Patents Issued in July 11, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130174410
    Abstract: A system for assembling electronic devices includes at least one coating element for applying a moisture-resistant coating to surfaces of a device under assembly, or an electronic device under assembly. As components and one or more moisture-resistant coatings are added to the electronic device under assembly to form a finished electronic device, at least one surface on which the coating resides and, thus, at least a portion of the coating itself, is located internally within the finished electronic device. Methods for assembling electronic devices that include internally confined moisture-resistant coatings are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: HZO, INC.
    Inventors: Blake Stevens, Max Sorenson, Marc Chason
  • Publication number: 20130174411
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to disassembly of a display device having a panel module in which a panel is joined to a support member by joint member (3) and a circuit board is disposed on a rear side of the support member. The joint member of the panel module is immersed into heated heating medium (12) with the panel module being held by holder (10), this joint member is heated while heat transmitted to the support member at the time of heating is conducted to holder (10) and dissipated, and the panel and the support member are then separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Panasonic Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130174412
    Abstract: A modular, flexible architecture for offering full-field breast ultrasound (FFBU) functionality and general-purpose ultrasound functionality in a single system is described. A conventional, general-purpose ultrasound system (202) is modified with an FFBU toolkit to create a dual-capability ultrasound system (200), the dual-capability ultrasound system (200) being able to accommodate both general-purpose ultrasound functionality and FFBU functionality, using a single ultrasound engine (112). Among other advantages, real-world clinical environments may enjoy cost savings for initial system procurement, space savings on clinic floors, easier and less expensive system upgrades, and the ability to use a single system and user interface for both FFBU screening and for follow-up diagnosis, biopsy, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Zengpin YU, Danhua Zhao, Thomas P. Neff, Wei Zhang, Shih-Ping Wang
  • Publication number: 20130174413
    Abstract: An armature assembly apparatus for assembling an armature of an electrical machine is provided. The armature assembly apparatus has an armature holding apparatus to hold a partially assembled armature such that a rotation axis of the armature is horizontal. The armature assembly apparatus has a rotating device for rotating the partially assembled armature about a rotation axis. The armature assembly apparatus also has a ring segment conveyance for conveying an armature ring segment to a mounting position relative to a free ring segment portion of the partially assembled armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Damgaard Hoell, Jakob Mikkelsen, John Krath Pedersen, Martin Bach Soerensen
  • Publication number: 20130174414
    Abstract: A planar magnetic structure has an electrically insulating carrier made up of a base portion and opposed upstanding sidewalls. A plurality of planar primary windings and planar secondary windings are interstitially disposed within the carrier with planar dielectric spacers located between each adjacent pair of windings. A ferrite core envelopes the assembly to magnetically couple the windings. The carrier and windings form at least two spaces-apart sets of cooperating registration features which maintain the windings in fixed alignment with the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130174415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a control interface for motor vehicle comprising a touch pad exhibiting a front face, and a housing accommodating said touch pad, said housing exhibiting an aperture delimited by a border for access to the front face of the touch pad by a user, characterized in that: -in the course of a first step (101), the aperture of a housing is disposed around a touch pad provided with a film on the front face, the film covering at least the front face of the touch pad and the edges of the housing, -in the course of a second step (102), a holding force is applied to the housing so as to hold it, and -in the course of a third step (103), a liquid levelling lining material is introduced into a peripheral space partitioned off by the film, the border of the housing and the rim ate touch pad, so as to spread the liquid levelling lining material in said peripheral space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Gérard Guenin, Frédéric Autran, Henry Beraud
  • Publication number: 20130174416
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a multilayer article, the article comprising two crosslinked semiconductive layers separated by and bonded to an insulation layer, the semiconductive layers formed from a peroxide-crosslinkable olefin elastomer and the insulation layer comprising composition comprising a silane-grafted olefinic elastomer, the process comprises the steps of: (A) injecting the silane-grafted olefinic elastomer between the two crosslinked semiconductive layers so as to have direct contact with each semiconductive layer, and (B) crosslinking the silane-grafted olefinic elastomer in the absence of a peroxide catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Mohamed Esseghir, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Saurav S. Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20130174417
