US07926816B2
A sealing device with a tone wheel formed to seal between a fixed side member and a rotating side member. A slinger comprises a fitting cylindrical part fitted to the rotating side member and a flanged part radially extendedly formed at one end part of the fitting cylindrical part positioned on the outer side of a sealed portion. The outer surface of the flanged part positioned on the outer side of the sealed portion comprises a tone wheel stuck surface on which the tone wheel formed of a magnetic ring is stuck integrally with each other and an extended surface on which the tone wheel is not stuck and extended to the fixed side member. The sealing device is characterized in that a core comprises at least a fitting cylindrical part fitted to the fixed side member, the one end part of the fitting cylindrical part positioned on the outer side of the sealed portion is projected from the outer surface of the flanged part of the slinger to the outside, a part of the seal lip part is formed to be brought into elastically slidable contact with the extended surface of the slinger from the outside, and the flanged part is held by the seal lip part and the other seal lip part from the inside and the outside.
US07926815B2
The invention relates to a sealing arrangement comprising at least one seal and a spinning ring. Said spinning ring is provided with a first hollow cylindrical section, a second hollow cylindrical section in the first section which is disposed concentric to the first section, and a disk-shaped ring section that extends at an angle to the first section. The first section and the second section are embodied monolithically on the spinning ring, at least one elastic sealing lip of the seal resting against the first section.
US07926803B2
Various media drive and methods move a media drive member relative to a medium.
US07926799B2
In a sheet post-processing apparatus that folds a sheet bundle, a folding roller drive motor that drives folding rollers is PWM driven such that its speed is varied in each control during the period until a blade contacts the sheet bundle, during the period when the sheet bundle is conveyed to a discharge port, during discharge operation, and during return of the motor to its home position.
US07926798B2
A saddle-stitched brochure comprising a collated sheet stack (P1 to P3) folded in two at its center portion and stitched with wire at least two positions spaced from each other on the folding line (1a), characterized in that a small printed material (2, 2a) is arranged between the adjacent sheets (P2, P3) of the sheet stack (P1 to P3) and inserted between the adjacent stitched portions (3, 3) on the folding line (1a) and folded along the folding line (1a) together with the sheet stack (P1 to P3) so as to be held in the brochures (1).
US07926795B2
A front fork comprises a telescopic tube (1, 32) in which a damper cylinder (3) generates a damping force. The damper cylinder (3) comprises a guide sleeve (4) and a free piston (6) having an inner circumference which slides on the outer circumference of the guide sleeve (4) and an outer circumference which slides on the inner circumference of the damper cylinder (3). A lateral through-hole (11) formed in the guide sleeve (4) connects an auxiliary reservoir (R3) formed outside the damper cylinder (3) and an oil reservoir (R2) via a flow path (12) formed in the guide sleeve (4) according to the displacement position of the free piston (6), thereby reducing the number of seal members required to be fitted on the outer circumference of the free piston (6) and enabling the free piston (6) to slide smoothly even when the telescopic tube (1, 32) suffers a bending force.
US07926793B2
Advanced wicking structures and methods utilizing these structures are described. The use of advanced wicking structures can promote rapid mass transfer while maintaining high capillary pressure through the use of small pores. Particularly improved results in fluid contacting processes can be achieved by enhanced mixing within a wicking layer within a microchannel.
US07926775B1
The tree stand bracket apparatus fits a plurality of various trees as well as tree stands. The concavities of the mounts importantly fit the curvature of a tree so that the apparatus can easily be securely and selectively affixed to the tree. The removable straps provide for securement to a tree as well as portable securement to a tree stand. Hollow side members further ensure light weight and portability that aid in transport and use. The combined crosspieces and mounts increase the strength of the apparatus. The pulley and the cable loop provide more than one way to aid in lifting and lowering the apparatus and tree stands. Each of the features of the apparatus importantly provides strength, tree stand applicability, and light weight.
US07926774B1
A universal clamp allows a camera to be positioned at a variety of angles and then secured for a steady shot. A docking member supports the camera through its universal docking port. A positioning member is connected to the docking member at 90°. The position member engages an attachment member that is used to affix the clamp to an environmental support. A securing member locks all parts once the camera is in position.
US07926763B2
An ice management system is configured for an aircraft having at least one rotor (11), each rotor having a plurality of blades. The system has an alternating current (AC) electrical power supply for supplying AC power (13), the AC power supply being adapted to be carried by the aircraft remote from the rotor (11). A converter converts the AC power to direct-current (DC) power. At least one ice protection device is carried by the rotor and operated using the DC power.
US07926762B2
The invention relates to a cargo-hold floor for aircraft which is received on a grid structure (1). The grid structure (1) comprises essentially longitudinal members (2) and crossmembers (3). Exchangeably arranged floor plates (80), furthermore roller conveyor apparatuses (50) and lashing points (10) for the fastening of cargo articles, such as pallets, containers or vehicles, are received on the grid structure (1). Furthermore, locking units (98) are provided, which comprise lock elements (100) capable of being folded open and of being folded away. The lashing points (10) are located at the intersection points of the longitudinal members (2) and of the crossmembers (3). The roller conveyor apparatuses (50) and the locking units (98) are always located at the same installation location both in their erected position and in their countersunk drive-over and stowage position.
