Patents Issued in January 3, 2013
  • FLOAT FOR DISPLAYING A FILL LEVEL
    Publication number: 20130000401
    Abstract: A float for displaying the fill level of a medium (3) in a container (2), wherein the float (1), in the intended use, is guided by the wall of the container (2, 4) and is suitable for reflecting electromagnetic waves emitted from a transmitter (5) toward a receiver (6). The float has improved electromagnetic wave reflecting characteristics regardless of whether or not the float is tilted in that, in the intended use, at least the end of the float facing the transmitter (5) is a reflector (20) for reflecting electromagnetic waves to the receiver (6) and that a field attenuation structure (8) is located behind the reflector (20) from the perspective of the transmitter (5) in such a manner that electromagnetic waves interacting with the field attenuation structure (8) are attenuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Michael VOGT, Uwe WEGEMANN
  • DEVICE FOR QUANTIFYING THE DEGASSING OF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ARRANGED IN A VACUUM CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20130000402
    Abstract: A device for quantifying the degassing of a piece of equipment placed in a vacuum chamber includes a metal blade made from a ferromagnetic material including a fixed end and a free end, the blade being provided with a cooling device and a device for measuring an intrinsic temperature of the blade; an electromagnet for exciting the blade; and a measurement sensor for measuring the excitation of the free end of the blade connected to a device for acquiring measurements and for calculating at least one oscillation frequency of the free end of the blade, the acquisition and calculation device being connected to a device for calculating a surface density of a mass deposited on the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: THALES
    Inventor: Alain Bettacchioli
  • DEVICE FOR DETECTING SHIFTED POSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130000403
    Abstract: A device for detecting a shifted position of a lever includes a sensor package, relative to which a magnetic carriage is displaceable, which sensor package is accommodated in a sensor housing. An air gap between the sensor package and the side of the magnetic carriage facing the sensor package is minimized using inserts which are integrated into the sensor housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GMBH
    Inventors: Frank Mai, Vahid Seyed-Khoei
  • ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20130000404
    Abstract: An angular velocity sensor includes a vibrator, a support substrate, an anchor section, a connection beam section, a driving section, and a detection section. The vibrator includes an inner vibrator and an outer vibrator, which vibrate in opposite circumferential directions when driven by the driving section. The connection beam section couples the vibrator to the anchor section, and is elastic in a z-direction and a circumferential direction. The connection beam section includes first connection beams, each of which is coupled to the outer vibrator at one end and is coupled to the inner vibrator at the other end, and second connection beams, each of which is coupled to a vibration node of a corresponding first connection beam at one end and is coupled to the anchor section at the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi KATSUMATA, Hirofumi HIGUCHI
  • METHOD OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT BY MEANS OF A VIBRATING SENSOR TO WHICH MODULATED CONTROLS ARE APPLIED
    Publication number: 20130000405
    Abstract: Method of angular measurement by means of a sensor comprising an axisymmetric resonator associated with means for setting the resonator into vibration and with means for detecting an orientation of the vibration with respect to a reference frame of the sensor, comprising the steps of applying a precession control so as to slave an orientation of the vibration to an angular setpoint value and of determining an angular measurement on the basis of the precession control. The method comprises a phase of modulating the angular setpoint value in such a way that the said setpoint value uniformly sweeps an angular span of ? radians and that a temporal derivative of the setpoint is deducted from the precession control prior to the determination of the angular measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Vincent Ragot
  • System and method for determining a gate position
    Publication number: 20130000406
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the position of a moveable barrier relative to the fully open position and fully closed position. The invention utilizes in a preferred embodiment a geo-magnetic sensor to determine the extent to which the barrier has traveled from reference position of fully open or fully closed to some intermediate point. A multi-axis sensor provides an output which changes during the barrier's excursion relative to each of the respective axes so that direction or tilt may be readily known in between the closed and open positions. Operation of the gate or barrier may be more efficiently controlled when its precise location between open and closed is known.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Alex Parsadayan, Wayne C. Hom
  • Inspection System And Methods For Integral Seals
    Publication number: 20130000407
    Abstract: An inspection system for integral seals includes an ultrasonic transducer configured to ultrasonically scan an integral seal having a rubber sealing member attached to a seal carrier, and a transducer positioning mechanism defining a plurality of translational degrees of freedom and a rotational degree of freedom. An electronic control unit is coupled with the ultrasonic transducer, and may be configured to store data indicative of a defect in the integral seal responsive to a reflection pattern defined by ultrasound reflected by the rubber sealing member and the seal carrier. Related methodology is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC
