Abstract: To provide a layout structure for a motor-driven power steering unit controller configured to take into account the water level at which submergence of the vehicle is expected to occur. In a vehicle including a steering shaft rotatably supported on a vehicle body frame, a steering bar handle attached to the upper end of the steering shaft, a motor-driven power steering unit mounted onto the lower end of the steering shaft, and at least two front wheels, a controller for controlling the motor-driven power steering unit is laid out on the front side relative to the steering shaft and above a horizontal line indicative of the submergence limit of the vehicle.

Abstract: To make an electrically-operated power steering unit less susceptible to influence of change in a positional relationship between supporting sections respectively at the two ends of the electrically-operated power steering unit. A gear case included in a electrically-operated power steering unit is attached to the lower section of a vehicle body frame, and the lower end portion of a steering shaft is rotatably supported by a housing annexed to the gear case with an upper bearing interposed in between, in a vehicle in which an input shaft provided to the electrically-operated power steering unit is linked to the lower end portion of the steering shaft, and in which an output shaft provided to the electrically-operated power steering unit is rotatably supported by the lower section of a vehicle body.

Abstract: A disposable stethoscope cover construction for covering the diaphragm, bell, and neck portions of a conventional stethoscope wherein the cover construction includes a contoured sheet of material made from a thin, resilient, fluid-impermeable fabric and including: an enlarged diameter generally circular portion dimensioned to surround and cover the diaphragm portion of a stethoscope; a reduced diameter generally circular portion dimensioned to surround and cover the bell portion of the stethoscope; and, a relatively narrow neck portion dimensioned to partially surround the neck portion of the stethoscope wherein the periphery of the contoured sheet of material is elasticized to permit the frictional engagement of the cover construction with the stethoscope.

Abstract: An environmental control system muffler including a thin wall polyetherether ketone (PEEK) cover tube, an open cell polymer attenuator tube slip fit there into and polymer end fitting securing the two tubes together and cooperating to form a pneumatic seal with the cover tube. The method of making the muffler apparatus includes the selection of tubing constructed of such PEEK corrugated construction and the open cell polymer noise attenuation construction, telescoping the tubes together and securing the end fittings thereto.

Abstract: According to OSHA, ladder falls account for over twenty thousand workplace injuries and as many as 36 deaths per year. Many people who use ladders in the home for painting, changing light bulbs, etc . . . describe feeling unbalanced, wobbly, and nervous, especially when standing on A-frame ladders. Many ladder falls occur simply because the user loses his balance on the higher steps. Adding a sturdy grip or rail to the ladder would help users maintain their balance. Users prone to vertigo or unbalance may derive more security from the existence of the safety grip. The invention comprises a sturdy bar attached to the frame of a ladder and extendable above the top of the ladder. The bar is extendable by means of two hollow tubes attached firmly to the frame of the ladder, through which both ends of the bar can slide. A locking mechanism enables the safety bar to be extendable to different heights above the ladder. The safety bar is made of a sturdy material such as metal, plastic, wood, or strong aluminum.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a padding device is provided that is adapted to attach to the steps or rungs of a ladder to cushion the step or rung thereby providing comfort and protection to the legs and shins of an individual who is using the ladder.

Abstract: A towable elevatable stand includes a platform that is always elevated above a trailer bed to at least a minimum elevation, but can be easily raised to selected elevations up to almost double the minimum elevation. This allows for carrying ATV, supplies, etc. on the trailer bed under the platform. Telescoping corner posts with latch pins for securing the platform at selected elevations can be combined with a simple winch, pulleys and cables for raising/lowering the platform. Commercially available parts, light weight materials, and a simple elevating apparatus produce a light weight, cost effective stand that is easy to use, tow and maintain, and which minimizes wind resistance. The platform is perforated for drainage and light weight, and the blind is a pop-up tent that is stowed for towing.

Abstract: A scaffold assembling of a large component for a boiler requiring inspection is not performed by a high-place work but assembled safely and in a short time. The scaffold is assembled to the large component for the boiler supported by a component supporting beam at the ground side before it is attached to a steel frame main-beam 16. Scaffold lifting/supporting beams interposing coil spaces of a superheater 14 are suspended on wires 36 lifted down from spaces of a ceiling tube wall 34 being a horizontal member of the superheater 14. The scaffold lifting/supporting beams 32 are lifted to raise little by lithe within the superheater, and scaffold components are assembled sequentially toward downward. After a required number of steps of scaffolds are assembled, the scaffold lifting/supporting beams 32 are coupled to the ceiling tube wall 34 to be supported. Finally, the superheater 14 is raised by a lifting means to install to the main-beam.

