Abstract: The present invention is a breakaway mounting bracket assembly for a wiper system that displaces components of the wiper system below the impact line of a vehicle in the event of, for example, a vehicle-pedestrian impact. The assembly includes a mounting bracket and a grommet removably attached to the mounting bracket. The assembly also includes a ferrule disposed within the grommet that includes a column having an internal passage and a platform connected to the column by a plurality of bridges disposed therebetween. The assembly also includes an attachment member to connect the mounting bracket to the vehicle where the attachment member includes a body engaged to the internal passage. The mounting bracket is adapted to break away from attachment with the grommet in the event of a predetermined load acting on a pivot shaft assembly and to displace the pivot shaft assembly and a portion of the wiper arm below the vehicle's impact line in the event of a pedestrian impact.

Abstract: The invention relates to a wiper blade rubber and a method for the production thereof, in particular for a rail wiper of a motor vehicle, made from a formed, vulcanizable elastomer material the surface of which comprises a surface layer which is hydrophobic, with a contact angle with respect to water greater than 90°, preferably greater than 120°, and a surface structure with raised regions and/or recesses in the micrometer range.

Abstract: A bucket for handling liquids comprising a collector reservoir, a wringer receptacle having a collector outlet in fluid communication with the collector reservoir and a storage reservoir comprising at least one discharge aperture. The wringer receptacle is positionable between a first position wherein the wringer receptacle blocks the discharge aperture and a second position wherein the wringer receptacle allows fluid communication between the storage reservoir and the wringer receptacle through the discharge aperture. Rinsing of a cleaning medium in the bucket according to the invention is controlled through use of the cleaning medium actuating the wringer receptacle. The storage reservoir may also comprise a valve that can be actuated by movement of the wringer receptacle.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a hose and wand assembly, onto which a floor tool may be attached. Power and signals are transmitted down electrical conductors in the hose. In order to permit free movement of the hose, the hose is divided into portions having a joint therebetween. Conductors of one hose portion terminate in contact anus in the joint. The contact arms are in sliding intimate contact with slip rings. The slip rings are connected to conductors of the other hose portion. Thus, the hose portions may rotate relative to one another without causing damage to the electrical connection along the hose.

Abstract: The present invention consists of or includes an inlet device, of the valve type, used in a Central Vacuum System (CVS) and built into the skirting board, namely in the kitchen of a house. The function of the device is to collect dust and small debris with the aid of a broom into the entrance of this CVS, by means of a micro-switch activated CVS mechanism located in the skirting board, so as to avoid the use of a vacuum cleaner or vacuum tube also connected to the CVS. The device can comprise: a base body which can be assembled on the wall at the height of the skirting board; a cover which engages in the base body; an unlocking button which disengages the cover; a sealing strip which is glued to the base body; a micro-switch which engages in the base body; a helical torsion spring engaged in the cover, by means of a pin, which causes the cover to open in relation to the base body.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided. A vacuum cleaner includes a main body with a suction motor, a dust collecting unit, a main body frame, a locking member, a detaching button, and a pushing member. A suction port assembly is connected to the main body and an extension pipe assembly is detachably attached to the main body; each fluidly connects selectively with the dust collecting unit. The locking member selectively locks the extension pipe assembly to the main body frame, the detaching button selectively detaches the locking member from the extension pipe assembly, and the pushing member moves the extension pipe assembly according to the locking member being detached from the extension pipe assembly.

Abstract: A surface-treating appliance, such as a vacuum cleaner, has a main body and a support assembly. The support assembly is moveable between a supporting position, in which it supports the main body, and a retracted position. The support assembly includes a user-operable pedal, a component such as a stand and an actuator arranged to act on one of the pedal and the component over a first range of positions between the supporting and retracted positions and to act on the other of the pedal and the component over a second range of positions between the supporting and retracted positions. This arrangement brings the pedal and component positively into and out of the supporting and retracted positions.