US07926761B2
The invention provides a mechanical part for hinging to other mechanical parts at its ends, the mechanical part being made at least in part out of composite material from a central fiber preform and a peripheral fiber preform both of three-dimensional woven fabric, which preforms are assembled together while dry and then impregnated with resin, the peripheral preform surrounding the central preform in such a manner as to leave two empty spaces at the ends of the part and between the two preforms, which spaces are dedicated to hinging to said other parts. Metal inserts can be received in said spaces. The mechanical part can be used as a lever for a landing gear brace.
US07926758B2
An apparatus for roll-to-roll processing includes a first roller for converting the transmission of a roll of flexible material from a first direction to a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a second roller spaced apart from the first roller and extending transversely with respect to the first roller for converting the transmission of the roll of flexible material from the second direction to a third direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction, and a third roller spaced apart from the second roller and extending perpendicularly with respect to the first roller for converting the transmission of the roll of flexible material from the third direction to a fourth direction, wherein the roll of flexible material includes a first side and a second side, and wherein the first roller, the second roller and the third roller contact the same one of the first side and the second side of the roll of flexible material.
US07926757B2
The present insulation spool apparatus is adapted for lining ductwork with insulation material and includes a pair of spaced apart first and second spool plates for holding and mounting a plurality of rolls of insulation material at one time, each individual roll of insulation material being rotatable into operative position for use. Each spool plate includes a plurality of receptacles for engaging and holding one end portion of an insulation roll support shaft. The spool apparatus may further include a plurality of hook plates for guiding the support shafts into locking engagement with the spool plates, locking mechanisms for holding the support shafts in a locked position with the spool plates, one or more paddle assemblies for providing sufficient tension force to each respective roll of insulation material for preventing premature unwinding during use, and a feeder mechanism for feeding and loading such rolled material onto the spool apparatus.
US07926747B2
A nozzle for the spraying of black liquor in a recovery boiler has discharge orifice inserts that can be removed and replaced with other inserts, to provide variable spray patterns, by changing the size and/or shape of the orifice of the nozzle, without requiring replacement of the entire nozzle body, to enable fine tuning of the atomization of the spray.
US07926744B2
An air-blast fuel injector is disclosed which includes an outer air circuit having an exit portion, an inner air circuit having an outlet configured to direct air toward the exit portion of the outer air circuit, and a fuel circuit radially outboard of the inner air circuit and having an exit communicating with the outer air circuit upstream from the exit portion of the outer air circuit.
US07926731B2
Protection is provided for optically readable media. Data may be scrambled, encrypted, or otherwise obscured by apportioning the data across multiple layers of a disc in a secret pattern. Pattern information may be supplied in the form of a key to authorized devices or users. The data can only be read by an optical drive with the proper hardware having access to this key. Switchable mirrored regions are provided on the optical medium to selectively block and unblock an optical reader head from reading the data. To read the data back, an authorized/licensed device may use the key to selectively switch the electrochromic regions so that the reader head may access the data while alternately focusing on different data layers, as needed, to obtain the data in the proper order.
US07926729B2
In an information processing apparatus capable of accessing a memory card connected to the information processing apparatus and a control method for the information processing apparatus, in a case where a mode for disabling data writing in the memory card is set, at a point when a memory card is connected, an operation mode set in the information processing apparatus is automatically changed to an operation mode for not performing data writing in the memory card.
US07926727B2
RFID tags, RFID electronic devices and related methods for anti-theft and data transmission purposes
An RFID tag is integrated with a processor of an electronic product for anti-theft purpose. The RFID tag receives an enable mark when the electronic product is checked out at a point of sale. Only when the processor receives the enable mark from the RFID tag can the start-up sequence of the electronic product be executed. An RFID tag is integrated with a sensor of an electronic product for data transmission purpose. Data measured by the sensor can be stored in the memory of the RFID tag and outputted via the antenna of the RFID tag.
US07926725B2
A method of making a token, wherein the token includes a flat body made of a plastic material. The flat body has at least two parallel faces and a cavity which opens to at least one of the at least two parallel faces. The cavity receives an electronic identification device. At least one plug made of a plastic material is included. The plug is inserted into the cavity to retain the electronic device. The electronic device is in the form a pellet having outer film layers enveloping the electronic elements. The film layers are perforated. The method includes making the flat body, forming the cavity in the flat body, placing the electronic identification device in the cavity, inserting the at least one plug in the cavity, and fixing the at least one plug to the flat body using compression and heat so that the plastic material of the plug flows through the pellet.
US07926723B2
A card case comprises a storage section storing an IC card, which is provided with a finger print sensor and an input unit. The storage section includes a suppressing part suppressing the input unit through insertion of the IC card in the storage section.
US07926721B2
An apparatus for collecting and processing information bearing indicia (IBI) comprising: a converter for converting light reflected off an IBI into IBI signals representative of the converted light; and, at least one processor adapted for: running at least one application process for acquiring the IBI signals and providing those IBI signals for signal processing; and, running at least one signal process for processing the IBI signals, wherein running of the at least one application process is independent of running of the at least one decoder process and wherein the at least one application process is adapted for resetting the at least one signal process.
US07926714B1
A card transaction device is provided for selecting virtual cards for transactions based on a context. The portable device includes a plurality of virtual cards, and a storage device for storing the plurality of virtual cards. The cards may relate to credit or debit cards, loyalty cards, reward cards, security or access cards, or identification cards, for example. The portable device includes a user interface for a user to maintain rules for selection of one or more virtual cards based on the context of the transaction. The portable device also includes a processor to process the rules and select at least one of the virtual cards based on the context of the transaction.
