Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base adapted to set on a vehicle seat and a foldable backrest associated with the seat base. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a backrest lock coupled to the foldable backrest.

Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base adapted to set on a vehicle seat and a foldable backrest associated with the seat base. The juvenile vehicle seat also includes a backrest lock coupled to the foldable backrest.

Abstract: A foldable frame comprises a front leg frame and a rear leg frame, each having one or more leg units foldable or detachable with one another. The front leg frame and the rear leg frame are rotatable with each other such that the foldable frame can be folded to a small size. The foldable frame also utilizes a receiving frame pivotally or steadily configured on the frame body for receiving the detachable infant carrier. A recliner apparatus is further configured between the receiving frame and the frame body for adjusting the receiving frame together with the infant carrier to different reclining angle for convenient use.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for mounting a child seat in a car comprising a frame with two frame tubes having at their ends attachment devices for connecting the frame to car mounted brackets and a slide movable along the frame tubes. The slide has a support surface for supporting the child seat and two or more hooks of which at least one is movable for coupling the child seat on the slide. According to the invention the support surface can support a first circular flange of the child seat and the hooks have a circular shape and/or are placed in a circle for gripping the first circular flange.

Abstract: Lumbar support and control device of a lumbar support and method for controlling a lumbar support of a motor vehicle. An electric control device is provided for a lumbar support which has a drive coupled mechanically to an adjusting mechanism for setting the seat contour of the lumbar support. The control device has at least one computer unit which controls a massaging movement of the lumbar support whereby the massaging movement is characterized through several predefinable ideal speeds. Several ideal speeds for one or more adjusting directions of the lumbar support are controllable through the computer unit. For control by the ideal speeds a drive moment of the drive is adapted to an actual load of the drive so that the massaging movement can be controlled substantially independent of the actual time-changeable or locally variable load. The drive moment is consequently changeable through the control device.

Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first lock mechanism switching between a first locked state and a first lock-released state and a second lock mechanism switching between a second locked state and a second lock-released state. The first lock mechanism includes a restraining member and a releasing member. The restraining member restrains a pivotal movement of a seatback at a predetermined angle position, at which the seatback does not interfere with a seat cushion moving between a first position and a second position thereof, when the second lock mechanism is in the second lock-released state. The releasing member is linked to the restraining member and releases a restriction to the pivotal movement of the seatback by being moved in association with a movement of the seat cushion when the second lock mechanism is in the second lock-released state.

Abstract: A seat assembly (10) for supporting an occupant above a floor in a vehicle includes a seat cushion (12) coupled to a pair of spaced apart risers (20, 22) extending between forward (24) and rearward (26) ends and a seat back (16) pivotally coupled thereto. A rocker mechanism (58) selectively angularly adjusts the seat cushion (12) relative to the floor. A first pivot (70) pivotally connects the rearward ends (26) of the risers (20, 22) to the floor. A sector gear (92) is pivotally coupled to the riser adjacent the forward end and includes a mounting pin (94) offset from the pivotal connection. A rocker link (96) extends from a first end pivotally coupled to the floor and a second end pivotally coupled to the mounting pin (94) for guiding the forward ends (24) of the risers (20, 22) during pivotal movement about the first pivot (70). A pawl (102) is pivotally coupled to the rocker link (96) for selectively engaging the sector gear (92) to maintain the angular position of the seat assembly (10).

Abstract: A seat assembly has a seat cushion that is pivotally mountable to a vehicle floor. The seat cushion is selectively movable between an operative condition and a standup condition. A seat back is pivotally mounted to the seat cushion and is selectively movably angularly relative to the seat cushion. A pair of hinges pivotally receives the seat back and is linked to the seat cushion, whereby movement of the seat cushion from the operative condition to the standup condition rotates the pair of hinges, generally aligning the seat cushion and the seat back when the seat cushion is tumbled forward.

