Abstract: A molding resin tablet feeding apparatus may have a tablet weighing unit for weighing a molding resin tablet to sort out a faulty molding resin tablet. The weighing unit may be elastically deformed according to the weight of the molding resin tablet, and may further include a strain gauge for outputting an electric change caused by the elastic deformation. A controller may compare the electric change to tablet weight information to determine the validity of the molding resin tablet.

Abstract: A suspension structure for an electric wheelchair comprises a frame, two cantilevers, two drive wheels, two rollers, four wheel-mounting assemblies, two front wheel assemblies, two draglines and two rear wheel assemblies. When surmounting a barrier, the front wheel assemblies will pivot upward and press down the drive wheels through the cantilevers, thus improving the road holding performance of the drive wheels. In other words, the drive wheels and the front wheels can move interactively to surmount the barrier.

Abstract: A mobile machine includes a propulsion system configured to propel the mobile machine. The mobile machine may also include an electrical system mounted to the machine. The electrical system may include a first power source, a second power source, a power-transmission system connected to one or more power loads, and power-supply controls. The power-supply controls may be configured to execute a control method, including executing a power-source transition. Executing the power-source transition may include disconnecting the first power source from the power-transmission system, waiting for satisfaction of at least one predetermined condition, and connecting the second power source to the power-transmission system.

Abstract: An auxiliary electric drive assembly includes an alternating current induction motor, planetary speed reduction gearing and a differential. The differential may be either active or passive. The auxiliary drive system is utilized as the front axle in a rear wheel drive vehicle and the rear axle in a front wheel drive vehicle. Elimination of many of the components in a conventional four wheel drive system such as the transfer case and hybrid gears improves the overall efficiency and fuel economy of a vehicle so equipped.

Abstract: The objective of providing a circuit arrangement for the control of at least one electric machine (1), which is suitable for also enabling operating conditions of the electric machine (1) that demand high power-peaks of short duration, is essentially achieved in that the electric machine (1) can be connected via a DC/AC converter (2) and at least one switching device (3) to at least two different electrical energy storage devices (I, II), one storage device (I) being designed as a storage device for comparatively long-lasting power demands and the other storage device (II) as a storage device for short and high power-peaks.

Abstract: A method of operating a hybrid powertrain system is provided for a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine having an engine output to drive the vehicle and a motor having a motor output to drive the vehicle. The motor is operatively connected to the engine and operable to crank the engine. The method includes the steps of reducing compression in at least one engine cylinder and operating the motor to crank the engine. A hybrid powertrain system for a hybrid vehicle is also provided.

Abstract: Improved cooling capacity for a V-belt continuously variable transmission that is compatible with miniaturization of a vehicle body cover is provided in a saddle-ride type vehicle. A concave-shaped space recessed downward is compartmented forward of a seat by a vehicle body cover. An engine unit is supported by the vehicle body frame below the concave-shaped space. The engine unit includes a transmission case formed with a belt chamber in which a V-belt continuously variable transmission is accommodated. An intake duct defines an air passage communicated to the belt chamber. The intake duct is arranged between the transmission case and a leg shield.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a vehicle-mounted fuel cell power generation system in accordance with the invention predicts a possibility of collision of a vehicle. If determining that the possibility of collision is high (YES at S12), the control apparatus stops the fuel cell power generation system. By stopping the power generation before a collision occurs, the safety of the fuel cell power generation system can be improved. If after the system stops, a collision does not occur (NO at S16), the system is restarted. If a collision occurs (YES at S16), high-voltage relays are switched off to stop the supply of electric power from an electricity storage to various loads of the vehicle.

Abstract: A motorcycle with an increased rigidity portion for supporting a storage box. A body frame includes a main frame extending rearward and obliquely downward from a head pipe. Left and right seat rails are connected to the rear portion of the main frame and extend rearward and obliquely upward. Left and right backstays extend between and are connected to the left and right seat rails and the rear end of the main frame. A storage box is disposed such that its bottom is positioned above a connection part of the main frame and the backstays, and the storage box has front and rear attachment parts secured to the seat rails. The front and rear attachment parts are separately disposed, respectively, forward and rearward of a vertical line that passes through the connection part.

Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle with improved cooling performance of a V-belt continuously variable transmission and a compact body cover. A motorcycle has a downward-recessed space defined by a body cover in front of a seat. An engine unit is supported by a body frame below the recessed space. The engine unit has a transmission case with a belt chamber for accommodating a V-belt continuously variable transmission. An air chamber communicates with the belt chamber through an air intake duct. The air chamber is disposed above the front part of an arm of the rear arm relative to a middle thereof in a front-rear direction.

Abstract: A fuel pump for a vehicle is resistant to damage and effectively uses fuel in a fuel tank. The fuel tank is saddle-shaped and straddles an upper side frame section of the vehicle. A left side tank section extends downward on a left side of the upper side frame section and a right side tank section extends downward on a right side. A fuel pump in the interior of the fuel tank is fixed on the bottom surface of either the left or right side tank section.

Abstract: A power unit in a saddle-ride type vehicle in which an arrangement space of an engine constituent part is ensured in an upper space of an engine body. In the power unit, an engine body having a crankshaft and a transmission casing accommodating therein a V-belt type transmission are joined. An oil reservoir portion is formed on a bottom of the engine body to project downward from a lower edge of the transmission casing, and a starter motor is arranged adjacent to a rear wall of the oil reservoir portion.

Abstract: A riding type vehicle with improved cooling function of a V-belt continuously variable transmission and a compact body cover. A front side of a seat is partitioned with a space recessed to a lower side. The inside of a vehicle body cover is partitioned with a center tunnel. An engine unit is supported by a vehicle body frame on a lower side of the recessed space. The engine unit includes a transmission case having a belt chamber containing the V-belt continuously variable transmission. A footrest is arranged on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the transmission case. An intake duct that guides air for cooling the V-belt type continuously variable transmission is disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the center tunnel and on an upper side of the transmission case.

Abstract: A power unit support structure to minimize vibration of a vehicle body frame. A mount bracket disposed on a vehicle body frame supports a power unit that includes a longitudinal engine. Specifically, the mount bracket is disposed substantially at a center in a vehicle width direction between a pair of right and left center side frames that form part of the vehicle body frame and extend in a vehicle fore-aft direction. The center side frames are connected together with cross members. The mount bracket is mounted to the cross members via a connection member as a vibration damping material. The power unit is then mounted to the mount bracket via a subframe.

Abstract: A collision object protection assembly inflates and expands an air bag on a vehicle if a collision with the vehicle is detected or predicted. The collision object protection assembly includes a retainer positioned in a space between a bonnet hood and a front window glass of the vehicle and accommodating the air bag, and a cowl top arranged around the retainer to close the space between the bonnet hood and the front window glass. The retainer has an upper opening to be covered by a lid member. The lid member is a separate member from the cowl top.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a collision object protection device. The collision object protection device inflates and expands an air bag on the vehicle when a collision to the vehicle is detected or predicted. The vehicle includes a front window glass formed by a laminated glass consisting of a couple of transparent base materials between which a transparent intermediate film is sandwiched. The air bag has a pair of pillar portions which inflate and expand along front pillars of the vehicle. The intermediate film in the front window glass has a noise insulation property.

Abstract: A collision detection device is provided which is effective for improving the detection quality for detection of displacement of a vehicle component during a vehicle collision. In one form, the collision detection device to be installed in a vehicle comprises a coil sensor. The coil sensor includes a first coil which is arranged to face a door outer panel and a second coil which is arranged near the first coil and inside the outer diameter of the first coil and centered about a line perpendicular to the coil plane of the first coil. The coil sensor detects information about induced voltage due to magnetovariation via the second coil when the door outer panel is located in a distant region and detects information about variation in impedance via the first coil when the door outer panel is located in an adjacent region.