    Inventors: Dong Fei, Douglas Rebinsky, Colm Flannery
  • Self Diagnostic Composite Armor
    Publication number: 20130000408
    Abstract: A system incorporating sensor enhanced composite armor structure. The structure has one layer including ceramic tiles and ceramic-material transducers, wherein the ceramic tiles and the transducers fit closely together so that the one layer is ballistically windowless. The structure has other layers composed of armor material stacked with the one layer, the one layer and the other layers forming a plate which as a unit has a set or group of fundamental frequencies. The system includes logic means to analyze only signals resulting from vibrations transmitted from the one transducer to the other transducer through the one layer. The logic means thereby derives a signal fingerprint which characterizes a state of damage to the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Thomas J. Meitzler, Ivan Wong, Thomas P. Reynolds, Samuel E. Ebenstein
  • GYROSCOPE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20130000409
    Abstract: A gyroscope sensor includes a gyro disk. A first light source is configured to provide a first light beam. A first light receiver is configured to receive the first light beam for sensing a vibration at a first direction of the gyro disk. A second light source is configured to provide a second light beam substantially parallel with the first light beam. A second light receiver is configured to receive the second light beam for sensing a vibration in a second direction of the gyro disk. The second direction is different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Hau WU, Chun-Ren CHENG, Jiou-Kang LEE, Jung-Huei PENG, Shang-Ying TSAI
  • Pressure Gage with Removable Housing and Helix
    Publication number: 20130000410
    Abstract: A gage having a motion detection mechanism magnetically attached to a pressure sensing diaphragm. The motion detection mechanism is magnetically coupled to a pointer rotation mechanism configured to indicate the position of the diaphragm and the corresponding pressure sensed by the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DWYER INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Popp
  • PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE HAVING AN OPTIMIZED SENSITIVITY
    Publication number: 20130000411
    Abstract: A MEMS and/or NEMS pressure measurement device comprising a deformable membrane suspended on a substrate, one of the faces of the membrane being intended to be subjected to the pressure to be measured, detection means with strain gauges for the deformation of the membrane, said detection means being formed on a substrate and a non-deformable arm, transmitting the deformation in an amplified manner of the membrane to the detection means, the arm being rotatably hinged to the substrate about an axis (Y) substantially parallel to the plane of the membrane and which is integral with the membrane so that it transmits a deformation of the membrane to the detection means in an amplified manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENE ALT
    Inventors: Philippe ROBERT, Guillaume JOURDAN
  • GAS MONITORING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING PRESSURE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20130000412
    Abstract: A gas monitoring system is disclosed. The gas monitoring system may have a first electrode in fluid communication with a first gas and a second gas, and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode to contain the second gas between the first and second electrodes. The gas monitoring system may also have a pulse generator configured to apply a series of voltage pulses to the first and second electrodes and create a plasma in the second gas. Each voltage pulse in the series of voltage pulses may have an incrementally higher voltage amplitude than a preceding voltage pulse in the series of voltage pulses. The gas monitoring system may further have a detection controller in communication with the pulse generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Sergey KORENEV
  • ANTI-SLIP GROOVES IN A CRIMPED PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130000413
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a base component of a pressure sensor assembly includes a hollowed volume (e.g., chamber, bore, space, etc.) in which to house components such as a pressure sensor element and pressure sensor circuitry. Opposite an opening to the hollowed volume, the base component further includes a port through which to receive a fluid. An inside wall of the first end of the metallic base component includes grooves. The grooves can be created on the inner wall based on a metalworking operation known as broaching. To produce the pressure sensor assembly, at least a portion of the first end of the metallic base component including the grooves is crimped inward to fixedly couple a connector component to the metallic base component and retain the pressure sensor electronics and pressure sensor circuitry within the hollowed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mitchell, Juan P. Sanchez
  • Mounting Apparatus for a Pressure Gage
    Publication number: 20130000414
    Abstract: A gage having a motion detection mechanism magnetically attached to a pressure sensing diaphragm. The motion detection mechanism is magnetically coupled to a pointer rotation mechanism configured to indicate the position of the diaphragm and the corresponding pressure sensed by the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DWYER INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Michael A. Popp
