Patents Issued in October 24, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130276249
    Abstract: A lawn sweeper including a swing arm rotatably connected to a wheel axle including a first end connected to a biasing element and a second end including a rotatably connected idler gear that meshingly engages a wheel gear in a first position and is disengaged from the wheel gear in a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: AGRI-FAB, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald Hickenbottom, Doug Moore
  • Publication number: 20130276250
    Abstract: A tracking system for use with a pipeline includes a scraper having signal generation capability for generating acoustic signals, a plurality of acoustic pressure sensors positioned at intervals along the path traveled by the scraper, and a plurality of local processors positioned at intervals along the path traveled by the scraper. Each of the local processors is m communication with a respective acoustic pressure sensor. A central processor is in communication with the local processors and determines the location of the scraper using time-stamped acoustic signals received by the pressure sensors and a speed of sound, in a fluid within the pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS, Inc., ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS, Inc.
    Inventors: Bao-Wen YANG, Eric Yang, Marion Recane, Stephanie H. Yang
  • Publication number: 20130276251
    Abstract: A scrub brush for cleaning arms, hands, and fingernails includes a reservoir for applying an antiseptic or cleaning composition and first and second groups of bristles having different relative flexibilities. The reservoir can be an absorbent open-foam material capable of absorbing and holding a liquid cleaning composition. The first bristles are designed to gently cleanse skin surfaces without scratching, gouging, scraping or otherwise damaging skin. The second bristles are more rigid than the first bristles to more aggressively scrub dirt, microbes or other foreign debris from gaps underneath fingernails. A finger alignment guide adjacent to the stiffer bristles maintains proper alignment between fingernails and the stiffer bristles so that the bristles enter gaps underneath the fingernails when the fingers are moved in a back and forth motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Tech Swerve LLC
    Inventors: JOHN M. GUYNN, BRANDEN D. ROSENHAN
  • Publication number: 20130276252
    Abstract: An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush (100), comprises a handle (110) and a head (120). A plurality of tooth cleaning elements (130) may be provided on a front surface (121) of the head (120). The head (120) is formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments (140-145) made of a rigid material. The segments (140-145) are isolated from one another by channels (157-159B) containing an elastomeric material (146) that flexibly connects the segments (140-145) together. The oral care implement further comprises an elastomeric soft tissue cleaner (200) located on a rear surface (122) of the head (120) opposite the front surface (121) of the head (120). Each of the segments (140-145) comprises a protuberance (163-169) made of the rigid material that extends through the elastomeric soft tissue cleaner (200) and is exposed therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Wen Jin Xi, Yu Liu, Jian Rong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130276253
    Abstract: A multi-function brush for an overdenture includes a brush handle having a head end and a tail end. The head end has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first group of brushes is provided on the first surface of the head end. A second group of brushes is provided on the second surface of the head end. The first group of brushes is arranged in a curve and corresponding to an outline of the first surface for matching the surface configuration of the overdenture. The second group of brushes is extending in an inclined angle from the second surface away from the brush handle. Under this arrangement, an overdenture user can clean the tissue surface and the denture surface of the overdenture and the male part of the dental attachments provided on the tissue surface by this single brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Ming-Sheh CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130276254
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a strong force of concentrated energy and a blowing force of air pressure in cooperation with an industrial, commercial or home care lawn mower. This device is a new combination of existing materials configured with unique features that provide an effective, practical and economical way to provide an air blower device. It is comprised of a main deck with features with two or more air ducts, a series of baffles to direct the air movement through the deck, and an exhaust duct; of at least one blower fan; and of a means to secure the main deck and blowers to a mower device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Steve Norton, Brian Morga, Carl Orosz, Devon Jackson
  • Publication number: 20130276255
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wiper lever assembly that includes upper and lower levers, a plurality of pivotal connecting parts that are pivotally coupled to a longitudinal end of the upper lever, and a plurality of mating pivotal connecting parts that are disposed on the lower lever. The assembly further includes an upper pressing arc portion disposed on the upper lever over the plurality of pivotal pressing parts. The upper pressing arc is in slidable contact with a lower engaging arc portion disposed on the lower lever. In addition, a radius of curvature of a concave arc of the upper pressing arc portion and the lower engaging arc portion is larger than that of a convex arc of the upper pressing arc portion and the lower engaging arc portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, ASMO CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Young Lee, Dong Soo Lee, In Kwang Lee, In Gue Cha, Heui Geon Lee, Amano Shinichirou