Abstract: An order picker product platform which is designed to prevent product and/or product containers from inadvertently falling from the platform during maneuvering of the order picker. In the preferred embodiment, the product platform hereof comprises a base having the requisite fork receptacles and clamp bar as do conventional order picker product platforms. However, the inventive platform hereof provides a fixed vertical back wall and a pair of foldable side gate assemblies which extend perpendicularly to the base at edges thereof to prevent displacement of the product and/or product containers beyond the edges of the base so that they are extremely unlikely to fall off of the platform. The side gate assemblies are designed to be folded up toward the back wall during platform loading so that they don't interfere with intentional movement of packages onto or off of the platform.

Abstract: A braking member for rotatable mounting on a wheel axle of a hand-driven wheeled vehicle such as a shopping cart has a first part having an opening for mounting on a wheel axle, and a second part releasably secured to the first part and having a braking surface adapted to engage the ground when the braking member is in an operative position. When the braking member becomes worn, the entire member does not have to be removed from the wheel or caster, but instead the second part is released from the first part while the first part remains on the wheel. The second part can only be released using a special tool which is provided to store personnel.

Abstract: The invention provides an electric brake system and method. The electric brake system includes an electric motor having a portion moveable along a path between a plurality of positions for moving a brake pad and applying a selectable amount of braking force on a brake rotor. One of the plurality of positions is a minimal contact position. The minimal contact position is operable to change among the plurality of positions over time. The electric brake system also includes an electric controller for controlling the electric motor to move the portion along the path between the minimal contact position and at least one other of the plurality of positions for moving the brake pad and for selecting the amount of braking force. The electric brake system also includes at least one sensor for sensing at least one of motor current, motor acceleration, controller voltage, motor speed, motor voltage, and motor temperature, and communicating a sensed condition to the controller.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brake actuating apparatus which can perform braking without converting a rotational motion into a linear motion. The brake actuating apparatus includes a caliper body with a cylinder. An electric motor is fixed to the caliper body. A pressing piston is installed in the cylinder. A housing or plug is installed in and block the cylinder, and a rotational shaft is installed at the center of the housing to be rotated by the motor. A head is attached to the rotational shaft and defines a fluid-receiving space in cooperation with the housing. The rotation of head varies the volume of space, thereby moving the pressing piston.

Abstract: A hydraulic type shock-absorbing front fork used in a bicycle includes a locking mechanism fixedly mounted in the upper fork tube of the front fork, a main adjustment unit mounted in the top end of the upper fork tube of the front fork and adjustable to allow or not allow the hydraulic fluid to pass through the locking mechanism, and a fine adjustment unit mounted in the top end of the upper fork of the front for regulating the range of transient release of pressure during the lockout mode of the front fork to provide a comfortable riding to the user.

Abstract: A lateral displacement preventing device for a stabilizer, the device including a flat plate having a first end portion and a second end portion and having an upper surface which contacts the stabilizer and a lower surface at a side that is opposite from the upper surface, and cut-out step portions formed by recessing each of an upper surface of the first end portion and a lower surface of the second end portion. The flat plate is wrapped, along a surface of the plate, around an outer periphery of the stabilizer at a predetermined position thereon and clamped, the cut-out step portions are overlapped, and both of the end portions are fixed at overlapping portions thereof.

Abstract: An expandable luggage includes: a main body including opposite front and rear panels and a peripheral wall, the front panel having two opposite first edges, and two opposite second edges; a foldable body including two opposite first flaps, two opposite second flaps, a flexible bridge, and two first zippers, each of the first flaps extending from a respective one of the first edges of the front panel, each of the second flaps extending from a respective one of the second edges of the front panel, the flexible bridge interconnecting the first flaps, the second flaps being detachably connected to the flexible bridge and the first flaps through the first zippers; a handle mounted on the main body; and a wheel unit mounted on the main body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter with a housing which comprises a wall which is on the driving side, where a connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall and comprises several mounting locations for connecting the torque converter to a drive unit, the mounting locations being distributed over the circumference of the connecting plate and in the mounted state of the torque converter being fastened at corresponding mounting locations of the drive unit. In order to provide a hydrodynamic torque converter which can be produced economically and has a long service lifetime, for each two mounting locations the connecting plate comprises, between them in the circumferential direction, a fastening area with which the connecting plate is fastened to the housing wall which is on the driving side.

