Patents Issued in May 11, 2010
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Patent number: 7712722Abstract: An anchor structure for electronic devices includes a plurality of bars that are pivotally coupled through a hinged means. At least one of the bars has a housing space formed in a portion of the interior to allow the bars to be swivelable relative to one another. The anchor structure further has a fastening means which has a handle with a bottom end located in the housing space and hinged on a corresponding bar. The hinged portion on the bottom end of the handle runs through the bar and is fastened to a cam. The housing space also holds a slidable brake element corresponding to the cam and a spring to keep the brake element in contact tightly with the cam so that turning of the cam can selectively move the brake element to a position to escape the axle or to another position to form a tight contact with an axle.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Kinpo Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kun-Yen Lu, Rui-Lin Wang
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Patent number: 7712723Abstract: A valve actuator comprises a housing, a lever, and a positioning device.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLCInventor: Jason G. Olberding
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Patent number: 7712724Abstract: A ball valve having improved sealing between the valve member and the valve body is presented. Improved sealing is realized by providing a sealing member that is allowed to float on the outer surface of the valve member in the closed position. By being able to float on the outer surface, the sealing member can compensate for any variations in the valve member as a result of machining tolerances or variations in position of the valve member due to changes in pressure within the valve, thereby providing dynamic sealing The dynamic sealing is also provided by configuring the valve member such that it causes the sealing member to be exposed to a higher biasing force in the closed position than in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: TAC, LLCInventor: Kurt R. Thomas
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Patent number: 7712725Abstract: A drain valve assembly having a stem which can be inserted into a crankcase or other fluid reservoir, wherein the stem is connected to a housing which encloses a sealing barrel movably secured and sealed in the connected stem and housing, and wherein the sealing barrel can be manipulated in a single direction from the exterior of the assembly to open or close a fluid passage through the assembly. An end cap may also be provided tethered to the housing for sealing off the fluid passage. Selected movement of the sealing barrel in the connected stem and housing may also be used to control the volume and flow of fluid through the fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Richco Inc.Inventor: Sam Jang
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Patent number: 7712726Abstract: A device for pulling wire through a conduit with sheave head, sheave head support boom, wire puller frame, conduit interface, and wire pull assembly. The wire pull assembly further comprises a capstan, a gear box having an input axle and an output axle, and a means to interface a power source to impart rotating force to the capstan.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Scott Alan Jernigan
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Patent number: 7712727Abstract: A system and method retracts and lets-out a laterally extending flexible bow seal on an air cushion vehicle having a bow ramp. Attachment loops on the forward outside surface of the bow seal receive a skirt cable. A separate cable routing system is connected to opposite ends of the skirt cable for selectively retracting and letting-out the bow seal. The cable routing systems also include ramp cables connected to the bow ramp to raise or lower the bow ramp. The cable routing systems retract the bow seal with the skirt cable simultaneously as the bow ramp is lowered by letting out the ramp cables, and the cable routing systems let-out the bow seal with the skirt cable simultaneously as the bow ramp is raised by drawing in the ramp cables.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Robert E. Cole
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Patent number: 7712728Abstract: The fine distributor for a liquid includes a primary distribution stage that has a plurality of outlet openings and a secondary distribution stage that has distribution gutters below the primary distribution stage. A mesh structure leads from the primary to the secondary distribution stage to further distribute the descending liquid laterally. One outlet opening or a group of outlet openings in the primary stage are associated with each guide mens and also a distribution gutter is associated with each guide means. Each guide means, by means of which liquid (23) can be directed from the at least one associated outlet opening to the secondary distribution stage, extends from the primary distribution stage to the associated distribution gutter and also through it and forms a drip edge (45) for the liquid supplied below the distribution gutter. Each guide means has at least partially a three-dimensional structuring and also a regular perforation.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Sulzer Chemtech AGInventor: Florian Kehrer
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Patent number: 7712729Abstract: A vaporizing device which can vaporize fuel stably includes: a liquid absorbing member to allow liquid to move from one end portion to the other end portion of the liquid absorbing member under influence of a capillary action; and a heater to heat a side of the other end portion of the liquid absorbing member to vaporize the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasunari Kabasawa, Daisuke Imanaka, Kaoru Saito