  • Publication number: 20130276256
    Abstract: Device for cleaning aeronautical parts after machining or piercing includes an element for spraying a liquid on the part to be cleaned and an element for aspirating the oil-soiled liquid, chips and/or dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Honore GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20130276257
    Abstract: A rotary surface cleaning machine for cleaning floors, including both carpeted floors and uncarpeted hard floor surfaces including but not limited to wood, tile, linoleum and natural stone flooring. The rotary surface cleaning machine has a rotary surface cleaning tool mounted on a frame and coupled for high speed rotary motion relative to the frame. The rotary surface cleaning tool has a substantially circular operational surface that performs the cleaning operation. The rotary surface cleaning tool is driven by an on-board power plant to rotate at high speed. The rotary surface cleaning tool is coupled to a supply of pressurized hot liquid solution of cleaning fluid and a powerful vacuum suction source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Roy Studebaker, William Edward Bruders, Brett Alan Bartholmey, Bill Elmer Richardson, Wolfe Kevin Adrew
  • Publication number: 20130276258
    Abstract: A system includes a floor vacuum cleaner and a hand-held vacuum cleaner. The floor vacuum cleaner has an interface configured to be coupled with the hand-held vacuum cleaner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Volker Amann
  • Publication number: 20130276259
    Abstract: Flexible plastics tubing provided for transmitting a signal, wherein the tubing at a first end includes a signal input member, and at the second end includes a signal readout member, characterized in that said tubing comprises at least one zone extending continuously from said first end towards said second end to be connected to the signal input member and the signal readout member respectively, wherein said at least one zone is made of a conductive plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Roger Winckelmans
  • Publication number: 20130276260
    Abstract: Hand-held blower devices with vacuum function are provided. In this regard, a representative device includes: a housing defining an interior, an intake and an exhaust; an impeder mounted within the interior and being operative to rotate such that air is drawn into the interior through the intake and expelled from the interior through the exhaust; a locking mechanism mounted to the housing, the locking mechanism being movable between an unlocked position and a locked position; and a vacuum tube assembly having an inlet end and an outlet end and defining an air passageway between the inlet end and the outlet end, the outlet end being operative to engage the intake of the housing for the vacuum mode of operation; the locking mechanism being operative to interface with the vacuum tube assembly to retain the outlet end of the vacuum tube assembly in engagement with the intake of the housing for the vacuum mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: HUSQVARNA FORESTRY PRODUCTS N.A., INC.
    Inventor: Anna Maria Abdelgalil
  • Publication number: 20130276261
    Abstract: A new vacuum cleaner that is adapted for use in a vehicle has a user-removable debris collection tank that has spaced recesses on the bottom that inhibit both fore-and-back movement of debris within the collection tank and side-to-side movement of debris within the collection tank. The recesses are located in opposed outer corners of the tank, and have lower surfaces that support the tank in a standing position. Raised sections divide each of the recesses into two corner recess sections and an offset recess section, and inhibit both fore-and-aft movement of debris within the recesses and side-to-side movement of debris within the recess sections. The offset recess section has tracks that curve in different directions from an intermediate position adjacent or near a side of the tank. The bottom of the tank is generally curved downwardly towards the sides of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Neil N. Norell, Michael Z. Yurko
  • Publication number: 20130276262
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a screen cage that is permanently attached to a lid that fits on a receptacle. The screen cage has multiple layers of screens with different screen sizes, including an inner support that has greater rigidity and larger apertures that the primary screen, and an outer screen that also has greater rigidity and larger apertures than the primary screen, and is made of a different material than the support. A replaceable filter mounts to a power head that can be removed from the lid while the lid remains attached to the receptacle, and nests in the screen cage. A thermal cutoff shuts the vacuum cleaner off when the temperature of air in a part of the flowpath exceeds a limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SHOP VAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Melvin E. Wolfe, Randy L. Buss, Li H. Liu
  • Publication number: 20130276263
