Abstract: An object is to provide a coupling device protection member that can prevent contact between a cushion material and a coupling device to protect the coupling device. A coupling device protection member is used in a vehicle seat that includes a cushion material that is elastically deformed by loads, a frame member that is stacked to the cushion material to reinforce the cushion material, and a surface cover that covers at least the cushion material, the surface cover being coupled to the frame member via a coupling device, in which the coupling device protection member is attached to the frame material so as to protect the coupling device coupled to the frame member.

Abstract: A fastening assembly and a cushion having the same are disclosed. The fastening assembly includes a first band, a second band, and a third band. The first band has a first surface protrudingly provided with a plurality of hooks, and a second surface provided with a magnetic layer. The second band is made of a sponge material and is provided lengthwise with a central concave portion and bilaterally with sidewalls. The first band is placed on the central concave portion. The depth of the central concave portion is greater than the thickness of the first band plus the hooks. The third band is bonded to a bottom surface of the second band with another magnetic layer disposed between the second band and the third band.

Abstract: The present device includes a sacral support for a person sitting in a chair with a seat back. The sacral support includes a rigid base having a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a top surface. The top surface includes a plurality of pegs projecting upwardly away therefrom. An elastomeric cushion includes a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a convex top surface. The bottom surface of the cushion includes a plurality of apertures adapted to receive the pegs therein. With the cushion engaged with the base at the pegs and apertures thereof, the sacral support may be positioned against the seat back of the chair to produce pressure against the person's sacrum when seated. The sacral support includes a plurality of elastomeric cushions, each cushion having a unique height to be selected as desired by the person. Further, the device includes a mount to be used with backless chairs.

Abstract: A nesting chair having a support frame having a back support portion, a pair of front legs having an stopping member for load bearing in an active position, a pair of rear legs and a rear support. The nesting chair further includes a seat having a top side and an under side for engagement of the stopping member, a support member mounted to the under side of the seat having an engaging end for pivotally engaging the rear support and slidably disengaging from the rear support; and a holding member mounted to the under side of the seat for engaging, and holding the seat to the nesting chair relative to the rear support member in an active position.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a base, a seat, and an anchor belt. The anchor belt holds the base in place on a passenger seat of a vehicle. The seat mounts on the base and supports a child or infant for travel in the vehicle above the base.

Abstract: A soothing apparatus and an infant seat therewith are disclosed. The soothing apparatus includes an apparatus base, a seat base disposed on the apparatus, and a driving device including a driving part and a follower disposed on the apparatus base and the seat base oppositely. The driving part has an interfering surface with a specific profile. The follower keeps contacting the interfering surface such that the seat base is moved through the follower relative to the apparatus base in accordance with the specific profile when the interfering surface moves relative to the follower. Thereby, the soothing apparatus can provide an specific soothing motion and further provide another variant soothing motion by just creating another specific profile, so that the invention can provide a more flexible mechanism than that in the prior art.

Abstract: A reclining seat comprising a seat base (10) and a backrest (11), wherein the seat base is mounted on a support structure moveable along at least one guide path (16, 17) whereby the seat base is moveable between upright and reclined use or seating positions and a retracted state, control means being provided for controlling movement of the seat base along said at least one guide path, preferably with infinite adjustment, between said upright and reclined seating positions.

Abstract: In various embodiments, self-adjusting reclinable seating is disclosed. When the user applies a force to the seating by shifting his or her center of gravity, the backrest and seat portions of the seating move in response to the force to recline the seating. The user can return the seating to an upright position by again shifting his or her center of gravity. Such a configuration eliminates the need for manual recline controls. The seating is further configured to continuously vary the angle of the seat and backrest portions relative to the ground as the user moves. In particular, vertical distance between the front of the seat and the ground increases as the backrest reclines. Continuously varying the angle of both the seat and the backrest portions of the seating relative to the ground may improve a user's seating comfort, for example, by decreasing or eliminating the user's need to shift position on the seat when reclined.

