Abstract: In a method for diagnosing a storage-capable catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine which is supplied with sufficiently hot exhaust gas so that its temperature is above the starting temperature of the exhaust gas, it is proposed that the catalytic converter is briefly supplied with cooler exhaust gas so that a cold wave passing through it forms, that the axial position of the cold wave within the catalytic converter is computed, and that the size of the storage unit is determined from the signal of an exhaust gas probe connected downstream from the catalytic converter relative to the axial position of the cold wave. According to the invention, a differentiated diagnosis method is made available by which not only the axial position or the region of damage of the storage unit can be determined, but by which the reduction of conversion of a certain pollutant A,B caused by the axial position of the damage can be indicated.

Abstract: A method for determining an absolute rotational position of a vehicle steering column is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the method determines a relative position of a steering assist motor utilizing a relative position sensor. Thereafter, the method determines the absolute rotational position of the vehicle steering column based upon the relative position of the steering assist motor.

Abstract: A mobile test rig for tires, composed of a self-driven platform capable of following rectilinear and circular trajectories and including: a test instrument module for a wheel-tire assembly to be tested that permits the assembly to be orientated in all directions, to lean the assembly and apply a vertical effort to the assembly, first swivelling axles, equipped with suspensions and driving wheels, a processing unit associated to a memory, and a control of the test cycle permitting orientation of the assembly to be controlled, as well as a load applied to the assembly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus or system for determining an amount of coal tar that can enter, and subsequently be displaced from, a given type of soil for a range of depths of the soil. The method and apparatus also provide verification of the pressure at which coal tar can be displaced from a given type of soil. In particular, the method and apparatus simulate the hydrostatic pressure that a soil sample encounters in the subsurface of the ground. Accordingly, the method and apparatus provide a relationship between the concentration of coal tar in the soil and the pressure required to displace the coal tar from the soil, which allows for an estimation of the amount of coal tar that may be displaced at a particular location or site. Further, the method and apparatus are adaptable for use in the laboratory or the field.

Abstract: A simply configured thermal flowmeter can provide high measurement accuracy over a long period of time by suppressing the characteristics degradation due to adhering contaminants. On the surface of a diaphragm part, a heater resistor is formed. Temperature difference sensors through are disposed on the two sides of the heater resistor (upstream and downstream sides in the flow direction of an air stream). The temperature difference sensors are disposed upstream of the heater resistor while the temperature difference sensors are disposed downstream of the heater resistor. Outside the temperature difference sensors, heating temperature sensors are formed. Control is performed so that the temperature of the heating temperature sensors is set higher than the air stream temperature by a certain degree. Therefore, even if contaminants adhere to the sensor device, the temperature of the heating temperature sensors is held constant.

Abstract: A device and method for measuring the surface level and/or the presence of a molten metal bath in a cooled container, particularly a crystalliser for a continuous casting process, comprising a source of an electromagnetic field, wherein said source of an electromagnetic field is a transmission coil fed with electrical energy at a predetermined frequency. The information on the level and/or the presence of said surface level is obtained by processing the total impedance (Z), as measured on said transmission coil, in order to calculate the contribution to said impedance (Z) of the currents induced in the walls of the crystalliser, which depend on temperature of the crystalliser and, from it, the value of said surface level and/or the presence of the molten metal bath.

Abstract: A radar level gauge system, for determining a filling level of a product contained in a tank, the radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver including a signal generator for generating electromagnetic signals for transmission; a transmitter branch for transmitting the electromagnetic signals; and a receiver branch for receiving electromagnetic signals.

Abstract: A radar level gauge system, for determining a filling level of a product contained in a tank, the radar level gauge system comprising a transceiver including a signal generator for generating electromagnetic signals for transmission; a transmitter branch for transmitting the electromagnetic signals; and a receiver branch for receiving electromagnetic signals, the transmitter branch and the receiver branch each being connected to a transceiver input/output terminal.

Abstract: A capacitive liquid level detector for detecting a liquid level of a liquid in a receptacle, the liquid being conductive, the detector comprising: a capacitor with a first plate having a fixed size and being insulated from the liquid, and a second plate being formed by the liquid itself, its size being variable depending on the liquid level inside said receptacle, wherein a thin film dielectric layer is formed on the surface of the first plate and located between the first plate and the second plate, the first plate with the thin film dielectric layer formed on its surface is arranged such that it covers an open part of the outer wall of the receptacle, the first plate with the thin film dielectric layer formed on its surface is attached to the receptacle by sealing means in order to seal the receptacle against liquid leakage.

