Patents Issued in January 29, 2015
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Publication number: 20150027258Abstract: A ball screw device includes a piston that surrounds the outer periphery of a ball nut. An outer periphery turning groove is formed in the outer peripheral face of the ball nut. The outer periphery turning groove and the inner peripheral face of a cylindrical portion of the piston constitute a turning rolling path. The turning rolling path and connection passages of deflectors constitute a returning path through which balls are returned from a rolling end position to a rolling start position. An internally-fitting portion is formed at one end portion of the ball nut in the axial direction. When the outer periphery of the internally-fitting portion and the inner periphery of the cylindrical portion are fitted to each other, relative rotation of the ball nut and the piston is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Katsura KOYAGI, Akiyoshi TASHIRO, Naoko SAKAGUCHI
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Publication number: 20150027259Abstract: A shift by wire control for a multi-speed vehicle transmission is provided. The control includes a shift by wire shift valve in fluid communication with other shift valves and clutch trim valves to provide double blocking features in the neutral range and a reverse range. The shift by wire valve is configured with multiple differential areas to provide failure modes for all forward ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Charles F. Long, Charles T. Taylor
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Publication number: 20150027260Abstract: An assembly includes a steering column, a steering wheel coupled to the steering column, and a shifter coupled between the steering column and the steering wheel. The shifter includes a shifter body and a shift actuator movably coupled to the shifter body. The assembly further includes a coupler movable through the shifter body between a first coupler position and a second coupler position. The coupler is configured to couple the shifter body to the steering wheel when the coupler is in the first coupler position to permit the shift actuators to rotate along with the steering wheel. The coupler is configured to couple the shifter to the steering column when the coupler is in the second coupler position to maintain the shifter body stationary relative to the steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Kyle Holihan, Charles M. Tomlinson
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Publication number: 20150027261Abstract: A robot according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a robot arm, an attaching portion, an end effector, an end-effector-side cable, and a robot-side cable. The attaching portion is provided on a leading end of the robot arm. The end effector is attached to the attaching portion. The end-effector-side cable extends from the end effector. The robot-side cable is arranged along the robot arm and is connected to the end-effector-side cable by terminal connection at a position closer to the end effector than the attaching portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Manabu OKAHISA, Takahiko KANAMORI, Tatsuo HIRO
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Publication number: 20150027262Abstract: A robot in an embodiment includes a robot body, an end effector, a cable, and one or more coupling portions. The end effector is connected to the robot body. The cable is composed of a plurality of sub cables, arranged along the robot body, and connected to the end effector. Each of the coupling portion is provided between one sub cable and an adjacent sub cable of the sub cables to couple the one and adjacent sub cables together.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKIInventors: Manabu OKAHISA, Takahiko KANAMORI
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Publication number: 20150027263Abstract: A plug-on body for a clamping bolt of an adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle. The plug-on body includes at least one opening for guiding the clamping bolt through the opening of the plug-on body and at least one or two damped elongated hole stops for damping an impact of the clamping bolt on an end of an elongated hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Juergen Kern, Markus Domig, Hans Haugg, Michael Leitgeb
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Publication number: 20150027264Abstract: An organ type accelerator pedal apparatus may include a pedal housing having a lower mount fixed to a panel of a vehicle body located below a driver seat and an upper mount to which a pedal arm pivotally mounted, a pad pivotally mounted with respect to the pedal housing such that the pad is connected to the pedal arm via a carrier, and an articulated hinge fixedly coupled, at both ends thereof, between the pedal housing and the pad such that the articulated hinge is covered by the pedal housing and the pad so that the articulated hinge is not exposed to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jeong Seon MIN
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Publication number: 20150027265Abstract: An apparatus may include a pedal pad located on a front lower side of a driver seat so as to be depressed by a driver, a first hinge pivotally coupling the pedal pad to a pedal bracket fixedly mounted to the front lower side of the driver seat, and a second hinge having an elastically-operated articulated structure and mounted to the pedal bracket in such a manner as to be connected to the pedal pad, the second hinge being spaced apart from the first hinge.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jeong Seon MIN
