Abstract: A clamp apparatus for selectively occluding a resilient tube to prevent free flow of fluid in the tube. The device comprises a base member to which the resilient IV tube is attached or through which it passes, and a slide clamp that slides relative to the base member and relative to the tube. The aperture in the slide clamp has a relatively open hole at one end, through which the tube passes when the slide clamp is an open position, allowing fluid to flow through the tube. The aperture also has a relatively constricted slot at the other end, through which the tube passes when the slide clamp is in the occluding position, preventing fluid flow through the tube. The slide clamp includes a groove for receiving a cooperatively shaped rib on the base member. The groove and rib are configured to guide relative movement between the slide clamp and the base so as to prevent significant lateral movement.

Abstract: Force amplifying means 5 comprises a tapered member 41 extending vertically downward from the lower end of an operating rod 3, a disk member 42 provided at the upper end of a valve stem 16, and front and rear pivotal members 43, 44 arranged between the two members 41, 42 and opposed to each other with the tapered member 41 positioned therebetween, the pivotal members 43, 44 being pivotally movable about respective pivots 45, 46. Each of the pivotal members 43, 44 has a plate body 43a, 44a, an upper contact face 43b, 44b formed on an upper portion of the body and in bearing contact with a tapered face of the tapered member 41, and a lower contact face 43c, 44c formed on a lower portion of the body and bearing on the upper surface of the disk member 42. The lower contact face 43c, 44c of each pivotal member is in the form of a circular-arc cam face centered about a center line positioned away from the axis of the pivot 45, 46.

Abstract: An actuator arrangement for use in a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine includes an inner core (30) comprising a plurality of laminates (30a) and a first outer pole (32) for receiving at least a part of the inner core (30), wherein the inner core (30) and the outer pole (32) together define a first volume (46) for receiving a first electromagnetic winding. An injector is provided in which the actuator arrangement controls a valve arrangement, either a spill valve or a nozzle control valve, or both, so as to control injection by the injector.

Abstract: The present invention is a supplementary control valve device including a valve body, which may be reversibly displaced in a guide, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, between an opening solenoid and a closing solenoid. The magnetic yoke of the opening solenoid includes at least one extension, with direct contact with a web, connected to the guide on the end thereof facing away from the extension.

Abstract: Split packing followers for use with valves are disclosed. A disclosed packing follower includes a first member having a first portion of a flange and a first portion of a curved wall extending substantially perpendiculary from the first portion of the flange to define a first portion of a cylindrical member. The disclosed packing follower further includes a second member separable from the first member. The second member include a second portion of the flange and a second portion of a curved wall extending substantially perpendiculary from the second portion of the flange to define a second portion of the cylindrical member. The first and second member include complementary interlocking structures that are configured to mechanically couple the first and second members to form the packing follower.

Abstract: A valve actuator includes a body having at least a first side and an interior. A rotatable, threaded drive screw extends into the body and projects out of the body first and second sides. The drive screw comprises an insertion portion and a distal end portion. A traveling nut is threadingly captured on the drive screw in the body interior. The traveling nut is held against rotation whereby it travels along the drive screw as the screw rotates. An actuator arm engages the nut and is configured to be urged between valve open and closed positions as the traveling nut travels along the drive screw. A first collar is attached to at least a portion of the drive screw insertion portion and has at least a bearing for rotatably engaging the body. A second collar is attached to at least a portion of the drive screw distal end portion and has at least a bearing for rotatably engaging the body.

Abstract: A transmission Jack and apparatus that can raise and lower heavy objects between a floor surface and a higher elevation is disclosed. The transmission jack and apparatus includes a bottom frame mounted on a plurality of wheels. Pivotally attached to the bottom frame is a pair of hinge elements that support a plurality of support bars, with the support bars always remaining parallel to a ground surface. The support bars can be raised or lowered through a pair of metal cylinders and internal rods which are hooked up to a hydraulic pump. A handle attached to the hydraulic pump allows an individual to raise or lower the plurality of support bars by pumping an oil-based hydraulic fluid into the pair of metal cylinders, thereby pushing out the Internal rods, which then engage the hinge elements.

