Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus and method capable of responding to jetting abnormalities in real time are provided. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a first stage supporting a substrate; an inkjet head unit ejecting a substrate processing liquid onto the substrate as droplets; a gantry unit moving the inkjet head unit on the first stage; a droplet inspection unit inspecting the droplets; and a control unit performing compensation on the substrate based on results of the inspection of the droplets, wherein the inkjet head unit ejects the substrate processing liquid onto a usage area and a non-usage area of the substrate, and the droplet inspection unit inspects the droplets ejected onto the non-usage area.

Abstract: A driver unit includes a driver contractible and expandable in a longitudinal direction of the driver, and a holder contractible and expandable in a longitudinal direction of the holder, the holder configured to apply pressure to the driver, wherein the holder includes a driver housing holding the driver, and a contact member attached to an end portion of the holder and contacting an end portion of the driver.

Abstract: A head unit to be mounted in a liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting section; a first flexible substrate that transmits the electrical signal to a joining terminal of the piezoelectric element; and a second flexible substrate that transmits the electrical signal to the first flexible substrate. The second flexible substrate includes: a first region having a stack of the cover member, the conductive member, and the base member; and a second region having a stack of the conductive member and the base member. The second flexible substrate has a surface on which a terminal is disposed within the second region, the terminal being joined to the first flexible substrate with solder.

Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a discharge port through which a liquid is discharged, an element for discharging the liquid from the discharge port, a channel through which the liquid is supplied to the discharge port, and a film member that is provided so as to be in contact with the liquid in a liquid chamber in the channel. The film member has a corrugated structure in which a plurality of loop-shaped projecting portions and a plurality of loop-shaped recessed portions are alternately formed. When seen in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the film member, the corrugated structure has a loop shape having a linear portion.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a line head including at least one recording head, an endless conveyance belt having a plurality of openings and carrying and conveying a recording medium, a driving roller, one or more stretching rollers, and a control portion. The driving roller contacts an inner circumferential surface of the conveyance belt and drives to rotate the conveyance belt. The conveyance belt has opening groups each composed of a plurality of the openings and formed in plural locations at prescribed spacings in the conveyance direction. In a state where any one of the opening groups is in contact with the driving roller, at least one of others of the opening groups is positioned immediately below the line head.

Abstract: A continuous inkjet printer includes an ink circuit. A first part of the ink circuit includes hydraulic components for providing a print head of the CIJ printer with ink and solvent. A second part of the ink circuit includes a first single-block assembly including at least part of at least a first pump and a second single-block assembly including at least one filter. Each of the assemblies further includes: a housing having at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet; fluid connections to allow fluids to flow from the at least one fluid inlet, to the at least part of a first pump or said filter and then to the at least one fluid outlet; and a structure for mounting and disassembling the first single-block assembly and the second single-block assembly to and from the first part of the ink circuit, independently from each other.

Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing material cartridge that accommodates a printing material and has an identification portion on which identification information for identifying the printing material cartridge is recorded; a printing apparatus including a cartridge mounting portion in which the printing material cartridge is mounted, an apparatus reading portion that is formed inside the cartridge mounting portion and optically reads the identification portion, a consumption value calculation portion that calculates a consumption value indicating a consumption amount of the printing material, and an apparatus storage portion; and a server apparatus that includes a server storage portion and is communicatively connected to the printing apparatus, in which the consumption value is stored in any one storage portion of the apparatus storage portion and the server storage portion in association with the identification information.

Abstract: A printing system includes: a printing material cartridge that accommodates a printing material and has an identification portion on which identification information for identifying the printing material cartridge is recorded; a printing apparatus including a cartridge mounting portion in which the printing material cartridge is mounted, and an apparatus reading portion that is formed inside the cartridge mounting portion and optically reads the identification portion; a compatibility determination portion that determines whether or not the printing material cartridge is compatible with the cartridge mounting portion by using the identification information obtained by reading the identification portion with the apparatus reading portion; and a portable terminal including a terminal display portion that displays the identification information obtained by reading the identification portion.

