Abstract: A cleaner which removes dirt from an additional cleaning apparatus automatically is provided. The cleaner includes a cleaning apparatus which is removably mounted in the cleaner and is dismounted from the cleaner to perform an additional cleaning operation, and includes a housing to store dirt therein, an outlet through which the dirt stored in the housing is discharged, and a movable cover movable between a closing position to close the outlet and an opening position to open the outlet, a receiving unit for receiving the cleaning apparatus, a conversion unit for converting the movable cover of the cleaning apparatus from the closing position to the opening position, a suction unit for drawing in dirt from a cleaning surface along with air, and a dust-collector which is fluidly connected to the suction unit and the cleaning apparatus to separate dirt from air.

Abstract: Methods of using cutting devices for printing, devices for performing the same, and systems including such devices are disclosed. More specifically, interchangeable writing implements and writing implement holders are disclosed which are designed to replace blade holders of various cutting devices.

Abstract: Provided is a clip for fixing a mat on a carpet of a vehicle, the clip including: a lower plate disposed on a bottom surface of the carpet, and includes an insert groove on a front portion; an upper plate disposed on a top surface of the carpet, includes a hook coupled to the inserted groove in the front portion, and includes a projection at a top to which the mat is inserted; a pillar penetrating through a hole of the carpet, and connects a rear portion of the lower plate and a rear portion of the upper plate in upward and downward; a first hook formed on a bottom surface of the rear portion of the upper plate corresponding to an inner side of a front portion of the pillar; and a second hook formed on a top surface of the rear portion of the lower plate corresponding to the inner side of the front portion of the pillar, and hooked to the first hook through the hole, when the lower plate moves upward toward the upper plate based on the pillar.

Abstract: A spring power setting indicator for a closing apparatus for a wing such as a door or window, including a closer housing in which a compression spring is disposed. The spring power setting indicator includes a collar defining a threaded opening adapted to engage an adjustment screw for adjusting the bias of the compression spring. The collar may be substantially disc-shaped, and has a peripheral side that defines an annular channel in which a magnetic ball is disposed. An indicator housing with indicia of closer size may be mounted to the closer housing. Another magnetic ball may be disposed in the indicator housing. The magnetic balls are attracted to each other, and the ball in the indicator housing follows the ball in the channel as the collar moves in response to turning of the adjustment screw, permitting external reading of closer size with the indicia based on ball position.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling movement of a first member relative to a second member in a piece of furniture includes a damper. When relative movement occurs between the first and second members, force is transmitted through a clutch drive mechanism to a movable member in the damper. A viscous damping medium in the damper resists movement of the movable member.

Abstract: A curtain rail structure includes a first rail unit having two adjacent first sliding rails, each of which defining on one side a first sliding channel; a second rail unit movably connected with the first rail unit and including two second sliding rails separately and movably received in the first sliding rails and respectively defining on one side a second sliding channel corresponding to and communicating with one of the first sliding channels; and a plurality of hanging units separately and movably connected to the first and the second sliding rails and respectively including sliding members movably mounted to the first and the second sliding channels, and a hanger member connected to the sliding members. The second sliding rails can be extended from or retracted into the first sliding rails, allowing the curtain rail structure to be practically and conveniently used with differently sized windows and be easily mounted.

Abstract: A panel hinge is provided for connecting a panel to a car body of a motor vehicle in an articulated fashion, which includes, but is not limited to a first hinge part for being mounted on the car body, a second hinge part for being mounted on the panel, a pivot bearing element that is connected to the first hinge part and about which the second hinge part can be pivoted. The second hinge part can be axially displaced, a clamping element that is rotatable about the pivot bearing element and can be clamped to the pivot bearing element. An axial position of the second hinge part can be fixed with the clamping element, and a first engaging element that is realized on one component, namely on the clamping element or the second hinge part, and engaged with a second engaging element that is realized on the other respective component in such a way that the clamping element is connected to the second hinge part in a rotationally rigid fashion.

Abstract: A floor protector system suitable for being attached to the bottoms of furniture legs, includes a base having an attaching surface with one or more penetrating nail components integrally formed thereon and a general shape and size that matches the bottom surfaces of the furniture legs. A circumferential peripheral surface of the base has a retainer holding structure formed thereon, with a separate retainer having its own connection structure and configured to enable mechanical connection of the retainer to the base piece. A floor protector pad is attachable to the retainer and is made of material which is configured to allow furniture that has been provided with the floor protector system to easily slide on floor surfaces.