Abstract: An elevated equipment holding apparatus includes a pin; and a latch plate that engages the pin. The latch plate includes a tortuous path that directs the pin to a latching point after the latch plate is raised and then lowered a first time, and frees the pin from the latch point after the latch plate is raised and lowered a second time. The elevated equipment holding apparatus includes a capsule for holding equipment. One of the pin or the latch plate is attached to the capsule. The other of the pin or latch plate attached to a body at an elevated position. The body, in various embodiments, can be a tower, a monopole.

Abstract: The invention concerns a safety brake mechanism for the winding drum (8) of a hoisting machine that can be driven via a motor (4) with lifting gearbox (3), which is substantially braked to a standstill without jerking when the lowering speed is excessive by a brake ring (12) that revolves concentrically with the winding drum (8) and is frictionally joined to the latter, when the brake ring (12) lying against a cylindrical brake surface (23) of the hoisting machine is locked. In order to allow for the grinding and adjusting of the necessary braking moment in the disconnected condition of the winding drum prior to the assembly of the complete lifting mechanism with low expenditure of material and cost, the brake surface (23) for the brake ring (12) may be provided on its outer circumference with a rigid coupling (10) that concentrically connects a lifting gearbox (3) and a winding drum (8), to which the lifting gearbox (3) and winding drum (8) are removably connected.

Abstract: A passive isolator mount capable of dissipating shocks and vibrations as either heat or magnetic energy is presented. The passive isolator includes a pair of L-shaped or C-shaped brackets capable of withstanding repeated deflections and strains, energy dissipating layers disposed along each bracket, and a bond layer. The energy dissipating layers are composed of a rare earth element or alloy, a ferromagnetic shape alloy, a magnetic shape memory alloy, a magnetostrictive alloy, a magneto-mechanical alloy, a super-elastic alloy, or a combination thereof. The bond layer is disposed between and adheres one energy dissipating layer along a first bracket to an energy dissipating layer along a second bracket so that the resultant passive isolator is C-shaped. Energy dissipating and bond layers completely bisect the passive isolator either widthwise through the thickness of the L-shaped brackets or lengthwise through the thickness of the C-shaped brackets.

Abstract: A damping arrangement or isolator has two terminal members which are connected with each other by a single closed-loop cable band arrangement serving as a damping member. The terminal members each possess at least two eyes to receive the cable strap in the open position of the eyes and means for clamping the cable strap by closing the eyes, said cable strap extending in an alternating fashion from one eye of the one terminal member to an eye in the other terminal member. Accordingly an extremely rapid and simple assembly of the damping arrangement is possible and very even resilient and damping properties are ensured.

Abstract: A housing (6) is provided in a reference block (1). An annular plug (9), which is to be inserted into a positioning hole (3) of a work pallet (2), is projected upward from the housing (6). An output member (13) is inserted into a guide hole (10) of the housing (6) vertically movably. An upper end of the output member (13) is inserted into the annular plug (9), and a plurality of pressing members (56) are supported on a peripheral wall (9a) of the annular plug (9) radially movably. An annular aligning space (31) is formed between a guided portion (21) of the output member (13) and the guide hole (10). A shuttle member (41), which is diametrically expandable and contractible, is inserted into the aligning space (31). The shuttle member (41) is urged upward by a spring (51).

Abstract: An image formation apparatus which has multiple paper feed units and performs plural types of processing including at least facsimile processing, comprising a paper feeding subject setting unit which sets availability of paper feeding of each of the paper feed units when at least the facsimile processing is performed; and a warning unit which issues a warning when all the paper feed units are excluded from paper feeding at the time of the facsimile processing as a result of setting by the paper feeding subject setting unit.

Abstract: A document separator for use in a document processing machine. The document separator has a flexible loop of material adjacent to a document transport mechanism so that it holds one or more documents back from being transported along a transport path while allowing a single document to be moved forward.

