Abstract: A collision obstacle discrimination device has a load sensor. The load sensor includes an elongated member which is arranged in a bumper of a vehicle and extends substantially in a width direction of the vehicle, and a plurality of sensor members which are fixed in a space defined by the elongated member and arrayed in the vehicle width direction. The sensor member is disposed to detect a physical property which varies in response to a load applied to the bumper due to a collision of the vehicle. Sensitivities of the plurality of sensor members are respectively set in response to vehicle-width-direction positions of the sensor members to be diversified, so that the plurality of sensor members have a substantially same response property with respect to the load applied to the bumper.

Abstract: A lifting apparatus for lifting a load includes a sleeve for distributing a weight of said load and having a opening, a flexible wire rope to pass through the opening of said sleeve, a lifting box having an opening for accepting the sleeve and the flexible wire rope access to an interior of the lifting box and a breakable cover to provide access to the sleeve and flexible wire rope.

Abstract: A contact lens device comprising a lens support having a concave surface that is treated or modified to hold a contact lens. A handle or stem is coupled to the lens support for positioning the lens support during the process of inserting or removing a contact lens from a wearer's eye.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a frame, a counterweight connected to the frame, a load attachment member connected to the frame, a movable pick point mounted on the frame, and a pick point position adjuster for moving the pick point to balance a load supported by the load attachment member.

Abstract: A pipe clamping apparatus comprises a housing defining a pipe aperture with an open bottom. A jaw is pivotally attached inside the housing. When the jaw is in the open position, an upper portion of the jaw extends into the pipe aperture. In operation the top of the pipe contacts the upper portion of the jaw moving the upper portion of the jaw upward and moving a lower portion of the jaw laterally toward the housing to the closed position where the housing and the jaw are in close proximity to the pipe, and the bottom end of the left side portion is located under the pipe. When the jaw is in the closed position, a blocking member can be moved to a locked position to prevent the jaw from moving back toward the open position, and a lock indicator visibly indicates that the jaw is locked closed.

Abstract: A server's tray with enclosed sliding drawers (1B). The left side drawer has an open compartment for storage (7). The right side drawer has a landing for the means of inserting a removable cash bank (7). Said drawers slide left to right via a slotted track (5). Removable cash bank (12) has molded interior alcoves for coin monies (8) and paper money (10). Cash bank is joined together with hinges (FIG. 8).

Abstract: A cable operated slide-out mechanism for a recreational vehicle has a linear actuator mounted in a fixed channel alongside the room or compartment and an end of each cable is fixed to the channel. Four cables are provided on each side of the slide-out, with two of the cables on each side fixed to the frame on the top and going to the outside of the slide-out, on the top and bottom, and the other two cables fixed to the frame on the bottom and going to the inside of the room on the top and bottom. Pulleys are provided at each end of the actuator rod to pull on the cables so as to move the room such that the room movement is double the stroke of the actuator.

Abstract: 1. Protection device for a motor vehicle. 2.1. A protection device for a motor vehicle with a flexible sheetlike structure which is arranged on a winding shaft in a manner such that it can be wound up and unwound between an inoperative position and a protection position, the winding shaft being acted upon by torque in the winding-up direction by means of a winding spring arrangement, the winding-up force of which can be reduced by means of a control mechanism, the control mechanism comprising a spiral counting means and a control finger which is guided in the spiral counting means, is known. 2.2. According to the invention, the control finger is assigned securing means which hold the control finger back in an inner position in the winding-up direction of the sheetlike structure. 2.3. Use for restraint devices in a vehicle interior.

Abstract: A vehicle sun visor 1 includes a sun visor main body 2 attached to the interior of a vehicle via a holding shaft 10. The sun visor main body 2 has an external frame 3 which is frame-shaped and provided along the outer edge of the sun visor main body 2, and a plate member 4 releasably attached in such a position so as to occupy an open window 5 penetrating at the central portion of the external frame 3. The plate member 4 can be attached and detached by sliding the plate member 4 along a sliding groove 8 provided on the external frame 3.

