Patents Issued in June 26, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140173949
    Abstract: A wear member assembly has a wear member, a wear member receiver with at least first and second contact portions and at least one aperture to receive at least one wear member locating member of the wear member. An attachment mechanism, releasably attaches the wear member to the receiver has at least one moveable attachment member and at least one respective fastening means. Actuation of each of the fastening means moves the associated attachment member to apply a retaining force to one of the contact portions of the receiver and causes the respective wear member locating member to apply a retaining force to the other of the contact portions of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia (Production/Supply) Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Bjorn Marten Karlsson, Bradley John Dallard, Wei Cheng Ong, Daniel Tuan Yong Foo
  • Publication number: 20140173950
    Abstract: A medal-mounting support bar assembly is especially constructed for mounting miniature military-type medals and consists of a rigid mounting bar and a pivotably attached, resiliently deformable clamping piece, securable in closed relationship to one another by detent coupling structure formed on the mounting bar and clamping piece at one end of the assembly. Jog elements adjacent the opposite ends of the clamping piece offset the arcuate central position thereof toward the mounting bar, thereby increasing the gripping force generated and reducing the length of the gaps that would otherwise be present, so as to better secure the endmost medals against inadvertent lateral displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Frank G. Neri
  • Publication number: 20140173951
    Abstract: A luggage tag which can be easily operated for attachment of the luggage tag to a luggage is provided. A luggage tag includes a surface sheet and a peel-off sheet, and a customer's copy is provided on one end portion of the surface sheet via a separation slit. A peel-off region is provided on one end portion of the peel-off sheet via a peel-off slit. When winding the luggage tag on a handle of a luggage in a loop fashion, an attaching portion to be adhered to the peel-off sheet is covered with the peel-off region, and the customer's copy is adhered to the peel-off region. A folding line is provided on the peel-off region, and when the peel-off region is folded along the folding line, an adhesive layer of the customer's copy is exposed outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Shimizu, Yukie Sahara
  • Publication number: 20140173952
    Abstract: An office status notifier that may be placed at an employee's work station to let co-workers know where the employee is when they are not at their desk. The notifier may include a plurality of pre-printed (or user defined) cards that may rotate about one or more card holders. The card holders may be suspended from a base by a cross-member supported by legs. The notifier may be designed with an attachment mechanism to affix the notifier to a piece of office equipment, such as a top portion of a computer monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Janice Dill-Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20140173953
    Abstract: A lighted sign comprising one or more sign sections, wherein each of the one or more sign sections comprises a front surface a rear surface, one of operatively integrated and coupled to the front surface, one or more bores extending from the front surface to the rear surface, and a light source positioned to project light through at least a portion of the at least one side surface. Furthermore, the one or more bores comprise at least one side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Bloom, Scott Adcock
  • Publication number: 20140173954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic film with concealed tearable strip, which includes a film body; at least one first tearable strip having two sides respectively forming first and second joint sections; and at least one second tearable strip having two sides respectively forming a third joint section and an internal tear line. The first and second tearable strips each have one side connected to the film body. The first joint section has two sides each forming a tear line. The third joint section has one side forming at least one tear line. The third joint section and the internal tear line have inside faces respectively coupled to the first and second joint sections, whereby the first and second tearable strips are respectively located at outside and inside of the film body and the second tearable strip is concealed at the inside of the film body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Tzu-Chin HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140173955
    Abstract: Magnetic blocks have images disposed thereon. Specifically, a block made from a rigid material includes an image over at least a portion of a first surface and a magnet on at least a portion of a second surface of the block. The block is disposed within a frame or board having a metallic and/or magnetic surface thereon and/or is provided on a metallic and/or magnetized surface. A plurality of blocks having images thereon are disposed together in a tiled arrangement, either in the frame, board or otherwise on the metallic and/or magnetic surface. Moreover, a system comprises the magnetic blocks having images thereon and a frame, board and/or metallic and/or magnetic surface. Methods of making and using the same are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Margaret L. Rehnberg
  • Publication number: 20140173956
