Patents Issued in December 1, 2011
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Publication number: 20110291441Abstract: A cross laminated strand product formed from a laminate of a plurality of layers, wherein each layer includes substantially aligned strands of wood bonded together with a binder including an isocyanate resin, and wherein the respective strands of adjacent layers are oriented substantially perpendicularly to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: LIGNOR LIMITEDInventor: Peter Edward BURTON
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Publication number: 20110291442Abstract: The invention relates to a door hooking arrangement for a motor vehicle for protecting against an impact on a vehicle door (1) comprising a catch hook (5) and a receiver (6) for the catch hook (5), the catch hook (5) and receiver (6) being correspondingly arranged on the vehicle door (1) and a door frame (4) in the vehicle. The invention provides that the catch hook (5) comprises at least one barb (9). Thus, with plastic deformation of the vehicle door, the catch hook (5) is hooked very firmly in the receiver (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Dirk van Oirschot
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Publication number: 20110291443Abstract: Provided is a front window formed in a cabin including an upper window formed in a front face of the cabin and having a window frame with an underside portion, and a lower window disposed below the upper window so as to contact the upper window, while being capable of inhibiting condensed water from building up on the underside portion and rusting the underside portion. The upper window is provided with a glass plate having a periphery to be attached to an outer face of the window frame, defining a clearance between the underside portion and the glass plate to let out the condensed water generated on an inner face of the glass plate downwardly from the underside portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTDInventors: Yoshiaki MURAKAMI, Masafumi Yoneda
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Publication number: 20110291444Abstract: A vehicle having a driver control region, such as a drive cab, and a specialized frame extending rearward from the driver control region and having a rear module body which can be easily exchanged on the specialized frame. The specialized frame has two rails, each with an incline or slope segment, and the rear module body has two open bottom frame channels, which conform to the rails and the inclines or slope segments thereof. When lowered onto the specialized frame, interaction between the specialized frame and frame channels creates a forward push resulting in a desired position of the rear module body rearward of driver control region. Optionally, the specialized frame may be provided by adaptors attached to a regular vehicle frame to provide a slope segment or incline. The vehicle may be based on a truck, such as a chassis-cab or upon an all-terrain-vehicle (ATV). A plurality of specialized rear module bodies may include box, closed container, or passenger oriented configurations.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Timothy B. Ische
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Publication number: 20110291445Abstract: A front structure for a motor vehicle with an upper and with a lower load path has a modular component. The modular component includes, but is not limited to a cross member for connecting of ends of side members of the lower load path facing in driving direction and a radiator member for holding a radiator of a combustion engine of the motor vehicle. The front structure because of this can be produced particularly cost-effectively and is constructed in a particularly simple manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Hans-Joachim PATSCHICKE, Jens HARTMANN
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Publication number: 20110291446Abstract: A saddle support includes a pipe and a fixing clamp with a tightening lower plate and a tightening upper plate mounted at one upper end of the pipe and able to solidly tighten one or more support elements for supporting the saddle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Vincent Bourgeois
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Publication number: 20110291447Abstract: A seat cover for use with vehicle seats with or without side deployed airbags. In an example, the seat cover is made of a uni-body construction with upper and lower sections for respectively covering a seat back and seat cushion. Openings are provided in the upper and lower sections for insertion of the seat back and seat cushion. A side panel is disposed on each lateral side of the upper section that aligns with an expected path of the airbag when deployed. A frangible seam couples the panel to the remaining portion of the seat cover. The frangible seam fails at a force sufficiently less than the force of a deploying airbag. Thus when the airbag is deployed the force consumed by cleaving the frangible seam panel does not impede airbag deployment. Also included is an alignment member to position the panel in the expected path of the deploying airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANYInventors: Christine Mount, Jonathan Johnson, Erika Sheppard, Glenn Jendrycki
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Publication number: 20110291448Abstract: An occupant protection device includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a base portion provided in a vehicle body; a support portion that is provided in the seat back and that overlaps a backrest of the seat back as viewed from front of a vehicle; a reclining angle adjustment portion that changes a reclining angle of the seat back by moving the support portion with respect to the base portion; and a contact portion that is provided in the vehicle body. If the support portion is displaced rearward in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle due to a rearward load that exceeds a prescribed magnitude being applied to the seat back, the contact portion comes into contact with the support portion on both the right and left sides of the seat back with respect to a center portion of the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Syuzo Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20110291449Abstract: The invention consists of a chair back support, which consists of at least two flexible elongated supports (2,2a) on both sides of the seat (1), which supports (2, 2a) are connected with support belts (3, 3a and 4, 4a), all supporting a person's back and making gymnastic movements possible both for the back and stomach while sitting on the chair.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Jarl Fredrik Serlachius