Abstract: A printing material cartridge mounted by being inserted into a cartridge mounting portion of a printing apparatus, includes: an identification portion on which identification information for identifying the printing material cartridge is recorded, in which the identification portion is formed at a readable position that is optically readable by a reading portion formed inside a cartridge mounting portion of the printing apparatus in an insertion process of inserting the printing material cartridge into the cartridge mounting portion.

Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer including: an ink tank including an ink inlet; a cap; and a cover configured to be movable with respect to the ink inlet between a closed position and an open position. The cover includes an inner surface configured to face the ink inlet under a condition that the cover is in the closed position, and a rib provided at the inner surface. The rib is configured to face a part of the cap, in which the cap is sealed the ink inlet under the condition that the cover is in the closed position and the rib is configured to abut against the part of the cap under a condition that the cap is not appropriately sealed the inlet when the cover moving from the open position to the closed position, thereby the cover being prevented from reaching the closed position.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes carriages each carrying a liquid discharge head and circuitry. The circuitry acquires divided print data having a size extended in a direction corresponding to a conveyance direction of a recording medium from a size corresponding to a length of a nozzle array of the liquid discharge head in the conveyance direction; identifies, for the liquid discharge head of a particular carriage, from the divided print data, a shifted data portion having a size corresponding to the length of the nozzle array and being shifted by a number of pixels corresponding to an amount of deviation from a target installation position of the particular carriage in the conveyance direction; controls the liquid discharge head to discharge ink to the recording medium using the shifted data portion; and controls the particular carriage to move in a main scanning direction based on the shifted data portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a feeding tray inserted into and pulled out from the housing, an image forming unit, and first and second guide members. The feeding tray includes a first accommodation part in which a roll body having a configuration where a sheet-shaped medium is rolled in a roll shape is accommodated and a second accommodation part in which stacked sheet-shaped media are accommodated. The first guide member guides a sheet-shaped medium to a conveying path. The second guide member guides a roll medium unrolled from the roll body to the conveying path. The second guide member is movable between a guide position for guiding the roll medium to the conveying path, and a retreat position further distant from the first guide member than the guide position and where the second guide member does not interfere with a sheet-shaped medium accommodated in the second accommodation part.

Abstract: A processing device includes a processing unit and a medium accommodation portion, and the medium accommodation portion includes a flexible sheet-like accommodation member, a pivot shaft to which one end of the accommodation member is coupled, an operation portion to which the other end of the accommodation member is coupled and that is provided separably from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support portions that supports both ends of the operation portion, and the accommodation member is wound around the pivot shaft and stored inside the housing when the operation portion approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hung down to accommodate the medium when the operation portion is separated from the pivot shaft, and holds a weight closer to the other end than to an intermediate position between the one end and the other end in the advance and retreat direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printing apparatus that is mounted with roll-shaped drawable printing paper made of thermal paper whose color changes by heat, performs printing on the printing paper and cuts the printing paper via a cutter, and a printing method that is performed by the printing apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette, a cassette attachment part, and a sensor. The sensor is switched in a cassette detection state and a cassette non-detection state. The sheet feeding cassette includes a detected piece, a pressure piece, and a lock receiving part. The detected piece switches the sensor to the cassette detection state and to the cassette non-detection state. The presser piece is provided integrally with the detected piece. The lock receiving part supports the presser piece movably. The cassette attachment part includes a locking member. When the sheet feeding cassette is attached to the attachment part, the detected piece switches the sensor from the cassette non-detection state to the detection state to enable a sheet feeding operation from the sheet feeding cassette, and the pressure piece interferes with the locking member to cause the locking member to be engaged with the lock receiving part.

Abstract: An adhesive removing device includes a scraping member scraping an adhesive layer adhering to a front surface of a belt transporting a medium being a transport target object, and a support portion supporting the scraping member. The support portion supports the scraping member such that a support state of the scraping member is changeable. For example, the support portion supports a different type of scraping member in a replaceable manner.