    Abstract: A system for supporting one or more contiguous overhead signs or portions thereof. The system includes a plurality of sign support members, and a plurality of connectors for coupling adjacent support members along a common longitudinal axis. At least one connector is slidably receivable by the adjacent support members in corresponding channels thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: T.M. SHEA PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas M. SHEA, Jacob SCOBIE, Roger MAGERMAN
  • Publication number: 20140173957
    Abstract: The present invention provides a label clip for use with a bin divider, having a first major face and a second label bearing face. Typically, the first major face and the second label bearing face are angled from one another by an angle of approximately 0-60° and preferably by about 20°. The faces are connected to a divider of a bin system by an extension leg and a retaining leg and preferably an insertion leg. One or more reinforcing sections may link the extension leg and label face. The clip may also optionally include one or more gripping sections protruding from the extension leg toward the major face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Travis Shamp, Christopher Clark, Laura Manson, Jeffery Boll, Jerry Sciarini
  • Publication number: 20140173958
    Abstract: An adhesive frame includes a clear flexible sheet member with an optional printed ink layer disposed on a border of a first side of the clear flexible sheet member. A semi-permanent adhesive layer is disposed on a second side of the clear flexible sheet member at the border of the clear flexible sheet member. No adhesive is disposed in the middle of the adhesive frame, either through using a patterned adhesive or through use of a liner. Such adhesive frames allow for quick and easy mounting of visual media on nearly any surface. Media can be quickly removed and replaced from underneath the adhesive frame because of the lack of adhesive in the middle portion of the adhesive frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Reel Life DVD, LLC
    Inventor: Valarie Moody
  • Publication number: 20140173959
    Abstract: A projectile is presented including a casing, a propellant, and a primer configured to ignite the propellant. The projectile also includes an electronic beacon incorporated within the casing of the projectile, the electronic beacon configured to emit at least one signal to be received by at least one electronic device located within a pre-established vicinity of the projectile. The electronic device provides a notification indicating proximity of the projectile. The electronic beacon may be a radio transceiver operating at, at least one of a plurality of frequencies. The electronic device may be a mobile device. The notification is a visual notification or an audible notification or a combination thereof. The notification may indicate a safe condition or a danger condition based on an identifier of the electronic beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Theodosios Kountotsis, Agjah Libohova
  • Publication number: 20140173960
    Abstract: A loaded weapon notification system is presented including a weapon having a frame, a barrel connected to the frame, and a magazine mechanically cooperating with the frame and at least one projectile configured to be stored within the magazine of the weapon. The loaded weapon notification system further includes an electronic beacon non-removably incorporated within the weapon and/or the projectile, the electronic beacon configured to emit at least one signal to be received by at least one electronic device located within a predetermined range of the weapon and/or projectile. The electronic device provides a notification indicating the weapon and/or projectile to be within the predetermined range, the notification subsequently transmitted to at least one social network of a subject associated with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Theodosios Kountotsis, Agjah Libohova
  • Publication number: 20140173961
    Abstract: According to certain aspects, a system for controlling use of firearms can include location circuitry and communications circuitry. The location circuitry may be configured to determine a location of a firearm. The communications circuitry may be configured to communicate information relating to the location of the firearm to a remote server, wherein the remote server can include information relating to one or more locations at which the firearm should be disabled. The communications circuitry may also be configured to determine whether the location of the firearm is a location at which the firearm should be disabled. The communications circuitry may further be configured to, in response to determining that the location of the firearm is a location at which the firearm should be disabled, disable the firearm from operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: David Goren, James Peterson
  • Publication number: 20140173962
    Abstract: According to certain aspects, a system for controlling use of firearms can include a circuitry coupled to a firearm and in communication with a Global Positioning System (GPS) unit. The circuitry may be configured to: determine, using the GPS unit, coordinates of a current location of the firearm; transmit the coordinates of the current location of the firearm to a remote server, wherein the remote server comprises a database including a plurality of coordinates associated with a plurality of locations at which the firearm should be enabled or disabled; receive from the remote server information relating to whether the firearm should be disabled at the coordinates of the current location of the firearm; and in response to determining that the firearm should be disabled based on the information from the remote server, initiate disabling of the firearm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: David Goren, James Peterson