Abstract: A media handling system is disclosed, which system includes a media picking unit for picking up individual media sheets from a stack of media sheets and a media output unit for advancing a printed media sheet toward an output area. The media picking unit includes a rotatable lifting shaft, a rotatable pick roller shaft, a pick roller and a pick arm. The pick roller is rotatably connected to one end of a pick arm, and the one end of the pick arm is pivotally connected to the pick roller shaft. The media output unit includes at least one sheet support member operable to support the printed portion of the media sheet above the output area. The sheet support member is linked to the lifting shaft by a linking structure such that the sheet support member is movable between a supporting position and a retracted position by a rotational movement the lifting shaft.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including an automatic feeding mechanism for picking up one of recording media placed on a feed tray one by one and feeding the recording medium is provided. The automatic feeding mechanism includes: the feed tray on which a predetermined number of recording medium can be placed; a hopper for pushing the recording media on the feed tray toward a feed roller; and a separator located in a downstream of the hopper near the hopper. The automatic feeding mechanism picks up the recording media one by one in an order from an uppermost recording medium to a lowermost recording medium and feeds the recording medium thus picked to its downstream by an action of the feed roller and the hopper to sandwich and transfer the recording medium and a separating action of the separator. The automatic feeding mechanism can be rotated around a fulcrum of rotation so as to be foldable.

Abstract: The present provides a sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a sheet by sheet conveying device, including detection device which detects a skew of a conveyed sheet with respect to a sheet conveying direction, skew correcting device which pivots, in a state nipping the sheet in a skewed state, in a direction for correcting the skew of the sheet, based on a detection signal from the detection device, and control device provided with calculation device which calculates a front end position of the sheet of which skew is corrected by the pivotal movement of the skew correcting device, based on a detection signal from the detection device.

Abstract: An improved drop/turn target is easier to construct and operate than existing drop/turn targets. The drop/turn target may be adjusted for wear, and may easily be configured to operate in a variety of different modes. The drop/turn target may also be raised or lowered during operation and may be automatically reset for subsequent use.

Abstract: An amusement device in the form of a balancing tube game is described. In typical use, the balancing tube is balanced in a vertical orientation on a user's palm, finger, head, elbow, foot or wherever they wish to balance it. The balancing tube game comprises an elongated cylindrical tube with built-in tilt-sensing electronics and audible, visual and tactile feedback. The tilt-sensing electronics are adapted to sense whenever the tube tilts off-vertical by more than a predetermined critical angle. The built-in electronics comprise a microprocessor, tilt sensor, lights, a noise-generating element, such as a speaker, and a vibrator. Optionally, a motion sensor can be added so that game can confirm that it is being manipulated (rather than simply fixed in a vertical orientation). While playing the game, the user progresses through a predetermined series of game levels, each level being characterized by a specific set of lights, sounds and/or vibrations emanating from the game.

Abstract: An improved seal retainer for an undersea hydraulic coupling member, which utilizes pressure energized metal seals to maintain fluid integrity. One or more metal seals designed to have a press or interference fit are utilized in such a way that pressurized fluid trying to escape past the seal actually helps to pressure energize the seal to ensure a better seal.

Abstract: The clamping apparatus comprises a chuck member and a pallet releasably attachable thereto. The chuck member has four centering grooves, arranged offset to each other by 90° around the central Z-axis, while the pallet has four correspondingly located centering pins. In each of the four centering grooves, one of the groove flanks serves for centering the associated centering pin of the pallet, while the other groove flank is constituted by a clamping member. Upon clamping the pallet to the chuck member, the associated clamping member engages a recess provided on the centering pin and pulls the latter one in Z-direction into the centering groove of the chuck member. Simultaneously, the clamping member also presses the centering pin against the other groove flank. Thereby, the pallet is positioned relative to the chuck member in X-, Y- and Z-directions and clamped to the chuck member.

