Abstract: An actuator (10) includes a body (12), an output member (14) slidably received in the body (12) along—a first axis (X1), an electric motor (18) arranged to set into rotation a motor shaft (20) about a, second axis (X2) and a motion conversion mechanism (22) for converting the rotary motion produced by the electric motor (18) about the second axis (X2) into a translational motion of the output member (14) along the first axis (X1). The motion conversion mechanism (22) includes a driving pulley (24) which is drivingly connected for rotation with the motor shaft (20) and an elongated mechanical transmission member which is wound onto the driving pulley (24) and is fastened at its two opposite ends to the output member (14) to draw this latter in either direction along the first axis (X1) as a result of the rotation of the driving pulley (24) in either direction. The output member (14) is shaped as a rod and is received in a cylindrical cavity (16) of the body (12) so as to project partially therefrom.

Abstract: An elevator may include an elevator car, a counterweight, a set of hoisting ropes, and one or more rope pulleys. The car and counterweight may be suspended on the hoisting ropes. At least one rope pulley may include a solid surface including a plurality of rope grooves configured to receive at least one hoisting rope. Each rope groove may generally conform to a semi-circular shape and may include a groove bottom and sides. The at least one rope pulley may include a coating adhesively bonded to it. The coating may directly contact the at least one hoisting rope. A coating thickness may be less than or equal to about 3 mm. At the groove bottom of each rope groove, the coating thickness may be substantially less than half a thickness of the at least one hoisting rope. The coating may cover the groove bottom and sides of each rope groove.

Abstract: A multi-axis robot for high-speed applications comprises a first and a second guide rail arranged substantially parallel to each other for defining a first axis of motion. A crossbar having a first end and a second end is moveably supported on the guide rails. A carriage is moveably coupled to the crossbar for moving along a second axis of motion. A first drive system having first and second drives and a first belt running along a first H-shaped belt path provides for a movement of the carriage along the first and second axis of motion. Second and third belts extend at least partially along the crossbar and the guide rails. The second and third belts run along different second and third belt paths, with one of the second and third belts entering the crossbar with a right-hand turn and leaving the crossbar with a left-hand turn, and the other one of the second and third belts entering the crossbar with a left-hand turn and leaving the crossbar with a right-hand turn.

Abstract: A mechanical linkage, for use on original equipment or for replacement of existing hydraulic ram based actuators, comprises a rotary to linear transmission. The transmission provides two co-rotatable capstans of different diameters, and two idler wheels spaced on a longitudinally slidable linkage. The capstans are linked to a first of the idler wheels by means of a pulley line wound from the first capstan, around the wheel, and then back to the second capstan. The first capstan is also linked by means of a pulley line to the second idler wheel, and the second capstan likewise to the second idler wheel by a third pulley line. The difference in diameters causes a differential winding of the various lengths of pulley line between the idler wheels and the capstans, which urges the linkage to slide relative to the capstans. Cooperation of the two capstan/idler wheel combinations compensates for possible backlash.

Abstract: A high torque limited angle compact and lightweight actuator that comprises a driven pulley (11), a flexible tie-member (6), which is wound about the driven pulley (11), a linear actuator (7) and an inversion mechanism (8). In particular, the linear actuator (7), which is located with respect to the driven pulley (11) such that the direction is substantially tangent to it, comprises a movable element (10) that carries out a linear movement along a line according to two opposite directions (10?), (10?). The inversion mechanism is such that when an input portion (8?) moves along a line (first straight line), tangential to the driven pulley, of a certain an amount a output portion (8?) moves along another line (second straight line), which is also tangential to the driven pulley, for a same movement amount, such that the total length of the tie-member (6) is unchanged. (FIG.

Abstract: A hollow yoke is inserted into a bore section of a frame. The yoke is connected to a slider via a slit in the frame. A timing belt is inserted into a belt hole of the yoke. Further, a pair of guide members are provided on both side surfaces of the yoke, which engage with guide grooves of the frame. The yoke is displaced along the guide grooves by the timing belt, under a driving action of a driving section. Accordingly, the slider is displaced in the axial direction along the frame.