Abstract: A saddle-type vehicle in which contact with a hot exhaust pipe is prevented and transfer of the heat of the exhaust pipe is effectively interrupted. The exhaust pipe is disposed on the side of the engine, for guiding exhaust gas emitted from the engine. An exhaust pipe cover interrupts heat generated from the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe cover is disposed apart from the exhaust pipe and covers at least part of the exhaust pipe. The exhaust pipe cover has supported portions supported by a crankcase.

Abstract: A tapered-head bolt for use in attaching axle shafts to hub assemblies in heavy-duty, powered, non-steering (full-floating) axles. Use of the tapered-head bolt eliminates the deficiencies and complexity associated with the current use of studs, cone-nuts, cone-washers, and/or lock nuts.

Abstract: In a rack boot having a bellows portion, a cylindrical portion which is formed at one end of the bellows portion so as to be fixed to a tie-rod and a second cylindrical portion which is formed at the other end of the bellows portion so as to be fixed to a steering gearbox, the bellows portion is divided into a first bellows portion which extends from a third ridge of ridge portions resulting when the ridge portions are counted from an end portion of the bellows portion which lies to the second cylindrical portion to the other end portion thereof which lies to the first cylindrical portion and a second bellows portion which extends from the third ridge to the end portion thereof which lies to the second cylindrical portion, and at least the first bellows portion is formed into a tapered shape.

Abstract: A multifunction speaker cabinet has a USB input on one side of the speaker cabinet while the USB input is connected with a plurality of USB output exposed on another side of the speaker cabinet so that users can insert several flash into the USB output for connection with the computer main frame. A MP3 audio input is arranged on the speaker cabinet for uses to listen to computer music such as MP3 by an earphone in mute mode or display the music through the speaker cabinet. Moreover, there is a space on the speaker cabinet for accommodating a transparent container with various liquid and ornaments therein. Therefore, besides general function, the speaker cabinet has functions of extension line for hubs, listing computer music in mute mode, displaying music from MP3 walker and decorative effect. Both function and novelty of the speaker cabinet are increased.

Abstract: A diaphragm for a micro-electroacoustic transducer, includes a first layer including an exposed region and a covered region, and a second layer. The second layer overlaps the covered region of the first layer to thereby increase the rigidity of the diaphragm. The covered region is surrounded by the exposed region.

Abstract: A communicating pipe is disposed on an outer periphery of an air intake pipe, and a conduit is formed so as to be parallel to an air intake passage. A plurality of first communicating apertures are disposed through the air intake pipe so as to be arranged in a single row in a conduit direction and communicate between the conduit and the air intake passage. A resonance chamber is mounted to the communicating pipe so as to communicate with a first end of the conduit. A movable member is disposed so as to be movable in the conduit direction by sliding in contact with the inner wall surface of the communicating pipe. A second communicating aperture is disposed through the movable member so as to be placed above the first communicating apertures. A communicating channel length between the air intake passage and the resonance chamber is adjusted by changing a position of overlap of the second communicating aperture relative to the first communicating apertures by moving the movable member in the conduit direction.

Abstract: A safety harness for a hunter is provided having two primary straps which wrap around the legs and shoulders of the user. A safety tether may be attached to the primary straps to provide support to the user and prevent falls. A climbing strap is attached to each primary strap, and provides support for the user while climbing a tree or other vertical structure. Loops are provided on the sides of the safety harness for attachment thereto of any variety of climbing ropes or supports.

Abstract: A ladder caddy which couples to a vehicle to provide at least one enclosed space configured to contain a ladder for transportation.

Abstract: A ladder support for supporting a ladder on a stair, step or the like. The ladder support comprising a first elongated member having a top and bottom surface and respective ends, the bottom surface at one end of the first member adapted to sit on a supporting surface and the top surface adapted to support the base of a ladder, an aperture defined at the other end of the first member through the top and bottom surfaces, a second member extending through the aperture having a freedom of motion substantially limited to a single plane intersecting the first member, fixation means securing the first and second members in an intersecting position relative to each other, and a base supporting the ladder support in a substantially upright position.