  • FRACTURE ANALYSIS METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR SPOT WELDED PORTION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20130000415
    Abstract: Maximum allowable load values of a welded portion in respective fracture modes of a load fracture, a moment fracture, and a nugget interior fracture are found based on at least one of a sheet thickness t, a tensile strength TS, an elongation El, and a chemical composition of a nugget portion in each of spot-welded steel sheets, a nugget diameter d of a welded portion, an effective width B of the welded portion determined by a distance between adjacent welded portions, edges or ridge lines, and a sectional height H. Then, according to these fracture modes, an allowable load value at every moment after the maximum allowable load value of the welded portion is reached is found, and a displacement or a time at which the allowable load value becomes 0, that is, at which a complete fracture occurs is found, thereby finding a fracture limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Naruhiko Nomura, Akihiro Uenishi
  • Waste Water Assessment
    Publication number: 20130000416
    Abstract: Waste water assessment apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The waste water assessment apparatus comprises: transceiver circuitry configured to transmit a microwave signal and to receive one or more reflections of the microwave signal; and processing circuitry configured to process the one or more reflections of the microwave signal to determine one or more characteristics of waste water flowing through a conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: DES19N LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin James Croft, Ducan Kenneth Wallace
  • System for Treating Liquids
    Publication number: 20130000417
    Abstract: A system for treating liquids comprising: a fluidics unit having at least one functional unit; at least one liquid storage unit of the first type; at least one liquid storage unit of second type; a first liquid line; and a second liquid line, wherein a flow of liquid through the first liquid line directed from the fluidics unit to the liquid storage unit of first type is blocked, at least at times, by means of a first valve and a flow of liquid through the second liquid line in the direction from the liquid storage unit of second type to the fluidics unit is blocked, at least at times, by means of a second valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Endress + Hauser Conducta Gesellschaft fur Mess- und Regeltechnik mbH + Co.
    Inventors: Michael Hanko, Stefanie Honncher, Axel Fikus
  • STARTUP AND OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR A DIGITAL FLOWMETER
    Publication number: 20130000418
    Abstract: Startup and operational techniques for a digital flowmeter are described. For example, during a startup operation of the flowmeter, the mode of operation might include a random sequence mode, in which filtered, random frequencies are applied as a drive signal to a flowtube associated with the digital flowmeter. Once the flowtube reaches a resonant mode of vibration, the digital flowmeter may transition to a positive feedback mode, in which a sensor signal representing a motion of the flowtube is fed back to the flowtube as a drive signal. In a digital synthesis mode of operation, the analyzed sensor signals are used to synthesize the drive signal. The digital flowmeter may revert to a previous mode to regain stable and desired oscillation of the flowtube, such as might be required during a recovery operation associated with a disturbance to an operation of the digital flowmeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Manus P. Henry, Mayela E. Zamora
  • MULTI-AXIS ELECTRONIC MODULE MOUNTING ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130000419
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for adjusting the position of an electronic module along a first axis, a second axis, and a third axis, in which the first, second, and third axes are all perpendicular to each other, includes a first adjustment block, a second adjustment block, and a third adjustment block. The first adjustment block is movable along the first axis and the second axis and is mounted against movement along the third axis. The second adjustment block is coupled to the first adjustment block, is movable along the second axis, and is mounted against movement along the first and third axes. The third adjustment block is disposed between the first adjustment block and the second adjustment block, is movable along the second and third axes, and is mounted against movement along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Veeresh Shivaprakash Yagati, Gautham Ramamurthy, Max Jarrell, Sivaprakash Eswaran
  • ULTRASONIC MERGING OF PARTICLES IN MICROWELLS
    Publication number: 20130000420
    Abstract: A method for simultaneously merging suspended particles and/or cells in a plurality of discrete microwells, each of said microwells having at least a bottom wall and lateral walls, wherein a multifrequency or broadband acoustic wave including at least two different frequencies is applied to an inner volume of each of said microwells, the frequencies of said acoustic wave being selected to generate a standing and/or stationary wave in said volume; a device for simultaneously merging suspended particles and/or cells in a plurality of discrete microwells, including: a substrate with a plurality of discrete microwells, each of said microwells having at least a bottom wall and lateral walls; and one or more acoustic transducer(s), configured for applying a multifrequency or broadband acoustic wave, including at least two different frequencies, to an inner volume of each of said microwells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Jettec AB