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner and suction nozzle thereof. The vacuum cleaner has a housing, dust collecting unit, filter assembly, motor assembly and roller brush. The suction nozzle has a bottom housing, front cover and roller brush. The housing includes a concave cavity; the bottom housing and the front cover latch together to form a chamber; the roller brush assembly and the separation piece fit into this chamber; the separation piece corresponds to a transmission component of the roller brush. When rotating at high speed, the roller brush forms a seamless and closed separation face with the separation piece, preventing foreign matter from entering the transmission component, thus avoiding reduced suction and damage due to a tangled synchronous belt or a shaft jamming a roller brush bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Yongbing Feng
  • Publication number: 20130276264
    Abstract: A blower (1) with a blower housing (2), a blower wheel (4) positioned so as to rotate inside a blower housing (2), an electric motor (6) for the rotational drive of the blower wheel (4), as well as with a saucer-shaped attachment housing (8) positioned externally on the blower housing (2). The attachment housing (8) contains motor-control electronics (10) and exhibits in its connection area facing the blower housing (2) a metallic cover element (14) covering the motor control electronics (10) and protects against an electromagnetic radiation from the electric motor (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Riegler, Jöfg Günth Günther, Thomas Heli, Walter Hofmann
  • Publication number: 20130276265
    Abstract: A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and simultaneously supporting a laterally extending panel support roller assembly includes multiple uniformly sized hinges having a male hinge strap and a female strap. Two or more such uniformly sized hinge units are arrayed laterally or side by side co-joined by a single hinge pin. Further, to insure appropriate alignment, a tubular roller bushing co-joins the male or the female hinge straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Raynor Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Raymond J. Friesen, Surinder Sambhi
  • Publication number: 20130276266
    Abstract: A durable, two-ply rubber-reinforced hinge is designed to bend an indefinite amount of times, thereby solving the problem of breaking or tearing that occurs in conventional plastic hinges. The hinges of the present invention may be particularly suited for use with ice chests/portable coolers—either at the original hinge at the time of manufacture, or as a replacement hinge when the original hinges break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Dempsey Pendarvis
  • Publication number: 20130276267
    Abstract: A linkage-type synchronization module structure includes a slide member, a relative slide member and two extensible/retractable assemblies connected therebetween. Second ends of the extensible/retractable assemblies are respectively pivotally connected to corresponding sections of two sides of the slide member. First ends of the extensible/retractable assemblies are slidably pivotally connected with each other and restricted by a middle slide guide section disposed between the slide member and the relative slide member. Two fixed support sections are respectively oppositely disposed on two lateral sides of the middle slide guide section. The extensible/retractable assemblies are formed with slide guide sections in which the fixed support sections are fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DOME CORPORATION
    Inventors: AN SZU HSU, WAY HAN DAI, HSIU FAN HO
  • Publication number: 20130276268
    Abstract: A damping mechanism has a housing body defining a cavity with a central axis, a threaded section disposed with female threads revolving about the central axis and a smooth section; a rotating shaft inserted into the cavity; and a piston, wherein the piston comprises a threaded section disposed with male threads revolving about the central axis and a piston head. The threaded section of the cavity and the threaded section of the piston constitute a screw-on fit relationship between the female and male threads. The piston head is clearance-fitted or seal-fitted with the smooth section of the cavity. An axial hole section of the piston is clearance-fitted or seal-fitted with the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is provided with a radially outwardly-opening and axially-extending oiling slot on the sliding path of the piston head while the depth and/or width of the oiling slot changes gradually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: WDI (Zhangzhou) Plumbing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Caiyou Li, Feiyong Li
  • Publication number: 20130276269
    Abstract: A belt buckle structure includes a buckle and a circular element. The buckle has a surface with a recess formed thereon. A first step surface and a second step surface in the recess are formed at different elevations. The second step surface is at a higher elevation and has a first positioning magnet and a second positioning magnet located thereon. The circular element slides clockwise or counterclockwise to be positioned at a desired location in the recess, and can be removed or positioned as desired whenever needed by users. Thus the functionality of the belt can be increased, and the difficulty of positioning the graphic on the top surface of the circular element in the correct alignment can be resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Yung-Fa SU
  • Publication number: 20130276270
    Abstract: A slider for a slide fastener includes a stopper mechanism formed for “forward use,” in which the surface where coiled fastener elements are attached on a fastener tape is the front surface, can be used for “reverse use,” in which the surface where the coiled fastener elements are attached on the fastener tape is the back surface. The inner surface of the lower blade of the slider body of a slider has a protrusion that extends in the forward-reverse direction from a guiding bar towards a posterior opening. The protrusion has a first horizontal upper surface on the guide bar end of the protrusion that is highest and a second upper surface on the posterior opening end that is lower than the first upper surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: YKK Corportion
