Abstract: An apparatus for use in combination with a tractor having a hydraulically adjustable front implement hitch and a front power takeoff is described for use in evacuating a body of water. The apparatus includes a mounting frame attachable to said front implement hitch; a pump having a water inlet, a water outlet and a rotatable drive shaft with a drive pulley carried on said mounting frame; drive means connecting said pump drive pulley to the front power takeoff; a suction hose having a proximal end attached to the water inlet of said pump and a distal end; and a discharge hose attached to the water outlet of said pump.

Abstract: A shock attenuating coupling device is provided for a rotary impact tool for drivingly connecting a hammer mechanism to a drive anvil. The shock attenuating coupling device includes a first coupling member, a second coupling member, a drum, a shoe, and a body of resilient material. The first coupling member has a first drive portion. The second coupling member has a second drive portion. The drum is provided proximate the first drive portion and the second drive portion and has a radially inner engagement surface. The shoe is provided within the drum and between the first drive portion and the second drive portion. The shoe has a radially outer surface capable of being expanded in a radially outer direction. The body of resilient material is interposed between the drum and the shoe.

Abstract: An assembly of modularized housing and door cover includes a modularized housing; a door cover having a upper part thereof formed with at least one sleeve for putting around the axial pin, and a main body thereof formed with a plurality of ventilation openings; a film having a surface thereof partially adhered to peripheral areas of the ventilation openings using an adhesive layer to form loose-leaf connection; and spring accommodated in the axial pin, and having one end thereof pushed against the wall surface and the other end thereof pushed against an inner wall of the door cover. The modularized housing is provided with excellent ventilation effects therein when assembled with power supply device.

Abstract: A temporary protective cover for an electrical box having an open front end includes a plate sized and shaped to be removably mounted onto the open front end of the electrical box and a pair of wings formed onto the plate for securing the cover onto the electrical box. A line of weakness extends across the rear surface of the plate from the right side edge to the left side edge. A plurality of pins are formed onto the rear surface of the plate and serve to limit longitudinal and lateral movement of the cover when mounted onto the electrical box. The pair of wings are spaced adequately in from the left and right side edges of the plate and extend rearwardly from the rear surface of the plate at an angle away from one another. Each wing is shaped to include a flexible leg and an enlarged foot, the foot including a tapered guiding surface and a substantially flat engagement surface.

Abstract: A power supply adapter is provided to transform a power supply interface of a ventilation device. The ventilation device includes a plug. The power supply adapter includes a main body. The main body includes a mounting element for mounting the ventilation device, a first power supply interface for electrically connecting with the plug of the ventilation device, and a second power supply interface. The second power supply interface is for connecting with an external power supply. The first power supply interface is electrically connected to the second power supply interface.

Abstract: A wall plate (10) is provided that accommodates communication cable and is formed by a support plate (11) and a cable support extension (12) mounted to the inner surface (20) support plate. The cable support extension is open-ended, with one opening in communication with the access opening (26) of the support plate (11) and the other opening projecting inside the wall structure (50). This allows the communication cable (56) to be fed from within the wall structure, through the wall plate, and beyond, with the cable support extension functioning as an interior sight barrier without obstructing the placement of a flat screen television set or other wall mounted objects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for manufacturing insulation materials of an electrical wire and an electrical wire manufactured using the same. The present invention provides a composition for manufacturing insulation materials of an electrical wire having a multilayer structure, which is used for manufacturing a first insulation coating layer made of a composition including a predetermined base resin, an antioxidant and a co-crosslinking agent so as to surround a conductor or a conductor bundle for an electrical wire; a second insulation coating layer made of a composition including a base resin polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), a predetermined antioxidant and a co-crosslinking agent so as to surround the first insulation coating layer, and an electrical wire manufactured using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to collet-type fittings (201) for use in collet-type splices and collet-type dead ends and methods for splicing together two aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cables (ACCC) or terminating one ACCC cable. The collet-type fittings (201) comprise a collet (202) coincident with a collet housing (204) to hold the composite cores. The composite cores can be stripped of the aluminum conductor to provide a bond between the collet (202) and the composite core. After inserting the composite core into the collet (202), a compression element (206) compresses the collet (202). The collet (202) holds the composite core with frictional forces and the collet (202) further compresses and strengthens the hold on the composite core if the composite core pulls the collet (202) further into the collet housing (204).