Abstract: A new design for a light-weighted, preferably a battery-powered vehicle is disclosed. Small body size in the vehicle shrunk mode and being light weighted make the vehicle particularly suitable of using battery power and convenient to be driven in crowded urban area as an environment friendly passenger vehicle and can even be driven all the way from street to elevator and then parked into any apartment or condo in a high rise building. Furthermore, the vehicle can be operated in vehicle expanded mode such that, when operated on a regular street, its expanded size is comparable in body size to most other gasoline operated passenger cars and consequently gives better cushion for collision protection as well as better safety feeling for the driver and passengers.

Abstract: A convertible vehicle with a roof, which includes, in the closed state, a section of a laterally running roof strut on an area directly or indirectly adjacent to the windshield frame that protrudes farther into the passenger compartment than roof areas lying behind it. The section, on a surface facing the passenger compartment, has at least one large-area recess, coverable by at least one deformable covering.

Abstract: A vehicle pillar garnish mounting structure has upper and lower retainers attached to the pillar. The pillar garnish has side edge flanges that are engaged with engagement parts at corresponding sides of the retainers. The retainers have an elongated block shape with U-shaped cross-section. The lower retainer has a hook unit that engages a cooperating part on a side edge flange of the pillar garnish to secure the pillar garnish to the hook unit.

Abstract: The invention concerns a vehicle front interior structure comprising an air flow distribution duct arranged essentially parallel with a windshield. The invention is characterized in that the distribution duct is divided into at least two sections connected by a flexible joint that extends in a direction essentially across the distribution duct.

Abstract: A roof structure (20) for a vehicle (10) comprises a rear roof part (24), which comprises a vehicle rear window (26), side, rear pillars (27) and a rear segment (25) of the vehicle roof and is displaceably borne in the vehicle longitudinal direction (B). In addition, a forward roof part (22) is provided that is attachable adjacent to a windshield frame (11) of the vehicle and is removable from the roof structure (20); its length in the vehicle longitudinal direction corresponds to the displacement path of the rear roof part (24). Lastly, the roof structure (20) comprises rear, side elements (28), which are attachable adjacent to the rear roof part (24) and are removable from the roof structure (20); their length in the vehicle longitudinal direction corresponds to the displacement path of the rear roof part.

Abstract: A folding chair includes first and second parts each having at least one leg, a total number legs of the first and second parts being at least three. A third part of the chair forms a seat and is pivotally connected to the first and second parts. A connecting assembly for pivotally connecting the first part to the second part is a piston assembly having a top end and a bottom end. The top end is pivotally connected to the first part to form a pivot at which the first part pivots relative to the second part between an open position and a closed position. The bottom end is connected to the second part. The connection between the top end and the first part forms the only physical connection between the first and second parts to eliminate cutting dangers to the user.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a tray on a chair having two arms. The apparatus includes a first support member coupled to a first arm of the chair, the first support member defining a top surface and being adapted to be slid from a use position in which the top surface is substantially accessible to support the tray, to a stowed position in which the top surface is not substantially accessible to support the tray, and a second support member coupled to a second arm of the chair, the second support member defining a top surface and being adapted to be slid from a use position in which the top surface is substantially accessible to support the tray, to a stowed position in which the top surface is not substantially accessible to support the tray. A tray adapted to sit on and span the distance between the two extended support members may also be included.

Abstract: An adjustment assembly for securing a bicycle seat includes a base adapted to be mounted on top of a seat post and having an arcuate rail formed on two opposed sides of the base, two adjusting seats oppositely and slidably connected to the base. Each adjusting seat has an arcuate track to receive therein a corresponding one of the arcuate rail of the base such that the two adjusting seats are movable relative to the base after the two arcuate rails of the base are received in the corresponding arcuate tracks of the adjusting seats and the bicycle seat sandwiched between the two adjusting seats is able to move along with the two adjusting seats relative to the base to accomplish angle change purpose and a securing element extending through the two adjusting seats to threadingly connect to a nut for securing the bicycle seat sandwiched between the two adjusting seats.