Abstract: The invention broadly comprises a torque converter with a pump clutch operatively arranged to couple a pump in the converter to a torsional input to the converter and a torque converter clutch operatively arranged to couple the torsional input to an output shaft for the converter. The pump clutch is arranged to maintain the coupling of the pump to the input as the torsional input and the shaft are coupled. The torque converter also includes at least one vibration damping means. The damping means is operatively connected to the torsional input and disposed in the converter such that the torsional input passes through the at least one vibration damping means when the input is coupled to the pump. The present invention also broadly comprises a torque transmitting apparatus, comprising a torque converter, a first input shaft for a dual-input gearbox, and, means for coupling the converter and the input shaft.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydraulic control device for an automatic dual-clutch transmission which has a first clutch and a second clutch, having a control valve unit which predefines at least one hydraulic parameter such as pressure and/or one volume flow. Regulating this parameter engages or disengage the clutches. An additional separating valve can is provided, and by means of a first switching valve to be operated by means of at least one further control signal the first clutch can be regardless of the switching position of the separating valve. The purpose is to provide enhanced operational safety against misoperation while at the same time secure availability of the clutches.

Abstract: The invention concerns a freewheel bearing device including an outer element and inner element arranged inside the outer element, and a free wheel provided with at least a wedging element, arranged between the inner element and the outer element to allow a free rotational movement in one direction between the outer element and the inner element and for transmission of a torque in the other direction between the outer element and the inner element, the free wheel including a ring provided with a cylindrical inner surface and a cylindrical outer surface, substantially aligned on a radial plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the device, and a torque limiting member adapted to limit the torque transmitted by the free wheel, the torque limiting member being arranged radially between said ring and the outer element or the inner element in contact with said ring and said element.

Abstract: A freewheel coupling (1) is provided having a gap (12) formed between a bearing inner ring (2) and a bearing outer ring (3). At least one of the bearing rings (1, 2) is constructed as a sleeve formed using a non-cutting method. Clamping bodies (6) are arranged in the gap (12) and have a throat (7). A spring band (13) with spring tongues (14), which are aligned tangentially, and which can be deflected in the radial direction, contact the clamping bodies (6) in the area of the throats (7). A cage (17) with recesses (18) that holds the clamping bodies (6) is arranged radially outside of the spring band (13) in the gap (12).

Abstract: A freewheel coupling (1) is provided having clamping bodies (4), which are arranged between an inner ring (2) and an outer ring (3) and which have a narrow section (5). A single cage (9) is arranged between the inner ring (2) and the outer ring (3) with a plurality of pockets (10). Each of the pockets (10) has an area (12) that is narrower in the axial direction and an area (11), which is adjacent to this narrower area, which is wider in the axial direction, and which is provided for holding a clamping body (4). A spring band (6), which is arranged radially within the cage (9), has an original curvature in the unloaded state, wherein the curvature radius exceeds a radius of the cage (9), and spring tongues (13), which are provided for spring mounting of the clamping bodies (4), are directed radially inwardly.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a one-way clutch capable of eliminating the phenomenon of “teeth scraping”, comprising: ratchet member, pawl seat, pawl member, control outer sleeve and control member provided with control portion, wherein at least one of the control portion or the pawl member has a first slope capable of being in contact with the other one of the control portion or the pawl member and said pawl member exerts a force towards the second direction on the control portion.

Abstract: A torque-coupling assembly comprises a hydraulic fluid reservoir provided for storing a supply of a hydraulic fluid, a hollow coupling casing rotatable by an outside drive torque, a hydraulic pump located within the coupling casing to generate a hydraulic pressure, a supply passage fluidly connecting the hydraulic fluid reservoir to a suction passage of said hydraulic pump and a venting passage. The venting passage is provided for operatively fluidly connecting the supply passage to an ambient atmosphere for selectively enabling or disabling the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: A people mover includes a conveyor and a protective skirting made from an extruded metal profile. The protective skirting is located adjacent to a side of the conveyor, with a narrow gap located between the protective skirting and the side to prevent objects from entering the gap when the conveyor is moving.