US07926708B2
There is provided a method of recording an image by causing a subject to truly coincide with data relating to the subject. In a finished work recording method using image data by obtaining a product to be recorded and work contents to the product to be recorded as a work recording image, RFID tags 60 (RFID tags 60a, 60b) in each of which inherent tag data is recorded are attached to the product to be recorded and to the work recording worker. Thereafter, whether the tag data are true to the image data of a subject to be worked is determined by comparing a time difference between the time at which the tag data recorded in the RFID tag 60a is read and the time at which the image data of the product to be recorded is obtained with a preset specified time. When it is determined that the tag data are truly associated with the image data, the image data associated with the tag data is recorded as a finished work. In contrast, it is determined that the tag data are falsely associated with the image data, the image data and the tag data are discarded.
US07926703B2
A consumer package flat for forming a package is disclosed. The consumer package flat comprises a plurality of panels. At least one of the panels comprises a compound image attached thereto. The compound image is observable through an opening disposed within at least one of the panels. The compound image has a viewing angle dependent appearance so that at least two image attributes selected from the group consisting of flip, motion, depth of field, and zoom are perceived according to an angle at which the compound image is observed.
US07926702B2
A gift wrapping enclosure encloses a gift which has been inserted within an interior of a main body formed of flexible material. An end portion of the main body surrounding an open end is folded back to form a cuff. An interior surface is exposed at the cuff, and the exposed cuff surface has a different color, texture or material characteristic from the main body. The main body is constricted at the cuff to close the open end and confine the gift, and is expanded at the cuff to provide access to the interior to remove the gift.
US07926699B2
Method and device for transferring a solder deposit configuration having multiple solder deposits onto a terminal surface configuration of a contact surface of a substrate (36) using a removal of multiple solder deposits from a solder deposit reservoir (25) accommodated in a solder deposit receptacle unit (11) via an isolation unit (12), which is implemented like a template and is situated above the solder deposit reservoir, to implement the solder deposit configuration implemented corresponding to the terminal surface configuration, and using a subsequent transfer of the solder deposit configuration onto the terminal surface configuration of the substrate, the solder deposit reservoir being impinged by partial vacuum through template openings (15) of the isolation unit to transfer the solder deposits from the solder deposit reservoir into the isolation unit, the solder deposit reservoir (25) being ventilated via a floor wall (20) situated diametrically opposite the isolation unit during the partial vacuum impingement (27) by the isolation unit (12).
US07926698B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for forming secure wirebonds between electrical contacts in electronic device assemblies. Representative embodiments of the invention are described for forming a wirebond including system components and method steps for generating electromagnetic energy from a heat source and transmitting heat to a ball formed on a bondwire. Subsequently, pressure applied to the ball at the bonding site is used in the formation of a wirebond.
US07926695B2
The invention is a method for permanent connection of two components by soldering employing a glass or metal solder as the solder material. A layer system providing adhesion is applied to both components, between which the solder material is introduced. the layer system is heated to a soldering temperature characteristic for the solder material and results in a permanent solder connection between both components after cooling. The layer system providing adhesion has an adhesive layer applicable directly to the component and a solderable layer. The adhesive layer, if a glass solder is used, contains oxidic, carbidic, or nitridic components or mixed compounds thereof and, if a metal solder is used, the adhesive layer contains carbidic or nitridic components or mixed compounds thereof.
US07926682B2
Combined applicator container and concentrate cartridge with the container including a holder for releasably holding the cartridge thereon and a transfer device interposed between the container and cartridge for transferring selected quantities of concentrate from the cartridge to the container.
US07926678B2
A filler neck closure unit of a vehicle includes a closure cap adapted to close a fuel tank filler neck of the vehicle. Also included is a breakaway tether including a mount ring and a strap. The mount ring is coupled to the cap and formed to include a weakened, frangible section. The strap has a first end coupled to the mount ring and a second end adapted to be anchored to the vehicle which includes the fuel tank filler neck.
US07926675B2
The invention relates to a positional fixing of a tab on a sheet metal lid comprising a panel (10) and a seamable edge (12) surrounding said panel, suitable for attaching to a can body. On the panel (10), an openable area is defined by a weakening line (16), and outside said openable area (17), a tab (30,31,32,33) is provided at a mounting place (11). Said tab (30) comprises a grip portion (32), an opening portion (33), and an attaching portion (31), said latter being provided for attaching said tab substantially parallel with respect to said panel (10). Said tab (30) as attached is disposed with its opening portion (33) above said openable area (17). Close to at least one edge (31c) of the attaching portion (31), a strip-shaped projection (21a, 21b, 20) is shaped to protrude out of said panel (10), for limiting a pivoting movement (α) of said tab (30) around said mounting place (11).
US07926674B2
An apparatus, according to one embodiment, for storing a product comprising a lid including a tongue; and a clamp; and a container including a groove, wherein the tongue and the groove form a seal when the lid is coupled to the container; and a bead, wherein the clamp engages with the bead when the lid is coupled to the container. An apparatus, according to another embodiment, for storing a product comprising a lid; a container configured to engage with the lid and form a secondary seal between the lid and the container; and a film seal coupled to the container.