Abstract: An adjustable door hanger for a sliding door assembly comprises an operator interface and door panel interface connected to the operator interface. The door panel interface is adapted to adjustably engage a door panel such that the door panel is pivotable about the door panel interface. The door panel interface may then be pivoted to a desired resting position. The hanger may include a door panel top rail for receiving the door panel interface. The door panel may be fixed to the door panel interface after pivoting to the desired resting position. A method of hanging a sliding door panel includes providing a door hanger having a door panel interface, attaching a door panel to and pivoting the door panel about the door panel interface to a desired resting position and securing the door panel to the door panel interface.

Abstract: A clip mounting structure for a writing implement has a shaft tube, a clip mounted at the rear part of the shaft tube, and an insertion member inserted into the rear part of the shaft tube. A clip mounting section to which the rear part of the clip is fitted and aligned is formed at the rear part of the shaft tube. Mounting sections curved in the direction along the inner peripheral surface of the shaft tube are formed at opposite sides of the rear part of the clip. Fitting recesses into which the mounting sections of the clip are fitted are formed in the outer wall of the insertion member. With the mounting sections of the clip fitted in and engaged with the fitting recesses in the insertion member, the insertion member is inserted into the rear part of the shaft body to fit the rear part of the clip into the clip mounting section of the shaft tube. Thus, the insertion member is engaged in position inside the shaft tube.

Abstract: Kits enabling one or more items to be attached or detached using an assembly with a magnet for providing a magnetic attraction strong enough to movably hold the magnet adjacent a first outer plate for a quick connecting and disconnecting of an item.

Abstract: A separable bottom end stop in which a box pin has a box pin body, a first notch portion for receiving the head end of a locking pawl of a reverse-opening slider, and a protrusion piece projecting toward a separable pin in the direction of the tape width from a separable pin facing surface opposed to the separable pin. A side wall surface of the first notch portion and that sectional surface of the protrusion piece which is provided to the front end side of the box pin are formed in one plane to constitute a locking plane with which the front end of the locking pawl makes contact to lock the reverse-opening slider. The box pin body and the protrusion piece have a slant surface declined from the position of the locking plane toward an element row.

Abstract: A clip for releasably securing a panel to a support, including a socket member, and a ball member. The socket member includes a base having a bore positioned at a center point of the base and a collar located around the bore, the collar being partitioned into segment walls separated by gaps. The ball member includes a base having a collar positioned around the center and a cylindrical pillar with a spherical member projecting from a top surface of the base at a generally perpendicular angle to the base. The spherical member of the cylindrical pillar is pushed through the collar of the socket member, causing the segment walls to flex back to allow the spherical member to emerge from above the segment walls and the pillar to be encircled by the segment walls when the segment walls flex back to their original position, resulting in a secure snap fit engagement of the ball and socket members.

Abstract: A composite jewelry retaining element for a post is disclosed which includes a first inner core part that is a conventional retainer such as a butterfly clamp, spring biased clutch or screw back device. The inner core part is enveloped by an elastomeric section. The elastomeric section has a tubular passage that is sized slightly smaller than an aperture provided through the conventional retainer and that receives an earring post. The post is thereby retained by both the conventional retainer element and a gripping force imposed by the elastomeric section which is created by providing the passage that is slightly smaller than the post.

Abstract: A stepless fastening device includes a cap having a driving gear and multiple one-direction teeth connected to an underside thereof. The driving gear is engaged with a spool located in the base so that the strip or shoelace is wrapped to the spool. An operation unit is located beneath the cap and rotatable in a first direction for fastening and a second direction for loosening the strip or shoelace. An operation ring of the operation unit is connected to the underside of the cap and pushes an activation ring away from the cap when the operation ring is rotated in the second direction. An engaging member includes inclined teeth and pushed by the activation ring so that the inclined teeth are disengaged from the one-direction teeth of the cap when the operation ring is rotated in the second direction.

Abstract: A cremated remains containment vessel may include an outer shell including a base and sidewalls extending upwardly from the base. The sidewalls may be defined by a lower portion positioned adjacent the base and an upper portion positioned opposite the base. The outer shell may also include a plurality of interior walls extending upwardly from the base, interior the sidewalls, to define a plurality of compartments. The vessel may also include a top that is removeably connected to the upper portion of the sidewalls, and a pair of handles connected to the sidewalls of the outer shell to oppose one another. The vessel may further include a pair of grooves formed in a bottom portion of the base and aligned substantially parallel with one another. The vessel may still further include a liner carried by the outer shell adjacent an inner portion of the sidewalls and the base, and a data plate carried by a bottom portion of the top.