Abstract: A portable chair for use by an obstetrics practitioner during delivery of a baby, comprising a seat for receiving the posterior of the practitioner, a height adjustment means for varying the height of the seat above a floor surface (such as in a delivery room or home environment), and a base unit configured to allow translation of the chair in a plurality of directions across the floor surface. The height adjustment means is adapted for lowering the height of the seat to a first 0 level at which the posterior of the practitioner is maintained substantially at the level of the base unit, thereby allowing the practitioner to facilitate delivery when the mother gives birth in a standing or upright position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat may include a seat main body, a rotation mechanism that is arranged and constructed to horizontally rotate the seat main body between a forwardly facing position and a laterally facing position, a sliding mechanism, and a rotation locking mechanism. The rotation locking mechanism is arranged and constructed to prevent the seat main body from rotating when the seat main body is in a laterally facing position. The rotation locking mechanism includes a first engagement portion, a second engagement portion, and a lock releasing portion. The second engagement portion is capable of moving between a condition in which it does not engage the first engagement portion and a position in which it engages the first engagement portion when the seat main body is in the laterally facing position. The lock releasing portion is arranged and constructed to be engaged with and disengaged from the second engagement portion depending upon the sliding motion of the sliding mechanism.

Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat lower component, a seat upholstered component and a backrest component provided to be rotatably moved about a first axis provided parallel to a direction aligned transverse to the primary sitting direction. The vehicle seat upholstered component is also rotatably movable relative to the seat lower component about a second axis, the second axis being provided parallel to a direction from an upholstered component use position into an upholstered component loading position and vice versa, and the backrest component is provided to be rotatably moved relative to the seat lower component about the first axis from a backrest use position into a backrest loading position, and vice versa, only when the seat upholstered component has been moved substantially into the upholstered component loading position.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of a seat assembly for a motor vehicle a seat back pivots about a hip axis, a seat bottom pivots about a knee axis, and at least one seat bottom leg is pivots about an ankle axis, so that the seat back folds down against the seat bottom and the seat bottom kneels on the floor to at least partially define a seating load floor. According to another embodiment; a seat bottom and a seat back are articulatable in a forward direction to fold the seat bottom and back down toward a floor of the vehicle to at least partially define a seating load floor.

Abstract: An extension arm to facilitate the horizontal adjustment of vehicle seats with a bar activated lock releasing mechanism. The arm is fabricated of an appropriate length of a sturdy material such as metal or high impact plastic having one end attachable to the seat bar and having a gripable handle or strap at the other. The arm may also incorporate a mechanism for varying the distance from the bar to the handle by altering the position of attachment at the bar end.

Abstract: An internally pulling type lift device for a chair armrest includes an outer pipe, a guide track, an inner pipe, a follower, a locking member, a pull handle, a control knob, and a spring. Thus, the inner pipe is movable in the outer pipe so that the inner pipe will not rub the outer wall of the outer pipe during a long-term utilization, thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality of the outer pipe. In addition, the inner pipe is locked onto or unlocked from the outer pipe by pulling or releasing the control knob, so that the lift device is operated easily and rapidly, thereby facilitating a user operating the lift device to adjust the height of the armrest.

Abstract: A method for extracting minerals from a narrow-vein deposit by thermal fragmentation is provided. The method includes locating the vein and determining the extent thereof to form the boundaries of a stope. Access to the stope is prepared by forming a panel having an upper drift and a lower drift. Equipment for thermal fragmentation, including a burner, is installed from the upper drift. The burner moves along the panel surface in a sweeping motion, while rock chips spalled from the rock panel surface are collected. Multiple panels for processing can be realised, with lower panels being processed before upper panels, by excavating a sub-level to separate the lower and upper panels.

Abstract: A method of welding brush filaments to a ferrule that includes the steps of providing a welding source that produces high frequency vibrations and/or heat, brush filaments, and a ferrule having an inner face, an outer face and an opening to receive the brush filaments, positioning the brush filaments at least partially into the opening of the ferrule, positioning the welding source proximate the outer face of the ferrule, and transferring the high frequency vibrations and/or heat from the welding source to one or more locations on the outer face of the ferrule.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of tapering bristles for toothbrushes and a toothbrush having bristles manufactured using the method. One method disclosed in the present invention includes setting bristles made of polyester in a head insert, and fastening the bristles to the head insert by thermally welding portions of the bristles, protruding from a back surface of the head insert, to the head insert. The method further includes coupling the head insert to a toothbrush body and tapering ends of the bristles by immersing the bristles in a chemical. The bristles can be securely set in the toothbrush body without an anchor. Furthermore, polyester bristles, which could not be set in toothbrushes having variously shaped setting rows due to excessively high stiffness, can be set in these types of toothbrush by the toothbrush manufacturing method of the present invention.