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Publication number: 20110291450Abstract: A child safety seat can be formed in a single body, and comprises a seating portion having an upper surface and opposite bottom surface, and two armrests projecting upward at left and right sides of the seating portion, the upper surface having left and right front corners provided with lobe portions, and the bottom surface having recessed portions respectively corresponding to the locations of the lobe portions. Each of the recessed portions has a shape that can fit with the shape of each of the lobe portions. When two instances of the seats are stacked on each other, the lobe portions of the lower seat are respectively fitted at least partially into the recessed portions of the upper seat, and the tapered inner surfaces of the armrests on the lower seat are in contact with the tapered outer surfaces of the armrests of the upper seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Michael H. GILLETT, Joseph F. FIORE, JR., Guang-Hui ZHAO
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Publication number: 20110291451Abstract: A safety belt buckle (B?) for a seat is disclosed. The seat (S?) has a crotch pad (P?) in the seating area, which coincides with an attachment region between the safety belt buckle and the seat (S?) so that the crotch pad (P?) is positioned between the safety belt buckle (B?) and a person positioned in the seat (S?) and held in place in the seat (S?) by means of the belt buckle (B?), with both the crotch pad (P?) and the buckle (B?) between the legs (L) of said person. The safety belt buckle (B?) has a body (11) with a surface (12) which in use faces the crotch pad (P?). The body (11) has an attachment means (13) for attachment of the buckle (B?) to the crotch pad (P?) of the seat (S?). A safety belt assembly having such buckle (B?) is also disclosed, as well as a vehicle seat (B?), preferably a child seat, having such safety belt assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: HOLMBERGS CHILDSAFTEY HOLDING ABInventor: Johan Westman
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Publication number: 20110291452Abstract: A chair adjustment structure includes a base member, a top cover pivotally connected to the base member, a spring member connected between the base member and the top cover, and a back bracket pivotally connected to the base member and the top cover. Therefore, when the user sits on the seat pad of the chair, the back bracket is forced to pivot the top cover to provide the user with sitting comfort.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Wen-Shan KO
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Publication number: 20110291453Abstract: A seating structure including a base, a pair of laterally spaced support arms each having a seat portion and a backrest portion and a transition portion joining the seat portion and backrest portion, wherein the support arms are coupled to the base. A body support member extends between and is connected to the support arms and includes at least a seat portion and a backrest portion. A support element is coupled to the base and includes a central support arm extending upwardly along a centerline of the backrest portion of the body support member. The central support arm is spaced rearwardly from the backrest portions of the support arms and further includes a pair of laterally extending struts connecting the central support arm and the laterally spaced support arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: JOHANN BURKHARD SCHMITZ, Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Claudia Plikat
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Publication number: 20110291454Abstract: A soldier platform system and method includes a soldier platform system in a vehicle. In an embodiment, the soldier platform system includes a seat assembly. The seat assembly includes a seat and straps. The soldier platform system also includes a restraint harness belt. The restraint harness belt is secured to the seat assembly. In addition, the soldier platform system includes mounting assemblies. The straps attach the seat to the mounting assemblies. The soldier platform system further includes a ratchet platform that has a platform upper assembly and a platform lower assembly. The soldier platform system also has a strap retractor and a retractor strap. The retractor strap is extractable from the strap retractor, and the retractor strap is retractable by the strap retractor. Additionally, the strap retractor retracts the retractor strap upon achieving a strap threshold. Moreover, the strap retractor is secured to the platform lower assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: BLACK MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventor: Kyle L. Greenwood
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Publication number: 20110291455Abstract: An infant carrier apparatus comprises a seat assembly, a backrest assembly including a first and second backrest frame, and a backrest holding mechanism. The first backrest frame includes first side and transverse segments, the second backrest frame includes second side and transverse segments, the first side segment being coupled with the seat assembly via a first pivot point. The backrest holding mechanism can be movably assembled between the first and second transverse segment, and include a latch element movable between a first and second position. The first position of the latch element causes the backrest holding mechanism to be in locking engagement with the first transverse segment to prevent rotation of the backrest assembly relative to the seat assembly, and the second position of the latch element removes the locking engagement of the backrest holding mechanism to permit rotation of the backrest assembly relative to the seat assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Xiang Yong Zeng
