Abstract: The present invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition uniformly containing a large amount of inorganic fillers, excellent in heat resistance and flame resistance, and having good impregnation into a base material, and a prepreg using the epoxy resin composition, having good tackiness, and being easy in handling. Furthermore, it is to provide a printed wiring board using a metal-clad laminate formed using the prepreg and/or the prepreg or the epoxy resin composition, capable of easily conducting an ENEPIG process, and a semiconductor device using the printed wiring board, excellent in performances. An epoxy resin composition comprises a solid epoxy resin, a silica nanoparticle having an average particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and a silica particle having an average particle diameter larger than that of the silica nanoparticle, in the range of 0.1 ?m or more and 5.0 ?m or less.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic component-embedded printed circuit board, including: a flexible film; an insulation layer formed on one side of the flexible film; an electronic component mounted on the one side of the flexible film in a face-down manner such that the electronic component is buried in the insulation layer; and a circuit layer including a connecting pattern which is formed on the one side of the flexible film and is connected with a connecting terminal of the electronic component by a connecting member. The electronic component-embedded printed circuit board is advantageous in that the position alignment between the connecting patterns and the connecting terminals is easy and the connection reliability therebetween is high because the connecting patterns formed on a flexible film are directly connected to the connecting terminals of an electronic component using connecting members, and in that the production cost thereof can be reduced because additional rewiring is not required.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic component-embedded printed circuit board, which includes an insulating base, an insulating layer formed on one surface of the insulating base, an electronic component embedded in the insulating layer so that an active surface of the electronic component having a connection terminal faces the insulating base, a trench formed in the insulating base to expose the connection terminal, and a connection pattern formed and embedded in the trench, and in which the embedded connection pattern is finely formed by an imprinting process and is connected to the connection terminal of the electronic to component, thus obviating a need for an additional redistribution layer and reducing the manufacturing cost. A method of manufacturing such a printed circuit board is also provided.

Abstract: A retaining member includes at least a leg portion having a latch portion, a coupling portion and a spring portion. When the spring portion is displaced, the coupling portion is twisted. Then, the latch portion and the coupling portion are inserted into the opening so that an electric component is retained on a main face of the substrate. In this state, a part of the latch portion is disposed at the periphery of the opening on a rear face of the substrate, a part of the coupling portion is disposed in the opening, and the spring portion is disposed on the main face of the substrate. Therefore, the retaining strength of the electric component to the substrate can be improved, and damage of a side wall of the opening can be decreased.

Abstract: An electric circuit configuration having an MID circuit carrier and a connecting interface, the connecting interface being situated on a surface of the MID circuit carrier. The electric circuit configuration further includes at least one electrical contact pair having at least one connecting interface contact element and at least one MID contact element that is provided on the surface and is situated on the connecting interface contact element. The exemplary embodiments and/or exemplary methods of the present invention further relates to a contact element group having at least one electrical contact element for the electrical contacting of an MID circuit carrier, which is developed on a surface of an MID circuit carrier, is electrically connected to it, and extends away from the surface. The at least one contact element is connected to a line element of the MID circuit carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a configuration of an electronics enclosure, including a computer chassis in which three-dimensional shapes that may be in the form of a partial or quarter-sphere or cube or other periodic “patterns” may be stamped, molded, cut, or extruded into a lid and a five-sided “box” to provide improved EMI shielding, such that the need for gaskets is reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A wildlife guard assembly for an electrical insulator body includes at least three guard members serially connected to one another such that at least one of the guard members is moveable relative to the others. Each of the guard members has a respective shell body. The guard members are selectively movable between an open position, wherein the guard members are configured to receive the insulator body, and a closed position, wherein the shell bodies of the at least three guard members collectively form an enclosure defining a chamber to receive the insulator body such that at least a portion of the insulator body is enclosed by the enclosure.

Abstract: A power terminal feed-through includes a housing, at least one current conducting pin and a sealing glass hermetically sealing the at least one current conducting pin to the housing. The at least one current conducting pin defines a peripheral indentation in the surface of the current conducting pin. The sealing glass fills in the peripheral indentation when fused to both the current conducting pin and housing.

Abstract: A device is provided that includes a flexible elongated member and a spiral member. The spiral member is engaged with at least a portion of the flexible elongated member. The spiral member asserts a biasing force on the flexible elongated member to prevent the flexible elongated member from becoming tangled.

