Patents Issued in October 9, 2008
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Publication number: 20080244847Abstract: In a cleaning pad for a small apparatus such as a smart phone or a minicomputer including a touch screen for its operation, the cleaning pad comprises a carrier element of a rigid material provided with a pad of fleece or similar soft material for cleaning the touch screen and the carrier element is provided with an operating tip for touching the touch screen for operating the small apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Harald Richter, Steve Dixon
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Publication number: 20080244848Abstract: A cleaning glove includes a waterproof glove body having a front surface, including a palm portion, and multiple finger stalls cooperatively joined together to fit a wearer's hand. A water absorbent material is bonded onto a front surface of at least one finger stall. Preferably, the water absorbent material is bonded onto the front surface of each finger stall, as well as the palm portion of the glove body. An abrasive type scouring material is bonded onto the front surface so as to be adjacent to the water absorbent material, typically substantially surrounding the periphery of the water absorbent material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Tomer Firouzman
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Publication number: 20080244849Abstract: A toothbrush includes a head having a bristle carrying surface formed from a thin resilient flexible dome shaped membrane. An air space is located between the base of the head and the membrane so that the membrane is capable of flexing to alter its original shape during use of the toothbrush and then recover to the original shape randomly during use. In a further practice of the invention the head and/or handle have elastomeric portions at least partially surrounding an open area. These portions are readily deflectable under pressure during use to improve handling of the toothbrush and orientation of the cleaning elements. Alternatively the toothbrush includes a longitudinal hinge collinear with the longitudinal axis of the toothbrush head so as to separate the head into a pair of side by side longitudinal sections, each of which has outwardly extending cleaning elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Robert Moskovich, Tanja Langgner, Joachim Storz, Thomas Kuchler
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Publication number: 20080244850Abstract: A toothbrush with a safety device includes a brush body and an annular spacer. The brush body includes a bristle portion with a plurality of bristles and a handle portion contiguous to the bristle portion. The annular spacer is flared and includes a smaller end and larger end having a diameter greater than that of the smaller end. The smaller end of the spacer is tightly mounted around the handle portion below the bristle portion. The annular spacer avoids the toothbrush from being swallowed and prevents spit and bubbles generated during brushing from coming into contact with a user's hand.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Yu-Cheng Kuo
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Publication number: 20080244851Abstract: A quick release detachable brush includes a disk having a first side and a second side. The disk has at least one brush attached to the first or the second side or both. The center of the disk has an aperture. A shaft is provided with an elongated portion and a head that is complimentary to the aperture in the disk. The shaft engages the aperture to removably secure the disk to the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Cyclo Toolmakers, Inc.Inventor: John Cody Sutherland
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Publication number: 20080244852Abstract: A spinning bristled roller assembly for the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner or other carpet cleaning apparatus. The roller assembly includes three bearings protected by a comprehensive thread guard system. The three bearing system, in combination with the structure of the tubular roller body and bearing housing provides an assembly having inherently improved balance characteristics that eliminate the prior need for dynamic balancing to ensure vibration-free operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: James R. Alton
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Publication number: 20080244853Abstract: Wet and dry wipes comprising additives for removing allergens from surfaces are disclosed. The wipe substrate comprises an additive capable and binding the allergen onto the substrate such that the allergen can be removed from the surface. Various allergens including animal and pet dander can be removed from numerous surfaces utilizing the wipes of the present invention. In some embodiments of the invention, the allergenicity of the allergen is also reduced. Suitable additives for immobilization onto the wipe substrate include lectins, proteases, and enzyme inhibitors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: David William Koenig, Annastacia Kistler, Richard John Schmidt, Bruce Scott Williamson
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Publication number: 20080244854Abstract: An apparatus for applying a liquid to a surface in a pattern includes a rollable core with first and second sections adjacent to each other and each having a length and a circumference. A first liquid applicator includes a material for holding and applying a liquid to a surface and is attached to the first section of the core. A second liquid applicator includes a material for holding and applying a liquid to a surface and is attached to the second section of the core. The first liquid applicator material and/or the second liquid applicator material covers a portion of its respective section's circumference that is less than the entire circumference of the section, and the first and second liquid applicators are arranged on the core so as to produce a consecutively repeating non-random pattern when the first and second liquid applicators are placed in contact with and rolled along a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Master Artist Faux Painting CorporationInventor: Anthony MIGNANO