Abstract: A multi-speed hub for cantilever mounting to a bicycle frame generally includes a planetary gear mechanism, a hub shaft, a hub shell, a spoke shell, a driver and a driven gear. The hub shell is cantilever-mounted to the bicycle frame and configured to enclose the planetary gear mechanism and the hub shaft. The spoke shell, driver and driven gear are rotatably supported by the hub shell One end of the hub shaft is indirectly supported by the hub shell and the other end of the hub shaft is fixed to the bicycle frame.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adjustable width drive axle including: a main axle body including a telescoping portion disposed at each end of the main axle body; a sprocket affixed to each end of the main axle body, the sprocket designed to engage a drive unit; a first spacer removably affixed to the sprocket, the first spacer disposed around the telescoping portion of the main axle body; and a hub removably affixed to an end of the first spacer opposite the sprocket, wherein one or more additional spacers may be interposed between the first spacer and the hub or between the sprocket and the first spacer to adjust the width of the axle.

Abstract: A parking brake interlock is provided according to the invention. The parking brake interlock includes a parking brake inlet configured to receive a parking brake air supply, a service brake inlet configured to receive a service brake air supply, an exhaust port, and an interlock valve mechanism in communication with the parking brake inlet, the service brake inlet, and the exhaust port. The interlock valve mechanism is configured to exhaust the parking brake air supply if the service brake air pressure is not received. The interlock valve mechanism is further configured to hold the parking brake air supply in order to generate a parking brake air pressure if the service brake air pressure is received.

Abstract: A brake control apparatus for a vehicle includes a wheel cylinder, a pump for pressurizing a brake fluid in the wheel cylinder, and an electric motor for driving the pump. A controller operates the electric motor so as to conform an internal pressure of the wheel cylinder to a desired internal pressure of the wheel cylinder, and produces a torque applied to the electric motor in a first rotational direction, while the pump is stopping from a state in which the electric motor is rotating in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction so as to allow the pump to pressurize the brake fluid in the wheel cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a solenoid valve arrangement for an automotive braking system which arrangement is configured as a three-position/three-way valve. The invention is improved over the prior art in that two armatures and a single armature winding are assembled together such that both armatures can be displaced by the single armature winding. Each of the two armatures is associated with a respective sealing seat and the two sealing seats are situated on one side of the solenoid valve device, viewed in the axial direction of the armatures. The two sealing seats are embodied in a particularly advantageous fashion in or on a common sealing washer. The two sealing seats are arranged in a single sealing washer in such a way that the latter can be preassembled and then inserted into a predetermined location in the final assembly of the vehicle brake system solenoid valve device.

Abstract: A machine including: a frame assembly including one or more drive wheels and one or more idler wheels affixed to the frame assembly; a track belt disposed about the drive and the idler wheel; a hydraulic actuator arrangement including a hydraulic cylinder and accumulator affixed to the idler wheel that provides a force to tension the track belt; and a tension management system in operable communication with the hydraulic cylinder that maintains a pressure inside the hydraulic cylinder within a specified range.

Abstract: A power line switch apparatus is provided for use in a power line communication system that transmits a signal through a power line that feeds a power supply current. In the power line switch apparatus, a switch section is inserted in the power line to make or break connection of the power line. A power line filter is connected in series to the switch section and inserted in the power line, the power line filter being used to pass the power supply current and to cut off the signal of the power line communication system. A by-pass circuit is connected in parallel with the series connection of the switch section and the power line filter, the by-pass circuit including a by-pass filter for cutting off the power supply current and passing the signal of the power line communication system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle electrical system, comprising a generator, a battery, a high-capacity capacitor and a power distributor for controllably supplying energy to individual load circuits of the motor vehicle. The generator, the battery and the high-capacity capacitor are connected in parallel. The electrical connection line between the battery and the power distributor has a cross-section of less than 10 mm2 if the line is less than 2 m long while having a cross-section of less than 40 mm2 if the line is more than 2 m long.

