Patents Issued in July 14, 2011
  • Publication number: 20110167579
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a toothbrush or part thereof by the two-component or multi-component injection-molding process. To produce in the brush body segments that are isolated from the rest of the brush body, a mold which comprises three hollow regions is used. Two of these hollow regions that are separate from one another serve for producing the segments and the other regions of the toothbrush from a first component. A third hollow region serves for distributing material to the segments that are isolated from one another and from the other regions, or the corresponding hollow region. The material remaining behind there is removed and sent for disposal. In a further step, connecting elements between the segments and/or the other regions are injection-molded from a second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Beat Huber, Peter Gross
  • Publication number: 20110167580
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a hairbrush for detangling human or animal hair. In some embodiments, the hairbrush includes a field of bristles where bristle height is substantially random and substantially independent of position on the hairbrush. In some embodiments, within the bristle field, the bristle width and/or the bristle material may vary between bristles—for example, substantially randomly with respect to position and/or in a manner that is correlated with bristle height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Michel Mercier
  • Publication number: 20110167581
    Abstract: A cleaning glove has an integral multi-layered construction having an outer layer of hardened abrasive foamed polyurethane, an intermediate layer of soft foamed polyurethane and an inner layer of a gripping elastomeric material or silicone. The integral layers are contoured and co-extensive, of similar moduli elasticity, to provide a natural feel of the fingers in cleaning food encrusted surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Moshe Arzarzar
  • Publication number: 20110167582
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bathing-massage glove includes a preparing step, a pre-treating step, a weaving step and a forming step. The preparing step includes preparing a nylon segment with multiple nylon yarns and an environmental-regenerative segment with multiple polyethylene terephthalate bottles. The pre-treating step includes ruffling the nylon yarns of the nylon segment to form multiple winding nylon crepes and processing the polyethylene terephthalate bottles of the environmental-regenerative segment to form multiple environmental-regenerative crepes. The weaving step includes weaving the nylon crepes of the nylon segment and the environmental-regenerative crepes of the environmental-regenerative segment with a weaving speed ratio of 4:5. The forming step includes cutting and seaming a basketwork that is woven by the nylon crepes and the environmental-regenerative crepes to form the bathing-massage glove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Cheng-Chun HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110167583
    Abstract: A cleaning tool is provided and includes a cleaning head moveable between a plurality of configurations. The cleaning head may include a main panel, a handle coupled to the main panel via a universal joint, a first side panel pivotally coupled to a first edge of the main panel, and a second side panel pivotally coupled to a second edge of the main panel opposite the first edge. The cleaning tool may also include two biasing members for biasing the first and second panels toward a flat position and at least one ramp member engageable with a surface to pivot at least one of the first and second side panels upward out of its flat position toward an upward pivoted position. The cleaning tool may further include an actuator for pivoting one or more of the side panels between flat and upward pivoted positions, and a selectively deployable scrubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: QUICKIE MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jace A. Weaver, Ryan Sheckels, Sean E. Monahan, Michael A. Schiavo
  • Publication number: 20110167584
    Abstract: A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Weiler, Joachim Zimmer, Jan Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20110167585
    Abstract: A stove pipe cleaning device is provided that includes a vacuum unit associated with a stove pipe of a wood burning stove. The vacuum unit also includes a damper that selectively closes the stove pipe wherein debris being cleaned from the interior of the stove pipe will land on the damper. The debris is suctioned from the stove pipe by way of a tube that is interconnected to the vacuum unit. Suction is preferably supplied by a vacuum generating device positioned outside the dwelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: William D. Bilderback
  • Publication number: 20110167586
    Abstract: An industrial dust collector comprises a frame body, a suction device attached to the frame body, a suction device attached to the suction device. The frame body has a containing cavity for containing the suction device. A supporting device is disposed between the suction device and the frame body for the suction device being movably attached to the frame body, so that the suction device can move between an unfolding status and a containing status. In the unfolding status, the suction device is unfolded relative to the containing cavity; in the containing status, the suction device is contained in the containing cavity. Therefore, the industrial dust collector has the advantages of small packaging size, convenient transportation and low transportation cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Harry Szommer, Graham Gerhardt, Warren Brown
  • Publication number: 20110167587
    Abstract: A composite bushing substrate and method of producing the same are provided. The composite bushing substrate may include a clad metal, created by metallically bonding a high strength base layer and an interlayer. The surface of the interlayer may be textured or embossed to form a surface with a high surface area. A low friction surface material may be applied to the textured interlayer surface, resulting in a composite bushing material that can resist deformation of the surface material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Harry Shimp, Bob Bochman, Moe Rahamat
  • Publication number: 20110167588
    Abstract: A soft-closing device has a base, a cylinder, a slider and a resilient member. The base has a track channel and at least one guiding channel. The cylinder is mounted in the base and has a housing and an expansion rod. The slider is mounted slidably in the track channel, is connected pivotally to the expansion rod and has two holding arms, a positioning pin and a holding recess defined between the holding arms. The positioning pin is mounted slidably in the at least one guiding channel. The resilient member has two ends connected respectively with the base and the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: DOOR & WINDOW HARDWARE CO.
