Abstract: A tool has a sintered body of diamond or diamond-like particles in a metal matrix bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface. A working surface has at least one region fir enough away from the non-planar interface that during high pressure, high temperature processing a restricted amount of metal from the substrate reaches the region, the amount comprising 5 to 0. 1 percent of the region by volume, resulting in the region having a high density of superhard particles.

Abstract: A two-cone drill bit that exhibits improved stability. In one embodiment, the two-cone drill bit has a first and a second roller cone arranged to have a cone separation angle between about 145 degrees and about 166 degrees. In some embodiments, the two-cone drill bit has a plurality of cutting elements arranged on the roller cones such that a bottom hole coverage greater than about 17 percent is achieved per revolution of the two-cone drill bit.

Abstract: In a panel (1a) of a touch panel (1), a coordinate axis x is set by connecting points A and B that are current observation points. When a designated point P is designated on the panel (1a), currents (i1) and (i2) corresponding respectively to a distance between the designated point P and the point A and a distance between the designated point P and the point B flow respectively to a resistive film between the points P and A and a resistive film between the points P and B by voltage sources (e1) and (e2), and a sum of these currents flows to an impedance Z connected to the designated point P. A coordinate x of the designated point P is calculated by detecting the currents (i1) and (i2).

Abstract: A position-detecting apparatus includes a tablet for transmitting an electromagnetic wave and a position-indicating device for generating a transmission signal based on the electromagnetic wave received from the tablet. The position-detecting apparatus detects a position on the tablet indicated by the position-indicating device. The position-detecting device includes: a resonance circuit having a coil and a capacitor, a power supply extraction unit, an information reply unit, and a voltage conversion unit configured to generate a second power supply having a predetermined voltage level which is lower than a first power supply extracted by the power supply extraction unit.

Abstract: The invention will allow a vehicle that uses electric power for its primary drive system to have a more useful range.

Abstract: The present invention provides an accessory drive system for a hybrid vehicle. The accessory drive system includes an inverter operatively connected to a direct current battery. The inverter is configured to convert the direct current from the battery into three-phase alternating current. The accessory drive system also includes a transmission having a first motor/generator operable to drive the hybrid vehicle. The first motor/generator is a Y-connected three phase motor/generator that defines a first neutral point. A second motor/generator is connected to an accessory and to the first neutral point. Output from the battery is transferable through the first neutral point to the second motor/generator such that the accessory is driven at a selectable rate.

Abstract: A dual purpose mobile machine is disclosed. The mobile machine may have a power source configured to propel the mobile machine and generate electrical power for use offboard the mobile machine. The machine may also have a work tool driven by the power source.

Abstract: A system for venting a sealed, enclosed volume in the powertrain of an automotive vehicle includes a first housing, a second housing mechanically connected to the first housing, the first and second housings enclosing a volume, a seal located at an interface between the first and second housings for sealing said volume against passage of fluid; and a hollow vent tube having a length and including a first end communicating with the volume, and a second end spaced along the length from the first end, the second end permitting pneumatic fluid to enter and leave the vent tube.

Abstract: When the driver heavily depresses an accelerator pedal to start a hybrid vehicle in an engine stop condition, the control of the invention waits until elapse of a preset wait time and then starts outputting a torque equivalent to a preset torque demand to a ring gear shaft or a driveshaft. The preset wait time is determined not to make the driver feel uncomfortable with a poor response. This arrangement desirably shortens a time period when the vehicle acceleration is restricted due to insufficient power output until the engine starts to output sufficient power and make significant contribution to the vehicle acceleration. The control of the invention thus desirably prevents the driver from feeling the unexpectedly slow acceleration.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a power plant which is capable of improving the drive efficiency and power generation efficiency when electric power is generated using power of the drive part thereof. [Solution] In a power plant 1, an output shaft 3a of an internal combustion engine 3 is connected to driven parts DW and DW, and a transmission 20 is connected between the output shaft 3a of the engine 3 and the driven parts DW and DW, while one of first to third elements 31, 32, and 34 of a planetary gear train 30 is connected between the output shaft 3a of the engine 3 and the transmission 20, another one of the first to third elements to the output portion 42 of the generator-motor 40, and the remaining one of the same to the driven parts DW and DW.