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Patent number: 7712730Abstract: Shock dampener bumper for motor-vehicles, adapted to be applied on to motor-vehicles of various kind, both for personal uses and for sports contests, for protecting the constructive structure of each motor-vehicle from any possible damage and/or breakage thereof, in the case in which the motor-vehicle falls.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Lightech S.r.L.Inventor: Furlan Fabrizio
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Patent number: 7712731Abstract: The gutter clamp is a handheld clamp allowing a user to temporarily clamp a gutter to a support surface, such as a face board, while work is being performed on the gutter. The gutter clamp includes an handle portion and a clamping portion extending from the handle portion. The clamping portion includes first and second clamping members joined to the handle portion in such a manner that the clamping members pivot toward and away from each other. The first clamping member is adapted for contacting an outer face of the support surface, and the second clamping member has a substantially U-shaped upper end, allowing the upper end to be mounted on an outer wall of the gutter, and to securely contact an inner face of the outer wall, the handles being resiliently biased to hold the clamping members, thus releasably securing the gutter to the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Alban J. Candiff
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Patent number: 7712732Abstract: Sheets after having been sequentially folding-processed are stowed neatly without becoming dog-eared, wrinkled, etc. in the course of being transported to a stacker. A folding process unit folds sequentially fed copy paper or other sheets, and a sheet stacking unit loads/stows sheets from the folding unit. A conveyance device conveying one folding-processed sheet at a time is furnished between the folding unit and the sheet stacking unit. The conveyance device includes a first, upstream conveyance unit conveying sheets from the folding process unit in a direction approximately orthogonal to the sheets' crease(s), and a second, downstream conveyance unit conveying sheets in the orientation of the crease(s). The second conveyance unit is configured with a tray member where sheets are supported one at a time, and is configured so as to sequentially deliver each sheet to the sheet stacking unit along the tray member in the orientation of the crease(s).Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Nisca CorporationInventors: Toshihiro Horii, Hiroki Imazu, Hiroyuki Yamada
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Patent number: 7712733Abstract: A bookmaking apparatus includes: a first path for horizontally conveying a sheet bundle; a second path for vertically conveying a cover sheet; a joining stage for joining the cover sheet and sheet bundle; a gripping conveyance device at an upstream side of the joining stage for gripping and conveying the sheet bundle along the first path; and a folding conveyance device arranged at a downstream side of the joining stage for folding and conveying out the cover sheet and sheet bundle. The gripping conveyance device includes opening and closing clamping members for gripping the sheet bundle and clamping control device for opening and closing the clamping members. The clamping control device operates to vary a gripping position of the sheet bundle by the clamping members when joining the sheet bundle to the cover sheet at the joining stage and when conveying the joined sheet bundle to the folding conveyance device.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Nisca CorporationInventors: Keiichi Nagasawa, Akihiko Tsukui, Katsumasa Takagi, Hiroshi Nakagomi
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Patent number: 7712734Abstract: A multi-purpose feeder (MPF) for office automation (OA) machinery includes an MPF tray installed rotatably on a main body panel so that it can be opened and closed. An auxiliary stocker is rotatably installed on the tray by a hinge. An auxiliary stocker pivoting unit automatically pivots the auxiliary stocker as the MPF tray is opened and closed. Since the auxiliary stocker is automatically opened and folded when the MPF tray is opened and closed with respect to the main body, the MPF has improved user's convenience.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Il-kwon Kang
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Patent number: 7712735Abstract: An unstacker device for unstacking flat objects comprises a motor-driven feed magazine controlled so as to move flat objects in a stack and on edge facing an unstacking head provided with a motor-driven drive having a perforated belt and a suction chamber, which motor driven drive is actuated so as to separate a current first object from the stack and so as to eject it in a direction that is transverse to the direction in which the stack of flat objects is moved, in which device the motor-driven drive is actuated and stopped each time a current object is unstacked, and the stack of flat objects is straightened up in the magazine in response to detection of signals delivered by a plurality of sensors disposed in the unstacking head.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: SolysticInventors: Pierre Chorier-Pichon, Stephane Ambroise, Stephane Samain