Abstract: An auxiliary moving device contains a first cushion and two support members disposed on two sides of the first cushion. The first cushion is allowed to move on the support members, with one of the two support members including a plurality of holes. A positioning mechanism is fixed on the first cushion and includes a post. The post is inserted into one of the holes of the one of the two support members to fix the support member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chair having an adjustable backrest for spinal protection in that an inside of a backrest structure is provided with an auxiliary backrest for protecting a lumbar vertebrae, and a rack and pinion structure is employed in the backrest and the auxiliary backrest in such a manner that the backrest slides vertically and the auxiliary backrest also slides vertically by the same ratio such that the backrest and the auxiliary backrest can be adjusted appropriately and used flexibly to match the sitting height of the person sitting on the seat, thereby making it possible to provide effective protection to the spinal joints of the waist, back and neck of the user.

Abstract: An infant carrier apparatus comprises a seat assembly, a backrest assembly including a first and second backrest frame, and a backrest holding mechanism. The first backrest frame includes first side and transverse segments, the second backrest frame includes second side and transverse segments, the first side segment being coupled with the seat assembly via a first pivot point. The backrest holding mechanism can be movably assembled between the first and second transverse segment, and include a latch element movable between a first and second position. The first position of the latch element causes the backrest holding mechanism to be in locking engagement with the first transverse segment to prevent rotation of the backrest assembly relative to the seat assembly, and the second position of the latch element removes the locking engagement of the backrest holding mechanism to permit rotation of the backrest assembly relative to the seat assembly.

Abstract: A seatback-motion controller in accordance with the present disclosure is mounted on a vehicle seat in a vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a seat base and a seat back mounted for pivotable movement relative to the seat base between an upright use position and a forward-leaning easy-entry position.

Abstract: To automatically adjust the position of a headrest accurately with a simple configuration while preventing an unnecessary movement of the headrest, a headrest position adjusting device 100 includes a capacitance sensor unit 10 and a drive motor unit 30. The capacitance sensor unit 10 includes, for example, a plurality of sensing electrodes 11 to 15 and a detecting circuit 20. The detecting circuit 20 includes a plurality of capacitance sensing circuits 21 to 25 connected one-to-one to the sensing electrodes 11 to 15, and an arithmetic processing circuit 28. The drive motor unit 30 includes a motor driving circuit and a drive motor.

Abstract: A seat assembly having a seat back, a support post disposed on the seat back, and a head restraint assembly disposed on the support post. The head restraint assembly includes a rear portion moveably disposed on the support post and a front portion pivotally disposed on the rear portion. The front portion pivots with respect to the rear portion independent of movement of the rear portion along the support post.

Abstract: In herringbone seats of the prior art, armrests on the closed angle side form an obstacle for the passengers in the seat in case of a shock, since the latter are generally projected along the axis of the vehicle and thus towards the armrest thus creating a high risk of injury for the passenger in case of a shock. The present invention provides a secure herringbone arrangement for the armrest of a seat i.e. making it possible to reduce the risk of injuries caused by the armrest, in case of a shock. Therefore, the present invention provides to leave a space between the seating part structure and the armrest to enable the passenger on the seat to be projected along the axis of the airplane in case of a shock without hitting the armrest. More precisely, the aim of the invention is a herringbone arrangement for the armrest of a seat wherein the armrest is angularly shifted with respect to the seat, so as to form a free space (33) between the seat and the armrest.

Abstract: A seat back frame for a seat of a vehicle includes: a pair of side frames placed at a left side and a right side in a width direction of a seat; a head rest supporting frame supporting a head rest; a supporting plate, a both ends of the supporting plate being connected to a lower portion of each of the side frames; an upper opening provided above the supporting plate, the upper opening being opened in a front-rear direction; a planar elastic body provided across the upper opening; and a connection member elastically connecting a lower portion of the planar elastic body and an upper portion of the supporting plate.

Abstract: A seat cushion having a plurality of foamed-in fastening elements in particular for utilization in vehicle seats. The fastening element has a plate-shaped retainer element foamed into the foam body of the seat cushion, and wherein the fastening element has at least one counter-retainer that is not covered by the foam body of the seat cushion, and wherein a stitching wire fastened at the cushion cover can be connected to the counter-retainer in a load-transmitting manner, wherein the counter-retainer is implemented in the type of a fastening web, the two ends thereof being connected to the plate-shaped retainer element.