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Publication number: 20080244855Abstract: A method and a drywall tool for making flat and even joints for the construction industry are disclosed. This innovative hand tool for making flat even joints includes a central section that is a cut out notch allowing for an extruded amount of drywall compound that produces a sufficient width and height to be placed over the drywall tape within the drywall recessed or butt joints. Once this cures, a simple fill in step using a standard towel allows these process steps to be accomplished by an unskilled worker, while producing flat and even joints, requiring less time, and dust.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Jay Meyerl
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Publication number: 20080244856Abstract: A drive device for a wiper arm of a windscreen-wiper assembly is equipped with a linkage system in a drive train between the wiper arm and a screen-wiper motor. The linkage system comprises at least two intersecting pivot arms, both of which are flexibly connected at one end to a rocker carrying the wiper arm, and one of which is pivot-mounted at its other end on a vehicle-mounted bearing element, and the other is fastened at its other end to a reversibly operable shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Valeo Systemes d'EssuyageInventors: Bruno Egner-Walter, Klaus Epple
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Publication number: 20080244857Abstract: A drive arm for a wiper blade has a rear end portion configured to be fixed to a drive shaft of the arm in an alternating sweep movement about a roughly vertical axis, a free front end portion operable to carry the wiper blade, an intermediate portion of longitudinal principal orientation that is elastically deformable in a vertical longitudinal plane and that connects the rear portion to the front portion, and a stiffener for stiffening the intermediate portion flexurally in a horizontal plane. The stiffener has at least one first flexible longitudinal element that is fixed along a first longitudinal lateral face of the intermediate portion so that, when a transverse force is applied to the intermediate portion in a first direction, a longitudinal stress is exerted on the first reinforcing element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGEInventor: Philippe Espinasse
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Publication number: 20080244858Abstract: A hand-held portable vacuum having a filter indicator that is coupled to an outlet housing and in fluid communication with a portion of the outlet housing between a fan inlet and an intake. The filter indicator includes a pressure differential indicator that is configured to indicate a pressure differential between air in the portion of the outlet housing and atmospheric air pressure. The filter indicator is employed to indicate to the user of the hand-held vacuum that replacement and/or cleaning of the filter is required. The vacuum may also be used in a blower mode with a set of inflator nozzles to permit a user to inflate an article.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: David M. Shaver, Jacob R. Prosper, Murray D. Hunter, Carolyn Martin, Patrick W. Mooney, Olga Makeev
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Publication number: 20080244859Abstract: A self-propelled mobile vacuum system comprising a vacuum source that provides suction for the removal of debris, a collection tank for storing debris collected by said vacuum source suction, and at least two rolling drive systems for maneuvering the vacuum system within a work space. A motor provides power to the vacuum source and the two rolling drive systems, and the system has an overall width within the range of 24 to 48 inches, an overall length within the range of 5 to 10 feet, and an overall height within the range of 60 to 84 inches.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Charles Robert Maybury
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Publication number: 20080244860Abstract: A handle assembly for a cleaning appliance such as a vacuum cleaner includes a flexible hose having a first end that is connectable to a main body of the cleaning appliance and a second end, a handle portion for maneuvering the handle assembly during use and a tubular wand. The second end of the flexible hose is connected to handle portion, and the tubular wand is slidably mounted in the handle portion so as to be movable between a first position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion inside the flexible hose and a second position in which the tubular wand extends beyond the handle portion away from the flexible hose.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Peter David Gammack, Andrew McCulloch, Benjamin John Strutt, Sarah Helen Liddell, William Robert James White
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Publication number: 20080244861Abstract: A stabilizer bush includes an elastic body having an axial hole formed therein for inserting and holding a torsion part of a stabilizer, and an outer peripheral face which is adapted to hold a bracket attached to a vehicle body. The axial hole is configured so that inner diameters thereof gradually decrease from a center part toward outsides in axial directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Yasuo Miyamoto, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yuji Yamazaki
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Publication number: 20080244862Abstract: A buffer which can achieve a buffering effect corresponding to the speed of a sliding door is provided. Corresponding to the abutment force of an engagement pin 3 which is on a sliding door 2 with respect to a retaining recessed portion 67 of a hook body 61 which is slidably provided in a case body, an engagement stepped portion 71 of the hook body 61 presses a pressing member 44, and a brake pad 47 of the pressing member 44 and a brake pad 39 of a slider 31 come into sliding contact with a brake plate 28.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: K.K. MURAKOSHI SEIKOHInventor: Hiroaki Tooyama