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Patent number: 7712736Abstract: A printer apparatus includes a paper cater plate portion for carrying paper on which an image is printed, a prescribed shaft portion arranged above the paper carrier plate portion, a paper feed roller for feeding the paper provided on the shaft portion, a pushing member for pushing the paper carrier plate portion toward the paper feed roller, a cam provided on the shaft portion, and a cam abutment portion provided in the paper cater plate portion and abutting on the earn. The cam is formed from a resin and includes a cut-out portion so that a portion of the cam abutting on the cam abutment portion when the paper cater plate portion is lifted is elastic.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyoshi Chinzei
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Patent number: 7712737Abstract: Methods and systems for performing sheet registration are described. A device having a plurality of drive rolls may receive a sheet. Each drive roll may operate with an associated angular velocity. A state vector, including a plurality of state variables, may be identified. Error-space state feedback values may be determined based on a difference between each state variable and a corresponding reference state variable based on a desired sheet trajectory. Control input variable values may be determined based on the error-space feedback values and one or more gains. A motor control signal for a motor for each drive roll may be determined based on the control input variable values and the state variables. Each motor control signal may impart a desired angular velocity for at least one drive roll. The identifying step and each determining step may be performed repeatedly to register the sheet to the desired trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Jack Gaynor Elliot
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Patent number: 7712738Abstract: Methods and systems for performing sheet registration are described. A device having a plurality of drive rolls may receive a sheet. Each drive roll may operate with an associated angular acceleration. A state vector, including a plurality of state variables, may be identified. Error-space state feedback values may be determined based on a difference between each state variable and a corresponding reference state variable based on a desired sheet trajectory. Control input variable values may be determined based on the error-space feedback values and one or more gains. A motor control signal for a motor for each drive roll may be determined based on the control input variable values and the state variables. Each motor control signal may impart a desired angular acceleration for at least one drive roll. The identifying step and each determining step may be performed repeatedly to register the sheet to the desired trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Jack Gaynor Elliot
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Patent number: 7712739Abstract: A recording paper conveying apparatus is disclosed. The recording paper conveying apparatus includes a conveying part for conveying a recording paper, the conveying part including a first encoder, and a driving part for driving the conveying part, the driving part including a second encoder, wherein the first and second encoders have different resolutions.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Eiki Yoshimizu
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Patent number: 7712740Abstract: The present invention includes a damping device for a media feed mechanism for a peripheral device having a media feedpath having a feed shaft and a downstream exit shaft. In one form a damping hub is mounted on said exit shaft, a resilient biasing member extending between the damping hub and the feed shaft to create a damping force on the damping hub. In another embodiment damping is provided by a brake structure engaging said damping hub. In yet another embodiment, a brake structure is pivotably mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventors: Larry W. Acton, William M. Connors, Walter K. Cousins, Stephen E. Stewart
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Patent number: 7712741Abstract: A lottery ticket and continuous process of forming the same in which the front and rear surfaces of the lottery ticket and provided with scratch-off lottery games which may be accessed by the player without first having to remove a break-open window.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Oberthur Gaming Technologies Inc.Inventor: Claude Lambert
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Patent number: 7712742Abstract: In accordance with the principles of the present invention, a game of chance is provided. Cards for use in the game of chance have rows and columns that define “boxes having numbers contained in the boxes. A random number generator generates an initial number of numbers, preferably two. The initial numbers correspond to the numbers contained in the boxes, thus representing a numerical spread based on the position the numbers correspond to on the card. Depending on the numerical spread based on the position the numbers correspond to on the card, either a payoff is determined, a push is called or at least an addition number is generated. If the additional number is generated, either a payoff is determined or a push is called.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: CCI Entertainment, LLCInventor: Christopher Russell