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Publication number: 20110291456Abstract: A headrest has a generally vertical rod mountable in a motor-vehicle seat and formed with a plurality of vertically spaced and horizontally open notches, a support vertically movable along the rod and adapted to carry a head cushion, and a latch element vertically fixed on the support and shiftable on the support between a latched position engaged in one of the notches and locking the support on the rod against downward movement and an unlatched position disengaged from the rod and permitting free vertical movement of the support on the rod. An actuating element is pivotal about an axis on the support between an actuated position holding the latch element in the disengaged position and a rest position with the latch element in the engaged position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Christian POEHLMANN, Manfred Schlierf, Joerg Girbinger, Maximilian Kotz
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Publication number: 20110291457Abstract: A furniture frame includes an assembly of a front frame, a pair of side racks, and a rear board. The front frame includes a closed frame structure made of a tubular member and forms four fitting lugs at a rear side portion thereof in a symmetric manner. The two side racks are made of tubular members to each assume a lying U-shaped structure and each lying-U-shape has an open side at which free ends of limbs of the U-shape each form a bent section. The two side racks are of a symmetric arrangement and structure so that the bent sections are respectively fit into the fitting lugs to demonstrate an expanding resiliency between the connection sections of the two side racks. The rear board is a flat plate having opposite edges that are bent in an arc form to construct pawls thereon, and the pawls on the opposite edges of the rear board are sized and positioned to respectively receive and thus engage the connection sections of the side racks.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: JOEN-SHEN MA
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Publication number: 20110291458Abstract: The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for releasing children from child safety seats. A child safety seat is secured to a vehicle seat, and a child is secured to the child safety seat. A single release action enables the child to be removed from the child safety seat thereby facilitating removal of the child from the child safety seat and reducing the time required to remove the child from the child safety seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Michael M. Blackmon, Daniel T. Daly, Ryan D. Nelms, Joseph Ralph McGinty, Stephen Michael Faes
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Publication number: 20110291459Abstract: A restraining device eases the loading, unloading and securing of an infant/child to a car seat by holding the shoulder straps of the harness assembly away from the seating area of the car seat. A common, central body is secured to the carrying handle of the infant car seat by at least one of the at least one radial extension. Another of the at least one radial extension is used to secure the harness shoulder strap temporarily to the carrying handle while the infant/child is placed in the seating area of the car seat. The harness shoulder strap is subsequently released from the carrying handle and returned to its original position within the seating area for properly securing the infant/child to the car seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Ashley R. Bruce, Dylan S. Bruce, Patricia L. Hoehne
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Publication number: 20110291460Abstract: A seating unit includes: a base; a frame with arms on opposing sides; a seat; a backrest; at least one ottoman; a reclining mechanism, a lift mechanism and a power unit. The reclining mechanism interconnects the frame, the seat, the backrest, and the at least one ottoman, and comprises a series of pivotally interconnected links and configured to move the seating unit between (a) an upright position, in which the backrest is generally upright and defines a first backrest angle relative to horizontal, the seat is generally horizontal, and the at least one ottoman is retracted below the seat, (b) a TV position, in which the backrest substantially maintains the first backrest angle, and the at least one ottoman is extended in front of the seat, and a fully reclined position, in the at least one ottoman remains extended on front of the seat, and the backrest defines a second backrest angle relative to horizontal that is shallower than the first backrest angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Marcus L. Murphy, D. Stephen Hoffman
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Publication number: 20110291461Abstract: In one aspect of the invention, a degradation element includes a substrate bonded to a sintered polycrystalline ceramic. The sintered polycrystalline ceramic has a tapering shape and a rounded apex. The rounded apex has a curvature with a 0.050 to 0.150 inch radius when viewed from a direction normal to a central axis of the degradation element that intersects the curvature. The rounded apex includes the characteristic of when the rounded apex is loaded against a rock formation, the rounded apex fails the rock formation forming a crushed barrier ahead of the rounded apex that shields the rounded apex from a virgin portion of the rock formation while still allowing the rounded apex to penetrate below a surface of the rock formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: David R. Hall, Marcus Skeem, Francis Leany
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Publication number: 20110291462Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a tire and an electrical motor having a stator and a rotor. The wheel assembly also includes a rim that is encircled by the tire. At least one of the stator and rotor is directly exposed to the rim. Both the stator and the rotor are housed by the rim. The electrical motor is operable to drivingly rotate the rim and the tire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventor: Eric Vaughn Meyers
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Publication number: 20110291463Abstract: A wheel rim protective structure has a closed ring made of a semi-rigid durable plastic material. A plurality of spaced apart durable curved metal clips extend from the inner edge of the ring and are oriented to insert between the tire and rim. Each clip has a number of unidirectional barbs that facilitate installation but resist unwanted extraction by engaging the tire portion. Knurling on the opposite side provides more static friction against the wheel surface. The metal clips also provided a situs for a low profile fastener to allow other structures to be attached to the ring such as decorative panels, lights, flags streamers, or other decorative or counterbalancing structures. The ring and clips can be made from a unitary piece of injection molded material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Slobodan Milicevic, Srdjan Markovic