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Publication number: 20080244863Abstract: A handle or gripping implement for a cooking vessel comprises two bottom and top handle elements to be mutually assembled to form the handle or cooking implement, the top element being made of a clear synthetic material and having a surface facing the bottom element, the bottom element including, in turn, a surface facing the top element, the surfaces of the top element and/or of the bottom element supporting wording, trademarks, patterns, colors or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Jacopo Ferron
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Publication number: 20080244864Abstract: A hinge for folding container comprises an inner hinge, an outer hinge and a locking device for locking the inner and outer hinge. Wherein, the inner hinge and the outer hinge are pivotally connected by a pivot pin, the outer hinge comprises at least two outer hinge plates provided in parallel, and the inner hinge comprises at least two inner hinge plates provided in parallel. Compared with the prior art, without changing the standard operating hole, the hinge for folding container disclosed by the present invention can widen the transverse width of the inner hinge, and so that the rigidity of the inner hinge is effectively enhanced. Therefore, the hinge according to the present invention can be applied to any types of folding container, especially the folding container mounted with an independent corner post.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: CHINA INTERNATIONAL MARINE CONTAINERS (GROUP) LTD.Inventor: Renbin YI
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Publication number: 20080244865Abstract: A spring hinge for spectacles is described having two hinge parts (4, 5) connected to one another in an articulated manner by a hinge axis (7), of which one hinge part (4) is mounted in a hinge housing (1) so it is displaceable against a retracting spring force and the other hinge part (5), which is supported on the hinge housing (1) via a centering, forms at least one stop face (8, 9) working together with the front side of the hinge housing (1) in a stretched position of the hinge parts (4, 5). To achieve guiding of the spectacle earpiece largely without play, it is suggested that the centering provided between the stop face (8, 9) of the one hinge part (5) and the front side of the hinge housing (1) comprise at least one centering groove (10) running around the circumference of the hinge axis (7) and a centering projection (11) engaging in this centering groove (10) at least in the stretched position of the hinge parts (4, 5).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Redtenbacher Prazisionsteile Ges.m.b.H.Inventor: Harald Buchegger
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Publication number: 20080244866Abstract: This is an improved hinge device with unique adjustable features. Particularly this hinge device is used to aid in the adjustment and fitting of existing doors in buildings and in the initial installation of doors into buildings and may be incorporated in combination with other types of door hinge devices where easy adjustment for fit is desired or required. The preferred embodiment is comprised of a simple adjustable top and bottom hinge assemblies with unique connection features and a special middle adjustable hinge 33 with unique adjustable features for vertical and rotational alignment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Michael W. Stanley
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Publication number: 20080244867Abstract: A hinge covering system designed to protect an operable door hinge from paint spray, paint splatters, or any other coating that may be applied to the surface of a door and/or frame. The hinge covering system comprises a plurality of preformed tape pieces. The tape pieces having been preformed to match areas of the door hinge so as to prevent excessive overlap covering the door or frame, yet adequately protect the door hinge. Each of the preformed tape pieces are designed to adhere to and thereby protect different areas of the door hinge. Specifically, the hinge covering system is comprised of tape pieces pre-measured to fit the exposed areas of the hinge straps, the hinge barrel, and the top and bottom of the hinge pin. At least one of the tape pieces is formed so as to protect the barrel portion of the door hinge without causing friction or adhesion to the barrel portion thus allowing for un-obscured operation of the door with the hinge covering system fully installed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: James TUELL
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Publication number: 20080244868Abstract: A hinge has a pintle with a flange, a base disk having a mounting hole mounted securely around the pintle and multiple positioning holes formed concentrically around the mounting hole, a positioning disk abutting a side of the base disk and having a limiting hole mounted securely around the pintle and protrusions protruding from the positioning disk and selectively engaging with the positioning holes and a fastener mounted on the pintle to hold the base disk and the positioning disk on the pintle. A frame and a supporting stem of an electronic photo frame can be respectively mounted securely on a front and rear end of the pintle, so that the supporting stem can be rotated to position at multiple stay positions which are distributed at a circular route parallel to the frame for selectively erecting the electronic photo frame in vertical type or horizontal type.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: SHIN ZU SHING CO., LTD.Inventor: Chung-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20080244869Abstract: The present invention relates to a door handle for a refrigerator. In the present invention, a decoration 40 is installed in a seating channel 36 provided in a handle bar 30. The seating channel 36 with the decoration 40 installed therein is shielded by a transparent or translucent handle cover 42. Cover end coupling pieces 45 are provided at both ends of the handle cover 42 and coupled with coupling ribs of a handle bar body 31 of the handle bar 30 or a cover base 34. The cover end coupling pieces 45 protrude and extend from both ends of the handle cover 42 to be perpendicular to other portions. A luminous body or jewel may be used as the decoration 40. With the door handle of the present invention constructed as above, the aesthetic sense of the door handle is improved to meet various consumers' demands for design, and the handle bar 30 becomes more firm to enhance the reliability of the door handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Sung-Wook Bae, Jong-Hyeok An, Hyeon-Po Cho, Chang-Bong Choi