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Patent number: 7712743Abstract: A three-dimensional reactionary turkey target includes a target stand shaped to represent the body of a turkey and a reactionary head and neck target that is shaped to represent the vital region of a turkey's head and neck. The head and neck target connects to the target stand, which is held in position via a support means. The target allows youth, novice, and experienced turkey hunters to assess the pattern of a turkey gun, gauge the shooter's accuracy, determine the efficacy of ammunition, and practice with a life-like target.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Thomas John Miller
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Patent number: 7712744Abstract: A gland plate includes a rigid, disk-shaped element that includes at least one radially extending wall having a thickness of from about 0.1 to 4 mm.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: AES Engineering Ltd.Inventor: Alan James Roddis
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Patent number: 7712745Abstract: A unitized pinion seal assembly has a seal portion and a sleeve portion that are assembled in an interference fit relationship. The unitized pinion seal assembly is assembled to a carrier/bearing cage and an axle companion flange with proper spacing between non-sealing components, and without a spacer mounted between the two portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General PartnershipInventor: Keith Clark
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Patent number: 7712746Abstract: A chuck, which is releasably connectable with a tool spindle (1), includes a guide sleeve (3) having a plurality of openings (4), a plurality of locking elements formed as tilt segments (5) each having an axially fixedly supported, support part (7) and a radially tiltable locking part (8) extendable into a respective opening (4) of the guide sleeve (3) for engaging the tool spindle (1), and a manually displaceable locking sleeve (6) for radially locking the locking elements.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Hilti AktiengesellschaftInventors: Erwin Manschitz, Udo Hauptmann
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Patent number: 7712747Abstract: A retaining assembly includes a body and a retainer. The body includes a compartment defined in an end thereof. The compartment is defined by a perimeter wall and an end wall. A coupling hole is defined in the end wall for receiving a tool. The retainer is mounted in the compartment of the body and has a through-hole aligned with the coupling hole of the body. The retainer further includes at least one resilient positioning portion abutting against the perimeter wall of the body for retaining the retainer in the compartment of the body. The retainer further includes at least one resilient clamping portion extending into the coupling hole of the body for pressing against at least one face of the tool received in the coupling hole of the body.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Bobby Hu
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Patent number: 7712748Abstract: A support system (3,5,54,55) designed to connect a wheel (2) to suspension elements (4,41,74,75,76) of an automobile, the support system including a cambering device that confers upon the wheel carrier (3) a degree of camber freedom relative to the suspension elements, the cambering device including a triple hinge (5), the triple hinge including three essentially longitudinal axes, the triple hinge including two flanges (52, 53) and two levers (54, 55), each of the levers being respectively attached to one of the two flanges. The levers are connected on the one hand to the wheel carrier (3) and on the other hand to the suspension elements. The camber movement of the wheel carrier takes place around an instantaneous centre of rotation (CIR r/s), a lateral distance “dl” separating the transverse position of the instantaneous centre of rotation (CIR r/s) from the transverse position of the wheel base (BR).Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.Inventors: Michel Deal, Alain Vaxelaire, Davy Vernier
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Patent number: 7712749Abstract: A footwear includes a main shoe body provided with a recess on a bottom thereof; an upper body fixed to the recess and having a plurality of magnets arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction; a lower body having a plurality of magnets arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction, and connected with the upper body to be rotatable relative to the upper body; and rollers mounted to the lower body. The magnets of the upper body and the lower body are arranged so as to return the rollers always to a regular position by magnetism acting between the magnets of the upper body and the magnets of the lower body.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Duk-Ki Moon
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Patent number: 7712750Abstract: A creeper includes an inner framework having longitudinally extending, laterally spaced side rails interconnected by one or more cross members extending therebetween. A support plate is secured to the inner framework. A pad is positioned on the support plate and a cover encompasses the pad and at least a portion of the inner framework therein. A plurality of caster assemblies are secured to the inner framework.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Whiteside Mfg. Co.Inventors: Kirt E. Whiteside, Shane Obitts, Kristin C. Mays
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Patent number: 7712751Abstract: An improved lawn mower sulky comprises platform 10, hitch support arm 20, first stub axle 40, first axle A-frame 41, first damper assembly 60, second stub axle 70, second axle A-frame 71, and second damper assembly 80.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Renn Allen Beal
