Abstract: A low speed alternating current motor having motor shaft speeds of about 300 is provided, and such motor has application in numerous industries and devices, such as, for example, in top drive drilling systems. Because of the low shaft speed, mechanical speed reduction equipment may not be necessary. In addition, the motor shaft may be hollow to facilitate the flow of fluid, such as, for example, drilling mud.

Abstract: Percussion device including a machine housing (1), a forwards and backwards movable percussion piston (2) in the machine housing, and a reciprocatingly movable tubular valve body (6) inside the machine housing, said percussion piston (2) being arranged to subject a tool (3) to impact, and said percussion piston including a first (4) and a second (5) driving surface arranged to be pressurized in order to drive the percussion piston forwards and backwards, said valve body (6) including a first end surface (12) and a second end surface (13), wherein pressurizing the first end surface (12) tends to drive the valve body in a first direction and pressurizing the second end surface (13) tends to drive the valve body in a second direction, whereby the valve body (6) is arranged, over a channel (7) arranged in the machine housing, to connect at least the second (5) of the driving surfaces alternately to a pressure source (8) or to low pressure (9), wherein an inner room (31) in the tubular valve body (6) is continuous

Abstract: The invention relates to a drilling device for producing a drilling column in the soil comprising a mast, a drill drive arranged on a carriage, which is movably supported along the mast, a drilling tube which can be driven in a rotating manner by the drill drive and is movable along the mast in order to produce a drill hole, and a tube hopper that is connected to the drilling tube and comprises a storage space for filling material to fill the drill hole during the extraction of the drilling tube. In accordance with the invention provision is made for the tube hopper to be arranged in the drilling direction above the drill drive and to be connected to the drilling tube. The invention further relates to a method for producing a drilling column in the soil.

Abstract: A machine, such as a scraper machine, includes a bowl, a cutter and a loading apparatus coupled with the cutter and including a chute having a first end disposed outside the bowl, and an auger positioned at least partially within the chute. The auger includes at least one auger, and is configured to move work material between the first and second ends of the chute. A method of operating the scraper machine includes capturing work material at least in part by moving the cutting edge of the scraper machine through the work material, and conveying work material from the chute into the bowl at least-in part by rotating the auger.

Abstract: A percussion drill bit includes a bit body having a central axis and a bit face. A plurality of inserts is disposed on the bit face. A plurality of gauge row inserts is disposed on a periphery of the bit face. At least some one of the plurality of gauge row inserts is enhanced with a super hard material and oriented on the periphery of the bit face at an angle between about 36 degrees and about 40 degrees relative to the central axis of the bit body.

Abstract: Drill bit with multiple stages of durability and ROP characteristics is disclosed. The drill bit has multiple layers of cutters established by deploying the cutters on blades of different heights or maintaining the blades at the same height and deploying the cutters to have different heights on one or more blades. Each layer provides independent bottom hole coverage and has independent stabilization, ROP, and durability characteristics so as to effectively drill through different subsurface formations. Cutters deployed on the different layers have their respective centers at substantially different radial positions. Due to the different radial positions, cutters in different layers cut different swaths in the subsurface formation. Cutters in different layers may also have different initial peripheral portions or shear lengths, resulting in different impact resistance characteristics for the different layers.

Abstract: A system for controlling a networked array of dispensing devices for dispensing particulate matter may include local controllers connected to a parent controller. The parent controller may control an array of local controllers configured according to a network architecture. Each local controller may control one or more local dry chemical dispensing machines. In this way, the parent controller may control multiple dry chemical dispensing units over a network from a central location. In addition, the parent controller may directly control conventional liquid dispensers over the network. The parent and local controllers may be implemented using, for example, programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

Abstract: An angle sensor enables the angle of orientation of a body to be determined. A force sensor measures the reaction for of the tip of the body in contact with the medium in almost continuous manner. The orientation of the reaction force with respect to the medium plane is determined from measurement data from said sensors. A vector tangential to the path is determined by projection of the reaction force in the medium plane. The path can be determined by mathematical integration of the tangential vector or by double mathematical integration of the tangential acceleration which can be determined for example by the scalar product of a tangential unitary vector obtained by normalization of the tangential vector and of data representative of the acceleration supplied by the accelerometer.