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Publication number: 20150027266Abstract: A landing gear control lever system including a lever assembly, a locking assembly, and a switch assembly is disclosed herein. The locking assembly is connected to the lever assembly. The locking assembly has a rotary actuator and a Scotch yoke member operably connected to a portion of the rotary actuator such that rotation of the rotary actuator causes linear movement of the Scotch yoke member. The locking assembly can further include a locking arm operably coupled to the Scotch yoke member and moveable between locked and unlocked positions upon rotation of the rotary actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Byron Betts, John Ronquillo
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Publication number: 20150027267Abstract: A device for controlling the speed of an internal combustion engine comprising a control lever movably associated to a support element, which may be the engine casing or a portion thereof. The control lever is moveable at least between a first position, in which the engine is at a first rotation regime, and a second position, in which the engine is at a second rotation time. A selective locking mechanism is provided that prohibits the control lever from being stably positioned at any (and all) intermediate positions between the first and second positions. In one embodiment, a biasing force generated by the device automatically forces the control lever into one of the first or second positions when the control lever is located in any of the intermediate positions and an actuation force is ceased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Nicola SCINICARIELLO, Valentino SCARPELLINI
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Publication number: 20150027268Abstract: A bicycle handle assembly for a handlebar contains a body including a peripheral fringe and a side fringe connected together to define a receiving space. The receiving space includes a first side and a second side. The peripheral fringe includes a first engaging portion, a first connecting portion and a fixing portion connected with two ends of the first engaging portion. A movable retaining member is installed in the receiving space and includes a second engaging portion, a second connecting portion and a moving portion connected with two ends of the second engaging portion. The second connecting portion is used to connect with the first connecting portion of the body. A locking element is used to force the moving portion toward the fixing portion of the body, so that the external fence of the handlebar is retained tightly between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Jin-Cang Li
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Publication number: 20150027269Abstract: A bicycle handle assembly and a retaining device thereof contains a body including a peripheral fringe and a side fringe connected together to define a receiving space. The receiving space includes a first side and a second side, the peripheral fringe includes a first engaging portion, a first connecting portion and a fixing portion connected with two ends of the first engaging portion; a movable retaining member installed in the receiving space and including a second engaging portion, a second connecting portion and a moving portion connected with two ends of the second engaging portion. The second connecting portion is used to connect with the first connecting portion of the body. A locking element is used to force the moving portion toward the fixing portion of the body so that the external fence of the handlebar is retained tightly between the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Jin-Cang Li
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Publication number: 20150027270Abstract: A roller-bearing mounted shaft may include a shaft tube having a shaft outer face with at least one rolling body running face. The shaft tube may have at least one functional element joined thermally thereto, wherein the shaft tube is formed as a welded and drawn tube and includes a carbon content of greater than 0.45 percent by mass.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Thomas Flender, Michael Kreisig, Antonio Menonna, Falk Schneider, Stefan Steichele
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Publication number: 20150027271Abstract: A rocker shaft for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, including: a substantially cylindrical outer circumferential surface; and a layer of amorphous hydrocarbon deposited on the substantially cylindrical outer circumferential surface. The rocker shaft is arranged to engage a rocker arm such that the rocker arm is at least partially rotatable about the rocker shaft. A method of forming rocker shaft for a valve train of an internal combustion engine, including: forming a substantially cylindrical outer circumferential surface; and depositing a layer of amorphous hydrocarbon on the substantially cylindrical outer circumferential surface. The rocker shaft is arranged to engage a rocker arm such that the rocker arm is at least partially rotatable about the rocker shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Matthew Evans, Eric Berndt
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Publication number: 20150027272Abstract: A crankshaft structure includes a crank pin section, a crank journal section, and a counter weight section arranged between the crank pin section and the crank journal section in a direction of a crankshaft. A crank arm section connecting the crank pin section and the crank journal section is formed with each of lateral edge portions extending substantially along a circumscribed tangential line connecting a base of the crank pin section and a base of the crank journal section when viewed in the direction of the crankshaft. Each of the lateral edge portions of the crank arm section includes an edge groove having a length extending between a central axis of the crank pin section and a central axis of the crank journal section when viewed in a direction to cross the crankshaft. The edge groove has a groove bottom portion formed between two reinforcing ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Motoki Harada, Tadashi Niino, Mitsuyoshi Kamiya