  • Publication number: 20140173963
    Abstract: A firearm recoil modifying device includes a cylindrical body having a rearward end, a forward end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. An adapter having a central aperture aligned with the longitudinal axis is coupled to the rearward end of the cylindrical body. An end cap is coupled to the forward end of the cylindrical body, and includes a central aperture aligned with the central aperture of the adapter along the longitudinal axis. A piston is carried within the interior volume of the cylindrical body for reciprocal movement between a rearward position and a forward position. The piston includes a central aperture aligned with the central apertures of the adapter and the end cap, along the longitudinal axis. A biasing member biases the piston into the rearward position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Howard D. Kent
  • Publication number: 20140173964
    Abstract: A bullet-free training magazine designed to simulate real firing sounds and sights. The magazine is part of a magazine assembly which includes a magazine adaptor, a push to fire (PTF) trigger shaped to fit over a regular weapon trigger and to a fire flashlight. The PTF trigger and the fire flashlight are connected physically to the adaptor through two separate electrical cables. The magazine and the adaptor are coupled electrically through matching electrical interfaces and are designed for combined insertion into the magazine housing of a weapon. The magazine adaptor includes a first section adapted to attach to a magazine insertion member and including an adaptor electrical interface, a second section with two electrical sockets connected to the electrical cables, and a mounting adaptor member for mounting the magazine adaptor to fit into the magazine housing and into a firing chamber of the weapon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Bagira Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Yaron Mizrachi
  • Publication number: 20140173965
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved open sight that may be operated as a Patridge sight and point-on-point sight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Brad Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20140173966
    Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed for repelling elasmobranchs with high-pull-force magnets, including devices and methods for reducing by-catch in commercial fisheries and protecting humans from attacks by elasmobranchs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Eric Matthew Stroud
  • Publication number: 20140173967
    Abstract: A main body layer 78 is configured by a layer 75 formed, in a cylindrical shape, from a main part 76 and a complementary part 77. The main part 76 is formed by a main prepreg 70. In a small-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in a widthwise direction overlapping each other, and in a large-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound so that a part of the entire circumference in the circumferential direction remains behind as a winding-shortage part, with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in the widthwise direction separated from each other in the circumferential direction. The complementary part 77 is formed to complement the winding-shortage part by a sub-prepreg 71 having a predetermined shape corresponding to the winding-shortage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Shoushi Iwata, Yoshiyuki Kamimou, Nobuhiro Suganuma
  • Publication number: 20140173968
    Abstract: A fishing lure generally including a weighted body portion surrounding the front half of the shank of a hook, a relatively flat spoon portion extending rearward from a lower surface of the body portion, an artificial worm holding barb on the rear end of the body and a feather holding rim just forward of the worm holding barb. The configuration of the body tends to keep the spoon below the hook as the bait is pulled through the water. The hooked portion and the point of the hook extend upward perpendicularly above the surface of the spoon. The weight distribution and general shape of the lure prevents spinning but encourages a more natural and fish attracting side to side motion of the lure while being pulled through the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth P. Comeaux
  • Publication number: 20140173969
    Abstract: 1. A trap for rodents, including in particular rats, said trap comprising: a housing; and a trapping chamber in which a passage extends from the side(s) of the housing. The trap further comprises two electric poles, of which the one electric pole is disposed outside the trapping chamber and a reservoir. The trap is moreover configured with a transport mechanism for the transport of the trapping chamber with rodent between a lower position in which the rodent is able to run into the trapping chamber and an upper position in which the trapping chamber is able to discharge a destroyed rodent into the reservoir. The trapping chamber and the electric poles comprise means to the effect that the electric poles can be caused to be situated close to each other within the trapping chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: PAF Holding ApS
    Inventor: Preben Fritzboeger
  • Publication number: 20140173970
    Abstract: A pest extermination apparatus including a blanket and a cooling agent, such as solid state carbon dioxide positioned within the blanket. The pest extermination apparatus may also include top surface is made of insulated material, such as foam or plastic and a reflective cover positioned on the top surface. The pest extermination apparatus may further include a bottom surface having at least one channel wherein the cooling agent is positioned within the at least one channel. The at least one channel has a plurality of holes on a bottom portion thereof for allowing the cooling agent to pass through the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Herbert Martin