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Patent number: 7712752Abstract: A storage device for transporting equipment includes a housing having a base end, a pair of retractable wheels, and a foot operated actuator for retracting and extending the wheels from the housing. The housing defines at least one compartment for storing the equipment. The housing has a handle at an upper end thereof, an open front defining an opening into the housing, and a door for selectively closing the open front. The actuator is coupled to a lower end of the housing towards its base end. Actuation of the actuator displaces the wheels between retracted and extended positions while the housing is resting on its base end. A user while grasping the handle depresses a foot pedal component of the actuator to extend the wheels against the resiliently biased return force of a spring. A manually operated latch releases the wheels to their retracted position urged by the spring.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Jack Horning
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Patent number: 7712753Abstract: The present invention concerns a steering and suspension system of a vehicle and a translational ball joint for use in a steering and suspension system. The system may include a lower joint assembly that employs the translational ball joint to couple a steering knuckle to a strut extension member. The translational ball joint may include a socket having a ball stud mounted therein, with the ball stud including a ball, mounted in the cavity, and a shank, including a cylindrical portion adjacent to the second end that is slidably received in a central bore of the ball and has a retention flange extending radially outward that has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the central bore to thereby prevent the retention flange from sliding through the central bore.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. McCann
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Patent number: 7712754Abstract: A leaf spring assembly for a vehicle having a frame and an axle. The leaf spring assembly includes a first leaf spring and a trailing arm having first and second ends. The first end of the trailing arm adapted to be coupled to the frame to form a trailing arm attachment point. The first leaf spring is disposed beneath the trailing arm and includes a width defining a lateral direction and first and second ends defining a longitudinal direction. The first end of the first leaf spring being concentrically wound with the first end of the trailing arm and adapted to be attached to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: PACCAR IncInventor: Roger P. Penzotti
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Patent number: 7712755Abstract: An extending and retracting device for a vehicle step includes a mounting bracket adapted to be fixed to a body of a vehicle and a step bracket. An arc sliding member is fixed to the step bracket. A driving arm defines a pair of ends thereof pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and step bracket, respectively. A supporting arm defines an upper end portion thereof pivotally connected to the mounting bracket and a lower end portion of the supporting arm defining at least one arc slot of the lower end portion. The arc sliding member is adapted to fit into the arc slot so as to be slidable in the arc slot such that the lower end portion of the supporting arm is slidably connected to the step bracket.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: T-Max (Hangzhou) Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huizhong Yang, Zhaobo Qing
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Patent number: 7712756Abstract: To arrange a steering damper behind a head pipe in a compact manner while suppressing the influence of the steering damper on an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of head pipes of a vehicle body frame. A steering damper is arranged between left and right main frames of a vehicle body frame and, at the same time, is arranged above or below an intake duct which penetrates the vicinity of a head pipe of the vehicle body frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Seki, Jun Hariu, Hiroshi Nakagome, Toshihisa Nagashii, Hitoshi Akaoka, Takeshi Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 7712757Abstract: A rear wheel suspension for bicycles has a link connecting the chainstay, or swingarm, to the lower damper or shock absorber mount. This link allows the requirements of the rider to manipulate the suspension and geometry available for various conditions. In this way, the suspension characteristics, such as spring rate, rising rate, and wheel travel, will automatically change in accordance with the rider's needs.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignees: Kona USA, Inc.Inventor: Brian David Berthold
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Patent number: 7712758Abstract: A bicycle frame is provided in which the head tube, top tube and down tube are constructed as a single structural unit with the ends of the top tube and down tube left open to allow for ease of molding.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Philip White