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Publication number: 20080244870Abstract: A glide assembly is adapted to be mounted about an existing foot attached to the free end of a leg of a piece of furniture that is adapted to be supported upon a surface. The glide assembly includes a body defining an exterior surface and a bore extending partially through the body to define a hollow interior, an interior surface, a top, open end of the body, and a bottom, closed end of the body disposed opposite the open end. An insert assembly is mountable about the foot and adapted to be received through the open end and fixedly secured within the hollow interior of the body so as to mount the body about the foot. A cap is designed to be replaceably attached to the closed end of the body and adapted to engage the surface upon which the leg is supported.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: John Chase
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Publication number: 20080244871Abstract: In an apparatus on a spinning room machine for depositing fibre sliver, a stationary delivery device for delivering fibre sliver and a substantially flat receiving support surface for receiving and collecting the fibre sliver as a can-less fibre sliver package are present. The receiving support surface, which is substantially unenclosed, is movable during the depositing process back and forth in the horizontal direction by a drive arrangement. In order to improve the production of the can-less fibre sliver package, the speed of the receiving support surface with the sliver package is alterable substantially on a reversal path such that a gradual braking to speed value zero to the speed of the back and forth movement are effected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Truetzschler GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ulrich Vollrath
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Publication number: 20080244872Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing, a panel and at least one panel-fixing device. The panel-fixing device, which includes a receiving portion and a clipping portion, fixes the panel at the casing. The receiving portion disposed on the casing includes a plurality of positioning components. The clipping portion, which includes a hooking component, an adjusting component and a fixing plane, is movably engaged with the receiving portion. When the clipping portion is engaged with the receiving portion, the hooking component catches one of the positioning components for fixing the clipping portion. The adjusting component and the hooking portion are substantially parallel to each other. The fixing plane is substantially vertically connected to the adjusting component. When the clipping portion is engaged with the receiving portion, the fixing plane presses against the panel for fixing the panel to the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Qisda CorporationInventor: Han-Kuang Ho
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Publication number: 20080244873Abstract: The invention is a simple structure ornamented button with design changeability according to the user taste, position and opportunity and also uneasy detaching characteristic in spite of easy attaching. The separable ornamented button 10 comprises two parts engaged with each other into one body, one being a top ornamented part 20 and the other a bottom part 30 provided with string holes 31a. The top part 20 comprises an ornamented center portion 24 and a periphery portion 20a forming a receiving concave 21 at the backside thereof having a rocking groove 23 at an inside sidewall 22 while the bottom part 30 comprises a center flat portion 31 provided with string holes 31a and a periphery ring sleeve 32 having a protrusion 33 at an outside sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Kojiro Yamashita, Tatsuya Yamashita
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Publication number: 20080244874Abstract: A device for holding an elongated assemblage of articles comprises a fastening body (3) to effect fastening to a support part (21), a looping strap (2) that stands connected by one end to the fastening body (3), and a strap receiving part (4), which via at least one flexible connecting portion (14, 15) is arranged on one side of the fastening body (3) and connected to the fastening body (3). The looping strap (2) is directly connected to the fastening body (3) in a strap fastening region (6), and the strap receiving part (4) is on the opposite side of the fastening body (3) from the strap fastening region (6) when the or each connecting portion (14, 15) is in the relaxed state. In this way, the assemblage of articles can be positioned very tightly against the fastening body, and the inventive device is distinguished by high variability with respect to the number and size of the assemblage of articles to be held.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: A.RAYMOND ET CIEInventor: Gianni Chiorboli
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Publication number: 20080244875Abstract: A buckle set, which fits onto a strap for adjusting the strap to a desired length, generally fits onto the strap attached to goggles of almost any application, such as swimming goggles, scuba mask, or dust and wind goggles. Specifically, a buckle set allows a strap to easily and quickly be adjusted to a desired length from its two ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Shu-Fang CHOU