Abstract: The application describes an arrangement for accommodating passengers, with the arrangement comprising a first placement space that comprises a first accommodation unit, and a second placement space that comprises a second accommodation unit, wherein the two placement spaces are arranged in one placement plane so as to face each other. The arrangement further comprises a delimiting element that is arranged laterally beside the first and second placement spaces and that extends so as to be perpendicular in relation to the placement plane, and comprises a couchette element that is designed and affixed to the delimiting element such that a passenger can be accommodated who is in a position lying down above the first and second placement spaces. The first accommodation unit is a first seat, and the second accommodation unit is a second seat.

Abstract: An automobile/vehicle passenger car seat configured for rotation about a pivot point, thereby allowing a seat occupant such as a child to be more easily buckled within the car seat by a parent, this car seat then configured for rotation back to a forward facing position. The purpose of this Abstract is to enable the public, and especially the scientists, engineers, and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection, the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. This Abstract is neither intended to define the invention, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A headrest assembly that is rotatable to various positions includes a support defining a horizontal axis. A shell is rotatably mounted to the support. Notches are disposed on the support, and each notch is associated with one of the positions. A lever is mounted to the shell and has a locking portion rotatable about the pivot axis and partially disposed in one of the notches to prevent movement of the shell. An actuator is mounted to the shell and rotates the locking portion of the lever about a pivot axis in a direction transverse to the horizontal axis. The actuator moves the locking portion out of one of the notches to allow the shell to rotate about the horizontal axis. Furthermore, the actuator moves the locking portion into one of the notches to prevent the shell from rotating about the horizontal axis.

Abstract: An armrest assembly includes a platform, a post pivotally installed on the platform, a cylinder movably installed on the post, an armrest pivotally installed on the cylinder, an angle controller for controlling the angle of the post on the platform and an elevation controller for controlling the elevation of the cylinder on the post.

Abstract: A position structure for a level-adjustable armrest which comprises a driving member, a sliding member and a spring, and those three members are all mounted in an adjusting tube. When the user adjusts the height of the armrest, it will pull the sliding member so as to push the protruded portion from the pressing surface to the surface of the protruded block, so that the engaging member will be rotated limitedly, and the protruded block will be removed from the adjusting groove completely. Thereby the driving member will not be engaged with the engaging member and the semicircle member, and the driving member and the armrest sheath will be removed to the adjusting tube accordingly so as to adjust the height of the armrest.

Abstract: A temporary hold mechanism for a seat belt sub-assembly is disclosed. The seat belt buckle sub-assembly includes a mounting bracket, at least one seat belt buckle receptacle that is selectively movable between a pre-installed position and an installed position, a biasing element that biases the seat belt buckle sub-assembly into the installed position, and a selectively removable retaining element that selectively maintains the seat belt buckle sub-assembly in the pre-installed position. A method for temporarily holding the seat belt buckle sub-assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A roofing material removal machine and method for removing roofing materials wherein the machine travels along guide rails mounted on a roof surface and roofing material lifting elements carried by the machine are operated to lift the roofing materials as the machine moves along the guide rails after which the removed materials are conveyed to a collection receptacle. A remote control device may be used to control power to and movement of the machine along the guide rails.

Abstract: A movable machine such as a concrete saw has an isolator or other damping element between the working tool portion of the machine and the supporting structure, such as a frame, chassis or other structure. The working tool portion of the machine may include a tool and a motor and the tool may include a support mounted or otherwise fixed to the motor.

Abstract: A pavement treatment apparatus, for example a concrete saw, includes a bias element for biasing one part of the apparatus toward another part of the apparatus. The bias element may be one or more springs extending between an engine platform and a handle assembly.

Abstract: A wheel rim structure includes a wheel rim cover having an outwardly extending center rod, an axle bearing mounted on the center rod of the wheel rim cover, and a rotating member rotating member or pendulum-like weight mounted on the axle bearing and carrying an advertising panel. When a rotating member is used, it keeps rotating when the wheel rim is stopped with the wheel due to an inertia effect. When a pendulum-like weight is used, it is kept immovable during rotation of the wheel rim with the wheel.