  • Publication number: 20140173971
    Abstract: Methods to create and maintain pre-designed geometrically shaped volumes of an effective dynamic mixture of volatile compounds encompassing an object of protection for very long times, up to one or more years, for control of pests and pest-borne diseases in open outdoor environments of importance to humans, animals and plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: AUBURN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Maurice M. BOYD, Ronald D. NEUMAN, Andrew B. SHELTON, Wiley M. CAUTHEN, Ralph H. ZEE
  • Publication number: 20140173972
    Abstract: A liquid fuel composition containing (a) a gasoline base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and (b) one or more organic sunscreen compounds. The liquid fuel composition of the present invention provides benefits in terms of improved acceleration and/or power output of an internal combustion engine fuelled by said fuel as well as an increase in flame speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence BREWER, Michael William HOWE
  • Publication number: 20140173973
    Abstract: A liquid fuel composition containing (a) a diesel base fuel suitable for use in an internal combustion engine; and (b) one or more organic sunscreen compounds. The liquid fuel composition of the present invention provides benefits in terms of power output of a diesel engine, and modifying the ignition delay and/or modifying the burn period and/or increasing the cetane number of the liquid fuel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Mark Lawrence BREWER
  • Publication number: 20140173974
    Abstract: A method for producing biodiesel includes feeding methanol into a tank and heating methanol to a temperature above a critical temperature of methanol to obtain a supercritical methanol. A reactive matrix is fed into the tank. The reactive matrix includes acetic acid and a material oil. A molar ratio of acetic acid to the material oil is in a range from 1:1 to 5:1. A molar ratio of methanol to the material oil is in a range from 20:1 to 90:1. A supercritical carbon dioxide is fed into the tank. A total pressure of the supercritical methanol and the supercritical carbon dioxide is higher than 10 MPa. The supercritical methanol, the material oil, acetic acid, and the supercritical carbon dioxide react with each other in the tank at 240-500° C. and 8.1-50 MPa for 0.1-1.5 hours to obtain biodiesel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Ho-Hsien Chen, Tzou-Chi Huang, Chao-Yi Wei
  • Publication number: 20140173975
    Abstract: A method comprises providing a carbohydrate; reacting the carbohydrate with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenolysis catalyst to produce reaction products comprising an alcohol, a polyol, and a higher polyol; recycling the higher polyol through the hydrogenolysis reaction to produce reaction products comprising an alcohol and a polyol and a higher polyol; processing at least a portion of the reaction products to form a fuel blend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Juben Nemchand CHHEDA, Kimberly Ann JOHNSON, Joseph Broun POWELL
  • Publication number: 20140173976
    Abstract: Certain disclosed pellets, briquettes, and other compacted products contain multiple components and have a composition tailored to meet specific requirements for a given application. Frequently, at least one of the components is a biomass component. The compacted biomass products can be used in various applications including power generation, animal bedding, and waste absorbent. One particular embodiment involves using compacted body or mass as a fuel supplement or fuel replacement for coal or other fossil fuel(s) in co-firing power plants. Other specific applications include bedding for various animals including fowl, horses, and rabbits. Another application comprises pelletized absorbents such as cat litter for absorbing liquid and/or solid waste products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: AMERICAN PELLET SUPPLY LLC
    Inventors: Michael B. Myers, Jay J. Hood
  • Publication number: 20140173977
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to create a fundamentally new method of the substrate production, which would include the following: the processing of the parent materials, containing lignocellulose (for example, straw), by applying the methods of the primary processing (for example, steam explosion) in order to decompose the said parent material into the lower-level components; possible removal of the carbohydrates of the group C5 from the processed mass of lignocellulose; extrusion, pasteurization and sterilization of the initial substrate; adding of the components to the wetted initial substrate, its enrichment of materials necessary the growth of the mycelium and mushrooms; undersowing of the mycelium and its stirring in the volume of the prepared substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: UAB "EKO INVEST"
    Inventor: Kestutis Juscius
