Patents Issued in September 5, 2013
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Publication number: 20130227805Abstract: The current invention discloses an easy to use two-in-one cleaning towel. The cleaning towel may have a single layer of flexible and absorbent sheet having a first side and a second side, wherein a cleaning agent is attached to the second side. Alternatively, the cleaning towel may have multiple layers of overlapping sheet materials, with a first layer made from flexible and absorbent material and a second layer having a cleaning agent attached to it. The cleaning agent is preferably in solid form at room temperature, keeping the cleaning towel substantially dry. The preferred material to make the cleaning towel is paper. The two layers or two sides may have different colors. A user may wipe a spill with one side/layer of the cleaning towel, turn it over, and disinfect the target surface with the other side/layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Anil Maharaj
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Publication number: 20130227806Abstract: In order to create a toothbrush having a head part with bristles and having a handle part, such that the head part is movably connected to the handle part by means of a spring-like device and such that the device comprises a web which extends through the device and with which the head part is connected to the handle part in one piece, the head part being connected to the handle part by a spring-like device, such that the head part executes an approximately parallel displacement under load. The proposed device has an elastic supporting element with an opening, and the supporting element comprises a supporting web which borders the opening and together with the web, when a load is applied to the head part, produces an approximately parallel displacement of the head part from an initial position into at least one load position together with the web.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Jurgen Scholze
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Publication number: 20130227807Abstract: Hand-held cleaning apparatus suitable for smooth and continuous surfaces comprises a base fitted with a handle that can be joined to a cloth. The base is composed of at least a first and a second half-frame hinged together that can together form one configuration that is flat, wherein the half-frames are held aligned by a retaining device. A second angled configuration can release or engage a cloth that has pockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: FILMOP S.R.L.Inventor: Zorzo Bruno
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Publication number: 20130227808Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wiper lever assembly which is configured to prevent detachment of end cover members, which includes a lever member (a center cover lever, secondary levers and yoke levers) gripping a rubber blade disposed thereunder, and an end cover member which covers an end of the lever member from above and which includes claws formed on both lateral sides thereof. The claws may be extended inwardly from the end cover and engage with both lateral sides of a lower surface of the lever member to grip the lever member. The end cover member includes a support wall which is formed at the center of a width of the end cover member and is extended downwardly therefrom, and the lever member includes a receptor (an insert tube and a proximal insert tube) in which the support wall is fitted from above.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: Hyundai Motor Compnay, ASMO Co., Ltd., Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ki Young Lee, Dong Soo Lee, In Kwang Lee, In Gue Cha, Heui Geon Lee, Shinichirou Amano
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Publication number: 20130227809Abstract: A wiper blade is presented having a wiper strip, a primary frame, and a pair of secondary frames. The primary frame having a connection device capable of connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm disposed on a top side of the primary frame, and a connection structure disposed, on opposite ends of the primary frame. The pair of secondary frame, each have a central pivot connection portion and two leg portions extending from the central pivot connection portion, a pivot structure disposed on the central pivot connection portion of the secondary frames wherein the pivot structure of the secondary frames are connected to the connection structures on the ends of the primary frame. A wiper blade is also presented having a wiper strip, a force distribution structure having opposite ends, and a cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers
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Publication number: 20130227810Abstract: A wiper blade having a wiper strip, a primary frame and a pair of secondary frames. The primary frame may have a top side and opposite ends, a connection device capable of connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm disposed on the top side of the primary frame, and a connection structure disposed on each of the opposite ends of the primary frame. Each secondary frame may have a central pivot connection portion and two leg portions extending from the central pivot connection portion, a pivot structure disposed on the central pivot connection portion of the secondary frames. The pivot structure may be a turn-buckle holder comprising two holder halves and a rivet wherein the rivet passes through the two holder halves and holds them together.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Pylon Manufacturing Corp.Inventors: Vambi Raymundo Tolentino, Robert Peter Peers, George Chang, Sandro Lo
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Publication number: 20130227811Abstract: A flat wiper blade with spoilers is provided. The flat wiper blade has a wiper strip, a single elongated frame, first and second spoilers and a connecting unit for connection to a wiper arm. The frame holds and supports the wiper strip. The first and second spoilers have a pair of longitudinally extending fitting grooves and a receiving groove in the fitting groove. The receiving groove has a width greater than that of the fitting groove. The first and second spoilers are joined to the frame as opposed to each other in such a manner that the frame is fitted to the fitting grooves and an edge of the frame is received in the receiving groove. The connecting unit is joined to the frame between the first spoiler and the second spoiler. The connecting unit engages the first spoiler and the second spoiler.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: ADM21 CO., LTD.Inventors: In Kyu Kim, Kyung Jong Nam
