Abstract: A glass tempering apparatus is capable of selectively delivering increased volumes of tempering medium to designated areas of a moving glass sheet to create desired stresses in such designated areas by the specific arrangement of nozzles in the glass tempering apparatus. A method of tempering glass utilizing the subject apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a preform for optical fibers by means of a vapour deposition process, wherein plasma conditions are created and wherein the plasma is moved back and forth along the longitudinal axis of the hollow substrate tube between a reversal point near the supply side and a reversal point near the discharge side of the hollow substrate tube, so that the location where the soot deposition associated with one phase takes place is axially spaced from the location where the soot deposition associated with the other phase(s) takes place.

Abstract: A knitting method is provided to knit a knitted fabric to the desired shape with sufficient pull down force acting to the knitted fabric without being piled up, when performing the bind off process after flechage knitting. The knitting method is related to knitting a knitted fabric of performing a bind off process after flechage knitting by using a flat knitting having at least a pair of front and back needle beds extending in a transverse direction and disposed opposite to each other in a cross direction, at least either of which is capable of being racked in the transverse direction so that loops can be transferred between the front and back needle beds.

Abstract: The latch needle in accordance with the invention comprises a needle tongue with an integrated spring that is configured as the functional element on the needle tongue. No separate tongue spring, whatsoever, need be accommodated in the saw slot. This novel needle concept is robust and suitable for high operating speeds.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine having the structure to reinforce fastening bosses (100) formed on a front surface of a tub (56) to mount a balance weight (90). The washing machine comprises a tub (56) having a gasket coupling part (80) to which a gasket (50) is coupled, a plurality of fastening bosses (100) formed on a circumference about a central axis of the tub (56) to secure a balance weight (90), and a plurality of ribs (310) to reinforce the fastening bosses (100), wherein at least one of the ribs (310) formed in an outer direction of the tub (56) around each fastening boss (100) is thicker than the ribs (310) formed towards the central axis of the tub (56).

Abstract: The present invention relates a washing machine and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a washing machine, having at least one spinning course, the spinning course includes a general spinning step for driving a motor which rotates a drum rotatably mounted in a tub to rotate the drum at a speed higher than a predetermined speed for extracting water, and a foreign matter removal step for supplying water to the tub for removing foreign matters from a space between the tub and the drum, whereby permitting to maintain the washing machine clean.

Abstract: A method of tracing lost airline luggage locked by a special lock after the airline luggage was checked and screened by a luggage screening entity comprises providing the lock openable only by key and master key and having a metal body surrounded by a flexible rubber coating to prevent breakage. The housing includes a unique serial number and tracing information and a re-settable binary display indicating whether the luggage screening entity used the master key to open the lock. Consumers are told to register the lock with the tracing entity and check in the luggage without exposing passenger contact information, and that a finder of the luggage, if lost, can use the tracing information and serial number to return the luggage for a reward whereupon the passenger can from the binary display determine whether the luggage screening entity opened the luggage.

Abstract: A latch for attaching a display module to a face panel, the latch comprising: a front panel; rear panel; latch arm; circular extension; and circular rotating cuff; wherein the top and bottom portions of the rear panel are fixedly attached to the front panel; the latch arm is situated in between the front panel and the middle portion of the rear panel; the circular extension extends perpendicularly from the front panel and is fixedly attached to the latch arm; the circular rotating cuff is located in a cut-out in the middle portion of the rear panel and is fixedly attached to the latch arm; the circular extension and circular rotating cuff each comprises a wrench hole; the wrench holes in the circular extension and circular rotating cuff do not extend all the way through the latch; and the circular extension comprises one or more O-rings.

Abstract: An electric door lock includes a driving module and a control module. The driving module is operable between locking and unlocking modes. The control module includes a switch unit and a manual operating member. The switch unit is operable so as to deactivate the driving module when actuated. The manual operating member includes a shaft that extends rotatably into the lock housing, that has an actuating protrusion, and that is rotatable relative to the lock housing between locking and unlocking positions. When the driving module is operated in the locking mode, the shaft of the manual operating member is disposed at the locking position and the actuating protrusion actuates the switch unit. When the driving module is operated in the unlocking mode, the shaft of the manual operating member is disposed at the unlocking position and the actuating protrusion actuates the switch unit.