Abstract: A system for removing heat from the engine compartment (9) of a heavy duty truck. A first ventilating system removes heat from the radiator. It is isolated from a second ventilating system that removes heat from the engine compartment. The first system takes heat from the radiator through a plenum by centrifugal squirrel cage blowers, and is directs it out to ambient by ductwork. The second system draws ambient air generally from back to front of the engine compartment, preferably by cowl induction, without the use of ram air from the vicinity of the radiator. The exits of the two systems are into a slip stream of the heavy duty truck, and the exit of the second ventilating system is into a slip stream of the first, to scavenge air out of the engine compartment.

Abstract: A cooling enclosure is mounted to the frame of a grass mowing machine adjacent the engine cooling fan of an internal combustion engine. The engine cooling fan draws ambient air across the controllers and batteries in the cooling enclosure. The cooling enclosure includes a one piece molded plastic structure that holds and supports batteries and electronic controllers at positions spaced from its bottom surfaces. One or more removable or hinged panels cover the top of the structure.

Abstract: An air cleaner is disposed on an upper side of an engine. The air cleaner and an intake port of the engine can be easily connected without enlarging the interval between a left-right pair of frames. A saddle ride type vehicle includes a longitudinally laid crankshaft type engine having a crankcase, a cylinder and a cylinder head. A left-right pair of frames support the engine. An air cleaner is disposed on the upper side relative to the engine with the frames therebetween. The air cleaner takes air in through an intake duct connected to the engine through a throttle body provided in a case. The engine is disposed so that the cylinder is inclined to one side and the one side of the cylinder head is disposed near one of the frames. The throttle body is disposed between the other frame and the other side of the cylinder head.

Abstract: The present invention can speedily and easily perform the maintenance or the like of hydraulic equipment and the like. Accordingly, in the present invention, in a tractor in which a prime mover portion is arranged on a front portion of a machine body, a driving portion is arranged behind the prime mover portion, a transmission portion is arranged below a driver's seat which is formed in the driving portion, left-side and right-side rear wheels are mounted on the transmission portion by way of a rear axle case, and a cover body is extended over the driving portion, the transmission portion and the left-side and right-side rear wheels, the cover body constitutes a step portion of the driving portion and, the cover body covers the transmission portion from above and covers the left-side and right-side rear wheels from the front side and above, the cover body is formed of a plurality of split-portions, and at least the split-portion which covers the transmission portion from above is detachably formed.

Abstract: A method for conducting the motion of a transporter under riderless conditions. The transporter has two laterally disposed primary wheels. In accordance with the method, an input is received via a user input disposed on the transporter and a control signal corresponding to the input received is generated. Then a torque is applied to the laterally disposed wheels so as propel the transporter on the basis of at least the control signal. The control signal may correspond to either a commanded torque or to a commanded transporter velocity. The torque may include coadded terms where the terms are, respectively, proportional to the control signal, to a counteracting artificial friction proportional to the common velocity of the wheels, and a term proportional to the differential rotation of the wheels to facilitate turning of the transporter.

Abstract: A shift control device is provided for reducing a shock generated at a clutch engagement moment in a gearshift operation in a straddle type vehicle having a shift control device that makes the clutch operation and the gearshift operation using the power of an actuator. The actuator is controlled based upon a rotational position and a speed of a shift shaft. When the rotational position of the shift shaft is located between a first position and a second position, the shift shaft is rotated at a speed slower than a rotational speed at which the shift shaft is rotated before reaching the first position to engage a gearshift clutch at a low speed. The first position and the second position are set in such a manner that the gearshift clutch is in a halfway engaged state when the shift shaft is located at a rotational position between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: An all-wheel drivetrain for a motor vehicle, which has at least two driven axles, comprising a characteristic torque converter transmission of longitudinal construction. To the input side of the transmission drive power is fed and the transmission serves for converting a characteristic of a drive engine. The output side of the transmission is connected to a transfer device, by means of which the drive power can be distributed to the two axles. The transmission has an output shaft which is connected to a first drive shaft for the first axle, and a countershaft parallel thereto. The output shaft and the countershaft are connected to one another by means of a first constant transmission ratio. The countershaft is connected by means of a second constant transmission ratio to a second drive shaft for the second axle. The transfer device is arranged coaxially with the second drive shaft.

Abstract: A straddle vehicle comprises a single actuator that controls clutch engagement as well as gear shifting. The actuator can be connected to the clutch and the shiftable transmission with a rotating shaft. When an engine speed reaches or exceeds a preset value during an up-shift operation, an ECU or other controller reduces the engine output to facilitate a smooth gear shift.