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Publication number: 20150027273Abstract: A vehicle drive device in which a friction engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a speed change device are provided on a power transfer path that connects between an input member drivably coupled to an internal combustion engine and an output member drivably coupled to wheels, the elements provided in this order from the input member side. The disclosed combination achieves a variety of benefits, such as suppressing a steep rise in hydraulic pressure due to pressure discharged from a hydraulic control device, while maintaining a decreased size.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Mikio Iwase, Daiki Suyama, Naoya Jinnai, Tatsuya Okishima, Kensuke Wada, Yuji Inoue, Yukihiko Ideshio
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Publication number: 20150027274Abstract: An agent for desulfurizing and/or for pre-desulfurizing, in particular for desulfurizing and/or pre-desulfurizing molten pig iron or molten steel, contains calcium oxide and bitumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2012Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Frank Herwig
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Publication number: 20150027275Abstract: A process for manufacturing reduced iron agglomerates which comprises introducing starting agglomerates that comprise both an iron oxide-containing material and a carbonaceous reducing agent onto the hearth of a moving-bed heating furnace, and heating the agglomerates to reduce the iron oxide contained in the agglomerates, wherein the iron oxide-containing material contained in the starting agglomerates has a mean particle diameter of 4 to 23 ?m and contains at least 18% of particles having diameters of 10 ?m or less. By the use of such starting agglomerates, the process attains: an improvement in the yield of reduced iron agglomerates having large particle diameters; a reduction in the manufacturing time, said reduction leading to an enhancement in the productivity; and a remarkable reduction in the content of impurities such as sulfur in the reduced-iron agglomerates.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Shoichi Kikuchi, Takao Harada, Shingo Yoshida
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Publication number: 20150027276Abstract: A wrench includes a body having a working end which has a first toothed portion, a first room, a second room, a third room and a first pivot cavity. The second and third rooms open through the top of the body. A driving unit is pivotably connected to the working end and has a first recess and a second recess for receiving a first pawl and a second pawl therein. The first pawl has teeth engaged with the first toothed portion, and the second pawl has teeth engaged with a second toothed portion of a first teeth disk in the first room. A second teeth disk is pivotably located in the second room and has a forth toothed portion which is engaged with a third toothed portion of the first teeth disk. A shaft is pivotably located in the third room and is connected to the second teeth disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Ya-Lan He
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Publication number: 20150027277Abstract: A ratchet (1) is provided, in particular a ratchet for surgical interventions or a dental ratchet, wherein the ratchet has a handle (2) and a pivot housing (4) arranged thereon, said pivot housing being a flat spiral (6). The spiral (6) is flexible and can be actuated such that the spiral (6) coils up in a plane that is oriented substantially vertically to the pivot axis D. The invention also relates to a torque transmission system which comprises a ratchet (1) and an implant driver. The implant driver has a first portion that is cylindrical and a second portion that is cylindrical or frustoconical, the second portion additionally having a receptacle for a medical tool, a surgical implant or any other object. In this way, an improved ratchet is obtained with which the torque to be applied can be applied to the implant driver in a metered manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Markus Waizenegger
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Publication number: 20150027278Abstract: An open wrench includes a body having a mounting hole defined therethrough. Two first faces and two second faces are respective defined in the inside of the mounting hole. The two first faces and the two second faces are located along four consecutive sides of an imaginary hexagonal body. Each first face has at least two teeth defined therein. Five curved faces are defined in the inside of the mounting hole and located corresponding to five corners of the imaginary hexagonal body. Each of the first and second faces has a contact face and each contact face is connected between two adjacent curved faces. The length of each contact face is 0.5-0.65 of the length of each side of the imaginary hexagonal body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: TSAN-CHANG LEE, Yueh-Li Wang