Abstract: To improve water discharging performance of a wire harness, and to protect a water discharging structure of the wire harness, an electric wire group is exposed from an outer cover material at a lower end portion (B) where the wire harness (10) is arranged, one side of the exposed portion is surrounded by a first waterproof material, the other side of the exposed portion is surrounded by a second waterproof material, the first waterproof material (I) forms an opening (27) at the lower end portion (B), the end of the second waterproof material is inserted into the first waterproof material (I) from the opening (27) so as to overlap on the first waterproof material, and a water discharging gap (28) is formed at a wrapped portion (C).

Abstract: A drilling system for drilling a borehole. The system comprising a drilling assembly including a drilling motor; a drill bit mounted on the drilling assembly to be rotated by the drilling motor, an axial drive mechanism connected to the drilling assembly for moving the drilling assembly through the borehole and operable to provide weight on the bit (WOB) during drilling, and a drill string connected to the drilling assembly. The drill string is a flexible conduit to convey fluid between the surface and the drilling assembly and the WOB and torque on bit (TOB) are provided downhole by the drilling assembly.

Abstract: Implementations of the present invention include a core barrel assembly including external fluid pathways extending generally axially long the outer surface of the core barrel assembly. The one or more external fluid pathways can allow for increased fluid flow around a latch mechanism. The increased fluid flow around the latch mechanism can allow the core barrel assembly to travel faster within the drill string, can allow drilling fluid to pass by the latch mechanism when engaged. Implementations of the present invention also include drilling systems including external fluid pathways, and methods of retrieving a core sample using such drilling systems.

Abstract: Compositions including relatively low reactivity acids and having a pH of from about 2 to about 5, mixed with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) and internal breakers may serve as fluids, in a non-limiting embodiment as drill-in fluids, to open underground hydrocarbon reservoirs with carbonate contents of 10 wt % or above. The fluids initially have low viscosities. After the fluid flows out of the drill bit, the acids react with carbonates in the formation thereby increasing the pH of the fluids causing the VES to gel the fluid at the bottom of the hole and within the formation rock. Even when the subterranean formation contains naturally-occurring fractures, the viscosified fluid will reduce fluid loss into the formation. After drilling through the targeted formation, internal breakers in the viscosified fluids will break down the fluids to permit their removal, and production of the well with very little or no near well bore damage.

Abstract: A drilling machine includes a compressor coupled to a prime mover through a hydraulic clutch, wherein the hydraulic clutch is repeatably moveable between engaged and disengaged conditions. The compressor is allowed to provide air and is restricted from providing air in response to the hydraulic clutch being in the engaged and disengaged conditions, respectively. The hydraulic clutch is moveable between the engaged and disengaged conditions during operation of the prime mover.

Abstract: The short mud saver, which can be used with “top drive” of “Kelly/rotary table” drilling system is housed in a short “sub”, has a large axial bore for the passage of drilling mud therethrough, a fixed and a movable seal assembly. The movable seal assembly is urged into normally closed position by a stack of Belleville, wave or similar disc stack of springs. The force of the spring stack can be over-ridden by application of sufficient mud pressure from top drive or Kelly to move the moveable seal assembly. Upon application of sufficient mud pressure the movable seal assembly moves downward allowing for flow through the large axial bore. Upon closer of the mud saver a flexible washer associated with fixed seal assembly allows pressure below the mud saver to be relieved to the top of the mud saver, from where return is precluded unless the mud saver is re-opened by application of mud pressure from top drive or Kelly.

Abstract: A coring apparatus includes an outer core barrel associated with a drill bit and an inner core barrel adapted to accept a core sample. The inner core barrel is rotatable with respect to the outer core barrel via a rotatable bearing. The coring apparatus may include a rotation sensor located within the inner core barrel. The rotation sensor measures relative rotation between the inner core barrel and the outer core barrel. Alternatively the coring apparatus may include one or more strain sensors adapted to measure tension and/or compression experienced by the inner core barrel or a vibration sensor mounted on the inner core barrel. The vibration sensor measures vibration experienced by the inner barrel.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention a force balanced drill bit may comprise a bit body comprising a plurality of fixed blades, each blade comprising cutters defining a cutter profile. Junk slots may be disposed between the blades and define the blade boundaries. The blade boundaries may be spaced apart sufficiently to achieve force balance. In another aspect of the present invention a method of designing a downhole fixed bladed bit comprises the steps of modeling a fixed bladed bit by inputting blade and cutter parameters into a computer program, performing a force balance on the modeled fixed bladed bit, and modifying at least one blade parameter to adjust the force balance. The parameters for modeling a fixed bladed bit include cutter placement on a plurality of blades integrally formed in a bit body and a position for each blade.

