Patents Issued in August 28, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140238796
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes a first and a second passage configured to flow a working fluid out of one chamber by movement of a piston, a first damping force generation mechanism installed at the first passage and configured to generate a damping force, a housing having at least a partial passage of the second passage formed therein, a free piston movably installed in the housing and configured to partition the second passage into an upstream side and a downstream side, and a spring member disposed in the housing and configured to hole the free piston at a neutral position, wherein a second damping force generation mechanism including a friction member installed at an inner side of the cylinder with respect to the sealing member and constituted by an annular elastic rubber section in sliding contact with the piston rod and an annular base section to which the elastic rubber section is fixed and a communication passage configured to reduce a pressure difference between both sides in an axial direction of the fri
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio YAMASHITA, Atsushi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20140238797
    Abstract: A damper system for a vehicle comprises an electrically adjustable hydraulic shock absorber and a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly includes power drive electronics, and is electrically coupled to the shock absorber. The printed circuit board assembly is disposed with the shock absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc.
    Inventors: David R. BLANKENSHIP, Karl C. KAZMIRSKI, Scott S. DUNAWAY, Jeroen K. PAENHUYSEN, Matthew L. ROESSLE, Matthew R. SCHELOSKY
  • Publication number: 20140238798
    Abstract: A fluid-filled, frequency-dependent damper includes a cylinder connected to a cylinder attachment portion; a piston connected to a piston attachment portion, the piston being displaceable in the cylinder; first and second main chambers; and a throttling member for allowing and influencing a fluid flow between the first and second main chambers within the damper when the cylinder attachment portion and the piston attachment portion move relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KONI B.V.
    Inventor: Paul De Kock
  • Publication number: 20140238799
    Abstract: A hand truck equipped with a tabletop for providing a work station and a bottom for carrying object(s). The bottom, which has wheels, is connected to a back, which has a handle. Objects are easier to move around because of the wheels and the basic lever system made of the back and bottom. The work station is attached to the back and can be used when the hand truck is upright. This hand truck is convenient because it can be used in environments that lack tables or shelves as a work station without requiring an extra piece of equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Sandeep K. Sharma
  • Publication number: 20140238800
    Abstract: Luggage includes an upper panel portion which has a receptacle. The receptacle enables a user to insert a portion of a tablet computer into the receptacle and the receptacle retains the tablet computer at a convenient angle for operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas Nebeling
  • Publication number: 20140238801
    Abstract: An expandable luggage includes a luggage body, a luggage cover, a secondary cover and an extension fabric connected between the secondary cover and the luggage cover through second zippers. The secondary cover has an outer flange. The luggage cover has an inner flange. The inner flange engages with the outer flange. Thus, when the secondary cover is extended to expand the inner space of the luggage body, the extension fabric can be protected to prevent the extension fabric from being damaged so that the articles in the luggage won't be stolen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Wei Hung Lai
  • Publication number: 20140238802
    Abstract: A travel case assembly has a travel case having a plurality of walls defining an enclosed storage space, and an organizer positioned inside the storage space. The organizer includes an enclosing netted fabric wall and netted fabric shelves that define at least one storage compartment, and a collapsible support system supporting and defining the netted fabric wall and netted fabric shelves so that (i) the compartments can be expanded when the shelves are separated from each other, and (ii) the shelves can be stacked into a compressed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: PATENT CATEGORY CORP.
    Inventor: Yu Zheng
  • Publication number: 20140238803
    Abstract: A luggage case may include front, back, side, top, and bottom walls. At least one recess may be defined by at least one of the walls near the luggage case's bottom end. Two or more spinner wheel assemblies may be joined to at least one of the walls proximate the luggage case's bottom end. Each spinner wheel assembly may be configured to pivot its at least one wheel from a first position where the at least one wheel engages a support surface to allow the luggage case to be wheeled on the support surface to a second position where the least one wheel is positioned within one of the at least one recess and does not project beyond the bottom wall. An actuation mechanism that includes a user engagement component and at least one actuation assembly may be used to move the wheels between their first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.I.