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Publication number: 20110291464Abstract: There is provided a cap attachment structure, including: a cap that is attached to a wheel of a vehicle; a first elastic deformation portion that is provided at the cap, the first elastic deformation portion being elastically deformed and engaging with the wheel while the cap is attached to the wheel; and a second elastic deformation portion that is provided at the cap, the second elastic deformation portion not being elastically deformed while the cap is attached to the wheel, and the second elastic deformation portion being elastically deformed by engaging with the wheel when the cap is detached from the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-SeisakushoInventor: Satoshi ONISHI
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Publication number: 20110291465Abstract: The present disclosure relates to vehicle road wheels with attachable ornaments. The ornaments can have a different surface finish or treatment than the outboard surface of the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Mark Peschiutta, Kristy Joi Downing
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Publication number: 20110291466Abstract: A bicycle wheel spoke assembly includes a spoke and a spoke nut. The spoke has a rim attachment end and a hub attachment end. The spoke nut has a main body with a cylindrical shaped outer surface and a bore extending at least partially through the main body. The outer surface has at least one axially extending rib configured for engagement with a spoke aperture of a bicycle wheel hub. The bore of the main body of the spoke nut includes threads with the hub attachment end of the spoke being threadedly secured within the bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Shimano Inc.Inventors: Takanori KANEHISA, Masashi GOTO, Seiji MOURI
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Publication number: 20110291467Abstract: A novel, preassembled hub assembly is presented having all the standard components (including the inboard and outboard bearings, spacer, and lubricant seal) preassembled inside the hub at the manufacturing facility. In addition, the manufacturing facility also affixes a pre-positioned spindle nut assembly to the hub assembly. In this embodiment, the preassembled hub assembly (with the pre-positioned spindle nut assembly affixed to the hub) has no separate or loose parts, facilitating shipment and installation of the hub assembly. Installation only requires placement of the novel hub assembly on the spindle and the tightening of the factory installed, pre-positioned retaining nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Frank Severini, Dan Lippis, Conor Crowley, John Hodge
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Publication number: 20110291468Abstract: A novel spindle nut assembly is presented comprising the following three components: a washer, a locking snap ring, and a nut. Each of these three components function together, and in conjunction with the spindle of a vehicle axle, to affix a wheel hub assembly onto the spindle of an axle. The three components comprising the spindle nut assembly incorporate design features allowing the components to interlock and resist loss of preload compression on the hub assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Brian Rieger, Terry Lofthus, Mark R. Brasch
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Publication number: 20110291469Abstract: Disclosed is a method for operating a brake system for motor vehicles that can be actuated in a “brake-by-wire” operating mode both by the vehicle driver and independently of the vehicle driver, and that is operated preferably in the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, and that can be operated in a first fallback operating mode wherein a brake force amplifier is available, and in a second operating mode without brake force amplification, in which only operation by the vehicle driver is possible. According to the invention, the “brake-by-wire” operating mode, provided as the normal operating mode, is divided into energy-saving and high-power operating modes, between which a switch is made depending on the braking situation, and using different components of the hydraulic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CONTINENTAL TEVES AG & CO., OHGInventor: Stefan A. Drumm
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Publication number: 20110291470Abstract: Disclosed is an electrohydraulic brake system for use in vehicles which can be braked by means of generator operation of an electric drive motor. The brake system comprises, inter alia, a brake booster and an electronic control unit which is provided for distributing the braking effect between a generative component or recuperation braking component and a friction braking component. In order to optimize the take-up of pressure medium, in particular during recuperation braking, the brake booster (6, 11, 15) is configured to be electrically actuated by the electronic control unit (10). The boosting force generated by the brake booster (6, 11, 15) is exerted as a function of variables relevant to the brake system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Continental Teves AG & Co. OHGInventor: Stefan A. Drumm
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Publication number: 20110291471Abstract: A tractor braking system (10) having independent brake circuits (L,R) for each of a left and a right wheel is provided. Each circuit is activated by a respective brake pedal (16,17). The system comprises a releasable locking mechanism (25) to lock the two pedals together and sensors (50) to detect depression of the respective pedals (16,17). In response to a detection of only one pedal being depressed, warning means are provided to indicate to a driver that the pedals are in an unlocked state. A sensing of simultaneous depression of the pedals may be used to indicate that the pedals are in a locked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: AGCO GMBHInventor: Johann Epple