Abstract: An attachment device for securing a trim cover to foam pad. The attachment device includes an elongated attachment component coupled to the trim cover and a base component disposed within the foam pad. The attachment component includes an outwardly protruding barb and a key pad at a distal end thereof. The base component includes a retaining element having a pair of spaced apart fingers defining a gap there between and a keyway at the bottom of the retaining element between the fingers that is adapted for receiving the key. The key of the attachment component is disposed in the keyway of the retaining element and one of the fingers interacts with the barb to prevent removal of the attachment component from the base component.

Abstract: A guide structure of a vehicle seatbelt includes a belt guide. The belt guide is provided at one of a left corner and a right corner defined by a left side frame, a right side frame, and an upper frame. The one corner faces a belt pulled out from a seatbelt device. The left side frame and the right side frame extend vertically. The upper frame connects an upper end of the left side frame to an upper end of the right side frame. The belt guide protrudes upwardly with respect to the upper frame and forwardly with respect to the left side frame and the right side frame so that when the belt is placed on an occupant who sits on the seat, a portion of the belt that is placed on a shoulder of the occupant is guided by the belt guide.

Abstract: A truck body that efficiently hauls homogeneous and cohesive materials that typically coagulate and adhere together in one consolidated mass. The adhesion of this consolidated mass to the surface of the truck body is minimized and the build up of “carryback” is effectively prevented during haul cycles. Hauled amalgamated materials are dumped from the truck body such that the amalgamation breaks up and is safely dumped. One typical material that displays such a coagulated conglomerate massing is “oil sands” from which oil is extracted. A non-stick surface is provided on the truck body to overcome the natural adhesiveness displayed by this material and, when being dumped from a truck body, provides a means to assist in releasing the material from the truck body without leaving significant “carryback” that tends to build up over haul cycles. Plus, the body design encourages the material to break up as it is dumped.

Abstract: An automated coal mining system outfits rotating cutterhead drums with bit blocks and replaceable bit picks according to a lacing pattern. A set of strain gauges are configured to measure the mechanical forces experienced by the bit picks during coal cutting. Measurements are taken that can be processed for indications that the replaceable bit picks have encountered a boundary layer of rock during coal cutting operations, or they are working harder than necessary to cleave coal, or that a better lacing pattern is possible. A resonant microwave patch antenna is mounted on a top surface shoulder of the bit blocks to take impedance measurements of the coal face. The impedance measurements are calibrated according to indications that the replaceable bit picks have encountered a boundary layer of rock. The rotating drum sensor data is wirelessly transmitted back to the machine for analysis and control purposes.

Abstract: A hydraulic resonant breaking hammer is described that includes a hydraulic driving system, a vibration exciter, a control system, a linkage mechanism and a breaking hammer head. The hydraulic driving system includes a hydraulic motor, an electric-control hydraulic distributing valve, a hydraulic pump and an engine. The vibration exciter includes a box and at least one group of eccentric wheels. The control system includes a sensor, a microcomputer controller and the electric-control hydraulic distributing valve. The linkage mechanism includes a machine frame, a guide rail and a damper spring. The disclosure solves the problems of the existing engineering breaking devices, such as low efficiency, high noise, serious damages to the driving excavator caused by the reaction of an impact force and incapability of breaking large rocks.

Abstract: In a heading machine (1, 24) with at least one cutting unit with a rotatably mounted tool holder (10, 39) with disc tools (11, 12, 40, 41), which tool holder is connected in a pivotable manner to the machine frame, the heading machine (1, 24) has a running gear, in particular a crawler track (2), the tool holder (10, 39) is mounted rotatably on an arm (6, 26), which can be pivoted in the vertical direction and the rotational axis (9) of the tool holder (10, 39) runs transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the arm (6, 26).

