Abstract: A control method for constant airflow controlled by a direct power-controlled PM motor, wherein the PM motor is installed in an HVAC system to drive the rotation of a fan wheel, and wherein the PM motor has a stator component, permanent magnet rotor components, and a motor controller. In some embodiments, the motor controller includes an operation parameters sensing circuit and a microprocessor.

Abstract: The disclosure includes controlling a pressure ratio for a compressing system, comprising introducing a quantity of liquid into an input stream to create a multiphase input stream, compressing the multiphase input stream with a centrifugal compressor to create a discharge stream, measuring a parameter of the discharge stream, wherein the discharge parameter corresponds to a pressure ratio for the centrifugal compressor, when the parameter exceeds a first predetermined point, increasing a pressure ratio of the centrifugal compressor by increasing the quantity of liquid introduced, and when the parameter exceeds a second predetermined point, decreasing the pressure ratio by decreasing the quantity of liquid introduced.

Abstract: The disclosure includes a centrifugal compressor, comprising an inlet configured to receive a gas stream, an outlet, and a liquid injection port configured to introduce a liquid into the gas stream and create a multiphase fluid, wherein the centrifugal compressor is configured to compress the multiphase fluid. The disclosure further includes a method of operating a centrifugal compressor, comprising passing a gas stream to a centrifugal compressor inlet, introducing a quantity of liquid into the gas stream to create a multiphase stream, and compressing the multiphase stream.

Abstract: A rotating machine including a rotor operable to rotate about a centerline axis and subjected to axial thrust loads along the centerline axis during operation; a balance piston engaged with the rotor; a stator positioned around the balance piston and the rotor wherein a fluid passageway extends between the internal face of the stator and the external face of the balance piston; the fluid passageway including at least one cavity. A balance piston for a rotating machine including at least two segments arranged with a shift in diameter between each other.

Abstract: A supersonic compressor including an inlet configured to receive and flow therethrough a process fluid. The supersonic compressor may further include a rotary shaft and a centrifugal impeller coupled therewith. The centrifugal impeller may be configured to impart energy to the process fluid received and to discharge the process fluid therefrom in at least a partially radial direction at an exit absolute Mach number of about one or greater. The supersonic compressor may further include a static diffuser circumferentially disposed about the centrifugal impeller and configured to receive the process fluid therefrom and convert the energy imparted. The supersonic compressor may further include a collector fluidly coupled to and configured to collect the process fluid exiting the diffuser, such that the supersonic compressor is configured to provide a compression ratio of at least about 8:1.

Abstract: A centrifugal blood pump apparatus includes a plurality of permanent magnets (17) in an impeller (10) in a blood chamber (7), a plurality of coils (20) in a motor chamber (8), and a magnetic element (18) in each of the coils (20). The magnetic elements (18) are made shorter than the coils (20) to lower attractive force between the magnetic elements (18) and the permanent magnets (17) in the impeller (10), to set a large gap between the magnetic elements (18) and the permanent magnets (17). As a result, axial attractive force and negative rigidity can be lowered while required torque is satisfied.

Abstract: A balance piston seal assembly for a balance piston of a compressor is provided. The balance piston seal assembly may include a balance piston seal, a stationary support, and a gripping assembly disposed between the balance piston seal and the stationary support. The balance piston seal may be configured to be disposed about the balance piston such that an inner radial surface of the balance piston seal and an outer radial surface of the balance piston define a radial clearance therebetween. The stationary support may be configured to be coupled or integral with a casing of the compressor. The gripping assembly may be configured to secure the balance piston seal with the stationary support and to maintain concentricity between the balance piston seal and the balance piston during thermal radial expansion of the balance piston seal relative to the balance piston.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan assembly includes an impeller assembly which has a fixed stator and a rotating impeller having a base plate, a hub connected to the base plate a plurality of backward curved first blades, and a plurality of backward curved second blades. Each first blade has an inner end which is connected to the hub. Each second blade has an inner end which is spaced apart from the hub and which tapers to a point. The first and second blades have different profiles or shapes. The axial length of the first blades is different from the axial length of the second blades. Each second blade forms an apex which projects axially from the base plate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a centrifugal fan and a refrigerator. The centrifugal fan according to an aspect of the present disclosure has a structure in which a plurality of blades disposed along a circumferential direction are disposed in two lines in a radial direction of a hub, such that the noise of the fan is reduced and the flow rate of air is increased, and the efficiency of the fan is improved, and the centrifugal fan includes a middle guide member inducing an inflow in the center of the fan, such that the inflow to the fan is prevented from being concentrated in a lower part of the fan, and a total height of a discharge port is efficiently used. Therefore, the uniformity of a component of a discharging flow at the discharge port is improved and thus the noise of the fan is reduced.