Abstract: An air-powered vacuum cleaning nozzle has an agitator brush rotated by an air turbine powered by a source of suction air. A plurality of air inlet openings are formed adjacent the agitator brush. A generally flat friction drive belt extends from a bearing shaft of the air turbine to the midpoint of the agitator brush for rotating the brush. The bearing shaft is mounted in a pair of spaced rubber bushings to absorb vibration and reduce noise. The nozzle includes a housing formed by one-piece top and bottom housing members removably joined together securing the air turbine therebetween. A cover plate removably secured to the outside surface of the bottom housing member forms a protective passage for the drive belt and a suction passage between an air inlet adjacent the agitator brush and the air turbine chamber.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a hose and wand assembly onto which a floor tool may be attached. The wand includes a plurality of telescoping tubes which can slide between retracted and extended positions. In order to be able to transmit power and signals from the vacuum cleaner to the end of the wand assembly, conductors are provided in a channel in the hose. The hose is connected to the interior of the wand, just beyond the last telescoping joint, with the conductors extending beyond the end of the hose to a connector at the far end of the wand. This arrangement automatically provides a reliable electrical connection down the wand. Previously, electrical conductors were not employed with this type of wand as it was not straightforward to provide electrical connections across the telescoping parts.

Abstract: The invention includes a universal retractable handle assembly for attachment to luggage items of a variety of different sizes. A plurality of tubes having a fixed length can be attached to a bracket member such that each tube can extend in a telescoping manner to a different distance from the bracket member when the handle is in the extended position and thus be employed in different sizes of luggage. Additionally, a tube housing is provided which includes a tube receiving portion and reinforcing portions on an outer surface of the tube housing. The tube receiving portion is formed with an arcuate shape which corresponds with the shape of the tube member to be inserted therein. The reinforcing portions include a plurality of planar flanges which extend beyond the outer surface of the tube receiving portion to provide improved structural characteristics.

Abstract: A locking hinge for outside doors to help prevent unwanted entry, specifically for anyone wanting additional security. This invention has two or more hardened steel pins going thru hinge pin during manufacture of hinge to prevent door from opening when pins are inserted, while removing pins allows door to open freely. This invention has an alignment guide on the top of the center pin that holds the two parts of the hinge together. Invention has a warning sign above the existing door knob to inform people inside if the door is locked or unlocked.

Abstract: A hinge includes a sleeve, two bushings, and a shaft. The sleeve defines a mounting hole and a groove communicating with the mounting hole. Each bushing includes an inserting piece extending on a circumference thereof in an axial direction. A first end of the inserting piece juts out over a first end of the bushing. A second end of the inserting piece and a second end of the bushing together defines a cutout therebetween. The two bushings are received in the mounting hole with the inserting pieces inserted into the groove to fix the two bushings into the mounting hole. The first end of one bushing is engaged with the cutout of the other bushing. Each bushing defines a pivoting hole. The shaft is inserted in the pivoting holes of the two bushings and rotatable in the pivoting holes with respect to the sleeve.

Abstract: A hinge apparatus and a method of biasing a hinge are disclosed having a hinge body, at least one end block attached to the hinge body and pivotal therewith around an axis, and a biasing component attached to the hinge body to selectively influence the resting angle of the hinge body with respect to the first end block.

Abstract: A hinge includes a positioning member, and a first rotational assembly rotatably mounted to the positioning member. The first rotational assembly comprises a first shaft rotatably mounted to the positioning member, an interference member, a resilient member fixed to the first shaft, and a securing member fixed to the first shaft. The interference member is fixed to the first shaft, and slide relative to the positioning member to engage with or disengage from the positioning member. The resilient member comprises an aseismatic block and a spring clamping a circumference of the aseismatic block. The resilient member is sandwiched between the interference member and the securing member, and the interference member abuts against the aseismatic block.

Abstract: An opening/closing mechanism that can reduce falling impetus by gravity of a lid etc. opened and closed from vertically above and that facilitates lifting of the lid etc. against gravity. The opening/closing mechanism has two support bodies (7, 9) and an intermediate body (15) that are arranged so as to be relatively rotatable about a rotation axis, one damper (11R) placed between one support body (9) and the intermediate body (15) and producing resistance force against rotation in relative rotation in one direction of the two support bodies (7, 9), the other damper (11L) placed between the other support body (7) and the intermediate body (15) and producing resistance force against rotation in relative rotation in the other direction of the two support bodies (7, 9), and rotation limiting sections (29R, 29L) for respectively limiting the range of relative rotation between the two support bodies (7, 9) and the intermediate body (15).