US07926665B2
The method according to the invention of transferring stacked, sheet-like, flexible products (10), in particular printed products (12), to a belt conveyor (20) has a gripper (26) by means of which the product (10) at the bottom of the stack of products in each case is conveyed from a receiving region into a transfer region (19). In the transfer region, the product (10) is deposited on the belt conveyor (20). In order to accelerate the product as quickly as possible to the speed, and in the conveying direction (F), of the belt conveyor (20), the method has a contact-pressure roller (54) which follows the gripper (26) in the transfer region (19). This contact-pressure roller (54) presses the product (10) onto the belt conveyor (20), the gripper (26) releasing the product (10) at least more or less at the same time as the operation of pressing the product onto the conveying belt (64) of the belt conveyor (20) commences.
US07926658B2
A blister package and a method of forming and filling the blister package are disclosed. The blister package includes a first member having a three-dimensional bubble, a peripheral flange having a major portion and a minor portion, and at least one area bounded by a perforation line which is capable of being broken. The major portion is folded to create at least one channel and the minor portion has a hook hole formed therethrough. A securement mechanism is formed with the minor portion. The securement mechanism includes a hinged tab and first and second cooperating attachment members. The blister package further includes a second member sized and configured to be slideably received within the at least one channel when the securement mechanism is in an open position. The second member is retained within the at least one channel when the securement mechanism is in a closed position.
US07926657B1
Each of a plurality of boxes has at least one side that is configured to matably engage a corresponding side of at least one other of the plurality of boxes. The plurality of boxes each has a top that bears indicia. When the sides of the boxes are in matable engagement, the indicia appearing on the tops of the boxes cooperate to form an image. The image forms a symbol, such as a religious or patriotic symbol. To celebrate an event, memorabilia are placed in the interior volume of each of the boxes and the boxes placed in matable engagement, forming the symbol. After a ceremony commemorating the event, the plurality of boxes is separated and each box provided to a one of a plurality of persons.
US07926656B2
A product display package has a closure made from an elongated ribbon of fabric which wraps around the outside of the package. An elastic band attaches to opposite ends of the ribbon for tightening the fabric strip around the package. The ribbon of fabric is made from a material that corresponds to that of the enclosed article.
US07926651B2
A see-though package for shipping and displaying bottles of beverage vertically upright. A rectangular box is provided for receiving and holding a bottle therein. The box is formed from a top and bottom panels connecting to side panels and back support slat members at the top and bottom of the box. A pair of spaced apart cylindrical rods extending from one side panel to the other on each side of the bottle neck adjacent the top of the body of the bottle immovably secures the bottle therein. At least one of the rods is removable and held in position by a retaining means such as a peg or lock abutting one side panel with the distal end of the rod abutting a socket formed in the opposing side panel.
US07926639B2
A cash transaction machine that can prevent paper media from not being collected due to the wind is provided. The cash transaction machine may provide a mold guide to a dispensing device and provide a bracket to a housing, in order to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind blowing from the outside. Since the mold guide and the bracket are overlappingly coupled with each other, it is possible to prevent the paper media from moving backward into the dispensing device due to the strong wind.
US07926631B2
A disc brake includes an actuation mechanism, and first and second brake pad mounting structures to be located, in use, adjacent opposing inboard and outboard faces, respectively, of a brake rotor to be braked. The disc brake further includes first and second brake pads located by the first and second mounting structures, respectively, such that upon application of the actuation mechanism, the brake pads clamp the brake rotor, and brake torque is reacted by the brake pad mounting structures. The first brake pad has a different functional requirement to the second brake pad such that fitment of the first brake pad in the second brake pad mounting structure and/or the second brake pad in the first brake pad mounting structure impairs the safety, functionality or durability of the brake. To prevent or inhibit such incorrect fitting, the first brake pad includes on a peripheral face or a rear face thereof a first formation in such a location that it may only be successfully fitted in the first brake pad mounting structure and only successfully fitted in the correct orientation with the brake fully assembled. The second brake pad includes a second formation different from the first formation such that it may only be successfully fitted in the second brake pad mounting structure and only successfully fitted in the correct orientation with the brake fully assembled.
US07926620B2
When a long-period-earthquake occurs, an elevator is controlled to ensure that an abnormality is positively judged and that the elevator can be safely and promptly returned to a normal operation. For this purpose, by providing a usual seismic sensor and a long-period seismic sensor that detects long-period components of the shakes of a building, which are not detected by the usual seismic sensor, at two stages, an earthquake emergency return operation is performed when the seismic sensor has gone into action and when a first level has been detected by the long-period seismic sensor, a long-period-earthquake emergency return operation, which involves giving a notice to outside the elevator and inside a car, is performed. When a second level has been detected by the long-period seismic sensor, a notice is given to outside the elevator and inside a car, and a door opening action is performed by stopping the car at the nearest floor and a long-period-earthquake emergency return operation, which involves causing the car to travel to a temporary-stop floor, is performed, whereby the car is caused to suspend the operation. When no abnormality is discovered by performing an automatic inspection operation under prescribed conditions, the elevator is returned to a normal operation.