    Inventors: Otto Manneberg, Martin Wiklund, Björn Önfelt, Thomas Frisk, Hans M. Hertz, Bruno Vanherberghen
  • MEDIUM SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE
    Publication number: 20130000421
    Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and systems that use acoustic radiation pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael D. WARD, Carleton C. Stewart, Gregory Kaduchak
  • COLLECTION UNIT
    Publication number: 20130000422
    Abstract: A collection unit (80) of this invention includes: a collection carrier cartridge (82) formed, at its center, with a through hole (82b3) into which a nozzle for supplying hot water or ATP reagent is inserted including a carrier filling dish (82b), on an outer circumference of the through hole (82b3), to be filled with a collection carrier (90) for collecting floating bacteria in the air and an upper lid (82a) on which the carrier filling dish (82b) is placed, formed with a protrusion to be inserted through the through hole (82b3); an impactor nozzle head (86) which covers a surface of the collection carrier (90) and has a plurality of nozzle holes (87) facing the surface of the collection carrier (90); and a fan (84) which introduces air to the surface of the collection carrier through the nozzle holes (87). A velocity of the air passing through the nozzle holes (87) is 40 m/s to 50 m/s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Noe Miyashita, Ryusuke Gotoda
  • APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING DEFECTIVE MEDICINES
    Publication number: 20130000423
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for inspecting a defective medicine. The apparatus includes a body provided therein with a working space used to correct the defective medicine, a defective medicine winding roll installed at one side of the body and around which medicine pack containing the defective medicine is wound, a reinspector installed at one side of the defective medicine winding roll to reinspect medicine packs released from the defective medicine winding roll, a corrected medicine winding roll installed at an opposite side of the body to wind medicine packs, which have been inspected by the reinspector or corrected in the working space, and a controller to control operations of the defective medicine winding roll, the reinspector, and the corrected medicine winding roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: JVM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun-Ho KIM
  • CYCLE LIFE TESTING MACHINE FOR PIVOTABLE ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20130000424
    Abstract: A cycle life testing machine includes a controller, a clamping device, a driver, and a cycle device. The cycle device includes a servo motor, an actuator, a shaft, and a swing rod. The controller sends a signal to control the driver to trigger working of the servo motor, and the servo motor drives the actuator and the shaft rotate to swing the swing rod in a cycle procedure specified by the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSRTY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TENG-TSUNG HUANG, YONG-BING HU, YUAN-ZHAO LI, ZHAN SHANG
  • PELVIS ASSEMBLY FOR CRASH TEST DUMMY
    Publication number: 20130000425
    Abstract: A pelvis assembly for a crash test dummy includes a pair of pelvic bone members, the pelvic bone members being a right pelvic bone member and a left pelvic bone member both made of a thermoset plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: John A. Arthur, Paul J. Depinet, Zhenwen J. Wang, Cheng Yao, John D. Below, Michael S. Beebe
  • RIB CAGE ASSEMBLY FOR CRASH TEST DUMMY
    Publication number: 20130000426
    Abstract: A rib cage assembly for a crash test dummy includes a rib cage member made of a plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: John A. Arthur, Paul J. Depinet, Zhenwon J. Wang, Cheng Yao, John D. Below, Michael S. Beebe, Eric Jacuzzi
  • RISING CABLE WITH STABILIZED DRIVER
    Publication number: 20130000427
    Abstract: In a rising cable (1) with a driver (5) which is fastened at its one end and is configured for coupling to a sliding element (17) which can be moved in the axial direction of the rising cable (1), the driver (5) is configured as a cast metal body which is cast around the end region of the rising cable (1), and said driver (5) has a lateral recess (16) which is configured for coupling and is arranged in the axial direction on the other side of the end of the rising cable (1), wherein an axially parallel pin (10) is cast integrally in that cross section of the driver (5) which remains next to the recess (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: GEMO D. G. MORITZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Stenzel
  • MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR DEVICE FOR RADIOTHERAPY
    Publication number: 20130000428
    Abstract: A multi-leaf collimator device for radiotherapy, including: a frame that has a box shape and has through-holes formed in top and bottom surfaces thereof; a plurality of collimators that are received in the frame, wherein each of the collimators includes a rack gear formed on the top surface of the collimator, the collimators are symmetrically arranged in a left-right direction about a central portion of the frame, and are slidably provided on the frame; and a motion driving unit that includes a pinion gear that is formed to be detachable from the rack gear formed on the top surface of the collimator, and is provided on the frame to move the pinion gear in a front-back direction of the frame and an up-down direction of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL & MEDICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Young Hoon Ji, Hai Jo Jung, Kum Bae Kim, Mun Sik Choi, Seung Woo Park