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Publication number: 20130227812Abstract: A robot cleaner including a suction hole to suction dust, a blower to generate a suction force to suction the dust, a dust collector to receive the dust suctioned by said suction force through the suction hole, and a rotating brush to sweep up and collect the dust into the dust collector through the suction hole by a drive force of the rotating brush. The dust collector includes a backflow preventing member movable between an open position and a closed position. The backflow preventing member is pivotably rotatable in an air suction direction by the suction force of the blower to the open position and is adapted to return to the closed position to prevent the dust in the dust collector from being discharged through the suction hole upon stoppage of the blower.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Won KIM, Hoon Wee, Jun Pyo HONG, Yong Tae KIM, Woo Ram CHUNG
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Publication number: 20130227813Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus comprises an air flow passage extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet and a suction motor. The surface cleaning apparatus may also comprise a cyclone chamber provided in the air flow passage. The cyclone chamber may comprise a cyclone air inlet, a cyclone air outlet and a dirt outlet. The surface cleaning apparatus may comprise a dirt collection chamber having a dirt inlet, a dirt collection chamber first end, an opposed dirt collection chamber second end and a longitudinally extending sidewall. Various design improvements are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: G.B.D. CORP.Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
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Publication number: 20130227814Abstract: A door closer for doors, particularly glass doors, which are supported by a stationary support structure and are movable between an open door position and a closed door position. The door closer comprises a box-shaped body and a pin reciprocally coupled to rotate around a first axis between the open door position and the closed door position. A closing mechanism causes the door to return automatically and a braking mechanism counteracts the action of the closing mechanism. First and second cam elements are unitary with the pin and interposed between a first and second plunger elements acting thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: IN&TEC S.r.l.Inventor: Luciano Bacchetti
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Publication number: 20130227815Abstract: A door operator or a door closer having at least one housing and at least one piston supported to be movable in a reception of the housing. The surfaces of the reception and/or of the at least one piston have been treated by exposure to electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Tim Wulbrandt
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Publication number: 20130227816Abstract: A shield is provided for a utensil that includes a handle and includes a shield body having a first opening formed therein. The first opening is open along a perimeter edge of the shield body. The shield includes a locking mechanism attached to a first face of the body and disposed about the first opening and being configured to grasp and hold the handle, thereby attaching the shield to the utensil.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Itai Achiaz
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Publication number: 20130227817Abstract: The invention relates to a roller (1) having a wheel (2), which is accommodated in a housing, and a locking device (10, 17), the locking device (10, 17) being actuated by foot actuation of an actuating element (5) which is arranged so that it extends radially outwardly with respect to a vertical (V) that passes through a securing portion of the roller (1). To provide a roller which is advantageously formed with regard to locking by foot operation, it is proposed that an actuating portion of the actuating element (5) extends circumferentially at least far enough that a second foot actuation in the circumferential direction with respect to the vertical (V) may be carried out next to an area of the actuating portion by way of which a first foot actuation has been carried out.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: TENTE GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Wolfgang Block, Uwe Harksen
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Publication number: 20130227818Abstract: The invention relates to a hinge mechanism for a bonnet of a vehicle. The hinge mechanism comprises: a first hinge member connectable to the bonnet, a second hinge member having a first end and a second end, a third hinge member connectable to the body structure, and has a first state, wherein the first and second hinge members are releasably engaged to each other, and a second state being different from the first state. The hinge mechanism is displaceable from the first state to the second state by a pivotal displacement of the first hinge member with respect to the second hinge member. The hinge mechanism further comprises an abutment member attached to one of the first and second hinge members, such that when the hinge mechanism is in the second state, the other of the first and second hinge members abuts in a predetermined position relative to the abutment member, while the first and second hinge members are displaceable relative to each other via the abutment member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONInventors: Tommy Zippert, Christer Bjornrud, Niklas Graberg, Christina Gullander, Anders Fredriksson, Henrik Karlsson