Abstract: An exemplary hinge assembly includes a mounting bracket, a rotatable bracket, a swivel mechanism, and two pivot mechanisms. The rotatable bracket defines a sliding groove. The swivel mechanism connects the mounting bracket to the rotatable bracket. The rotating subassembly has a rotating shaft, a first restricting member, and a second restricting member. The first restricting member is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft, and the second restricting member is non-rotatably connected to the rotating shaft. The first restricting member has a restricting portion and a first resisting portion. The restricting portion is movably received in the sliding groove. The second restricting member includes a restricting protrusion. The restricting protrusion is capable of driving the first resisting portion together with the first restricting member to rotate in the sliding groove until the restricting portion reaches an end of the sliding groove.

Abstract: The invention provides an ergonomic, gripping sleeve device for precision instruments, comprising a tubular product open at opposite ends thereof and attachable as a sleeve close to a proximal end of said precision instrument having a working tip at its proximal end, said sleeve device being designed to facilitate the positioning of the user's hand grip, said sleeve device comprising a longitudinally extended tubular body substantially hollow and oval in cross-section and being provided on its outer surface with four, substantially concave indentations, a first concave indentation being provided along a top surface of said sleeve device, second and third indentations being provided along lateral surfaces, and a fourth indentation being provided along the bottom surface of said sleeve device, characterized in that the surface of the top of said sleeve device is contoured such that extending from its distal end toward its proximal end and approaching said proximal end there is provided said concave indentation

Abstract: A cover latching mechanism is provided including a base member, a cover member, and a button assembly. The cover member includes a latching hook. The button assembly includes a latching jaw and two elastic resisting arms. The latching hook and the latching jaw interlatch with each other when the cover member latches to the housing member. The elastic resisting arms are secured to the housing member and restore the button assembly back to its original position when releasing the latching of the latching hook and the latching jaw.

Abstract: Method for the production of an adhesive closure device together with an apparatus and adhesive closure device produced accordingly. The invention relates to a method for the production of an adhesive closure device (10), preferably consisting of at least one plastic material, during which a backing (12) with a plurality of protruding stems (14) is connected to individual heads (16) in such a way that for at least a part of the above-mentioned stems (14), the free ends (18) thereof come into contiguous or embedded contact with a contact face (20) of each assignable head (16). The invention relates additionally to an apparatus for carrying out the method and to an adhesive closure device produced according to the method.

Abstract: A fastening strap and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The fastening strap includes a first band and a second band. The first band has a first surface and a second surface. The first surface has a plurality of hooks of special configuration. The second band has a third surface and a fourth surface. The third surface is directly adhered to the second surface of the first band, and the fourth surface has a plurality of loops for being mechanically latched by the hooks on the first surface. The second surface and/or the third surface is printed with at least one pattern. After the first band and the second band are adhered together, the pattern can be seen from the first surface of the first band.

Abstract: Attachment members including an elongate member molded from at least one elastomer and a rigid or hard fixing element arranged at one or both ends of the elongate member, and methods for manufacturing such attachment members. The fixing element may be molded in advance and thereafter firmly coupled to the elastomeric elongate member, which has also been molded in an appropriate manner.

Abstract: A bonding clip formed of a metal and having unitary or multi-part construction is used to electronically bond together wires of adjacent wire mesh cable trays. The bonding clip binds the wire mesh cable trays by penetrating the protective coating one the wire mesh cable trays with teeth-like projections in order to permit conductive contact between the wires. The bonding clip has a profile that permits maintenance of the cross-sectional area formed by the wires of the wire mesh cable trays.

Abstract: A locking apparatus is disclosed. The locking apparatus includes a female receptor for locking with a male member. The male member locks with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction. The male member is unlocked from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction. The female receptor includes resilient arms to hold and release the male member and spring arms that contact the resilient arms.

Abstract: A bicycle shoe strap assembly that closes about a throat opening of a bicycle shoe. The strap assembly includes a pad and a first strap and a second strap that extend from generally opposite sides of the pad. Each strap is securable to the shoe in a variety of positions so as to align the pad in a generally centered positioned over the arch of a rider's foot. It is envisioned that the second strap be constructed to engage the shoe at a number of locations or that the second strap be replaceable with other second straps wherein each second strap is securable to the shoe at dissimilar discrete locations.

Abstract: A theft-deterrent device (10) for application to an article to be protected includes first (20) and second (30) components adapted for locking engagement to secure the article therebetween, with a fragile vile (60) disposed within the first component containing a detrimental substance which would damage the article in the event the vial is fractured. A pin (15) protruding from the first component has a first end secured to the vial using a suitable attachment structure. The attachment structure provides an aperture which surrounds a portion of the “vial in a closely engaged arrangement, and also serves to rupture the vial and release the detrimental substance if unauthorized removal is attempted. The pin and the attachment structure can be integrally formed, or alternatively the attachment structure can be formed as a separate piece and attached to the pin.