Abstract: A ring-type meter lock comprising a ring, first and second ends on the ring, a lock housing on the first end, a slot in the lock housing, a latch unit in the lock housing, a lock pin on the latch unit enterable and withdrawable from the slot, a tongue on the second end enterable into the slot, an opening in the tongue receiving the lock pin, a key-receiving configuration in the latch unit, and the lock pin being rotatably supported for unlatching of the latch unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a locking mechanism positioned in a toothbrush handle having interchangeable heads, comprising a shaft that extends the length of the handle, with an elliptical tip at one end and receiving means at the opposite end. A key may be interconnected to the receiving means to permit the elliptical tip to rotate. In a first position, the elliptical tip permits the removal and replacement of an interchangeable head, because the longer dimensions of the elliptical tip and an elliptically cross-sectioned opening in the interchangeable head coincide. In a second, rotated position, the elliptical tip locks within the interchangeable head, as the longer dimensions no longer coincide.

Abstract: The brake bolt and the lock cylinder of the vehicle lock are mounted in a part of the vehicle for preventing the rotation of a wheel of the vehicle in a locked state. The brake bolt and lock cylinder are mounted in a brake bolt bore and a lock bore, respectively, located in the swing arm, the chain guard, or a lock body mounted over the axle-retaining nut. The vehicle lock engages a ventilation hole on the rotor, a ventilation hole on the sprocket, the teeth of the sprocket, or a hole on the hub to prevent rotation of the wheel in the locked state. Preferably, the lock cylinder is mounted to the vehicle in both the locked state and the unlocked state, and in the unlocked state the brake bolt is removed from the brake bolt bore for operation of the vehicle.

Abstract: A seal for a switchgear enclosure is described. The switchgear enclosure includes a case having an opening defined by a face frame the face frame having an inner frame surface along a face frame hinge side and a door for covering the opening. The door includes a door inner surface and a door hinge side pivotally attached to the face frame along the face frame hinge side. The seal includes a sealing member disposed along the door hinge side of the door adjacent the door inner surface and configured for movement substantially perpendicular to the door hinge side between a disengaged position and an engaged position. The sealing member comprises a flange for overlapping at least a portion of an inner surface of the face frame along the face frame hinge side when in the engaged position.

Abstract: An electromagnetic lock monitoring system for monitoring the strength of a magnetic field in an electromechanical lock which is created when a steel armature plate is closed against an electromagnet. The system utilizes dual Hall Effect devices positioned in such a way that both ends of the electromagnet and both magnetic fields are monitored, and that the resulting monitoring effectively covers the complete contact surface between the electromagnet and the armature plate. Preferably, the Hall Effect devices are disposed in series at the point of maximum flux density within the center element of an E-shaped electromagnetic core, at opposite ends of the core. If the magnetic flux is below a preset limit, a relay also in series drops out, triggering an alarm which may be sonic, electronic, and/or visual, as is known in the prior art.

Abstract: An electric door lock includes a rotatable member, a driving unit, and a manual operating member. The rotatable member is rotatable in first and second rotational directions and is provided with a first protrusion. The driving unit is coupled to the rotatable member, and operable so as to drive rotation of the rotatable member. The manual operating member is rotatable between locking and unlocking positions and is provided with a second protrusion. The first protrusion pushes the second protrusion to permit rotation of the manual operating member between the locking and unlocking positions when the rotatable member is driven by the driving unit to rotate in the first and second rotational directions, respectively. The second protrusion slides over the first protrusion when the manual operating member is driven to rotate between the locking and unlocking positions and when the driving unit is deactivated.

Abstract: A bump proof lock has stationary part and movable part in lockable sliding contact with each other. The stationary part has first passages and a driver pin slidably disposed in each first passage. The movable part has: A key way for receiving a key with key shank. Second passages arranged in pair wise communication with first passages. A key pin slidably disposed in each second passage. Each key pin has a pre-determined length such that the lengths define a unique key pin spatial profile. One end of each key pin is in sliding contact with the key shank and another end of each key pin is in slidable contact with its corresponding driver pin forming a local key-driver pin pair and a global key-driver contact spatial profile. Numerous key-driver pin pairs are made of magnets attracting each other causing the pairs to resist separation under a mechanical shock.