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Publication number: 20150027279Abstract: A tension-adjusting tool includes a L-shaped rod composed of two segments. One segment is removably attached to a rocker on which the tensioning pulley of a diesel engine of a truck is mounted while the other segment has a tubular component in which a handle is removably accommodated. The handle has an upper portion which extends above the engine and which can be manipulated to activate the L-shaped rod in order to cause the rocker to pivot with resulting change in the pressure applied by the tensioning pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Galley Transport Inc.Inventor: Edward Robert Galley
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Publication number: 20150027280Abstract: A body care tool comprises a body interacting structure for interacting with a surface portion of the body. A handle is connected to the body interacting structure. The handle has a plurality of finger apertures disposed therein. Each finger aperture is designed for accommodating one finger of a user of the body care tool therein such that the user is enabled to handle the body interacting structure using two or more fingers inserted into the finger apertures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Philip M. Euloth
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Publication number: 20150027281Abstract: A hair cutting guide/apparatus and method for aiding in creating/trimming a humans hair into a mohawk type hairstyle. The mohawk guide consists of two side pieces, two adjustable spacers/connectors, and two clips. The bottom edges of the two side pieces are contoured to follow the shape of the human head from the start of the hairline to the nape of the neck. The mohawk guide is slid into position with the two clips held open with the front of the guide by the start of the user's hairline. The clips are then released which causes the clips to close via spring tension and thereby grip the hair in between the bottom edges of the clips and the inner surfaces of the two side pieces. With the mohawk guide now securely attached to the user's head, the hair on both sides of the guide is cut. Then the mohawk guide clips are opened and the guide is slid back through the user's hair until the front of the guide is where the end of the the guide was during the previous step.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Michael Steven Andrade
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Publication number: 20150027282Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of using a cutting blade with specific features on a portable cutting device to cut various materials, including profiles formed of wood, ferrous metal, and/or non-ferrous metal, such as pipe or structural members, or other materials known to those skilled in the art. The method includes the step of providing a cutting blade, wherein the cutting blade includes at least one cutting tooth and the cutting tooth includes a positive rake face angle. The method also includes the steps of providing a portable cutting device, installing the cutting blade on the portable cutting device, and using the portable cutting device with the installed cutting blade to cut an object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Andrew Fowler, Charles Davis Burkhart
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Publication number: 20150027283Abstract: Described is a method for cutting a pipe (2) made from thermoplastic material, comprising the steps of localised and circumferential heating of an axial portion (3) of the pipe (2) at a predetermined operating temperature and processing, using a cutting tool (4), the heated axial portion (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: SICA S.P.A.Inventors: Giorgio Tabanelli, Marco Gulminelli
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Publication number: 20150027284Abstract: A stripping device is provided which comprises: a wire cutter comprising a moving part and a cutting part connected to the moving part in such a manner that the moving part is able to drive the cutting part linearly; and an attracting wheel comprising a body part adapted to be movably mounted on the flexible substrate so that the body part is able to roll on the flexible substrate and an adsorption part connected to the body part to generate adsorption force to securely attach a part of the flexible substrate as the result of movement of the cutting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Kungyu CHENG, Tianwang HUANG
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Publication number: 20150027285Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a moving device configured to move a cutting blade and an object in a first direction and in a second direction differing from the first direction, relative to each other and a control device configured to cause the apparatus to calculate first cutting time lengths required to cut a pattern at a plurality of arrangement angles when an arrangement angle of the pattern relative to the first or second direction is changed by a first unit angle, determine one of the arrangement angles, which is shortest with respect to the first cutting time length or not more than a first threshold, and control the moving device so that the movement of the cutting blade in the first direction and the movement of the object in the second direction are simultaneously executed, with a result that the pattern is cut at the determined arrangement angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Tsuneo Okuyama
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Publication number: 20150027286Abstract: A tablet division feeder includes a moving unit to move a tablet T, a fixing blade located in a movement path of the tablet T, and a support plate extending from the fixing blade such that divided tablets T2 on the fixing blade are transferred and kept onto the support plate. The fixing blade divides the tablet T into upper and lower divided tablets as the tablet T is moved in such a manner that the lower divided tablet T1 is discharged and the upper divided tablet T2 is transferred from the fixing blade to the support plate by the moving unit and kept on the support plate. The upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the support plate as the upper divided tablet T2 is further moved by the moving unit in such a manner that the upper divided tablet T2 is discharged from the moving unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Shoji YUYAMA, Naoki KOIKE, Mitsuhiro MITANI, Masao FUKADA