  • System and Method to Prevent Premature Wear on Key Shaft
    Publication number: 20130000429
    Abstract: A system and method for lubricating a key shaft in a compaction machine is disclosed. The compaction machine may include a spline oil cavity and a key shaft in fluid communication with the spline oil cavity. The key shaft may include an axial splined portion and a helical splined portion on an outer surface thereof, a longitudinal lubricating passage extending through a substantial length of the key shaft and a plurality of additional lubricating passages intersecting the longitudinal lubricating passage. The system and method may additionally include lubricating the axial splined portion and the helical splined portion of the key shaft with the lubricating oil drawn from the spline oil cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR PAVING PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: John L. Marsolek, Nicholas A. Oetken, Nathan L. Mashek, Eric A. Hansen
  • COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130000430
    Abstract: An apparatus for compressing or decompressing a compressible body is provided. The apparatus comprises an upper nest arm and a lower nest arm separated by a rigid rod. The upper nest arm has an upper nest arm mounting feature configured to receive a first end of the compressible body. The upper nest arm mounding feature is shaped to fit the contours of the compressible body. The lower nest arm has a lower nest arm mounting feature configured to receive a second end of the compressible body. The lower nest arm can traverse the rigid rod to either compress or decompress the compressible body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Randal Frank ZYCHOWSKI, Ronnie D. BOGGS
  • TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20130000431
    Abstract: Transmission, in particular for converting a rotational movement around the longitudinal axis of the transmission into a linear movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis or vice versa, having a rod having a gearing, a gear tooth carrier, in which gear teeth are accommodated so they are radially movable for an engagement with the gearing, the rod and the gear tooth carrier being mounted rotationally fixed relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: WITTENSTEIN AG
    Inventor: Heiko Schreiber
  • DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND LOCKING A MOVABLE CONTROL SURFACE
    Publication number: 20130000432
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for adjusting and locking a movable control surface, which includes, but is not limited to a rotatably held spindle, an adjustment body, a linear guide, a drive unit, a linear positioning encoder and a control unit. The adjustment body with the linear guide is slidably guided along a first movement axis, and the spindle is connected to the adjustment body for moving the adjustment body along the movement axis. The adjustment body is configured to connect to a control surface mount, and the linear positioning encoder and the drive unit are connected to the control unit. The latter is designed to adjust a predetermined actuating position of the adjustment body by rotation of the spindle with the drive unit and by comparing an actual position, detected by the linear positioning encoder, of the adjustment body with the predetermined actuating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventor: Eldert AKKERMANN
  • DUAL SLIDING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130000433
    Abstract: A sliding assembly includes a main body, a sliding element, a first elastic device and a second elastic device. The sliding element can slide relative to the main body in a first direction and a second direction. The first elastic device is rotatably fixed to the sliding element, the first elastic device providing a first elastic force driving the sliding element to slide relative to the main body in the first direction and the second direction. The second elastic device provides a second elastic force to lock the sliding element at different states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED, SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CONG LIU
  • BALLSCREW ASSEMBLY WITH DETECTION FEATURE
    Publication number: 20130000434
    Abstract: A ballscrew assembly for an actuator is provided. In an embodiment, the ballscrew assembly includes a ball nut assembly including a view port; a ballscrew provided within at least a portion of the ball nut assembly; an inner rod provided within the ballscrew in the direction of the longitudinal axis, the inner rod including an enlarged end portion; and a compression mechanism, such that at least a portion of the compression mechanism is provided between the enlarged end portion and the ballscrew. In another embodiment the assembly is configured such that when the inner rod is in a failed state, the compression mechanism provides a force that moves the visual indicator toward the view port. In another embodiment, the assembly includes a proximity sensor in addition to, or in lieu, of a view port to detect a failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Donald R. Cavalier, Garen R. Maines
  • WORM WHEEL, REDUCER, AND MOTOR WITH THE REDUCER
    Publication number: 20130000435
    Abstract: A worm wheel (50) is structured integrally with an output shaft (52). The worm wheel (50) includes the output shaft (52), a circular flange (50a) with the output shaft (52) placed as the center, and teeth (50b) formed on the periphery of the flange (50a) and in mesh with a worm. The flange (50a) is provided with a first recessed flange portion (50c) opposite to the side of the output shaft (52), and the bottom (54) of the first recessed flange portion (50c) has a ring-shaped first planar portion (54a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: MABUCHI MOTOR CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Uenishi, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Yamagata, Kiyoto Itou