    Abstract: A method comprises providing an interposer comprising a substrate and a first through-substrate via (TSV) penetrating through the substrate, forming a first oxide layer on a surface of the interposer, bonding a glass substrate to the interposer through a fusion bonding, with the first oxide layer being between the interposer and the glass substrate and forming a second TSV in the glass substrate and electrically coupled to the first TSV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tiawan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130174418
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a cable assembly manufacturing method of manufacturing a cable assembly which has the water cutoff property and of which insertion holes can be attached to small housings. A method of manufacturing a cable assembly includes: a bundling process of bundling a plurality of cables; a molding step of providing a pair of seal caps on outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of bundled cables by way of insertion molding; an inserting step of inserting a portion of the plurality of cables between the seal caps in a water-proof tube having a stretching property; a covering step of covering the seal caps by the both ends of the water-proof tube water-tight; and a connecting step of connecting connectors to the both ends of the plurality of cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: FUJIKURA LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130174419
    Abstract: Method for producing a piston ring provided with a butt joint, in that an annular metallic main body is provided with at least one hard layer at least in the area of the outer circumferential surface of said main body, wherein after this coating the inner circumferential surface of the piston ring is at least partially subjected to a wall-thickness-reducing material removal process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FEDERAL-MOGUL BURSCHEID GMBH
    Inventor: Klaus Meyer
  • Publication number: 20130174420
    Abstract: An equipment for coating an airfoil of a turbine blade of a turbine engine in a coating block, including a base on which a molding block is positioned for flow of the coating metal, the molding block including a cavity defining a reference plane on the block for positioning the block in space, wherein the base also includes a cradle supporting the blade via six bearing points defining an orientation plane representative of an angular position of the airfoil relative to a root of the blade. The cradle is rotatably movable relative to the base about an axis oriented so as to be substantially parallel to a direction of a leading edge of the blade, to enable a modification in an angle formed between the reference and orientation planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Jose Chacon, Jean-Jacques Michel Roussel
  • Publication number: 20130174421
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a cooling apparatus for cooling an electronics rack, which includes an air-to-liquid heat exchanger, one or more coolant-cooled structures, and a tube. The heat exchanger is associated with the electronics rack and disposed to cool air passing through the rack, includes a plurality of coolant-carrying tube sections, each tube section having a coolant inlet and outlet, one of which is coupled in fluid communication with a coolant loop to facilitate flow of coolant through the tube section. The coolant-cooled structure(s) is in thermal contact with an electronic component(s) of the rack, and facilitates transfer of heat from the component(s) to the coolant. The tube connects in fluid communication one coolant-cooled structure and the other of the coolant inlet or outlet of the one tube section, and facilitates flow of coolant directly between that coolant-carrying tube section of the heat exchanger and the coolant-cooled structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: International Business Machines Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130174422
    Abstract: A method including the steps of forming an inner ring of the wheel hub, as the joining of a spindle and an insert ring fitted onto the spindle, on the side of a first end of the spindle; axially blocking the insert ring on the spindle by plastically deforming the first end of the spindle so as to form an upset collar therewith, which axially protrudes from the insert ring; and once the step of forming the upset collar has finished, frontally obtaining on the collar, on the side opposite to the insert ring, a frontal toothing by axially impressing on the collar one or more knives in sequence, carried in an axially sliding manner by a plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Domenico BOSCO, Davide Antonio OLIVIERI, Marcello ROSSI
  • Publication number: 20130174423
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a knife including a blade and a handle, wherein the blade has a first end provided with a projection and two resilient elements, each resilient element has one end protrudingly provided with an engaging portion, and the handle has a receiving space for receiving the blade and has a first track and two second tracks provided longitudinally thereon. The projection can be movably inserted in the first track. The distance between each pair of the corresponding ends of the second tracks corresponds to the distance between the engaging portions. Thus, when the engaging portions are respectively engaged in a pair of the corresponding ends of the second tracks, the engaging portions cannot move along the second tacks, such that either the blade is completely received and positioned in the handle, or a second end of blade is extended and positioned outside the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Shun-Yi Liao