Abstract: A molding process and a mold for manufacturing a toothbrush of plastic material with a resistant inner core, is disclosed. It is provided to manufacture a resistant inner core, and to introduce it into a mold cavity having opposite footprints belonging to a lower half-mold and an upper half-mold and to subsequently inject molten plastic material into the mold cavity for manufacturing at least part of the toothbrush handle. A resistant metal core is placed into a respective footprint of the lower half-mold in contact with at least two support platforms, adapted to support the core in the proximity of a central line of the mold cavity, and before the injection of structural plastic material, to couple the lower half-mold with an upper half-mold having at least one ribbing to contact with the metal core at least in a position between the support platforms and in a position opposite thereto.

Abstract: A wheel for saddle-ride type vehicle is formed of a hub part, multiple spoke parts, and a rim part. The wheel includes disc attachment boss parts to which a brake disc is attached and which are provided, in a manner disposed in a vehicle width direction, integrally on one side of the multiple spoke parts, at middle portions thereof in a radial direction of the wheel. Each of the multiple spoke parts has a crotch part where one hub-side spoke part splits into two rim-side spoke parts in the vehicle side view.

Abstract: A dual wheel assembly for a vehicle having a common hub adapter. The assembly includes an inner wheel having an inner rim; an outer wheel having an outer rim; and a hub portion having a central cylindrical portion disposed between first and second end face portions, wherein the inner rim is mounted to the first end portion, and the outer rim is mounted to the second end face portion. The assembly may further include radially spaced apart holes disposed on the central cylindrical portion, wherein the spaced apart holes have end openings on opposite sides thereof and first and second fasteners extending in opposite directions in an alternating arrangement from the first and second end portions of the hub portion. Each of the first fasteners extends through an end opening of a spaced apart hole and the inner rim, and each of the second fasteners extends through an end opening of a spaced apart hole and the outer rim.

Abstract: To configure brake fluid a pressure controlling unit to open a high pressure control valve to allow a high pressure generating unit that generates a brake fluid pressure higher than the brake fluid pressure according to brake pedal operation of a driver and a brake fluid pressure adjusting unit that adjust the brake fluid pressure to wheel cylinders to communicate with each other, when actual deceleration of a vehicle becomes lower than target deceleration by execution of anti-lock brake control during brake assist control.

Abstract: A an assembly unit for assembling a drawable device into a casing includes a fixing member disposed on a side wall of the drawable device and a latching member slidably disposed on the casing correspondingly to the fixing member. The fixing member has a fixing hole thereon. The casing has a first tongue portion corresponding to the latching member and a fixing protrusion protruding toward the interior of the casing; wherein the fixing protrusion engages with the fixing hole when the drawable device is assembled into the casing.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided which can be manufactured easily. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet configured to hold laundry therein, a front cover including a door opening to load the laundry in the drum, and at least one panel opening configured to receive a control panel therein.

Abstract: A device for fastening a functional unit in a furniture body includes a support and two retaining elements, wherein the functional unit is pre-installed on the support and the two retaining elements are installed on the furniture body, wherein the retaining elements retain the preferably elongated support at the ends, wherein one retaining element is designed as a hinge and wherein the support is pivotably connected to the retaining element installed on the furniture body.

Abstract: A rolling body of a moving carriage cage for drawer guides has an internal core part and a separate casing part surrounding the core part. The core part is preferably composed of a first plastic, and the casing part is preferably composed of a second plastic. The plastics of the core part and of the casing part have different indentation hardnesses.

Abstract: A detachable inner sliding rail and server case mounting arrangement includes a server case having a plurality of hangers arranged in a line at one side thereof, each hanger defining a shank and a head, an inner sliding rail having a plurality of hanger holes spaced along the length thereof for hanging to the hangers of the server case, each hanger hole defining a large hole for the passing of the head of one respective hanger and a narrow slot for engagement with the shank of one respective hanger after insertion of the heads of the hangers through the large holes of the respective hanger holes and a horizontal displacement of the inner sliding rail relative to the server case, a spring plate affixed to the inner sliding rail adjacent to one hanger hole, and a stop member pivotally coupled to the spring plate.

Abstract: A home appliance supported for floor-standing operation, the home appliance including an appliance body, a support member mounted to the appliance body for supporting the appliance on a support surface, a plurality of projections attached to the appliance body adjacent the support member, a first wall member attached to the plurality of projections and extending downwardly from the appliance body and a second wall member attached to the first wall member with the second wall member being movable relative to first wall member, with the wall members covering a side portion of the support member.