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Publication number: 20130227819Abstract: An articulating assembly of or for an adjustable hinge assembly, the articulating assembly comprising or including a height control arm supporting a mounting element at its distal end and pivotable about its proximal end for height adjustment, a convex member or members (“member(s)”) at or adjacent the distal region of the height control arm defining a distinct or merged pair of convex surfaces, the convex member(s) having a passageway therethrough, a pair of concave members engaged with the convex surfaces of the convex member(s) in a cupping manner, the concave members each having a passageway therethrough, and a pin located through the aligned passageways of the convex member(s) and concave members, the pin also being engaged with the mounting element to couple the mounting element to the height control arm, wherein the pin is dimensioned such that there is a clearance with respect to the passageway of the convex member(s) to allow at least limited articulating movement of the mounting element relative toType: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: MANFRED FRANK PATENT HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Manfred Johannes Frank, Michael Gordon Graham, Michael Kevin Scheib
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Publication number: 20130227820Abstract: Device for mechanically splitting finite textile fiber bundles, comprising n individual fibers (n?2) in fiber bundles having less than n individual fibers and/or individual fibers, characterized in that in a milling chamber that is closed off from the outside and that has one or more dead spaces of at least 10% of the milling chamber volume and in which one or more rotating striking elements operate in a non-cutting manner and so as to reduce load peaks and at a rotational speed that can be adapted to the material but that is at least 200 r.p.m., the material is adjustably input in different amounts in batches, treated for an adjustable duration, and then discharged again from the milling chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2010Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: Renate Lützkendorf, Gerald Ortlepp
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Publication number: 20130227821Abstract: A cord connector for a window blind includes a cord hole having a large hole portion and two small hole portions each communicated with the large hole portion through a neck portion defined by two opposite engaging walls. The diameter of the large hole portion is larger than that of a cord used in the window blind, the small hole portions each have a diameter equal to the cord diameter, and the width of the opposite engaging walls is smaller than the cord diameter. When the cord connector is in use, the cords are respectively inserted into the small hole portions of the cord hole. If an external force exerting on the cords overcomes the resistances of the engaging walls, the cords will move from the small hole portions to the large hole portion and then escape from the cord connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Chin-Fu CHEN
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Publication number: 20130227822Abstract: A load-bearing apparatus for introducing load forces, such as cable forces or tensioning forces, for example, from surface structures into supporting structures, having a tension element (2) which is connected to an anchoring element (4) of the supporting structure and with which a connection device (14) for tension members interacts, said connection device (14) being pivotable about a first pivot axis and having at least one connection wing (18) that projects laterally with respect to the tension element (2) and forms at least one connection point (22), which is offset with respect to the tension element (2), for a tension member in question, is characterized in that the at least one connection wing (18) is in abutment with the tension element (2) via an articulation arrangement such that it is pivotable about at least one further pivot axis (at 8, 46) in relation to the tension element (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Helmut Rube
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Publication number: 20130227823Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a body member having a first and second ends. A cable groove is formed in the body member between the first and second ends thereof to receive a conductor. A keeper is connected to the body member and has a lower surface to engage the conductor received in the cable groove. A threaded fastener connects the keeper to the body member. A biasing member is disposed between the keeper and the body member on the threaded fastener to bias the keeper in a direction away from the body member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Francis Zelazny, Samuel Paul Reynolds
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Publication number: 20130227824Abstract: A buckle system is provided having a mounting bracket and a mounting clip. The mounting bracket includes a bracket body, a slot and a groove and has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, with the slot and the groove formed in the bracket body. The mounting clip includes a clip body, a latching mechanism and a tongue. The clip body is connected to the latching mechanism by the tongue, which is slid into the groove formed in the bracket body of the mounting bracket such that the latching mechanism is adjacent the first surface of the bracket body and the clip body is adjacent the second surface of the bracket body. A hook of the latching mechanism is received by the slot formed in the bracket body once the tongue of the mounting clip is slideably received into the groove of the mounting bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: David Szellos
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Publication number: 20130227825Abstract: A vacuum press fit zipper assembly designed for watersports apparel and gear and other water related applications. Overmolding construction forms an effective seal around the entire perimeter of the fastener assembly, and a vacuum fit is created between the two mating portions of the zipper assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Kent Harrison Brightman