    Inventor: William L. King
  • Publication number: 20140238804
    Abstract: A conductor arrangement for producing an electromagnetic field and thereby transferring energy to vehicles driving on a surface of a route, in particular for transferring energy to road automobiles is disclosed. The conductor arrangement includes a first, lower coating layer, a second upper coating layer, and at least one electric line which—if arranged as part of the route—extends under the surface of the route in and/or about the travelling direction of the vehicles. The at least one electric line is arranged in between the lower and upper coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION GMBH
    Inventors: Oliver Vietzke, Robert Czainski
  • Publication number: 20140238805
    Abstract: A cord dispensing apparatus configured to dispense a length of cord including an L-shaped housing. The apparatus includes a first spool and a second spool disposed within a pair of guide channels within the housing. At least one of the first spool and the second spool includes a central shaft and a free spinning exterior surface, wherein the exterior surface of one of the spools is configured to freely rotate. The apparatus includes a bias member coupled to the first spool and positioned and oriented such that the bias member resists displacement of the first spool in the direction of the second spool. The apparatus includes a cord wound between both the first spool and the second spool, wherein a head of the cord extends outside of the housing. The apparatus includes a mounting structure coupled to the housing and configured to mount the housing to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Nanette C. Harty
  • Publication number: 20140238806
    Abstract: The invention presented is a multi-use drive plate for a torque converter that includes an annular shaped inner portion defining a openings for connection to a front cover of a torque converter and an outer portion with a plurality of openings for receiving fasteners for connection to a motive force, such as an engine. A plurality of test tabs disposed axially from the annular shaped inner portion and extending radially outward each define a receiver opening with ramp surfaces on the annular shaped inner portion that extend between each one of the plurality of test tabs. Each of the ends of the ramping surfaces terminate at the receiver opening displaced from a middle portion of the ramp surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: David Burky, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140238807
    Abstract: A clutch switching device for electric rolling doors contains: a housing, a rotating plate, and a shifting bar. The rotating plate is provided in the housing for connecting with the clutch pulling cord. The shifting bar is coupled with the rotating plate and is pulled to drive the rotating plate to move toward a manual mode position or an automatic mode position. The rotating plate has a wrenching portion for matching with a wrench tool so as to wrench the rotating plate. The housing includes a movable fixing element, the rotating plate has a first positioning aperture and a second positioning aperture, such that when the rotating plate is located at a manual mode position, the first positioning aperture aligns and retains with the movable fixing element; when the rotating plate is located at the automatic mode position, the second positioning aperture aligns and retains with the movable fixing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Inno Digic Limited
    Inventor: Shih-Fang Chen
  • Publication number: 20140238808
    Abstract: A wheel hub for a bicycle includes a wheel hub, a ratchet base, a sleeve and a central shaft. The ratchet base has a threaded portion. The sleeve has an outer threaded portion corresponding to the threaded portion. The sleeve has a first abutting end and a second abutting end. The central shaft passes through the wheel hub and inserts into the sleeve. The central shaft has an abutting part defined thereon. A first bearing and a second bearing sleeve onto the central shaft. Under this arrangement, when the sleeve is screwed into the ratchet base, the first abutting end is abutted against the first bearing and the second abutting end is abutted against the second bearing, so that the sleeve is positioned in the ratchet base and the first bearing and the second bearing are positioned precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Jui-Ting Lai
  • Publication number: 20140238809
    Abstract: A driven accessory (10) is provided that includes a first rotary clutch portion (50), a second rotary clutch portion (52), a wrap spring (56) and an actuator (60). The wrap spring (56) is configured to transmit rotary power between the first and second rotary clutch portions (50, 52). The actuator (60) is selectively operable for generating a drag force that is applied to the wrap spring (56) to control torque transmission through the wrap spring (56). The actuator (60) includes an actuator input member (140), a brake shoe (144) and a motor (142) that is configured to translate the brake shoe (144) axially along the rotary axis (70). The drag force is generated when the motor (142) is operated in a first mode so that transmission of rotary power between the first rotary clutch portion (50) and the second rotary clutch portion (52) is interrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Andrew M. Boyes, Ivan Ferlik