Abstract: A gravity gradiometer is disclosed which has a sensor in the form of bars (41 and 42) which are supported on a mounting (5) which has a first mount section (10) and a second mount section (20). A first flexure web (33) pivotally couples the first and second mount sections about first axis. The second mount has first part (25), a second part (26) and a third part (27). The parts (25 and 26) are connected by second flexure web (37) and the parts (26 and 27) are connected by third flexure web (35). The bars (41 and 42) are located in housings (45 and 47) and form a monolithic structure with the housings (45 and 47) respectively. The housings (45 and 47) are connected to opposite sides of the second mount section 20. The bars (41 and 42) are connected to their respective housings by flexure webs (59).

Abstract: A measuring bowl having an open top and concave body providing a material receiving chamber and having a flat bottom. A handle is attached to the concave body and includes a thumb hole to allow an individual to insert his or her thumb for comfortable and effective support and manipulation of the measuring bowl for receiving and pouring material. A pouring spout is provided on the concave body at a position from the handle. A pedestal is integral with the bottom wall for support of the bowl when not in use.

Abstract: A measuring device has one or more vessels with an adjustable capacity. The vessel is made of a flexible material with a peripheral hinge. The peripheral hinge enables the vessel to be reconfigured from one configuration having a first holding capacity to a second configuration having a different holding capacity.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a computer implemented method of analyzing a vehicle wheel assembly including a tire and a rim is provided. The method includes removably mounting a wheel assembly on a shaft having a longitudinal axis and being rotatable about the longitudinal axis to rotate the wheel assembly, applying a substantially radial force to the wheel assembly during rotation thereof, and measuring variations in the radial force from at least one of radial runout, tire uniformity, and tire flatspotting. The method also includes determining a condition of the wheel assembly based on a spectral density analysis of the measured variations.

Abstract: A detection apparatus is provided which includes a cantilever vibration gyro including a piezoelectric element having a first side provided with a drive electrode and a pair of detection electrodes sandwiching the drive electrode with predetermined gaps therebetween and a second side opposed to the first side and provided with a common electrode, which vibrates by a drive signal input between the drive electrode and the common electrode and generates a pair of detected signals corresponding to Coriolis force from the detection electrodes. The detection apparatus also includes a bias applying section for applying a bias voltage to the detection electrodes, an adding section adding the pair of detected signals, a first phase delay section delaying a phase of the detected signal obtained by the addition by a range larger than 45° and smaller than 90°, and an amplitude control section controlling the delayed detected signal to a predetermined voltage amplitude to output as the drive signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for sensing accelerations directed along multiple directions are provided. An embodiment comprises a sensor array comprising two sensor pairs, each of which provides an output signal based on acceleration along two orthogonal directions. The sensor pairs are so that they collectively provide an output signal for each of three mutually orthogonal directions. In some embodiments, the sensor array is augmented to provide three additional signals, each of which is based on rotation about an axis aligned with one of the three orthogonal directions.

Abstract: An accelerometer or a seismometer using an in-plane suspension geometry having a suspension plate and at least one fixed capacitive plate. The suspension plate is formed from a single piece and includes an external frame, a pair of flexural elements, and an integrated proof mass between the flexures. The flexural elements allow the proof mass to move in the sensitive direction in the plane of suspension while restricting movement in all off-axis directions. Off-axis motion of the proof mass is minimized by the use of intermediate frames disbursed within and between the flexural elements. Intermediate frames can include motion stops to prevent further relative motion during overload conditions. The device can also include a dampening structure, such as a spring or gas structure that includes a trapezoidal piston and corresponding cylinder, to provide damping during non-powered states. The capacitive plate is made of insulating material.

Abstract: A diagnosis device for diagnosing loosening of a stator core of a rotary electrical machine. The diagnosis device has: excitation means for vibrating the stator core in the radial direction; vibration detection means for detecting the vibration of the stator core in the radial direction; means for frequency-analyzing an output signal of the vibration detection means that detects vibration generated in the stator core when the stator core is vibrated by the excitation means so as to extract a measurement natural vibration mode of the stator core in a circular ring natural vibration mode; means for estimating a circular ring natural vibration mode of the stator core from shape data of the stator core; and means for determining a clamping state of the stator core by comparing the measurement natural vibration mode and a determination criterion obtained based on the estimated natural vibration mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring a flow of liquid for the presence of air bubbles, in particular the blood flowing in an extracorporeal blood circuit of an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The air bubbles are detected by an ultrasound measurement and the ultrasound signals received in a continuous sequence of time intervals are each compared to a predetermined reference level. When the amplitude of the ultrasound signal, or a parameter correlating to the amplitude of the ultrasound signal, is less than the predetermined reference level, the presence of a defined volume of air is determined. When the number of times the ultrasound signal is less that the predetermined reference value if is greater than the set limit value, it is determined that a critical volume of air is present in the patient's blood and the dialysis is stopped.

Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer incorporated into an ultrasonic inspection apparatus for examining existence of defect in a sample dipped in water comprises a transducer main part having an oscillator which projects an ultrasonic wave to the sample, receives the reflected wave from the sample and outputs the received reflected wave as an echo signal, a transmitter substrate producing a drive pulse for emitting the ultrasonic wave to the oscillator, a receiver substrate for amplifying the echo signal, a housing for containing therein both substrates electrically connected, and connecting member for electrically connecting between a signal input/output terminal and the side of the oscillator in the transducer main part, wherein, when a maximum operational frequency of the ultrasonic wave emitted from the oscillator is referred to as fmax [MHz], the connecting member is set at a length of 100/fmax [cm] or less.

Abstract: A pressure sensor comprises a first pressure chamber containing fill fluid at a first pressure, a second pressure chamber containing fill fluid at a second pressure, a porous dielectric diaphragm having first and second major surfaces exposed to the first and second pressure chambers, and first and second electrodes positioned with respect to the first and second major surfaces. A method for sensing pressure is also disclosed, comprising applying first and second pressures to fill fluid in first and second pressure chambers of a pressure sensor having a porous dielectric diaphragm, and producing an output representative of a pressure differential between the pressures, as a function of surface charges on first and second major surfaces of the porous dielectric diaphragm.

Abstract: A pressure sensor (S) includes an antenna member (10) that is adapted to be resonantly responsive to a desired frequency of electromagnetic radiation (12). An inductance changing body formed from a compressible dielectric material (14) is positioned in proximity to the antenna member (10). A housing member (16) houses the antenna member (10) in a desired proximity to the compressible dielectric material (14). The compression of the dielectric material (14) changes the effective dielectric constant of the antenna (10).

Abstract: A measurer for measuring a flow rate of a medium which may be multi-component or heterogeneous, independently of the medium, a signal-generating unit generating a transmit signal on the basis of a reference signal of a signal generator and transmitting same by means of a stimulator via the flowing medium. This signal is received by a sensor and passed on to an evaluating unit which is implemented to determine a signal transfer time based on a plurality of mutually corresponding locations of a waveform of the receive signal and the waveform corresponding to the reference signal and the flow rate of the medium based on the signal transfer time and the certain distance between the stimulator and the sensor.

Abstract: A liquid flow-rate digital measurement device, comprising a turbine inserted in the liquid conveyance duct and associated with a shaft which transmits, at a first end, an axial thrust to a corresponding support, a shaft of the turbine being made of stainless steel and being provided, at the first end, with a tip which is made of wear-resistant material, an element made of wear-resistant material being inserted in the plastic body of the measurement device in such a position as to abut against the tip of the turbine shaft.

Abstract: A torque setting lug nut wrench is provided. The torque setting lug nut wrench has a socket dimensioned to fit onto a lug nut of a motor vehicle wheel, a first section extending collinearly from the socket and a second section projecting from the first section. The second section, when grasped by a user, can apply a rotational force on a lug nut within the socket. A torque detection mechanism having a preset torque limit is included and provides a signal to the user applying the rotational force to the lug nut. In an embodiment of the present invention the torque detection mechanism has a single torque setting. In another embodiment, the torque detection mechanism has two torque settings.

Abstract: To monitor the rotation speed and torque transmitted by a shaft (120) in order to determine the power transmitted by the shaft (120). To achieve this torque sensing means 124 and rotation speed sensing means (103) are provided, each connected to an interface means (104). Signals are transmitted between said torque sensing means (124) and said interface means (104) by way of a coupling arrangement comprising a first coupling element (121) is fixed to and co-rotates with shaft (120) and a second coupling element (102) is fixed to a stator (101) surrounding said shaft (120) and thus remains stationary whilst shaft (120) rotates. The first coupling element (121) is in the form of a split ring having a ring gap (127) and is electrically connected to the torque sensing means (124). The first coupling element (121) has a comb-like form wherein the ring provides a spine upon which are formed a plurality of teeth (122), which project from said spine.