Abstract: A high frequency cable for the 0.5 MHz to 1000 MHz range including at least one twisted pair of conductors forming at least a part of a core, the core being covered by a sheathing, and the sheathing have a cross-sectional external shape in the form of a reuleaux polygon.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial cable having a flat portion, so that the cable can be used, for example, as a jumper cable that passes through a window sill or a door. Because the cable is flat, it can easily pass through a crack in the door or window without requiring holes to be dilled into the building structure. The flat portion of the cable contains a central conductor that is sequentially surrounded by a substantially flat dielectric, an outer conductor, and a jacket.

Abstract: An extra-fine copper alloy wire has: a wire diameter of 0.010 to 0.025 mm; 1 to 3 weight % of silver (Ag), and a balance consisting copper (Co) and an inevitable impurity; a tensile strength of not less than 850 MPa; an electrical conductivity of not less than 85% IACS; an elongation of 0.5 to 3.0%; and a lowering rate in tensile strength of not more than 2%. The lowering rate is represented by [(1??h1/?h0)×100%] where ?h1 is a tensile strength of the wire measured after a heat treatment under conditions of a heating temperature of not more than 350° C. and a heating time of not more than 5 seconds, and ?h0 is a tensile strength of the wire measured before the heat treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cable loom, in particular for use in a motor vehicle, the cable loom comprising at least one electrical cable and a stretching device longitudinally engaging at least a section of the cable loom, wherein the stretching device exerts a force aligning the cable loom so as to be substantially free of curvature on the portion of the cable loom engaged by the stretching device.

Abstract: A printed circuit board is disclosed that is able to prevent outflow of a potting resin out of a sealing region. The printed circuit board includes a conductive pattern formed on an insulating substrate, an electrode for connecting an electronic part to the conductive pattern, and a stripe-like resin-outflow-prevention dam arranged in a periphery of a resin-sealing region covering the electronic part. An outer side surface and an upper surface of the resin-outflow-prevention dam subtend an acute angle.

Abstract: A ceramic multilayer substrate includes a plurality of laminated ceramic layers and at least one conductor pattern and disposed on at least one of the ceramic layers. The ceramic multilayer substrate has a cavity in at least a first main surface. The ceramic multilayer substrate includes a deformation preventing pattern disposed on at least one of the ceramic layers having an opening forming the cavity. The deformation preventing pattern surrounds the entire perimeter of the opening and is made of the same material as the conductor pattern.

Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus including a bonding control section provided with an electrical non-bonding detector, an optical non-bonding detector, and an optical shape detector, which are for detecting non-bonding between a first bonding point and a bonding wire; and when non-bonding is detected by the electrical non-bonding detector and non-bonding is also detected by the optical non-bonding detector, then the tip end of the bonding wire is reformed by, based on the shape of the tip end of the bonding wire detected by the optical shape detector, a ball formation device into a ball of a prescribed shape, and rebonding is performed at the first bonding point.

Abstract: A bus structure includes multiple soft buses and a soft separation layer. These multiple soft buses are stacked side by side each other. The soft separation layer is sandwitched between two adjacent soft buses.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a printed wiring board in which malconnection or disconnection caused by a difference between coefficients of thermal expansion of a semiconductor chip and a printed wiring board can be decreased even when a highly-integrated semiconductor apparatus is mounted thereon and an electronic device using the same. An electronic device (4) according to the present invention includes a printed wiring board (1) with a component mounting pin (18) and a surface-mounting type semiconductor apparatus (2) with an electrode pad (3), wherein the component mounting pin (18) has elasticity and is urged against the electrode pad (3) to maintain electric connection.

Abstract: A circuit board for transitioning a cable to a connector comprises a circuit board having an outer surface. A circuit trace provided on the outer surface has a cable pad and a contact pad provided at different ends of the outer surface. A ground plane is held by the circuit board. A ground link on the outer surface is connected to the ground plane. The circuit trace and the ground link are located immediately adjacent one another. A resistive coating is provided over the circuit trace and the outer surface of the circuit board. The resistive coating has a mask aperture there-through exposing an uncoated portion of the circuit trace and exposing the ground link to the ground plane. A conductive jumper material is provided on the uncoated portion of the circuit trace and the ground link to render the circuit trace electrically common with the ground plane.

Abstract: A blind hole (3) is formed on a substrate (1) from a first side of the substrate toward a second side of the substrate (1). A conductor (11) is filled in the blind hole (3). The substrate (1) is removed from the opposite side to expose the conductor (13) filled in the blind hole (3).

Abstract: An inverter (10) includes a circuit board (20) including a transformer (40) disposed thereon, and a shield cage assembly (60) for enclosing the transformer. The shield cage assembly includes an insulative cage (602) defining an inner receiving space (6028) for receiving the transformer, a first conductive cage (604) defining a first receiving space (6048) for receiving the insulative cage, and a second conductive cage (606) defining a second receiving space (6068) for receiving the first conductive cage. The shield cage assembly blocks EMI emitted by the transformer from interfering with electronic components out of the shield cage assembly, thus enabling the electronic components to perform more reliably.