  • Publication number: 20140238810
    Abstract: Disclosed and claimed herein are a belt clutch and a multilevel belt clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: John Rokosz, Philip Carvey, Matthew Carvey, Peter Costa, Chris Holmes
  • Publication number: 20140238811
    Abstract: A clutch including a rotatable member including a first ramp and first teeth, a second member held against rotation, axially displaceable, including a second ramp and second teeth, a spring urging the first and second members apart, and an electromagnet causing the first and second teeth to engage and prevent rotation in a first direction, rotation in a second direction separating the first and second members as the first ramp ascends the second ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley R. Heuver
  • Publication number: 20140238812
    Abstract: A drive assembly for an automatic transmission is provided. The drive assembly includes a clutch pack; and a damper assembly connected to the clutch pack, the damper assembly including a first spring set and a second spring set connected in series. The drive assembly may include an inner clutch carrier supporting the clutch pack and a first spring retainer connected to the inner clutch carrier and housing the first spring set. A method of forming a drive assembly for an automatic transmission is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Vural Ari
  • Publication number: 20140238813
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping body freewheel including an inner part having a circular cylindrical outside circumference, an outer part having a circular cylindrical inside circumference, and clamping bodies, which are accommodated in a gap formed by the inside circumference and the outside circumference and are arranged consecutively in the circumferential direction in a tiltable manner and are guided in openings of a cage, where the clamping bodies are arranged in a radially inwardly open sleeve, and the clamping body freewheel is introduced in the outer part by means of the sleeve in a rotationally fixed manner, and a track is formed on an inside circumferential surface of the sleeve for the clamping bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frieder Altmann, Swen Doerrie
  • Publication number: 20140238814
    Abstract: Provided is a pick-up apparatus. The medium pick-up apparatus comprise a support plate to support a medium, a pick-up roller unit comprising a pick-up roller for picking up the medium, a detection unit to detect the number of medium that is picked up by the pick-up roller, and a pick-up roller moving device to move the pick-up roller unit to space the pick-up roller unit from the medium supported by the support plate when the pick-up of predetermined number of medium is detected by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: LG CNS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Oh YOU
  • Publication number: 20140238815
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu IWAMURA, Toshiki TANAKA, Tsuguo MIZORO
  • Publication number: 20140238816
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and associated methods for counting and sorting coins are described herein. In one embodiment, a coin processing machine can include a coin input region, a coin counting portion, and a coin sorting portion. The coin counting portion can include a first hopper that receives coins from the coin input region, and a coin discriminator that receives the coins from the first hopper and discriminates the coins to determine their value. The coin sorting portion can include a second coin hopper that receives the coins from the coin discriminator, and a coin sorter that receives the coins from the second hopper and sorts the coins into individual denominations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Coinstar, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas A. Martin
  • Publication number: 20140238817
    Abstract: The oil-water separator is installed in a substantially horizontal crude oil pipeline for separating water from the oil and water mix. The separator includes a depending vortex and settling chamber depending from the pipeline, the segment of the pipeline and the separator defining a generally T-shaped configuration. Oil and water flowing through the pipeline drop into the chamber as it flows through the pipeline and over the chamber. The denser water tends to settle into the bottom of the chamber, while the lighter oil is entrained back into the flow through the pipeline. A sensor detects water collected in the bottom of the chamber and provides a signal to open a drain valve when sufficient water has been collected. While only a single separator serves to collect a substantial fraction of water, a series of separators may be installed along the pipe to remove more water from the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
    Inventors: HASSAN M. BADR, WAEL H. AHMED
  • Publication number: 20140238818
    Abstract: A centrifugal bowl parts feeder system with segmented tooling sections, the feeder system having segmented sections for a common centrifugal feeder bowl. The sections can be quickly and less expensively changed between various part sizes and configurations. With this system one can add and remove tooling segments (outside the bowl); securely and precisely locate the tooling segment with solid pins; maintain and use a tool RFID address to track specific parts and ranges of parts with a PLC Control as the bowl is modified; and harmonize the tooling segments and parts with RFID Tags tied to the PLC and the Tooling segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Greg Schombert