US07926616B2
A device for attachment to a conventional type of ladder for holding tools and other diverse items in a position for convenient access by a workman on the ladder is described in two embodiments. In both embodiments the device includes a rigid, linearly elongated member carrying a pair of projections having free ends in opposing, spaced relation, the distance between the free ends being selectively adjustable by relative movement of the projections along an axis parallel to a spaced from the axis of the elongated member. In a first described embodiment, the elongated member is formed by a pair of tubular, telescopingly engaged members with one of the projections fixedly mounted to opposite ones of the pair of members. In the preferred embodiment, the elongated member is a one-piece rod with one of the projections fixedly connected thereto and the other projection mounted to a bracket which is slidable along the rod. The projections are positioned with the free ends spaced by a distance greater than the width of the ladder and the device is held with the projections outwardly adjacent openings in the ladder side rails at opposite ends of a selected one of the hollow rungs where the device is to be mounted. The projections are then relatively moved to decrease the distance between the free ends to cause the latter to extend through the openings in the side rails and into opposite ends of the selected rung, thereby releasably mounting the device to the ladder. The diverse items may then be supported by hooks mounted to the elongated member.
US07926610B2
A compressed-air powered drive system for a vehicle (10) or a propeller-driven aircraft (12). In a land vehicle (10), the drive system includes a plurality of air motors (20) each driving a wheel (16) through a transmission device (18). Compressed air from an air storage tank (12) is supplied through a heat exchanger (40) to drive air motors. A fuel is burned in the heat exchanger (40) to provide hot, high pressure air to the first air motors. Water may be injected into the heat exchanger to provide a hot steam. A plurality of air pumps (22) are engaged with and driven by the wheels to pump air into the tank during driving. When braking, the air pumps (22) driven by the wheels (16) recapture kinetic energy by pumping air into the tank. The air motors can also act as pumps to pump air into the tank during braking by reversing the transmission devices.
US07926601B2
A vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system containing a vehicle floor; a vehicle skeletal member positioned under the vehicle floor, having floor frames provided on the sides of the vehicle body along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of cross members provided in the width direction of the vehicle and connected to the floor frames; and a fuel cell unit and an auxiliary unit of the fuel cell disposed to be adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The fuel cell unit and the auxiliary unit is each sandwiched from both sides in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by two of the cross members. This vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system prevents the length of piping and the length of wiring from becoming excessively long and improves collisional stabilization.
US07926587B2
A water jet assembly and method of use is provided comprising a tank with cutting fluid, fuel and oxidizer lines, and a tank discharge lines. In operation, the tank is filled with oxidizer; the oxidizer line is closed and cutting fluid is supplied compressing the oxidizer. When the fluid reaches a level, the fluid line is closed and fuel is injected. A spark generator ignites the fuel/oxidizer mixture thereby raising the tank pressure. As the pressure rises, a low pressure valve simultaneously closes at a prescribed level. The vent line and a discharge to a nozzle are opened thereby, forming a gas bubble. When the bubble reaches a desired size and pressure drops below a level, the vent closes, allowing combustion expansion to force fluid through the nozzle to form a cutting jet.
US07926583B2
A tool carrier assembly of an earthworking implement is comprised of two components that contact a surface being worked; an earthworking tool and a depth guide. The tool carrier assembly is pivotably connected to a support structure. The support structure is removably attached to a lift arm assembly of a motive source. As the front wheels of the motive source are raised off the ground by downward force applied to the lift arm assembly, the depth guide assumes the function of bearing the load of the implement and a portion of the motive source. The vehicle steered and powered by the rear wheels may then move in any direction and the tool carrier assembly will articulate on a controllably variable vertical axis. As the earthworking tool moves material on the surface, the tool carrier pivots about a controllably variable horizontal axis to maintain contact with the surface as the tool carrier assembly pivots in response to uneven terrain.
US07926578B2
A liner drilling system employs a bottom hole assembly that may be retrieved before reaching the total liner depth. The system includes an outer string made up of a liner and a profile nipple. An inner string including a running tool, drill pipe, and a drill lock tool are lowered into the outer string and rotationally and axially locked to the outer string. Drilling may be performed by rotating the inner string, which also rotates the outer string. The operator may retrieve the inner string by pulling the inner string and the liner upward until the upper end of the liner is located at the drilling rig floor. While supporting the liner at the drilling rig floor, the operator retrieves the inner string, then re-runs it back into the outer string.
US07926575B2
Well tools are provided which although pressure responsive, may be maintained by a hydraulic lockout in a nonresponsive condition until a threshold actuation step is performed. This lockout may be achieved by a hydraulic mechanism which controls the rate at which pressure is transmitted to a fluid spring during periods of increased pressure at the pressure source. When the tool is desired to be responsive to pressure cycles, a valve may be opened by established a differential between the pressure in the fluid spring and the pressure source. Communication of pressure in the fluid spring to a movable mandrel will then allow operation of the well tool in response to pressure cycles at the pressure source in accordance with the established design of the well tool.
US07926573B2
A circulation control valve includes an opening between the valve exterior and an interior passage, an internal closure device for permitting and preventing flow through the opening, a valve device initially preventing flow through the opening, and an internal chamber. The valve device opens upon application of a pressure differential between the passage and the exterior to thereby permit communication through the opening, and the closure device displaces upon a second pressure differential between the passage and the internal chamber to thereby prevent communication through the opening. Another valve includes first and second valve devices. Communication through the opening is permitted upon application of the first pressure differential to the first device, thereby unbalancing a first piston, and fluid communication through the opening is prevented upon application of the second pressure differential to the second device, thereby unbalancing a second piston having a greater piston area than the first piston.
US07926567B2
A process for forming a gel, which process comprises mixing an alkaline silicate solution with a polymer in solid form, the polymer being capable of being converted by hydrolysis into one or more organic acids; and allowing the polymer to release sufficient acid to cause formation of a silicate gel.