    Inventors: James Chang, Sung-Hui Lin
  • Publication number: 20110167589
    Abstract: Various apparatus and method embodiments directed to a safety stop mechanism for a robotic accessor are provided. In one such embodiment, a connector has first and second ends. The first end is configured to contact a door of the automated storage library when the door is in at least a first position. A safety stop is connected to the second end of the connector and adapted to move from a down position to an up position. The safety stop is in the down position when the door is in the first position. The connector is adapted to travel in a lateral direction corresponding to a similar movement of the door as the door is opened between the first position and a second position, causing the safety stop to move from the down position to an up position to prevent travel of the robotic accessor beyond the safety stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas A. HARTL, Shawn M. NAVE
  • Publication number: 20110167590
    Abstract: For receiving and stopping movement of a movable member approaching to a fixed member in order to absorb impacts, a cushion clip includes a clip body capable of being mounted by inserting into a mounting hole formed in one of the fixed member and the movable member, and a cushion body capable of absorbing impacts by resilient deformation. The clip body made of rigid resin material and the cushion body made of soft resin material are integrally joined to each other at a mutual joint portion by a two-material molding process. At the mutual joint portion, the clip body includes a base portion entering into inside of the cushion body, and a concave-convex configuration, such as ribs, is provided to the base portion for increasing a contact area with the cushion body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: DAIWA KASEI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jyunya Ukai, Toshio Iwahara
  • Publication number: 20110167591
    Abstract: A hinge is disclosed. The hinge can include an axle, a first member coupled to the axle, and a second member coupled to the axle and configured to rotate relative the first member and around the axle. The hinge can further include a stop mechanism configured to stop the second member from rotating, relative to the first member, in a first direction and beyond a first range when the stop mechanism is in a first position and the second member is in the first range. The stop mechanism can be further configured to allow the second member to rotate, relative to the first member, in the first direction, beyond the first range, and into a second range when the stop mechanism is in a second position and the second member is in the first range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: William Degner Brett, John Ternus, Andy Lauder
  • Publication number: 20110167592
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a slide hinge apparatus and comprises a base frame wherein a space part is formed; a first slider that forms a space part to overlap with said space part of the base frame, and is furnished at the top of said base frame; a second slider that slides following said first slider; a hinge module that connects said first slider with the second slider so that these support each other elastically; a blocking plate furnished between said base frame and the first slider to move following a guide part and block the space part; and a first arm and a second arm that connect said hinge module with the block plate to rotate according to the motion of the hinge module and cause said block plate to slide. According to the present invention, both the slider and the block plate are effectively caused to slide simultaneously using the hinge module and a plurality of arms, thereby closing off the bottom of a liquid crystal screen (FPC) that is opened during sliding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: DIABELL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Suk Han
  • Publication number: 20110167593
    Abstract: Improvements to a device as previously disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,219,397 wherein an elastic cord is attached to a pre-existing flexible linear structure such as a wire, tube, or rope to deform the structure and impart elastic handling properties. The improvements include features necessary for the effective manufacture and use of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Todd Nicholas Bishop
  • Publication number: 20110167594
    Abstract: A plastic clamp comprises a strip (12), which has a toothed section (14) on at least one side, and a lock (36) having a through-opening (34) for receiving the strip and a locking tongue (38) accommodated in the through-opening and locking the strip (12) by means of the toothed section (14) in the direction of withdrawal when the strip is inserted into the through-opening. Two heads (32) having a parallel through-opening (34) each which is aligned with that of the other head and which is parallel to the strip (12) are molded onto the strip one after the other, the lock (36) being designed as a separate'component and locking the strip when laid between the two heads (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Engelbert Gmeilbauer
  • Publication number: 20110167595
    Abstract: A magnetic closure comprises a magnet-armature structure having a magnet and an armature, the magnet and the armature being constituted such that, for an automatic closing, the armature and the magnet mutually attract each other in a closing direction below a predetermined minimum distance, and, for an opening, the magnet is laterally shifted or rotated with respect to the armature into an open position so that the surfaces of magnet and armature facing each other in a mutually attracting manner become smaller, whereby the force of attraction between magnet and armature comes smaller, Further, an opening-assisting spring is provided for assisting the opening, wherein the opening-assisting spring either is automatically pretensioned by the magnetic force during the automatic closing, or is pretensioned during the opening operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FIDLOCK GMBH