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Publication number: 20130227826Abstract: A method of mounting transducers to a diaphragm includes merging a transducer slab with a diaphragm, pressing the diaphragm to the slab to form an assembly, and dicing the slab to separate the slab into an array of transducers after pressing the diaphragm to the array, wherein the array of transducers align with an array of body cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Gary D. Redding, Antonio L. Williams, John P. Meyers
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Publication number: 20130227827Abstract: A method of generating electrical energy in an integrated circuit that may include setting into motion a (3D) three-dimensional enclosed space in the integrated circuit. The 3D enclosed space may include a piezoelectric element and a free moving object therein. The method may also include producing the electrical energy from impact between the free moving object and the piezoelectric element during the motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicants: UNIVERSITE AIX-MARSEILLE 1 PROVENCE, STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SASInventors: CHRISTIAN SCHWARZ, CHRISTOPHE MONSERIE, JULIEN DELALLEAU
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Publication number: 20130227828Abstract: A method of using a security display apparatus for media content products in a retail store is disclosed. The method includes arranging sample media content containers in a side-by-side configuration on a front lip of a security display fixture, wherein each of the sample media content containers is anchored to the security display fixture with a security cable The method further includes unlocking an access door of the security display fixture, in response to a consumer request, to provide access to an internal space defined by the security display fixture rearward of the sample media content containers, and retrieving one or more non-tethered media content containers from the internal space that are of a same title as one of the sample media content containers positioned immediately in front of the one or more non-tethered media content containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: TARGET BRANDS, INC.Inventors: Blake M. JOHNSON, William Donald SPLAIN, David Joseph FLOERSCH, Joseph H. BOWSER, William Y. STAFFORD
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Publication number: 20130227829Abstract: A method for manufacturing a panel display is provided. The panel display includes a frame, an elastic pad, and a display panel. The frame has a supporting tray and a side wall which perpendicularly extends from the end of the supporting tray. A groove is formed on the supporting tray adjacent to the foot of the side wall. One end of the elastic pad is located within the groove while the other end leans on the side wall before the display panel is configured with the frame. When entering the display panel into the frame, the edge of the display panel compels the elastic pad to bend and form a bottom portion and a side portion. The bottom portion is accommodated in the groove while the side portion is compressed by the edge of the display panel and lies on the side wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Shih-Chieh Hsu, Bin Hung Chen
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Publication number: 20130227830Abstract: A manufacturing method of an optical film includes following steps. An alignment solution is coated onto a first substrate having a first area and a second area. The alignment solution on the first substrate is exposed to a polarized light to form an optical alignment film having a first alignment direction and a second alignment direction on the two areas, respectively. A composite liquid crystal (LC) material containing a reactive LC material and a monomer material is coated onto the optical alignment film. The optical alignment film is sequentially exposed to a first non-polarized light having a monomer material absorption wavelength and a second non-polarized light having a reactive LC material absorption wavelength, thus the monomer material reacts with the reactive LC material, and the reactive LC material is solidified along the first and second alignment directions in sequence. A manufacturing method of a stereoscopic display is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.Inventors: Chun-Wei Su, Jan-Tien Lien
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Publication number: 20130227831Abstract: A fitting assembly is provided having a nut and a ferrule, which in certain embodiments may be assembled by an operator. The nut and ferrule of the fitting assembly have passageways therethrough for receiving and removably holding tubing. The nut and ferrule fitting assembly may be adapted for use with a flat bottom port, such as in an analytical instrument, like liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, ion chromatography, or in in vitro diagnostic systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: IDEX Health & Science LLCInventor: Nathaniel Nienhuis
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Publication number: 20130227832Abstract: A fastening method and apparatus (9) comprising using a control apparatus to select a first upsetting volume of an upsetting die, using a punch to push a first fastener into a workpiece and using the upsetting die to upset the first fastener, then using the control apparatus to select a second upsetting volume of the upsetting die, using the punch to push a second fastener into a workpiece and using the upsetting die to upset the second fastener, or using the punch and the upsetting die to form a clinch joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Henrob LimitedInventors: Roger Stanton Doo, Stuart Edmond Blacket, Wojciech Gostylla, Neal Sean Williams
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Publication number: 20130227833Abstract: The present invention is a locking pin that takes advantage of a simpler manufacturing process, fewer parts to effectively lock the pin onto an object. The locking pin is in one embodiment for fastening an object by means of an object hole of a predetermined object hole diameter to the pin. The pin comprises an elongated shaft having a forward end and a rearward end with a pinhead at the rearward end. A pair of laterally opposed notches formed at a predetermined location along the length of the shaft. The portion of the shaft between the pair of laterally opposed notches is defined for reference purpose as the lock base. A forward hole and at least one rearward hole that extends through the lock base proximal to the forward end of the lock base. A wire lock is made of a spring-biased wire that is bendable upon compression and returns to its original shape. The wire lock is received into the forward hole and rearward hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: DynoRaxx, Inc.Inventor: NATHAN T. RIZZO