Abstract: The system includes a fuel cell to generate DC electricity by reacting oxygen with fuel, an inverter to convert the DC electricity generated by the fuel cell to AC electricity, a DC output terminal to output the DC electricity, and an AC output terminal to output the AC electricity, the AC output terminal being connected to an electricity system.

Abstract: A power distribution module for conveying power to one or more accessories is disclosed. The power distribution module includes a constant-hot power bus; an ignition-hot power bus; and at least one output terminal for conveying power to said one or more accessories, wherein the at least one output terminal is selectively capable of providing one of ignition-hot power to said one or more accessories from the ignition-hot power bus, and constant-hot power to said one or more accessories from the constant-hot power bus.

Abstract: A voltage converting unit converts a first voltage of an auxiliary power supply unit into a second voltage. A voltage determining unit determines whether the second voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold. A first switch, which is arranged between the voltage converting unit and a load, switches on and off a supply of an electric power of the second voltage to the load. When it is determined that the second voltage exceeds the predetermined threshold, a voltage-conversion control unit controls the voltage converting unit to stop converting the voltage, and then a switching control unit controls the first switch to supply the electric power of the second voltage to the load.

Abstract: There is provided a power control method for secondary batteries constituting, in a grid connection system supplying electric power to a power system by combining a power generator where output power fluctuates with a power storage compensator, the power storage compensator and compensating fluctuation of output power of the power generator. The method includes the steps of: dividing the secondary batteries into a “constant power control” group and a “demand responsive” group, and distributing predetermined constant input-output power out of power to be input and output provided to all the secondary batteries in order to compensate fluctuation of output power of the power generator to the “constant power control group” and the remaining input-output power to the “demand responsive” group to control input-output power of the secondary batteries respectively depending on the belonging groups.

Abstract: An equipment controller includes an actuator control module configured for connection to an actuator that provides operational control of a piece of monitored equipment; a sensing module configured to monitor a state of a parameter of the monitored equipment; an optional local control interface for the actuator control module and the sensing module; and a secondary power system to provide operational power for the actuator control modules, the sensing modules and the control interface when primary power to the equipment controller is not available. Where desired, a communications interface to permit communications with a remote operations center may be included. Some or all of the modules may be contained in water tight housings, permitting operation of the equipment controller even when fully submerged in water.

Abstract: A non-contact signal transmission apparatus transmits electric power and a signal in a non-contact manner via magnetic induction. The apparatus includes: a pair of annular electric power cores provided in opposing relationship to each other; a pair of electric power coils respectively provided in an annular form at one of the pair of electric power cores; and a pair of signal coils respectively provided in an annular form inside one of the pair of electric power cores. Relative permeability inside and around the signal coils is lower than relative permeability of the electric power cores.

Abstract: There is disclosed an electric power supply device including: a plurality of coils that respectively generate alternating current signals depending on a variation in magnetic flux; a plurality of rectifying units that are respectively connected to the plurality of coils, to respectively convert the alternating current signals generated by the plurality of coils connected, into a plurality of direct current signals; a restriction unit that restricts reverse flow of the plurality of direct current signals converted by the plurality of rectifying units; an electric power supply unit that extracts and supplies electric power from the plurality of direct current signals flowing through the restriction unit; and an output unit that specifies a direct current signal at a highest level among the plurality of direct current signals converted by the plurality of rectifying units, and outputs electronic information specifying which of the plurality of coils is connected to one of the plurality of rectifying units that h

Abstract: A pulse generating device and method are provided. The pulse generating device includes a control device, a first knob, and a second knob. The control device is configured to receive a pulse signal and generate a pulse command. After being actuated, the first knob provides a single pulse of the pulse signal to the control device for triggering the control device to generate a single pulse command. The second knob provides the pulse signal to the control device in a frequency corresponding to a twisted angle of the second knob so as to trigger the control device to repeatedly generate the pulse command.