Abstract: A ladder leveller for mounting onto at least one stile of a hollow runged ladder includes an elongate stile extension member, a cross bar sized for mounting journalled through a hollow rung of the ladder. A locking pin extends from the cross bar, through one of an array of apertures in the extension member and cooperates with a locking bar. The locking bar is releasably mounted onto the locking pin to lock the stile extension member onto the stile.

Abstract: A supporting body (2) is provided for the scaffold poles (3) of a position scaffolding (1) for positioning one or several tension jacks (29) or other functional elements. The supporting body (2) includes a joint (19) for connecting to a manipulator (30) and several double clamp devices (32) provided with paired clamping elements (4) for the cantilever fixation of the scaffold pole (3). The double clamp devices (32) includes parallel adjacent bars (5, 14, 16, 17) which are jointed to the supporting body (2) and form at least one pole reception area (8) whose cross section is adapted to the scaffold pole.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having a brakeshoe housing that shifts in a predetermined direction relative to a vehicle frame as brakeshoes it carries wear has a brakeshoe-wear monitor with a proximity sensor mounted on the frame and responsive to a position of the brakeshoe housing relative to the direction. Circuitry connected to the sensor evaluates a proximity signal therefrom.

Abstract: A bicycle rim brake assembly includes a fastening shaft, a mounting part, a pair of brake arms and a pair of brake shoe attaching parts. The fastening shaft extends in an axial direction and is configured for attachment to a portion of a bicycle frame adjacent to the bicycle wheel. The mounting part includes a fastening portion that is configured such that the fastening shaft extends through the fastening portion. The mounting part and the fastening portion are movable between a plurality of mounting positions relative to the fastening shaft along a first direction that intersects the axial direction. The brake arms are supported in a freely pivotal manner on an outer perimeter of the mounting part. The brake shoe attaching parts are provided on respective ones of the brake arms.

Abstract: A brake duct assembly for use in communicating cooling air from a front facia of a vehicle to a front brake assembly. The assembly includes an inlet portion, a passageway portion, and an outlet portion. The portion is disposed in the vehicle facia, and the outlet portion extends through an opening in a wheel well liner surrounding the front brake assembly. The passageway portion extends between and interconnects the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The outlet portion is spaced a distance from the front brake assembly and includes a plurality of fins that serve to transform the air stream received from the passageway portion into a plurality of air streams that are directed toward the front brake assembly and serve to cool said front brake assembly. The brake duct assembly is adapted for installation in reduced-space locations and for providing cooling air from the outlet portion that is spaced remotely from the brake assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a disc brake for a vehicle, in particular a commercial vehicle, comprising an application device (3), which is used to apply a brake lining (11) to a brake disc (1) by means of at least one or two actuating spindles running parallel and at a distance from one another in a bridge (7). The application device (3) has an anti-friction roller (6), which is supported on a pivotable lever (10) of said application device (3). The disc brake is configured in such a way that the anti-friction roller (6) is fixed as a separate component radially and axially on the lever (10) and is held by an anti-friction roller holder (13) that is fixed to the lever (10). The anti-friction roller holder (13) is provided with cage return guides (15), which, when the lever (10) is pivoted back into an initial position, likewise press the journal bearings (8) into an initial position.

Abstract: A Coulomb friction damped disc brake caliper bracket, wherein damping is provided by Coulomb friction, most preferably at the outboard tie-bar thereof. In one form, at least one clamping member applies compressive force externally to the caliper bracket, and in a second form, at least one interfacial boundary is internally disposed in the caliper bracket. Provided thereby is a mechanically distinguishable surface boundary between two surfaces which are in mutual contact such that a state of Coulomb friction exists therebetween.