Abstract: The conveyor of a travelator comprises a number of shafts and a number of mutually parallel endless belts. The conveyor comprises a number of conveyor modules successively connected to each other with a connecting section between them. The belts in the connecting section are arranged to be loosenable so that at least one shaft over which the belts to be loosened are passed is detachable so as to allow the conveyor modules to be released from each other. To release a conveyor module, at least one shaft on which the belt loops in the connecting section turn over is moved in relation to another shaft to slacken the belt loops. The shaft over which the loosened belt loops are passed is detached and removed from the belt loops. The detached conveyor module is removed for maintenance and/or replaced.

Abstract: An assembly for conveying glass sheets on machines for working sheets, comprising an assembly for feeding the sheets to be worked, which engages the longitudinal edges of the sheets and is arranged upstream of a frame for supporting at least one working head, and an assembly for removing the sheets, which engages the edges of the sheets and is arranged downstream of the frame for supporting a working head.

Abstract: An apparatus for transferring articles such as absorbent cores or disposable diaper chassis components from a rotary mechanism, such as a pad turner, to a linear mechanism, such as a conveyor, for further processing. The invention provides a device for picking an article from the outside of a toroidal surface, thence extending transversely under tension the article to be transferred so that at the point of deposition the article is held flat and at full length. Further, the invention allows for apparatus to match the velocity of both the first and second transfer points, even if these velocities are not the same. The device is of particular benefit where an article to be transferred is subject to internally biasing elastic forces.

Abstract: An non-contact article rotating device is disclosed that rotates articles without impacting or contacting the article other than the bottom of the article. The device is designed to accept a stream of articles with minimum gaps between them, and rotate only those that are programmed to be rotated. The device accepts any combination of rotated and non-rotated articles and can rotate them through angles up to and through 360 degrees. One embodiment of the disclosed device uses only one single-speed drive motor and pneumatic components to operate two conveyor roller sections. While one conveyor roller section maintains a constant speed, the conveyor rollers of the second conveyor roller section are sequentially braked and unbraked to rotate an article that is positioned partially on the first conveyor roller section and partially on the second conveyor roller section. The difference in speeds between the two conveyor sections rotates the article.

Abstract: A transporting device, for conveying goods over a conveying route, includes a transporting belt and at least one rope-like traction element for exerting a traction force upon the transporting belt. The transporting belt follows the traction element, at least along a transporting section of the conveying route, and is in communication there with the traction element through a coupling. The coupling has at least one spring element which, in the aforementioned transporting section, encompasses the traction element, with spring effect, for the creation of a force coupling.

Abstract: A rotary/pull switch , in particular a light switch for a motor vehicle, includes an actuating element having a base and axle that is guided in a housing. A permanent magnet is associated with the axle and several magnetic field sensors are associated with the base for determining the switching positions of the actuating element.

Abstract: A switch assembly includes a central first switch with a concave surface, a plurality of second switches adjacent to and surrounding the central switch in an elliptical or circular shape, where the second switches form a convex surface, and a plurality of third switches adjacent to the second switches in an outer side of the elliptical or circular shape of the second switches, where the third switches include activation areas with concave surfaces and with flat surfaces outside the activation areas. The third switches can include two switches, one of which is located at one end and the other one of which is located at the opposite end of the elliptical or circular shape of the second switches. The non-planar surfaces of the switch assembly enable one to easily feel the locations of the switches and to get tactile feedback when the finger moved to another switch area.

Abstract: A method and system of minimizing sticky keys in an electronic device having a body, circuitry, and a plurality of keypads is disclosed. The method and system comprise providing a protectant coating; and applying the protectant coating on surfaces of both the keypad and also the body to prevent sticking between the mating surfaces. A system and method is added in accordance with the present invention utilizing a protectant on critical surfaces which serves to prevent the residual buildup of contaminants following spills. In so doing the sticky key problem associated with the contaminated buildup is substantially eliminated.