Abstract: Provided is a novel inkjet printer system that can use machine learning to improve the inspection performance of a printing inspection device. The inkjet printer system includes, in the machine learning, a random test printing function unit (301) that has a function that prints a random dot arrangement that is based on various characters printed in the printing area of a printing target, and an evaluation function training function unit (302) that has a function that optimizes an evaluation function for inspecting a printed image on the basis of a captured image of the results of the printing.

Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus control system and substrate processing apparatus control method, the substrate processing apparatus control system including an image generator for generating an image to be printed by a substrate processing apparatus including an inkjet head unit to print the image on a substrate in an inkjet printing manner, a jetting driver for receiving an image signal from the image generator and outputting a jetting signal to the inkjet head unit to allow the substrate processing apparatus to print the image on the substrate based on the image signal, and a motion controller for controlling operation of a stage unit for supporting and moving the substrate in the substrate processing apparatus.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed involving safety glazing identification markings, such as for identification of the manufacturer and of the manufacturing details or standards to which the safety glazing was manufactured. Aspects include marking a safety glazing on its edge, marking a safety glazing using a self-inking stamp apparatus, and marking a safety glazing using a fixation-dependent ink that goes from being temporary to being permanent upon being affixed to the safety glazing by using a fixation technique, such as tempering. A system may use a stamp apparatus to apply the marking using a fixation-dependent ink that initially is temporary and removable before fixation; and then may affix the marking by applying a fixation technique to the fixation-dependent ink to affix the ink to the glazing and cause the ink to become permanently affixed to the glazing.

Abstract: Multi-layered revealable substrates and methods of producing and/or using said substrates are disclosed herein and comprise a first layer of a first opacifying material, a first color material disposed on a first side of the first layer of the first opacifying material, wherein the first layer of the first opacifying material covers the first color material, and a second layer of a second opacifying material disposed on a side of the first color material that is located opposite with respect to the first layer of the first opacifying material. The first opacifying material is configured to, upon application of first predetermined energy, change from the opaque state to a transparent state to reveal the first color material underneath the first opacifying material, and the second opacifying material is configured to, upon application of second different predetermined energy, change from the opaque state to a transparent state.

Abstract: A structure of a screen printing plate comprises a supporting frame, a composite screen, a first and a second adhesive body, and an adhesive tape. The composite screen is connected to the supporting frame and comprises a first and a second screen. The first screen is disposed along the supporting frame and encloses a central region. The second screen covers the central region and is in partial overlapped with and connected to the first screen, wherein the screens are made from different materials. The first adhesive body is disposed between the first and the second screens and connects them. The second adhesive body is disposed on one side of the composite screen and covers the first adhesive body. The adhesive tape is opposite to the second adhesive body and is disposed on the other side of the composite screen. A manufacturing method of a screen printing plate is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer structure intended to be inserted in an identification document and comprising at least one first layer at least partially opaque forming a data area, the first layer comprising at least one through opening integrally confined by at least partially opaque material of the first layer, and a second layer at least partially transparent extending at least partially on the data area in order to extend into the through opening, the second layer comprising a part extending beyond the first layer and forming an edge part, the second layer comprising at least one element forming a security element, the security element being present and/or visible on and/or in the edge part and in the through opening of the first layer.

Abstract: A security device, including at least first and second embossed, reflective metal diffraction gratings in respective regions: wherein the first diffraction grating exhibits, in incident white light, a zero-order output over a first area of substantially uniform grating period, wherein the zero-order output of the first diffraction grating comprises different coloured first and second sub-outputs for respective first and second polarisations parallel and perpendicular to the first diffraction grating; wherein the second diffraction grating exhibits, in incident white light, a zero-order output over a second area of substantially uniform grating period; wherein the zero-order output of the second diffraction grating comprises third and fourth sub-outputs for respective first and second polarisations parallel and perpendicular to the second diffraction grating; and wherein the first and second diffraction gratings exhibit, for incident white light, substantially the same first order diffraction efficiency over t

Abstract: A friction unit includes a friction piece and a retention portion, the friction piece being configured to allow generation of frictional heat to cause handwriting in thermochromic ink to undergo a thermochromic change and the retention portion being configured to allow retention of the friction piece and attachment to and detachment from a barrel or cap of a thermochromic writing instrument. The retention portion has a tubular side wall forming an internal space opening at least downward, the side wall has at least one vent hole formed to communicate with the internal space, and air is allowed to flow between the vent hole, the internal space, and the downward opening.