Abstract: A method and system where, by tabulating the known values and parameters of a distribution system and its automated equipment in a specific manner, the automated system reconfiguration can quickly identify and thereby implement the optimal system reconfiguration for service restoration.

Abstract: An integrated circuit arrangement is disclosed which comprises a semiconductor body having a substrate and at least one substrate terminal, at least one semiconductor component integrated in the semiconductor body and being connected between a first supply terminal providing a first supply potential and a second supply terminal providing a second supply potential, and switching means adapted for connecting at least one of said substrate terminals to either the first or to the second supply terminal dependent on which supply terminal provides the lower supply potential.

Abstract: A braking device for an electric motor includes two brake pads, which are connected to brake disks, which cooperate with a brake rail. The two brake pads are rigidly connected by a connecting element, which is able to experience a certain deflection under the influence of a piezoelectric element, which is used to distance the two brake pads from each other. An assembly, which includes the two brake pads and their connecting element, is fastened on a support by a fastening device, which is elastically deformable along the direction at right angles with respect to the brake rail and to the two brake pads. The elastically deformable fastening device is formed of plates, which are connected on one end to the assembly and on the other end to the support.

Abstract: An apparatus for correcting the shape of an inner surface of a stator includes a deviation sensor for measuring the shape of the inner surface of the stator fixed inside an inner surface of a housing of a rotating electric machine, a personal computer for calculating a direction of deformation and the amount of deformation of the shape of the stator inner surface based on the measured shape of the stator inner surface as well as a direction of heating and the amount of heat to be input when heating an outer side surface of the housing based on the calculated direction and amount of deformation of the shape of the stator inner surface, and a gas burner for heating the outer side surface of the housing based on the direction of heating and the amount of heat to be input calculated by the personal computer.

Abstract: There is provided a magnetic motor which comprises a rotation assembly having a rotation axis and a plurality of rotating bodies fixedly installed at an interval along the rotation axis and magnetized to have multipole; one or more electromagnets, installed in a region influenced by a magnetic field derived from the adjacent rotating bodies, whereby the rotating assembly is driven by magnetic repulsive and attractive forces between the rotating bodies and the one or more electromagnets; and a controller for sequentially controlling magnetization of the electromagnets.

Abstract: An electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor disposed in a housing of the electrical machine. The stator includes windings having a first set of end turns at a first end of the stator and having a second set of end turns at a second, opposing end of the stator. The stator has a substantially tubular shape and an interior lateral surface. The rotor extends through the interior of the stator. A flow inlet into a volume in the housing about the first end turns is located radially outside of the interior lateral surface of the stator. A flow outlet from the volume in the housing about the first end turns is located radially outside of the interior lateral surface. The inlet and the outlet are cooperatively arranged to communicate a flow of fluid substantially transverse across the first end of the stator.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention is to provide an outer rotor of a motor for a direct drive drum type washing machine, in which a structure of the outer rotor is improved, to resolve throbbing of the outer rotor at the time of high speed rotation, and consequential noise, and to provide a variety of products. For this, the outer rotor having a rotor frame with a bottom, a side wall extended from a circumference of the bottom substantially perpendicular to the bottom, and magnets mounted on an inside of the side wall, wherein the bottom of the rotor frame is elevated in a direction of extension of the side wall on the whole.

Abstract: A rotary actuator including: a housing that rotatably supports thereinside a rotor shaft of an electric motor; an eccentric shaft portion that is provided on a protruding end portion of the rotor shaft that protrudes outside the housing; an external gear that is rotatably supported on the eccentric shaft portion via a bearing; an internal gear that is fixed to an outer surface of the housing and meshes with the external gear; and a transmitting portion that is provided on the external gear, and transmits rotation force to an external output shaft.

Abstract: In a bearing assembly, a shaft is inserted into a sleeve, and a lower end of the shaft is attracted to a magnet chip which is held by an auxiliary yoke. A retaining member and an auxiliary washer are sandwiched between a lower end surface of the sleeve and a contact portion of the auxiliary yoke so as to retain the shaft in the sleeve. The auxiliary washer has an inner diameter larger than that of the retaining member and a maximum diameter of the lower end of the shaft.