  • SHIFT SWITCHING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130000436
    Abstract: An HV-ECU executes a program including a step (S102) of turning on a fail-safe permission flag if a select sensor is abnormal (YES in step S100), and a step (S108) of transmitting a non-P request signal to a P-ECU if the position of a shift lever is read as the N position (YES in S104) and a predetermined time Tn(2) elapses (YES in S106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koki UENO
  • SHIFT FORK ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130000437
    Abstract: A shift fork assembly (120, 120a, 120b, 120c, 120d) including a shift rail member (122, 122a, 122c, 122d) having a slot (188) defined therein and a shift rail axis (24), and a fork member (126, 126b, 126c, 126d) mounted in the slot and carried by the shift rail member. The fork member and shift rail member have movement relative to each other. The fork member has pivoting motion relative to the shift rail member about a pivot axis (206) that extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the shift rail axis, and the pivot axis is adapted to extend substantially between the shift rail axis and a gear axis (48).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Kongsberg Automotive AB
    Inventor: Kenneth Skogward
  • Robotic Movement System
    Publication number: 20130000438
    Abstract: A robotic movement system includes at least one orb-based transmission assembly that includes an orb mount structure to or in which a magnet is mounted. At least one motor and a plurality of rollers are also mounted to the orb mount structure. The rollers contact an orb, which is rotated via rotation of the rollers for displacement and rotation of the robotic platform. The orb also includes a magnet having a magnetic attraction to the magnet mounted to the orb mount structure to hold the orb in contact with the rollers. In exemplary embodiments, the robotic movement system can function as a navigation and displacement mechanism for a displaceable robotic system or as a robotic joint for robots or for living beings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Alexander G. Ouellet
  • Methods and Apparatus for Utilizing Electrically Powered Vehicles
    Publication number: 20130000439
    Abstract: A quick release electric throttle assembly connected to a supplemental electric propulsion system, wherein the propulsion system may be moved from one vehicle to another, and the throttle must be correspondingly moved among the vehicles as well is disclosed. The quick release interface may incorporate a disengaging and disengageable electric connection to permit electrical wiring to be quickly plugged and unplugged from the hand actuated accessory. The throttle may be further be configured as a low profile throttle, such as having a flat surface with at least one button by which the throttle may be actuated. The throttle may be secured and released from the control surface of a vehicle by wrapping the laminar flexible sheet at a desired position and wrapping a Velcro like strap over one another about the manual control surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: EV-IP, LLC
    Inventors: Mark E. Wanger, Mark A. Anderson
  • VEHICLE PEDAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130000440
    Abstract: A pedal system or assembly can be provided to allow a driver of an vehicle to operate the vehicle. The pedal assembly can include a portion that will disengage or move to allow at least a foot engaging portion of the pedal system to discontinue movement towards the driver and allow movement of the pedal towards an engine compartment and away from a passenger compartment in the vehicle. The pedal of the pedal assembly, however, can remain engaged to the components that allow for operation of vehicle systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Autoline Industries Indiana LLC
    Inventor: Randall Bushong
  • GRIP FOR HANDLEBARS OF A BICYCLE AND SIMILAR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREFORE
    Publication number: 20130000441
    Abstract: A grip includes a substantially tubular body equipped with ends and having a substantially cylindrical cavity with a longitudinal axis (X), the body being able to be fitted on an end of the handlebars, a padding associated with the body, a cover positioned above the padding, means for fastening the grip to the handlebars, the cover including a thermoshrinking and/or thermoformable material, so that, following a heating and/or cooling, the cover takes the form of the padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SELLE ROYALE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Bourgeois, Stefano Segato
  • Cam Unit for a Constructed Camshaft
    Publication number: 20130000442
    Abstract: A cam unit for arranging on a camshaft main part of a camshaft in a rotationally fixed and axially movable manner. The cam unit includes a tubular sleeve main part and at least one cam element that lies on the sleeve main part in a rotationally fixed and non-movable manner. The sleeve main part and the at least one cam element are designed as individual parts that can be separately produced and subsequently assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Peter Wiesner, Manfred Muster, Thomas Binder, Jonathan Heywood
  • VEHICLE DIFFERENTIAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130000443