Abstract: A linear unit having a main module unit and a drive unit in which the main module unit has a housing with a table part that a drive belt is able to move in the longitudinal direction; the drive belt is wound around a drive roller, which is connected to a drive unit, and around a freewheeling roller; and the drive belt is connected to the table part and is divided into an upper span and a lower span, and a guide element is situated on the base leg of the housing and is able to separate the upper span from the lower span.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting and/or marking products using laser beams includes at least one laser light emitter moveable in a first direction along a cross-bar, the cross-bar being in turn moveable above a working plane in a second direction transversal to the first direction, and at least two motors for moving the laser light emitter and the cross-bar. The laser light source is positioned to direct a laser light beam onto said working plane. Advantageously the two motors are positioned fixed and are coupled together and both to the laser light source, and to the cross-bar, by a transmission belt.

Abstract: A control device adapted for collapsible umbrella is applied to a base of an umbrella stem. A buckle pivots in the base whose upper portion sets a controlling device controlled by the buckle and whose lower portion radially disposes a spool disk rotated with respect to the base. The peripheral wall of the spool disk having ratchets defined thereon is embraced by a spool groove. Two ends of a spiral spring are respectively fixed to the base and the spool disk to generate an elastic force driving the spool disk's rotation. A shift block positioned under the base of the controlling device has a continuous torsion to contact the spool disk and clasp the ratchets. A disk cord provides one end fixed on the spool disk and wound around the spool groove and the other end penetrating the controlling device and the base to join an upper accommodation of the umbrella.

Abstract: A linear actuator is provided with an outer tube, an intermediate tube and an inner tube, and the tubes are all polygonal in cross section and are mounted orderly. The outer tube is disposed at the bottom thereof with a push device which has a screw and a nut that are screwed with each other. The nut is engaged in the intermediate tube and is linked to move axially by the screw. The intermediate tube can be movably equipped with a pulling member, and the pulling member can link the inner tube to synchronously move in the axial direction. By such arrangements, the linear actuator allows the respective tubes to extend and retract axially relative to one another while preventing them from moving relative to one another in radial direction, thus achieving the stable and smooth axial movement.

Abstract: A stroke control device includes a first driving mechanism driving a carrier into a linear movement, the first driving mechanism comprising a rotating shaft arranged rotatably on a main body for receiving power input, a stopper being configured to move linearly, first and second limit switches defining a linear movement stroke of the stopper, and a second driving mechanism for driving the stopper into a linear movement, wherein the second driving mechanism includes an input member rotating synchronously with the rotating shaft and an output member on which the stopper is fixed, wherein the linear movement stroke of the stopper is less than the linear movement stroke of the carrier, and wherein the first and second limit switches are provided on the main body with a spacing therebetween and are both arranged on a path of the linear movement of the stopper.

Abstract: There is provided a rotary positioning apparatus including a driven element and a driving element, each of which has a curved outer surface. A cable connects the driven element to the driving element. The cable is wound a plurality of times about a portion of the outer surfaces of the driving element and the driven element for applying rotational forces from the driving element to the driven element. The outer surface of at least one of the driving element or the driven element having a plurality of V-shaped grooves therein. Portions of the cable are wedged in portions of the grooves thereby substantially reducing slippage of the cable.

Abstract: An apparatus is described for the intermittent drive of a spindle (1) for a workpiece fixture, especially a forging machine, comprising a traction gear (7) consisting of a traction means (13) guided endlessly about a driving wheel (6) and a driven wheel (8), a continuous rotary drive (5) for the driving wheel (6) and a superposition drive (10) performing rotary oscillations. In order to provide advantageous constructional conditions it is proposed that the superposition drive (10) comprises a support (11) which can be displaced in a rotary oscillating manner about the axis of the driven wheel (8), and deflection rollers (12) held on the support (11) for the traction strands (14) moving towards and away from the driving wheel (6).