Abstract: An impeller includes a hub mountable to a rotary shaft and configured to rotate about a center axis. The impeller may include a plurality of main blades and splitter blades arranged equidistantly and circumferentially about the center axis. A splitter blade having a leading edge and a trailing edge may be positioned between first and second adjacent main blades and canted such that the leading edge is displaced from a blade position equidistant the first and second adjacent main blades a first percentage amount of one half an angular distance between the first and second adjacent main blades. The trailing edge may be displaced from the blade position equidistant the first and second adjacent main blades a second percentage amount of one half the angular distance between the first and second adjacent main blades. The second percentage amount may be greater or less than the first percentage amount.

Abstract: An intake pipe for directing a slurry towards an impeller of a centrifugal pump defines a helical flow path oriented to swirl the slurry in a rotational direction of the impeller.

Abstract: A diffuser (10) comprises first (10.1) and second (10.2) annular portions bounded by forward (32) and aft (26) annular walls, wherein the first annular portion (10.1) is vaneless and radially within the second annular portion (10.2), and the second annular portion (10.2) is radially relatively compact and incorporates a plurality of vanes (48) with relatively high solidity, wherein the forward (32) or/and aft (26) annular walls is/are sloped so as to provide for meridional divergence within the second annular portion (10.2) of the diffuser (10), and the vanes (48) are shaped so as to substantially conform to the flow field within the second annular portion (10.2).

Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor comprises: a housing (10), provided with a mounting chamber (11), a thread section (12) being provided on a side wall of the mounting chamber (11); an adjusting piece (20), mounted in the mounting chamber (11), the adjusting piece (20) being provided with threads adapting to the thread section (12); a driving piece (30), mounted in the mounting chamber (11) and configured to drive the adjusting piece (20) to move forwards or backwards along the thread section (12); and an adjustable diffuser (40), fixedly connected to the adjusting piece (20). The invention also discloses a centrifugal water chilling unit having the centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor and the centrifugal water chilling unit can solve the problem that the adjustable diffuser easily inclines and is stuck, thereby greatly improving the reliability of the centrifugal compressor.

Abstract: An inlet guide vane assembly for a compressor is provided. The inlet guide vane assembly may include a hub configured to be disposed in an inlet of the compressor, and an inlet guide vane extending from the hub. The inlet guide vane may include a stationary section configured to be coupled with the inlet and a mobile section disposed adjacent the stationary section. The mobile section may include a rod configured to extend through an opening formed in the inlet. The inlet guide vane assembly may also include at least one biasing member disposed about the rod and configured to exert a biasing force on the mobile section to urge the mobile section radially outward.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine impact liner is disclosed. The impact liner may include a base sheet, a plurality of stanchions extending from the base sheet, and a plurality of supports, each being operatively associated with one of the plurality of stanchions.

Abstract: A fan containment case for a gas turbine engine includes a first inner layer and a second layer outside the first inner layer, where the second layer is made of a first material having a first fabric architecture. The fan containment case also includes a third layer outside of the second layer, where the third layer is made of a second material having a second fabric architecture, and at least one of the first material and the first fabric architecture of the second layer is different from the second material and the second architecture, respectively, of the third layer. A fourth outer layer is located outside of the third layer.

Abstract: Provided are a blower, capable of suppressing noise occurring in a stator while significantly improving blowing efficiency, and an outdoor unit using the same. The present invention comprises: a bell mouth part spaced apart at a predetermined distance in the radial direction with respect to an outer circumferential end of a propeller fan; and a diffuser part installed on the downstream side of the bell mouth part, and having a flow path area which is enlarged from the upstream side toward the downstream side with a larger magnification rate than the magnification rate of the flow path area in the downstream end of the bell mouth part; and a stator part having a plurality of stators, wherein the stator part is arranged within the diffuser part.

Abstract: A compressor is provided that comprises; a compression mechanism compressing a fluid; a motor driving the compression mechanism; and a housing that houses the compression mechanism and the motor. The compressor includes a low-temperature fluid passage forming unit having a surface forming a low-temperature fluid passage in which a low-temperature fluid flows and provided in the housing so as to cool the motor, and an oil passage forming unit having a surface forming an oil passage through which oil supplied into the housing flows. At least a part of the oil passage forming unit is arranged so as to face the low-temperature fluid passage forming unit with an interposed portion interposed therebetween such that the oil is cooled by heat exchange with the low-temperature fluid.