  • Publication number: 20140238819
    Abstract: A simultaneously collapsing and conveying assembly adapted to collapse constructed collapsible crates along their collapsing lines is provided herein. The collapsing assembly includes a rotating means to rotate the constructed crates by approximately 90° such as to move the open face of the crate from upward facing to forward facing and simultaneously conveying and collapsing means to convey the crates and for applying pressure on the crates' two opposing side panels, as the crates are conveyed, such as to collapse said constructed crates along their collapsing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Mordechai Kleiner
  • Publication number: 20140238820
    Abstract: A device for removing and replacing containers from and on a conveyor line includes a first lateral guide wall; a second lateral guide wall; and a rotating disc provided with at least a seating The rotating disc is arranged between the first lateral guide wall and the second lateral guide wall for removing a container to be treated from the conveyor line and for replacing a treated container on the conveyor line The device further includes a first guide member mobile between a first retracted position and a first advanced position and a second guide member mobile between a second retracted position and a second advanced position The rotating disc, the first guide member and the second guide member are phase-activatable such as to transfer containers from and onto the conveyor line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: I.M.A INDSUTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Cavina
  • Publication number: 20140238821
    Abstract: An automatic rotary transfer apparatus and method for conveying a plurality of lightweight articles, such as empty bottles, at a high speed and, optionally, providing at least one additional function, such as de-flashing, trimming, or inspecting, in a single rotation of the rotary transfer apparatus. The apparatus includes a carriage ring having an outer perimeter defining a plurality of cavities spaced along the outer perimeter. Each cavity is adapted to receive a single article. A drive assembly indexes and rotates the carriage ring about a central axis of rotation and is synchronized to a continuous stream of the plurality of articles from an upstream operation, such as blow molding. The apparatus may further include a modification device, such as a de-flasher or trimmer, and an inspection station with a sensor for discharging damaged or imperfect articles, which performs the functions in a single rotation of the carriage ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Grzegorz Woinski, Slawomir Strupinski
  • Publication number: 20140238822
    Abstract: A reversible belt scraper has two opposed replaceable scraper blades and a central shaft. Each replaceable scraper blade has a scraping surface and a base opposite to the scraping surface. The body of the scraper blades from the scraping surface to the base is comprised of elastomeric material. The scraper blades have at least one bracket in their bases. In at least one embodiment, the scraper blades have a plurality of brackets in their bases. The brackets in the bases of the scraper blades attach to the central shaft. End mounts at the end of the central shaft provide a means to mount the reversible belt scraper. In at least one embodiment, the brackets in the replaceable scraper blades are formed in a manner to accommodate the other scraper blade and allow both scraper blades to be mounted in a single row of apertures in the central shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Richwood Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Smith, Glenn Edward Farrow
  • Publication number: 20140238823
    Abstract: A flight conveyor for conveying material includes a frame, drive and idler wheel(s) rotatably mounted on the frame, segments for supporting the material, shafts for pivotally interconnecting the segments to an endless row which has an upper row and a lower row running, during operation, over the drive and idler wheel(s) and a number of conveyor flights for bringing the material along in the conveying direction. A scraper is arranged at the drive wheel for successively scraping off adhered material from segments and flights such that the conveyor can be used for conveying products tending to adhere to the surfaces of the segments and the flights since the adhered products are automatically removed by the scraper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Palle Stockholm Johansson
  • Publication number: 20140238824
    Abstract: An arrangement including two conveyor screws which are arranged rotatably moveably relative to each other for processing a pasty material like a foodstuff product or the like, having a first conveyor screw and a second conveyor screw which have interengaging helical flights and which in particular are drivable in opposite relationship. The conveyor screws are of different size diameters and/or the conveyor screws have a different number of flights. In addition, the surfaces of the interengaging flights are so shaped and matched to each other that they are in contact with each other along a substantially continuous contact line extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of both conveyor screws to hinder, preferably prevent a return flow of the pasty material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