Abstract: A binder for artists to record and retrieve color formulations comprises a plurality of sheets of paper that are adapted to accept both paint and text that relates to the specifics of a particular paint formula. Paint impermeable interleafing sheets are positioned between and overlie the respective sheets of paper to prevent bleeding between adjacent sheets. The sheets of paper and the interleafing sheets are adapted to be positioned between a front cover and a rear cover. The sheets of paper, the interleafing sheets, and the front cover and the rear cover are connected to a binding that holds the foregoing together. The sheets of paper are constructed and arranged to be removed and reinserted into the binding between the adjacent glassine interleafing sheets so that reinsertion after use, the applied paint can dry without smudging or contaminating adjacent sheets of paper.

Abstract: A paint roller squeegee removes excess paint from a paint roller cover. A circular squeegee ring has a round opening and a flat planar bottom surface. A handle projects from a proximal side of the circular ring and may be angled upward from the plane of the ring. A paintbrush holder for holding a paint brush is unitarily formed of an upper vertical arm with a paintbrush hang peg at its upper end, a lower arm that extends into a paint bucket or pail, and a bowed outer arm that extends over the bucket upper rim, around the bucket stabilizing rings and secures to the circular ridge at the top of the bucket; a lower end engages the bucket outer surface. The paintbrush holder keeps bristles in the paint, but off the bottom of the bucket. The squeegees and the paintbrush holder clamps can be formed of a suitable polypropylene.

Abstract: A hidden patterned structure, applicable to an electronic vaporization device, includes: a base surface; and a plurality of patterned cells protruding from the base surface. Each patterned cell of the plurality of patterned cells includes at least two chamfered surfaces, the at least two chamfered surfaces being at different angles relative to the base surface. At least one patterned surface is formed on at least one chamfered surface of the at least two chamfered surfaces of at least a portion of the plurality of patterned cells. The at least one patterned surface has a different surface roughness and/or is at a different height from a chamfered surface corresponding to the at least one patterned surface.

Abstract: A nipple assembly for a spoke wheel according to the present disclosure is coupled to at least one end of a spoke provided on a spoke wheel and includes a main body including a nipple head, and a column portion having a smaller diameter than the nipple head and elongated from the nipple head toward one side, a nipple base having a first through-hole and fitted with the column portion through the first through-hole, and a vibration attenuation member having a second through-hole and positioned between the nipple head and the nipple base by being fitted with the column portion through the second through-hole.

Abstract: A full face fabricated euroflange or non-euroflange vehicle wheel including a rim and a disc. The rim defines a central axis of the wheel and includes an inboard retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, an outboard tire bead seat, and a well located between the inboard and outboard tire bead seats. The rim further includes an outboard flange, wherein the outboard flange is outwardly turned and extends in a radially outwardly direction away from the central axis. The disc has a central hub mounting portion including a hub hole located about the central axis and a plurality of lug bolt receiving holes circumferentially spaced about the hub hole. A mounting area is formed at an outer end of the disc. The mounting area defines a region of reduced thickness at the outer end relative to a thickness of the disc directly adjacent to the outer end, wherein the outboard flange of the rim is configured to be disposed within the mounting area of the disc and secured thereto.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a wheel cover that is coupled to a wheel of a vehicle utilizing a mounting assembly that has a bearing block. A retainer assembly in combination with the bearing block of the mounting assembly allows the wheel cover to be coupled to the wheel in a manner such that the wheel cover does not rotate with the forward and backward rotation of the wheel when the vehicle is being driven. The wheel cover covers the wheel and partially covers a gap or space between a tire of the wheel and a fender of the vehicle, which increases the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle. The retainer assembly provides at least one degree of freedom such that the wheel cover may move with the wheel when steering the vehicle in a leftward direction and a rightward direction.