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Publication number: 20150027287Abstract: A system, a method and a modular apparatus may use a wire loop to cut an object. The apparatus may have a wire loop connected to pulleys on a deck attached to a frame. The deck may move relative to the frame to direct the wire loop through the object. The apparatus may have arms that may hold the object being cut. The apparatus may be configured with different cutting decks to reduce the overall size of the apparatus and/or to facilitate cutting a particular object in a particular environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Mactech, Inc.Inventors: Michael James Harper, Joel Kent Wittenbraker
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Publication number: 20150027288Abstract: A band saw machine includes a working bench, a driving wheel mounted to the working bench, a driven wheel mounted to the working bench, and a band saw running on the driving and driven wheels. A storage member and a hydraulic cylinder connected with the storage member are mounted to the working bench. The hydraulic cylinder includes a piston rod for pushing against the driven wheel to make the driven wheel tighten the band saw while moving relative to the driving wheel. A force sensor is mounted between the piston rod and the driven wheel for sensing the tension of the band saw and emitting a sensing signal to a control system. In this way, the control system can receive the sensing signal and controllably making the storage member supply oil to the cylinder body according to the sensing signal to force the piston rod to elongate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: National Chung Cheng UniversityInventors: Yeau-Ren JENG, Yu-Xian Huang
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Publication number: 20150027289Abstract: A device for punching and scoring a medium includes a punch tool and a grooved score guide. The punch tool has a cutter configured to cut an edge of a sheet of the medium. The positioning edge is disposed on the device and configured to guide an edge of the medium and position the medium with respect to the punch tool. The grooved score guide is formed in the device and configured to match a scoring tool to create a score line in the medium. The arrangement between the punch tool and positioning edge is configured to cut a notch in the edge of the medium at a notch point. The grooved score line is disposed in relationship to the punch tool to create the score line in the medium from the notch point across the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Tavnir John Carey
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Publication number: 20150027290Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of singulating semiconductor die from a semiconductor wafer includes forming a material on a surface of a semiconductor wafer and reducing a thickness of portions of the material. Preferably, the thickness of the material is reduced near where singulation openings are to be formed in the semiconductor wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Gordon M. GRIVNA, James M. PARSEY, JR.
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Publication number: 20150027291Abstract: Presented is a decorative cover that replaces the bar of a standard tailpiece of a stringed musical instrument such as a guitar. The decorative cover is attractive and hides the retaining screws used to attach the bar. The decorated cover component may be manufactured in a wide range of designs to appeal to various and diverse groups of guitarists, and accommodates shapes that are not found in prior art guitars such as steer heads, crosses, and annular disks.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Neal Gallop
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Publication number: 20150027292Abstract: A mount for the improved engagement of a tremolo arm with a pivoting bridge of a stringed instrument is provided. The mount features a body having a first side adapted for an engagement with a surface of the bridge. The arm is engageable to conventional bridges or may be employed with an arm mount having a centered attachment point and can include a biasing washer to maintain a position of the tremolo arm relative to the mount. A tremolo arm mount is provided at a central portion of the body relative to the width of a pathway followed by the strings projecting from the bridge toward the neck of the stringed instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: David Young, Robert Scott Fisher
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Publication number: 20150027293Abstract: An improved tremolo arm is provided configured for engagement to a pivoting bridge of a stringed instrument such as a guitar. The arm features a facing surface formed in a complimentary fashion to the shape of the palm of a user's hand. The arm is engageable to conventional bridges or may be employed with an arm mount having a centered attachment point to provide an even pivoting of the bridge during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: David Young, Robert Scott Fisher