Abstract: The present invention utilizes jet streams of hot gas at a high efficiency and thereby to increase a bulk of non-woven fabric. Non-woven fabric containing thermoplastic synthetic fibers is subjected to jet streams of hot gas in a thickness direction of the non-woven fabric. A temperature of the jet streams of hot gas used for this process is set to a level lower than the temperature at which a resinous ingredient forming the surface of the thermoplastic begins to be melted. The jet streams of hot gas are directed to penetrate fiber interstices in the non-woven fabric and then to strike on a means serving to divert the jet streams of hot gas.

Abstract: To provide a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric resonator which can conduct frequency matching with high reliability when performing rough adjustment of the frequency by adjusting the shape of a piezoelectric oscillating piece before forming an electrode film, and thereby it becomes possible to avoid reduction of the yield. Etching for forming the shape of a piezoelectric oscillating piece, and etching for forming grooves are conducted simultaneously, and after forming the grooves, the shape formation of the piezoelectric oscillating piece is started again from the same depth as the groove in a state of covering the groove with a metal film, and after the shape formation, matching of frequency is conducted by etching the side surface of the piezoelectric oscillating piece in succession. By composing such a structure, it is possible to conduct rough adjustment of frequency at a low etching rate so that the frequency matching can be performed with no due difficulty and with high accuracy.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quartz crystal unit comprises the steps of disposing at least one metal film on each of two opposite surfaces of a quartz crystal wafer, disposing a resist on the at least one metal film, etching the quartz crystal wafer to form a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork base, and first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, forming an electrode on each of two opposite side surfaces of each of the first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines so that the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator vibrates in a flexural mode of an inverse phase, removing the resist disposed on the at least one metal film before the forming step of the electrode, mounting the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator on a mounting portion of a case by a conductive adhesive or a solder, and adjusting an oscillation frequency of the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator after the mounting step.

Abstract: A piezoelectric composite micromachined ultrasound transducer including single and multilayer 1-D and 2-D arrays having through-wafer-vias (TWVs) that significantly decreased electrical impedance per element, and hence the improved electrical impedance matching to T/R electronics and improved signal to noise ratio is disclosed. The TWVs facilitate integrated interconnection in single element transducers (positive and negative contact on the same side) and array transducers (contact pads array for integration with T/R switches and/or pre-amplifier circuits).

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for providing a precision laser adjustable (e.g., trimmable) thin film capacitor array. A plurality of individual capacitors are formed on a common substrate and connected together in parallel by way of fusible links. The individual capacitors are provided as laddered capacitance value capacitors such that a plurality of lower valued capacitors corresponding to the lower steps of the ladder, and lesser numbers of capacitors, including a single capacitor, for successive steps of the ladder, are provided. Precision capacitance values can be achieved by either of fusing or ablating selected of the fusible links so as to remove the selected subcomponents from the parallel connection. In-situ live-trimming of selected fusible links may be performed after placement of the capacitor array on a hosting printed circuit board.

Abstract: A pin tool assembly for forcibly removing a first type of retaining pin from digging teeth arranged in side-by-side relation across a forward edge of a digging implement. The pin tool assembly includes a tool defining a blind recess laterally disposed to one side of the tool. The tool assembly further includes an elongated extractor pin having an enlarged head portion and a shank portion extending from the head portion. Cooperating instrumentalities maintain and position the extractor pin relative the tool such that, when a force is applied to the tool, the free end of the shank portion of the pin engages with and forcibly extracts the retaining pin from the digging tooth.

Abstract: A method of recycling by reusing protective details that are removed in the course of manufacturing assembly operations is disclosed. The protective details are provided to protect subassemblies prior to final assembly operations. The protective details are collected, washed, inspected and re-certified. The re-certified parts are then reused.

Abstract: A method of forming a golf club head having improved aerodynamic characteristics. The method comprises a largest tangent circle method utilizing a cartesian coordinate system. The method results in the highest point of the crown surface located within a crown apex zone, wherein this location aids in the improved aerodynamic properties of the golf club head.

Abstract: A method for forming a driver type golf club head, the method comprising orienting a golf club head using a largest tangent circle method, forming a golf club head having an apex point positioned in a crown apex zone and designing a crown curve having some portion exist above a 5.25 inch radius arc, the radius arc beginning at the apex point and extending rearward toward the back end of the golf club head.