Abstract: This invention relates to a load sensor comprising a member composed of electrically conductive magnetostrictive material. The member is a uniform and continuous distribution of wire or strip material abutting itself between opposite ends. The magnetostrictive material is annealed and abutting portions of the member are spaced apart from one another using insulation incorporating microspheres. Terminals at different portions of the member allow the member to be electrically connected in a circuit for measuring an impedance of the member. Stress applied along an axis of the member causes a change in the member's permeability that is measurable as a change in impedance of the sensor. The configuration of the sensor can be described as coil shaped or accordion shaped. The wire or strip material comprising the sensor comprise a variety of shapes. Insulation comprises a high strength adhesive filled with high strength ceramic microspheres.

Abstract: A force sensor with a force sensor chip, and a buffering device for dampening and applying incoming external force to the force sensor chip. The buffering device includes an input portion to which external force is input, a sensor mount for fixing the force sensor chip to the exterior, a dampening mechanism for dampening external force, and a transmission portion for transmitting the dampened external force to the active sensing portion.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a gas sampling system capable of taking discreet samples from a continuous flow of gas or fluid. Said apparatus offers a frame (1) and mounting components in the form of a fixed chuck (4) and a spring-loaded chuck with a sample container (5) mounted there between. The sampling container has self-sealing end cap valve assemblies (76) that automatically open when the sample container (5) communicates with the fixed chuck (4) and the spring loaded chuck (6) and the end cap valve assembly automatically closes when the sample container is removed. A value system allows the gas flow to be directed from one sample container to the other alternatively opening and closing a gas flow path. A sample extraction assembly (14) allows the efficient removal of samples from the sample containers.

Abstract: A gas sampling unit for vapour detectors, which incorporates a vortex 1 flowing towards the sampler/detector. The vortex may be formed by the rotation of a cylinder 2 or cone about its axis. The cylinder or cone may be smooth, vaned or grooved inside. The vortex may also be produced by the channelling of a gas flow 4 by the wall of a cylinder or cone, or by vanes. The vortex may be stabilised by the introduction of a liquid into the atmosphere outside the sampler. This liquid may also aid in the vaporisation or marking of the compounds to be detected. The flow may be heated to aid in the formation and stabilisation of the vortex, and also in vaporisation of the compounds to be detected.

Abstract: A sample carrier having a top wall, a base, and a support wall joining the top wall and the base. The top wall includes aligned, spaced-apart openings on at least one side of the support wall which are sized to receive sample tubes. Sleeves depending from the top wall and circumscribing each opening direct sample tubes into sample tube holding areas. The sample tube holding areas each include one or more retaining walls extending upward from the base opposite the support wall. Springs extending outward from the support wall bias sample tubes against the retaining walls. A drip shield comprising a cover plate, a pair of through-holes for accessing sample tubes in the sample carrier, and a depending fin which separates sample tubes on opposite sides of the support wall protects against cross-contamination between sample tubes held by the sample carrier.

Abstract: Arrangement and method for monitoring a structure at a fixed location, e.g., a house, parked boat or parked airplane, includes a monitoring or sensor system arranged to obtain information about the structure, an exterior of the structure and/or an interior of the structure different than the location of the structure, and a communication system coupled to the sensor system and being provided with a location of the structure. The communication system transmits the information about the structure obtained by the sensor system and the location of the structure to a remote facility. The remote facility can therefore monitor the structure, and take steps to ensure the integrity of the reservoir and the fluid therein. To enable wireless and powerless monitoring, a power source independent of a power grid extending outside of the fixed structure may be provided to supply power to the sensor system and the communications unit.

Abstract: A sensor is provided with a base with at least one resistive track which includes a nano particle based conductive ink. A contact device makes contact along at least a portion of the resistive track and provides an indication of position or movement.

Abstract: A probe assembly for an instrument and a method of manufacture includes a substrate and a cantilever having a length that is independent of typical alignment error during fabrication. In one embodiment, the probe assembly includes a buffer section interposed between the substrate and the cantilever. The cantilever extends from the buffer section and a portion of the buffer section extends beyond an edge of the substrate. The portion of the buffer section is more stiff than the cantilever. The corresponding method of producing the probe assembly facilitates batch fabrication without compromising probe performance.

Abstract: An engine starter includes a motor housing having an inlet and an outlet for a motive fluid, a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing, the motor including a rotor and a stator, the stator directing a flow of fluid over the rotor, thereby inducing rotation of the rotor about an axis and exerting an axial force on the rotor and an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor such that rotation of the rotor drives rotation of the shaft about the axis. A front and a rear ball bearing assembly support the rotor. A front biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a first biasing load on the front ball bearing assembly and a rear biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a second biasing load on the rear ball bearing assembly in opposition of the axial force exerted on the rotor. The biasing members distribute the axial force between the two ball bearing assemblies.