  • Publication number: 20130174424
    Abstract: A flexible shaft drive transmission coupled between a drive motor and a gear train of a power operated tool. The flexible shaft drive transmission includes: an outer casing having a bushing positioned at a tool end of the casing, the bushing defining a longitudinal central opening; lubricant disposed within the outer casing; and an elongated drive transmitting shaft assembly rotatable within the outer casing including a flexible drive transmitting and a coupler fitting affixed to the tool end of the drive transmitting shaft, the coupler fitting including a cylindrical body and an enlarged head extending distally from the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body fitting within the longitudinal central opening of the bushing and the enlarged head having a diameter greater than a diameter of the longitudinal central opening of the bushing. The enlarged head defining a square drive aligned with a central longitudinal axis of the drive transmitting shaft assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Bettcher Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: JEFFREY A. WHITED, Nicholas A. Mascari
  • Publication number: 20130174425
    Abstract: A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device includes a handle having an outer surface, the outer surface having a first end and a second end and defining a width. The cutting device further includes a plurality of blades coupled to the handle and extending from the first end. Each of the plurality of blades is spaced apart from another of the plurality of blades in a generally width-wise direction. The cutting device further includes a channel defined in the handle extending from the first end generally towards the second end. The channel is spaced from the neighboring blades in the generally width-wise direction and comprising a recess and an opening. The outer surface defines the opening. The channel allows movement of at least one of the plurality of blades in the generally width-wise direction with respect to another of the plurality of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Scott NEAL, David WOLFF, Glen BURKE
  • Publication number: 20130174426
    Abstract: A clamping device of a reciprocating power tool includes at least one clamping unit, which has at least one working-tool receiving element and has a variation element, disposed on the working-tool receiving element, for varying at least one parameter of the working-tool receiving element. The variation element is movably mounted on the working-tool receiving element and/or has at least two mutually differing working-tool receiving contours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Robert Bosch GmbH
  • Publication number: 20130174427
    Abstract: A power tool is provided with a perforated material remover to remove perforated material from power tool cutting implements. The power tool also includes a rip guide which has a long guide edge and two attachment points to the shoe/base of the saw. The rip guide is attached to the base/shoe via a pair of L-shaped openings that accept L-shaped support arms of the rip guide. The rip guide can also be folded for compact storage. The power tool also includes dual bevel scales for quickly and easily setting the bevel angle on the power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Richard C. Nickels, JR., David L. Wikle, Tim Bowman, James R. Parks, Jonathan D. Bigden, Jeffrey Peck, Mei Ling Cheng, Hung Jung Chaing, Chun Chieh Huang
  • Publication number: 20130174428
    Abstract: A reciprocating power tool that includes a drive system having a first driven gear that includes a spindle counterbalance weight and a second driven gear that includes a spindle counterbalance weight. The first driven gear and the second driven gear rotate in opposite directions about an axis of rotation in response to rotation of a driving gear by a motor. The power tool further includes a spindle having a longitudinal axis and a first end that is configured to support a tool element. The spindle is coupled to one of the first driven gear and the second driven gear by a scotch yoke mechanism to reciprocate the spindle with respect to a housing of the power tool along the longitudinal axis of the spindle in response to operation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventor: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130174429
    Abstract: A portable pencil sharpener is capable of being manually operable or operable to be driven by a remote torque driver. The pencil sharpener is capable of sharpening either a carpenter's pencil or a Number 2 pencil. Pencil shavings are retained in a compact housing and removed through a retractable panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Richard Steven Constantine, Man For Ma
  • Publication number: 20130174430
    Abstract: A bow sight that decouples the shooter's bow cant from elevation adjustments. A segmented support assembly includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion is adapted to attach to the bow. The distal portion is rotatably attached to the proximal portion and adapted to rotate around a Y-axis relative to the proximal portion. A micro-adjust controls the rotational position around the Y-axis of the distal portion relative to the proximal portion. An elevation assembly is attached to the distal portion. A bezel assembly is attached to the elevation assembly. The elevation adjustment moves the bezel assembly along a substantially vertical axis while the bow is held at a bow cant greater than zero. The micro-adjust decouples the shooter's bow cant from operation of the elevation assembly. A windage assembly is optionally located between the elevation assembly and the distal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FIELD LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: LARRY PULKRABEK, Jay Engstrom, Aaron Pellett, Matthew Haas