Abstract: The invention is a soluble, liquid or dry fertilizer for application to a plant or soil that is grown or farmed as “organic” as defined under the USDA National Organic Program Rule. The fertilizer is produced from distiller's yeast from beer and/or alcohol production. The yeast cells are autolyzed using heat and the autolysates are separated by centrifugation into insoluble cell walls and cellular plasma. The plasma is concentrated by evaporation into the fertilizer. The fertilizer may be further processed by proteolytic enzyme (protease) hydrolysis to produce smaller-sized, soluble, Nitrogen-containing compounds including protein, peptides, amino acids, amines and ammonia. The fertilizer has a solids content between ten and sixty-five percent, a total protein content of at least ten percent and up to eighty-five percent, a total Nitrogen content between one and fourteen percent, and a pH between 2.5 and 10.

Abstract: The invention relates to an integrated power generation and organic fertiliser production system and method including: a biomass combustion-fuelled power station (12); a facility (14) for producing pelletised organic fertiliser (46); and means for capturing and redirecting waste heat from the power station (12) to the facility (14), to be used in producing pelletised organic fertiliser (46).

Abstract: The invention relates to the chemical industry and can be used while producing granulated nitrogen-potash fertilizers. An ammonium nitrate melt in the amount of 33÷69 weight %, potassium chloride in the amount of 22÷65 weight %, and a specific mineral admixture—phosphogypsum in the amount of 2÷9 weight % are fed into a mixer as well as ammonia, which is necessary for keeping pH value of the mixture within the range of 6.5÷7.5. The obtained slurry is sprayed onto a recycle product in a drum granulator and granulated under a recycle ratio being equal to 1:(2÷2.5), the final product is dried. A stirring is carried out under the optimal operational mode within the temperature range of 100÷130° C. during 20÷30 minutes. Due to such conditions a productivity rate of the process is increased and granules of the fertilizer have higher strength and reduced leachability from the soil.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously creating a pair of stacks of nested sinuous springs wherein each spring comprises a discrete length of sinuous spring wire having parallel bar wire segments interconnected at their opposite ends by oppositely directed connecting segments. This apparatus includes first and second generally circular forming drums onto which a feeder mechanism is operable to sequentially and alternately pass each of the strips from over a forming mandrel onto the top surface of the first and second generally circular forming drums. A first stripper mechanism is then operable to strip a first one of the arcuate configured strips from over a first one of the forming drums and onto a top surface of a first stacking drum and for stripping a second following one of the arcuate configured strips from over the second forming drum onto a top surface of a second stacking drum.

Abstract: A quill supporting member supporting a quill may include a movable body, e.g. Z-axis movable body that moves in a Z-axis direction of an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system representing a shaft core of the quill as an Z-axis. A tool holder supporting member supporting a tool holder for holding a tool may include the other movable bodies, e.g. an X-axis movable body that moves in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis movable body that moves in a Y-axis direction. Therefore, the quill is shortened in the Z-axis direction, and a contact area is reduced between a guide path of the quill and a wire rod.

Abstract: The invention belongs in the field of machines for bending tubes and refers in particular to a machine (1) comprising a supporting base (2), a positioning device (3) for the tube (7) to be bent and a bending device (4) for said tube (7) characterised by having devices capable of rotating through up to 360° in order to bend said tube (7) in various bending planes, including starting alternatively from either end of said tube or, as necessary, at an intermediate part.

Abstract: A method of processing heated metal logs in a metal extrusion process. The remainder of each log is attached to the succeeding log. Specifically, the abutted ends of the two log segments are aligned with a saw. The saw is actuated to simultaneously remove material from both of the abutted ends. The cut ends are friction welded together through relative rotation of the log segments. The process creates a heated log column that is effectively endless, eliminating log remainders.

Abstract: A method and a device for the production of a stamping with an enlarged functional surface, for example, fine blanking a workpiece out of a flat strip, wherein the flat strip is clamped between an upper part including a shearing punch, a pressure pad for the shearing punch, a V-shaped projection arranged on the pressure pad and an ejector which is pressed into the flat strip, and a lower part including a cutting die and an ejector. Edge rollover is avoided by preforming, before cutting begins, a negative with regard to the cutting direction with a preforming element in the direction opposite to the cutting direction that corresponds to the expected edge rollover into the cutting die with regard to size and geometry at cutting, generating a material volume at the side of the rollover in a mirror-inverted form. During cutting, the preformed area is supported by the preforming element.

Abstract: Fluid conduits for plumbing and other uses having integral end fittings are disclosed herein. A method of forming a fluid conduit in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure includes providing a copper tube having a first inner diameter and a first wall thickness, and heat treating an end portion of the copper tube to a predetermined hardness. The method can further include increasing the wall thickness of the end portion from the first wall thickness to a second wall thickness, and increasing the inner diameter of the end portion from the first inner diameter to a second inner diameter. The method further includes forming a circular groove in an interior surface of the end portion and positioning a seal in the circular groove.