Abstract: There is disclosed a wire harness fixing structure for fixing a wire harness to a mounting portion, the wire harness comprising wires, and a corrugated tube through which the wires pass. The corrugated tube is divided into a plurality of sections in a longitudinal direction thereof. That portion of the wires exposed at a division portion is held by a fixing device, and the fixing device is fixed to the mounting portion.

Abstract: A heatable ice perforation device that is intended to provide for placing holes in ice in relatively quick time comprising a controllable heat source for heating a power head for melting ice.

Abstract: An assembly and methods for constructing a MONOWELL includes a monodiameter casing disposed in a monodiameter wellbore having diametric efficiency with a monobore production delivery system disposed within the monodiameter casing. An assembly for constructing a monodiameter wellbore includes a bottomhole assembly having a overgauge hole drilling member, a directional steering assembly, a measurement while drilling tool, and a logging while drilling tool; a work string attached to the bottomhole assembly and extending to the surface; drilling fluids flowing through the work string and bottomhole assembly; chemical casing casing the borehole; expandable casing disposed in the wellbore; and a sealing composition disposed between the expandable casing and the wellbore.

Abstract: One embodiment includes an apparatus comprising a steerable well bore drilling tool having a main tool body. The steerable well bore drilling tool includes an inertial measurement unit to output a measurement used to determine an azimuthal deviation and inclination of the steerable well bore drilling tool during a drilling operation.

Abstract: A horizontal directional drilling system is used to drive operation of a guidable reamer assembly connected to a drill string. The guidable reamer assembly preferably has a cutting member with a central longitudinal axis and a support member also having a central longitudinal axis. The longitudinal axes of the cutting member and the support member are collinear when the reamer assembly is in the non-steering position and laterally displaced when in the steering position. The assembly and method of this invention provide for increased control of reaming operations and product pipe placement.

Abstract: A drill bit is made from a shank, lid and blades. Junk slots with higher resistance to flow are provided to force drilling fluid between cutters on adjacent blades to improve cleaning. Blades are canted back, and openings at a high angle are provided to further enhance cleaning. The use of a lid facilitates high angle openings. The cutters may be made of sintered powder metal, and may include polycrystalline inserts. The blades may include a preferential conductive cooling material. The drill bit may include an enlarged hollow chamber and a relatively thin and long peripheral drill bit wall.

Abstract: This invention relates to a steering assembly and to a steering component, suitable for use in drilling operations for oil and gas. The steering assembly comprises a downhole motor which can rotate the drill bit, and a steering component. The steering component has a shaft and a set of elements for engaging the borehole in use. The shaft has a longitudinal axis. The set of elements has a centreline and is movable relative to the shaft between a first position in which the centreline is offset from the longitudinal axis of the shaft by a first distance, and a second position in which the centreline is offset from the longitudinal axis of the shaft by a second distance. In use in drilling operations, movement of the set of elements from the first position to the second position alters the degree of curvature of the drilled hole.

Abstract: A system and method to inject a combined aqueous or hydrocarbon-based liquid stream and a liquid carbon dioxide stream into a subterranean formation via a well using a single high-pressure pump.

Abstract: A dewatering module adapted to be inserted between a rock drill bit and a drill string comprising an outer housing and having a first end remote from the drill bit and a second end adapted to lie immediately adjacent the drill bit; an air/water inlet at the first end of the module adapted to receive a high pressure composite air and water flow from within the drill string and to deliver said flow into a main chamber within the module; an inner tubular housing within the chamber defining a passage within the chamber from its first and inlet end adjacent the air/water inlet to its outlet and second end at the drill bit; the first and inlet end of the inner housing being shielded by a first baffle from the composite air water flow entering the chamber; the first baffle comprising a deflector overlying the first and inlet end of the inner housing and having a skirt being of larger diameter than the tubular inner housing inlet such that air entering the inner housing is forced to reverse direction and traverse an

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing polycrystalline diamond are disclosed. More particularly, a mixture including diamond and fullerenes may be provided. Further, the mixture may be exposed to a high pressure, high temperature sintering process. In addition, a volume of polycrystalline diamond bonded to a substrate may be formed by providing a mixture including diamond and fullerenes and exposing the mixture to a high pressure, high temperature sintering process. A drill bit for drilling a subterranean formation is disclosed. Further, polycrystalline diamond compacts are disclosed including polycrystalline diamond bonded to a substrate, wherein the polycrystalline diamond includes less than about 1% by weight or is substantially free of non-fullerenes, non-diamond carbon. Polycrystalline diamond exhibiting an increased diamond volume fraction due to the presence of fullerenes during manufacture relative to polycrystalline diamond formed without fullerenes is disclosed.