US07926560B2
A seal assembly for use with a rotating control head is provided. The seal assembly includes a rotatable member and a cavity formed between the rotatable member and a tubular radially inwardly disposed from the rotatable member. The cavity having a first surface and a second surface. The seal assembly further includes a seal member having a first end and a second end disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the cavity and sealable with the tubular between the first and the second ends due to deformation of the seal member.
US07926555B2
A series-parallel condensing system comprised of an air-cooled condenser, a surface condenser, a circulating water system and a cooling tower, body of water, or other equivalent heat sink. The cooling tower, being an evaporative device, consumes water. In the simplest embodiment of the invention steam is condensed in a two-stage series process with steam first fed to an air-cooled condenser where the majority of the steam is condensed and then to a surface condenser, which in conjunction with the circulating water system and cooling tower condenses the remaining steam. This embodiment achieves the greatest degree of water conservation. The function of the surface condenser is to replace the dephlegmator of the air-cooled condenser, which results in a significant reduction in the size and cost of the air-cooled condenser and also yields improved plant performance and operational simplicity. In a second embodiment, where additional makeup water is available, a steam bypass system is added converting the system from a series condensing process into a series-parallel process. In this arrangement steam exiting the turbine flows through both the air-cooled condenser and also through the bypass system with final condensation taking place in the surface condenser.
US07926554B2
A liquid-cooled heat dissipation system includes a heat absorber; a heat dissipating member; two connecting pipes connecting the heat absorber and the heat dissipating member; and a working fluid filled in the heat absorber, the heat dissipating member, and the connecting pipes. The working fluid is capable of circulating in the circuit. The working fluid includes a base fluid, a plurality of nanoparticles and a protective agent dispersed in the base fluid. A percentage by weight of the nanoparticles in the working fluid is in the range from 0.1% to 3%.
US07926553B2
The invention concerns a cooling system for electronic devices, especially computers, comprising an evaporator (1), a vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and a condenser (2) with a plurality of condenser pipes (6) and a block of fins (5) connecting the condenser pipes (6), wherein the condenser pipes (6) are arranged parallel to each other and extend upwards from the vapor-distribution and condensate-collection element (3) and are closed at their upper ends.
US07926551B2
The present invention relates to a heater core and an air conditioner for an automobile equipped with the same, in which an amount of cooling water introduced into the heater core can be adjusted based on a temperature set by a user, thereby increasing a cooling and heating efficiency.The heater core comprises first and second tanks 210 and 220 which are spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance; inlet pipe 211 and outlet pipe 212 which are respectively connected to the first tank 210 or second tank 220 and through which cooling water is introduced and discharged; a plurality of tubes 230 of which both ends are respectively fixed between the first and second tanks 210 and 220; a fins 250 which are provided between the tubes 230; a cooling water introduction part 330 which is formed at one side of the inlet pipe 211 and through which the cooling water is introduced; a bypass line 340 which is also formed at one side of the inlet pipe 211 and through which the cooling water is discharged without passing through the heater core H; and a flow rate adjusting means 300 for adjusting an amount of the cooling water introduced into the heater core H.
US07926549B2
A method of and apparatus for casting metal strip involving assembling a pair of casting rolls laterally disposed to form a nip between them, assembling an elongated metal delivery nozzle extending along and above the nip between the casting rolls, with at least one segment having opposing side walls and end walls, an inner trough extending longitudinally within between side walls and forming passages between the side walls and the inner trough and communicating with side outlets adjacent bottom portions, introducing molten metal through the elongate metal delivery nozzle to form a casting pool of molten metal supported on the casting rolls above the nip, such that molten metal is caused to flow into the inner trough of the delivery nozzle, from the inner trough through the passages between the inner trough and sidewalls, and from the passages through the side outlets in a substantially lateral direction into the casting pool, and counter rotating the casting rolls to deliver cast strip downwardly from the nip.
US07926547B2
In the case of a strand guiding roller with at least one roller shell and with at least two supporting shafts, two supporting shafts being respectively connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a roller shell and each supporting shaft being rotatably supported in a supporting bearing, to achieve a type of construction that is simple and can withstand the high thermal and mechanical loading that occurs, it is proposed that the roller shell is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the supporting shafts carrying it on both sides by shrink-fit connections or by press-fit connections.
US07926546B2
A device for melting, storing, and feeding a metal material is provided which can store a large amount of molten metal material corresponding to molding cycles with a compact configuration, using barrels to melt bar-shaped metal materials and a tank-and-barrel storage unit to store the molten metal material. The storage unit for the molten metal material is composed of an upper storage tank and a lower material temperature control barrel having a smaller diameter, the barrel being perpendicularly arranged under and in communication with the bottom center of the tank. The melting barrels for bar-shaped metal materials are made of barrel bodies having an inside diameter and a length appropriate to accommodate the bar-shaped metal materials. A more than one melting barrel is vertically arranged in parallel on a lid member of the storage tank, with their bottom openings facing the inside of the storage tank.
US07926544B2
In a casting method for producing a cast part, a melt to be cast is filed into a container and the mold is connected seal-tightly to the container. The mold and the container are rotated together so that the melt flows from the container into the mold. The mold and the container are separated from another and the cast part is removed from the mold. The casting plant for performing the method has a mold that is pivotably supported about a first axis of rotation to perform a first movement that is a pivot movement in a first movement direction. A container is pivotably supported about a second axis of rotation. The mold is supported so as to be movable by a second movement in a second movement direction.