    Inventors: Kersten Nilsson, Gert Bär
  • Publication number: 20140238825
    Abstract: A gripper arm for a gripping device for grasping, holding and guiding containers, comprises at least one rotatably mounted control cam, the control cam designed and disposed such that the gripper arm can be moved from at least one first position into at least one second position and/or vice versa, wherein the gripper arm comprises at least one bore hole for at least partially receiving a bearing pin, wherein the bearing pin is designed such that the gripper arm can pivot in the gripping device, and wherein the gripper arm further comprises at least one seating for a closing means configured such that it can move the gripper arm from the second position into the first position and/or vice versa, and wherein the gripper arm comprises at least one gripping section at least partially of fork-like form. A gripping device, a transport mechanism and a transport system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Tyrolon-Schulnig GmbH
    Inventor: Elmar Ludwig Schulnig
  • Publication number: 20140238826
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a conveyor screw for a material conveyor system of a construction machine. The conveyor screw comprises a conveyor section which is configured to convey bulk material, and a driving section which is designed to receive a driving torque or a driving force and to transmit it to the conveyor section. The disclosure is characterized in that the conveyor section and the driving section are connected to each other by friction welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Arthur BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20140238827
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a drive shaft module for a material conveyor system of a construction machine. The drive shaft module comprises a drive shaft and at least one first mounting which is designed to hold the drive shaft at at least one first bearing location. The disclosure is characterized in that the drive shaft comprises different segments which are joined by friction welding, and that the mounting is connected to the drive shaft such that the complete drive shaft module may be detachably fixed, in a preassembled state, in or at the construction machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: JOSEPH VOEGELE AG
    Inventor: Arthur BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20140238828
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a MEMS device having a plurality of cantilevers that are coupled together in an anchor region and/or by legs that are coupled in a center area of the cantilever. The legs ensure that each cantilever can move/release from above the RF electrode at the same voltage. The anchor region coupling matches the mechanical stiffness in all sections of the cantilever so that all of the cantilevers move together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: CAVENDISH KINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Robertus Petrus Van Kampen, Anartz Unamuno, Richard L. Knipe, Roberto Gaddi, Rashed Mahameed
  • Publication number: 20140238829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shaft inserted member into which a shaft is inserted in a relatively movable manner, and a locking mechanism provided in the shaft inserted member. The tip portion of the shaft includes a locking step portion formed by providing an annular groove or a ring-shaped projection portion. The locking mechanism includes at least two locking pieces arranged around the shaft at an equal interval. The shaft is stopped from slipping off by a tip portion of each of the tip locking portions abutting on the locking step portion. The locking piece can receive the force in a pulling direction in a length direction of the locking piece, whereby a load can be reduced. That is, sufficient strength can be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: TOYO DENSO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukiyoshi TAKATSU, Shingo MIYAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140238830
    Abstract: An auxiliary contact block for a low voltage contactor, wherein the contactor has a side wall including first and second recesses. The auxiliary contact block includes a first and a second housing, connected in parallel to each other, an actuation nipple extending out from the second housing, and a connecting mechanism for connecting the auxiliary contact block to the contactor. The connecting mechanism includes a snap-fit element for locking the auxiliary contact block to the contactor when it is at a latched position and being adapted to engage in the second recess provided on the side wall of the contactor, and a releasing member for unlocking the snap-fit element to an unlatched position and including a releasing bar arranged for receiving a pressing force. The releasing member is arranged on the second housing and further includes a wedge element connected to the pressing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Lars Eriksson
  • Publication number: 20140238831