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hamada, Keiichi Keyaki, Yohei Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20130276271
    Abstract: One aspect provides a fastening strip, including: a central portion comprised of a flexible material and having a first side and a second side, the first side including a first complementary material and the second side including a second complementary material, complementary to the complementary material of the first side; and a grip area disposed on at least the first side of the central portion; wherein the grip area extends substantially an entire length of fastening strip and includes a grip material. Other aspects are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Rodney Jay Lane, Fred Tullock, Philip J. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20130276272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fastening a compressible areal structure to a body part of a vehicle having at least one connecting element and at least one counterpart element, which subject to fixing a compressible areal structure to a body part can be connected to each other. It is provided that the counterpart element comprises a mounting, into which the connecting element for connecting to the counterpart element can be inserted, wherein the mounting allows a movement of the connecting element relative to the counterpart element subject to maintaining the fixing of areal structure and body part. The invention furthermore relates to an arrangement of body part, compressible areal structure and at least one device for fastening the areal structure to the body part. The body part can be a window support, in particular for the windshield of a vehicle, and the areal structure can be a sound/and a heat-insulating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Udo MILDNER
  • Publication number: 20130276273
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a quick tightener, which addresses the problems existing in the conventional tighteners such as inconvenient operation or failure in use under extreme conditions. The quick tightener includes a support, a handle, a ratchet wheel and a half-moon shaft. The half-moon shaft is composed of a first half-moon shaft and a second half moon shaft. Said first half-moon shaft could be fixedly connected with the ratchet wheel. Said second half-moon shaft could be fixedly connected with the ratchet wheel in the circumferential direction and axially move relative to the ratchet wheel. A clutch device is located between said first half-moon shaft and second half-moon shaft to connect the second half-moon shaft to the first half-moon shaft or disengage the second half-moon shaft from the first half-moon shaft. Such a quick tightener is equipped with the advantages such as preferential reliability and a high practical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG TOPSUN LOGISTIC CONTROL CO.,
    Inventor: Zhaoyin Xiao
  • Publication number: 20130276274
    Abstract: A buckle for securing a strap for goods, comprising a body having two side walls and bars extending between these side walls, which bar or bars provided with a peripheral roughening, wherein at least one tensioning side of the body of the bar or bars are provided with a profile which allows the strap to pass through, and that the lease strain on the strap causes the profile to bite into the strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Johannes H. BOUWMANS
  • Publication number: 20130276275
    Abstract: A rotary drum for a fiber-stacking device includes a drum body, pattern plates each having a single fiber-stacking depression, and holding mechanisms each detachably holding a corresponding pattern plate on the outer circumferential surface of the drum body. Each holding mechanism has a fixed hook and a moveable hook. The fixed hook is immovably attached to one side of the drum body and forms a first groove with the drum body. The movable hook is attached to the other side of the drum body to be moveable between a holding position and a release position, forms a second groove with the drum body at the holding position, and opens the second groove at the release position. When the movable hook is at the holding position, the two side parts of the pattern plate are accommodated inside the first and second grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Ishikawa, Tomohiro Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20130276276
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an automobile door hinge includes hot forging a round steel bar to form a forged workpiece including a mounting portion, an arm portion, and a column portion, and forming a shaft hole by punching the column portion by using a special die and a punch. The die has a gap formed therein so that, during punching, a slug is not generated and the column portion expands outward when the punch is pressed from a punching start point to a predetermined dimension, and a slug is generated and discharged when the punch is pressed from the predetermined dimension to a punching end point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuya Ogawa, Hiroshi Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20130276277