Abstract: Disclosed in this application is a u-shaped grommet for use in a refrigerator. The grommet is fixed so as to allow wires to be routed towards an opening in the liner of the refrigerator, pass through the opening in the liner, and exit the grommet in the opposite direction as the wires entered. The grommet is preferably molded to the wires so that the combined product is inseparable from the wiring which it protects. The grommet is also described as a single piece grommet, although multiple piece grommets are anticipated. Further disclosed in this application is an improved pass-through hinge for routing utilities, including water and electricity, from the door to the body of the refrigerator. The improved hinge features a hollow hinge pin through which utilities may be routed, thereby overcoming the deficiencies of the current state of the art.

Abstract: A household appliance having a housing defining an interior space. In an exemplary embodiment, the housing may include a plurality of internal walls, wherein at least one of the plurality of internal walls is made of a glass material. Further, the interior space may be under a refrigeration condition.

Abstract: A power supply integrated circuit includes a DC-DC boost regulating unit and a DC-AC output controlling unit. The DC-DC boost regulating unit is used for increasing a low DC voltage into a high DC voltage. The DC-AC output controlling unit is connected with the DC-DC boost regulating unit for converting the high DC voltage into a high AC voltage. A first portion of an integrated circuit chip and a plurality of passive components are collaboratively defined as the DC-DC boost regulating unit. A second portion of the integrated circuit chip is defined as the DC-AC output controlling unit.

Abstract: A printer and method of printing wherein a preview mode conveys media through the printer in a manner that avoids the possibility that the media can contact a print head. A hold-down system of the printer and/or media transport generates a hold-down pressure applied to the substrate media in the direction of the first media transport. A precurler unit applies a predetermined degree of curl to the substrate media. A media height sensor determines the height of the substrate media above the first media transport under the influence of the hold-down pressure. A print head array marks the substrate media with an image in the marking zone, and an actuator adjusts the relative spacing between the print head array and the first media transport. The gap between print head and the media is adjustable in view of the measurements.

Abstract: A printer includes a top plate, a stabilizer bar, a screw, and a positioning member. The top plate is adapted for a piece of paper located thereon and defines a locking hole. The stabilizer bar is slidably attached to the top plate and defines a through hole and a step-shaped hole. The screw is screwed into the locking hole from the through hole. The positioning member includes a threaded portion. The threaded portion is mounted in the step-shaped hole. A part of the threaded portion extends out of the step-shaped hole, and the part of the threaded portion abuts the top plate.

Abstract: A wiring substrate unit is provided. The unit includes: first and second wiring substrates, first and second input portions respectively formed in marginal portions of the first and second wiring substrates, and first and second output contact points respectively formed on one surfaces of the first and second wiring substrates. A through hole is formed in the first wiring substrate to correspond to the second output contact point; a cutout is formed either at a position adjacent to the first input portion of the marginal portion of the first wiring substrate or at a position adjacent to the second input portion of the marginal portion of the second wiring substrate; and one of the first and second input portions is exposed from the cutout.

Abstract: A resonance pulse is a voltage waveform substantially containing an expansion element for varying a voltage to expand a pressure chamber, an expansion sustaining element generated following with the expansion element, and sustaining a maximum voltage at a predetermined value, and a contraction element generated following with the expansion sustaining element, and varying the voltage to contract the pressure chamber. A time span from a front end of the expansion element to a front end of the contraction element is set as ½ of an inherent vibration cycle of ink in the pressure chamber.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a holder in which a printing material cartridge set is mounted; and a mounting detection circuit for detecting mounted states of printing material cartridges in the holder. Each of the N printing material cartridges includes a storage device for storing information regarding a printing material which is contained, an electric device for mounting detection, a terminal for the storage device, and a terminal for the electric device. The electric devices of the N printing material cartridges are configured so that a detection voltage becomes equal to or greater than a threshold voltage set in advance when the N printing material cartridges are all mounted in the holder.