Abstract: An articulated tracked vehicle that has a main section, which includes a main frame, and a forward section. The main frame has two sides and a front end, and includes a pair of parallel main tracks. Each main track includes a flexible continuous belt coupled to a corresponding side of the main frame. The forward section includes an elongated arm. One end of the arm is pivotally coupled to the main frame near the forward end of the main frame about a transverse axis that is generally perpendicular to the sides of the main frame. The arm has a length sufficiently long to allow the forward section to extend below the main section in at least some degrees of rotation of the arm, and a length shorter than the length of the main section. The center of mass of the main section is located forward of the rearmost point reached by the end of the arm in its pivoting about the transverse axis.

Abstract: In a hybrid electric vehicle, an output shaft of an engine can be coupled with a rotary shaft of an electric motor of which a driving force can be transmitted to driving wheels. A power cut relay cuts off power supply from a power source to a starter motor through a starting switch when its contact is open. When the switch is shifted to a starting position, an ECU opens the contact of the relay and starts the engine by means of the electric motor, or starts the engine by means of the starter motor by closing the contact of the relay without starting the engine by means of the electric motor. If a specific failure is detected by a failure detection unit when the switch is shifted to the starting position, the ECU starts the engine by the starter motor without starting the engine by the electric motor.

Abstract: A diagnostic control device for a hybrid vehicle is provided for shortening the time required for a failure diagnosis of an evaporation purge system. After introducing the inlet-pipe's negative pressure into the evaporation purge system 51, the evaporation control unit 52 diagnoses failure states concerning the evaporation purge system 51 such as a leak by detecting changes in inner tank pressure over a prescribed time. In order to shorten such failure diagnosis control time, a motor generator 12 is driven to assist the engine when introducing the inlet-pipe's negative pressure into the evaporation purge system 51. With such assist-driving, it becomes possible to reduce engine load, therefore, the throttle valve 67 of the engine 11 can be controlled to be on the closed side, making it possible to create sufficient inlet-pipe's negative pressure.

Abstract: A hybrid drive system for a four-wheel drive system arranged to supply motive power to a first output shaft of a transfer case from an internal combustion engine and to a second output shaft from an electric motor/generator. The transfer case includes a reduction gearset driven by the electric motor/generator, a power take-off unit driven by the reduction gearset, and a disconnect clutch operable for selectively coupling the reduction gearset to the second output shaft. This hybrid drive arrangement permits installation of a modified transfer case in place of a conventional transfer case for use in a traditional four-wheel drive driveline arrangement.

Abstract: A wheel hub drive with drive motor and drive gear system for industrial trucks, with the following features: driving and output axis of the drive gear system, rotation axis of the wheel and driving axis of the drive motor are disposed coaxially; the drive gear system is a single step or multi step planetary stepping gear system or a two or more step planetary coupler mechanism gear system, two horizontally spaced wheel bearings are located inside the drive gear system, wherein, a first wheel bearing is disposed between a first bearing portion, connected with the wheel hub, and a frame-fixed planet carrier, and a second wheel bearing is disposed between the first bearing portion and a frame-fixed second bearing portion or the frame-fixed planet carrier.

Abstract: A vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes an air intake assembly having a fixed funnel for introducing air to an intake port of an engine, and a movable funnel that selectively cooperates with the fixed funnel to introduce air to the intake port. The vehicle also includes a rotary shaft and a parallel linkage located on a first side of the movable funnel for movably supporting the movable funnel, and a drive source, such as a motor, located on a second side of the movable funnel generally opposite the first side for driving the parallel linkage. In one arrangement, the rotary shaft and parallel linkage are located on a forward side of the movable funnel and the drive source is located on the rearward side of the movable funnel.

Abstract: An upper CRFM attachment modality which provides assembly simplification, structural strength, design efficiency, and reduced vehicle weight. The tie bar, particularly the inner tie bar component thereof, is integrally provided with a pair of upper CFRM brackets. A pair of elastomeric frustoconical studs are attached to the top end of the upper CRFM, wherein the frustoconical studs self-aligningly interface, respectively, with a stud hole of each of the upper CRFM brackets as a powertrain cradle carrying the CRFM is lifted toward the engine compartment.

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with a body panel mounted to a frame. The body panel includes a first surface having a first guide member formed thereon. An electrical accessory wire can extend along the first surface of the body panel and be engaged with the first guide member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine (2) of a vehicle. The invention is of the type in which (i) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine stop request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2), in order for the engine (2) to be stopped or (ii) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine start request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the starting of the engine (2), in order for the engine to be started. The invention is characterised in that, for a given engine stop request phase, the engine (2) can only be stopped or started at most a pre-determined number of times.