Abstract: A wheel assembly for mounting to an axle of a wheeled product includes a wheel having an opening and a locking element which is insertable in the opening to secure the wheel to the axle. The locking element has a portion engaging the wheel and a second flexible portion for releasably engaging the axle. The locking element is so constructed as to allow a tool to be inserted therethrough for releasing engagement between the wheel assembly from the axle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic parking brake, including a brake piston, an auxiliary piston, a hydraulic chamber disposed between the brake piston and the auxiliary piston, a spring element, for prestressing the auxiliary piston, a spindle device connected to the auxiliary piston via a threaded connection, and a drive for the spindle device, wherein in a locked state of the parking brake, the brake piston is mechanically locked via the spindle device and the spring-loaded auxiliary piston, and in a released state of the parking brake, the auxiliary piston is blocked by means of the spring element and/or by means of the spindle device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for brake steering a tracked vehicle such as, for example, a military tank. More precisely, the present invention provides independent control of a left brake and a right brake to create a track speed differential and thereby turn the vehicle. The apparatus of the present invention preferably includes a controller, a plurality of circuit selector actuators operatively connected to the controller, and a plurality of brake apply actuators operatively connected to the controller. A plurality of valves are disposed in fluid communication with the plurality of circuit selector actuators. The left brake is in fluid communication with one of the plurality of brake apply actuators, and the right brake is in fluid communication with another of the plurality of brake apply actuators.

Abstract: An electrical control network is laid over one or more vehicle dynamics control and/or ride control systems of a heavy vehicle, which control network controls actuation of components thereof. The invention offers many advantages including reduction of components, simplified design, unified communication for numerous different types of system components, simplified resolution of conflicts between competing control strategies, expandability to additional vehicle systems, and flexibility to upgrade for new, improved vehicle control schemes.

Abstract: In a method for controlling the pressure buildup in an electronically controllable brake system, preferably for use in motor vehicles, including a master brake cylinder, in particular a tandem master brake cylinder (TMC), a vacuum brake booster (booster), at least one additional pressure source for brake force assistance, preferably a hydraulic pump which is drivable by a controlling unit and the pressure of which can be applied to wheel brakes of the vehicle, an approach of a point where the auxiliary-force to actuating-force ratio (operating point) of the vacuum brake booster (booster) falls below a predetermined ratio is detected, that a pressure gradient in the master brake cylinder (TMC pressure gradient) is detected, and that in the event of a detected approach of the operating point of the booster and when a pressure gradient limit value of the detected TMC pressure gradient is exceeded, the additional pressure source is activated for brake force assistance, for the purpose of building up additional br

Abstract: A system for controlling at least one of the slip threshold and the time period for an extended wheel slippage for a vehicle that is operating in the off-road ABS mode. When driving in a curve pattern and/or at high speeds, the individual wheel speeds are controlled with a lower slip threshold and/or shorter time period for the extended wheel slippage than when driving straight ahead and/or at a lower vehicle speed.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus is configured to suppress sounds while a vehicle is stationary. The brake control apparatus basically has a brake operation detecting section, a vehicle state detecting section, a braking force generating section, a braking force adjusting section and a brake control section. The brake operation detecting section detects a brake operation value indicative of an operation of a brake element. The vehicle state detecting section detects whether a vehicle is in a stopped state. The braking force generating section generates a braking force. The braking force adjusting section adjusts the braking force generated in the braking force generating section based on the brake operation value. The brake control section then control the braking force to prohibit reduction in the braking force when the brake operation value decreases while the vehicle is in the stopped state.

Abstract: A method for controlling the braking system of a motor vehicle in which, in order to prevent the vehicle from rolling away after a stopping action, a first braking force value is established at at least one wheel of the vehicle, independently of the driver, and is held for a predefined limited holding time; a transverse variable characterizing a transverse motion of the vehicle is ascertained; and as a function of the transverse variable, a release of the braking force is accomplished even before the predefined holding time has elapsed.