Abstract: A PCD composite compact comprising a PCD structure bonded at an interface to a substrate comprising cemented carbide material; the PCD structure comprising a mass of directly inter-bonded diamond grains having a mean size of at most about 4 microns, and the PCD structure comprising at least about 0.05 weight percent refractory metal or carbide of a refractory metal selected from the group comprising W, Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf and Ta; and at least the cemented carbide material proximate the interface having a content of metallic binder material of at most about 6 weight percent.

Abstract: Diamond bonded constructions comprise a diamond body attached to a substrate, wherein the body includes a first diamond bonded volume, and a second diamond bonded volume attached thereto. The second volume may be provided in the form of a powder or a presintered mass prior to attachment, and the first volume may be provided in the form of presintered pieces when combined with the second volume. The first volume diamond volume content is greater than about 94 percent, and is the same or greater than that of the second volume. The first volume is sintered during a first HPHT process, and the second volume is sintered and/or attached to the first volume during a second HPHT process. The first HPHT pressure is greater than the second HPHT pressure. The substrate is not an infiltration substrate used to form the first diamond volume. The diamond body may be thermally stable.

Abstract: Diamond bonded construction comprise a diamond body attached to a support. In one embodiment, an initial substrate used to sinter the body is interposed between the body and support, and is thinned to less than 5 times the body thickness, or to less than the body thickness, prior to attachment to the support to relieve stress in the body. In another embodiment, the substrate is removed after sintering, and the body is attached to the support. The support has a material construction different from that of the initial substrate, wherein the initial substrate is selected for infiltration and the support for end use properties. The substrate and support include a hard material with a volume content that may be the same or different. Interfaces between the body, substrate, and/or support may be nonplanar. The body may be thermally stable, and may include a replacement material disposed therein.

Abstract: The invention concerns a weigh batcher for bulk material with an essentially horizontally extending conveyor (24) fastened to the outlet of a bulk material container (1, 50), at whose end away from the outlet a bulk material discharge is provided, and whose end near the outlet is situated beneath the outlet, in which a cylindrical vertical tube open on both sides (11, 13; 64) is fastened between the outlet and the end near the outlet to the upstream agitator (5, 55), and that the motor-driven conveyor (24) is mounted floating on the bulk material container.

Abstract: A capacitive touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of sensing capacitor units, a control signal generation unit, a plurality of high impedance controllers, and a detection unit. The plurality of sensing capacitor units are utilized for generating a plurality of touch analog signals. The control signal generation unit is utilized for generating a plurality of control signals. The plurality of high impedance controllers are installed by intersections of a plurality of control signal lines and a plurality of signal transmission lines, where each of the high impedance controllers conducts a corresponding touch analog signal to a corresponding signal transmission line according to a corresponding control signal.

Abstract: An electromagnetic whiteboard eraser is disclosed, and particular an electromagnetic whiteboard eraser capable of erasing both of the writing written by ink and the writing inputted by electromagnetic induction simultaneously. The electromagnetic whiteboard eraser has an ink eraser for erasing the writing written by ink and a coil for emitting electromagnetic signals. An electromagnetic whiteboard defines an erasing area for erasing the writing inputted by electromagnetic induction by defining the position of the coil to be the center of the erasing area and defining the diameter or radius of the ink eraser to be the diameter or radius of the erasing area after the electromagnetic whiteboard induces the electromagnetic signals emitted by the coil. The coil is deposed on the place corresponding to the center of the ink eraser.

Abstract: Wheeled vehicles, such as wheelchairs, that are adapted to traverse obstacles are provided. The wheeled vehicles include a frame, drive wheels, front anti-tip wheels positioned in front of the drive wheels and rear anti-tip wheels positioned behind the drive wheels. One exemplary vehicle includes front anti-tip wheels supported by rigid arms that are fixed to the frame and drive assemblies that are independently suspended from the frame. Another exemplary vehicle includes a linkage that links the front and rear anti-tip wheels, such that movement of one of the front or rear anti-tip wheel relative to the frame causes movement of the other wheel relative to the frame.