Abstract: In a device for the side impact protection for a vehicle door of a vehicle, at least one arrangement is provided for moving the vehicle door before and/or during an impact outwards in the direction away from the vehicle interior.

Abstract: A transmission driving mechanism of a transmission in an internal combustion engine is provided in which where a separate transmission driving mechanism for manual operation is not required in addition to an automatic transmission driving mechanism, whereby the number of parts is reduced, the structure is simple, no maintenance is required and the cost is reduced The transmission transmits the rotation of a crankshaft to an output shaft at a modified speed, and includes a transmission driving mechanism which rotates a shift spindle using a shift actuator in order to automatically shift gears within the transmission and change the outputted speed of the engine. One end of the shift spindle extends through an engine case cover, and protrudes outside, and a turning tool is fitted onto a fitting portion formed at the protruding end of the shift spindle, whereby manual shifting of the transmission gears can also be achieved.

Abstract: A small utility vehicle frame can have prevailing torque nuts welded thereto. The frame utilizes attachment features having the prevailing torque nuts welded thereto. The prevailing torque nuts allow the coupling of components of the small utility vehicle to the structural members of the frame. The prevailing torque nuts develop a locking action with the fasteners, thereby preventing the inadvertent removal or loosening of the fastener.

Abstract: A snowmobile throttle control apparatus includes a pair of bushings with a hole and closed ends and a separate axle pin. The bushings are assembled to a thumb lever and mounted over the axle pin. The axle pin allows for a controlled gap to be maintained between the throttle lever, bushing assembly and the control housing. The thumb lever is allowed to flex open when a side load is applied. Thus allowing the thumb lever assembly to travel without binding on the control housing. This insures proper functioning of the RPS feature.

Abstract: A vehicle operation control switch for a light-weight utility vehicle is provided. The vehicle operation control switch includes an ‘Off’ setting or position. When the switch is placed in the ‘Off’ position, the switch disables a vehicle prime mover that generates motive forces utilized to propel the vehicle when enabled. The switch additionally includes a ‘Forward’ setting or position, whereby when the switch is moved to the ‘Forward’ setting, the vehicle prime mover is enabled and the vehicle is configured in a ‘Forward’ movement operational mode. Furthermore, the switch includes a ‘Reverse’ setting for enabling the vehicle prime mover and placing the vehicle in a ‘Reverse’ movement operational mode.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to change a layout structure of a hydraulic continuously variable transmission apparatus (HST) particularly constituting a hydromechanical continuously variable transmission apparatus (HMT) as a continuously variable transmission apparatus, thereby achieving a simplification of structures of a working vehicle and a traveling drive system, and an easiness of a maintenance. In a working vehicle provided with an HMT structured such as to combine an HST and a planetary gear mechanism as the traveling drive system so as to output and rotate a power of an engine while shifting gear, the HST is provided with a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor integrally in a front wall of a transmission case, and is arranged in an upper side of a transmission shaft transmitting the power to the transmission case from the engine.

Abstract: A torque tube propshaft assembly having an outer tube free to float with movements of an inner shaft (propshaft) by being free of rigid anchorage at each end. A plurality of shaft bearings interface the outer tube with the inner shaft, wherein the outer tube is generally co-extensive with the inner shaft. An anti-rotation mechanism prevents rotation of the outer tube with respect to the frame of the motor vehicle. An axial slip mechanism is integrated with at least one end of the inner shaft. A non-welded construction of the power carrying components is provided. The outer tube provides bending support so the inner shaft does not become dynamically unstable at any rotation speed including its critical speed.

Abstract: A liner assembly for an aircraft engine housing includes a noise attenuation structure that is covered by a face sheet. The face sheet covering the noise attenuation structure includes a surface having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart acoustic energy absorption areas that are interspersed between a corresponding plurality of acoustic energy reflective areas. The acoustic energy reflective areas scatter higher order acoustic modes into a plurality of lower order modes. The difficult to attenuate lower order acoustic modes produced by the various acoustic energy cancel each other out to provide significant improvement in liner noise reduction efficiency.