Abstract: A detection device (8) detects radial deflections (x, y) of a rotating element (2) which is mounted in a base (1) by means of a magnetic bearing system (3) so as to rotated about a rotational axis (4) and feeds these deflections to a control device (9). Said control device uses the radial deflections (x, y) to determine control signals (Sx, Sy) for the magnetic bearing system (3) and outputs them to the magnetic bearing system (3). The detection device (8) also detects a rotary frequency (f) of the rotating element (2) and feeds it to the control device (9). The control device eliminates from the radial deflections (x, y) at least one frequency portion that comprises the portions of the radial deflections (x, y) having frequencies close to a filter frequency that has a defined ratio to the rotary frequency (f). The control device (9) uses the frequency portion to determine frequency control signals (Fx, Fy) in accordance with a frequency control model.

Abstract: A method of controlling the instability in fluid film bearings by using a magnetic bearing in combination with a fluid film bearing (whether it is a cylindrical journal bearing, an elliptic bearing, an offset-half bearing, a multi-lobe bearing, foil bearing or a tilting-pad bearing, does not really matter), wherein the fluid film bearing serves as the primary load carrying bearing and the magnetic bearing controls the instability of the fluid film bearing. This efficient combination results in bearings that can be used at high speeds without having neither stability nor reliability problems. An alternative method of controlling the instability in fluid film bearings is to disturb the flow in the axial direction, for example, a sleeve (journal) bearing can be manufactured such that the bearing axis is skewed with the shaft axis or a variable geometry bearing can be manufactured to allow for bearing angular misalignment.

Abstract: Electric motor configurations are provided with Halbach arrays. In one example, an electric motor includes a first plurality of magnets arranged in a first Halbach array. The first plurality of magnets is configured to provide a first magnetic field that substantially exhibits a first Halbach flux distribution. A first plurality of electromagnets comprising a first plurality of coils are arranged in a second Halbach array. A controller is adapted to selectively direct current through the first plurality of coils to induce a second magnetic field to interact with the first magnetic field. The second magnetic field substantially exhibits a second Halbach flux distribution.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator, and a rotor positioned adjacent the stator and configured to rotate with respect to the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of laminations having an outside diameter and stacked in a stackwise direction. Each lamination includes a plurality of non-linear slots positioned inward of the outside diameter. Each non-linear slot includes an inner portion spaced a first distance from the outside diameter and two end portions disposed a second distance from the outside diameter. The second distance is smaller than the first distance. The rotor also includes a plurality of permanent magnets. Each magnet is disposed in one of the non-linear slots.

Abstract: A permanent magnet included in a rotor of a brush-less motor is a radial anisotropic magnet in which multi-poles are magnetized in the circumferential direction and is skew magnetized along the axial direction in such a manner that a surface to one end part of an upper side from a central part in the axial direction and a surface to an end part of a lower side from the central part are axially shifted by a predetermined angle in the circumferential direction from each other. In accordance with this skew-magnetization, coggings including irregularly varying components generated in the rotor owing to the three-dimensional shapes of coil ends provided at opposite ends of a tooth 611a for fixing a winding have opposite phases to each other, so that the coggings are cancelled with each other. Accordingly, the coggings can be reduced or cancelled.

Abstract: To provide an electric machine capable of being improved in both fabricability and reliability, and a process for manufacturing the machine.

Abstract: An electric motor having an electromagnetic coil, wherein the electromagnetic coil has wiring formed by a vapor deposited insulating layer wound on the entire exterior circumference of a conductive substrate.

Abstract: A DC motor, has a stator housing accommodating a permanent magnet stator; a rotor, rotatably mounted confronting the stator, the rotor having a shaft, a rotor core fitted to the shaft and having asymmetric laminations, a commutator fitted to the shaft adjacent one end of the rotor core, and windings wound about poles of the rotor core and terminated on the commutator; and brush gear comprising brushes in sliding contact with the commutator for transferring electrical power to the windings, wherein the cogging torque order for the motor is greater than twenty. Preferably, the cogging torque order is 28, 36 or 44.