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Publication number: 20150027294Abstract: A simulated musical wind instrument takes the form of a tin whistle or recorder to channel a player's breath toward one or more sensors. In one embodiment, the simulated tin whistle includes a mouthpiece and a stem, and both may be realistically configured. The mouthpiece receives and channels a person's breath towards one or more pressure sensors while the stem includes additional sensors that are selectively touched by a player's fingers to non-audibly generate a musical song, in the simulated musical wind instrument, the mouthpiece may include various openings, sensors and other electronics for generating the non-audible music. Further, the mouthpiece may include a keyed locking member for referencing the mouthpiece when attaching it to the stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Thomas Johnson
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Publication number: 20150027295Abstract: A drumhead tuning rim apparatus for securing and tuning a drumhead on a drum shell of a drum, the apparatus comprising a plurality of housing grooved bearing wheels rotatably installed spaced along a rim of the drum, the rim being configured for seating over the drumhead on the drum shell, a plurality of lug grooved bearing wheels configured to be rotatably installed spaced about the drum shell substantially between the respective housing grooved bearing wheels, a tensioning cable configured for alternately passing between and about respective housing grooved bearing wheels and lug grooved bearing wheels substantially about the perimeter of the drum shell, and a means for selectively adjusting the tension in the tensioning cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Bryan Thomas BEDSON
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Publication number: 20150027296Abstract: A hi-hat symbol in which the top cymbal and bottom cymbal are biased in a closed position. The present invention may include an add-on attachment to an existing hi-hat symbol or a hi-hat cymbal made as a whole unit. The top cymbal may be stationary and the bottom cymbal may be connected to an actuation rod that is connected to a pedal. Therefore, when the pedal is activated, the bottom cymbal may be pulled downward relative to the top cymbal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Adam Scott Turpen
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Publication number: 20150027297Abstract: A device for providing feedback to a user of a string instrument is described. The device comprises receiving circuitry operable in use to communicate with at least one finger sensor capable of detecting the force of a finger on a string, a camera operable in use to capture an image and a display operable in use to display data, wherein the receiving circuitry, camera and display are connected to processing circuitry which is operable to: detect, from the receiving circuitry, the force of a user's finger on at least one string at a given time; detect, from the camera, the position of the user's finger on the at least one string at the given time; compare the detected force of the user's finger and the position of the user's finger on the at least one string at the given time with a predetermined value of force and position at the given time; and generate, on the basis of the said comparison, feedback to display on the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicants: Sony Corporation, Sony Europe LimitedInventors: Antonio Avitabile, Xiaoming Chen
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Publication number: 20150027298Abstract: An improved method of scoring music comprises the steps of: color coding the eight groups of keys on a piano keyboard with eight different colors; labeling each key on the piano keyboard with a colored lettered sticker; representing each key in a unique position on a four-line, three-space staff, colored to match the color group of the keyboard; lettering identically the four lines and three spaces of each colored staff from bottom to top on the lines and spaces; and in each octave, labeling each of the five black keys in sequence as H, I, K, and L, and noting them on a musical score with a diamond-shaped note.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Mary Marcel Simpson
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Publication number: 20150027299Abstract: A divisi process in which different samplings are provided of full section, half a section, quarter section, etc. When a first note on input is received, the note is assigned to the full section. When a subsequent note on input is received, it is assigned to a half section. At that time, the volume of the full section may be reduced. Upon receiving further note on inputs, the notes may be assigned to another half section or to a quarter section depending on the number of notes being played simultaneously. The volume of notes being played is adjusted when a new note is added.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Christopher L. Stone
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Publication number: 20150027300Abstract: A pickup for an electrical, stringed musical instrument includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly includes a base plate, a pole that extends upward from the base plate and a coil of wire wrapped around the pole above the base plate. The second assembly includes a housing that has a fastening feature that allows the second assembly to be user attachable and detachable from the first assembly independently of any electrical connections made by the first assembly. The second assembly also includes a magnet seated within the housing. The pickup is further constructed so that the second assembly readily attaches and detaches to the first assembly such that when attached, the pole of the first assembly is in magnetic cooperation with the magnet of the second assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: RTT Music, Inc.Inventors: Rick Wolf, Timothy Rotterman