    Abstract: A vehicle differential device having a differential case rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing and a drive shaft inserted into the differential case, including an oil sump member on the opposite side of the differential case to the bearing, the oil sump member including an insert hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and an oil supply channel formed higher than the drive shaft in the vertical direction, wherein at least a portion of the insert hole is formed with a gap between the insertion hole and the drive shaft wider than that on the vertically lower side of the rotational axis of the drive shaft, the oil sump member includes a discharge hole allowing oil to flow out toward the differential case if an oil level of an oil chamber formed between the oil sump member and an oil seal exceeds a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoatsu Iwasa, Yoshichika Shimane, Mizuki Imafuku, Yuichi Usui, Hideya Osawa, Yohei Takahashi
  • VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130000444
    Abstract: A reverse gear set 28, which is adapted to be connected to a second input shaft 16 and to be connected selectively to a first input shaft 11 via a third switching unit 53, is provided in a transmission 20 of a vehicle driving system 1, whereby a reverse driving can be implemented by rotating the first input shaft 11 in a reverse direction to a direction in which the first input shaft 11 rotates for a forward driving by means of power of at least one of an engine 6 and a motor 7, and plural gear of an odd-numbered gear train can be selected by first switching units 51, 61.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shinichi Okubo, Takayuki Kishi
  • METHOD OF SETTING A SLAG CONSISTENCY AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD
    Publication number: 20130000445
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for setting a slag consistency in an electric arc furnace, structure-borne sound measurements are carried out on the electric arc furnace during the melting
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Matschullat
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED SLAG ON HIGH-CHROMIUM MELTS IN AN ELECTRIC FURNACE
    Publication number: 20130000446
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing foamed slag on high-chromium steel melts in an electric furnace, whereby a mixture consisting of a metal oxide and carbon is introduced into the furnace, the metal oxide in the slag is reduced by the carbon, and the gases created in the slag form bubbles which thus foam up the slag. In order to be able to control the gas formation and thus the foaming process, the mixture consisting of a metal oxide and carbon and optionally an iron carrier is introduced as preforms, such as pellets, which are compressed and/or provided with a binding agent. The gas formation can be controlled in terms of location, type and time, by adjusting the characteristics of the pellets, especially the density and/or compression characteristics thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lutz Rose, Johann Reichel
  • System and method for making a structured magnetic material with integrated particle insulation
    Publication number: 20130000447
    Abstract: A system for making a material having domains with insulated boundaries is provided. The system includes a droplet spray subsystem configured to create molten alloy droplets and direct the molten alloy droplets to a surface, a gas subsystem configured to introduce one or more reactive gases to an area proximate in-flight droplets. The one or more reactive gases creates an insulation layer on the droplets in flight such that the droplets form a material having domains with insulated boundaries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Sripati Sah
  • LEAD FREE REDUCED RICOCHET LIMITED PENETRATION PROJECTILE
    Publication number: 20130000448
    Abstract: A frangible projectile with a specific gravity similar to a lead projectile. The projectile comprises 34-94%, by weight, binder. The binder comprises poly ether block amide resin. The projectile further comprises 6-66%, by weight, ballast. The ballast comprises at least one member selected from a group consisting of tungsten, tungsten carbide, molybdenum, tantalum, ferro-tungsten, copper, bismuth, iron, steel, brass, aluminium bronze, beryllium copper, tin, aluminium, titanium, zinc, nickel silver alloy, cupronickel and nickel. The projectile can be prepared with a particularly preferred specific gravity of 5-14 and more preferably 11-11.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: John D. LeaSure
  • TITANIUM POWDER PRODUCTION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20130000449
    Abstract: The invention provides a crystalline Ti powder produced in a molten salt medium, said powder comprising predominantly particles of single ?-Ti crystals that are directly applicable in powder metallurgy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: CSIR
    Inventors: David Steyn Van Vuuren, Salomon Johannes Oosthuizen
  • TILTING ROTARY FURNACE SYSTEM AND METHODS OF ALUMINUM RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20130000450
    Abstract: A tilting rotary furnace with a door assembly that seals against a furnace vessel. The seal between the door and the furnace vessel allows for regulation of the internal environment of the furnace and control over thermitting of the aluminum. As a result, aluminum recovery may be carried out without the use of salt. A portion of the door may rotate with the furnace vessel and a portion of the door may remain rotationally stationary with respect to the furnace vessel and the rotating portion of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ALTEK, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Erik D. Grimm