Abstract: A front wheel drive powered wheelchair is provided and may include a support frame, a pair of opposing drive wheels, a pair of drives, and a pair of rear wheels. The frame may include a front portion, a seat post, and two independent arms extending rearward from the front portion. Each drive wheel may be coupled to the front portion of the frame. Each drive may be mounted to the front portion of the frame and may be operatively connected to a respective drive wheel of the pair of drive wheels. Each rear wheel may be coupled to a respective independent arm of the support frame. Each independent arm may be capable of flexing independent of the other.

Abstract: Wheelchairs in various embodiments include a variable-position drive system that can automatically move the drive wheels fore and aft through an approximately 41 cm range. Such a system provides all the benefits of front-, mid-, and rear-wheel drive configurations in a single wheelchair, for example, to adjust the drive wheels toward the rear for stability and speed outdoors and toward the center for maneuverability indoors. The performance-optimal placement of drive wheels often depends on the physical environment (e.g., terrain), on the combined center of mass of the wheelchair and user, and on the user's cognitive functioning, trunk stability, and driving skills. One disclosed embodiment includes a pair of mid-position drive wheels that can automatically be repositioned forward or backward to accommodate changes in terrain and center of mass, which will improve the power wheelchair's stability and maneuverability and, consequently, safety and ease of use in a wider range of scenarios.

Abstract: A vehicle with hybrid drive having: a thermal engine provided with a drive shaft and having a block which houses the drive shaft and two heads which house the cylinders and are arranged in a “V” configuration; a cooling system provided with a hydraulic circuit in which a cooling fluid flows; a reversible electric machine placed above the block of the thermal engine and between the two heads; an auxiliary device; a mechanical transmission which connects the first electric machine, the auxiliary device and the drive shaft of the thermal engine to one another; and a freewheel interposed between the first mechanical transmission and the drive shaft of the thermal engine; the hydraulic circuit of the cooling system has a main branch which cools the thermal engine, and a secondary branch which is connected as an offtake to the main branch and cools the first electric machine; the secondary branch is connected as an offtake to the main branch by an inlet pipe and by an outlet pipe, which extend downwards from a lowe

Abstract: An automotive vehicle may include an electric machine and a controller. The electric machine may be configured to provide and receive mechanical torque. The controller may be configured to determine forward or backward movement of the vehicle based on the provided or received mechanical torque and a mechanical power of the electric machine.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The hybrid vehicle comprises a prime mover having an output shaft. The output shaft has a first end and an opposite second end. The hybrid vehicle also comprises a transmission coupled to the first end of the output shaft, a first energy storage device, an alternator coupled to the second end of the output shaft and configured to power one or more electrical systems of the vehicle and charge the first energy storage device, a motor coupled to the second end of the output shaft and configured to assist the prime mover in rotating the output shaft, a second energy storage device configured to provide power to the motor and a motor control unit configured to control the amount of power delivered from the energy storage device to the motor.

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine having a peak power rating and an electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine for assisting the internal combustion engine in rotating a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine. The electric motor has a continuous power rating that less than approximately one tenth of the peak power rating of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A vehicle with a Rankine cycle system and a refrigerating cycle system for air-conditioning includes a Rankine condenser forming a part of the Rankine cycle system which converts waste heat of a vehicle into power and an air-conditioning condenser forming a part of the refrigerating cycle system. The Rankine condenser and the air-conditioning condenser are disposed one above the other in the vehicle as viewed from a front of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system for and method of facilitating or enabling a lateral maneuver by a vehicle, including and utilizing a plurality of selectively engaged low friction components, such as rollers, bearings, balls, or high durometer high abrasion resistant low loss modulus rubber treads, and an actuator, such as at least one inflatable bladder, pivotal support strut, or active material element, drivenly coupled to the components.

Abstract: A ground engaged vehicle includes a front portion and a rear portion joined by an articulation. The articulation rotates around a longitudinal axis. An engine drives a hydrostatic pump which drives four hydrostatic motors, each of the hydrostatic motors in operative engagement with one of four wheels. The wheels are on wheel mounts, each of the wheel mounts having a vertical axis around which one of the four wheels with one of the hydrostatic motors is turnable. A steering system turns the two wheels of the front portion in a first direction and the two wheels of the rear portion in an opposite direction. The steering system is powered by the hydrostatic pump. A pedal control system has a first pedal controlling driving the vehicle in a forward direction and a second pedal controlling driving the vehicle in a rearward direction.

Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a tunnel portion provided in a floor and left and right side members. Each of the side members includes a front side member, an inner member, and an outer member. The inner and outer members branch off from the front side member in a direction toward the rear of the vehicle. The inner member extends toward the rear of the vehicle along the tunnel portion. The inner members of the left and right side members are connected together by a plurality of connecting portions in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle at least at a location corresponding to a front portion side of the tunnel portion. These connecting portions break when a front impact load is input to at least one of the side members.

Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle is disposed in a channel for discharging exhaust gas from the engine. The muffler uniformly reduces all of a flow-induced noise, a high-frequency noise, and a low-frequency booming noise generated by the exhaust gas passing through the channel, and maximize effect of reducing the noises to keep the vehicle silent and comfortable.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the reduction of sound travelling in a wave-guide in the air above the ground is presented, comprising the provision below the ground of at least a top layer which, at the interface of the top layer and air, has an acoustic impedance which substantially matches the acoustic impedance of the air. Also a cylindrical structure with holes can be used. The method and apparatus may be used for the reduction of aircraft sounds, especially in the range of 15 Hz to 40 Hz, during the first part of take-off, wherein said layer(s) below the ground are provided in a range starting at a lateral side of the runway and extending until at least 100 meters, preferably until at least 300 meters and more preferably until at least 500 meters, from the runway.

Abstract: An elevator arrangement, comprising an elevator car arranged to move in an elevator shaft or equivalent, preferably along car guide rails, and an element which is disposed in the elevator shaft or equivalent and is shiftable between an activated state and an inactivated state, and an activating device for shifting the said element between the activated and inactivated states. The activating device includes a flexible element, such as e.g. a rope or equivalent, movably attached to a fixed structure of the elevator shaft or equivalent, and the said flexible element is connected to the said shiftable element in a manner permitting the shiftable element to be shifted by means of the flexible element.

Abstract: A part-lining disk brake is described, having an electromechanical actuator, a self-energizing application device with a wedge arrangement designed to press a brake lining against a disk brake, and at least two wedge elements of the wedge arrangement moveable relative to one another, arranged on one of a brake caliper frame and an auxiliary frame. The wedge elements are used to apply the brake lining, and act on the brake lining via a trapezoidal pressure plate.

Abstract: This invention is to provide a brake apparatus for the cart with three or more wheels such as golf bag carts, baby strollers and the like, comprising: a hand brake control assembly, fixed on the cart frame, having a body and a lug in pinned connection with the body. Break activation can be done through a pull on the lug. On the other hand, brake release is achieved by pressing springy pushbuttons on both sides of the lug to escape the clipping pin from the indent; a brake pole set, fixed on a rear wheel axle tube, capable of offering a buffer mechanism, which avoids potential destruction to the wheel; and a brake wire, enabling an easy operation and achieving an automatic lock during the braking, which substantially prevents the lapse of releasing the brake by the user.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a fluid damper comprising a first fluid-filled chamber, a second chamber filled with a fluid having variable flow characteristics and at least partially displaceable by the first fluid, and a gas chamber, the gas chamber compressible due to the displacement of the second chamber. In one embodiment, the fluid in the second chamber is a variable rheology fluid.

Abstract: A self-regulating suspension includes a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, a fluid reservoir having a volume, the volume variable in response to a relative movement between the first and second suspension members, and a fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with the fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location, the fluid flow circuit comprising a first valve, a second valve and a third valve, wherein said first and third valves are in parallel with each other and the second valve is in series with each of the first and third valves.

Abstract: A garment organizing system, assembly, and method enables users to organize garmentry for travel. The basic assembly comprises a support panel, a restraint panel, a panel attachment mechanism for removably attaching each restraint panel to a first edge of a respective support panel, and a panel linking mechanism for linking each support panel to an adjacent support panel. The support panels support garmentry placed thereupon. Each restraint panel is fixedly attached to a second edge of a respective support panel, and the restraint panels selectively restrain garmentry supported by the support panels via said panel attachment mechanism. The panel linking mechanism enables the user to link and stack a series of interconnectable garment restraint assemblies for organizing the supported and restrained garmentry for travel.

