member. A damper (30) is provided on at least one of the members to reduce the impact when the two members are joined together. The two members may comprise two modules of a modular surface sensing probe. The damper may include guide means to assist in guiding the members together.

Abstract: A tape measure includes a housing, a rule blade coilable within the housing, and a light plane generator disposed on the housing. The light plane generator may include a laser source for emitting a laser beam and a line lens in the path of the laser beam for converting the laser beam into a laser plane. Preferably, the laser plane intersects both the rule blade and a workpiece. The light plane generator may be pivoted about a horizontal axis and/or a vertical axis.

Abstract: A paint removal apparatus includes a canister partially filled with a pressurized coolant. The apparatus includes a housing having a body portion mounted atop the canister with a handle portion extending from the body portion. The handle includes an inlet port while the body portion includes first and second outlet ports. The inlet port is capable of connection to a compressed air stream for delivery thereof through an air channel between the inlet and second outlet ports. A coolant channel extends between the canister and the first outlet port. A trigger connected to a primary valve is movable between first, second, and third configurations. The primary valve and cooperating linkages enable a user to select between delivery of the air stream alone or a portion of the coolant whereby to strip paint. A scraping blade may be removably and rotatably coupled to the housing. The coolant may be dry ice.