  • Publication number: 20130174431
    Abstract: A sighting device for a bow that includes a support assembly adapted to attach to the bow. A bezel assembly is attached to the support assembly. The bezel assembly includes a micro-adjust with a lead screw located adjacent to a bezel opening. A plurality of pin carriers each include a slider selectively moveable between an engaged position coupled to the lead screw and a disengaged position. As a result, each pin carrier is adapted to be selectively and independently displaced or not displaced by rotation of the micro-adjust. A plurality of sight pins are coupled to the pin carriers. Each sight pin includes a sight point at a distal end located in the bezel opening and a proximal end coupled to one of the pin carriers. The sight points are adapted to align the bow with a target viewed through the bezel opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FIELD LOGIC, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Pulkrabek, Jay Engstrom, Aaron Pellett, Lee Trueblood
  • Publication number: 20130174432
    Abstract: An attachment device 46 is for attaching and removing a distance measuring instrument 3 to and from an angle measuring instrument, and the attachment device comprises a base unit 61 where the distance measuring instrument is fixed, a fixing unit 55 for fixing the base unit on the angle measuring instrument, and an optical member 52 for deflecting a distance measuring light from the distance measuring instrument so as to concur with a sighting optical axis of the angle measuring instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOPCON
  • Publication number: 20130174433
    Abstract: A clothes treating apparatus includes a filter insertion detecting device that detects whether a filter has been inserted in the clothes treating apparatus. The filter insertion detecting device, which is installed in a clothes drying machine or the like, may be moved in response to insertion of a filter assembly to generate a contact signal that indicates insertion of the filter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
  • Publication number: 20130174434
    Abstract: A drying rack for use in a dryer appliance is provided. The drying rack is configured for selective placement in one of several positions: resting levelly on a top surface of the dryer appliance, projecting from a wall of the dryer appliance, and/or for extending into a drying chamber defined by the dryer appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander D. James, Richard D. Henderson, Thomas G. Holzen
  • Publication number: 20130174435
    Abstract: A non-woven fabric includes flame retardant fibers and binding fibers mixed with the flame retardant fibers. The binding fibers set a thickness of the fabric. Application of a flame to the fabric causes the binding fibers to degrade and the flame retardant fibers to expand such that the thickness of the fabric increases, for example by a factor of two or more. The non-woven fabric can be used in a wide variety of different applications. For example, the non-woven fabric may be used to make seals of a drier, heat shields, fire barriers, and/or vents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventor: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
  • Publication number: 20130174436
    Abstract: Provided is an indirectly heating rotary dryer which has achieved enhanced energy-saving performance by reducing heating tubes non-contacting with material to be dried and reducing power required for rotation even when a hold up ratio is increased. Specifically provided is an indirectly heating rotary dryer having four partition walls extended respectively along a shaft center in an inner space of a rotating shell at angle intervals of 90 degrees in the vertical and horizontal directions. The four partition walls partition the inner space of the rotating shell at a lateral section of the rotating shell into four approximately-sector-shaped small spaces respectively extended along the shaft center. Heating tubes are aligned in the rotating shell in three lines extended respectively in parallel to the shaft center of the rotating shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Masaki Kataoka, Satoshi Suwa, Keisuke Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20130174437
    Abstract: A device for positioning a drain pipe (6) of a draining system in a drying cylinder (1) the jacket (2) of which has inner circumferential grooves (3) for condensate which is formed as a result of heat transfer, said draining system comprising an outlet means and a plurality of drain pipes which are connected to the outlet means, wherein the draining system removes the condensate from the grooves via the drain pipes and the outlet means, wherein the device has a pipe positioner (40) which is disposed within an end portion (9) of the drain pipe located closest to the jacket, said pipe positioner comprising a supporting body (41) resting on the top surfaces (30) of two adjacent ridges (5), and a locking device (54) for fixing the drain pipe to the pipe positioner (40), which has a first through hole (48) for receiving the drain pipe (6), and a second hole (49) for receiving the locking device, said second hole opening into the first hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: METSO PAPER SWEDEN AB