Abstract: A steering assembly for an in-line roller skate having at least two wheels and at least one horizontally rotatable wheel mechanism for steering. Attached under the sole of a boot, are two planar members that coincide to the general shape and size of the sole. The members are flatwise horizontally, centrally rotatable to each other. A linkage mechanism allows horizontal rotational motion to be transmitted from the sole fixed drive planar member, to a front rotatable wheel mechanism mounted on the underside of the base planar member. Characteristic of ice skates, a level oriented rotational motion of the foot steers the direction of the skate. The horizontal boot-to-wheel rotary motion, provides solid, variable steering for controlled turns, while all wheels are in contact with the riding surface. When the skate is not in contact with the riding surface, a flexible alignment mechanism is then free to restore the steering assembly to the straight line motion of the skate.

Abstract: The innovative apparatus is a portable and convertible golf club bag that combines the usefulness of a conventional golf club bag with that of a golf bag pull cart and a golf club stand. In each configuration, the apparatus would capably serve the function intended. The apparatus would allow a golfer to elect to place the golf bag upon a conventional riding golf cart to ride during a round, to convert it to a golf bag with a pull cart for walking the course, or to select a stationary stand position for practicing. All components necessary to convert the apparatus for each task and configuration would be integral to the apparatus.

Abstract: A trolley includes a front wheel assemblie (12) and a rear wheel assembly both assemblies mounted on a trolley frame. The front wheel assembly (12) includes a fixed wheel assembly (24) to aid control of the trolley. In one form the front wheel assembly (12) includes a pair of swivel castors (18) and a fixed wheel assembly (24) disposed between the castors (18). The front wheel assembly (12) is designed so that when the castors (18) swivel from their orientation for forward travel, the fixed wheel assembly (24) is caused to be lifted off the ground. The trolley also includes a camming device which is operative to lift the front wheel assembly (12) off the ground when the trolley is moved into a nested configuration with a like trolley.

Abstract: A swinging device for a wheel set includes a center tube, an axle pipe and a restrictor. The center tube has round plates at the rear section. The round plates comprise lugs thereon. The axle pipe has a curved receiving base with a pair of fins extending from respective sides of the receiving base. The fins comprise through holes for insertion of bolts. The restrictor is pivotally connected to the rear section of the center tube and comprises ditches corresponding in position to the round plates of the center tube, so that the lugs of the round plates may be placed therein and slide along the ditches. The restrictor further comprises through holes corresponding in position to the through holes of the receiving base and the bolts. An elastic piece made of plastic material is placed between the rear section of the center tube and the axle pipe.

Abstract: A movable subframe or slider box for tractor-trailers includes a pair of elongated, longitudinally-extending, spaced-apart, parallel main members, and a plurality of cross members which extend between and are attached to the main members to form a rigid slider box structure. The slider box includes a retractable pin mechanism for selectively positioning the slider box beneath the trailer. The slider box supports one or more axle/suspension systems which in turn support the vehicle wheels and tires. The slider box is free of hangers for pivotally mounting beams of the axle/suspension systems on the slider box. The beams instead are pivotally mounted directly on the main members. Each main member has an inverted generally U-shaped configuration which forms a channel, so that a bushing assembly end of each beam nests within the channel of its respective main member and is pivotally attached thereto.

Abstract: A height control valve linkage assembly for an air suspension system, including an air bag and a height control valve controlling the supply of air to the air bag. A telescopic linkage is positioned between the arm of the height control valve and the suspension. The linkage is extended to alter the ride height setting of the height control valve, thereby selectively providing additional clearance.

Abstract: An apparatus for the transfer of linear human power to a rotating member is disclosed, which is adaptable to exercise equipment, wheeled chairs, scooters, bicycles, tricycles, etc. The hands of the operator apply the power during the downward stroke of an up-and-down pumping action, and many of the operator's muscle groups are employed. Various drive ratios are provided, and the mechanism is simple with few components. A preferred embodiment is detailed in which the apparatus is used to propel a scooter.