Abstract: A mechanical linkage, for use on original equipment or for replacement of existing hydraulic ram based actuators, comprises a rotary to linear transmission. The transmission provides two co-rotatable capstans of different diameters, and two idler wheels spaced on a longitudinally slidable linkage. The capstans are linked to a first of the idler wheels by means of a pulley line wound from the first capstan, around the wheel, and then back to the second capstan. The first capstan is also linked by means of a pulley line to the second idler wheel, and the second capstan likewise to the second idler wheel by a third pulley line. The difference in diameters causes a differential winding of the various lengths of pulley line between the idler wheels and the capstans, which urges the linkage to slide relative to the capstans. Cooperation of the two capstan/idler wheel combinations compensates for possible backlash.

Abstract: An actuator comprises a motor that drives a screw to rotate through a pulley mechanism and a reduction mechanism. The actuator is advantageous by easy assembly, easy replacement of the reduction mechanism and easy reconfiguration of the motor and the reduction mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable connecting apparatus of a controller for an air conditioner in a vehicle, which can connect a cable to actuating means of the controller and actuating means of an air-conditioning case to actuate a door, wherein the cable connecting apparatus includes bending preventing means mounted thereon for connecting an end portion of the cable with the actuating means, thereby enhancing durability and a manipulation feeling, minimizing abrasion of components, using the cable as a flexible cable without any restriction in route of the cable and without bending of the cable, and reducing a manufacturing cost since the connecting apparatuses respectively mounted on the air-conditioning case and on the controller have the same structure.

Abstract: An opening/closing apparatus for a vehicle, which has a door-lock mechanism, is provided. An output of a motor unit is transmitted to a drum having a planetary gear mechanism, and the slide door of the vehicle is driven by an open-side cable and a close-side cable wound around the drum. A closer cable of the door-lock mechanism is coupled to a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism, and coupled to a latch of the door-lock mechanism via a coupling link. The coupling link is constituted as a toggle mechanism so as to regulate the rotation of the latch by the traction force of the closer cable until the latch is rotated toward a full latch direction from an unlatch position. When the regulation of the latch by the toggle mechanism is released, the latch is rotationally driven toward the full latch direction due to the rotation of the carrier.

Abstract: The invention relates to a deployment system for spatial appendages for example solar generators, comprising at least one two-phase deployment articulation line, furnished with two rotation spindles (10, 20). According to the invention the deployment system comprises a synchronization mechanism (101, 102, 103, 106, 107) for the two rotation spindles so that when the driving spindle (20) rotates during a first deployment phase, the driven spindle (10) does not rotate, and then, when the driving spindle rotates during the second deployment phase, the driven spindle rotates in a manner synchronized with the driving spindle.

Abstract: An overhead traveling vehicle has a lateral movement mechanism for moving a transfer apparatus toward left and right sides. The lateral movement mechanism includes a fixed base unit having drive means, and a middle unit supported by the base unit. The middle unit is slidable laterally by the drive means toward both of the left and right sides and is provided at an intermediate position below the base unit. The mechanism has further a front unit supporting the transfer apparatus, and being supported by the middle unit. The front unit is slidable laterally, moves with the movement of the middle unit, and is provided at a front end position below the middle unit.

Abstract: A drive for displacing and positioning at least two profile parts relative to each other, includes: a rotatable drive wheel, a motor coupled to a first profile part and to the drive wheel, a flexible material strip which is rigidly connected on at least one side to a second profile part, which material strip also engages on the drive wheel, and a guide for the flexible material strip connected in at least substantially stationary manner to the first profile part, wherein the distance between the guide and the drive wheel is greater than the distance between the point of engagement of the flexible material strip on the second profile and the drive wheel. The invention also includes a length-adjustable housing provided with the aforementioned drive and to an article of furniture, in the legs of which such drives are accommodated.