Abstract: Building having at least one inner room in which at least one further room of approximately cell-like design is arranged, wherein the floor region (28) of the cell-like room (21) separated from the building is set apart from a cell-supporting surface (10, 12) of the building in a sound-isolating manner by at least one spacer element (30) made of sound-insulating material or materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combination acoustic diffuser and absorber and method of production thereof. The diffuser has an acoustically reflective surface that may be made by the vacuum forming of pliable sheet material in conformity with a shaped template and the subsequent fixing of the resulting shape of said material, and which surface includes a plurality of wells, the depths of which wells may be determined by number theory sequences. The absorber may include one or more tunable Helmholtz resonators which may be attached to the rear face of the diffusing surface. The combination acoustic diffuser and absorber may be optimized in its function and construction for use in a typical residential application. A kit may also be provided that comprises a diffuser, absorbers, mounting hardware, and assembly and adjustment instructions.

Abstract: A lightweight roof safety system with a top portion and a bottom portion is easily carried to flat rooftop of a building and assembled to form a rigid structure that has a connection member for attaching one or more safety lines. The top portion has a central member to which three or more legs are removably attached. The bottom portion has three or more base members that correspond to the leg members and a pair of leg members attached to distal and proximal ends of a base member to form a rigid structure. Each of the base members is weighted by hand weights placed in weight containers to prevent tipping of the roof safety system. The base members are, optionally, provided with support members that rest on a flat rooftop providing to improve stability of the roof support system.

Abstract: A portable free-standing electric human lift apparatus is provided for electrically raising or lowering a human or materials on a three legged ladder-like frame. The ladder-like frame having the general form of a three legged orchard ladder with a fixed top platform sitting atop of two opposing substantially parallel distally spaced elongated front legs. The front legs having an extruded ‘U’ shaped channel cross section. A stabilizing back leg is pivotally connected at the top end of the leg to the platform member, to swing out and form a tripod-like or third leg support to stabilize the lift to stand freely in a vertical position. A leveling means provided on the bottom portion front legs serves to level the lift apparatus when resting upon an uneven surface.

Abstract: A bracket arrangement (11) for removable attachment to the upper regions of a ladder (12) is disclosed. The bracket has a pair of laterally spaced apart arms (18) for adjustably rotatable attachment to respective sides (16) of the ladder. The arms extend generally away from the ladder towards a roof (14) of a building when the ladder is used against the side (15) of said building to gain access to the roof. The angle between the arms and the plane of the ladder is adjustable to suit varying conditions of use. The bracket has a pair of braces (23), each attached to respective sides of the ladder and adjustably rotatable about the point at which each is attached and extending from the ladder on respective sides thereof for locking each respective arm of the bracket so as to maintain each arm in predetermined angular relationship with respect to the plane of the ladder.

Abstract: An extension ladder with improved mechanism includes a plurality of ladder sections, connection kits, locking mechanism, and transverse step portions; wherein each ladder section is a hollow rung, and the caliber of the rung becomes smaller when it is in a higher location. The upper ladder section and lower ladder section can be interconnected and fit each other; said connection kits are horizontally provided in the upper end of said ladder section. The internal part of said connection kit is provided with a locking mechanism to snap-fit into the through hole of said ladder section to secure the extension between each ladder section. The outside of said locking mechanism is covered by the transverse step portion, by the improved locking mechanism, the extension ladder can be assembled easily and firmly for providing superior safety to people, even when an external force is applied.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for recording a literary work. An apparatus for recording a literary work can include a booth and a recording system. The recording system can include a display screen, a microphone and a CPU. A user can interact with the recording system to record a literary work. In one method, the user can activate the recording system and the recording system can prompt the user to enter information, for example information about the user and about the literary work that the user wishes to read. The user can then read the literary work and the recording system can make an audio or video recording of the reading.

Abstract: An elevator for transporting a person between two floors of a building includes at least one carriage and a lifting system. The elevator includes a control system and door sensors detecting the opening and closing of doors covering a hoist way. The control system detects a first opening and closing of a door in front of the carriage and activates the lift system to move the carriage to an opposite floor. Upon detecting a second opening and closing of a door in front of the carriage, the control system places the lift system in a standby state. Upon detecting a third opening and closing of a door in front of the carriage, the control system again activates the lift system to move the carriage to an opposite floor.

Abstract: A parking brake system is provided in which a parking brake state is obtained by forward movement of a parking piston (44) slidably fitted into a casing (23) with the rear side of the parking piston (44) facing a parking control fluid pressure chamber (47), and the forwardly moved state of the parking piston (44) is mechanically locked by a lock mechanism (31).

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a brake carrier for a disk brake, which comprises a flange facing in parallel to the brake disk plane. The brake carrier comprises a flange facing having at least two sections that are configured on respective shoulders on the side of the brake carrier facing away from the brake disk.