    Abstract: A rotary operation type switch includes a holder, a rotary control, a shaft, a press-fitting portion, an outer wall part, and a stopper. The holder is provided in a state of immobility in the rotational direction. The rotary control rotates relatively with respect to the holder when a rotational force is imparted. The shaft transmits the rotational force imparted to the rotary control. The press-fitting portion is provided to The rotary control, and an end of the shaft is inserted into it. The outer wall part is provided along a direction perpendicular to the rotational direction of the rotary control. The stopper is provided to the holder, and comes into contact with the outer wall part and restricts the limit position of the rotation range when the rotary control and the shaft rotate relatively with respect to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: NARITOSHI KAGAYA
  • Publication number: 20140238832
    Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine, a control panel assembly of which has an improved structure to minimize problems caused by a shaking of a rotary knob and the interference of the rotary knob with other surrounding parts. The control panel assembly of the washing machine includes a control panel, a knob guide installed on the control panel, and a rotary knob rotatably mounted on the knob guide and including a boss passing through the knob guide. The knob guide includes a boss insertion part restricting the boss to prevent the rotary knob from shaking. The boss insertion part includes an extension extended from the bottom surface of the knob guide and forming a boss insertion hole, into which the boss is inserted, therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Doo KIM, Jeong Ki SEO
  • Publication number: 20140238833
    Abstract: Reduction/oxidation reagents have been found to be effective to chemically cure a sparse metal nanowire film into a fused metal nanostructured network through evidently a ripening type process. The resulting fused network can provide desirable low sheet resistances while maintaining good optical transparency. The transparent conductive films can be effectively applied as a single conductive ink or through sequential forming of a metal nanowire film with the subsequent addition of a fusing agent. The fused metal nanowire films can be effectively patterned, and the patterned films can be useful in devices, such as touch sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: C3NANO INC.
    Inventors: Ajay Virkar, Xiqiang Yang, Ying-Syi Li, Dennis McKean, Melburne C. LeMieux
  • Publication number: 20140238834
    Abstract: A sensor electrode (SE) for a capacitive sensor device is designed such that the width of the sensor electrode decreases towards the center such that the capacity between the sensor electrode and an object (F) with constant distance between the sensor electrode and the object (F) substantially is equal in size for each position of the object (F) relative to the sensor electrode along a longitudinal axis of the sensor electrode. The sensor electrode may consist of a plurality of segments arranged in a strip with decreasing width towards the center of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY GERMANY GMBH II & CO. KG
    Inventor: Axel Heim
  • Publication number: 20140238835
    Abstract: Methods for producing bio-oil from a feedstock (e.g., lignocellulosic) involving (1) pyrolyzing the feedstock in an inert atmosphere in a reactor to produce bio-oil, bio-char and non-condensable gases; (2) recycling about 10 to about 99% of the non-condensable gases to the reactor to produce deoxygenated bio-oil; wherein the method is conducted in the absence of oxygen and wherein the method does not utilize externally added catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventor: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
  • Publication number: 20140238836
    Abstract: A water vapor collector bottle consists of a transparent cover, a top box, a water supplier, an optional insulator, an optional bottom cover, and a bottom box. The transparent cover allows sun rays to evaporate some water to the top box which confines and collect the vapor condensate. The condensates will drop into a container in the bottom box. A wind operated knocker and an insert to increase the water condensation surfaces are also introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Hsia, Michael Jonathan Hsia, Patricia Shirley Hsia
  • Publication number: 20140238837
    Abstract: A continuous type wastewater purifying device includes a wastewater tank defining a predetermined level of wastewater received in the wastewater tank. A purifying piping unit is mounted on a base and includes a wastewater pipe, a purified water pipe, and at least one heat conduction pipe having an inlet end and an outlet end respectively connected to and in communication with the wastewater pipe and the purified water pipe. The wastewater pipe has a first height from a mounting portion of the base in a height direction. The purified water pipe has a second height from the mounting portion in the height direction. The second height is greater than the first height. The inlet end and the outlet end of the at least one heat conduction pipe has a height difference therebetween. The outlet end of the at least one heat conduction pipe is higher than the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeng-Shiung Jan, Han-Ting Yen, Shuang-Yuan Chang, Meng-Hao Chuang, Shih-Kai Chou
  • Publication number: 20140238838