Abstract: There is provided a wheel motor device including a hydraulic motor unit. The hydraulic motor unit includes a hydraulic motor main body, a motor shaft, a motor case and a port block. The port block includes a motor surface to which the motor case is connected, a pump surface to which a pump case surrounding a hydraulic pump main body is detachably connected so as to form a pump space for accommodating the hydraulic pump main body, and a pair of operational fluid passages fluidly connecting between the hydraulic motor main body accommodated in the motor space in a state of being contacted with the motor surface in a sliding manner around its axis line and the hydraulic pump main body accommodated in the pump space in a state of being contacted with the pump surface in a sliding manner around its axis line.

Abstract: In a variable displacement pump, an outer peripheral surface approximately in an opposite side to a portion supported to an oscillation supporting point in a cam ring with respect, to a pump shaft is formed as a convex surface portion holding a seal member brought into slidable contact with an inner peripheral surface of an outer case, and an inner peripheral surface of the outer case with which, the seal member held to the convex surface portion of the cam ring is brought into slidable contact is formed as a circular arc surface around the oscillation supporting point.

Abstract: In a variable displacement pump provided with a high pressure chamber formed at a position facing to a discharge region of a pump chamber between a back surface of a side plate and a pump casing and introducing a pump discharge side pressure oil, a low pressure chamber formed at a position facing to a suction region of the pump chamber between the back surface of the side plate and the pump casing, and communicating with a suction region of the pump chamber, and an annular seal member interposed between the back surface of the side plate and the pump casing, and surrounding the low pressure chamber together with a lubricating oil path around the pump shaft, the annular seal member is provided with a bridge portion connecting both ends of a U-shape of an approximately U-shaped portion of the annular seal member along the lubricating oil path around the pump shaft.

Abstract: Even in the even that, when a steering torque is applied to a steering wheel 11 of an electric power steering system, a pinion shaft 21 of a rack-and-pinion steering gear box 16 is curved by a bending moment generated by a reaction force which a pinion 20 receives from a rack 18, since a steering shaft 14 on which a magnetostriction torque sensor 34 is provided is connected to the pinion shaft 21 via a universal joint 15, the transmission of the bending moment to the steering shaft 14 is made difficult to occur. As a result, the effect imposed by the bending moment on the detection accuracy of the magnetostriction torque sensor 34 provided on the steering shaft 14 can be suppressed to a minimum level.

Abstract: A low frequency exponential bass horn enclosure suitable for use in a front-loaded or rear-loaded configuration, intended for corner placement, with driver access from the back. The unitary horn pathway exhausts upward along the dihedral axis formed by the vertical walls of the corner and the ungular form of the triangle-based enclosure.

Abstract: A sound attenuation enclosure comprising a plurality of panels positioned side by side to one another and supported on a plurality of columns wherein each panel is positioned in spaced relation to an adjacent panel to allow airflow in and out of the enclosure. The panels and columns may have an enclosed inner chamber filled with a sound retardant material.

Abstract: An embodiment of a sound attenuation enclosure comprises a body having a plurality of panels aligned side-by-side forming the enclosure wherein each panel abuts, and is positioned at an angle with respect to, an adjacent panel. The enclosure has a first opened end and a second opened end, and each panel is positioned in spaced relation to the body of the operating system within the enclosure. At least one aperture is formed in the enclosure through which a part of the operating system extends; and, at least one end cap is positioned over either the first end or second end of the enclosure wherein the end cap is separable from the body. The enclosure may have two end caps including a first end cap on the first end of the enclosure; and, a second end cap on the second end of the enclosure. The end caps are also positioned in spaced relation to the body portion of the enclosed operating system.

Abstract: An exhaust diffuser is disclosed for coupling to an exhaust system of a vehicle that, when in one orientation, is designed to exhaust gasses laterally and downwardly from the exhaust diffuser.

Abstract: The present invention is a muffler for pneumatic tools. The invention includes a hollow nozzle, with the exhaust port being reduced, and some orifices placed at the center thereof. A connector is assembled into the air inlet of the nozzle that allows it to be coupled to a pneumatic tool. A cover is mated externally onto the exhaust port of the nozzle to accommodate an orifice and air vent of the nozzle. Some exhaust holes are provided onto the surface of cover. A noise deadener is installed between the surface of the cover and orifice of nozzle. The air vents are placed at a reduced wall around an orifice of the nozzle, such that some fluid can flow through the unreduced cross-section, thus maintaining proper pressure and reducing the noise level for an improved performance.