Abstract: A rubber key device is provide with a key top member, multiple rubber keys, a click feel generating mechanism and a load transmitting mechanism. When a depression area of the key top member is depressed by a user, the key top member is rotated to depress a top face of a rubber key via the load transmitting mechanism. The load transmitting mechanism transmits the load caused by the depression of the depression area to the top face of the corresponding rubber key such that the load is transmitted to only a substantially central portion of the top face of the corresponding one of the multiple rubber keys regardless of the depression amount of the depression area.

Abstract: A multi-instruction switch includes a base, a control disk, a plurality of electrodes and a conductive element. The control disk is located above the base and can rotate relative to the base to issue instructions. The conductive element is bent to form a common contact end in the middle portion and a first contact end and a second contact end on two ends to connect respectively to a common electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode. By rotating the control disk, a guiding portion located on an inner peripheral rim of the control disk can move the conductive element in a biased manner so that the common electrode and the first electrode or the second electrode are electrically connected to generate a leftward or rightward rotational instruction. Meanwhile a rotational click is produced. The structure is simple and the fabrication cost is lower.

Abstract: A multiple switch device for controlling and linking a plurality of switches (600) disposed on a circuit board (500) comprises an operation button (110), a shaft (120), and at least one fixing base (130). The operation button comprises a handle (112) and a rod (114) fixed to the handle. The shaft comprises a connecting plate (122) disposed at an end of the shaft, and a plurality of protruding plates (124) disposed on the shaft. The rod is engaged with the connecting plate to securely connect the shaft and the operation button. Each of the protruding plates aligns with a corresponding switch. The fixing base supports the shaft on a circuit board.

Abstract: A safety switch assembly includes a body constructed to be mounted in a support structure and generally enclose the operative structure of the safety switch. The safety switch assembly includes an actuator constructed to pass through one of the support structure or the base to operatively engage the operative structure of the safety switch to control the safety switches electrical orientation to communicate or terminate communication of electrical power to a device equipped with the safety switch.

Abstract: An electrical switching device, especially a high-voltage circuit breaker, contains arcing contacts and nominal current contacts. At least one of the nominal current contacts has a surface formed of an arc-resistant material provided with a galvanic coating. In this configuration, the contact points can withstand high mechanical and thermal loads and at the same time maintain a high current carrying capacity.

Abstract: A telescoping housing for a single acting fluid actuator includes an outer actuator housing section and an inner actuator housing section mounted to reciprocate axially relative to the outer housing section while being surrounded thereby. The housing sections cooperate to form a chamber, and the housing is extended axially by supplying an actuator fluid under pressure to the chamber. A positive pressure is maintained in the chamber to avoid infiltration of outside contaminants into the chamber. Retraction is accomplished by reducing the fluid pressure sufficiently to allow the housing to retract under the influence of gravity, spring force, or other external force. The telescoping housing design eliminates the need for a reciprocating piston and piston rod.

Abstract: An electronic device including a circuit board, a substrate, and at least one button unit is provided. The circuit board has a first surface and at least one switch thereon. The substrate has a second surface, a third surface opposite to the second surface, and at least one protrusion on the second surface. The third surface of the substrate and the first surface of the circuit board are face to face, and the protrusion is above the switch. The button unit is fixed on the second surface of the substrate. The button unit has an opening, and the protrusion passes through the opening.

Abstract: In a slide switch apparatus of the present invention, a click spring movable along a side surface portion of a housing includes an engagement portion that is engaged with a switch lever and can be switched in accordance with the movement along the side surface portion of the housing, a protrusion that generates a click feeling when moving along the side surface portion of the housing, a positioning rib, and a plate spring portion in which the engagement portion, the protrusion, and the positioning rib are placed and which can be deformed elastically. The positioning rib is placed between the engagement portion and the protrusion in the movement direction of the click spring. Because of this, a slide switch apparatus whose housing can be miniaturized is obtained.

Abstract: A photodegradable protective group comprising a benzyl group which is bound with a light capturing moiety that can absorb light of around 470 nm and having one or more nitro groups on the benzene ring.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for using an ionized physical vapor deposition (iPVD) source for uniform metal deposition having uniform plasma density at relatively low (5 mTorr) and relatively high (65 mTorr) operation. Magnet structure is combined with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) source to shift the plasma toward the chamber periphery during low pressure operation to enhance uniformity, while plasma uniformity is promoted by randomization or thermalization of the plasma at higher pressures. Accordingly, uniformity is provided for both deposition and etching in combined sequential deposition-etch processes and for no-net-deposition (NND) and low-net-deposition (LND) deposition-etching processes.