    Inventor: Joachim Fiedler
  • Publication number: 20110167596
    Abstract: A magnetic adapter link includes a magnetic converter having a center base including at least one magnet or magnetic material, or magnetizable material forming a magnetic center core defining a magnetic mounting disc. A pair of magnetic end posts form clasp portions each one extending from a side edge of the magnetic converter at a selected angle from one another and each end posts having a detachable distal end containing a magnet or magnetic material or magnetizable material. The detachable distal ends of the magnetic end posts are spaced apart from the center base and from one another at one or more selected positions for detachably connecting to the first clasp portion and/or the second clasp portion of a necklace or bracelet which include at least one pair of detachable distal ends containing a magnet or magnetic material or magnetizable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Lisa O. Whyte
  • Publication number: 20110167597
    Abstract: A belt buckle which has an indentation on the front surface accommodating a removable cap element held by magnetic attraction. The indentation has a stepwise bottom surface for easy removal of the cap element. In an alternative embodiment, the indentation accommodates a removable carrier member capable of integrating various functions such as electronic clock or remote control. The carrier member in turn has an indentation for removably holding a cap element by magnetic attraction. The carrier member's indentation has a stepwise bottom surface for easy removal of the cap element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: YUNG-FA SU
  • Publication number: 20110167598
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides a fastening strap assembly for used in a foam article. The fastening strap assembly includes a substrate having two sidewalls each formed along one side thereof in a longitudinal direction and spaced apart from each other; a substantially fishbone-shaped fastening member disposed between the sidewalls and adhered to the substrate, the fastening member having an elongate central rib and a plurality of fastening parts laterally extending from either sides of the rib and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, each fastening part having a plurality of hooks formed on a upper surface thereof; and a magnetic layer disposed between the substrate and the fastening member. The fastening strap assembly of the present invention has a unique sideway bending/curving function. Another aspect of the present invention provides a foam article, such as a seat cushion, including the sideway-bendable fastening strap assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Taiwan Paiho Limited
    Inventor: Allen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110167599
    Abstract: Described is a ratchet strap with a free end securing system. The ratchet strap has a strap with an attachment end and a free end and a strap winding shaft which is capable of receiving the free end in a wrapped relationship. A ratchet mechanism is included for simultaneously shortening the attachment end and the free end wherein the free end is drawn from the wrapped relationship with the strap winding shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Douglas Wright
  • Publication number: 20110167600
    Abstract: A load binder is described for securing a load to a vehicle or the like, the load binder including: attachment means for attaching a flexible member to be tensioned by the load binder; an over-centre mechanism; an operating lever; and a ratchet mechanism; the load binder is moveable between a tensioned configuration and a released configuration by way of the operating lever; and wherein the ratchet mechanism allows the load binder to be progressively moved from the released configuration to the tensioned configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: James Michael Keevy
  • Publication number: 20110167601
    Abstract: A two-part system for the restoration and preservation of a deceased's limbs where the deceased was a donor of one or more long bones includes a procurement kit and an embalmer's kit. The procurement kit includes at least one absorbent pad, an artificial artery and a clamp for sealing an end of the artery. The procurement team secures the artificial artery from the kit in the deceased's affected limb such that an open end of the artery is accessible to the embalmer eliminating the need for the embalmer to re-open the limb during the embalming procedure. The embalmer's kit includes materials for completing the preservation of the limb, including an absorbent stockinette, an absorbent garment such as a stocking or a sleeve, and a fluid-impermeable plastic garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Innovative Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Jaskulske, Peter J. Helgeson, Ty B. Sunderman
  • Publication number: 20110167602
    Abstract: Silk is purified to eliminate immunogenic components (particularly sericin) and is used to form fabric that is used to form tissue-supporting prosthetic devices for implantation. The fabrics can carry functional groups, drugs, and other biological reagents. Applications include hernia repair, tissue wall reconstruction, and organ support, such as bladder slings. The silk fibers are arranged in parallel and, optionally, intertwined (e.g., twisted) to form a construct; sericin may be extracted at any point during the formation of the fabric, leaving a construct of silk fibroin fibers having excellent tensile strength and other mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ALLERGAN, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory H. Altman, Jingsong Chen, Rebecca Horan, David J. Horan