    Inventor: Johnny Anerud
  • Publication number: 20130174438
    Abstract: A process for drying wet organic solids to below 10 percent by weight is disclosed wherein an infrared drying system having a housing, a conveyor extending through the housing, at least one infrared heater located within the housing, and a fan for moving an airflow stream through the at least one infrared heater and onto the conveyor. Another step in the process can be providing and feeding wet organic solids onto the conveyor at a metering rate. In one embodiment, the wet organic solids have a moisture content of about 80 percent by weight. Moisture is removed from the wet organic solids by exposing the wet organic solids to at least one infrared heating element within the drying system and an airflow stream that has been heated by the at least one infrared heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher P. Moarn, Robert G. Beattie, Paul D. Rudd
  • Publication number: 20130174439
    Abstract: A diffuser for use with a hair dryer has a body that fits over the outlet of the hair dryer. The diffuser has one or more diffusing features, namely excess mesh, a non-symmetrical rotor, a perforated plate, and diffusion projections extending toward a discharge opening of the diffuser, each projection having a bore with a side orifice for directing air output by the hair dryer radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: M.M. & R. PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Simon Nielsen, David Huang
  • Publication number: 20130174440
    Abstract: An improved method for supercritical point drying of a treated sample immersed in an intermediate drying fluid (e.g., ethanol or acetone), by purging the intermediary fluid with transitional fluid, and then entering a “stasis mode” allowing the sample to sit in its liquid state in the transitional fluid for a predetermined amount of time to extract any residual intermediary fluid into the transitional fluid. This ensures more thorough purging of the intermediary fluid from the sample and drying chamber, ultimately yielding a much higher success rate when drying thicker samples in the dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Chris Tousimis
  • Publication number: 20130174441
    Abstract: A tumble dryer includes a drum receiving laundry to be dried and a container accommodating an extinguishing agent, with the drum and the container being connected by a first line. A first temperature-activated valve is arranged in the first line in thermal contact with the interior of the drum and provided to close the container and to open automatically at a temperature produced by a fire. Further connected to the container is a second line which has a mouth feeding into a region of a base plate of the tumble dryer. A second temperature-activated valve is configured to close the second line in a region of the mouth and to open automatically at the temperature produced by the fire. The first and second valves are hereby positioned in such a way that either the first valve or the second valve opens automatically at the temperature produced by the fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
    Inventor: BSH BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERATE GMBH
  • Publication number: 20130174442
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a heat treatment apparatus, which can improve a thermal processing speed by increasing a transfer rate of heat energy applied to a heat treatment target using hot air and can reduce a temperature deviation in the heat treatment target. The heat treatment apparatus includes a hot air generator that generates hot air; a heat treatment furnace for performing a thermal process on a heat treatment target disposed therein using the hot air generated from the hot air generator; and a temperature radiator disposed in the heat treatment furnace to be spaced a predetermined distance apart from the heat treatment target, wherein the temperature radiator absorbs some of the hot air supplied from the hot air generator and supplies the same to the heat treatment target as radiant energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonhyeok An, Kwanseop Song, Kyoungheon Heo, Jihyang Park
  • Publication number: 20130174443
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an insert configured to receive a foot of a wearer. The insert may consist essentially of a casing configured to at least partially enclose a foot of a wearer and including a casing material and a high heat capacity material. The article of footwear may also include an outer assembly configured to receive the foot of the wearer when the foot is received within the insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Mankowski, Jeffrey C. Spanks
  • Publication number: 20130174444
    Abstract: A sole for dance footwear such as a dance sneaker includes an outsole having forefoot, arch and heel portions and which contains openings in the forefoot and arch portions. The bottom surface of the outsole further includes a plurality of laterally extending spaced grooves. The grooves and openings provide increased flexure of the outsole from heel to toe and from side to side about a longitudinal axis of the outsole. A shank between the openings in the arch portion of the outsole supports the foot during dance movements, maintains the integrity of the shoe, and improves the aesthetics and ergonomic movement of the footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: BALLET MAKERS, INC.