Abstract: The present invention includes a long cylindrical sputtering target assembly and a method for manufacturing the assembly. The long cylindrical sputtering target assembly comprises a cylindrical sputtering target having a length greater than approximately thirty-six inches and being comprised of one or more cylindrical sputtering target sections; a cylindrical backing tube; and an attachment layer, such as indium, positioned between the cylindrical sputtering target and the cylindrical backing tube for attaching the cylindrical sputtering target to the cylindrical backing tube.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an apparatus for manufacturing a sputtering target that has a crucible for holding a liquid material. The crucible has a discharge opening. A positioning mechanism is mounted adjacent the crucible. A substrate is held by the positioning mechanism. The positioning mechanism moves the substrate such that the material is deposited onto the substrate. A method of manufacturing a sputtering target is also disclosed. The method includes melting an material and discharging the material through a nozzle. A substrate is moved adjacent the nozzle such that the material is deposited onto the substrate.

Abstract: A sensor for detecting ascorbic acid or a salt thereof is provided, the sensor having sensor means for detecting ascorbic acid or a salt thereof in a liquid sample and buffer means for buffering the sample before and/or at the time that the sample contacts the sensor means, said buffer means having two zones, a first zone for buffering the sample to a pH in the range of from 5.5 to 8, preferably from 6.5 to 7.5 and a second zone for receiving sample which has passed through the first zone and for buffering to a pH in the range from 1 to 5.

Abstract: A microfluidic device adapted to perform many simultaneous binding assays including but not limited to immunological experiments, such as ELISA assays, with minimal cross-talk between primary and secondary antibodies.

Abstract: The present invention includes apparatus for simultaneous loading of multiple samples for molecular separation, including a separation area with walls wherein at least one of the walls has apertures having loading sites, a gel located within the separation area, and a plurality of wells within the gel. The apertures are connected to the plurality of wells by channels structurally configured to convey samples from the apertures to the wells. The present invention further includes apparatus for electrophoresis separation having a substantially closed electrophoresis area, an electrophoresis gel located within the electrophoresis area, and multiple rows of wells within the electrophoresis gel, wherein the rows are arranged in a stagger format.

Abstract: The application of anti-corrosion base coating by cataphoretic painting (KTL) is well known in manufacturing automobile body parts. However, the cataphoretic paint can penetrate only incompletely or possibly not at all into the gap in the contact areas of the components joined to each other. This type of gap is conventionally sealed following cataphoretic painting, in order to ensure corrosion protection for the entire assembly. The present invention makes it possible to dispense with the sealing in the production of an assembly of joined conductive components and nevertheless to ensure a sufficient corrosion protection. By introducing topographic changes in the components projecting from their surface in the known contact areas and then joining these components, they are spaced apart by the projecting topographic changes in such a manner that during cataphoretic painting the paint wets the entire surface of the assembly.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and applications for the on-site production of hydrogen peroxide are described. An embodiment of the apparatus comprises at least one anolyte chamber coupled to at least one anode, at least one catholyte chamber, wherein the at least one catholyte chamber is coupled to at least one cathode, at least one anode membrane and at least one cathode membrane, wherein the anode membrane is adjacent to the at least one anode, wherein the cathode membrane is adjacent to the at least one cathode, at least one central chamber disposed between the at least one anolyte chamber and the at least one catholyte chamber. Hydrogen peroxide is produced by reduction of an oxygen-containing gas at the cathode.

Abstract: A method for determining a fatigue status of a growing crack in a substrate. An electrochemical sensor device is provided and includes an electrode formed from a stainless steel mesh. The electrochemical device has a bottom surface that contacts the substrate. The bottom surface is coated with an adhesive layer, and a release paper is attached to the adhesive layer. The release paper is separated from the adhesive layer, thereby exposing the adhesive layer. The electrochemical sensor device is secured to the substrate by bringing the adhesive layer in contact with the substrate and thereby forming an electrolyte cavity bounded in part by the substrate. The adhesive seals the bottom surface of the device to the substrate in order to prevent leakage of electrolyte from the cavity. The cavity is filled with the electrolyte.