Abstract: A modulated signal is generated by performing pulse modulation of a drive waveform signal that is a reference for a drive signal to be applied to a capacitive load, and the drive signal is generated by performing power amplification of the acquired modulated signal and then smoothing the power-amplified modulated signal. Then, negative feedback of the drive signal applied to the capacitive load is applied to the drive waveform signal that is the reference for the drive signal. At this time, a predetermined analog compensation process for smoothing gain characteristics in a frequency band included in the drive signal is performed for the drive signal, then the acquired signal is converted into a digital signal, and negative feedback of the digital signal is applied to the drive waveform signal.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head unit including a plurality of liquid ejecting heads in a parallel arrangement. Each liquid ejecting head ejects a liquid from nozzles formed in a nozzle face toward an ejection target object in accordance with a drive signal from a controller. Each liquid ejecting head has an individual two-dimensional code that includes at least a portion of information related to the liquid ejecting head. The liquid ejecting head unit includes a collective two-dimensional code that includes arrangement information of the liquid ejecting heads in the liquid ejecting head unit and collective information related to the information included in the individual two-dimensional codes.

Abstract: A method and system for printing graphical content onto a plurality of memory devices and for providing a visually distinguishable memory device are provided. In one embodiment, graphical content to be printed onto a plurality of memory devices is identified. A graphical image is then created from the identified graphical content, wherein the graphical image comprises a plurality of sub-areas, wherein each sub-area contains graphical content and corresponds to at least one memory device of the plurality of memory devices. The graphical image is then printed onto the plurality of memory devices, wherein the plurality of memory devices are positioned to substantially correspond with positions of the plurality of sub-areas in the graphical image. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharge apparatus including a liquid discharge head having a plurality of nozzles; a common chamber; a liquid chamber; a liquid supply port; and a communication channel; and a discharge control mechanism which controls the liquid discharge head to perform a discharge operation of discharging the liquid from the nozzles to the medium. The discharge control mechanism controls the liquid discharge head to perform a flushing operation, as the discharge operation, so that the liquid is discharged from a first nozzle group in a discharge mode, which is different from a discharge mode of a second nozzle group, to generate a flow of the liquid in the communication channel.

Abstract: An optical sensor that outputs a signal based on reflected light intensity is moved in a second direction orthogonal to a transport direction of a medium. A pattern containing patches representing a plurality of gradation levels between a first gradation level and a second gradation level denser than the first is formed such that each patch is located at a different position in the second direction. Signals of the patch of the second gradation level and another patch are outputted. Then signals are outputted with respect to positions in the second direction in a blank region onto which ink has not been dispensed, one of the positions being located at the same position as the patch of the second gradation level, the other position being located at the another patch, so as to correct a dispensing amount corresponding to the gradation level of the another patch.

Abstract: An apparatus which prevents an increase in a print suspension time or the time required to print because of a remaining ink detection operation when there is a sufficient amount of remaining ink. At least one ink tank is monitored to determine if the remaining ink is less than a given amount. If the remaining ink in an ink tank is less than a given amount, printing is suspended and it is determined which ink tank has ink less than the given amount.

Abstract: A printer includes a memory that memorizes a value of a maximum stroke and a processor that executes a process. The process includes calculating a maximum stroke time that lasts from when a print pin arranged in a printhead is projected from the printhead by the maximum stroke to when the print pin is retracted in the printhead, setting an adjustment printing area on the printing medium, and switching a movement timing of the printhead in accordance with the maximum stroke time when a printing position of the printhead falls within the adjustment printing area set on the printing medium.

Abstract: In an inkjet printer, a low surface energy material is applied to a printhead face and a drip bib during a printhead maintenance operation. The low surface energy material forms a thin layer on the printhead face and drip bib to resist adhesion of ink to the printhead. The low surface energy material can be a layer of silicone oil.

Abstract: A printing device and a printer using the same are provided. The printer includes a body and the printing device installed therein. The printing device includes a shaft, an inkjet module disposed on the shaft, and a cleaning module disposed under the shaft. The inkjet module has a nozzle and at least one electromagnet around the nozzle. The cleaning module includes a scraper and a cap disposed aside of the scraper, wherein the cap is magnetic or has at least one magnet disposed therein. Whether the cap attracts the nozzle or the cap repels the nozzle is determined by the current applied to the electromagnet.