Abstract: A rotary cable assembly to transmit force through a connection cable connected between a pair of pulleys. At least one of the pulleys includes a hollow pulley unit; and a cable holding unit in the pulley unit and rotatable therein in one direction, the holding unit including a slot, for the cable to sit therein, at its outer surface. The pulley unit is disposed is a housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt pulley for the output shaft of a gear being driven by an electric motor, with a support for a drive belt at the outer periphery and a receptacle for an axle in the centre, where the receptacle for the axle involves a first region, the profile of which is in such a way noncircular, that between an axle being insertable therein and the belt pulley no slip is possible, and wherein the receptacle for the axle involves a second region including at least one recess apt to allow an elastic part of the axle to snap in a form-fit way when inserted into the belt pulley through the first region. The invention further relates to a gear, to an electric motor, and to an output shaft.

Abstract: A cable-driven wrist mechanism for a robot arm which executes a rolling motion and a pitching motion, the wrist mechanism comprising: first and second motors provided in the robot arm; a first drive body rotated by the first motor; a second drive body placed above the first drive body, the second drive body being rotated by the second motor about a same rotating axis as that of the first drive body and independently with respect to the first drive body; a first rotary body rotated about a rotating shaft which is perpendicular to the rotating axis of the first drive body and located in a same plane as the rotating axis of the first drive body; a second rotary body having a rotating shaft same as the first rotary body, the second rotary body being symmetric to the first rotary body with respect to the rotating axis of the first drive body; a third rotary body connected to a sub-shaft which perpendicularly branches from the rotating shaft of the first and second rotary bodies, the third rotary body being symmetr

Abstract: A lift pin driving device and a manufacturing apparatus having the device are provided. The device includes drive unit including a single drive motor that drives a pin plate, a plurality of timing belts and a plurality of pulleys. The pin plate, which supports a plurality of lift pins thereon, is moved by the pulleys, operated in conjunction with the motor through the timing belts. A tensioner controls a tension of the timing belts. The tensioner may be controlled to provide precise rectilinear movement without leaning, and to prevent the timing belts from sagging. The device efficiently controls the tension of the timing belts and allows the lift pins to be precisely moved upwards or downwards such that a substrate positioned thereon may maintain a horizontal position while being moved upwards or downwards.

Abstract: A windshield for motorbikes which can be variably positioned at various angles of inclination on the motorbike by a holding device (6) and a drive device (8). The drive device (8) has a cable or a cable pull connection (22, 23, 24, 25) between a drive motor (26) of the drive device (8) and a support element (16) for the adjustable windshield. The holding device (6) can also be formed by two non-parallel guides (11, 19) for varying the position of the windshield (3) in terms of height and/or inclination, when it is moved along the guides (13, 19). The first guide (11) is fixed to the vehicle and the second guiding mechanism (19) is arranged on the windshield (3). A driveable carriage (12) which is connected to a support element (16) for the adjustable windshield and is situated on the first guide (11) engages a part (18) which is fixed to the vehicle and is situated on the second guide (19).

Abstract: A link with a transmission cable (14) between a driving pulley (15) and a driven pulley (22) causing a mobile unit (5) to rotate, has two strands (23, 24) connecting the driven pulley (22) with idle pulleys (17, 18) which are substantially aligned with an axis (Y) of rotation of an part (2) intermediate to the unit (5) and to the base (1) on which the motor (12) is secured. Thus, the motor (12) is positioned on optionally fixed parts and rotation of the support (2) has only very little effect on the tension of the cable (14), so that it may always work properly. The invention is especially applied to articulated robot arms.

Abstract: A hollow yoke is inserted into a bore section of a frame. The yoke is connected to a slider via a slit in the frame. A timing belt is inserted into a belt hole of the yoke. Further, a pair of guide members are provided on both side surfaces of the yoke, which engage with guide grooves of the frame. The yoke is displaced along the guide grooves by the timing belt, under a driving action of a driving section. Accordingly, the slider is displaced in the axial direction along the frame.

Abstract: A rotary to linear converter in a remotely controlled toy environment for translating the bidirectional rotation of a servo motor into the linear displacement of a tab connection point. A single spool member which is driven to rotate incrementally from one angular position to another, and a flexible, nonstretchable linkage, which is integral to the spool at one end and integral to a tab at the opposite end. During the period of rotation of the servo motor-driven spool, the integral linkage is either fed off the spool or wound onto the spool thereby traversing the linkage and the integral tab through guides in the housing and lid, which act as alignment restraints tensioning the linkage and tab to eliminate slack.