Abstract: A control device, for a servo die cushion, by which the speed of a die cushion is prevented from largely deviating from the speed of a slide, whereby the press force between the slide and the die cushion is not significantly reduced. The control device includes a slide speed detector for detecting the speed of the slide, a die cushion speed detector for detecting the speed of the die cushion, and a die cushion speed commanding part for controlling the speed of the die cushion. When a tentative speed command of the die cushion is largely deviated from the detected slide speed, the command of the die cushion is corrected such that the absolute value thereof does not exceed the value calculated by adding the absolute value of the detected slide speed to a positive constant.

Abstract: A method of forging a workpiece includes (a) incrementally advancing the workpiece in a closed die forge, the closed die forge comprising a stationary, flat die and a first split die comprising a plurality of first die segments, each die segment being incrementally advanced in sequence to contact the incrementally advancing workpiece; (b) replacing the stationary, flat die with a second split die comprising a plurality of second die segments; and (c) forging the workpiece forged in (a) between the first split die and the second split die, wherein the first die segments are stationary and at least some of the plurality of second die segments are incrementally advanced in sequence. Another forging method includes extruding a billet to form a ring shaped hollow workpiece; reducing a cross section of the workpiece; and forging the workpiece in a closed die comprising a first split die comprising a plurality of first die segments and a second split die comprising a plurality of second die segments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to crimping pliers for crimping connecting elements. The crimping pliers comprise crimping jaws building a nest for the connecting element. The crimping jaws are designed and arranged for being moved in radial direction versus a longitudinal axis of the nest for applying radial crimping forces upon the connecting element. Hand levers are provided for manually applying the crimping forces and causing the movement of said crimping jaws. The hand levers are located in a plane. The plane is aligned with the longitudinal axis of said nest and divided by the longitudinal axis into two half-planes. Both of said hand levers are located in one and the same half-plane. A transfer or transmission unit transfers a translational activation along the longitudinal axis in the force flow between said hand levers and said crimping jaws into a rotational activation around the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform to at least a portion of the outer surface of a workpiece to be clamped, gripped or held. In some embodiments, at least one of the workpiece contacting surfaces is adapted to provide a treatment to a workpiece being clamped, gripped or held.

Abstract: The invention relates to an upper part V-belt drive (1) with a tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) having at least one lateral surface (19), which can be provided with a tool, and the V-belt drive (1) has a slider element (2, 420) and a driver element (3, 430). According to the invention, the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) is fastened in a manner that enables it to be removed downward with regard to the upper part V-belt drive (1) when in the working position thereof. In a tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) for a V-belt drive (1) with a slider element (2, 420) and with a driver element (3, 430), the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) comprises at least one lateral surface (19), which can be provided with a tool, and the tool fastening device (10, 200, 300, 400) has at least one connecting device (11, 14, 22, 213, 214, 215, 219, 313, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 408, 409, 410, 411, 414) for positively and or non-positively connecting with the slider and driver element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for detecting a leak gas in a flushing device (10), comprising the following steps: the flushing device (10) is disposed on a part (201) that is to be tested; a flushing gas is conducted through the flushing device (10); and the leak gas is detected in the flushing gas that is discharged from the flushing device (10) with the aid of a detector device (30). In order to conduct the flushing gas through the flushing device (10), a predetermined main flushing gas flow (QH) is generated, and said main flow (QH) is separated into a system flow (QS) and a partial flow (QT) on a dividing device (40), the system flow (QS) being fed into the flushing device (10). Also disclosed is a leak testing apparatus (100) for detecting a leak gas in a flushing device (10).

Abstract: A method for measuring road surface friction of a road surface uses a vehicle that moves across the road surface wherein (1) an auxiliary independent wheel assembly is towed behind the vehicle and is in contact with the road surface, an auxiliary wheel of the wheel assembly is freely rotatable by movement of the vehicle and is one or more of toed in or toed out with respect to a direction of travel of the vehicle so as to create an isolated axial force on the auxiliary wheel: (2) the axial force on the auxiliary wheel is measured while the vehicle moves across the road surface, and the measured axial force is correlated with the road surface friction. The independent wheel assembly is load isolated from the weight of the towing vehicle and the independent wheel assembly is loaded by placing ballast thereon.