Abstract: A cutting tip for a drilling tool includes a cemented carbide cutting base 11, a diamond element 12 supported by the cutting base 11, and a bonding layer formed between the cutting base 11 and the diamond element 12 in order to bond them. The bonding layer 13 includes diffusion layers S1 and S2 in which one or two or more metals selected from a group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, Ti, Zr, W, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, and Hf diffuses into at least one of the cemented carbide or the diamond.

Abstract: Thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline materials and compacts comprise an ultra-hard polycrystalline body that wholly or partially comprises one or more thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region. A substrate can be attached to the body. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be positioned along all or a portion of an outside surface of the body, or can be positioned beneath a body surface. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be provided in the form of a single element or in the form of a number of elements. The thermally stable ultra-hard polycrystalline region can be formed from precursor material, such as diamond and/or cubic boron nitride, with an alkali metal catalyst material. The mixture can be sintered by high pressure/high temperature process.

Abstract: A method and a device allow to detect and optionally to indicate the improper use of a seat. For this purpose, an estimated value of a variable characteristic of a mass that rests on a seating area of a seat is determined depending on at least one force that acts upon the seating area and that is detected by one or more force sensors. The estimated value is found to be reliable or unreliable depending on the oscillation behavior of the measured signal of the at least one force sensor.

Abstract: A device for stabilizing traction in a zero turn mower having a riding frame, a pair of front caster-type wheels, a primary right-side rear wheel and a primary left-side rear wheel, and an asymmetric drive system to said rear wheels for driving and steering, comprising: a) auxiliary right-side and left-side rear wheels rotatably mounted on stub axles positioned rearwardly of said primary rear wheels; b) a first rigid member extending between and pivotally coupled to said auxiliary right-side rear wheel and said primary right-side rear wheel; c) a second rigid member extending between and pivotally coupled to said auxiliary left-side rear wheel and said primary left-side rear wheel; d) a first drive coupling member for driving said auxiliary right-side rear wheel in tandem with said primary right-side rear wheel; and e) a second drive coupling member for driving said auxiliary left-side rear wheel in tandem with said primary left-side rear wheel.

Abstract: A control apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a road surface condition detection portion, a slip determination portion, a torque reduction device, and a voltage control device. The electric vehicle includes a motor that generates drive power for the electric vehicle, and a drive device that drives the motor. The road surface condition detection portion detects the condition of a road surface on which the electric vehicle is driven. The slip determination portion determines whether the electric vehicle is slipping. The torque reduction device reduces the torque of the motor when the slip determination portion determines that the electric vehicle is slipping. The voltage control device controls a voltage input to the drive device to reduce the voltage when the road surface condition detection portion determines that the road surface has a friction coefficient lower than a predetermined value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a power transmission for a hybrid vehicle which is capable of efficiently controlling energy generated from an engine to get a high degree of efficiency. A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprises an engine, a power splitting part using a planetary gear system, a generating part having two rotors generating electric energy through mutual influences and a motor generating driving force from the electric energy. The power transmission apparatus may reduce an amount of an energy transmitted from the engine to the generating part and also reduce an amount of an energy loss due to converting mechanical energy into electric energy in the generating part.

Abstract: A hybrid motor vehicle power train (10) operating in thermal mode or electric mode and including a thermal engine (20) coupled to a gearbox (100) via a clutch (113) and an electrical machine (200), characterised in that the electrical machine is continuously connected to the input shaft (130) of the gearbox (100).

Abstract: In a control system for a hybrid electric vehicle equipped with an engine and an electric motor, when it is judged that the vehicle is in a preset state where torque required in the electric motor is zero, storage-rate retention control is carried out by causing the electric motor to generate minute torque having an absolute value smaller than the torque of the electric motor, which is required for a forced charge or discharge.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hub motor (100) formed in a wheel (14) for assisting in the movement of a vehicle (10).

Abstract: Side panels for internal combustion engine housings lacking rectilinear access to housing suppress engine noise.