    Inventors: Laura M. Jacobs, Melissa Nataadiningrat
  • Publication number: 20130174445
    Abstract: A method, apparatuses and a system for manufacturing an insole, a shoe or a sole for a shoe. Foot information is determined on the shape and dimensions of a foot, and a pin matrix is formed at least partially based on the foot information. An insole or sole preform is placed on the pin matrix for shaping the insole preform, and an insole or sole is formed from the preform based on the foot information using the pin matrix. A positive and a negative pin matrix at least partially based on the foot information can be formed wherein the negative pin matrix essentially corresponds to the positive pin matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: FOOTBALANCE SYSTEM OY
    Inventor: Erkki Hakkala
  • Publication number: 20130174446
    Abstract: Described are shoes, in particular a sports shoe, wherein at least a portion of an upper of the shoe includes a first layer and a functional second layer, wherein the functional second layer is directly printed onto the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: ADIDAS AG
    Inventor: Adidas AG
  • Publication number: 20130174447
    Abstract: An article of footwear is disclosed and includes an upper and a support assembly positioned beneath the upper. The support assembly may include a top member, a chamber assembly positioned beneath the top member, having a base member and a plurality of hollow support members extending upwardly from the base member. A bottom plate may be secured to a bottom surface of the chamber assembly, sealing the hollow projections and forming at least one closed chamber. An outsole may be positioned beneath the support assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Craig K. Sills
  • Publication number: 20130174448
    Abstract: Footwear comprises a base, the base comprising a sole and a heel, the heel having a thickness greater than a thickness of a forward portion of the base, the base having an upper profile shape. The footwear further comprises a foot encapsulating device connected to the base and configured to enwrap a human foot, a compartment located within the heel, the compartment having a dimension of at least one inch and a depth less than the thickness of the heel, and a compartment cover rotatably connected to the base and configured to fully cover the compartment when in a closed configuration. The compartment cover is sufficiently rigid to avoid bending when a weight of 50 pounds rests on it when in a closed configuration, and the compartment cover substantially matches the upper profile shape of the base when in a closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Allison Kristine George
  • Publication number: 20130174449
    Abstract: A laminate skate boot having a heel portion, the skate boot comprises: A thermo-shaped laminate quarter panel, the laminate quarter panel forming, at least in part, a quarter of the skate boot. A is heel pocket in the laminate quarter panel in the heel portion of the skate boot for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the boot. A rigid element is within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, the heel pocket. Also, a laminate quarter panel for use in fabricating the skate boot, the laminate quarter panel comprising a rigid element within the laminate quarter panel shaped and dimensioned to border, at least in part, a heel pocket in a heel portion of the skate boot to be fabricated, the heel pocket for accommodating a heel of a wearer of the skate boot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SPORT MASKA INC.
    Inventors: Philippe KOYESS, Alexandre CHRETIEN
  • Publication number: 20130174450
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to footwear for infants and toddlers manufactured according to foot shape characteristics and walking characteristics of infants and toddlers, different from those of adults, and a last used for manufacturing the same. The footwear for infants and toddlers includes an inner space composed of a toe room in which the toe is disposed, a heel room in which the heel is disposed, and a middle room located between the toe and the heel and in which the foot sole and the foot top are disposed. In particular, since the toe room is formed higher than the toe, an infant or toddler walks while minimizing interference in toe movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: WILDCAT CO LTD
    Inventor: Dong-Jae Oh
  • Publication number: 20130174451
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe having an electrical device integrated in the shoe, an operating part for manual control of the device by means of at least one operating element of the operating part, an electrical contact element which is connected to the device via an electrical conductor, a housing for the electrical contact element, a housing part of the housing which is connected securely to the shoe having a recess for receiving the contact element in the recess, the housing having a closing element which is connected securely to the housing part and covers the recess in a closed position of the closing element, the closing element having a first connection element and the housing part having a second connection element which can be connected detachably to the first connection element for fixing the closing element in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: THERM-IC PRODUCTS GMBH NFG. & CO. KG
    Inventors: GERHARD KREMER, Urs Maron
  • Publication number: 20130174452
    Abstract: A plow blade assembly includes a moldboard adapter plate, a cover plate, and an articulating blade mounted between the moldboard adapter plate and the cover plate. The articulating blade includes a bushing assembly mounted therein, wherein the bushing assembly includes an elastomeric bushing and a non-elastomeric spacer non-centrally located in the elastomeric bushing. In one aspect, the non-elastomeric spacer is positioned adjacent a top edge of the elastomeric bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KENNAMETAL INC.