Abstract: A brake actuator assembly for a railway vehicle braking system comprises a flexible elastomeric member directly and sealably attached to a mounting member employed for attaching the brake actuator assembly to the rigid structure of a braking system and to a push rod member connected to the control linkage. The brake actuator assembly is connected to a source of fluid under pressure enabling inflation of the flexible elastomeric member and initiation of a braking sequence of the railway vehicle braking system. The brake actuator assembly of the present invention allows for improved control of the brake shoe forces including visual travel measurement indication which is especially desirable during light load conditions. Currently used brake assemblies employing cylinder type actuators may be retrofitted with the brake actuator assembly of the invention.

Abstract: Composite brake disc, comprising cast iron carrier disc (1) and at least one friction ring (2) of the different material rigidly joined therewith, which covers over essentially the area opposite to the brake pad, wherein the friction ring (2) is comprised of a friction material, which exhibits a higher corrosion resistance than the cast iron carrier disc (1), and process for production of a composite brake disc by joining a cast iron carrier disc (1) with at least one friction ring (2) by friction welding or by casting the carrier disc (1) thereon.

Abstract: A combined pneumatic cylinder and a corresponding control method are characterized in that a spring for realizing the parking brake function is directly placed inside one of two pressure chambers and, to be precise, inside the pressure chamber that is designed for effecting service brakings by increasing pressure. The service brake function as well as the parking brake function can be realized by means of only two pressure chambers and the spring.

Abstract: A system that includes a magnetically actuated motion control device comprising a housing defining a cavity and including a slot therethrough. A movable member is located within the cavity and is movable relative to the housing. A magnetic field generator located on either the housing or the movable member causes the housing to press against the movable member to develop a friction force.

Abstract: A magnetorheological (MR) fluid device including a pressurized MR liquid with an improved performance is provided. Also provided is a method for minimizing cavitation of a common magnetorheological device, comprising providing an MR fluid within the device with a pressure of at least 100 psi. The device as provided minimizes cavitation in the device, and can be broadly used in the railway vehicle suspension system with excellent performance.

Abstract: Obtained is a viscous fluid-filled damper which makes it easy to determine whether or not a shaft or the like protruding from a supporting body side or a supported body side has been sufficiently inserted therein and which can be easily mounted on a supporting body or a supported body, and a mounting structure thereof. In the viscous fluid-filled damper, a shaft mounting portion of the viscous fluid-filled damper for damping vibrations between the supporting body and the supported body is provided with a shaft receiving hole for receiving the shaft, and a window hole intersecting the shaft receiving hole and having a hole port opening to a lateral surface of the shaft mounting portion. Therefore, it is easy to determine whether or not the shaft has been inserted correctly, and a large force for retaining the shaft is ensured.

Abstract: A device employing a magnetorheological (MR) fluid in combination with a stator and a rotor is disclosed, where the stator includes a magnetic field generator. The rotor has a rotational axis and a rotational degree of freedom with respect to the stator. The stator and rotor define an annular space therebetween and are coupled via the MR fluid disposed within the annular space, and the magnetic field generator is in field communication with the MR fluid at the annular space. The device includes a means for promoting the formation of stationary stripes of MR fluid within the annular space in response to rotation of the rotor.

Abstract: A clutch assembly that includes an input member rotatable about an axis, an output member rotatable about the axis, and an engagement member having a portion between the input and output members. The engagement member is operable to selectively couple the input and output members together for co-rotation. The clutch assembly further includes a blocking member having a base and a projection. The projection is coupled to the engagement member to substantially prevent the engagement member from coupling the input and output members together for co-rotation when the input member rotates in a first direction relative to the output member, while allowing the engagement member to couple the input and output members lor together co-rotation when the input member rotates in a second direction relative to the output member.

Abstract: An all-wheel transmission system includes an input shaft, a first output shaft and two mutually independently controllable friction clutches for the metering the transfer of drive torque from a powertrain to a first axle assembly and a second axle assembly. The first friction clutch includes a first clutch component rotationally connected to an input shaft and of a second clutch component rotationally connected to a first output shaft while the second friction clutch includes a first clutch component rotationally connected to the input shaft and a second clutch component rotationally connected to a second output shaft. One of the friction clutches can be selectively bridged via coordinate actuation of a bridging clutch.