Abstract: A compressor may include a casing defining a discharge cavity and a seal cavity. A rotary shaft may be disposed in the casing, and a shaft seal assembly may be disposed in the seal cavity and about the rotary shaft. An impeller may be coupled with and configured to be driven by the rotary shaft. A balance piston may be integral with the impeller and may define the discharge cavity and the seal cavity. A balance piston seal may be disposed about the balance piston such that the balance piston seal and the balance piston define a radial clearance therebetween. The radial clearance may be configured to provide fluid communication from the impeller to the discharge cavity. A heat shield may be disposed in the discharge cavity, and may be configured to prevent the conduction of heat from the discharge cavity to the seal cavity via the casing.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention include fan systems for moving air within a room. In some embodiments, the fan systems described herein can be attached to a base that can be mounted on a ceiling, wall, or other building structure. In some embodiments, a single fan may be attached to a first base at a first location for a period of time, and subsequently detached from the first base and attached to another base at another location. In some embodiments, the fan system includes a rechargeable battery, so that the base does not need to be connected to or associated with a power source in order for the fan to operate. Some embodiments of the invention include modular charging systems for electronic devices.

Abstract: A centrifugal pump (10) includes a housing (26), an impeller (28) that is rotatably disposed in the housing (26), a shaft (62) that is provided at a center rotational axis of the impeller (28), and bearings members (70) that respectively and pivotally support the shaft ends (66). An elastic body (80) which is elastically deformable at least in an axial direction of the shaft (62) is provided between at least one of the bearings (70) and the housing (26) or at an intermediate portion of the shaft (62) in the axial direction. A tightening load exerted on the shaft and bearing members can be maintained in a predetermined range even when age-related deformation of the housing or other components occurs.

Abstract: The blower of the present invention comprises a gas blowing part which holds an impeller which blows gas, a motor part which holds a rotor which makes the impeller rotate, and a partition wall part which partitions the gas blowing part from the motor part. The top end part of the rotor in the axial direction passes through the partition wall part and supports the center of rotation part of the impeller present inside the gas blowing part. At the through hole of the partition wall part through which the top end part of the rotor in the axial direction passes, a noncontact type shaft seal is arranged. Further, the surface of the partition wall part facing the impeller is formed with a groove for trapping foreign matter.

Abstract: Engine anti-idling and restart may be implemented in a machine having a power source, a movable work tool, a pump driven by the power source, an actuator receiving fluid from the pump and moving the work tool, a high-pressure fluid reservoir, and an assist motor operatively connected to the power source. Engine restart may include detecting operator input to start the power source, and fluidly connecting the fluid reservoir to the assist motor to assist in starting the power source in response to detecting the operator input. Prior to shutting down the power source during anti-idling, fluid from the pump may be input to the assist motor, pressurized and communicated to the high-pressure fluid reservoir in response to determining that idle condition exists and a reservoir charge pressure is less than a reservoir minimum restart pressure needed to restart the power source.

Abstract: A pneumatic actuator system includes at least an actuator, a compressor providing compressed air to the actuator, a first intake conduit supplying the compressor with external air, and a second intake conduit connected to an exhaust line of the actuator and supplying the compressor with air discharged from the actuator. The pneumatic actuator system also includes a selecting valve which is arranged on the exhaust line of the actuator, between the actuator and the compressor, this valve being able to switch between a recirculation position, where the air flow is directed back to the compressor and an exhaust position where the air flow is directed to a low pressure circuit.

Abstract: The embodiments relate to an actuator device including a drive unit and an output unit. The output unit includes a first translation unit having a first output and a second translation unit, connected in a fluid manner to the first translation unit via a pipeline system, having a second output. The drive unit is connected to the pipeline system in a fluid manner. To deflect the outputs, a fluid may be exchanged between the first translation unit and the second translation unit by the drive unit. The first translation unit and the second translation unit each have a pre-clamping element. The pre-clamping elements are supported in the opposite direction against a movably mounted clamping.

Abstract: A poppet valve system that includes a valve body having a first and second end and defining a valve cavity and a poppet assembly extending from the first end to the second end and through the valve cavity. The poppet assembly can include a movable poppet head disposed at the first end of the poppet assembly and configured generate a seal by contacting a portion of the valve body and configured to define an opening between the valve cavity and a pressure cavity. The poppet assembly can also include a movable guiding element disposed at the second end of the valve body and a shaft extending from the first end to the second end and coupled to the poppet head and guiding element.