Abstract: Wheelchair hand rim device comprised of a heat conducting tubular hand rim and a continuous circumferential elastomeric interface that has a cross-sectional contour comprised of an outwardly extending horizontal member having a proximal end coupled to an outboard side of a wheel rim transitioning into a downwardly depending member terminating to a distal end coupled to an inboard upper portion of the tubular hand rim such that a majority of the tubular hand rim is exposed and devoid of the elastomeric interface. When braking, a user only uses the heat conducting tubular hand rim. When pushing, the user grips across both the tubular hand rim and the contoured elastomeric interface, which deforms to fit the hand, thereby providing improved comfort, frictional coupling, and impact attenuation.

Abstract: A wheeled vehicle includes a frame. A power unit powers the vehicle. The frame supports the power unit. A stand body includes a pair of legs that are transversely spaced apart from each other. The stand body moves between an extended position and a retracted position. The stand body supports the frame on the ground in the extended position. A pivot pin extends substantially transversely through a bottom portion of the power unit and a top portion of the stand body to pivotally couple the power unit and the stand body with each other. A bias member biases the stand body toward the extended position and toward the retracted position. The bias member extends between a side portion of the power unit and a lower portion of one of the legs of the stand body. A top of the stand body and a bottom of the power unit contact each other at first portions thereof. The top of the stand body and the bottom of the power unit are spaced apart from each other at second portions thereof.

Abstract: A device for selectively compressing and decompressing an anti-sway bar. The device replaces the hand crank on traditional anti-sway bars and relieves drivers of having to get our to their vehicles to compress or decompress the anti-sway bar by hand. A lever is used to compress the anti-sway bar. The lever's head is attached to the anti-sway bar at the same position as the old hand crank, using the bolts and nuts from the hand crank. The lever is raised with the assistance of an electric motor that is controlled by a switch in the cab of the towing vehicle. The motor turns a screw that extends through a nut in the handle of the lever. Micro-switches are used to automatically stop the electric motor when the lever has reached a desired position.

Abstract: A curtain airbag assembly has, for fastening purposes, at least one strap attached to the airbag. The strap is held in position by being guided through a passage behind a hanger projecting in the manner of a bracket from the structural member of a vehicle. The strap is secured in place by being folded by an angle of more than 90° around at least one edge of the hanger and by at least one means for fastening.

Abstract: The airbag includes a bag-shaped circumferential wall formed of base cloths, and a lap portion. In the lap portion, a terminal portion of a downstream side base cloth, which is located in downstream of inflation gas, is superposed on a terminal portion of an upstream side base cloth, which is located in upstream of inflation gas. Then the lapping terminal portions are joined to each other at both sides thereof in a direction extending along edges of the terminal portions, thereby providing the lap portion. A communication port communicating inside and outside of the airbag is provided between the joined portions and between the terminal portions of the upstream and the downstream side base cloths.

Abstract: An air-bag is formed using two substantially identical, but inverted, fabric elements. Each element defines a generally rectangular region having, at one narrow end thereof, a generally triangular extension, one side of which is co-extensive with one side of the rectangular region. The other side of the rectangular region has a triangular or thumb-like projection. The two elements are substantially superimposed with the rectangular regions thereof aligned. If the ends of the rectangular regions carrying the triangular extensions are separated, the projections or thumbs may be folded to form side-walls, and the triangular projections may be folded inwardly to form an end region. A single peripheral seam may seal the two elements together to form an air-bag.

Abstract: A transportation riders protection system has a web (22) including a head protection device (21) deployed from a case (20) by two cable pullers (50) and (90) protecting rider (80) from collision impact. An automatic sensor (51b), a warning system (51e) and also a manual switch (51a) give signal to the firing of the charge from the propellant housing (51). The piston (55) propelled down to the limit of effective range will release the cable (47). The end cap (54) vents the pressure and cushions the thrust of the piston (55). The multiple cable control housing (53) housed set of cable control (52). Equalizer-organizer case (40) contains cables (41) of different length joining cable (47) with an overload split ring (48) which will straighten if tension is over the set limit. The anchor-router (30) locks the web (22) in place after the cables (41) are pulled down from the cavities of the tubes (60) and (70), while puller (90) tightens mid section of the web.