  • Publication number: 20140173978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grass protection mat which can be used in golf courses, grass fields, lawns and the like to protect grass while enduring pressure from being stepped on by people and loads from objects. The grass protection mat comprises: networked main body portions (10) in which hexagons are continuously repeated; a tetragonal border (11) finishing the edge; columns (20) vertically formed at each hexagonal corner of the main body portions; wall support bodies (30) formed on the upper surface of the networked main body portions (10) so as to be lower than the columns; upper protrusions (40) formed on the upper surface of the networked main body portions (10) so as to be higher than the columns; and Y-shaped lower connectors (50) for connecting three columns (20) among six columns forming a hexagon at the lower ends of the columns (20) so as to meet at the center of the hexagon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Sin Kim, Kyung Bin Kim
  • Publication number: 20140173979
    Abstract: A method of coating seeds is provided using observations of coating and coated seeds to modify the coating of yet-to-be coated seeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Heather McConnell Smith, Scott Michael Fleming, Al Paulsen
  • Publication number: 20140173980
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices that can improve water usage by plants and grasses by, for example, inducing preferential root tropism and assisting in redistributing water within the soil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Cesare CEJAS, Remi DREYFUS, Lawrence HOUGH, Jean-Christophe CASTAING
  • Publication number: 20140173981
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an agricultural covering material which has a high light transmittance so that it accelerates the growth of crops and has visual confirmation properties to the inside thereof for cultivators, which has a good growth acceleration effect due to heat retention of soil temperature, can suppress ingress of excess amounts of rainwater, has excellent evenness such as a low unevenness in strength and effective prevention of harmful insects which will fly and gather, and which has proper air-permeability. The agricultural covering material of the present invention includes a nonwoven fabric laminate having (i) a light transmittance of 80% or more, (ii) an air-permeability of 50 to 400 cm3/cm2/sec and (iii) a basis weight of 10 to 30 g/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Taro Ichikawa, Takeshi Tsuda
  • Publication number: 20140173982
    Abstract: A combinational plant pot has a base panel and multiple side panels. The side panels are perpendicularly mounted around the base panel. Each side panel has multiple buckling seats separately disposed along a first side edge of the side panel, and multiple resilient buckling plates separately disposed along a second side edge of the side panel and respectively mounted through and engaging the buckling seats of an adjacent side panel. The combinational plant pot can be disassembled when for sale or when not in use. The base panel and the side panels that are disassembled can be stacked to reduce space that the combinational plant pot occupies for the convenience of transportation and storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Yueh-Chun KAKU LU
  • Publication number: 20140173983
    Abstract: A coal gasification system includes a coal gasifier that allows, for example, coal, as carbonaceous solid fuel, to react in the furnace with a gasifying agent (for example, air or oxygen) to generate combustible gas from the coal, a pulverized coal supply device (solid fuel supply means) that pulverizes the coal into a fine powder form and charges the coal into the coal gasifier, and an ash supply device (ash supply means) that charges ash of the coal (pulverized coal) to an inside of the coal gasifier. The ash supply device is configured to recharge slag that is generated when the pulverized coal is gasified in the coal gasifier and is discharged, into the coal gasifier as the ash. The slag is melted in a combustor to be molten slag, and adheres to an inner wall of the combustor to function as a refractory material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Junichiro Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140173984
    Abstract: An anti-trap protection unit for an electric window lifter of a vehicle or generally to efficiently limit excess forces of an adjusting element that can be driven by means of a drive unit is provided. For this purpose, a compensation trajectory of the drive unit is determined independent of the temperature, and a variable threshold function which is dependent on the temperature is determined as a function of the drive trajectory or the drive time, the threshold function approaching a defined threshold value asymptotically, and the drive force especially in the form of a measured speed of a drive motor being continuously determined and being monitored in accordance with the determined threshold function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Hallstadt
    Inventors: Markus SCHLESIGER, Roland KALB
  • Publication number: 20140173985
    Abstract: An emergency vehicle window opener that includes a power window switch that controls an electrical motor to open and to close a window of a vehicle, a retractable handle that is extended to manually open and close the window of the vehicle, a first pinion gear connected to the retractable handle, a second pinion gear that is engaged with the first pinion gear, an electrical magnet, an electrical switch, an actuator having a controller that receives an emergency signal and controls the electrical switch based on the emergency signal, a coupling part, a coupling button, and a coupling spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Hashim Mohammed ALSADAH
  • Publication number: 20140173986
    Abstract: Apparatus for operating a door or hatch on a vehicle, wherein the apparatus has a sensor unit in order to allow detection of an object in at least one detection area which joins the motor vehicle, with the result that the detection can he used to activate the operation of the moving portion, wherein the sensor unit is in the form of a coaxial cable, wherein a conductor of the coaxial cable which is in the form of a metal, core is used as an active screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Van Gastel, Iko Lindic