Abstract: A motor-driven steering apparatus includes a steering member reciprocating in correspondence to a steering wheel operation, a ball nut inserted to a ball thread shaft of the steering member, a drive pulley driven by an electric motor, and a driven pulley coupled to the drive pulley via a belt and integrally rotating with the ball nut. The drive pulley is provided with a pulley main body which is rotatably supported in both sides in an axial direction by a pair of rolling bearings, and is provided with a plurality of tooth portions, and a pair of regulating members attached to both end sides in an axial direction thereof. The respective regulating members is pinched between an inner ring of the rolling bearing and an end portion of the pulley main body.

Abstract: A rotary driving source is connected to one end of a frame. The rotary driving force of the rotary driving source is transmitted to a slider by the aid of a driving pulley, a belt member, and a driven pulley. The slider is displaced in the axial direction of the frame while being guided by a guide mechanism. Each of the frame and the slider is formed of, for example, an aluminum alloy. First guide rails are installed in the frame and second guide rails are installed in side surfaces of the slider. The first guide rails and the second guide rails are formed of a metal material subjected to a hardening treatment.

Abstract: An electric actuator comprises an actuator body which is a rectangular tube have having two pairs of opposing surfaces disposed in parallel and which has a slit formed to extend by a predetermined length along an edge of the rectangular tube; a slider which reciprocates along the slit of the actuator body by a rotary driving source; the rotary driving source which is connected to one end of the actuator body; and a driving force-transmitting mechanism which converts the rotary driving force of the rotary driving source into the rectilinear motion which is transmitted to the slider.

Abstract: A lifting unit, comprising a frame for supporting a motorized winch, at least one first tackle and one second tackle, the first tackle being interposed between the second tackle and the winch, each tackle being provided with two blocks, a fixed one and a movable one, and each comprising at least one pulley, and a flexible element, with a first end connected to the winch and wound around the pulleys, to form at least one initial loop around the first tackle, an outgoing portion from the first tackle to the second tackle, at least one intermediate loop around the second tackle, a return portion from the second tackle to the first tackle, and at least one end loop around the first tackle, the second end of the flexible element being connected to the frame, and a temporarily locking element for locking sliding of the flexible element.

Abstract: A device for a window lifter of a vehicle door includes a cable winding drum disposed inside a housing of a casing and a seal attached to the casing. The seal includes a stop portion that prevents translational movement of the drum along its rotational axis while still allowing the drum to rotate freely about the axis. The inventive device allows the drum to be held in the housing before the casing is mounted on a dividing panel without requiring auxiliary parts to hold the drum in place and without compromising the seal when the casing is fastened to or removed from the dividing panel.

Abstract: A rotary joint mechanism for connecting two machine parts to effect relative movement between the two machine parts includes an outer ring adapted to be connected to a rotatable machine part, and an inner ring adapted to be connected to a fixed machine part, with the outer ring being rotatable relative to the inner ring. The outer surface of the outer ring is provided with a mechanism for transferring force from at least one cable element to the outer ring to effect rotation of the outer ring relative to the inner ring.

Abstract: A stationary member is fixed to a microscope. A movable member holds a sample and can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope. A stepping motor moves the movable member. A rotation of the stepping motor is transmitted to the movable member by a power transmitter. An origin detector detects the movable member being positioned in an origin. A control unit controls the position of the movable member based on a signal from the origin detector and the number of driving pulses of the stepping motor. A power transmitter includes a reducer having a spur gear which reduces a speed of the rotation of the stepping motor, and an urging unit which applies a rotation force to the spur gear in one direction in a movement range of the movable member.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and program for estimating noise generation for a synchronous belt having a length and teeth spaced along the belt length. The method includes the steps of: calculating belt displacement transversely to the belt length at or near a first location at which teeth on the belt mesh with teeth on a first cooperating toothed pulley; calculating a belt fluctuation velocity by correlating the belt displacement to a time frame; and calculating a radiated sound pressure level using the belt fluctuation velocity.