  • Publication number: 20110167603
    Abstract: A valve assembly with an exchangeable valve member and a docking station, and a tool set that facilitates the exchange of a valve member. The tool set includes a stabilizer or holding tool for holding the docking station during an exchange procedure, a valve extraction or removal tool for removing an existing valve member from an installed docking station, and an insertion tool for installing a replacement valve member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Ivan Vesely
  • Publication number: 20110167604
    Abstract: A portable fixture/method for installing drawer fronts/faces to drawer boxes. The fixture provides the proper alignment/orientation of the drawer front/face to the drawer box based on two dimensions set by the user. Said dimensions, covers full inset to full overlay application and is easily set by the user. The drawer box is then screwed to the drawer front/face and the assembly is installed in the cabinet box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas D. Stewart, Bert F. Peabody
  • Publication number: 20110167605
    Abstract: System(s), method(s), and device(s) that facilitate efficient removal of a nut(s) from a wheel stud or bolt are presented. A nut removal facilitator device comprises a first arm with a holder component, wherein the first arm is attached to a lever component and a second arm, which includes a force applicator component. A socket of a wrench is placed on a desired nut, with the wrench handle portion near the socket held within the holder component and an end portion of the wrench handle in contact with the force applicator component. A force can be received at the top portion of the lever component is leveraged based on the length of the lever component. The leveraged force is transferred to the force applicator component which applies the transferred force to the wrench handle to move the handle and socket in the desired direction to loosen and remove the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: B & H WORLDWIDE, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Thomas Ritorto, JR., Christopher Robert Lattanzio
  • Publication number: 20110167606
    Abstract: An inlet assembly for an aircraft engine nacelle includes an inner barrel, an outer barrel radially spaced from the inner barrel, and a rear support for supporting the outer barrel relative to the inner barrel. The rear support includes at least one radially extending stiffener and at least one energy absorber defining a zone of deformation adjacent the inner barrel. The rear support is deformable in the zone of deformation in response to forces applied during a fan blade-out event to prevent fracture of the rear support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Shutrump
  • Publication number: 20110167607
    Abstract: A gasket insertion apparatus and method for inserting a fluid sealing gasket between the bolted connection flanges of adjacent underwater pipe line segments is provided. The gasket insertion apparatus includes of a flat frame having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The inner peripheral surface of the frame has a plurality of angularly cut teeth. The gasket is mounted within the frame and is held in place by the plurality of angularly cut teeth. The gasket insertion apparatus has a handle with an open geometric ring-shaped grip that is configured so that the gasket insertion apparatus may be gripped by a manipulation arm of an underwater remotely operated vehicle and/or by a diver. The apparatus, with gasket attached, is brought to an underwater location and inserted between adjacent flanges of a bolted flange connection by a diver or an underwater remotely operated vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FLANGE SKILLETS INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Andre M. Vidrine, Steve Struble
  • Publication number: 20110167608
    Abstract: A method for fitting a vehicle body component to a body shell of a vehicle having at least one side wall includes the steps of gauging an actual position of a partial area of the side wall relative to a first coordinate axis of the vehicle, plotting a first reference point relative to the first coordinate axis on the basis of the gauged actual position, and mounting the vehicle body component at a designated position relative to the first reference point. The partial area may advantageously be a vehicle A-pillar, B-pillar, or C-pillar. The method affords a simpler and more cost-effective fitting of the vehicle body components. The method is also feasible in less mechanized production facilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bert Niessen, Ruediger Maier
  • Publication number: 20110167609
    Abstract: A method manufactures a frame assembly, which supports a fenestration article. The frame assembly includes a stile member having a stile tab. The frame assembly also includes a rail member coupled substantially transverse to the stile member. The rail member has a rail tab. The method comprises the step of inserting a portion of the stile member into an interior of the rail member such that the stile tab extends beyond the rail member. The method also comprises the step of inserting a portion the rail member into an interior of the stile member such that the rail tab extends beyond the stile member. The method further comprises the steps of bending the stile tab about the rail member to couple the stile member to the rail member and bending the rail tab about the stile member to couple the rail member to the stile member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: QUANEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey V. Sawyers, Brian Jensen, Joseph D. Isaacs, Ronald J. Pich