Abstract: An acoustic insulator includes a first layer having an outer surface and an inner surface and a second layer having an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer layer of the second layer is disposed adjacent to and engaging the inner surface of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer form at least one protrusion extending outwardly from the acoustic insulator.

Abstract: A storage device is particularly suitable for mounting to aluminum or fiberglass step ladders. A mounting assembly on one side of a planar member includes a track into which one leg of the ladder is fitted, and resilient clips that snap over the other leg of the ladder. A support member rests on a cross bar of the ladder. Storage bins are provided on the second side of the planar member. The storage bins may include covers that can be latched into the open or closed position. The storage device is able to remain in place on a step ladder even when the step ladder is folded up.

Abstract: An apparatus for the lubrication of a roller bearing of a wind energy plant, with a container for lubricant having a chamber, which is divided into a chamber portion for fresh lubricant and a chamber portion for used lubricant through a movable piston, wherein each chamber portion is connected via a line to a lubricant channel passing through the roller bearing.

Abstract: A spring motor and drag brake for use in coverings for architectural openings.

Abstract: A device for accessing an elevated entry position on a machine including an operator position includes a platform, which includes a step surface, configured to ascend and descend between a base position and the elevated entry position, wherein the platform remains within an existing envelope of the machine throughout ascent, descent, and storage of the platform, and wherein the ascending and descending proceeds along an axis substantially orthogonal to the step surface. The device may further include a lifting mechanism operatively connected to the machine and the platform.

Abstract: A lift apparatus, comprising a series of modules arranged one on top of the other, wherein each module comprises a part of a lift shaft and is provided with at least one lift safety door for clearing and closing off the respective part of the lift shaft, while the parts of the lift shaft extending in the respective modules form part of a continuous lift shaft, wherein drive means for a lift car are provided, while the different modules are provided with lift guiding means for guiding the lift car through the lift shaft.

Abstract: An assembly for providing a temporary safety space within an elevator hoistway wherein upward or downward movement of a car or a counterweight along guide rails is prevented. The assembly includes engagement members provided on the guide rail, and a stop bar selectively moveable between a use position and a storage position. The stop bar has opposing ends that bear against the engagement members in the use position to create the temporary safety space. The engagement members are holes provided in support flanges of the guide rail.

Abstract: An elevator system includes guide rail mounted machine and a sheave assembly that accommodates a guide rail within a hoistway. The inventive sheave assembly includes individual sheave portions rotatable along a common axis. At least two of the sheave portions are spaced apart along the shaft and a portion of the guide rail extends toward the axis beyond a plane formed tangent to the outer diameter of the sheave portions.

Abstract: Function of braking is performed by pivotally mounted wheel frames which are divided and move see-saw movement. The see-saw movement of wheel frames or main frame induce resistance between wheels and brake pads which are locate at frontend and rearend of the main frame.

Abstract: A disc brake includes a mechanism for bringing at least one brake pad into engagement with a rotating brake disc. The brake pad is movable, in relation to the disc brake itself, to a certain extent together with the brake disc. A guiding mechanism is provided for positively guiding the brake pad in the tangential or rotational direction of the brake disc.

Abstract: A disc brake assembly includes a rotor with an ABS tone ring insert assembly that functions as a rotation indicator in an anti-lock braking system. The insert is positioned in the hat of a rotor disc in a spaced relationship and is mounted to the mounting flange of the rotor disc. Forming the ring insert separately from the rotor disc also allows different coating materials to be used on the tone ring that may be more heat resistant. The ring insert assembly can be made of powder metal or made as a cast iron cylinder with a toothed cap made of powder metal having a corrosion resistant coating. Cost savings can be realized along with high performance when only a portion of the assembly if made of powder metal and coated.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a coulomb damped disc brake rotor, including the steps of: (A) providing a mold having the general shape of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor; (B) placing a coulomb damper insert having a generally annular body and at least one tab extending generally radially from the generally annular body, wherein the at least one tab operates to locate the coulomb damper insert within the mold, and wherein the at least one tab at least partially defines an orifice with its major axis generally coincident with the periphery of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor; and (C) causing casting material to enter the mold to substantially encapsulate the coulomb damper insert with the casting material to form a rotor cheek of the coulomb damped disc brake rotor. A coulomb damper insert and coulomb damped disc brake rotor are also disclosed.