Abstract: An actuating device includes a base part and a part which can be moved and is coupled to the base part in a manner such that it can pivot about a pivot axis. A driving device has a cable which can be wound up on a cable drum to drive the movement of the part which can be moved. The driving device has a pull/push rod which is coupled by its one end to the part which can be moved at a distance from the pivot axis and is guided movably by its second end along a guide path, which extends approximately at right angles to the pivot axis, on the base part. In this case, the second end of the pull/push rod can be pulled by a first cable to a first end of the guide path and by a second cable to a second end of the guide path.

Abstract: An apparatus for displacing two displaceable members, including a first member, a second member which is supported by the first member such that the second member is displaceable relative to the first member, a third member which is supported by the second member such that the third member is displaceable relative to the second member, a first and a second drive source which have respective output members and each of which is not movable relative to the first member, a mechanically motion-transmitting device which is connected to the respective output members of the first and second drive sources and to the second and third members and which mechanically transmits respective motions of the output members to the second and third members while allowing the second and third members to be displaced relative to each other, and a displacement control device which is connected to the first and second drive sources and which controls the first and second drive sources and thereby controls the displacement of each of

Abstract: Provided is a robot comprising a telescopic-drive mechanism which does not contaminate works in a purified environment such as a clean room, is easy to handle, and requires no cover for covering the telescopic-drive mechanism. A robot comprises: an up-down axis in which a plurality of hollow axis sectional elements telescopically continue; and a telescopic-drive mechanism for driving the up-down axis to be vertically extended or retracted between an extended state in which a tip end of the up-down axis extends with respect to a base end thereof and a retracted state in which the tip end is moved close to the base end, wherein the telescopic-drive mechanism is integrated on one side of the up-down axis without being exposed from the up-down axis.

Abstract: A linear actuator comprises a rotary driving source, a tube member which is supported by a support rib extending in a substantially horizontal direction along a side section of a base member, an internal movable member and an external movable member which are integrally displaceable along the tube member under the magnetic coupling action, a slide screw shaft which is connected to a drive shaft of the rotary driving source and which transmits the rotary driving force to the internal movable member, and a slide screw nut for the slide screw shaft to be screwed therein for converting the rotary motion into the rectilinear motion.

Abstract: A microscope stage of this invention includes an upper stage, a handle shaft rotatably supported on the upper stage, a pulley rotatably supported on the upper stage in a position different from the handle shaft, a lower stage directly driven and guided with respect to the upper stage and a transmission member for interlocking the handle shaft, pulley and lower stage.

Abstract: A stationary member is fixed to a microscope. A movable member holds a sample and can move in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope. A stepping motor moves the movable member. A rotation of the stepping motor is transmitted to the movable member by a power transmitter. An origin detector detects the movable member being positioned in an origin. A control unit controls the position of the movable member based on a signal from the origin detector and the number of driving pulses of the stepping motor. A power transmitter includes a reducer having a spur gear which reduces a speed of the rotation of the stepping motor, and an urging unit which applies a rotation force to the spur gear in one direction in a movement range of the movable member.

Abstract: An apparatus for displacing two displaceable members, including a first member, a second member which is supported by the first member such that the second member is displaceable relative to the first member, a third member which is supported by the second member such that the third member is displaceable relative to the second member, a first and a second drive source which have respective output members and each of which is not movable relative to the first member, a mechanically motion-transmitting device which is connected to the respective output members of the first and second drive sources and to the second and third members and which mechanically transmits respective motions of the output members to the second and third members while allowing the second and third members to be displaced relative to each other, and a displacement control device which is connected to the first and second drive sources and which controls the first and second drive sources and thereby controls the displacement of each of

Abstract: A cover apparatus for an open-topped container such as a trailer or truck bed has a cover for extending over the open top of the container, a plurality of spaced, parallel bows extending between opposite sides of the cover, each bow having a guide at each end, an endless cable running through the guides at each end of each bow, a front one of the bows being secured to the cable and the guides on the remaining bows engaging slidably on the cable. A plurality of support pulleys support the cable to extend in a predetermined path along the opposite sides of,the container, and a pair of meshing gear drive pulleys control movement of the cable to extend and retract the cover. A reversible drive motor is linked to one of the gear drive pulleys.