    Abstract: A water vapor collector assembly consists of a transparent cover and a box which will float on a water surface. The transparent cover allows sun rays to evaporate some water in the box which confines and collect the vapor condensates. The condensates will be conveyed away by a tube under the box. A water wave operated shaker, a wind operated knocker, inserts to increase the water condensation surfaces, and various kinds of the box are also introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Hsia, Michael Jonathan Hsia, Patricia Shirley Hsia
  • Publication number: 20140238839
    Abstract: The solar, water desalination system includes a desalination chamber where fine water droplets are injected upward by an air atomizer towards an air-cooled condenser. Hot saline water is ejected vertically upward to double the contact time between the droplets and the surrounding air. The air is preheated by solar energy in parallel with an auxiliary heater to prevent lowering of the droplet temperature. Pumped air functions as a condensation media and to pull the salt water into the atomizer. This arrangement improves the heat and mass transfer inside the desalination chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: UMM AL-QURA UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: ADEL MOHAMED ABDELKADER ABDEL DAYEM ABDEEN
  • Publication number: 20140238840
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for recycling a high-boiling-point waste photoresist stripper generated in processes of manufacturing LCDs or semiconductor devices, wherein an expensive high-boiling-point stripper solvent can be easily recycled at high yield and high-purity electronic grade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KOREX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Kyung Lee, In Gyoo Lee, Myung Jun Park, Keeg Kahb Koo, Jae Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20140238841
    Abstract: A method of producing 2,3-butanediol includes subjecting a 2,3-butanediol culture liquid produced by microbial fermentation to nanofiltration membrane treatment and ion-exchange treatment (Step A), and then adding an alkaline substance and performing distillation (Step B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawamura, Izumi Morita, Masateru Ito, Kyohei Isobe, Satoshi Sakami, Katsushige Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140238842
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for the synthesis of carbon and carbon based nanocomposites comprising Laser-induced Dissociative Stitching (LDS) from liquid halogen containing aromatic compounds at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
    Inventors: Rohan Rajeev Gokhale, Satishchandra Balkrishna Ogale
  • Publication number: 20140238843
    Abstract: A dual magnetron particularly useful for RF plasma sputtering includes a radially stationary open-loop magnetron comprising opposed magnetic poles and rotating about a central axis to scan an outer region of a sputter target and a radially movable open-loop magnetron comprising opposed magnetic poles and rotating together with the stationary magnetron. During processing, the movable magnetron is radially positioned in the outer region with an open end abutting an open end of the stationary magnetron to form a single open-loop magnetron. During cleaning, part of the movable magnetron is moved radially inwardly to scan and clean an inner region of the target not scanned by the stationary magnetron. The movable magnetron can be mounted on an arm pivoting about an axis at periphery of a rotating disk-shaped plate mounting the stationary magnetron so the arm centrifugally moves between radial positions dependent upon the rotation rate or direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Thanh X. Nguyen, Rongjun Wang, Muhammad M. Rasheed, Xianmin Tang
  • Publication number: 20140238844
    Abstract: A plasma generator includes a chamber for confining a feed gas. An anode is positioned inside the chamber. A cathode assembly is positioned adjacent to the anode inside the chamber. A pulsed power supply comprising at least two solid state switches and having an output that is electrically connected between the anode and the cathode assembly generates voltage micropulses. A pulse width and a duty cycle of the voltage micropulses are generated using a voltage waveform comprising voltage oscillation having amplitudes and frequencies that generate a strongly ionized plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: ZOND, INC.
    Inventor: Roman Chistyakov
  • Publication number: 20140238845
    Abstract: An electrochemical cell includes a pair of bipolar plates and a membrane electrode assembly between the bipolar plates. The electrochemical cell further includes a first seal defining a high pressure zone, wherein the first seal is located between the bipolar plates and configured to contain a first fluid within the high pressure zone. Further, the electrochemical cell includes a second seal defining an intermediate pressure zone, wherein the second seal is located between the bipolar plates and configured to contain a second fluid within the intermediate pressure zone. The first seal is configured to leak the first fluid into the intermediate pressure zone when the first seal unseats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: NUVERA FUEL CELLS, INC.
    Inventors: Ed DOMIT, Scott BLANCHET, Roger VAN BOEYEN, Kevin BEVERAGE