Abstract: A hybrid pad for a disc brake has first friction members and a second friction member. The first friction members can be positioned at a rotor rotation inlet portion and at a rotor rotation outlet portion of the pad. The second friction member can be positioned at a central portion of the pad. The first friction members include a Young's modulus E1, a friction coefficient ?1 and a sum of the sliding areas A1 of the paired first friction members to come into sliding contact with the disc rotor. The second friction member has a Young's modulus E2, a friction coefficient ?2 and a sliding area A2 to come into sliding contact with the disc rotor. The ?2 is higher than the ?1, the E2 is higher than the E1, and (E2×A2)/(E1×A1) is 0.8 or more and 1.2 or less.

Abstract: Apparatus for lifting a hatch which can pivot around a pivot axis, especially a hatch of a motor vehicle, by means of a piston-cylinder unit. The piston-cylinder unit has a closed cylinder filled with a pressurized fluid, the interior of the cylinder 6 being divided by a piston into a first working chamber and a second working chamber. A piston rod passes through the second working chamber and is guided to the outside through a seal at the end of the cylinder and then hinged to the hatch, whereas the other end of the cylinder is hinged to a stationary component. A through-opening leading from the first working chamber to the second working chamber, is provided in the piston. The through-opening can be opened by an electrically actuated valve.

Abstract: A golf car shock absorber mount assembly includes a tubular sleeve connected to a shock absorber. A shock absorber mount bracket is fixed to a frame structure of the vehicle and engages a first end of the tubular sleeve. A bushing assembly within the tubular sleeve includes an elastomeric bushing having an outside cylindrical surface contacting a tubular sleeve inner cylindrical surface and an inner bore defining a cylindrical wall. A rigid tubular member includes a cylindrical body portion having a body outside surface and a washer portion positioned proximate to and extending radially outward with respect to the cylindrical body portion. The body outside surface and the cylindrical wall are bonded. The assembly permits a shock-absorber load and at least two non-load directional axes of motion between the tubular sleeve and the tubular member.

Abstract: In a strut type shock absorber (1), a lower cap (2) is welded onto an inner circumferential surface of an outer shell (3) at a step (16) formed in a retreated position from an axial tip of the outer shell (3). The axial tip of the outer shell (3) is welded onto the inner circumferential surface of a knuckle bracket (6) which holds the outer shell (3). Since welding of the lower cap (2) onto the outer shell (3) and welding of the knuckle bracket (6) onto the outer shell (3) are conducted at different positions, the lower cap (2) is welded onto the outer shell (3) without suffering from blowholes irrespective of the material forming the knuckle bracket (6), and as a result, a weld bead (17) having a high degree of air-tightness is formed.

Abstract: The present invention includes an article of manufacture with a layer with a plurality of corrugations to form an energy absorbing structure, where each corrugation has a floor and two walls connecting the floor to the base layer and the length of each corrugation is longer than the widest width of the corrugation. The present invention also includes an energy absorbing structure with a multi-layer energy absorber having a layer with a plurality of surface features and a second layer with a second plurality of surface features wherein the surface features of one layer are nested within the surface features of the other layer such that the base layers are adjacent to each other. The present invention also includes a single step method of manufacturing the energy absorbers including forming a two layer material in a single step. Further, the present invention includes a method of absorbing impact energy that involves generating heat through friction between surface features on a pair of base layers.

Abstract: A suitcase comprises a receptacle portion and a flap portion connected thereto. An access fastener is provided between the receptacle portion and the flap portion so as to releasably connect the flap portion to the receptacle portion to allow/close access to an interior of the receptacle portion. A first and a second level of lateral expansion are provided on the flap portion and/or the receptacle portion, with respectively a first-expansion and a second-expansion fastener extending about a periphery of the suitcase and openable to release suitcase material to increase a volume of the suitcase, whereby the volume of the suitcase is cumulatively increased by the first and the second level of lateral expansion.

Abstract: An overrunning clutch is provided with improved structural characteristics to facilitate the use of grease lubrication. The clutch includes a hub disposed about a rotational axis and defining an inner raceway. A driven member is supported on the hub by a bearing and defines a radially inner surface spaced from the inner raceway of the hub. An outer race is disposed between the inner surface and inner raceway and defines a plurality of cam surfaces opposing the inner race. A plurality of rollers are disposed between the inner raceway and the outer race. Springs urge the rollers into engagement with the cam surfaces in the outer race. A seal is disposed between the rollers and bearing and the inner raceway, cam surfaces, rollers and bearing are lubricated with grease.