Abstract: In a linear guide unit comprising a guide housing configured as a profiled girder having a bottom wall and a side wall, said bottom and side walls defining empty guide space and forming an angle of less than 180° with each other in cross-section, a guide rail fixed on one of the bottom wall and the side wall, said guide rail being partially surrounded by at least one sliding traveler supported thereon, and a carriage plate fixed on the traveler and projecting out of a longitudinal opening of the empty guide space, said carriage plate having a connecting surface for connection to a connecting structure that is to be moved in a longitudinal direction of the guide housing, for a further delimitation of the empty guide space, a cover sheet is detachably fixed on the side wall in an end region of the side wall opposing the bottom wall, the longitudinal opening for the carriage plate being arranged between a free end region of the cover sheet and the bottom wall.

Abstract: A door panel assembly including a door panel having a first and second side, a drive mechanism being mounted on the first side of the door panel and having an output shaft on which is mounted a window regulator cable drum, and a window regulator cable drum housing being mounted on the second side of the door panel and being made of metal and having at least one integral cable support.

Abstract: A dynamic collapsible and revolving toy includes a base with a gear seat fixedly disposed inside. A gear plate mounted on the gear seat is driven to rotate by a gearbox with a power outputting gear through engagements of a transmission gear, a reduction gear and an internal gear. There are an interior tube set and an exterior tube set disposed above the gear plate and protruded out the base. The innermost tube of the exterior tube set is connected to the innermost tube of the interior tube set and the outermost tube of the exterior tube set is mounted on the gear plate. Further a retractable strip coiled on the ring slot of the gear plate is connected to the innermost tube so that the interior tube set and the exterior tube set can rotate upon the gear plate. A plurality of collars are mounted outside the exterior tube set for hanging decorative articles. A control circuit inside the gear seat makes the gearbox capable of providing the clockwise or counter-clockwise and accelerated or decelerated rotation.

Abstract: A translation system comprising: a linear support having first and second opposite ends; a carriage slid ably mounted on said support for movement in reciprocal linear directions between said first and second ends of said support; a rotary drive rotatable in opposite rotary directions located at one end of said support; a rotatable member mounted at the other end of said support; and a multiple cable assembly attached to said carriage and extending around said rotary drive and said rotatable member moving said carriage in said reciprocal linear directions as a function of rotation of said rotary drive in said opposite rotary directions.

Abstract: A cable drive assembly 102 for a motor vehicle locking system is described. A lock mechanism 104 is mounted on a first carrier 108. The first carrier is connected to a second carrier 110 by a cable, such that turning of an appropriate key in the lock causes the first carrier to rotate. In turn this causes the second carrier to rotate. Rotation of the second carrier causes a latch mechanism remote from the locking system to be actuated. The first carrier is held in a first position within a housing prior to insertion of the lock mechanism. Insertion of the lock mechanism during assembly of the locking system frees the carrier and allows it to rotate in response to turning of the lock mechanism.

Abstract: A ball joint gimbal system which provides for a precise line-of-sight stabilization of a gimballed mirror that rides on a ball and its associated support structure. The mirror is positioned by four braided lines. The brained lines are driven by four servo motor with each servo motor being coupled to one of four capstan shafts. Each of the braided lines is wound around one of the four capstan shafts. The braided lines are positioned by optical shaft encoders. The low inertia of the gimballed mirror and the positioning of the mirror by the braided lines result in an extremely accurate and fast scanning optical pointing system. Inertial gimbal stabilization of the line of sight to a target is by a stabilization algorithm utilizing body rate information from body sensors which are components of the missile for providing autopilot and navigation functions for the missile.