  • Publication number: 20140173987
    Abstract: I designed the “Classic Step Store Gate”, It does not use a pivot post. Classic, Step Store Gate uses my special hinge made by modifying a strap hinge. “Classic” is different in design; “Classic” has a rounded firm handrail across the top, and can help prevent a fall at the steps. It is used at steps going up or down. The opening end of the gate is lifted to open toward steps or into the room. The “Classic Step Store Gate”, has an attractive clean look from the front view, and an interesting mechanical view from the back. The gate can be stored along the wall on the steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Robert Lee Swafford
  • Publication number: 20140173988
    Abstract: A system for opening and closing a motor vehicle, the flap is swivalably mounted along one of its edge areas at a stationary structural component part about a horizontal swiveling axis. A first drive device and a second drive device act in parallel to more like flap from a closed position into an open position. The first drive device is a non-self-locking drive device, and the second drive device comprises a cylinder filled with a fluid under pressure. An interior of the second drive device is divided by a piston into a first work chamber and a second work chamber, wherein a piston rod of the piston is guided outward through the first work chamber. A valve arrangement in the piston closes a flow connection between the first work chamber and the second work chamber in a stationary operating state of the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Marian BOCHEN, Frank Doffing, Rolf Mintgen, Thomas Reif
  • Publication number: 20140173989
    Abstract: A sliding door includes a door body, a slider member, a rail, a rotating unit, a sliding unit, and a driving unit. The door body opens or closes an opening part of a vehicle body. The slider member is fixed to an inner side of the vehicle body adjacent to the opening part. The rail is slidably disposed on the slider member. The rotating unit has one side rotatably connected to the rail and the other side rotatably connected to a door to rotate the door body with respect to the rail. The sliding unit slides the rail with respect to the slider member. The driving unit is disposed at the rail and drives the sliding unit and the rotating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae Hong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20140173990
    Abstract: A sliding door assembly for use with a tub or shower enclosure, said assembly comprising a rod, having a first end and a second end extending along said enclosure; at least one door, having a top, bottom, first end, second end, first surface and second surface; at least one roller attached to said door at a predetermined position and slidably engaging said rod; a stopper attached to said rod, at a predetermined position; a striker attached to said door, at a predetermined position; said striker further comprising at least one striking member; said stopper further comprising at least one striking member receiver; wherein when said door is in a first position, said at least one striking member and said at least one striking member receiver are not engaged and when said door is in a second position, said at least one striking member and said at least one striking member receiver are engaged, preventing said at least one door from substantial horizontal and vertical movement along said rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: FLEURCO PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Robert Schachter, Chi Hai Pham, Karina Schatz, Nicholas Lee
  • Publication number: 20140173991
    Abstract: A sliding door includes slidable panel. A first weather stripping member is secured to a portion of the slidable panel. A header and a sill each include a track having a length defining a longitudinal axis. At least one of the tracks includes a first ramp and a second ramp spaced from the first ramp along the longitudinal axis. The slidable panel moves along the longitudinal axis from an open position to a closed position. The slidable panel is moved from a lowered position to a raised position on both the first ramp and second ramp as the slidable panel is moved to the closed position. The weather stripping member is engaged against one of either the header or sill when the slidable panel is in the raised and closed position. The weather stripping is disengaged from the header or sill when the slidable panel is the lowered and open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Milgard Manufacturing Incorporated
    Inventors: Melvin Saunders, Victor Massey
  • Publication number: 20140173992
    Abstract: The subject of the present disclosure is a sill and opening leaf assembly for a door that is fluid-tight to a liquid or gaseous fluid and intended to seal an opening separating two spaces in a building, wherein one of the edge faces or lower edge face of the opening leaf is situated, when mounted, facing a floor surface, and a sill able to provide fluid-tightness, of the bottom part of the door concerned between the lower edge face and the floor surface. The sill includes at least one flat and elongate gasket element, of the tongue type, fixed via one of its longitudinal sides to the lower edge face and a sealing and travel groove made in the floor surface across the opening concerned and intended to house the gasket element able to collaborate in travel with one of the longitudinal edges of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: BAUMERT