    Abstract: A liquid ejection apparatus manufacturing method includes forming a metallic film in at least the section to be cut of a bonding surface between the flow path forming substrate (a second substrate) and the protection substrate (a first substrate); forming a first fragile section on the protection substrate by irradiating the section to be cut of the protection substrate bonded to the flow path forming substrate from the protection substrate side with a laser beam whose condensing point is focused thereon, and forming a second fragile section on the flow path forming substrate by melting the metallic film of the section to be cut; and dividing the protection substrate and the flow path forming substrate bonded to each other along the first fragile section and the second fragile section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yasuyuki MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130276278
    Abstract: An applicator for the removal and attachment of a contact clip to a railway rail comprises an applicator body forming a clip seat to receive the contact clip, a thrust jaw suitable for engaging the clip housed in the clip seat, a contrast jaw suitable for engaging the foot of the rail, a thrust device for moving the thrust jaw towards the contrast jaw so as to push the contact clip housed in the clip seat in a thrust direction towards the contrast side, in which the clip seat is suitable for supporting the contact clip transversally to the thrust direction in an area between the thrust jaw and the contrast jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Gualtiero Barezzani, Samuel Veglianti
  • Publication number: 20130276279
    Abstract: A device to remove a metal servo horn in an efficient way by utilizing the lifting force to separate servo horn from a servo output shaft when screw is rotated counter-clockwise and hits against the concave of lower surface of upper front plate of the device. Clamping force provided by two fastening members combines the device and servo horn into one integrated unit to avoid the distortion of open end of the device when lifting force is greater than rigidity of the device. When a lifting force for removing the integrated unit is applied in direction opposite to installing direction of servo horn, it overcomes the friction between the inner splines of servo horn and the outer splines of servo output shaft then separates both splines. The removal of the servo horn from the servo output shaft is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: MODEL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bing Cheng
  • Publication number: 20130276280
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for aiding in manual handling of a work piece during machining, which method comprises the steps of: reading a predetermined work plan, comprising a required orientation of the work piece for each machining step of the work plan; detecting the orientation of the work piece; comparing the detected orientation of the work piece with the required orientation; and projecting an indication on the work piece for aiding to manually orient the work piece to the required orientation for the machining step to be performed. Al disclosed is a device for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Nivora IP B.V.
    Inventor: Nivora IP B.V.
  • Publication number: 20130276281
    Abstract: A lower supporting pin module 22 is given a shape having a contact surface 26a. On the occasion of position recognition for determining a position of a pin on the lower supporting pin module 22, an image of the lower supporting pin module 22 is captured, and the image is subjected to recognition processing, to thus detect an outer shape of an upper shaft 24B. Even when an extraneous matter on a downside surface of a substrate adheres to the contact surface 26a, the position of the lower supporting pin module 22 can be stably recognized with superior recognition precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shirou Yamashita, Tadashi Endo, Yasuichi Okada, Makoto Nakashima, Yuki Minamide
  • Publication number: 20130276282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device which may be used to secure a sheath or stack of papers contained in an apparatus such as a commonly-used architectural sheet rack clamp. The device is essentially a three-tiered rectangular structure forming two parallel, length-wise channels within the spaces defined by the three tiers. One channel, situated as the upper channel, is structured so as to securely accommodate the typical sheet clamp used to store such materials as architectural drawings, maps, and other similar over-sized sheets. The second, or lower, channel of the device is contains two adjustable fastening means, enabling attachment of the lower channel to a desk, draftsman's stand, or table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Scott Brown
  • Publication number: 20130276283
    Abstract: There is provided a method of fabricating an injector cup unit for connecting a fuel injection pipe, which includes providing a steel bar in which parent bodies of injector cups and parent bodies of injector holders, integrally formed with the parent bodies of the injector cups, are continuously connected in a longitudinal direction thereof, cutting the steel bar to a preset length to fabricate the parent body of the injector cup and the parent body of the injector holder, and processing the parent body of the injector cup and the parent body of the injector holder to fabricate the injector cup and the injector holder integrally formed with the injector cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: Iljin Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Won Han, Hee Won Jung, Chang Keun Min, Won Suk Yun
  • Publication number: 20130276284
    Abstract: Processes for recycling printed wire boards using environmentally-friendly compositions, wherein electronic components, precious metals and base metals may be collected for reuse and recycling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: André Brosseau, Svitlana Grigorenko, Ping Jiang, Michael B. Korzenksi
  • Publication number: 20130276285