Abstract: A receiver and distribution unit in a vehicle that includes a wireless receiver unit and a signal processor. The wireless receiver unit receives a first signal wirelessly from a cellular network. The signal processor decodes the first signal into a second signal for output to a display and a sound system. The second signal may include video signals for output to the display and audio signals for output to the sound system. The display may be an liquid crystal display and may be mounted in a headrest of a seat in the vehicle.

Abstract: A propellant anti-theft system can not only perform permission/stop of operation of a vehicle in a simple and easy manner without using a key, but also suppress the theft and reuse of vehicle parts. The system includes a portable device and an on-board device installed on the vehicle, and further includes an engine control device, a switch and various units, all of which are connected to the on-board device. The on-board device includes a transmitter receiver, a storage circuit and a control circuit. The portable device includes a transmitter receiver, a storage circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit of the on-board device compares common data possessed by itself and common data stored in microprocessor units of the engine control device and the various units, and unlocks a steering locking section included in the various units and outputs an engine starting permission signal to the engine control device when both of the individual pieces of common data coincide with each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuator for an electric push-button switch (30) comprising a housing shell (10) in whose shell opening (13) a holding plate (20) is placed. A holding suspension, together with outer stops (21) and outer counterstops (11) between the holding plate (20) and the holding housing permit the non-actuated holding plate (10) to be pressed into a defined outer position of rest (20.1). A push-button switch (30), which is arranged in the housing shell (10), is, together with its switching element (31), located in an extended position (30.1) that is effected by a switch suspension (33). The aim of the invention is to provide an economical space-saving design. To this end, the switch suspension (33) of the push-button switch (30) is simultaneously provided with the function of providing the holding suspension of the holding plate (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a decentralized power generation system comprising a plurality of decentralized power generating units (11,12;13,14). In order to enable an optimized control of these power generating units while enabling at the same time a high security in the system, it is proposed that the system further comprises a plurality of DC/DC converters (31,32), each connected to another one of the power generating units for converting a current provided by the power generating units. The proposed system moreover comprises a DC bus (40) to which the DC/DC converters feed a respectively converted current. The proposed system moreover comprises at least one power receiving component (20) retrieving current from the DC bus, which power receiving component is physically separated from the DC/DC converters. The invention relates equally to a corresponding method.

Abstract: An uninterrupted power supply unit is provided with a straightforward switch connected between a power source and a load to supply or interrupt a power to a system. The combination of the outputs from two kinds of single phase inverters enables compensating for a variation in the system voltage in the normal condition and to supply a predetermined voltage to the load after decreasing in the system voltage and opening of a straight forward switch.

Abstract: The circuit arrangement includes a first and a second input to supply a first and a second supply voltage and also an output. The circuit arrangement includes a first transistor, which is connected between the first input and the output, and a second transistor, which is connected between the second input and the output. The first and second transistors include a respective substrate connection coupled to a supply connection. In addition, the circuit arrangement includes a third and a fourth transistor, which are connected between the first input or the second input and the supply connection, and also a control circuit, which is coupled to the first and second inputs and to control connections of the first and second transistors.

Abstract: An improved synchronous tubular electrical machine comprises a radially outer member that has a substantially cylindrical inner surface and radially inner member that is substantially cylindrical and is coaxially disposed within the outer member such that it may move reciprocally relative to the outer member in the axial direction. A plurality of axially spaced circumferential armature coils are electrically insulated from one another and are formed as part of one of the outer member and the inner member. A plurality of axially spaced circumferential superconducting coils are formed as part of the other of the outer member and the inner member. During operation of the tubular machine, each superconducting coil is maintained in a superconducting state and an electrical current is supplied to each superconducting coil in such a manner that the current flowing around each coil is in the opposite direction to the current flowing around the coils adjacent to it.