    Inventor: Bernard Baumert
  • Publication number: 20140173993
    Abstract: A gasket string, in particular for sealing a door jamb against a vehicle door, has a fixing portion, preferably comprising a first elastomeric material, which together with a further portion, which optionally comprises a second elastomeric material softer than the first elastomeric material, forms a tubular seal, the tube wall of which has openings arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the string. The openings are arranged such that in the installed position the openings are concealed by a circumferentially formed angled portion of the tube wall of the gasket string.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: CQLT SAARGUMMI TECHNOLOGIES S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Christian Kast, Martin Dillmann
  • Publication number: 20140173994
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing and controlling operation of a dual sided opening roof mount cargo box for a carrying vehicle. A dual sided opening roof mount cargo box is provided and which has a lid portion releasably hinge-connected at two lateral sides to a bottom portion of the cargo box for alternate pivotation at each of the two lateral sides between open and closed configurations. The bottom portion is adapted to be mounted to a carrying vehicle and the lid portion is manufactured from a semi-flexible material sufficiently pliable to permit two opposite end regions thereof to be at different relative distances from the bottom portion of the cargo box during transition between the open and closed configurations. A pair of spring-biased struts are also provided, each operatively interposed between the lid portion and the bottom portion of the cargo box, and one each of the pair of spring-biased struts being located at the two opposite end regions of the cargo box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: THULE SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Mark VIKLUND, Vincent BOVE
  • Publication number: 20140173995
    Abstract: Provided are methods to make a drilling tool with low friction coatings to reduce balling and friction. In one form, the method includes providing one or more drilling tool components with specified locations for fitting cutters, inserts, bearings, rollers, additional non-coated components, or combinations thereof; cleaning the one or more drilling tool components; applying masking for fitting cutters, inserts, bearings, rollers, additional non-coated components or combinations thereof; applying a multi-layer low friction coating to the cleaned specified locations; removing the masking from the cleaned and coated specified locations of the one or more drilling components; inserting cutters and inserts and assembling moving parts to the cleaned and coated specified locations of the one or more drilling tool components; and assembling the one or more drilling tool components to form a drilling tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Roberts Bailey, Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Tabassumul Haque, Adnan Ozekcin, Mehmet Deniz Ertas, HyunWoo Jin, Bo Zhao, Russell Robert Mueller
  • Publication number: 20140173996
    Abstract: Cutting tool insert has a substrate and a coating of one or more refractory layers of which at least one layer is an ?-Al2O3 layer having thickness of 1 to 25 ?m, sulphur content of more than 100 ppm analysed by Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (SIMS), and texture coefficient TC (0 0 12)>4 for the (0 0 12) growth direction. The at least one ?-Al2O3 layer is deposited by chemical vapour deposition (CVD) using reaction gases comprising H2, CO2, AlCl3 and X, with X being H2S, SO2, SF6, or combinations thereof, and optional additions of N2 and Ar. The amount of X is at least 1.0 vol-% of the total volume of gases in the reaction chamber. The volume ratio of CO2 and X in the reaction chamber lies within the range of 1?CO2/X?7 during deposition of the at least one ?-Al2O3 layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: WALTER AG
    Inventors: Dirk Stiens, Sakari Ruppi
  • Publication number: 20140173997
    Abstract: The present invention relates particularly to photovoltaic systems for use in photovoltaically generating electrical energy. One aspect of the invention is a photovoltaic roofing system disposed on a roof deck, including a plurality of photovoltaic elements contiguously disposed on the roof deck arranged in at least two horizontal rows, defining a photovoltaic area; a plurality of roofing elements disposed adjacent the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, along their side edges; side flashing disposed along the side edges of the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements, the side flashing having a flange facing away from the photovoltaic area at least partially disposed between a roofing element and the roof deck, and a structure at least partially disposed on the surface of the photovoltaic element or at least partially disposed between a photovoltaic element and the roof deck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Certain Teed Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20140173998
    Abstract: A modular trade show booth includes a plurality of frame structures connected to form a floor support frame, a first wall support frame and a second wall support frame. A floor panel disposed on the floor support frame. A first wall panel disposed on the first wall support frame, and second wall panel disposed on the second wall support frame. A panel hanger may be attached to the wall panel to facilitate hanging the wall panel on the first wall support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventor: Shawn Schoellkopf