Abstract: In a robot, a support member is supported to an arm to be reciprocable with respect to one of first and second sides of the arm in a predetermined direction. A rotary member of a converter is coupled to a motor, and a liner movable member of the converter is contacted to the rotary member and lined to the support member. The converter works to transfer rotary motion received y the rotary member from the motor as linear motion to the liner movable member rough a transfer contact portion between the rotary member and the liner movable member to thereby move the liner movable member together with the support member in the predetermined direction. The transfer contact portion between the rotary member and the liner movable member is located offset to the one of the fast and second sides of the arm relative to the other thereof.

Abstract: The invention concerns a gearing for an adjustment device, especially an automotive adjustment device. Included is a threaded spindle as well as a spindle nut sitting on the threaded spindle, while inside a housing of the gearing. On either side of the spindle nut, there is provided a bearing bush to mount the spindle nut inside the gearing housing, while at least one of the bearing bushes consists of flexible material and is clamped under prestressing between the gearing housing and the spindle nut.

Abstract: A transmission for a tractor has an input shaft receiving power from an engine, an idle shaft disposed parallel with the input shaft, an output shaft disposed parallel with the idle shaft and transmitting power to a main transmission part, forward/reverse driving gears installed on the input shaft so as to rotate idle, a forward/reverse clutch installed between the forward driving gear and the reverse driving gear to selectively connect the forward driving gear or the reverse driving gear to the input shaft, a forward driven gear installed on the idle shaft and engaged with the forward driving gear, a reverse driven gear installed on the idle shaft and engaged with the reverse driving gear, high speed/low speed driving gears installed between the forward driven gear and the reverse driven gear so as to rotate idle, a high speed/low speed clutch installed between the high speed driving gear and the low speed driving gear to selectively connect the high speed driving gear or the low speed driving gear to the id

Abstract: A drive has a drive source connected with an automatic manual gearbox. A friction clutch is positioned between the drive source and the gearbox. The drive also has a differential, which with a gear wheel engages a first gear wheel on the gearbox output shaft, as well as a gear module to change the transmission in the gear without interrupting the drive. The gear module has a brake and a bypass transmission with three rotation bodies of which a first rotation body is connected to the first clutch part, a second rotation body is connected to a connecting gear wheel, which engages the first gear wheel, and the third rotation body is connected to the brake. The connections of the rotation bodies to the parts stated and respectively of the drive are made in this as splines.

Abstract: A ball screw comprising a threaded nut with thread channels for rolling bodies, a threaded spindle with thread channels for rolling bodies, and an intermediate bush, which is arranged between the threaded nut and the threaded spindle, wherein the intermediate bush has thread channels, which face the threaded nut and are adapted to the thread channels of the threaded nut, and rolling bodies are guided in these thread channels, and wherein the intermediate bush has thread channels, which face the threaded spindle and are adapted to its thread channels, and rolling bodies are guided in these thread channels, is proposed, wherein a first threaded arrangement, which is formed by means of the thread channels of the threaded nut and the intermediate bush facing one another, and a second threaded arrangement, which is formed by means of the thread channels of the intermediate bush and the threaded spindle facing one another, operate in opposite directions.

Abstract: A roller track for a roller screw is formed on a screw and a nut of the roller screw respectively, and the roller track is similar to a V-shaped structure. Round angles with the same radius are formed on the outer edges for contacting rollers. Thereby, the roller chain of the present invention can avoid the two problems of the stress centralization of the rollers and the excessively small contact length of the rollers, further to lift the load capability of the roller screw.

Abstract: This invention relates to a kind of gear pair for power transmission in speed increaser or reducer and its tooth profile forming method, the tooth profiles of driving gear (1) and driven gear (2) are separately designed from the reference points, the upper tooth profiles (15, 25) are composed of conjugate curves, while the lower tooth profiles (14, 24) are composed of smooth convex analytic curves. The reference point (22) of the driven gear (2) situates near the middle of the working depth, while the reference point (12) on the tooth profile (11) of the driving gear (1) and the reference point (22) on the driven gear tooth flank (21) are a pair of conjugate point This invention can greatly enhance the load capacity of the gear pair.