Abstract: An arrowhead removal device and a method of use thereof for removing an arrowhead comprising: a housing, wherein said housing includes openings that extend the length of the housing. A plurality of equally spaced slots is provided on the housing. The removal device further includes an attachment shaft, wherein said attachment shaft includes a threaded surface. The attachment shaft includes a first opening with a first diameter and a second opening with a second diameter where the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter, the first opening extending along a portion of the length of the shaft and abuts the second opening where the second opening extends further along the length of the shaft. The removal device also includes a means to move the shaft through the openings of the housing.

Abstract: A method for sealing edges of a vapor chamber includes steps of: providing a first cover and a second cover, the first cover having its periphery bent to form a first folded edge, the second cover having its periphery bent to form a second folded edge; providing a supporting structure and a wick structure between the first cover and the second cover; covering the second cover on the first cover with the second folded edge being superposed on the first folded edge; bending the first folded edge to cover on the second folded edge; and providing a pressing die to press the first folded edge, thereby tightly connecting the first folded edge to the second folded edge. In this way, excellent tightness of sealing edges of the vapor chamber is achieved. Further, the production yield of the vapor chamber is increased with a reduced cost.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making an arrangement for collecting or emitting light. A flexible sheet of material serves as substrate for a plurality of light collecting or emitting devices mounted in spaced relation on the sheet. The sheet has thereon electrical leads for interconnection to each device. For each device, a respective light coupler is formed by (1) forming a plurality of reflectors on the sheet around the intended periphery of the respective device, by applying reflective material to selected areas of the sheet; (2) forming cut lines around selected edges of the plurality of reflectors; (3) forming fold lines associated with the reflectors; and (4) folding the reflectors and attached substrate away from the substrate portion on which the device is mounted, to form a coupler whose interior is reflective and that is substantially closed around a main axis of light propagation into or from the respective device.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for securing and protecting electronic devices, for example mobile phones, from impact. By utilizing a fastening device constructed of a flexible, stretchable or elastic material, an electronic device may be wrapped and secured in order to provide protection and prevent damage from impact. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention, for protecting an electronic device comprises, a body in the shape of a string allowing the body to create a loop around an electronic device to form a protective layer, a first fastening end at one end of the body for initiating said loop, and a second fastening end at the other end of the body to complete said loop.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for managing the delivery of component parts and tooling to a robotic welding assembly positioned on a motor vehicle body assembly line. Automatic guided vehicles deliver component parts from a source of parts to a parts staging area on the robotic welding assembly including a substage awaiting area, a substage in-use area and a substage empty area, and further automatic guided vehicles deliver tooling from a tooling management area to the robotic welding assembly whereafter the tooling, upon model changeover, is moved to a tooling use area proximate the assembly line whereafter, upon further model changeover, the tooling is removed from the tooling use area and loaded onto an automatic guided vehicle for return to the tooling management area.

Abstract: A reinforced multi-lumen catheter and method of manufacturing the same. An assembly for manufacturing the multi-lumen catheter includes a proximal catheter body substrate including a septum, a first and second distal catheter body substrate, a first and second mandrel, a reinforcing element and a sleeve. The reinforcing element is positioned over the proximal catheter body substrate and at least a proximal region of the first and second distal catheter body substrates.

Abstract: A method for assembling a down hole drill comprises the steps of providing a cylindrical casing and a fluid distributor cylinder. Prior to assembly, the casing inner diameter is smaller than the fluid distributor cylinder outer diameter. A preassembly thermal treatment step is executed, in which the casing is heated to increase the casing inner diameter, or the distributor cylinder is cooled to decrease the distributor outer diameter, or both the casing is heated and the distributor cylinder is cooled. The distributor cylinder is then inserted into the cylindrical casing, and threaded into threads inside the cylindrical casing. Thermal energy is transferred between the cylindrical casing and the distributor cylinder, causing the casing inner diameter and the fluid distributor cylinder outer diameter to return to their preassembly sizes. This results in an interference fit along the outer surface of the distributor cylinder and the inner surface of the cylindrical casing.

Abstract: An absorbent article may comprise a first zone comprising graphics and a second zone comprising graphics, wherein the first and second zones have different elastic properties. Further, the absorbent article may comprise a first absorbent article component and a second absorbent article component having substantially different elastic properties, wherein the first absorbent article component comprises an elastomer. Additionally, the absorbent article may comprise a third absorbent article component overlapping the first and second absorbent article components, wherein the third absorbent article component comprises graphics on at least the portions which overlap the first and second absorbent article components.