Abstract: An electromagnetic exciter includes a first suspension having a cylindrical side wall portion coaxial with respect to a cylindrical wall of a yoke of a magnetic circuit assembly, and a spring portion integrally formed at the lower end of the cylindrical side wall portion to support the lower end of the magnetic circuit assembly so that the magnetic circuit assembly is vibratable. An annular support member is secured to the inner peripheral surface of the upper end opening of the cylindrical side wall portion of the first suspension. A printed wiring board that supports a voice coil is supported on the annular support member. A protector has a cylindrical portion installed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical side wall portion of the first suspension, and a caulking portion that is bent radially inward over the upper end edge of the cylindrical side wall portion of the first suspension to clamp the printed wiring board between itself and the annular support member.

Abstract: The two phase motor of small size is formed by a stator comprising principal magnetic poles (8, 10, 12) arranged in the same general plane and by a rotor provided with a bipolar permanent magnet (6). The first and second principal poles are connected to the third principal pole by two magnetic cores respectively, each carrying one of two windings (20, 22). The third principal pole (12) defines to adjacent secondary poles (26, 28) separated from one another by a region (30) of high magnetic reluctance. The first and second principal poles (8, 10) and the two secondary poles (26, 28) are distributed in four sectors of a circle of around 90° around the stator aperture (40). The invention also concerns a method of making the stator of a motor of the type described above.

Abstract: The main body of a rotary electrical machine is accommodated in a frame (1). A circulatory device (5) is provided that is rotated by a rotor (3) of said rotary electrical machine, in which there is accommodated cooling liquid (7) that cools at least the main body of the rotary electrical machine. The circulatory device (5) circulates said cooling liquid (7) to outside of the frame (1) by pump action. The cooling liquid (7) is accumulated by a reserve tank before being circulated within the frame (1). After the heated cooling liquid (7) is cooled in the reserve tank, this accumulated cooling liquid (7) is then caused to flow back into the frame (1) by the pressure difference.

Abstract: An electric motor including a rotational sensor is provided. Certain examples of the rotational sensor are operative to output a sinusoidal signal that corresponds to the rotational position of the motor armature in response to the potential at a single point or multiple points on the commutator. Certain other examples of the motor and rotational sensor disclosed here are operative to provide multiple pulses per rotation of the armature, which can allow for finer adjustment of devices attached to the motor. The motor and rotational sensor provides a simpler and less costly design requiring fewer parts subject to mechanical failure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting an end (4) of at least one winding wire of a fixed winding (2) and an end (8) of at least one supply wire supplying power to the winding (2). The device comprises non-removable electrical-connection means (7) for connecting the end (4) of the single-strand wire and the end (8) of the multi-strand wire, and a storage case (10) for storing the connecting means (7). The invention also relates to a method for implementing the device, consisting in: storing the connecting means (7) in the storage case (10), then closing the storage case (10).

Abstract: A heat sink (35) is fixed by insert molding to a resin-made motor cover covering a case body fixed to a motor body. A flow-in portion (51) extending along a straight line and branch portions (62) to (66) formed so as to be branched to the flow-in portion (51) are formed in the heat sink (35), a tip portion of a power-feeding terminal (58) is disposed at the branch portion (62), and the tip portion of the power-feeding terminal (58) is disposed at the branch portion (63). In addition, when a molding resin is cast in the flow-in portion (61) and the branch portions (62) to (66) during the insert molding, these power-feeding terminals (58) and (59) are fixed to the branch portions (62) and (63) and terminal parts (58b) and (59b) are positioned by the branch portions (62) and (63).

Abstract: A stopper member is included in a linear actuator comprising a stator assembly, a rotor assembly, an output shaft, and a stopper pin which is fixedly disposed at a frontward portion of the output shaft, and which is adapted to axially control the mode and amount of movement of the output shaft initiated by rotation of the rotor assembly. The stopper member is disposed fixedly with respect to the stator assembly and stops the axial movement of the output shaft without making it happen that the stopper pin which moves together with the output shaft touches the rotor assembly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a single housing assembly for a reduced voltage motor starter assembly. The housing assembly has a medium voltage compartment and a low voltage compartment. In this configuration the housing assembly ins structured to enclose both the medium voltage portion and the low voltage portion of the starter assembly.