Abstract: An overrunning clutch is provided that facilitates the use of grease lubrication and use of the clutch in high speed and/or high torque applications. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a seal is disposed between the rollers in the clutch and a bearing that is disposed between the input and output members and the inner raceway, outer cam surfaces, rollers and bearing are lubricated with grease. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the mass of the rollers and the stiffness of the springs acting on the rollers are selected to provide a high natural frequency for the roller and spring system to enable the clutch to better withstand torsional vibration in high speed and/or high torque applications.

Abstract: A clutch arrangement has a clutch device with a clutch housing capable of rotating around an axis of rotation, where the clutch device is designed to establish or to separate a working connection between a drive and a take-off and is provided with clutch components in the form of a piston and clutch elements. The piston produces a seal between a pressure space and a cooling space holding the clutch elements. The pressure space or the cooling space is connected to a supply unit so that it can be supplied with fluid medium, by connecting at least one supply line of the clutch device is connected to an infeed line of a gearbox and possibly by connecting at least one discharge line of the clutch device is connected to an outfeed line of the gearbox. An actuating line for a first supply line is assigned to the clutch device. The first supply line is independent of the infeed line for a second supply line or of the outfeed line for a discharge line.

Abstract: A transmission for transmitting torque smaller than an adjustable value includes three transmitting elements. The first transmitting element includes a non-circular tunnel and a shoulder. The second transmitting element includes a non-circular insert inserted in the non-circular tunnel, wedges and a shoulder. The third transmitting element includes wedges engaged with the wedges of the second transmitting element. An elastic element is compressed between the shoulders of the first and second transmitting elements so as to engage the wedges of the second transmitting element with the wedges of the third transmitting element. A first collar includes a thread. A second collar includes a thread engaged with the thread of the first collar so that the collars contain the transmitting elements and the elastic element and that the collars can be rotated relative to each other to change the relative axial position between them and adjust the adjustable value.

Abstract: A viscous fluid clutch for controlling the rotation of an engine cooling fan has a dividing disk separating a storage chamber from a working chamber. The dividing disk includes an opening having a geometry that defines a drain-back path to the working chamber regardless of the angular orientation of the clutch.

Abstract: In a method for checking the auto-opening function of an actuator-operated clutch, the clutch is moved out of its closed position into its open position or out of its open position into its closed position by the actuator at a predetermined constant speed. During this movement of the clutch a force/distance curve is recorded; the point of the path at which the force is minimal is determined; and the clutch is moved to the determined path point by the actuator. The actuator is deactivated; and it is checked whether following deactivation of the actuator, the clutch returns into its open position in a predetermined manner.

Abstract: A clutch comprises an input pinion and an output pinion associated with a rotatable locking member that has a surface inclined with respect to an axis of rotation of the locking member. The surface cooperates with an engagement member, and the locking member is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the surface forms a recess to receive the engagement member, and in the second position, the surface forms a projection to force the engagement member into abutment with the input pinion to establish a driveable connection between the input pinion and the output pinion.

Abstract: A coupling arrangement includes a first clutch device for establishing a working connection between an electric machine and an internal combustion engine and a second clutch device for establishing a working connection between at least one of the machines and a takeoff. Each of the two clutch devices has its own clutch components in the form of at least one piston and a predetermined number of clutch elements. By means of the piston in question, a pressure space is at least essentially sealed off from a cooling space, which holds the clutch elements. Each of the pressure spaces of the two clutch devices has its own supply line, whereas only one of the cooling spaces of the two clutch devices has its own supply line, the cooling space of the other clutch device being connected by a line leading to the cooling space of the first-mentioned clutch device.

Abstract: A roller assembly 10 for use in live carton storage. The assembly 10 includes a roller support 12. The roller support 12 includes a base portion 14 and two wall portions 16, 18. The two wall portions 16, 18 are connected to and upstanding from the base portion 14. The roller assembly 10 includes at least one roller 32 rotatable about a roller axle 30, with the axle 30 of each roller 32 extending outwardly beyond the longitudinal ends 34 of the roller. Each wall portion 16, 18 of the roller support 12 includes a slot 24 for receiving a respective end of the axle 30 of each roller 32 for rotatably supporting the roller 32 there between. The roller assembly 10 also includes a means 34 for retaining the ends of each roller 30 axle in the respective receiving slots 24.