Abstract: A fluid pressure cylinder extends and contracts in accordance with supply/discharge of fluid pressure to/from a cylinder tube is provided. On inner side of both end portions of the cylinder tube in an axial direction, at least one small-diameter portion having a diameter smaller than those of the end portions in the axial direction is formed by a spinning process.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a an internal surface generator (300) comprising an inlet sub-element (302) comprising a plurality of inlet ports (302A-302D); an outlet sub-element (306) comprising outlet ports (306A-306D) that are equal in number to the inlet ports; and an intermediate sub-element (304) comprising non-linear passages (304A-304D) that are equal in number to the inlet ports or the outlet ports; where the intermediate sub-element contacts the inlet sub-element and the outlet sub-element and is operative to transport a fluid from the inlet ports to the outlet ports.

Abstract: A flow conditioner for displacing and mixing fluid flow to minimize the effects of thermal gradients on the accuracy of a transit time ultrasonic flowmeter having a first portion adapted to be disposed in the pipe and extending inward toward the center of the pipe in a downstream direction with respect to the fluid flow relative to the pipe's inner surface. The conditioner has a second portion adapted to be disposed in the pipe and in juxtaposition with the first portion. The second portion extending inward toward the center of the pipe in an upstream direction with respect to the fluid flow relative to the pipe's inner surface. An apparatus for determining fluid flow in a pipe having ultrasonic transducer sites. A method for determining fluid flow in a pipe. A method for affecting fluid flow in a pipe.

Abstract: A rail coupling assembly is described. Embodiments of the rail coupling assembly can be implemented to couple a rail to the rail coupling assembly. The rail coupling assembly can then be coupled to a structure. The rail coupling assembly can generally include a flange, a flange bolt, an expansion member, an expansion member nut, and a semi-rigid member. The flange bolt can couple the flange, the semi-rigid member, and the expansion member together. Generally, the expansion member nut can be located within a bore of the expansion member. The flange bolt can threadably couple to the expansion member nut. In some embodiments, one or more rail coupling assemblies can be implemented to couple a plurality of rails together.

Abstract: A web component suitable for use with a snap-fit assembly is disclosed herein. The web component includes, but is not limited to, a sheet metal member that has a periphery and a first side and a second side. The sheet metal member also includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a first surface of the first side and from a second surface of the second side. The plurality of protrusions are disposed proximate a portion of the periphery and are configured to engage a female receiver associated with the snap-fit assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a locking device designed to lock objects to tubes or other elongated elements. The locking device generally comprises one or more lock plates and lock housings. In one exemplary embodiment, when assembling the locking device to a tube, two lock housings are put together with open sides against each other around a tube with a dimension corresponding to approximately half of a recess which is found on the lock housing's sides and are oriented in the tube's axial direction. The two lock housings form a closed geometry around the tube. Lock plates are used to connect the two lock housings together. By applying a screw in a threaded hole in one of the lock housings' cover, the through tube is pressed against an opposite lock housing at substantially the same time as the lock plates hold the lock housings together.

Abstract: A splice component for tubular members includes a splice plate having a linear arrangement of spaced apart openings extending along a length of the splice plate, and a plurality of nuts aligned with the splice plate openings and loosely retained in place by a nut capture arrangement. The nut capture arrangement is formed at least in part by an elongated U-shaped cover plate having spaced apart side support legs on opposite sides of the linear arrangement openings, and a bridging part extending between the spaced apart side support legs and over the linear arrangement of openings. At least one elongated retaining plate extends between and is fixed to the spaced apart side support legs.

Abstract: The invention concerns a plug designed to be used in wet rooms that have a wet room sealing layer, where the plug consists of a plastic plug provided with pre-thinned slits intended for screws in holes drilled into the intended wall, ceiling or floor. According to the invention, the plug is filled with the required quantity of sealant intended for wet rooms. The plug is provided with a foiled closure in the rear end of the plug and pre-thinned slits, which are airtight and made of the same plastic material that the plug consists of or other suitable material having the property of being airtight and with the ability to break up due to internal pressure in the plug from the inside of the plug screwed into the screw, situated in the sides of the plug are airtight, whereby when a screw penetrates the closure and enters the prepared airtight plug, the sealing medium is pushed through the slitted plug and out towards the mounting wall, etc.