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Publication number: 20080244876Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a recess and a protruding portion respectively disposed at front and back sides of one end thereof, a plurality of through holes disposed around the recess, and a plurality of retaining portions in communication with the through holes, and a screw holder, which holds a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt and, which has two mounting plates respectively stopped at two sides of the protruding portion and fastened to the through holes of the binding belt and a plurality of locating rods respectively extended from two sides of each mounting plate and respectively fastened to the retaining portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
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Publication number: 20080244877Abstract: A sock keeper holds clothing items together in the laundry. A flexible base extends between opposite first and second edges, and between opposite ends. One of the base ends has a first tab projecting outward adjacent the base first edge. The opposite base end has a second tab projecting outward adjacent the base second edge. The tabs are thereby spaced apart, allowing manual grasping of the tabs separately. A flexible tail extends from a proximal end adjacent the base first edge to an opposite distal end. The tail surface is made from the loop portion of hook-and-loop material, to ensure that the tail surface does not catch on any clothing items in the wash. The tail closely encircles the clothing items. A base panel on the base upper surface is made from the hook portion of hook-and-loop material, so as to releasably engage the tail surface, defining a primary fastener. The base panel ends releasably engage one another above the tail distal end, defining a secondary fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Timothy L. Sell
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Publication number: 20080244878Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting device having a metallic base plate, from which multiple projections project, and a method for manufacturing this mounting device. The mounting device may be obtained by cutting multiple hook preforms into the surface of the base plate while leaving at least one bending edge per hook preform. Furthermore, hook-like projections are manufactured by bending the hook preforms out of the base plate around the bending edge and possibly lateral protrusions are manufactured on the projections or these are twisted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Kurt Hoehe, Bernd Ruess, Georg Egloff, Franz Schweiggart
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Publication number: 20080244879Abstract: A clamp band for spring brakes which comprises an annular clamp band pre-formed with a side wall and a rim extended perpendicularly from a first end thereof, wherein during assembling of a spring brake when an edge of a first chamber, a diaphragm and an edge of a second chamber are positioned in sequential order on the rim a second end of the side wall is deformed to bend inwards to encompass the edge of the second chamber to secure the edges of the two chambers and the diaphragm in place. The annular clamp band comprises a first clamp band and a second clamp band having identical semi-annular shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Metro Bearing & Automotive LimitedInventor: Lai Yee CHOW
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Publication number: 20080244880Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a fastener with a first end and a second end, the fastener including a first member, a second member and biasing means, at least a first portion of the basing means being substantially parallel to at least a portion of the first member and at least a second portion of the basing means being substantially parallel to the at least a portion of the second member, the first and second members relatively pivotable at a first fulcrum intermediate the first and second ends and at a second fulcrum intermediate the first and second ends wherein the first fulcrum and the second fulcrum are spaced apart relative to each other, jaws located between the first fulcrum and the second fulcrum, a first handle at the first end of the fastener and a second handle at the second end of the fastener wherein squeezing of the first handle pivots the first and second members about the first fulcrum to open the jaws against closing bias provided by the biasing means and squeeType: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Ian Rankin, Rochelle Rankin, Mark Strickland, Miranda Strickland
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Publication number: 20080244881Abstract: A flexible height-adjustable C-clip for securing solar panels to a support structure, including a clamp body with lower planar surface-engaging portion and a through hole, an upper planar horizontal clamping portion substantially parallel with the lower planar surface-engaging portion and also having a lower through hole, and a flexible arcuate portion disposed therebetween. The C-clip includes panel-engaging stops that engage the side of the solar panel, align the C-clip perpendicular to the support surface, and maintain the alignment during tightening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Anthony A. ZANTE
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Publication number: 20080244882Abstract: A connection device for connecting two structural components is comprising a retaining means in a first structural component and a fixing means for insertion in a second structural component for connecting engagement with said retaining means thereby holding the two structural components together. The fixing means comprises a plug member having a first end and a second end, the said first end comprising an undercut head for insertion in and retaining engagement with said retaining means. The said plug member is comprising means for engagement with said second structural component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: ARCTIUM ASInventors: Knut Woxman, Arne Hansen