Abstract: A clutch includes two rotary shafts, one of which (2) is connected to one or more first clutch plates (8) which cooperate with a second set of clutch plates (10), the clutch plates being acted on by an actuating piston (12) having a portion exposed on two opposite sides to first and second chambers (16, 18) in a hydraulic cylinder. A torque control valve is provided comprising a cylindrical inner valve member (48) rotatably and linearly movably received in a cylindrical opening in an outer valve member (46), the inner and outer valve members affording cooperating cylindrical surfaces, in one of which an elongate first recess (64) is formed, which communicates with one of the chambers (16), and in the other of which two circumferentially spaced elongate second recesses (56, 54) are formed communicating with a source of pressurised hydraulic fluid (26) and a substantially unpressurised hydraulic reservoir (30), respectively.

Abstract: The invention proposes a rotor for a two-stage electromagnetically operated friction disk clutch which comprises two electromagnets and armature means which can be brought into contact with the rotor and are composed of a magnetically permeable material. According to the invention, there is no axial web, or at least no substantial axial web, which projects into the electromagnetic region in a manner arranged in the friction clutch on the rotor, between a radially outer edge region and a radially inner center region on the rotor. The invention also proposes an electromagnetically operated friction disk clutch which has a rotor of this type.

Abstract: A torque transfer mechanism is provided for controlling the magnitude of a clutch engagement force exerted on a multi-plate clutch assembly that is operably disposed between a first rotary and a second rotary member. The torque transfer mechanism includes a power-operated face gear clutch actuator for generating and applying a clutch engagement force on the clutch assembly.

Abstract: A friction clutch assembly for use in an on/off fan drive is provided having a simplified method for retention of the friction liner between the clutch housing and rotating drive shaft. The friction clutch assembly introduces a groove within the inner rearward portion of the clutch housing. A spiral snap ring is installed into the groove to retain the friction liner between the clutch housing and rotating drive shaft. The spiral snap ring functions to axially retain the friction liner between the clutch housing and rotating drive shaft during use.

Abstract: Several distinct motor vehicle clutch fork and release bearing lubrication arrangements which may be utilized singly or in various combinations include: oil impregnated inserts, self-lubricating pockets, single or multiple central grease fittings in communication with passageways that provide grease to contact and bearing surfaces and sealed boots filled with lubricant which cover a portion of ends of the release fork.

Abstract: A cassette for storing bills is described. The cassette includes a shutter, a link which engages the shutter; and a helicoidal drive shaft which engages the link. As the cassette is inserted or removed from a chassis, an actuator fixed to the chassis actuates the drive shaft such that the shutter opens or closes. In some embodiments, the cassette may prevent persons without proper authorization from accessing bills inside the cassette.

Abstract: A passenger conveyor system (20) automatically reduces the speed of the conveyor responsive to a request from one or more potential passengers. In one example, a controller (32) receives information regarding a wirelessly transmitted signal (42) received by a receiver (34). The controller (32) gradually reduces the speed of the conveyor for a travel time of such a passenger and then subsequently gradually increases the speed to the normal operating speed. A variety of signaling devices (40) may be used and preferably are portable and carried about by individuals so that a separate mechanical switch need not be made part of the physical conveyor system.

Abstract: A breakaway conveyor discharge member received between first and second conveying surfaces is provided. The conveyor discharge member is received by a bracket mounted on a frame connected between the first and second conveying surfaces. The conveyor discharge member includes a generally planar surface between the first and second conveying surfaces. The conveyor discharge member can withstand a vertical load substantially greater than a particular longitudinal load on the planar surface. Under normal operating conditions, the conveyor discharge member conveys the object from the first conveyor surface onto the intake conveying surface. Under jam conditions, when the substantially longitudinal load is great enough, the conveyor discharge member dislodges from the brackets to protect the first and second conveying surfaces by eliminating the jam point.