Abstract: A wheel assembly that provides a simulated center lock wheel look that also enables exchanging of ornamental face plates with a center hub attachment device that will allow car enthusiasts to easily change the look of their automotive wheels while maintaining a center lock wheel appearance. The assembly includes three components: a base wheel, a plurality of ornamental face plates, and a center hub attachment extending from one of either the hub or the ornamental face plate.

Abstract: An omni wheel, comprising a hub bracket (10) and roller components (20). Each roller component (20) comprises a first roller assembly (21) and a second roller assembly (22); the first roller assembly (21) comprises a roller bracket (211) and a first roller structure; the second roller assembly (22) comprises a second shaft (221) and a second roller structure, and the second shaft (221) comprises a second shaft body (2211) and a limiting portion (2212); and the second shaft body (2211) is connected and locked to a first connection structure (2111) to limit the second roller structure between the limiting portion (2212) and the first connection structure (2111). A moving device is further disclosed. The omni wheel can ensure that second rollers will not shake and oscillate during running of the omni wheel and thus reduce vibrations and noise of the omni wheel, improving the running stability.

Abstract: A bicycle hub with a rotor, including a rotor body, extending from an inner end toward an outer end, wherein the rotor body is rotatably supported on the hub axle with a hub-side rotor bearing and an opposite, outer rotor bearing. The rotor includes a rotor-side toothed disk device coupled with the rotor body, to fixedly, drivingly couple the rotor body with a hub shell, and to decouple from a hub shell when freewheeling. The rotor-side toothed disk device includes an end toothing engaging an end toothing coupled with the hub shell. The rotor-side toothed disk device is biased to an engagement position. The rotor body includes a first rotor part and a second rotor part connected with the first rotor part in a drivingly, rotationally fixed manner. One rotor bearing is on one of the rotor parts and the other rotor bearing is on the other rotor part.

Abstract: A bicycle hub with an axle, a shell, a rotor with a rotor body and a freewheel device with, a hub-side toothed disk device coupled to the hub shell, and a rotor-side toothed disk device interacting therewith and coupled to the rotor body, to drivingly couple the rotor to the hub shell in the driving direction and decouple from one another when freewheeling. The toothed disk devices include an end toothing and are biased to an engagement position. A sprocket accommodation is on the rotor body which includes on the hub-side end an inner radial wall to support a hub-side rotor bearing. On an end face at the hub-side end of the rotor, radially between the inner radial wall and an rotor outer wall, a circumferential accommodation accessible from the end face is configured, so the rotor-side toothed disk device is accommodated in a fixed driving manner and axially movable.

Abstract: A hub for bicycles with a hub axle, a hub shell, a rotor and a freewheel device, wherein the hub shell rotates with a rotor-side hub bearing, and an outer hub bearing. The rotor rotates with a hub-side rotor bearing disposed closer to the hub shell and an outer rotor bearing further from the hub shell. The freewheel device includes hub-side and rotor-side toothed disk devices, each including an end toothing for engagement with one another, and biased to an engagement position (E). The end toothing of the hub-side toothed disk device is axially oriented to the rotor. The rotor-side toothed disk device is accommodated radially within the rotor and by an outer radial toothing, is coupled with an inner radial rotor toothing, to move with the rotor. The inner diameter of the rotor-side toothed disk device is larger than that of the hub-side rotor bearing.

Abstract: A bicycle hub, including a hub axle, a hub shell, a threaded ring, a rotor, and a freewheel device, wherein the freewheel device comprises a hub-side toothed disk device and an interacting rotor-side toothed disk device, each including an end toothing for engagement with one another, and biased to an engagement position. The threaded ring includes an outer contour with an external thread, and a through hole with an inner contour, wherein the inner contour has a non-round inner contour, which couples, in a rotationally fixed driving manner, with a matching non-round outer coupling contour on the outer periphery of the hub-side toothed disk device. The threaded ring has a depression at the rotor end, so that the external thread on the threaded ring extends toward the rotor axially further than does the inner coupling contour, to widen the external thread of the threaded ring in the rotor direction.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rolling device for a device to enable moving the device along a surface. The rolling device comprises a housing arranged for attachment to the device and a wheel support assembly arranged in the housing for carrying a wheel. The wheel support assembly comprises a wheel carrying member arranged for connection with the wheel, and a retainer element arranged for connection with the housing. The wheel carrying member comprises a deflective rib with an protrusion for releasable engagement with a groove of the retainer element to select the release or attachment between the wheel carrying member and the retainer element.