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Publication number: 20080244883Abstract: A binding device for pulling tight a belt comprises a first ratchet wheel and a second ratchet wheel, each having a plurality of mounting openings, a roll, having a plurality of roll sectors that are respectively mounted in the mounting openings of the first and second ratchet wheels, of which at least one roll sector is removable, a lever, connected with the first ratchet wheel, a frame, connected with the second ratchet wheel; an upper blocking assembly, mounted on the lever, blocking the first ratchet wheel from turning, and a lower blocking assembly, mounted on the lever, blocking the second ratchet wheel from turning. Due to removability of one of the roll sectors, the belt is easily mounted and dismounted, and a wide range of applications is provided for.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Kwang Wang Liu, Ko-Chin Shiao
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Publication number: 20080244884Abstract: A method is provided that includes providing a mold on a temporary substrate, e.g., a sapphire substrate. Next, a material such as PZT paste is deposited into the mold. Then, the mold is removed to obtain elements formed by the mold. The formed elements will then be sintered. After sintering, electrode deposition is optionally performed. The sintered elements are then bonded to a final target substrate and released from the temporary substrate through laser liftoff. Further, electrodes may also be optionally deposited at this point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Baomin Xu, Stephen D. White, Steven A. Buhler
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Publication number: 20080244885Abstract: High capacitance value capacitors are formed using bimetal foils of an aluminum layer attached to a copper layer. The copper side of a bimetallic copper/aluminum foil or a monometallic aluminum foil is temporarily protected using aluminum or other materials, to form a sandwich. The exposed aluminum is treated to increase the surface area of the aluminum by at least one order of magnitude, while not attacking any portion of the protected metal. When the sandwich is separated, the treated bimetal foil is formed into a capacitor, where the copper layer is one electrode of the capacitor and the treated aluminum layer is in intimate contact with a dielectric layer of the capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicants: MOTOROLA, INC., KEMET ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Gregory J. Dunn, Jovica Savic, Philip M. Lessner, Albert K. Harrington
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Publication number: 20080244886Abstract: An apparatus for urging an oil film bearing onto and off of a roll neck in a rolling mill comprises an annular hydraulically actuated piston/cylinder unit mounted on a cylindrical section of the roll neck. The cylindrical neck section is delimited at one end by a circular shoulder on the roll neck, and at the opposite end by a circular groove in the roll neck. A retaining ring has lock arms pivotally movable into seated positions in the groove. The piston/cylinder unit is operable in a first mode in an abutting relationship with the lock arms to urge the bearing onto the roll neck, and is operative in a second mode in an abutting relationship with the shoulder to urge the bearing off of the roll neck. The piston/cylinder unit and the lock arms having complimentary tapered surfaces arranged to coact in urging the lock arms inwardly into their seated positions in response to the abutment of the piston/cylinder unit with the lock arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Armando S. Martins, Timothy S. Dolan, Peter N. Osgood
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Publication number: 20080244887Abstract: A plate for producing a prototype part using a rapid prototyping process is made of metal, plastic or a metallo-plastic composite material, including thermofusible, thermoplastic and thermosettable materials, and is machined with the machining tool of a prototyping machine which further includes a plate mold integrated in the prototyping machine. The mold is adapted to receive a material matching the shape of the mold, and to subject the plate to a heating/cooling cycle using a heating/cooling device integrated in the mold body, and additionally includes a vat, a base plate, a heating circuit and a fluid circulation circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Claude Barlier, Alain Wadsworth
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Publication number: 20080244888Abstract: Apparatus for installing fasteners in a workpiece is mounted for computer controlled movement over the workpiece surface. The apparatus includes all of the tools, fasteners, drives and controls on-board that are needed to operate autonomously, without external connections. The apparatus may also include an on-board power supply for powering the tools, drives and controls. A supply of fasteners is held in an on-board replaceable cassette. An on-board fastener transferring device transfers individual fasteners from the cassette to the tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Branko Sarh
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Publication number: 20080244889Abstract: A mounting structure includes a mounting member, and a connecting terminal which is fixed to the mounting member by a first fixing force. A linear member is fixed to the connecting terminal by a second fixing force. The second fixing force is smaller than the first fixing force.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Hirofumi HAGIKURA, Masami Nakashima, Toshitaka Tezuna