US07926543B2
After a molten metal of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a temperature, which is higher than the liquidus line temperature of aluminum or the aluminum alloy by 5 to 200° C., is injected into a mold, when the mold is cooled to solidify the molten metal, the molten metal injected into the mold is pressurized at a pressure of 1.0 to 100 kPa from a high-temperature side to a low-temperature side, and the mean cooling rate is set to be 5 to 100° C./minute while the mold is cooled from the liquidus line temperature to 450° C., the temperature gradient formed in the mold being set to be in the range of from 1° C./cm to 50° C./cm.
US07926541B2
A ladder drum for adjusting and regulating the angular orientation and closure of horizontal slats of a venetian blind, of the type incorporating ladder cords or tape ladders, having a polygonal profiled structure comprising a series of planar sidewalls defining a substantially hollow interior. The number of sidewalls defining the polygonal structure is greater than four sidewalls, and less than or equal to twelve sidewalls, with each adjacent plane sidewall having an internal angular orientation in the range of 90° to 150°. To enhance the uniform closure of the slats of a horizontal blind, the polygonal ladder drum is more preferably in the form of an uneven hexagon that is formed from injection molded plastics. The opposing top and bottom sidewalls are greater in dimension than the mediate sidewalls, and have attachment means to insert various widths of ladder tape. The mediate sidewalls have at least two opposing access slots to insert and retain ladder cords in a counter balanced relation.
US07926531B2
A pneumatic tire includes a carcass ply with carcass cords. The carcass cords comprise high tenacity vinylon fiber, polyethylene naphthalate fiber or polyalylate fiber. Viscoelasticity characteristics per one cord at 120° C. of the carcass cord satisfy the following equations (1) to (3): B>0 (1) B≦0.0000437×A+0.042857 (2) B≦−0.00003636×A+0.163636 (3) (wherein “A” represents a product of complex modulus E*(N/cm2) and cross-sectional area “S” (cm2) of cord), and “B” represents a loss tangent tanδ).
US07926528B2
A tire tread comprising a plurality of grooves opening on to a running surface, each groove having an average orientation and being defined by facing walls, these walls being connected together by a groove bottom, each groove being defined geometrically by a transverse profile obtained by intersecting said groove by a section plane substantially transverse to the average direction of the groove, the transverse profile of a plurality of grooves having variable curvatures, the variation of said curvatures in the section plane being mathematically continuous. A tire provided with such a tread.
US07926518B2
A face-to-face weaving machine is disclosed, which includes a cutting bench to guide the movement of a cutting blade in order to cut a face-to-face fabric. The cutting bench is carried and/or supported at its extremities by the frame of the weaving machine. In at least one additional location between the cutting bench extremities, the cutting bench is carried and/or supported by the frame by way of one or more intermediate parts. A face-to-face weaving machine with a cutting bench that possesses sufficient stiffness to significantly reduce sagging of the cutting bench is thereby obtained.
US07926507B2
An inflation nozzle for inflating an inflatable structure. The inflation nozzle includes a nozzle body, a probe, and a connection portion. The nozzle body defines a nozzle channel therethrough, and the channel has a channel outlet for expelling a fluid therefrom. The probe extends from the nozzle body adjacent and beyond the channel outlet, and is configured and dimensioned to facilitate positioning an inflation aperture of the flexible structure onto the nozzle body for directing fluid into the inflation aperture. The connection portion associates with the nozzle body for fluidly connecting the channel to a fluid source for delivering fluid through the channel to inflate the flexible structure.
US07926506B2
The fuel cutoff valve has a connection conduit that connects the connection hole to the approximately round shaped cross section tube passage. With the connection conduit, the connection hole and the flow path area are almost the same, and this comprises a curved passage part that makes the rising gas flow from the connection hole face in the horizontal direction, and a connection passage part that leads the gas flow from the curved passage part to the connection passage part. The fluid guide member that constitutes the curved passage part is a passage that has an inclined face that makes the rising gas flow that flows out from the connection hole face in the horizontal direction, and a passage upper surface formed from a flat surface continuous from the upper edge of the inclined face and arranged above the connection hole. The connection passage part is formed such that the cross section shape of the passage upper surface gradually faces the round shaped cross section of the tube passage.
US07926502B1
An eductor with a jet ring assembly for generating a low pressure region for detaching and removing residual drilling fluid solids from the internal walls of the eductor is disclosed. The eductor can include: induction ports, liquid induction ports, a mixing chamber, a diffuser, and a jet ring adaptor that can generate the low pressure region. Also disclosed is a method for removing residual drilling fluid solids (wall cake) from internal walls of the eductor. The method can include: stopping the flow of a first pressurized fluid to the eductor, stopping discharge from a diffuser of the eductor, and pressurizing a jet ring assembly using a second pressurized fluid to detach and remove the wall cake from the internal walls of the eductor.
US07926496B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for holding and tilting an umbrella. The apparatus comprises at least one spring connected to an umbrella pole so that operation of the spring(s) moves the umbrella pole so as to adjust the pole angle of the umbrella. The apparatus also comprises a pivot for the umbrella pole that allows angular motion of the umbrella pole. The apparatus also comprises a rotary bearing capable of rotating around an axis of the umbrella pole. The spring(s) and the pivot can be connected to the rotary bearing. The present apparatus can also include a shade umbrella and an outdoor table. Methods for tilting an umbrella are also provided.