    Inventors: Timothy James Diehl, Terry Alan Manway, Stephen Michael Ross, Preston Russell Raffensberger, Kenneth Douglas Fouser
  • Publication number: 20130174453
    Abstract: A wear assembly for use on various kinds of earth working equipment that includes a base with a supporting portion, a wear member with a cavity into which the supporting portion is received, and a lock to releasably secure the wear member to the base. The supporting portion is formed with top and bottom recesses that receive complementary projections of the wear member. These recesses and projections include aligned holes so as to receive and position the lock centrally within the wear assembly and remote from the wear surface. The lock includes a mounting component that defines a threaded opening for receiving a threaded pin that is used to releasably hold the wear member to the base. The separate mounting component can be easily manufactured and secured within the wear member for less expense and higher quality than forming the threads directly in the wear member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: ESCO Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Cheyne, Noah Cowgill, Michael B. Roska, Donald M. Conklin, Scott H. Zenier, Chris J. Hainley
  • Publication number: 20130174454
    Abstract: A head box device to be worn over the head of the user may include a first sidewall, a second sidewall which may be connected to the first sidewall, and a top wall which may be connected to the first and second sidewall. The first sidewall, second sidewall or top wall may be formed from a head box material to allow a user to see through the head box device of the present invention either partially or completely and to allow indicia to be printed on the exterior surface of the head box device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Sam Paul Bebeau
  • Publication number: 20130174455
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and kits for temporarily marking a plurality of separate objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Kaperst
  • Publication number: 20130174456
    Abstract: A magazine cutoff device for a firearm with a tube-type magazine, such as, e.g., semi-automatic shotgun. The cutoff device may be moveably mounted to accommodate at least two positions, on and off. The user may activate the cutoff, pull the bolt to the rear, eject a chambered shell, and lock the bolt to the rear while retaining any shells in the magazine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Remington Arms Company, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Jonathan RICKS
  • Publication number: 20130174457
    Abstract: A firearm with dual charging handles is a rifle having a frame defining an elongated bolt passage, a bolt assembly received within the bolt passage and operable to reciprocate between a forward battery position and a rearward retracted position, a first elongated charging handle having a rear end extending rearward of the rear aperture of the frame, an intermediate portion received in the aperture, and a forward end within the bolt passage and adapted to operably contact the bolt, the frame defining an elongated slot parallel to the bolt passage and communicating therewith, and a second charging handle having a handle portion external of the bolt passage, an intermediate portion extending through the slot, and a contact element adapted to operably contact the bolt. The first charging handle may have a T shape. The second charging handle may include a dust cover overlaying the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: John P. Gangl, David J. Cammack
  • Publication number: 20130174458
    Abstract: A barrel for use with a muzzle loading firearm has an elongated sleeve with rifling along at least a portion of its inner surface. The sleeve has a muzzle end and a breach end. The breech end has internal threading and a smooth cylindrical section. A portion of the smooth cylindrical section is configured to deform a sealing element on a breech plug from an initial diameter to a smaller final diameter during insertion of the breech plug into the breech end of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: SMITH & WESSON CORP.
    Inventor: SMITH & WESSON CORP.
  • Publication number: 20130174459
    Abstract: An interchangeable trigger assembly for firearms, including a containment structure which can be inserted in the body of the firearm through an opening; the containment structure includes one or more triggers, one or more firing pins, a firing pin actuation mechanism, a firearm safety catch system, and a means for locking temporarily the containment structure inside the firearm body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: BENELLI ARMI S.P.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Moretti