Abstract: The present subject matter includes a first capacitor stack including a first plurality of anode layers and a first plurality of cathode layers and a second capacitor stack including a second plurality of anode layers and a second plurality of cathode layers. In various embodiments, a flexible bus is welded to the first capacitor stack and to the second capacitor stack. The flexible bus is adapted to conduct electricity between the first capacitor stack and the second capacitor stack. Also, the present subject matter includes embodiments where the first capacitor stack and the second capacitor stack are disposed in a case filled with an electrolyte.

Abstract: A subminiature, high-performance monolithic duplexer is disclosed. The monolithic duplexer includes a substrate, a transmitting-end filter formed in a first area on an upper surface of the substrate, a receiving-end filter formed in a second area on the upper surface of the substrate, a packaging substrate, bonded on an area on the upper surface of the substrate, for packaging the transmitting-end filter and the receiving-end filter in a sealed state, and a phase shifter, formed on one surface of the packaging substrate and connected to the transmitting-end filter and the receiving-end filter, respectively, for intercepting a signal inflow between the transmitting-end filter and the receiving-end filter.

Abstract: A method of producing a multilayer capacitor has a step of preparing a plurality of first ceramic green sheets, a step of preparing a plurality of second ceramic green sheets, a step of laminating the plurality of first and second ceramic green sheets, and a step of cutting a ceramic green sheet laminate body along predetermined intended cutting lines to obtain laminate chips of individual multilayer capacitor units. In the step of preparing the first ceramic green sheets, first and second internal electrode patterns are formed so that the first and second internal electrode patterns are alternately arranged in a predetermined direction and in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction and so that portions corresponding to lead portions of first and second internal electrodes in the first and second internal electrode patterns are continuous across the predetermined intended cutting line.

Abstract: A hydraulic tool for assembling and disassembling components, such as gear, bearing and etc, of a shaft, is capable of performing external-pulling or internal pulling operation as desired for an object to be assembled or disassembled. The hydraulic tool comprises an oil pressure assembly consisted of a hand-operated pump, an oil storage member, a control valve, an oil pressure tank, a set of external pulling type clamping jaws, internal pulling type clamping jaws, and a bolt for assembling purpose. The hydraulic tool has high mobility, portability and is capable of perforation assembling or disassembling operation at any angle and position, and is considerably enhanced in applicability.

Abstract: A tool is disclosed herein used for removing an injector sleeve from the cylinder head of a diesel engine between the rocker arms while the head remains mounted to the engine block within the vehicle. The devices includes a tap having a longitudinal body has a thread cutting head at one end and an axial threaded bore at the opposing end. A drive member comprises a bolt having a head at one distal end and a threaded shaft body portion. An extraction nut is threaded onto the threaded shaft of the drive member followed by a bearing surface member such as a spacer. A washer having an axial hole sized for movable engagement on the threaded shaft is disposed on the threaded shaft after the spacer. A hollow cylinder or support sleeve having an internal diameter greater than the injector sleeve to be removed and an external diameter less than the diameter of the sleeve bore includes a shoulder member projecting outwardly from the exterior of the support sleeve at a selected point.

Abstract: A gripping jig for assembling applies a force to a molded body in a direction perpendicular to an assembling direction. When an assembling load is applied to the molded body, the force is adjustable with an adjustment screw such that the molded body is guided to move in the assembling direction. Since the force is applied from a direction different from the assembling direction, the molded body can move in the assembling direction, and as the force is adjustable, application of the assembling load to the molded body and the movement of the molded body can be adjusted. Since a plurality of the molded bodies are fixed and assembled respectively, when there are variations in size of the molded bodies, if an excessive assembling load is applied, each molded body is guided to move, so that more uniform assembling load is applied to the plurality of molded bodies.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method of configuring a production line to mass customize shaped vessels, the method comprising receiving a plurality of consumer or event data, configuring a plurality of vessel forming stations based in part on received plurality of consumer or event data, and shaping a plurality of vessels by indexing the plurality of vessels through the plurality of vessel forming stations. Other embodiments include shaping by contouring length of each of the plurality of vessels, selecting a decoration style to be applied to the plurality of vessels based in part on received plurality of consumer or event data, and configuring a top-forming station based in part on received plurality of consumer or event data.