Abstract: A retread tire includes a base tire, and a recapped tread adhered to the base tire. The recapped tread includes a first tread edge, and a first buttress surface extending inwardly from the first tread edge in the tire radial direction. The first buttress surface is provided with a plurality of dimples. Each of the plurality of dimples has a maximum diameter in a range from 2 to 5 mm and a maximum depth in a range from 1 to 3 mm.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire capable of securing drainability of the main groove while improving rigidity of blocks and improving steering stability wherein an intermediate land area formed on an inner side of a shoulder main groove includes a plurality of intermediate blocks provided to be aligned in a tire circumferential direction, first intermediate lateral grooves provided between the intermediate blocks, and a plurality of first protrusions protruding from side walls of the intermediate blocks facing the shoulder main groove to the inside of the shoulder main groove. The first protrusion includes a first protrusion inclined surface connected to a ground contact surface of the intermediate block, a protruding height of which from a groove bottom of the shoulder main groove becomes smaller as going to a tip end, and at least part of a tip end of the first protrusion overlaps with a shoulder opening in a tire axial direction.

Abstract: Occurrence of uneven wear in a tire having a plurality of blocks is suppressed. A pneumatic tire according to the present invention includes, on a tread, a first intermediate land area formed on an inner side in a tire axial direction of a first shoulder main groove and a second intermediate land area formed on an inner side in the tire axial direction of a second shoulder main groove. Each of a plurality of first intermediate blocks provided in the first intermediate land area has a smaller area of a ground contact surface than each of a plurality of second intermediate blocks provided in the second intermediate land area. A step is formed on at least part of a circumferential edge of the first intermediate block. The step is not formed on a circumferential edge of the second intermediate block.

Abstract: An auto-location system locates a position of a tire. A tire sensor unit is mounted on the tire and measures a length of a footprint of the tire, and electronic memory capacity stores identification information for the tire sensor unit. A vehicle sensor unit is mounted on the vehicle and measures a lateral acceleration and a longitudinal acceleration. A processor is in electronic communication with the tire sensor unit and the vehicle sensor unit, and receives the measured footprint length, the identification information, the lateral acceleration, and the longitudinal acceleration. A virtual footprint length estimator employs the lateral acceleration and the longitudinal acceleration to estimate a virtual footprint length of the tire. A correlation module receives the virtual footprint length and the measured footprint length to generate correlation values. A decision arbitrator applies a set of decision rules to the correlation values to generate a wheel position indication.

Abstract: A mobile reader for waking up a tire pressure detector by using 2.4G signal encoding includes a reader MCU electrically connected to a reader memory unit, a reader high-frequency transceiver module, a reader main controller, and a reader input/output module. The reader MCU does not include a reader low-frequency circuit or a reader low-frequency antenna. The low frequency being less than or equal to 150 KHz. A display unit is electrically connected to the reader input/output module. A keyboard is electrically connected to the reader input/output module. This invention eliminates the need for using both high-frequency antennas and low-frequency antennas simultaneously to eliminate the issue of the excessive variety of antennas used in conventional tire pressure detection systems.

Abstract: A 2.4G signal encoding wake-up operation tire pressure detector includes a first TPMS-MCU electrically connected to a first TPMS memory unit, a first TPMS communication interface, a first TPMS main controller, and a TPMS high-frequency transceiver module. The TPMS high-frequency transceiver module includes a TPMS-BLE radio frequency unit, a TPMS-OOK radio frequency unit, and a TPMS high-frequency antenna. The TPMS-BLE radio frequency unit, the TPMS-OOK radio frequency unit, and the TPMS high-frequency antenna use a shared circuit. A second TPMS-MCU is electrically connected to a second TPMS memory unit, a second TPMS communication interface, a second TPMS main controller and the first TPMS-MCU. The first TPMS-MCU and the second TPMS-MCU do not contain TPMS low-frequency circuits or TPMS low-frequency antennas, and the low frequency is less than or equal to 150 KHz. This invention eliminates the need for using both high-frequency antennas and low-frequency antennas simultaneously.