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Patent number: 7712759Abstract: A training wheel assembly for standard bicycles comprises training wheels connected by resilient legs to a dynamic compression fitting. The wheels project generally rearwardly and outwardly apart from the bicycle rear. Adjustable mounting brackets enable wheel height to be varied. The dynamic compression fitting comprises an adjustable flange section mounted to the bicycle frame within the standard trapezoidal void to the rear of the crank sleeve. A pair of yoke segments can be slidably adjusted to accommodate varying dimensions. An intermediate flexing section resiliently coupled beneath the flange section receives ends of the legs and establishes an up and down pivot. A damper section connected beneath the intermediate section comprises a rigid, tubular sleeve that slidably receives a tubular cap. A resilient grommet coaxially confined between the sleeve and the cap is compressed by an elongated through bolt coaxially penetrating the compression fitting. The bolt establishes a radial pivot.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: William Mark Bell
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Patent number: 7712760Abstract: When the electric vehicle is to be towed by a towing vehicle, the two vehicles are connected by a connection tool, and a drive motor prioritization control unit is connected to the communication network by a communication cable. Power from a battery is then supplied to the low voltage line by a power supply cable, and the inverter is controlled by a signal from the drive motor prioritization control unit of the towing vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yosuke Ohtomo
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Patent number: 7712761Abstract: An extension coupling for interconnecting a trailer to a tow hitch carried on a tow vehicle includes a pin box assembly having a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally connected to the trailer. A king pin is connected to the second end. The pin box assembly includes a locking wedge that engages the tow hitch to strictly limit pivoting movement of the pin box assembly relative to the tow hitch.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Cequent Performance Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert F. Mater, Jr., Gomer B. Jones
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Patent number: 7712762Abstract: A trailer (50) is attachable to a pulling vehicle (22). Attachment to the pulling vehicle (22) provides steering rigidity around a vertical axis (32), permits pivotal freedom around a horizontal transverse axis (30), and optionally permits pivotal freedom around a longitudinal axis (34). A wheel (14), which preferably is steerable, at least partially supports the trailer (50). In a preferred embodiment, a body of the trailer (50) is a clamshell body (52) that is disposed vertically and transversely for traveling, and that includes clamshell portions (54A and 54B). Optionally, the clamshell body (52) is positioned horizontally, the clamshell portions (54A and 54B) are separated, and a tent (74) is erected above one of the clamshell portions (54A or 54B).Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Wendell Everett Miller
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Patent number: 7712763Abstract: A freely pivoting lock ball fits within a trailer hitch ball receiver. A top lock shaft on the ball extends up through a hole in the top of the ball receiver into a lock collar welded to the top of the ball receiver. A cylinder lock fits into a top opening in the lock collar over the lock shaft to lock the lock ball within the ball receiver to prevent theft by towing the trailer with a conventional towing hitch ball. The cylinder lock and lock ball spin freely within the ball receiver and collar to prevent drilling or sawing the lock. There is no room between the cylinder lock and collar or between the ball lock and ball receiver to pry them loose. The lock collar is too thick for cutting with a bolt cutter.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventor: Joel L Lovenberg
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Patent number: 7712764Abstract: A draw pin hitch has a lower jaw, an upper jaw positioned above the lower jaw, and a draw pin receivable generally vertically in apertures in the upper and lower jaws for coupling elements to the hitch between the jaws. The hitch has a pin holding means which is moveable between a “pin raised” position in which the pin is supported by the pin holding means in the aperture of the upper jaw but does not project between the jaws, and a “pin lowered” position in which the holding means allows the pin to extend through both apertures between the jaws. The pin holding means at least partially encircles at least one of the jaws and is moveable between the “pin raised” and “pin lowered” positions by contact of an implement to be coupled to the hitch with a portion of the holding means. When in the “pin raised” position the holding means at least partially extends across the lower end of the aperture in the upper jaw.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: AGCO SAInventor: Thibaut Jean-Robert Maillet
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Patent number: 7712765Abstract: A stroller utilizes a handle folding assembly and a front frame folding assembly for a compact, easy storing folded size. An axle of the handle folding assembly rotates when a wrench is operated with single hand and two first sliders are brought to approach axially to each other and detach from two fastening elements, making the handle rotatable and folding to a rear frame. A button of the front frame folding assembly is pressed with single hand (or a seat is detached from a seat bracket) to detach a second slider of the front frame from a roller to make the front frame rotatable and folding to the rear frame. The position pins accompanied with a plurality of position holes enable the stroller an adjustable height of a seat and the handle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Wonderland NurseryGoods Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Jian-Qun Li