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Publication number: 20080244890Abstract: A method for producing strand guiding rollers from prefabricated and semifinished, stored components, which comprise at least roller bearings, prefabricated supporting shafts and semifinished roller shell starting material. The method is intended to produce and deliver a ready-to-assemble strand guiding roller in a short time with minimized stockkeeping costs. Roller bearings are in stock in a type series in accordance with the loads that occur, supporting shafts carrying the roller bearings are in stock in a type series in accordance with the loads that occur, and roller shells are in stock in the form of circumferentially worked bar or tube material in a type series with indeterminate length made to match various roller diameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: Karl Moerwald
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Publication number: 20080244891Abstract: The disclosure relates to surface roughening methods in which a cutting tool having a radial cutting blade with first and second cutting edges is fed along a longitudinal axis of an article while rotating the cutting tool about the axis. The first cutting edge forms a first machined pattern of peaks and valleys on a surface of the article, and the second cutting edge removes at least a portion of the peaks to form roughened fracture surfaces in a second machined pattern defining an arrangement of grooves, corresponding to the valleys, separated by lands, corresponding to the roughened fracture surfaces. The disclosure also provides cutting tools useful in practicing the surface roughening methods. The disclosure further describes cylindrical articles having interior or exterior surfaces roughened using the methods. The methods, cutting tools and articles have applications including fabrication of cylinder blocks for internal combustion engines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiko Iizumi, Kimio Nishimura
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Publication number: 20080244892Abstract: A method for producing a shaft comprising a first section, a second channelled section, and a third section provided with an abutment shoulder surface for the starter, the method comprising the following steps: a) the three sections are machined; b) external grooves are produced in the second section; and c) at least one axial part of the starter shaft is subjected to a surface heating treatment. The invention is characterised in that the method comprises an additional step, prior to the heating treatment step, for reducing the residual mechanical stresses resulting from steps preceding the heating treatment. The additional step is a step for annealing, especially by induction heating, at least one axial part of the starter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2005Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTEURInventor: Celine Berthod
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Publication number: 20080244893Abstract: A steel core brass stair rod includes a steel core with an exterior surface. A brass shell is fused to the exterior surface of the steel core through a heating process such that there is not an air gap between the brass shell and the exterior surface of the steel core.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: D. Hussein Zoroufy
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Publication number: 20080244894Abstract: A method of making a wound field for a brushless direct current motor, direct current generator, alternating current motor or alternating current generator, includes providing a base mold having an engagement face with at least one movable end turn form. A number of distinct phases is determined and at least one strand of conductive material is wound around at least one movable end turn forming tool per distinct phase. One conductive coil is created from each strand of conductive material for each distinct phase. Each conductive coil is formed into a configuration that indicates the number of poles required. Each conductive coil is then placed onto an insertion instrument. The insertion instrument and each conductive coil are inserted into a stator core. The insertion instrument is removed from the stator core, and the stator core is installed into one of the aforementioned motors or generators.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventor: William H. Yeadon
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Publication number: 20080244895Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for mounting magnet elements on the surface of a rotor for use in a permanent magnet motor. The method comprises the steps of : providing a first tube like element, wherein said first tube like element has an inner diameter that corresponds to an outer diameter of said rotor, providing a second tube like element, wherein said second tube like element has an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of said first tube like element, inserting said first tube like element into said second tube like element, in order to create a hollow space between them, inserting a number of magnet elements into said hollow space, and inserting said rotor into said first tube like element, whereupon said magnet elements are in a tight fit arrangement between said first tube like element and said second tube like element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2006Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.Inventors: Bo Aronsson, Tomas Bartholf, Jorgen Engstrom, Tanja Heikkila
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Publication number: 20080244896Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording. The method includes the formation of a write pole over a substrate. A non-magnetic side gap layer is deposited and an ion milling is used to remove a portion of the substrate to lower the floor of the substrate. A sacrificial fill layer can then be deposited. A chemical mechanical polishing process can be used to remove the mask structure remaining as a remnant of the formation of the write pole, and then the sacrificial fill layer can be removed. A non-magnetic, electrically conductive material can be deposited to form a trailing gap, and a magnetic material can then be deposited to form a wrap around trailing shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: October 9, 2008Inventors: Christian Rene Bonhote, Quang Le, Neil Leslie Robertson, Petrus Antonius Van Der Heijden