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Publication number: 20130227834Abstract: An electric power generation device includes a genset with an engine coupled to a generator and an enclosure that includes a base having a plurality of bosses protruding upwardly each a respective predetermined height from a surface of the base. A plurality of coil springs is positioned between an upper surface of each of the bosses and a respective mounting member of the genset. The bosses and the mounting members are positioned such that each respective coil spring is approximately equally loaded by the genset.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc.Inventors: Eric L. Nordstrom, Aaron C. Johnson, Peter G. Van de Walker
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Publication number: 20130227835Abstract: A method for manufacturing a contact probe includes: a lithography step of obtaining a resin mold by forming a pattern for the contact probe, a pattern for a tie bar in a shape of a frame therearound, and a pattern for a coupling portion coupling these two patterns, in a resist formed on a conductive substrate, by lithography; an electroforming step of forming a layer made of a metal material on the resin mold by electroforming to form a metal structure in which the contact probe is integral with the tie bar at the coupling portion; a removal step of removing the resin mold and the conductive substrate; a plating step of forming a plating layer on a surface of the metal structure by electroplating after the removal step; and a separation step of separating the contact probe from the metal structure after the plating step.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yukifumi Chiba, Koji Nitta, Takeshi Tokuda
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Publication number: 20130227836Abstract: Input device manufacture techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a plurality of layers of a key assembly is positioned in a fixture such that one or more projections of the fixture are disposed through one or more openings in each of the one or more layers. The positioned plurality of layers is secured to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Matthew David Mickelson, Joel Lawrence Pelley, Amey M. Teredesai, Timothy C. Shaw, Christopher Strickland Beall, Christopher Harry Stoumbos
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Publication number: 20130227837Abstract: An embodiment of a method for manufacturing a cable component comprises providing at least a pair of shaped wire members, passing the wire members through at least one shaped roller set, providing at least one cable portion, placing the wire members over the cable portion and running the wire members and cable portion through an assembly roller to form a cable subassembly, and attaching a fixing element to the cable subassembly to secure the wire members and cable portion to complete the cable component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Joseph Varkey, Vadim Protasov
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Publication number: 20130227838Abstract: A method of manufacturing a circuit board is described herein. The method may include adding a resin, forming first and second fiberglass fibers, and forming first and second signal line traces capable of transmitting electrical signals. In some examples, a ratio between fiberglass and resin material near the first signal line trace is similar to a ratio between fiberglass and resin material near the second signal line trace. In some examples, the first and second fiberglass fibers diagonally cross near the first and second signal line traces. In some examples, the first and second fiberglass fibers cross near the first and second signal line traces in a zig-zag pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventors: David Shykind, James McCall
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Publication number: 20130227839Abstract: An electrical power connector preparation method for making electrical power connectors by: employing a cold drawing technique with a series of dies to repeatedly draw a metal round rod into a thin thickness conducting contact bar, processing one end of the thin thickness conducting contact bar into a mating contact portion, stamping a part of the thin thickness conducting contact to form a mounting portion, repeating the aforesaid steps to obtain a large amount of metal contacts, using one or multiple contact material strips to hold multiple metal contacts in multiple sets, electroplating the metal contacts, using an insert molding technique to mold an electrically insulative terminal block on each set of metal contacts, and then assembling each set of metal contacts and the associating electrically insulative terminal block with one respective electrically insulative housing so that multiple electrical power connectors are obtained after removal of the contact material strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: RIIDEA INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventor: Lung-Hsi LEE
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Publication number: 20130227840Abstract: A network communication connector fabrication method for making network communication connectors is performed by: employing a cold drawing technique to repeatedly draw a metal round rod into a thin thickness conducting contact bar, stamping one end of the thin thickness conducting contact bar into a mating contact portion, stamping the thin thickness conducting contact to form an interference portion and a bonding portion, cutting off the thin thickness conducting contact bar subject to a predetermined length, repeating the above steps to obtain multiple metal contacts, electroplating the metal contacts, setting the metal contacts in two contact material strips and inserting the metal contacts in a mold, and then using an injection molding technique to mold an electrically insulative terminal block on the interference portions of the metal contacts to form a semi-finished product for making a network communication connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: RIIDEA INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventor: Lung-Hsi LEE