  • Publication number: 20110167610
    Abstract: A method of constructing a linear drive motor assembly is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a support plate and a platen with a plurality of teeth are provided. A honeycomb core comprising a commercially available, off-the-shelf honeycomb material is provided. The honeycomb core has a plurality of cells arranged in a planar array where the plurality of cells is defined by walls extending in planes substantially perpendicular to the planar array. The support plate is directly secured to one side of the planar array. The platen is secured directly to the other side of the planar array. A forcer having a motor stack is magnetically coupleable to the platen to form a linear drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Glenn Sterling Trammell
  • Publication number: 20110167611
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the invention, a robotic surgical tool having opposing jaws, the working element of the robotic surgical tool is made of a different material from the drive element of the robotic surgical tool. The two elements may be manufactured independently and assembled together at a later stage. The material comprising each element may thus have properties more appropriate to the function each element plays in the robotic surgical tool. For example, the metal selected to comprise the blade of a surgical scissor may be corrosion resistant and capable of being sharpened to a high degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew R. Williams
  • Publication number: 20110167612
    Abstract: A fuel insertion tube tool for installing a fuel tube on a barb. The tool has first and second arms that are pivotably attached through an arm pivot axis. Each arm has a grip to engage the fuel tube. A tab extends from the first arm and is pivotably attached to a proximal end of a bar with a pivot pin that defines a bar axis. The bar axis and the arm axis are perpendicular to each other. A hook is disposed at a distal end of the bar for engagement with an attachment site. The tab functions as a fulcrum to reduce the amount of force required to install the fuel tube on the barb. The bar has weight reducing holes and the grips have straight knurls for frictional engagement with the fuel tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chad Marshall
  • Publication number: 20110167613
    Abstract: A flexible connection and release device which allows quick release while under load. The device comprises a first link; a second link; a first sling having one end attached to the first link; a second sling having one end attached to the second link; a tab attached to the first sling; a grommet contained in the tab; a curved length of a first flexible cable connected between two fixed points in the first sling on either side of the tab; a second flexible cable; and a pin or a third flexible cable. The links are connected together with multiple turns of the second flexible cable which forms a loop at its center. The curved length of the first flexible cable is passed through the loop in the second flexible cable and through the grommet so that a part of the first flexible cable protrudes from the grommet. The pin or third cable is passed through the protruding part of the first flexible cable to lock the first flexible cable in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: James E. Sadeck
  • Publication number: 20110167614
    Abstract: Joining arrangement for two boxes (11, 11?) of composite material with an intermediate part (31) and method for manufacturing said intermediate part (31). The joint is effected using rivets between the skins (15, 15?; 17, 17?) of said boxes (11, 11?) and the upper and lower flanges (33, 35) of said T-shaped part (31). The manufacturing method includes the following steps: a) Providing two C-shaped preforms (41, 41?), configured such that their central sections (43, 43?) are parallel with one another and their upper and lower flanges (55, 55?; 57, 57?) are approximately parallel to the end zones of said skins (15, 15?; 17?, 15?); b) Providing two flat preforms (45, 47) to reinforce the flanges (35, 37); c) Forming and curing the part (31) made from said preforms (41, 41?, 45, 47) using an RTM method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: AIRBUS Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Loreto Martinez Fernandez, Oscar De La Cruz Garcia, Antonio De Julian Aguado
  • Publication number: 20110167615
    Abstract: In the disassembling method of a display device of the present invention, the display device has a display panel, and metal plate unit having a panel member formed of a chassis member disposed on the back surface of the display panel and a circuit board as an electric circuit member attached to the chassis member through an attaching member. The disassembling method has a mounting step of mounting metal plate unit on stage whose tilt angle can be adjusted by mechanism section and a cutting step of cutting the attaching member in parallel with the surface of stage with saw blade that abuts on the attaching member by the own weight of metal plate unit based on the tilt angle of stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Tani, Hiroshi Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20110167616