Abstract: A secured crank locking device automatically secures a hand crank in its operative position to an input shaft of a gearing mechanism, with the locking device being easily disengaged to move the crank from its operative position to a stored position following rotation of the crank in the operation of the mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle chassis includes a frame defining a cavity, and a tank configured to store compressed hydrogen gas. The tank is at least partially located within the cavity, and is longitudinally oriented with respect to the frame to maximize the fuel-storage capability of the vehicle chassis. In an exemplary embodiment, a floorpan includes a concavity to accommodate at least a portion of the tank, with a corresponding protuberance in the passenger compartment floor surface of the vehicle chassis.

Abstract: A two-way shipping label construction includes a strip of release material, a first printable label, and a second printable label. The first label is adhered to the strip of release material by the first pressure sensitive adhesive coating and includes at least one customer receipt label defined by a die cut having one or more ties. The first label has a first surface with a release coating on a portion thereof, and a second surface with a first pressure sensitive adhesive coating. The second label has a first surface and a second surface with a second pressure sensitive adhesive coating. The second printable label adheres to the strip of release material by the second pressure sensitive adhesive coating adjacent the first printable label. The second printable label includes at least one manifest label defined by a die cut having one or more ties.

Abstract: A pipe structure comprising a length of a flexible pipe connected to an end fitting, the flexible pipe comprising an armour layer and an underlying pipe layer the armour layer, the underlying pipe layer having an outer surface around which armouring wires of an armouring layer are helically wound. The pipe structure provides a coupling between a flexible pipe comprising armouring wires and an end fitting, the coupling exerting a relatively low bending or flexure strain on the wires during normal operation of the flexible pipe. The transition path of an armouring wire between the flexible pipe and the end fitting comprises a straight-line-section between a wire-pipe-exit-point where the wire extends away from its underlying pipe layer and a straight-line-end-point on a support unit of the end fitting where the armouring wire in question has its first tangential point of contact.

Abstract: A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines is described. The fuel injector includes an electromagnetic actuating element having a magnetic coil, a core, and a valve jacket as an outer magnetic circuit component and a movable valve closing body which interacts with a valve seat surface assigned to a valve seat body. The core and a connecting tube are fixedly joined in an inner opening of a thin-walled valve sleeve and the valve jacket at the outer circumference of the valve sleeve by pressing in or on. The fixed compression joint of two of these metallic components of the fuel injector is characterized in that at least one of the components has a surface-roughening structure in its compression area, it being possible to create the surface-roughening structure using a laser and metal oxides being deposited on the structure.

Abstract: A lock assembly includes a single switch actuated by a cam for monitoring the position of a main bolt and an auxiliary bolt. The main bolt and the auxiliary bolt engage and move the cam between an actuated position and a released position. In the actuated position the cam actuates a switch. Actuation of the switch indicates that the auxiliary bolt is retracted and that the main bolt is extended into a locked position. The main bolt includes a tail that engages a portion of the cam to drive the cam to the actuated position. The switch will remain in the actuated condition when the auxiliary bolt is retracted and the main bolt is also retracted.

Abstract: A latch assembly includes a latch and a casing having a base integrally formed with outer walls, wherein a latch chamber is defined by the base and the outer walls. The casing securely retains the latch within the latch chamber and allows limited movement of the latch within the latch chamber during an impact. Thus, the latch may move within a storage bin door upon impact, thereby preventing unlatching.

Abstract: A handle for a motor vehicle door comprising a lever that can rotate about a first axis in a frame that is fixed to the door and is connected mechanically to a rocker wheel that rotates in the frame about a second axis when the stop piece belonging to a locking member comprising a pendulum that has lever is pulled in order to unlock the door, the rocker wheel is provided with a shoulder capable of being intercepted by a an inertial mass and is hinged to the frame or to a body integral therewith so as to pivot about a third axis, that during a violent pivoting of the pendulum, the stop piece strikes the shoulder and prevents the rocker wheel from rotating.