Abstract: A garment organizing system, assembly, and method enables users to organize garmentry for travel. The basic assembly comprises a support panel, a pair of restraint bindings, a series of spaced binding attachment structures for attaching each restraint binding to the support panel at spaced intervals, and an optional panel linking mechanism for linking the first support panel to an adjacent support panel. The support panels support garmentry placed thereupon. Each restraint binding is fixedly attached to a first edge of the first respective support panel, and the restraint bindings restrain garmentry supported by the support panels intermediate the periodically spaced binding attachment structures. The panel linking mechanism enables the user to fold a series of interconnectable garment restraint assemblies into a back-to-back garment restraint assembly arrangement for travel.

Abstract: A travel bag is provided that includes a back wall and a foldable end wall, to facilitate compact storage when not in use. The bag includes a support assembly having two support arms, extending between the end wall and the back wall. The support arms are disposed proximate to sidewalls of the bag body. In this manner, the support arms provide rigid support to maintain the end wall in an expanded position and provide support to the sidewalls. The support assembly maintained in place by a clip disposed on an interior side of the back wall. A user can quickly collapse the end wall by removing the support assembly from the clip.

Abstract: A clutch adapted to transmit the motion from a driving shaft to a driven shaft, having an axis of rotation coaxial to the driven shaft and comprising, a ring gear, adapted to receive the motion from the driving shaft and coaxial to the axis of rotation, a first bell integral in rotation with the ring gear and coaxial to the axis of rotation, an axially fixed hub internal to the first bell and coaxial to the axis of rotation, the axially fixed hub being adapted to be connected in rotation to said driven shaft an axially movable pressure assembly including a disk-pusher element, a disk pack, including a plurality of driving disks integral in rotation with the first bell and alternated with a plurality of driven disks, the disk pack being coaxial to said axis of rotation and being comprised between the axially fixed hub and the disk-pusher element; a plurality of elastic elements, adapted to cause a separation of the disk-pusher element from the axially fixed hub and from the disk pack; and a centrifugal assembl

Abstract: When a pulley and an armature are coupled with each other, first and second permanent magnets place the movable member at a location where a magnetic resistance of an attracting magnetic circuit, which generates an attracting magnetic force to couple between the pulley and the armature, is reduced. In contrast, when the pulley and the armature are decoupled from each other, the movable member is placed at a location where the magnetic resistance of the attracting magnetic circuit is increased, and a magnetic resistance of a non-attracting magnetic circuit is reduced. Thereby, a coupled state or a decoupled state of the pulley and the armature can be maintained without an erroneous operation.

Abstract: One exemplary embodiment is a refinery or a petrochemical production facility. The refinery or petrochemical production facility can include: a) a catalyst regeneration zone; b) a halogen removal zone; and c) an elimination zone for at least one of a dioxin and a furan compound, wherein at least a portion of an effluent from the halogen removal zone is combined with a stream comprising oxygen from the catalyst regeneration zone or halogen removal zone.

Abstract: A passenger conveyor (20) includes a handrail drive (40) for propelling a handrail (30). A suspension (100) associated with the drive (40) supports a weight of a corresponding portion of the handrail (30) in the vicinity of the drive device (40). In a disclosed example, the suspension (100) includes at least one cantilevered member (104, 120) for engaging a lip portion (64) of an inner surface on the handrail (30). The suspension (100) maintains a corresponding portion of the handrail (30) in close proximity to a drive member (42) such as a toothed belt to ensure proper engagement between the drive member (42) and the handrail (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a handrail (1), used in particular for escalators or moving walkways, comprising a plurality of grip elements (10) or grip segments (10)arranged next to one another. The grip elements or grip segments (10) consist of a base body (11) that has an outer shell (12) or cover layer (12) and several inner chambers (15) delimited by the outer shell (12) or cover layer (12). The base body (11) has many or several reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16? to 20?, 35 and 35? and 36 and 54). The outer shell or cover layer (12) is continuous in a grip region (13). The reinforcing ribs (16 to 20 and 16? to 20?, 35 and 35? and 36 and 54) divide the interior (15) into separate, independent chambers (21-24, 37-38, 55). This provides excellent thermal insulation and excellent soundproofing or noise insulation.

Abstract: The invention provides a device (1) having at least one inlet conveyor belt (3) for loose, un-grouped articles (5), and at least one grouping device (7) for the loose, un-grouped articles (5) for the orderly composing of articles. An outlet conveyor belt (9) is associated with the grouping device (7), said outlet conveyor belt (9) feeding the articles thereon grouped without containers to a packaging device (10). The invention also provides a method for composing packages for a packaging machine.