    Abstract: Provided is a material for tactile sensor, which is easy to be formed, and in which the shape, size and orientation of coils dispersed in the medium are sufficiently controlled. The tactile-sensitive material comprises a medium and a plurality of micro coils dispersed in the medium and constituting a LCR resonance circuit, and wherein each of the plurality of micro coils comprises at least one spiral coil portion, and coil axes of the plurality of micro coils are aligned along at least one direction and/or directed in at least one plane. When a tactile stress is applied to the tactile-sensitive material, the C component is varied significantly, which contributes to the improvement in sensitivity of the tactile sensor. Further, by providing a core at the coil center, the sensitivity is more improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji SHIMAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20110167617
    Abstract: A method of making an electrical power supply of an electrically controllable system having variable optical properties, when fitted near water, electrically safe, the electrically controllable system comprising a carrier substrate that bears an electroactive element placed between first and second electrodes supplied with a periodic voltage U(t) having a given maximum RMS value U0 at a given low supply frequency, the method including limiting the touch potential at an input or output terminal of the electrically controllable system to a maximum value of 50 V or less, the touch potential being defined as the potential experienced by the human body in case of contact with the input or output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventor: Philippe Letocart
  • Publication number: 20110167618
    Abstract: An exemplary electrical device manufacturing method includes the following steps. First, a first electronic module is provided. Second, one or more functions of the electronic module are verified. Third, a support module is provided. Fourth, one or more functions of the support module are verified. Fifth, the first electronic module is attached to the support module so as to form a first integrated module. Sixth, one or more functions of the first integrated module are verified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIH-KUN HSU, SHENG-HUNG HOU, WEN-CHANG CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110167619
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical assembly includes an ultrasonic transducer operable to convert a received motional current into a movement of a cutting blade of an ultrasonic waveguide, a measurement circuit connected in a parallel configuration with the ultrasonic transducer, a variable power source operable to supply current through a set of connection points to the parallel configuration and thereby create the motional current in the ultrasonic transducer, and a current controller operable to regulate the motional current by varying an output of the variable power source, thereby maintaining a substantially constant rate of movement of the cutting blade across a variety of cutting loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Matthew A. Palmer, Derek Dee Deville
  • Publication number: 20110167620
    Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical assembly includes an ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly having a shell and an ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit housed within the shell, an ultrasonic transducer having a proximal end and an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end, an ultrasonic waveguide having a proximal end for receiving ultrasonic movement thereat, and a handle body having a waveguide attachment dock operable to accept the waveguide therein, an ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly dock operable to selectively removably secure the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly thereto, and a transducer attachment dock operable to substantially simultaneously selectively removably and rotatably freely couple the ultrasonic transducer to the handle body rotationally independent of the ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly and axially align the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end opposite the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide when the ultrasonic waveguide is disposed within the waveguide atta
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Matthew A. Palmer, Derek Dee Deville
  • Publication number: 20110167621
    Abstract: A method for assembling an ultrasonic surgical device includes the steps of providing a proximal end of an ultrasonic waveguide at an ultrasonic surgical handle body, removably coupling an ultrasonic-movement-generator assembly having a ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body, mechanically coupling an ultrasonic transducer rotationally freely and substantially longitudinally fixedly to the ultrasonic surgical handle body to place an ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer opposite and adjacent the proximal end of the ultrasonic waveguide, and rotating the waveguide and the ultrasonic transducer with respect to one another to removably fixedly couple the waveguide to the ultrasonic-movement-producing distal end of the ultrasonic transducer and to electrically couple the ultrasonic-driving-wave-signal generating circuit to the ultrasonic surgical handle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Kevin W. Smith, Thomas O. Bales, JR., Matthew A. Palmer, Derek Dee Deville
  • Publication number: 20110167622