Abstract: A self-piercing rivet for connecting high-strength steels. The rivet having a head which has a head diameter (DH); a shank which has a shank diameter (DS); and, located at the foot end of the shank opposite the head, the shank has radially outward a flat surface section and radially inward an axial recess defining an axial depth (LB). The ratio of axial depth (LB) of the recess to the shank diameter (DS) is smaller than 0.3.

Abstract: An adapter for use with a connector of a shipping container is disclosed, the adapter including a support body, a bolt and, optionally, a nut that can thread to the shaft of the bolt. The support body includes a front body portion having a through bore for passage of a shaft of the bolt and a U-shaped body portion extending from the front body portion, the U-shaped body portion including pair of elongate posts. The bolt is rotatable from a first position in which a bolt head rests against longitudinal ends of the pair of elongate posts to a second position in which the bolt head is received between the pair of elongate posts and in which the pair of elongate posts prevent the bolt head from rotating. The adapter provides the connector with an outwardly protruding shaft to which devices or apparatus can be coupled.

Abstract: A connector system for releasably connecting components has a key tool, which has a force transferring head, and a screw element, which has a force receiving head, which can be connected to one another by means of the shapes of the force transferring head and the force receiving head, having shapes designed such that they correspond to one another. Furthermore, at least the force transferring head of the key tool is comprised of a first material, and at least the force receiving head of the screw element is comprised of a second material. The first material and the second material are selected such that the force transferring head and/or the force receiving head are/is reversibly deformable when a force is applied for rotating the key tool that is greater than a definable maximum force. Also disclosed are an associated connector element, an assembly kit having such a connector system, and the use of the assembly kit.

Abstract: A pin member for a fastener includes an elongated shank having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a cylindrical shank portion having an outer surface, a head located at the first end of the elongated shank, the head including a bearing surface located on the bearing surface of the head, and a threaded portion located at the second end of the elongated shank. The pin member can be fully coated with a coating. A conformable seal element is attached to the pin member, which is adapted to fill the microscopic voids between the bearing surface of the head of the pin member and the surrounding structure under the axial load exerted by the fastener during installation. The seal element can be separate and distinct from the pin member. The seal element can be attached to the pin member for the sake of convenience, but the seal element can deform independently of the pin member and the surrounding structure in response to the forces exerted by the fastener.

Abstract: A male anti-false thread fastener member having features, including: a shank that has a lead end and a tool engagement end; a head formed at the tool engagement end of the shank; at least one male fastening thread formed on the exterior of the shank as a plurality of thread windings adapted to mate with a corresponding female fastening thread formed in an interior of a female fastener member; at least one male lead thread formed on the exterior of the shank at the lead end that is at least a half winding around the shank and comprises curved profile defined by an arc having a radius approximately equal to a radius of an arc that is tangent to both flanks of a thread profile of the at least one male fastening thread and below the pitch line of the at least one male fastener thread.

Abstract: An anti-false threading fastener system comprising: a female fastener member comprising: at least one female fastening thread formed in an interior of the female fastener member; at least one female lead thread formed in the interior of the female fastener member; a male fastener member comprising: a shank that has a lead end for insertion into the interior of the female fastener member; at least one male fastening thread formed on the exterior of the shank as a plurality of thread windings adapted to mate with the female fastening thread; at least one male lead thread formed on the exterior of the shank at the lead end that is at least a half winding around the shank and comprises a curved profile defined by an arc having a radius approximately equal to a radius of an arc that is tangent to both flanks of a thread profile of the at least one male fastening thread and below the pitch line of the at least one male fastening thread.

Abstract: A method for correcting translational misalignment between male and female fastener members to prevent false threading, the method comprising: inserting a lead end of a male fastener member into a female fastener member, wherein the female fastener member comprises: at least one female fastening thread formed in an interior of the female fastener member, at least one female lead thread formed in the interior of the female fastener member, the at least one female lead thread having a groove in the crest, and wherein the male fastener member comprises: a shank that has a lead end for insertion into the interior of the female fastener member; at least one male fastening thread formed on the exterior of the shank as a plurality of thread windings adapted to mate with the at least one female fastening thread; at least one male lead thread formed on the exterior of the shank at the lead end that is at least a half winding around the shank and comprises a curved profile defined by an arc having a radius approximatel

Abstract: A locking washer is to be inserted between a bearing element and a screwable element. The locking washer includes two washer crowns, each of which has an engagement face. The washer crowns which engage with one another and are maintained compressed under axial pressure between the screwable element and the bearing element are capable, when the screwable element is unscrewed, of rotatably engaging with the screwable element, and the bearing element, respectively, so as to rotate the washer crowns relative to one another, in order to rotatably lock the screwable element. According to the invention, the locking washer presents a shape of a truncated cone, and the locking washer is elastically deformable in order to be able to be flattened, forming a spring, such that the axial pressure is maintained substantially constant.