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Patent number: 7712766Abstract: A side airbag arrangement for a vehicle occupant restraint system includes an airbag which is provided for the protection of a vehicle occupant and which has at least two inflatable chambers which are in each case to assume a specific position in a motor vehicle after inflation. A functional band is provided, which is secured by a portion outside the airbag. At least a portion of the functional band exerts on at least one of the chambers of the airbag a holding force, which has the effect that the chamber, after inflation, assumes the position provided for the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventors: Ralf Gutmann, Rainer Heuschmid, Robert Getz, Thomas Sievers, Holger Rist
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Patent number: 7712767Abstract: An airbag device includes a door (16), an inflator (18), and an airbag (20). The door (16), provided in a vehicle-body outer panel (12), is opened to open an opening (12A) in the vehicle-body outer panel (12) when a predetermined situation occurs. The inflator (18) is disposed inside the door (16). The inflator (18) includes a gas-injection port (36) that is closer to the end (16B) of the door (16) in the longitudinal direction of the door (16) than to the center of the door (16) in the longitudinal direction of the door (16). The airbag (20) is disposed at a predetermined position inside the vehicle-body outer panel (12). When the predetermined situation occurs, the airbag (20) is inflated by the pressure of the gas supplied from the inflator (18) to open the door (16), and the airbag (20) passes through the opening (12A) in the vehicle-body outer panel (12), and is deployed toward the outside of a vehicle body. The high inflation pressure of the airbag (20) is applied to the end (16B) of the door (16).Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Yoshimitsu Satou
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Patent number: 7712768Abstract: The present invention provides a side curtain air bag facilitating the control of tension with the airbag. The side curtain air bag includes chambers expanded by gas supplied from a gas generator, and expands and develops into a curtain shape along a side part of a vehicle so as to protect vehicle occupants. The side curtain air bag includes primary chambers which expand to form the side curtain air bag, and a secondary chamber which expands after the primary chambers to apply additional tension across the expanded side curtain air bag. The secondary chamber includes an opening communicating with the primary chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2004Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Autoliv Development ABInventors: Masataka Fukuda, Takayuki Makioka, Makoto Higano
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Patent number: 7712769Abstract: An airbag device is provided in which the airbag is made by folding an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section and wrapping the folded airbag by a shape-retaining sheet. In one form, an airbag includes a left airbag section and a right airbag section that are inflated on the left and right, respectively, in front of a passenger, and a base chamber that communicates base ends of the airbag sections with each other. The airbag is folded so as to have reduced vertical and longitudinal widths, and is wrapped by a shape-retaining sheet. An opening is provided in the shape-retaining sheet so as to face a lateral face of a folded body of the airbag on the passenger side.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2006Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Takata CorporationInventors: Masahiro Hasebe, Yukitoshi Narimoto
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Patent number: 7712770Abstract: An airbag module including an airbag that is inflated to cushion a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision. The airbag includes an inner chamber enclosed by an inner covering and a plurality of outer chambers that are arranged outside the inner chamber. The inner chamber forms an inner region of the airbag when inflated and the outer chambers at least partially surround the inner chamber when inflated. The outer chambers are in fluid communication with the inner chamber. At least some of the outer chambers are each enclosed by an outer covering having a covering section opposite the inner covering that does not delimit the inner chamber. The covering sections are at least partially spaced apart from the inner covering so that at least one clearance not filled with gas when the airbag is inflated is formed between the inner covering and the opposing covering sections.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: Takata-Petri AGInventors: Ingo Kalliske, Mario Wendt
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Patent number: 7712771Abstract: An airbag module has a module housing that has an airbag deployment opening with a predetermined opening dimension. An airbag is arranged folded in the module housing, the airbag having a first wall and a second wall situated opposite from the first wall. At least one holding means is arranged in the airbag. The at least one holding means is arranged in the unfolded airbag in the region of the airbag deployment opening and is attached on the airbag but not attached to the module housing. The holding means joins the first and second walls in the region of the airbag deployment opening and limits a distance between the walls in the region of the airbag deployment opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignee: TRW Automotive GmbHInventors: Werner Freisler, Matthias Schramm