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Publication number: 20110291472Abstract: There is disclosed a suspension unit comprising a suspension hub having a connecting element which is arranged to be secured to a vehicle chassis and a suspension arm which is mounted on the suspension hub for pivoting movement about an axis of the suspension hub. A resilient arrangement is accommodated within the suspension arm and includes a displaceable element which is connected by a connecting rod to a crank pin supported by the suspension hub at a position spaced from the hub axis. A rotational damper acts between the suspension hub and the suspension arm and comprises a first damping part and a second damping part that are rotatable with respect to one another and which define a damping chamber therebetween which is arranged to contain a damping fluid. A fluid expansion chamber is provided which is arranged to contain excess damping fluid and which is in fluid communication with the damping chamber through a fluid passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: HORSTMAN DEFENCE SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Tim Holman, Robert D'Aubyn
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Publication number: 20110291473Abstract: A continuous flexible track for extending about a plurality of aligned wheels on a vehicle or track module, the track includes an outer ground-engaging surface and an inner wheel-engaging surface having inwardly-projecting wheel-engaging lugs. Each lug has a proximal end, a distal surface, front and back surfaces and opposite side surfaces. Each lug further includes a flex-groove extending between the side surfaces and from the distal surface toward the proximal end, thereby dividing the lug into two portions to allow around-wheel hinging motion. In most preferred embodiments, a lug-receiving cap may be positioned over and replaceably secured with respect to each lug. A method for prolonging the useful life of such a track is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: ATI, INC.Inventors: Jamsheed Reshad, Duane Tiede
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Publication number: 20110291474Abstract: A control system for controlling a position of a window and method thereof are provided. The control system includes a cover at least partially adapted to have a trough, the cover having a interior side and an exterior side, and a first proximity sensor adjacent to the interior side that is configured to detect an object within the first portion of the trough. The control system further includes a second proximity sensor adjacent to the interior side that is configured to detect the object within the second portion of the trough, and a processor in communication with the sensors, and configured to communicate a control signal to the window as a function of the detection of the sensors, wherein the control signal is based upon a most recent detection of the sensors when both sensors are activated within a first time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Anna Miller Hill, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Joseph S. Witek
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Publication number: 20110291475Abstract: Vehicular electrical systems are provided. The vehicular electrical systems include a first direct current (DC) voltage supply, a second DC voltage supply coupled to the first DC voltage supply, a first direct current-to-direct current (DC/DC) power converter coupled to the first and second DC voltage supplies, a second DC/DC power converter coupled to first and second DC voltage supplies and the first DC/DC power converter, and a power receptacle electrically connected to the second DC/DC power converter. The second DC/DC power converter is configured to regulate power flow between the first and second voltage supplies and the power receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Jochen Schaffnit
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Publication number: 20110291476Abstract: Vehicle indicator lights, such as run-brake lights and/or side running lights, are converted to run-turn-brake indicator lights. A run-turn-brake converter is connected to vehicle-supplied run, brake, left turn, and right turn signal leads, the run-turn-brake converter producing left and right run-turn-brake signals. Existing vehicle wiring is reconfigured by disconnecting a first lead wire from the low-intensity input of a first three-terminal brake-run light socket, disconnecting a second lead wire from the low-intensity input terminal of a second three-terminal brake-run light socket, disconnecting a third lead wire from the high-intensity input terminal of the second three-terminal brake-run light socket, and connecting the second lead wire to the high-intensity input terminal of the second three-terminal brake-run light socket. The left and right run-turn-brake signals are connected to the sockets via the second lead wire and via a fourth lead wire, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CUSTOM DYNAMICS LLCInventors: Dave Pribula, Evan J. Calarco
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Publication number: 20110291477Abstract: A composite power supply includes a plurality of power cluster lines, at least one USB port and at least one DC port formed on a surface of a casing, and the power cluster lines, the USB port and the DC port are electrically connected to a circuit board and the circuit board includes a plug-and-play circuit electrically connected to the USB port and provided for an electronic device to access electric power through the USB port, so as to waive the inconvenience of booting a computer before using the electric power, and the circuit board includes a DC-DC conversion circuit electrically connected to the DC port, and a knob or a multi-stage switch in the DC-DC conversion circuit is provided for adjusting the output voltage of the power ports to improve the convenience of the application significantly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SOLYTECH ENTERPRISE CORPORATIONInventors: CHANG-HSING CHEN, SHENG-WEI CHEN
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Publication number: 20110291478Abstract: A method for power distribution management includes receiving data specifying a group of Power Distribution Units (PDUs) from which an electronic device powered by at least one of the group of PDUs draws power; and automatically determining whether the electronic device is redundantly powered.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Charles W. Cochran, Thomas Edwin Turicchi, JR.