Abstract: An emergency case is described that includes compartments for documents and photo albums, as well as closeable compartments for retaining a variety of small, personal objects.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a torque converter is provided with a fluid coupling and a viscous coupling. The viscous coupling includes a plurality of closely-spaced surfaces, wherein facing ones of the closely-spaced surfaces are alternately splined to rotate with driving or driven elements of the torque converter, and wherein the closely-spaced surfaces have an average spacing that causes ones of the surfaces rotating with the driving elements to exert a viscous pull on ones of the surfaces rotating with the driven elements when the torque converter is filled with a viscous fluid. A fluid receiving portion of the torque converter receives a viscous fluid into the torque converter, and a fluid return portion expels the viscous fluid from the torque converter.

Abstract: The overrunning bi-directional clutch uses sprags to increased torque and decreased size of the clutch.

Abstract: The overrunning bi-directional clutch with controlled locking provides an actuator pin with either a reduced profile or an enlarged profile that is moved in a controlled manner so as to provide an extended period of time between the freewheel mode and the lock mode for the clutch.

Abstract: The three mode overrunning bi-directional clutch has a first mode where the slipper race and fixed race are coupled and power is not transmitted between the inner input shaft and the outer shaft. A second mode where the slipper race is uncoupled from the fixed race and the slipper race engages the outer shaft to provide power transmission between the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The third mode couples the slipper race to the fixed race but uses a brake to provide radial force against the slipper race to allow for partial engagement between the slipper race and the outer shaft. This third mode allows for a smooth transition between the first mode and the second mode.

Abstract: The over-running bi-directional clutch is used to synchronize gears in a transmission to allow for locking and unlocking the gears in an efficient manner.

Abstract: A torque limiter includes a shaft assembly, a torque limiting element and two friction rollers. The shaft assembly has a middle section and two ends on two sides of the middle section. The torque limiting element coils around the middle section of the shaft assembly and contacts with the shaft assembly to provide a limiting torque to the shaft assembly. The friction rollers are respectively fixed to the two ends of the shaft assembly.

Abstract: In a clutch manipulation assist device which includes a clutch assist actuator, the actuator is arranged at a position where it is possible to suppress the influence of heat from an engine on the actuator without requiring the heat insulation structure or the like. In a clutch manipulation assist device which includes a clutch mechanism 61 which is arranged in a power transmission path for transmitting a rotational driving force of an engine to a wheel, a clutch-manipulation mechanism in which a clutch manipulation force is inputted, and an actuator which generates a clutch assist force in response to a manipulation of the clutch manipulation mechanism, the actuator is arranged in front of the engine and outside a main frame.

Abstract: A multi-plate clutch system includes an outer clutch member having a plurality of first clutch plates thereon, a central spool having a plurality of second clutch plates thereon interspaced with the first clutch plates. The clutch system also includes a cam mechanism including a protruding cam and a recessed cam. The protruding cam and the recessed cam respectively include first inclined faces and second inclined faces, which are inclined in the same direction with respect to the circumferential direction. The protruding cam is thus brought into a point contact with the recessed cam during clutch engagement. As such, the multi-plate clutch system can maintain constant variable characteristics of the clutch capacity even when there is a variation in processing accuracy at the time of the production.

Abstract: The overrunning bi-directional clutch assembly has two coaxial slipper rings and use one actuator to simultaneously uncouple the slipper rings and lock the clutch. Also, the actuator uses a pair of cam surfaces, and corresponding cam following surfaces to actively control freewheel and lock mode of the clutch. A tab cutout arrangement indexes the two slipper rings.

Abstract: An apparatus and system are disclosed for automatic centrifugal engagement of a pressure plate. The apparatus includes a clutch basket, a clutch pack capable of coupling the clutch basket with a center clutch, a pressure plate axially moveable toward the clutch pack, and a top plate coupled to a rotating hub. The rotating hub is configured to pass through an opening in the pressure plate. The apparatus also includes at least one centrifugal actuating member disposed between the pressure plate and the top plate, and at least one spring disposed between the rotating hub and the center clutch to bias the pressure plate relative to the top plate.