Abstract: A system and method for checking electrical contact points of semiconductor devices. One embodiment includes a check system and a method in which, for the checking of electrical contact points of semiconductor devices, a system is provided by which a number of contact points are impacted with a mechanical load.

Abstract: A method of detecting impact damage of a structure having a first surface exposed to potential impacts from an object comprises providing a sensor having a body portion that has a surface provided with an elongated channel. The sensor is fixed to a second surface of the structure such that a conduit is formed by the channel and the surface. The surface is on an opposite side of the structure to the first surface. A pressure differential is established between the conduit and a reference pressure adjacent the conduit. Monitoring is conducted for detecting any change in the differential pressure that may be indicative of a fracture or crack propagating in the second surface.

Abstract: A NOx sensor diagnostic device includes a NOx sensor disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine, an output value obtaining device for obtaining an output value of the NOx sensor, a spray characteristics changing device for changing spray characteristics for a specific cylinder of cylinders of the engine, and a diagnostic device for diagnosing abnormality of the NOx sensor, based on the output value of the NOx sensor that is changed as a result of the change of the spray characteristics for the specific cylinder by the spray characteristics changing device. An exhaust gas purifying system includes a NOx removal system disposed in an exhaust passage of an engine, a NOx sensor disposed in the exhaust passage at least on an upstream side of the NOx removal system in a flow direction of exhaust air flowing through the exhaust passage, and the NOx sensor diagnostic device.

Abstract: The gas sensor has a selectively permeable membrane which is composed of silicon material and is provided with a heating device on the outside. The membrane closes an evacuated housing which contains a pressure sensor. When evacuating the area surrounding the housing, the heat dissipation is changed as a result of the quick change in the total pressure of the surrounding air, with the result that signal drift arises despite temperature regulation of the membrane. The disclosure provides at least one second heating device whose temperature is regulated independently of the first heating device. As a result, the membrane temperature is highly constant even in the case of severely changing total pressure in the housing.

Abstract: A method and reservoirs are described that provide for controlling gas pressure within a porosity storage reservoir. In embodiments, gas is injected into the porosity storage reservoir while water is being extracted from the reservoir to provide greater efficiency in extracting the water from the reservoir. The gas may be injected at a predetermined target pressure or at a variable pressure. In other embodiments, a vacuum is applied to the reservoir while water is being injected into the reservoir to provide greater efficiency when introducing water into the reservoir.

Abstract: A leak sensor apparatus for sensing moisture is disclosed, which is prepared in such a manner that a base film layer, a conductive line layer and a protection film layer are sequentially stacked on its lower surface in an upward direction, and said conductive line layer includes a resistance line having a certain resistance value per unit area in a longitudinal direction, and a conductive line which is spaced apart from the resistance line and is formed in parallel with respect to the resistance line, and said protection film layer is provided with a plurality of holes which are formed at regular intervals so that the resistance line and the conductive line of the conductive line layer can be exposed to the outside through the holes, respectively.

Abstract: A system for detecting leaks in a unit. The novel system includes a first mechanism for injecting a first gas into an interior or an exterior of the unit, a second mechanism for sampling gas from an exterior or an interior of the unit to determine if the first gas has leaked out of or into the unit, respectively, and a third mechanism for controlling a differential pressure between the interior and exterior of the unit during sampling. In an illustrative embodiment, the differential pressure is controlled by injecting a second gas into the exterior or interior of the unit to replace the sampled gas, and using pressure regulators to control the pressures of the first and second gases such that the differential pressure remains constant during sampling.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to determine analytes in a fluid. One aspect of the present invention is for the determination of the oil content of water using UV, near-IR, IR or Raman spectroscopy or radiometry. In certain embodiments, a solid membrane material absorbs analytes from fluid brought into contact with it. The membrane is subsequently placed in a FTIR spectrometer, which spectrometer is enabled to determine the concentration of analytes in fluid by calibration. Certain embodiments can determine the type of hydrocarbon present, and thus can differentiate Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) from Total Oil and Grease (TOG), without any separate sample preparation.

Abstract: A temperature programmed low thermal mass fast liquid chromatography system capable of high throughput and low power consumption includes a straight or curved short reloadable low-mass tubular heater with a capillary column extending inside. If the capillary column is long enough, it is coiled to form a coiled capillary LC column (the length of which does not exceed 0.2 m-1.0 m) packed in a singular module package with a heating wire and a temperature sensing wire extending along and in proximity to the LC capillary column. A tubular heater, e.g. a steel tubing, incorporates the LC capillary column, along with the heating wire and the temperatures sensor and is coiled to form a miniature power saving LC module which may be attached outside a chromatography oven. Capillary lengths extend inside the oven between the inlet and outlet of the LC column module and mobile phase source and detector, respectively.