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for removing a centrifugal compressor diffuser case from a turbofan gas turbine engine case which may be used while the engine is installed on an aircraft or when the engine has been removed from the aircraft. The tool includes movable gripping members at least one force member for exerting a pushing action on the engine structure on which the diffuser case is mounted the method includes gripping a peripheral portion of the diffuser case and applying an axial pushing force on the case relative to the engine case to thereby overcome an interference fit between the diffuser case and the engine case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Enzo MACCHIA, Geoffrey HENRIKSEN, Robin HARDSTAFF, Ian CHANDLER, Tim BEDARD
  • Publication number: 20130276286
    Abstract: Vehicle coverings can be used to temporarily cover one or more openings of a vehicle so as to prevent undesired materials from entering the vehicle. The coverings can include magnets, which can automatically couple the covering with the vehicle in a releasable fashion. Some coverings include suction cups to secure portions of the coverings to nonmagnetic portions of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: PRO-TECH-IT, LLC
    Inventor: MICHAEL LATUFF
  • Publication number: 20130276287
    Abstract: A wire thread insert comprises besides a cylindrical helix consisting of a plurality of coils a moving tang projecting into the interior of the helix for installing the wire thread insert into a receiving thread. The wire thread insert is connected to the cylindrical helix via a bending portion such that the moving tang can be redressed into the receiving thread after installation of the wire thread insert. The wire thread insert is installed by means of an installation tool with a mounting spindle, which installs the wire thread insert in the receiving thread via a moving shoulder and the moving tang. A compression blade provided at the mounting spindle bends the moving tang back into the receiving thread while the mounting spindle is removed from the installed wire thread insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: BÖLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Thommes, Andreas Marxkors
  • Publication number: 20130276288
    Abstract: A method for using a fire engine hose connector system is reported. The system allows for rapid connection between the fire hose and the fire engine, and more importantly the system enables even more rapid disconnection. The fire engine and fire fighting personnel may make a rapid escape form an overtaking wildfire. The ability to rapidly disconnect and escape from the fire scene allows the fire engine and personnel to access hydrant supplies that would otherwise not be available due to safety procedures that preclude connection when the long disconnect time requirements of prior art connectors place the escape of the fire engine and personnel at risk in a rapidly moving fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Eric Topacio
  • Publication number: 20130276289
    Abstract: A method of assembling a tolerance ring between opposing surfaces of an inner and outer component arranged to mate with one another to provide an interference fit therebetween includes mounting the tolerance ring on one of the inner and outer components whereby the projections are received in a recessed portion on that component, partially mating the inner and outer components, and completing mating by causing relative movement between the tolerance ring and the recessed portion to move the projections from the recessed portion and to be compressed between the mated inner and outer components. The tolerance ring includes an annular band of resilient material for engaging an opposing surface of one of the inner and outer components. The annular band has a plurality of deformable projections extending radially therefrom to engage the opposing surface of the other one of the inner and outer components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Andrew Robert Slayne
  • Publication number: 20130276290
    Abstract: To provide a method for assembling an optical connector with which the optical connector can be easily assembled. An optical connector is assembled by preparing a holding cap that holds a frame member and a plug housing while maintaining a relative positional relationship between the frame member and the plug housing, inserting a ferrule into the frame member, and connecting the plug housing and the rear housing to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshikyo Tamekuni, Yuji Suzuki, Yukihiro Yokomachi
  • Publication number: 20130276291
    Abstract: A tongs system and method for making and breaking threaded joints of a string of tubing for an oil well involves, in some examples, the use of a set of tongs with a two-speed transmission and a hydraulic system selectively operable in a high-pressure mode and a low-pressure mode. During an initial tightening period, the tongs system operates in high-gear and high-pressure for maximum speed. During a subsequent final tightening period, the tongs system operates in low-gear and low-pressure to controllably tighten the joint to a predetermined target torque. In some examples, to allow the transmission to shift speed without jamming gears, the tongs system pauses for an instant between the initial and final tightening periods. In some examples, the tongs system is interlocked with a hoist and/or other tube-holding and handling equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jonathan V. Huseman, Kasia L. Robnett, Frederic M. Newman
  • Publication number: 20130276292