Abstract: In a device or method to change a belt in a machine assembly, a gripper is provided with two flat legs. The legs are held at one end and are free at the other ends. The legs are provided with a respective protective film on side surfaces facing towards one another to protect the belt. A first of the two legs facing towards the machine assembly in an exchange of the belt have a sliding film on its outer surface. The legs are designed such that they exert a gripping force over a width of the belt after sliding onto the belt and grip the belt so that the belt can be slid onto or removed from rollers of at least one of the roller types selected from the group consisting of a drive roller and a deflection roller provided in the machine assembly.

Abstract: A method for reconditioning Fire Control Radar APG-68 tactical radar systems (FCR) utilized in military aircraft and returning them to operation with extended useful life expectancies equivalent to or better than new of the FCR APG-68 unit high frequency, high voltage dual mode radar transmitters that are deployed in over 1000 state-of-the-art military aircraft such as the F-15, F-16 and F-18 fighter aircraft, and B-1 bombers. The novel method extends the mean lifetime of previously repaired and repairable FCR APG-68 tactical radar units and radar units and ageing transmitters from about 100 to a few hundred hours to about five hundred or more hours by the step of removing embedded moisture and absorbed moisture from the heterogeneous electronic components in the FCR APG-68 tactical radar unit.

Abstract: A method of replacing a stud bonded to an outer surface of a bypass duct of a turbofan gas turbine engine is disclosed. The surface is made of a composite material. The stud has a base and had a stem that has been previously removed by separating the stem from the base. The method includes: reducing the base in thickness; and then bonding a replacement stud over a remaining portion of the base.

Abstract: An individual replacement drive or guide lug for missing or worn lugs located on an inner circumference of various endless rubber tracks used on multi-surface vehicles. The lug comprises a body and a fastening including a bolt and washer. To install the drive lug properly, an inner surface of the track where the original vulcanized rubber drive lug was located must be prepared. When the original drive lug fails, it leaves an irregular surface and must be ground flat with the inner track belt substrate. The bolts are then secured through the track and the lug so as to removably secure the lug to the inner surface of the track.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ram blowout preventer including analyzing a first model of a ram blowout preventer, identifying regions of high stress concentrations in the first model at a selected loading condition, constructing the ram blowout preventer, and selectively reinforcing the regions of high stress concentration corresponding to the manufactured ram blowout preventer. Other embodiments include a method to reinforce an irregular pressure vessel, including analyzing the irregular pressure vessel, identifying regions of high stress concentration in the irregular pressure vessel, and selectively reinforcing the regions of high stress concentration.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for manufacturing conical tower sections is provided in which a plate member is continuously rolled such that a conical shape is imparted on the tower section. A plate is rolled such that a seam angle is continuously changed to effect a diameter change in the tower section to create conical shape.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a penile cylinder having a reinforced tip could include a mandrel having a generally cylindrical body with a proximal end portion and an opposite tip portion. A stud could be secured to the tip portion of the mandrel, and a pre-manufactured tip could be configured to be removably secured to the stud. A method for manufacturing a penile cylinder having a reinforced tip could include steps of: providing an apparatus for manufacturing a penile cylinder having a reinforced tip; removably securing the pre-manufactured tip to the stud; dipping the mandrel, with the pre-manufactured tip, into a semi-liquid material and curing it; and removing the penile cylinder thereby created, with the pre-manufactured tip, from the mandrel.

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a tubing attachment tool. The tubing attachment tool includes first and second frames pivotally joined to one another such that the first and second frames can pivot to an open position and a closed position. Each of the first and second frames have a first handle end and a second end distal to the first handle end with each second end including a tubing grasping element. Each tubing grasping element includes a first curved surface and a second curved surface. When the first and second frames are in a closed position the first curved surfaces of the tubing grasping elements are aligned adjacent to one another and the second curved surfaces of the tubing grasping elements are aligned adjacent to one another such that the first curved surfaces define a first opening capable of housing an open end of tubing for attachment and the second curved surfaces define a second opening capable of grasping a portion of tubing inserted therebetween.

Abstract: This invention has an object to provide a method for precisely fabricating transportation pallets readily adaptable to model change and other alterations. In the method for fabricating a transportation pallet according to the invention, in which jig mounting plates are fixed on a steel pallet base, projecting pieces having holes to which jigs are attached are provided on one longer side of the jig mounting plates at a predetermined interval, a positioning member is secured on the pallet base, the jig mounting plates are temporarily secured along the positioning member, and the jig mounting plates are welded to be fixed on the pallet base.