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Publication number: 20110291479Abstract: An energy storage system and a method of controlling the energy storage system are disclosed. The energy storage system includes an integrated controller configured to determine a functional state of a power converting unit, a bidirectional converter, and a bidirectional inverter based on conditions of the power generation system, the battery, and the load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung-Im LEE
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Publication number: 20110291480Abstract: Disclosed is a method (400) of tracking a maximum power point (MPP) of a PV (photovoltaic) system (100) comprising a circuit (120) including a controller (124) controlling a DC voltage-DC voltage converter (126) for converting an output current of the photovoltaic system, the controller further comprising a memory, the method comprising measuring (412) a first value of a photovoltaic system voltage at an initial maximum power point; storing said first value in said memory; periodically sampling (406) a power output level of said photovoltaic system, and upon detecting a change in said power output level exceeding a first threshold, reading the first value from the memory; and adjusting (410) a duty cycle of the DC voltage-DC voltage converter until the circuit voltage matches said first value; the method further comprising fine-tuning (414) the duty cycle of the DC voltage-DC voltage converter to a further maximum power point following detecting a change in said power output level exceeding a first threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: NXP B.V.Inventors: Mukesh Balachandran Nair, Nagavolu Srinivasa Murty, Dattatreya Shankar Bhat
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Publication number: 20110291481Abstract: The power source apparatus is provided with batteries 1 that supply power to a load; a current regulating circuit 2 that controls battery 1 current; a fuse 6 connected in series with the batteries 1; a first computation circuit 3 that computes a first allowable current that can flow through the batteries 1 based on at least one parameter including battery 1 specified current, temperature, voltage, and remaining capacity; and a second computation circuit 4 that computes a second allowable current that can flow through the fuse 6 without blowing the fuse 6 based on the time integral of current flow through the fuse 6. The current regulating circuit 2 controls the battery 1 current to a value lower than the first allowable current computed by the first computation circuit 3 and the second allowable current computed by the second computation circuit 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Satoru Matsumoto, Shinya Inui, Hiroshi Tatsumi
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Publication number: 20110291482Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, an electronic circuit and method for defaulting to a valid battery supply to power an electronic device. In an example, an electronic circuit can be configured to receive information about the battery supply (e.g., an internal battery), such as the battery supply voltage (VBAT), and to determine if the battery supply is valid or invalid using the received information (e.g., comparing the VBAT to a threshold). If VBAT is valid, the electronic device can default to receiving power from the battery supply. If VBAT is invalid, the electronic device can receive power from another power supply, such as an external supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: James A. Siulinski, Kenneth P. Snowdon
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Publication number: 20110291483Abstract: To provide an electric power system capable of adequately controlling the power flow in an AC switch (120) constituting an interruptible power supply, an electric power system according to the present invention includes: an uninterruptible power supply (100) including an AC switch (120) provided between a commercial power supply (200) and an output part (102), a secondary battery (130), and an inverter (135) provided between the AC switch (120) and secondary battery (130); an important load (150) connected to the output part (102); a photovoltaic power supply (140) connected to the output part (102); an electric power detection section (181) that detects the power consumption of all loads including the important load (150); an electric power detection section (131) that detects charge/discharge power of the secondary battery (130); an electric power detection section (141) that detects the output power of the photovoltaic power supply (140); an electric power detection section (151) that detects the power conType: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SHIMIZU CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihiro Yamane, Shigeo Numata, Eisuke Shimoda, Morihiro Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20110291484Abstract: An accelerator includes an inflector through which a beam entering from an ion source passes and which introduces the beam to an acceleration orbit. The inflector includes a beam convergence unit that converges the beam passing through the inflector. A cyclotron, which accelerates a beam in a convoluted acceleration orbit, includes magnetic poles, D-electrodes, and an inflector. The magnetic poles generate a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the acceleration orbit. The D-electrodes generate a potential difference, which accelerates the beam, in the acceleration orbit. A beam, which enters in an incident direction perpendicular to the acceleration orbit, passes through the inflector, and the inflector bends the beam so as to introduce the beam to the acceleration orbit. The inflector includes a beam convergence unit that converges the beam passing through the inflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi TSUTSUI