Abstract: A system and method for characterizing soil shear strength from a vehicle, comprises a plurality of sensors mounted on a vehicle and configured to measure distances from the sensors to the soil surface. The sensors comprise a first sensor disposed on the vehicle and configured to measure a first distance between the first sensor and the soil and a second sensor disposed on the vehicle and configure to measure a second distance between a the sensor and a track made in the soil by the vehicle, wherein the first sensor measures the distance at a location before the vehicle wheel travels over that location and the second sensor measures the distance to the bottom of the track made by the wheel. A processing module is communicatively coupled to the sensors and is configured to calculate track depth as a function of the first and second distance measurements; and to derive soil shear strength as a function of the calculated track depth and the vehicle parameters.

Abstract: The invention relates to a test bench for testing wind turbine equipment. The test bench comprises one or more load applying means directly or indirectly applying load to the equipment during said test and wherein the test bench comprises angle adjustment means for adjusting a test angle (A) of the equipment in relation to a horizontal plane. The invention further relates to methods for testing wind turbine equipment.

Abstract: A method for identifying low-pressure tires includes determining the number of revolutions of each wheel over a preselected driving distance, and comparing crosswise by summing the number of revolutions of the diagonally opposite front right/rear left and front left/rear right wheels and taking the difference between the sums, a diagonal containing a low-pressure tire being identifiable via the sign of the difference between the diagonals. A further comparison for each side of the vehicle is effected by summing the revolutions of the front left/rear left side and front right/rear right side wheels and comparing the difference between the sums, the side containing a low-pressure tire being identifiable via the sign of the difference between the sides. The difference between diagonals is compared with a low-pressure threshold value. If the threshold is exceeded, the signs of the difference between diagonals and between sides are logically combined to identify the low-pressure tire.

Abstract: A stepped reflector on the outside of a bottomhole assembly produces two reflections in response to excitation of a transducer. The velocity of the fluid in the borehole is estimated using the two reflections. Alternatively, a change in the gas content of the borehole fluid is estimated from changes in the electrical impedance of a transducer in contact with the borehole fluid.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a structure which prevents a particulate contaminant and a liquid contaminant on which centrifugal separation hardly works, from arriving at a sensor element part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid state detecting sensor that is free from a problem of increase in the number of parts and a problem in assembly and furthermore capable of, in support of electrodes, absorbing an error and supporting both electrodes, even in case an inner electrode has at a surface an insulation layer, without causing any damage to the layer. The liquid state detecting sensor includes an outer tubular electrode 10 shaped tubular and formed from a conductor, an inner electrode 20 in the form of a shaft and disposed along an axial direction G and within the outer tubular electrode, and a base end support member 40 that supports, at base end sides of the both electrodes 10 and 20, the both electrodes 10 and 20 while holding the electrodes insulated from each other, and detects a level of liquid within a tank 1, etc.

Abstract: A bottomless measuring cup system having a tubular container with a hollow interior and opposite open ends and a plunger having a base adapted to slidingly fit within the hollow interior of the container.

Abstract: A device for fastening a sensor to a support part comprises a sensor mount (1). The sensor mount (1) is made of sheet metal and comprises a base plate (2) as well as a counter plate (5), which is placed at a distance from the base plate (2) while being joined thereto. The area of the base plate (2) is greater than the area of the counter plate (5). Indexing means (18, 19, 20) are formed on the counter plate (5) in order to ensure, together with counter means formed on the sensor, the insertion of the sensor into the sensor mount (1) at a correct angle. This device is characterized, with a precise pre-alignment of the sensor, by having a particularly low weight.

Abstract: An axle assembly for a vehicle includes an axle housing having a tubular portion. A bimetallic sensor mount having a first region of corrosion resistant material and a second region of weldable material is welded to the tubular portion. A differential unit including a side gear is disposed in a central cavity of the axle housing. An axleshaft having a shaft portion and a target portion with a plurality of teeth is disposed in the tubular portion of the axle housing. The shaft portion is coupled to the side gear. A sensor is coupled to the sensor mount and extends through an aperture in the mount and the tubular portion to locate an end portion of the sensor a predetermined distance from the teeth of the target portion. A method of making an axle assembly having a sintered bimetallic sensor mount is also disclosed.