Abstract: Electronic equipment for use in checking the air pressure of the tires of a motor vehicle and communicating information to an on-board computer of the motor vehicle is disclosed. The equipment includes a device including an internal pressure sensor and a connection means for connecting the device to a valve of a tire to place the internal pressure sensor in communication with the internal air pressure of the tire. In one example, the electronic equipment includes a device having a first case, and the internal air pressure sensor is in a separate second case including the connection means to connect the second case to the valve of the tire. The internal air pressure sensor in the second case is configured to be in communication with the components in the first case of the device.

Abstract: A wheel service machine (100) includes: a shaft (30) rotating abut its own longitudinal axis (A); an abutment element (40) for coming into abutment against the rim (C) supported by the shaft (30); a locking device (50) movable on the shaft (30) between an active position and a spaced-apart position; a clamping element (90) to clamp the locking device (50) and the shaft (30) to each other; a drive mechanism (60) for driving the clamping element (90); a command signal receiver (70), configured to drive the drive mechanism (60) responsive to a command signal; an emitter (80), to generate and emit the command signals; a manually transportable drive unit (1), configured to be movably rested on a supporting surface and including a control member (2), movable between an inactive position and an active position, and the emitter (80), which is connected to the control member (2) to generate the command signal responsive to the movement of the control member (2) from the inactive position to the active position.

Abstract: A tow bar system for an independently steered and powered trailer includes a front tow bar configured to removably couple to a hitch of a lead vehicle, a rear tow bar configured to removably couple to a hitch of the trailer, and a damper system disposed between the front tow bar and the rear tow bar. The damper system is configured to absorb compressive and tensile loads occurring during steering, accelerating, and braking of the independently steered and powered trailer.

Abstract: A control device includes: an external environment recognition unit configured to acquire recognition data of an external environment of a moving body; a reception unit configured to receive selection of a target position from a user of the moving body; a movement control unit configured to execute movement control for moving the moving body to the target position based on the recognition data; and a height control unit configured to execute height control of the moving body in accordance with progress of the movement control.

Abstract: An air spring is configured for use in connection with a motor vehicle. The air spring includes a first end cap. The first end cap is configured to attach to a first vehicle component. The air spring also includes a piston member. The piston member is configured to attach to a second vehicle component. The piston member is movable toward and away from the first end cap in an axial direction during use. The air spring also includes an air sleeve that is coupled to the first end cap at a first end by use of a first crimp ring and to the piston member at a second end by use of a second crimp ring to form a chamber configured to receive pressurized air. The air spring further includes a transition collar that is configured to placed radially outward from either the first or second crimp ring. The transition collar includes a sloped or tapered exterior surface that allows a portion of the air sleeve to engage and roller over the exterior surface of the transition collar to reduce wear to the air sleeve.

Abstract: A vehicle comprising a first leaf spring connected to a chassis so as to, while deflecting, allow relative vertical movement between the chassis and a wheel axle and thereby also between the chassis and wheels, and a control circuitry configured to: compare the signal indicative of the actual path followed by the wind-up center with a representation of a reference path that the wind-up center of the first leaf spring should follow when the first leaf spring is well-functioning and deflects as intended; determine whether a difference between the actual path and the reference path is greater than a threshold value; and, in response to the determined difference greater than the threshold, generate an alarm signal indicative of a detected or possibly detected leaf spring failure.

Abstract: A hydraulic system for a hydraulically adjustable vehicle shock absorber including a piston and at least one pressure chamber cooperating hydraulically with the piston, a hydraulic pump configured so as to convey the hydraulic fluid (F), and a hydraulic conduit assembly, via which the at least one pressure chamber of the hydraulically adjustable vehicle shock absorber is connected to the hydraulic pump. At least one elastically deformable damping element is in contact with the hydraulic fluid (F).