Abstract: An absorbent article may comprise a first zone comprising graphics and a second zone comprising graphics, wherein the first and second zones have different elastic properties. Further, the absorbent article may comprise a first absorbent article component and a second absorbent article component having substantially different elastic properties, wherein the first absorbent article component comprises an elastomer. Additionally, the absorbent article may comprise a third absorbent article component overlapping the first and second absorbent article components, wherein the third absorbent article component comprises graphics on at least the portions which overlap the first and second absorbent article components.

Abstract: An absorbent article may comprise a first zone comprising graphics and a second zone comprising graphics, wherein the first and second zones have different elastic properties. Further, the absorbent article may comprise a first absorbent article component and a second absorbent article component having substantially different elastic properties, wherein the first absorbent article component comprises an elastomer. Additionally, the absorbent article may comprise a third absorbent article component overlapping the first and second absorbent article components, wherein the third absorbent article component comprises graphics on at least the portions which overlap the first and second absorbent article components.

Abstract: A decorative trim assembly and the process of manufacturing includes providing a clip, supplying an elongated metal bright strip, and inserting the clip inside the metal bright strip. Subsequently, bending the assembled bright strip with the clip along its longitudinal extent provides a final conformation of the structure. It is subsequently secured to a weatherstrip by snap-fit operation. The end customer maintains the ability to service the decorative trim piece independently of the weatherstrip system.

Abstract: A patching system for a net in a frame with hard points at select nodes of the net includes a patching device with a pair of spaced sockets each configured to receive a hard point therein. A member interconnects the pair of spaced sockets and is configured to properly space the hard points. Another patching device is for reconnecting hard points to the net frame.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: Electroactive actuation characteristics of novel BNNT based materials are described. Several series of BNNT based electroactive materials including BNNT/polyimide composites and BNNT films are prepared. The BNNT based electroactive materials show high piezoelectric coefficients, d13, about 14.80 pm/V as well as high electrostrictive coefficients, M13, 3.21×10?16 pm2N2. The BNNT based electroactive materials will be used for novel electromechanical energy conversion devices.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a measuring apparatus for capacitive determining and/or monitoring of at least the fill level of a medium. The measuring apparatus has a probe unit and an electronics unit. During a measurement, the electronics unit supplies the probe unit with an exciter signal and receives from the probe unit a received signal, from which the electronics unit ascertains a capacitance value. The probe unit is coated with an insulation layer, the coated probe unit is connected with the electronics unit and inserted into a container containing a calibration medium, the coated probe unit is covered completely by the calibration medium and an associated received signal is gained, and, with the associated received signal, at least one adjustable component of the electronics unit is set.

Abstract: To reduce the cogging torque of servomotors, electric power steering motors, and others, there is provided a permanent magnet motor comprising: a rotor 10 comprising a rotor yoke 11 and a plurality of permanent magnets (M1-M10); and a stator 20 comprising a stator yoke 22, salient magnetic poles 21, and armature windings 23, wherein at least one of the permanent magnets is disposed in an adjustment position that is displaced from a corresponding reference position in at least one of the circumferential, radial, and axial directions of the rotor yoke, and the plurality of permanent magnets excluding the permanent magnet disposed in the adjustment position is disposed in the reference positions, and wherein the adjustment position is set so that the permanent magnet motor in which at least one of the plurality of permanent magnets is disposed in the adjustment position has a smaller cogging torque than a permanent magnet motor in which all of the plurality of permanent magnets are disposed in the reference posi

Abstract: To provide a spool for a coil winding device capable of preventing poor insulation caused by a leakage of coil wires without initially inserted coil wires staying at the vicinity of slot openings. A spool for a coil winding device of this invention includes a plurality of coil winding surfaces increased stepwise in diameter from the bottom upward in a state where the spool is disposed on the coil winding device. The spool includes a front spool part and a rear spool part, which are placed at a distance from each other so that each turn of coil has a length corresponding to arbitrary lamination thickness of the stator core.

Abstract: A core pack manufacturing apparatus for preventing or substantially preventing an iron from contacting a cell or a protective circuit part in a process of soldering a connection tab of the cell to a connection terminal of the protective circuit part. A core pack manufacturing apparatus for soldering a connection tab connected to a cell to a connection terminal of a protective circuit part includes a cap including a first cover configured to cover the cell, and a second cover extending from a side of the first cover and configured to cover the protective circuit part, the second cover having an opening part configured to expose the connection tab and the connection terminal through the second cover for soldering.