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Publication number: 20110291485Abstract: An apparatus includes a sense module configured to be coupled to at least one power supply, where the sense module has a first leg. The apparatus also includes a replica module having a second leg, where the first and second legs have a common structure. The apparatus further includes a feedback loop configured to cause an output voltage across terminals of the replica module to at least substantially equal an input voltage across terminals of the sense module based on sense currents in the first and second legs. At least one cascode stage coupled to the sense module can be configured to reduce a voltage at which one or more signals from the sense module are referenced. One or more trim units can be used to reduce a gain error and/or an offset error between the input voltage and the output voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Athos Canclini, Willem Johannes Kindt
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Publication number: 20110291486Abstract: A system and method for combining power from DC power sources. Each power source is coupled to a converter. Each converter converts input power to output power by monitoring and maintaining the input power at a maximum power point. Substantially all input power is converted to the output power, and the controlling is performed by allowing output voltage of the converter to vary. The converters are coupled in series. An inverter is connected in parallel with the series connection of the converters and inverts a DC input to the inverter from the converters into an AC output. The inverter maintains the voltage at the inverter input at a desirable voltage by varying the amount of the series current drawn from the converters. The series current and the output power of the converters, determine the output voltage at each converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Meir ADEST, Lior Handelsman, Yoav Galin, Amir Fishelov, Guy Sella
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Publication number: 20110291487Abstract: An indoor unit performs a control operation to not supply power to a load device through a power/communication line simultaneously with other indoor units. An air conditioning system may includes an indoor unit including a microcomputer to output a power application signal to supply power to a load device through a power/communication line, and a duplicate power application prevention unit to interrupt the power application signal from the microcomputer when the power is simultaneously applied to the power/communication line by a different indoor unit, to prevent the power from being duplicately applied to the power/communication line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Su Ho Jo, Kwan Joo Myoung, Awata Hiroshi, O Do Ryu
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Publication number: 20110291488Abstract: According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring at least one circuit branch coupled to a power line, the system comprising at least one first module comprising a Current Transformer (CT) configured to be coupled to the at least one circuit branch and to produce a reference signal having a level related to a current level of the at least one circuit branch, a rectifier coupled to the CT and configured to produce a rectified reference signal, a capacitor coupled to the rectifier, and a first microcontroller coupled to the capacitor and the rectifier, wherein, the capacitor is configured to store energy from the rectified reference signal, and wherein, the first microcontroller is configured to be powered by the energy stored in the capacitor and to sample the rectified reference signal to determine the current level of the at least one circuit branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Namwook Paik, Vishwas Mohaniraj Deokar, James H. Donalds
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Publication number: 20110291489Abstract: A power transmission method used in a high-power wireless induction power supply system consisting of a power-supplying module and a power-receiving module is disclosed. The power-supplying module regulates its output energy by means of frequency modulation and driving power adjustment, enabling the energy to be received by the power-receiving module and transmitted through a power-receiving coil array and a primary resonant capacitor and a secondary resonant capacitor of power-receiving resonance circuit, a synchronizing rectifier, a low-power voltage stabilizer, a high-frequency filter capacitor, a first power switch, a low-frequency filter capacitor and a second power switch of a filter circuit for output to an external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Inventors: Ming-Chiu TSAI, Chi-Che CHAN
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Publication number: 20110291490Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power devices. A device may include a transmit antenna and a metallic structure spaced from and configured for detuning the transmit antenna. The device may further include a circuit for tuning the transmit antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventors: Guining Shi, Sreenivas Kasturi