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Publication number: 20130227841Abstract: A hair shaving apparatus constitute of: a power source; a control circuitry; a housing, an end of the housing arranged to be juxtaposed to a skin surface; a motion sensor arranged to detect motion of the housing along the skin surface; a hair cutting element secured in relation to the housing, the hair cutting element arranged to be heated to a temperature sufficient to cut hair proceeding from the skin surface; a translation mechanism arranged to translate the hair cutting element between a hair shaving position and a retracted position; and a radiation source, the radiation source responsive to the control circuitry to provide radiation when the motion sensor detects motion in excess of a predetermined minimum quantity, the provided radiation arranged to impact the skin surface for which the hair cutting element is arranged to cut hair with a fluence of at least 0.5 Joules/cm2.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Radiancy, Inc.Inventors: Philip SOLOMON, Dolev RAFAELI, Alfred J. INTINTOLI
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Publication number: 20130227842Abstract: The tool is provided with a pair of right and left cutting blades, a pair of right and left operating handles connected to said blades via pivots, and connecting pins that connects the blades to each other, and is configured so that: the operating handles are disposed so as to abut in the same plane and the opposing surfaces thereof form cam contact surfaces that directly contact each other; between the pivots and the pivot pins of the other operating handles, two connections fittings that connect the right and left handles on the front and back surfaces are disposed diagonally in a criss-cross shape, connecting the respective upper and lower ends to the pivots and the pivot pins; and the criss-cross position of the connection fittings is determined by the positioning of the pivot pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Minoru Kogyo Co., Ltd.Inventor: Isao Takahashi
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Publication number: 20130227843Abstract: A cutting tool includes a fixed blade having a cutting surface and a movable blade having a cutting surface. The movable blade is rotatable between a receiving position in which the cutting surfaces are spaced and a cutting position in which an object disposed between the fixed and movable blades is cut by the cutting surfaces. A return spring member is connected to the movable blade. The spring member stores energy when the movable blade is rotated from the receiving position to the cutting position. The spring member returns the movable blade to the receiving position when the stored energy is released.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HUBBELL INCORPORATEDInventor: Peter WASON
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Publication number: 20130227844Abstract: A blade is usable with a reciprocating saw imparting movement to the blade in a forward direction and a rearward direction to perform a cutting operation on a workpiece. The blade includes an attachment portion configured to couple to the reciprocating saw and a body extending from the attachment portion. The body includes a first profile portion and a second profile portion extending from the first profile portion. The second profile portion has a height less than a height of the first profile portion. The blade also includes a plurality of teeth formed on the body and defining a toothed cutting edge. The blade also includes a tip portion formed at a distal end of the second profile portion and terminating in a pointed tip. The pointed tip is configured to punch a hole through the workpiece and includes a toothless cutting edge extending substantially parallel to the toothed cutting edge. The toothless cutting edge extends from the toothed cutting edge to the pointed tip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATIONInventors: Austin J. Kazda, Ryan J. Malloy, Robert W. Butzen, Andrew J. Schulz, Roger D. Neitzell, Courtney D. McCool
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Publication number: 20130227845Abstract: A saber saw including: a motor; a housing accommodating the motor; a plunger held to be reciprocatable in the housing and to which a blade is mounted at a leading end thereof, and a movement converting part provided between the motor and the plunger and is configured to convert rotation movement of the motor into reciprocating movement of the plunger, wherein a bearing metal is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the plunger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Fujiwara
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Publication number: 20130227846Abstract: A rafter angle square includes a first, ruler side, a second fence side, and a hypotenuse side extending between the ruler and fence sides to form a right triangle. The tool includes a front side and a back side and a number of markings on the front and back sides for carrying out measurements and other operations with the tool. The tool includes a scribe guide arrangement having a slot defining opposing edges. The edges include a number of projections extending toward the opposing edge and defining a number of scribe guide notches between adjacent projections. The scribe guide notches of the opposing edges are aligned with one another and configured to enable a user of the tool to mark a workpiece in a first and second, opposing direction parallel with an edge of the workpiece at the same distance from the edge of the workpiece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Johnson Level & Tool Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventor: Paul H. Buzzell