    Abstract: Disclosed is a floating barrel nut with improved means for retaining a nut in a seat of a segmented cylindrical slug and related methods. In one embodiment, a barrel nut according to this disclosure may comprise: a nut with a threaded shaft and a flange that is chamfered on its lower end; a cylindrical slug that has been segmented along a plane that is parallel to the cylindrical axis, said slug having a head and a foot; two pins; wherein said nut is configured to float between the head and foot of the slug; wherein said shaft features an indentation on opposite sides thereof; and, wherein said pins are attached to the head and foot of the slug and sit in the indentations of the shaft. In another embodiment the pins are bent around the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: William Kousens, Tam Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130276293
    Abstract: A panel assembly includes a retainer, a first panel, and a second panel. A weld stud extends from the first panel. The second panel is positioned adjacent to the first panel and defines a hole that circumscribes the weld stud. The retainer includes a base and a nut. The base includes an annular cap and a cylindrical guide feature. The nut has radial fins, one of which is beveled. The cylindrical guide feature is positioned within the hole and circumscribes the weld stud. One of the radial fins is positioned adjacent to an upper surface of the cap, while the radial fin having the beveled surface is received within a slot defined by the cap to secure the nut to the base and the stud. Tabs may be arranged on an inner bore of the nut. A method of using the retainer in a panel assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Israel Solano Soriano
  • Publication number: 20130276294
    Abstract: A lubricating coating which can prevent the occurrence of galling even when makeup is carried out with a high torque and which has excellent rust preventing properties is formed on the contact surfaces of a pin and/or a box of a tubular threaded joint. The lubricating coating contains copolymer particles made from particles of an acrylic-silicone copolymer with an average particle diameter of 10-50 ?m dispersed in a highly viscous matrix made from a mixture of a rosin-based substance selected from rosin and its derivatives, wax, a metal soap, and a basic metal salt of an aromatic organic acid (such as highly basic Ca sulfonate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicants: VALLOUREC MANNESMANN OIL & GAS FRANCE, NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunio Goto, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20130276295
    Abstract: A twisting method (100) is described, for twisting free end portions (2A, 3A, 2A?, 3A?) of bar conductors (1, 1?) for the stator or rotor bar winding of an electrical machine, comprising: a step of providing (101) a twisting fixture (10) comprising at least a pocket member (11) extending about a twisting axis (Z-Z) and provided with a circular array (S1) of pockets having its center on the twisting axis (Z-Z), the pocket member (11) including a main structure (11A) provided with an arc (R1) of adjacent pockets of said array (S1) and a secondary structure (11B) which is movably mounted with respect to main structure (11A) and which is provided with a further pocket (11B?) of said array (S1), each of the pockets of said array (S1) comprising a respective insertion opening (11A?, 11B?), which is adapted to be passed through by one of said free end portions (2A, 2A?) for inserting such free end portion into said pocket; a step of providing (102) a stator core (20) or rotor core (20) provided with a plurality of s
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Sante Guercioni
  • Publication number: 20130276296
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a stator core, core steel plates each having a yoke part and teeth parts are sequentially formed and the core steel plates are laminated one on another to produce the stator core. This method includes forming a cut section extending in a radial direction in each of the core steel plates in the progressive press process so that the cut section is located in only one place in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumiki Tanahashi
  • Publication number: 20130276297
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a helical core for a rotating electrical machine includes: first step forming a yoke portion extending along one direction and tooth portions protruding toward a width direction of the yoke portion from a first side edge of the width direction, with respect to a belt-shaped metal plate extending along the one direction; second step forming a notch at a position between tooth portions of the yoke portion after the first step; and third step processing the belt-shaped metal plate into a helical shape by applying bending to the metal plate so that the belt-shaped metal plate is curved toward the width direction sequentially from a portion where the notch is formed after the second step, and in the third step, a distance between a position where the application of bending starts and the position where the notch is formed is limited to within a predetermined dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Yousuke Kurosaki
  • Publication number: 20130276298
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inductor includes a mold device having a mold cavity, disposing a coil member above the mold cavity of the mold device, filling metallic particles into the mold cavity of the mold device, forcing the coil member into the metallic particles to form a base member, applying two conductive coating members onto the base member and electrically connecting to the terminals of the coil member respectively, and attaching two conductive coverings onto the conductive coating members respectively and electrically connecting to the conductive coating members respectively for allowing the inductors to be quickly manufactured in a mass production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Chien Chih LIU