Abstract: A scooter with variable wheel configuration capable of being configured from a two-wheeled vehicle to a three-wheeled vehicle and vice-versa, according to requirement, is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus capable of temporarily limiting travel of the rear suspension system of a motorcycle for the purpose of obtaining better traction when accelerating. The apparatus includes a device having a first base secured to at least one frame member of the motorcycle at a location above a rear suspension member of the motorcycle, and a second base secured to the rear suspension member at a location in proximity to the first base. A post is pivotally mounted to the first base to have first and second positions. In the first position, the post extends toward the second base and engages a retention feature in the second base to prevent movement of the rear suspension member and frame member toward each other. In the second position, the post is disengaged from the retention feature and pivoted away from the second base to permit movement of the rear suspension member and frame member toward each other.

Abstract: A transporter for transporting a load over a surface. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting the load. The support platform is characterized by a fore-aft axis, a lateral axis, and an orientation with respect to the surface, the orientation referred to as an attitude. At least one ground-contacting element is flexibly coupled to the support platform in such a manner that the attitude of the support platform is capable of variation. One or more ground-contacting elements are driven by a motorized drive arrangement. A sensor module generates a signal characterizing the attitude of the support platform. Based on the attitude, a controller commands the motorized drive arrangement.

Abstract: This present disclosure relates to a machine, in particular a construction machine and preferably a wheel loader, comprising a drive unit, a drive train connected with the drive unit for driving the machine, a pump, an energy store connected with the pump, which can be charged by the pump, and an engine which is connected with the energy store and with the drive train or some other component of the machine, wherein the engine is connected with the energy store such that the engine can be driven by the energy store, and wherein the engine is connected with the drive train or the other component such that the energy output by the engine can be introduced into the drive train or into the other component.

Abstract: A steerable primary axle for a fairway mower or other machine includes a pair of motors mounted in fixed positions on opposing ends of an axle. The mechanical drive system includes a pair of input shafts having input bevel gears, a pair of output shafts with output bevel gears and wheel mounts, and a pair of intermediate shafts between the input shafts and output shafts. Each intermediate shaft has an upper bevel gear meshed with the input bevel gear and a lower bevel gear meshed with the output bevel gear. The output shafts may be enclosed within pivotable housings. A pair of drag links are attached to the pivotable housings and to a steering linkage. The wheels on the wheel mounts may be steered without moving the motors, reducing or minimizing strain on hydraulic hoses or electric cables on the steered wheels.

Abstract: An electric power steering apparatus includes a speed reducing mechanism for decelerating the rotation of a rotatable shaft in an electric motor and a converting mechanism for converting the output rotation of the speed reducing mechanism into the axial movement of a steering shaft extending toward the right and left sides of a vehicle. The speed reducing mechanism includes an input pulley driven by the electric motor, an output pulley arranged with the steering shaft enclosed thereby, a belt for connecting the input pulley and the output pulley to each other, and a belt tension adjuster.

Abstract: A method is described for collection of multi-component seismic data based on the use of noise from the installation of a pole together with installing receivers comprised of seismic multi-component geophones and hydrophones. The pole is hammered down to a desired sediment depth and repeatable signals with defined energies are sent out. The receiver cable is comprised of 3-component geophones and hydrophones arranged in a straight line profile, readily in star formation, and is pulled successively, after registration is carried out, in toward the source. One commences with a desired offset and gradually obtains increasing spatial resolution as the recording process progresses. Of special interest will be to arrange the listening cables in the directions where it will be most relevant to drill.

Abstract: A method of producing an acoustic diaphragm includes forming a workpiece having a shape of the acoustic diaphragm by using a natural material which can be carbonized by burning, impregnating a solution including phenol resin into the workpiece, heating the workpiece to bring the phenol resin into a high polymer state, burning the workpiece in a substantially anoxic atmosphere to carbonize the natural material after the heating step, and applying or impregnating the workpiece with a coating material of a solution including phenol resin after the burning step.

Abstract: [PROMBLEMS]To provide a multifunction vibration actuator capable of maintaining high tone quality and output by increasing a frequency band with an elliptic diaphragm, reducing labor and cost in assembly, and increasing the space efficiency thereof in equipment in which the actuator is mounted. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] This actuator comprises a housing (1) integrally formed with a first house part (1a) with an elliptic wall (10), a second house part (1b) having a cylindrical wall (11) with a diameter corresponding to the first house part (1a) at the center of the ellipse, and both bottom walls (1c) and (1d) of the first housing part (1a). The actuator also comprises an elliptic diaphragm (3) with an annular voice coil (3) installed on the inner surface thereof, a circular magnetic circuit part (4), and a disk type suspension (5).

Abstract: A substrate injection molded to a surface of metal, wood, a wood-based product, or leather to form a composite, such that the composite has an acoustical region and a non-acoustical region, and the surface extends continuously from the acoustical region to the non-acoustical region is described.