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Publication number: 20130227847Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an alternative apparel sizing system and method that replaces the current numerical sizing system with descriptive affirmations. More particularly, the present invention, through the use of the descriptive affirmations, will provide the clothes shopping consumer a more positive shopping experience by improving their overall self-image and psychological well-being.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2011Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Ellise Peake
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Publication number: 20130227848Abstract: An alignment tool for a steering wheel, where the steering wheel is mounted on a steering column and the tool is configured to attach to the steering wheel. The tool includes a wheel orientation mechanism including a first tilt sensor, reporting a clockwise angle of the steering wheel, and a tilt monitoring mechanism that includes a second tilt sensor to report a tilt angle of the steering column.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: John Wesley Wilds, Michael George Lysenko, Bruce C. Arnold, John Keller
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Publication number: 20130227849Abstract: A device for determining level of a surface, the device comprising a plurality of level vials configured to indicate orientation of the device, the plurality of level vials disposed at distinct locations on the device. The device including a radius bottom formed in an object contact surface at substantially the latitudinal center of the contact surface and extending longitudinally the length of the surface. The device further including a joint recess disposed centrally along the longitudinal axis of the device and extending latitudinally across the device. The device also includes one or more user controllable light sources coupled to the plurality of level vials for illuminating the level vials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Inventor: Michael Rogler Kildevaeld
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Publication number: 20130227850Abstract: A coordinate measuring machine has 1) an anchor beam with a top end and a bottom end, 2) at least one support beam having a top end and a bottom end, and 3) a cross-beam supported on the top ends of both the anchor beam and the at least one support beam. In addition, the coordinate measuring machine also has 4) a base supporting the bottom ends of the anchor beam and the at least one support beam. At least one of the at least one support beams has a first spring and a second spring. In preferred embodiments, the first spring is adapted to allow movement and is spaced from the second spring in a direction that is generally parallel with the longitudinal axis of the cross-beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HEXAGON METROLOGY, INC.Inventors: Gurpreet Singh, John Langlais, Jie Zheng
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Publication number: 20130227851Abstract: A coordinate measuring machine has a measuring member for measuring a workpiece, a counterweight to control movement of the measuring member, and a pulley and cable system coupling the measuring member with the counterweight. The coordinate measuring machine also has a guide track, where the counterweight is movably secured to the guide track. The guide track substantially limits counterweight movement, relative to the measuring member, to one dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: HEXAGON METROLOGY, INC.Inventors: Gurpreet Singh, John Langlais, Jie Zheng
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Publication number: 20130227852Abstract: A length measuring instrument including a hollow profile section extending in a longitudinal direction and an end piece fixed on the hollow profile section for closure of the hollow profile section on an end of the hollow profile section. A scale is disposed inside the hollow profile section, wherein the scale includes a measurement graduation which can be scanned by a scanning unit that is movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the hollow profile section. The length measuring instrument includes a sealing element on the end piece for sealing off the hollow profile section, wherein the sealing element has a cross-section that is at least extensively equivalent to an inside diameter of the hollow profile section. In addition, the sealing element rests sealingly so that a circumferential surface of the sealing element is on an inner face of the hollow profile section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbHInventors: Markus Schmöller, Michael Steber
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Publication number: 20130227853Abstract: A length measuring instrument that includes a hollow profile section extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein the hollow profile section includes a slot extending in the longitudinal direction and covered by sealing elements. A scale is disposed inside the hollow profile section, wherein the scale includes a measurement graduation which can be scanned by a scanning unit. An end piece is connected to the hollow profile section, wherein the end piece closes the hollow profile section on an end of the hollow profile section, the end piece including an insertion region with which the hollow profile section plunges into the hollow profile section. The length measuring instrument includes a clamping piece that connects the end piece to the hollow profile section, wherein the clamping piece spans the slot and which on two sides of the slot fixes the hollow profile section to the insertion region of the end piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbHInventors: Markus Schmöller, Michael Steber, Yusuke Kitano
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Publication number: 20130227854Abstract: An ambidextrous vernier caliper includes a main ruler and a vernier having a slide channel in which the main ruler is inserted. As each of the front and back sides of the main ruler has a graduated layer, and each of the front and back sides of the vernier has a scaled layer, the vernier caliper is convenient to use by left-handed as well as right-handed people.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: TEC ONE INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Heng-Xiang ZHANG, Ke-Qian WU, Zhe-Yan PAN