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Publication number: 20150027301Abstract: An electronic percussion instrument may include a percussion member that generates vibrations when percussed, a vibration resonance member, and a vibration damping member. The vibration resonance member may include a hub portion centrally located in the vibration resonance member, a plurality of radial portions extending radially from the hub portion, and a plurality of ring portions. Each of the radial portions may traverse through and connect at least some of the plurality of ring portions. Ring portions of the plurality of ring portions may be concentrically arranged with each ring portion adjacent to one another. The vibration damping member, disposed between and in direct contact with the percussion member and the vibration resonance member, may propagate the vibrations generated by the percussion member to the vibration resonance member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: AI-Musics Technology Inc.Inventors: Ming-Shan Shih, Hsien-Tang Wang, Gwo-Hsiung Wei
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Publication number: 20150027302Abstract: A perforating gun assembly includes a gun carrier and a gun connected thereto. The perforating gun is positioned external to a flow passage of the perforating gun carrier. The perforating gun is activated by pressure in the flow passage defined by the perforating gun carrier. The perforating gun may be positioned in a slot or pocket defined in a wall of the perforating gun carrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Tyler Wall, Ryan Barton
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Publication number: 20150027303Abstract: A method for making armor plate that is resistant to armor piercing small arms ammunition is provided. The armor plate includes a steel plate having a nominal chemical composition in weight percent of 0.4C-1.8Ni-0.8Cr-0.25Mo. The steel plate is carburized on one side and produces a carburized side and a non-carburized side. The carburized side of the steel plate has a carbon concentration of at least 0.9% by weight and the non-carburized side has a carbon concentration of between 0.38 and 0.45% by weight. After the steel plate has been carburized, it is subsequently thermally processed such that the carburized side has a hardness of at least 58 Rockwell Hardness C (HRC), and the non-carburized side has a hardness of between >=50 and <=55 HRC.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: Jay Carl Locke
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Publication number: 20150027304Abstract: A composite membrane for separations includes a fabric with a non-woven array of intermingled carbon nanotubes, and a dopant incorporated with the fabric to form a non-porous, permeable composite. The composite membrane may be used to separate a target gas from a liquid by mounting the composite membrane in a housing chamber, and conditioning a permeate side of the chamber to establish a driving force for the target gas across the non-porous, permeable composite membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Carl W. Sims, Quan Liu
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Publication number: 20150027305Abstract: A gas separation method includes contacting a membrane filter with gas feed, permeating the gas from the gas feed through the membrane, and producing filtered gas from the filter. The filtered gas is produced from the filter as a result of the membrane removing any hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms to produce a total of 0.001 ppm w/w or less. A gas separation method includes feeding gas into a filter containing a hollow fiber membrane that exhibits the property of resisting degradation due to exposure to hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms. The filter exhibits a pressure drop across the membrane of less than 5 psi. The method includes feeding the filtered gas into a gas separation module that exhibits a susceptibility to degradation from exposure to hydrocarbons containing six or more carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Barbara J Evosevich, Ivana Jojic
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Publication number: 20150027306Abstract: There is provided polymer derived ceramic materials, to make porous polymeric derived ceramic membranes. These polymeric derived ceramic membranes are useful for separating gas and in particular for the generation of hydrogen. Hydrogen separation devices and power generation devices use the present polymeric derived ceramic membranes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Yi Tan, Walter Sherwood, Andrew R. Hopkins
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Publication number: 20150027307Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a hydrogen separation membrane capable of preventing the plating of Pd inside a porous support and a porous shielding layer when a separation membrane is prepared; a hydrogen separation membrane prepared therefrom; and a use thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to a device for preparing a hydrogen separation membrane; and a method for preparing a hydrogen separation membrane using the device, and in particular, relates to a device for preparing a hydrogen separation membrane capable of stably growing a Pd-containing separation membrane for hydrogen gas separation as a plating solution grows from the upper surface of a porous support to a uniform thickness by simply shielding the lower surface of the porous support when a hydrogen separation membrane is prepared using an electroless plating method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Shin Kun Ryi, Beom Seok Seo, Jong Soo Park, Dong Wook Lee, Sung Wook Lee