Abstract: A triple locking hook connector includes a hook, a locking bar, a first spring, a controlling shaft, and a second spring. The hook has an axle hole and a first groove on an end of a hook opening, and has a spacing portion on the other end of the hook opening. An edge of an end of the locking bar has a first bolt. The first spring is to drive a first bolt to keep at the first position and to drive the other end of the locking bar to remain in the spacing portion. The controlling shaft joins the axle hole via a main axle to restrict the first bolt in the first position and to be driven by a second spring to stay at the third position to ensure the locking bar shutting the hook opening.

Abstract: A carabiner including a metal body, and a gate rotatably assembled to a first end of the metal body between a closed position and an open position of the carabiner, the gate being in contact with a second end of the metal body when the carabiner is in closed position. The carabiner is provided with a separation bar fastened to the metal body and configured to define two distinct confinement areas. The bar is assembled by clipping onto the metal body at first and second opposite ends of the bar, the first end including a first fastener totally surrounding the metal body, and the second end including a second fastener totally surrounding the metal body. The separation bar is configured to authorize the opening of the gate when the first and second fasteners surround the metal body.

Abstract: To provide a vehicle propeller shaft capable of improving the efficiency in the balance correction operation as well as reducing the size and weight of a universal joint. A vehicle propeller shaft according to the present invention includes tubular bodies extending in a front and rear direction, balance weights arranged on outer peripheral surfaces of the tubular bodies and covering members covering the outer peripheral surfaces of the tubular bodies and the balance weights, in which the covering members are formed of a heat shrinkable tube which shrinks by heating.

Abstract: A rolling element intermediate shaft assembly includes a solid shaft having first and second ends. Also included is a tubular shaft configured to receive the first end, the tubular shaft having an inner wall with an axially extending groove formed therein, the axially extending groove having an inner surface. Further included is a wear plate having a bottom surface and an elastically deformable body having first and second ends, the body defining an axially extending channel, the body of the wear plate received in the tubular shaft groove. Yet further included is an outer surface of the body of the wear plate defining a gap between the wear plate and the axially extending groove of the tubular shaft, the gap reduced upon flexure of the wear plate. Also included is at least one ball bearing disposed within the wear plate channel between the wear plate and the solid shaft.

Abstract: An anchor assembly includes an anchor member, a connector, and a base plate. The anchor member is configured to releasably connect to the connector. The base plate includes inner and outer primary surfaces, an aperture, and an anchor seat. The inner primary surface is configured to contact a surface of a support structure. The aperture extends through the base plate and is receptive of a shank of the connector. The anchor seat is positioned on the inner primary surface and is configured to support the anchor member.

Abstract: A floating dock hinging latch releasably interconnects a pair of floating dock sections in an adjoined spaced relation for relative hinging motion. The floating dock hinging latch includes a pair of female latch portions secured to the side of one floating dock section and a pair of male latch portions secured to the side of the other floating dock section. The female latch portions and male latch portions are releasably engaged with one another to hingedly connect the floating dock sections by moving the floating dock sections toward one another across the surface of the water.

Abstract: In a dust cover for a ball joint, a reinforcing ring is buried in a shaft side attaching portion which is closely fitted and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft portion of a ball stud of the ball joint, a first inner peripheral projection and a second inner peripheral projection are formed at different axial positions in the reinforcing ring at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction, the first inner peripheral projection and the second inner peripheral projection having diameters which are slightly greater than an inner peripheral surface of the shaft side attaching portion in their end portions in an inner diameter side as well as extending to the inner diameter side, and the first inner peripheral projection and the second inner peripheral projection exist on phases which do not lap over each other in an axial direction, thereby preventing tracking property reduction.

Abstract: A method of producing a chassis module (1) with a structural component (3) having a through-going aperture (5) into which a ball joint housing (7) is inserted. An outer periphery of the ball joint housing (7) is connected all round to an edge section (9) of the aperture (5) by a first material-cohesive joining (11) without a filler. In order to stabilize the ball joint housing (7) in the aperture (5), the ball joint housing (7) is additionally connected all round to an inner wall section (13) of the aperture (5) at a location spaced away from the edge section (9), by a second material-cohesive joining (15) without a filler. The chassis module (1) is produced by the method, and the chassis module is in the form of a flanged connector (1) or a multi-point link.