Abstract: Mechanical systems and methods are disclosed for pointing a plurality of elements in an array in any direction within a near-hemispherical field of view without pointing the entire array as a single unit. A fixed frame and an adjuster frame disposed substantially parallel to and offset from each other are each coupled by universal joints to carriers for a plurality of elements. One or more drive mechanisms are used to move the adjuster frame relative to the fixed frame to produce coordinated pointing of the pointing axes of the plurality of elements. The systems and methods can be used in a variety of applications including pointing of solar concentrator receivers or antennas.

Abstract: An actuating device is provided for a technical system, especially for selecting gears of a shift-by-wire speed-change gear. The actuating device includes an actuating element (1), which is movable in relation to a base area (3), with at least two switching positions. At least one additional switching element (5), which acts on a signal transmission (8) with a signal transmitter (6), is arranged at the actuating element (1). The additional switching element (5) and the signal transmitter (8) are connected by means of a mechanical transmission means. However, the signal transmitter (6) is connected to the base area (3) of the actuating device. The present invention makes it possible to embody a robust additional switching element, which is protected from disturbances, at an actuating element. Mobile and hence susceptible cablings to the additional switching element, which were hitherto necessary, are eliminated.

Abstract: A bicycle component actuating device is provided with a base member, a first user operating member, a locking member and a second user operating member. The first user operating member rotates between first and second operating positions about a rotational axis in a first operating plane that intersects with the rotational axis. The locking member is moves between a locking position to lock the first user operating member in the second operating position and a releasing position to release the first operating member from the second operating position. The second user operating member moves from a non-releasing position to a releasing position for releasing the first user operating member. One of the locking member and the second user operating member is movably along an operating path that intersects with the first operating plane of the first user operating member.

Abstract: A manually powered teleoperable electromechanical device is disclosed. The user's movement of the joints on a master mechanism is converted to electrical energy to control a kinematically similar arrangement of joints on a slave mechanism. Bi-directional, dynamic, force reflecting control of the slave mechanism is provided without a need for sensors, software, computers, or external power sources.

Abstract: A tilt steering apparatus comprises a tilt adjusting mechanism in which a tilt lock release is established only when an oscillation-free end of an operating arm portion of a tilt operating lever is positioned toward a steering wheel side. Even when the tilt operating lever is oscillated to the steering wheel side, the tilt operating lever is prevented from returning under its own weight, thereby preventing it from being difficult to operate. The tilt steering apparatus is configured from an oscillation latch portion formed on the circumference of an oscillation center portion of an oscillation base portion of the tilt operating lever to move reciprocally in the circumferential direction, a hook portion formed in the movable bracket, and a spring that extends between the oscillation latch portion and the hook portion elastically urged in the direction of contraction. The centerline of the spring is able to pass through the oscillation center portion of the tilt operating lever as appropriate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gyroscope with a vibrating structure, produced by micromachining in a thin wafer, which comprises a movable inertial assembly (1) comprising at least one movable mass (50) able to vibrate in the plane of the wafer along a drive axis x and along a sense axis y roughly perpendicular to the x-axis, an interdigital sensor comb (90) and an interdigital drive comb (70). It furthermore comprises at least one additional interdigital comb (10a), called the quadrature-error compensation comb, connected to the mass (50) and which has two asymmetric air gaps e and ?e, ? being a positive real number, for subjecting the mass to an adjustable electrostatic stiffness due to coupling between the x-axis and the y-axis by applying a variable DC voltage V to this comb, the adjustable stiffness allowing compensation for the quadrature error of the gyroscope.

Abstract: A Bowden cable actuation system and/or a seat adjuster can be produced simply and cost-effectively. The seat adjuster includes a compensation means that reduces damage to the Bowden cable, actuation system and/or seat adjuster when the Bowden cable is subjected to a tensile force beyond a predetermined point.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined structure of the tubular handle, which is composed of several sections of symmetrically deployed sleeve combing elbow and holding tube; hence, every section of the tube can be optionally collocated with different lengths, angles, materials and colors; in addition, the tube body of said handle will be fortified to become studier and will reach the practical effect on avoiding the handle being deformed and fractured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a wear-resistant coating and to a wear-resistant coating on predetermined surfaces (2) of machine or engine parts (1) consisting of a sintered material which are exposed to frictional wear, for fuel feed units in particular, comprising at least one metal-free amorphous hydrocarbon layer (5) with sp2- and sp3-hybridized carbon applied to the predetermined surface (2) of the machine or engine part (1) for reducing friction and increasing the wear resistance of the predetermined surface (2) of the machine or engine part (1).