Abstract: An apparatus for latching a tailgate to supporting structure of a vehicle generally includes a latch, a keeper, and a member for rotating the keeper relative to the latch. The member is rotatably supported by the tailgate such that the member is rotatable between at least a first position and a second position. The latch includes a latching surface, and the keeper includes a keeper surface configured for engagement with the latching surface. The latch is pivotably coupled to the vehicle supporting structure such that the latch is pivotable between at least a closed position and an opened position. To disengage the latching surface from the keeper surface, the member is rotated from the first position towards the second position, which, in turn, causes the keeper to rotate and to pivotally move the latch from the closed position towards the opened position.

Abstract: An exemplary interlocking bumper for mounting to frame rails of a vehicle is illustrated with a respective first bumper mounting receptacle coupled to each frame rail, such as by a frame rail mounting bracket. The interlocking bumper can further include a center bumper reinforcement that includes projections that are insertable into the first bumper mounting receptacles. Each projection of the center bumper reinforcement can define a second bumper mounting receptacle. Furthermore, the interlocking bumper can include first and second end cap bumper reinforcements each including a projection that is insertable into one of the second bumper mounting receptacles.

Abstract: A connector tool for holding a cable connector, such as a fiber optic or similar connector, for coupling and/or decoupling the connector into or from a connector port in an area having a high density of connector ports. The connector tool comprises a sleeve and a gripper, wherein the gripper has fingers that form a slot for engaging the connector. The fingers are drawn into the sleeve to form a compartment in interlocking engagement with the connector. In one embodiment, the connector tool can handle a SC fiber optic cable connector. In another embodiment, the connector tool can handle an electrical cable connector. The tool also may have a slot for receiving the cable connected to the connector. The method for holding a cable connector using the tool during coupling and decoupling of the connector into or from a connector port is also shown.

Abstract: To make it possible to easily remove intended onboard tools and to make it possible to mount a sufficient amount of loads. With respect to a vehicle, right-and-left front wheels are rotatively mounted on a body frame. A front cover covers the body frame. The front cover is integrally formed with right-and-left fender sections to cover the right-and-left front wheels. A front carrier is disposed over the front cover for mounting loads thereon. A tool storage section is provided under the front carrier so as to store onboard tools.

Abstract: A tire carrier apparatus is provided for mounting a tire upon a storage bed of a vehicle. The bed includes first and second side walls and a rear end. The apparatus comprises at least a vertical post, a latch member, and a gate. The vertical post may be connectable to the first side wall adjacent the rear end. The latch member may be connectable to the second side wall adjacent the rear end. The gate may define first and second ends and a receptacle interposed therebetween, with the first end being pivotally connectable to the vertical post and the second end being removably connectable to the latch member. The receptacle may be sized and configured to accommodate the tire with the tire being mountable thereon.

Abstract: A power seat slide device for a vehicle includes a first rail fixed on a vehicle floor, a second rail fixed at a vehicle seat, a first rolling body, a second rolling body, a screw shaft having a shaft center, a gear box including a gear housing and a supporting bracket and a plate, the supporting bracket including a main unit portion and extending portions, the main unit portion engaging with a top end surface of each of the second side wall portions and a top end surface of the cover portion and each of extending portions extends outward in a width direction thereof from the main unit portion and engaging with a top end surface of the base end portion of each of the second folded wall portions.

Abstract: An apparatus for locking a trunk of a vehicle includes a trunk lid, a driving unit for locking disposed on the trunk lid, a driven unit for locking disposed on the trunk lid, a connecting rod connecting the driven unit to the driving unit, and a support unit supporting the connecting rod to the trunk lid. The support unit includes a guider disposed on the trunk lid and a moving member disposed on the connecting rod and movably disposed on the guider. The driving unit includes a rotatable first lever attached to one end of the connecting rod. The driven unit includes a rotatable second lever attached to another end of the connecting rod.