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading stator windings into a stator core includes an arbor member including a body having a central axis and an outer diametric portion provided with a plurality of slots. An insertion element is rotatably mounted adjacent the arbor member. The insertion element includes a plurality of slot elements that are configured to register with the plurality of slots. A loading member is rotatably mounted adjacent the insertion element. The loading member includes a plurality of slot members that are configured to register with the plurality of slot elements. The loading member is selectively operated to receive a stator winding into one of the plurality of slot members and transfer the stator winding into one of the plurality of slot elements. The at least one insertion element is selectively operated to transfer the stator winding into one of the plurality of slots of the arbor member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Kirk Neet, Jeremiah Shives
  • Publication number: 20110167623
    Abstract: Method for assembling the rotor (R) of an electric machine including a rotor (R) solid with a shaft (4) having a longitudinal axis (x-x) and made by more identical permanent magnets (2) forming a rotor ring. Each of the said permanent magnets (2) is a parallelepiped body. The method comprises the following steps: providing a first annular flange (9); forming a plurality of fixed linear guides onto a side of the said first annular flange (9), the said guides being angularly regularly spaced and orthogonal to the flange on which they are formed; inserting the magnets (2) in said guides and sliding the magnets towards the said first flange (9); positioning of a second annular flange (90) on said guides; locking of the said second flange (90) to the said guides, ides, so that the said magnets (2) are clamped, inside said guides, by the first and the second flange (9, 90).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Renzo Lisi, Leonardo Lenzi
  • Publication number: 20110167624
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing coil holders aims to improve the disadvantages of complicated fabrication processes and undesirable production efficiency of the conventional techniques. The method includes: providing a bobbin and a conducting wire and winding the conducting wire on the bobbin, encasing the bobbin wound with the conducting wire with a molding material and reserving a through hole in the molding material corresponding to the bobbin to form a coil rack, and inserting a magnetic core into the through hole to hold on the coil rack to become a finished product of a coil holder. The present invention can finish fabrication of the coil holder through only one injection molding process. It greatly simplifies fabrication process and can reduce cost and increase production yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Jen-Yao HU
  • Publication number: 20110167625
    Abstract: The main object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an all solid lithium battery, capable of easily performing dew point control in a battery assembly step. The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a method for producing an all solid lithium battery, comprising the steps of: preparing a material composition by adding Li2S, P2S5, and P2O5 so as to satisfy a relation of (Li2S)/(P2S5+P2O5)<3 on a molar basis, synthesizing a sulfide solid electrolyte from the above-mentioned material composition by a vitrification means, and assembling an all solid lithium battery in an atmosphere having a dew-point temperature of ?60° C. or more while using the above-mentioned sulfide solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigenori Hama, Yukiyoshi Ueno, Yasushi Tsuchida, Hirofumi Nakamoto, Masato Kamiya, Hiroshi Nagase
  • Publication number: 20110167626
    Abstract: A structure for installing a split style diamond disk, having a fixing plate, a spring press plate, a connection plate, and a plurality of fast installation grinding blocks. The spring press plate is fixed to the fixing plate through screws with springs sleeved thereon, and the connection plate runs through the spring press plate and connects with the fixing plate by screws. The fixing plate has a plurality of L-shaped grooves provided therein, through which the fast installation grinding blocks are mounted on the fixing plate. The fast installation structure is mounted on an equipment shaft through the connection plate. The structure improves the capacity utilization and work efficiency of the grinding blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventor: Hongyu YE
  • Publication number: 20110167627
    Abstract: A method of mounting electronic components on a PCB, includes following steps. The PCB is placed with a first side of the PCB facing upwards. A plurality of solder is applied on bonding pads of the first side. A plurality of electronic components is stuck on the bonding pads of the first side. The PCB is turned over with a second side of the PCB facing upwards and the first side of the PCB facing downwards. A plurality of solder is applied on bonding pads of the second side. A plurality of electronic components is stuck on the bonding pads of the second side. The PCB is placed in a reflow oven to weld the electronic components on the first side and the second side of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JI MA, LI-BING LU, HUI LUO, QI HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110167628
    Abstract: A method of attaching a component to a substrate, including providing a component guide attached to a substrate, the component guide having a cavity substantially conforming to contours of a portion of a component, attaching a first solder pad to the component, inserting the component into the guide cavity, providing a second solder pad, offset from the first solder pad and near the cavity, and inserting the component, the component guide and the substrate into an oven heating the solder pads, wherein the component is drawn further into the guide cavity by a capillary effect of the heated solder pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Neonode, Inc.
    Inventors: Magnus Goertz, Thomas Eriksson, Joseph Shain, Anders Jansson, Niklas Kvist, Robert Pettersson, Lars Sparf, John Karlsson