Abstract: A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide an electronic component mounting machine and an electronic component loading head in which the loading head has two rows of nozzle shafts and that can promote miniaturization of the machine by minimizing the loading head. In a loading head having two rows of nozzles (L1 and L2) including a plurality of nozzle shafts arranged in rows and at a predetermined nozzle arrangement pitch, a ? rotary drive mechanism that rotates the nozzle shafts around their axes is configured so as to include driven pulleys (28) coupled to the respective nozzle shafts; a plurality of idlers (30) interposed between the two rows of nozzles (L1 and L2); and endless drive belts (29A and 29B) that transmit rotation of the ?-axis motors (27A and 27B) to the driven pulleys (28).

Abstract: A cable and method of forming the cable are presented. The cable contains twisted wire pairs disposed in a cavity defined by a jacket. Each wire has a conductor and an insulator surrounding the conductor. The cable may also contain a spline that separates the twisted wire pairs. At least one of the insulators or the jacket is helically corrugated such that ridges extend radially inward or outward. The ridges of the insulators may be the same or different. The cable is extruded from an extruder. The jacket may contain corrugations after being extruded by the extruder. The cable may be passed through dies to form a helically corrugated jacket. The jacket heated by a heater prior to being passed through the dies, or may pass through the dies while still hot from the extruder.

Abstract: A method for the production of a piston for an internal combustion engine is proposed, in which a piston blank (1) is forged, which is subsequently separated into two parts, to form an upper piston part (5) and a lower piston part (6), after which the lower piston part (6) and the upper piston part (5) are machined and then welded to one another again. Subsequently, the piston is finished. In order to simplify the production process and make it cheaper, during forging of the piston blank (1), the top (2) of the piston blank (1) is already partly given the shape of the underside of the upper piston part (5), and the underside of the piston blank (1) is given the shape that corresponds to the interior (3) of the lower piston part (6).

Abstract: Fabricating a turbine component (50) by casting a core structure (30), forming an array of pits (24) in an outer surface (32) of the core structure, depositing a transient liquid phase (TLP) material (40) on the outer surface of the core structure, the TLP containing a melting-point depressant, depositing a skin (42) on the outer surface of the core structure over the TLP material, and heating the assembly, thus forming both a diffusion bond and a mechanical interlock between the skin and the core structure. The heating diffuses the melting-point depressant away from the interface. Subsurface cooling channels (35) may be formed by forming grooves (34) in the outer surface of the core structure, filling the grooves with a fugitive filler (36), depositing and bonding the skin (42), then removing the fugitive material.

Abstract: A fluid ejection device ejecting a fluid, the fluid ejection device includes: a fluid ejection unit; a main chassis case; a fluid-containing pack; a container case; and a plurality of holders. The fluid ejection unit ejects a fluid onto an ejection target. The main chassis case houses the fluid ejection unit. The fluid-containing pack contains a fluid for ejection. The container case houses the fluid-containing pack. The plurality of holders is disposed inside the container case. Each of a plurality of holders includes an incline panel that inclines toward the inside base plane, and the fluid-containing pack rests on the incline panel.

Abstract: A press fitting method for heat pipe and heat sink includes the following steps. a) At least a heat pipe and a heat sink conducting heat to the heat pipe are provided. The heat sink is one of a heat conducting plate or a fin module. The heat sink has a groove for receiving the heat pipe. b) The heat pipe is placed into the groove. c) An end of the heat pipe or the heat pipe under the fins is pressed by a press mold so as to be deformed and fit to the groove as one. Through the above steps, an efficient and quick method is provided and the heat pipe will be tightly fitted to the heat sink so as to achieve a better heat dissipation.

Abstract: A composite interface and methods of fabrication are provided for coupling a cooling assembly to an electronic device. The interface includes a plurality of thermally conductive wires formed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity, and a thermal interface material at least partially surrounding the wires. The interface material, which thermally interfaces the cooling assembly to a surface to be cooled of the electronic device, is a second material having a second thermal conductivity, wherein the first thermal conductivity is greater than the second thermal conductivity. At least some wires reside partially over a first region of higher heat flux and extend partially over a second region of lower heat flux, wherein the first and second regions are different regions of the surface to he cooled. These wires function as thermal spreaders facilitating heat transfer from the surface to be cooled to the cooling assembly.