Abstract: Modular system of closet inside part or dressing room complement of combinable and adjustable design, mass manufactured with adjustable sizes, with combinable module systems to optimize the available space, standardized according to modern standards for popular or residential housing developments, characterized because it is easy to assemble, highly resistant to impacts or items overload, and makes optimum use of wardrobe and other items spaces, with or without lateral edge reinforcements.

Abstract: Crimping apparatuses for reducing the diameter of an intraluminal medical device from a first diameter to a second diameter prior to loading the medical device into a catheter delivery system and loading apparatuses for introducing the medical device into a catheter delivery system, the devices constructed and arranged for matingly engaging one another, combinations thereof, and methods of using the devices.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a vessel forming production line comprising a plurality of vessel forming stations having at least one of an operation wheel, at least one of a conveyor, and a controller, the conveyor indexes a vessel across the operation wheel, the controller coordinates movement and operation of the operation wheel and the conveyor, a second conveyor transfers the vessel between the plurality of vessel forming stations, and a plurality of cylinder feeders feed the vessel into at least one of a pathway through the plurality of vessel forming stations, wherein the plurality of vessel forming stations are organized into a scalable matrix configuration allowing a plurality of different shaped vessels to be manufactured simultaneously. Other embodiments include a plurality of linear drives configured to cause opposing pairs of operation wheels to engage the vessel and perform operations on the vessel.

Abstract: A method of assembling a carriage assembly that is operable, during a crimping step that passes a ball, which has a diameter that is equal to or larger than an inner diameter of spacer holes of suspensions, successively through the spacer holes using a bar-shaped pressing member that is subjected to ultrasonic vibration to thereby crimp spacer hole inner circumferential portions of the spacer portions and attach the suspensions to the front end portions of the carriage arms, to prevent the pressing member that presses the ball from colliding with an inner circumferential surface and the like of the spacer holes of the spacer portions and is therefore able to substantially eliminate tilting from the standard angle of the suspensions due to deformation of the spacer portions, and an assembling apparatus that uses such method are provided.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a disk drive is disclosed. After installing at least one disk into a base, a media cover is coupled to the base, wherein the media cover covers at least a portion of the disk. After coupling the media cover to the base, a head coupled to an actuator arm and a voice coil motor for rotating the actuator arm about a pivot is installed into the base. After installing into the base the head coupled to the actuator arm and the voice coil motor, the media cover is removed from the base. After removing the media cover from the base, a HDA cover is coupled to the base to form a head disk assembly (HDA).

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for manufacturing a metal separator for a fuel cell, which can manufacture large-sized metal separators in large quantities using metal plates such as stainless steel by thermoplastic deformation using an incremental and synchronized rubber molding process.

Abstract: An assembly device applicable to assembling an isolation cover to a main body of a circuit board is provided. The main body and the isolation cover respectively have a plurality of first positioning portions and a plurality of second positioning portions corresponding to each other. The second positioning portions correspondingly pass through the first positioning portions, respectively. The assembly device includes a base, a press-fitting mechanism movably connected to the base, and a drive mechanism disposed at the base. The base has a supporting portion for disposing the isolation cover and the main body. The press-fitting mechanism has a press-fitting portion facing the supporting portion. The drive mechanism has a drive portion connected to the press-fitting mechanism, for driving the press-fitting mechanism to move towards the supporting portion of the base via the drive portion, so as to bend and fasten ends of the second positioning portions.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing antenna elements for use with wireless communication devices comprises a number of cutting techniques that allow the size of the antenna elements to be adjusted. Rollers cut the tabs that form the antenna elements. In a first embodiment, a plurality of rollers are used, each one effecting a different cut whose position may be phased so as to shorten or lengthen the antenna element. In a second embodiment, the rollers are independently positionable to shorten or lengthen the antenna element.

Abstract: An installation (1) for continuous application of thermally or electrically insulating material (6) around an elongate element (2) having a generally circular cross-section. The installation includes a forcing device (3), in form of a conical tube into which the element (2) is fed simultaneously at the large base end of the conical tube, a sheet (4), on which the insulating material (6) is placed, means for translation of the element through a circular section (2) of the sheet (4), and a device (7) for depositing of insulating material onto the sheet. Such an installation produces thermally insulated tubes or electrically insulated cables.