US07926495B2
Device (1) for mold cleaning, in particular for molds (2) which are used to produce lipstick leads, wherein said device (1) comprises means (3) for inserting steam into said mold (2) to be cleaned and means (4) for collecting said steam and, where applicable, residues from said mold (2) to be cleaned as well as a corresponding method and a molding apparatus for molding materials with a corresponding mold cleaning device.
US07926493B2
A drawer guide is provided for a dishwasher or other device through which there is a flow of liquid or gas. The drawer guide has guide rails and at least one rolling member assembly to guide the guide rails in a displaceable manner on another guide rail. A cage is provided for the rolling members. At least one of the guide rails has a rear rail portion with fluid passage openings that allow liquid or gas to flow through the guide rail when the device is in operation. At least one cage for the rolling members of the drawer guide can include a rear cage portion that is provided with fluid passage openings that allow liquid or gas to flow therethrough when the device is in operation.
US07926481B2
A water vapor ejector comprises a desiccant disposed in a communication path to a green house enclosure. In the day time and under sunlight exposure, the green house enclosure heats up, which dries the desiccant and generates a flow to the outside ambient through a pressure difference. The moisture trapped in the desiccant is then released to the outside ambient. In the night time, the green house enclosure cools, which generates a flow to the inside of the enclosure. The desiccant traps the moisture within the flow, ensuring a moisture-free enclosure. The cycle re-starts in the next morning when the enclosure heats up. The diurnal cycle removes the water vapor present in the enclosure and delivered to the exterior of the enclosure.
US07926470B2
A relief valve is provided for use with a fuel system. The relief valve may have a housing forming an inlet, an outlet, and a central bore fluidly connecting the inlet to the outlet. The relief valve may also have a valve element disposed within the central bore of the housing and being configured to move between a flow-passing position and a flow-blocking position. The valve element may have a passageway continuously communicating the inlet of the housing with the outlet of the housing. The relief valve may also have a resilient member situated to bias the valve element toward the flow-blocking position.
US07926466B2
An engine control device includes an engine revolution speed information acquisition device for acquiring the revolution speed of an engine, an accelerator opening sensor for detecting the opening of an accelerator operated by a rider of a vehicle mounted with the engine, a throttle opening control unit configured to control an opening of a throttle of the engine on the basis of the opening of the accelerator and other information, and an ignition control unit configured to limit ignition at a crank position before a compression top dead center on the basis of the opening of the accelerator and the revolution speed of the engine.
US07926460B2
An air distributor including a cylindrical tubular body including connecting channels for supplying cylinders of an internal combustion engine, branches of which open in an aligned manner along a generatrix of the tubular body. The tubular body extends upstream into the branches of a 180° elbow that opens at an air inlet, the elbow inclined in relation to the diametral plane of the tubular body containing generatrix. A recess is provided in the tubular body opposite the branches of the first and second distributed cylinders. The recess has a converging/diverging profile around the lowest area between the branches, and the recess can use Venturi effect to reduce drop in swirl in the second distributed cylinder induced by architecture of the inclined elbow distributor, by regulating airflows in the channels. The distributor can mount to an intake face of a diesel engine cylinder head with two intake ducts per cylinder.
US07926458B2
A lubricating device comprises a cam shaft, plural cam portions for each valve provided at the cylinder head, a valve driving mechanism to change a rotational movement of the cam portion to an opening-and-closing movement of the valve via a slide member on which a peripheral surface of the cam portion slides, an oil passage of the cam shaft, a nozzle provided at either one of the cam portions to open at the peripheral surface of the cam portion and connect to the oil passage of the cam shaft, and a wall body having a recess portion. The recess portion collects lubricating oil ejected out of the nozzle and guides the lubricating oil collected to the peripheral surface of the other cam portion when the one cam portion is located in a position in which the nozzle is not directed to the slide member.
US07926455B2
The finger follower has an inner and outer body and a torsional lost motion spring positioned at its lash adjuster end of the outer body. The torsional lost motion springs have a short leg that abuts the outer body and a long leg that contacts the inner body. The torsional spring is located above the pivot point of the finger follower so as to provide a low mass moment of inertia and to reduce the weight over the valve stem end of the follower.
US07926448B2
A pet carrier garment has a full frontal liner that creates a enclosure within which a small pet can be carried close to the owner's body, thereby providing security, warmth and comfort for the pet, as well as affording ample room for the pet to move about while still keeping the pet securely confined.
US07926447B2
A bed for a pet such as a cat or dog that includes a frame having a collapsible and expandable network of interlocking legs and a covering for the frame. The covering includes a first cover portion for extending over a top and four sides of the frame, and a second cover portion for further extending over the top side or raised floor of the frame. The network of interlocking legs includes pairs of pivoting legs interconnected via hubs and, as a whole, is resilient so as to provide a forgiving or hammock style of pet bed. The first cover portion hides the networked frame from view. The second cover portion includes a cushion to provide further resiliency to the pet bed and further includes a carpet of soft fibers on which the pet directly makes contact when lying down.
US07926446B2
A coating apparatus is provided for simplifying the introduction and removal of workpieces into and from a reactor for plasma coating and to increase the throughput. The coating apparatus has a reactor with a moveable sleeve part and a base element, at least one sealed coating chamber being defined between sleeve part and base element when the latter two parts are fitted onto one another. The coating apparatus also has a device for introducing electromagnetic energy into the at least one coating chamber. The reactor has at least two coating places.
US07926435B2
Disclosed herein is a spade rudder, which is intended to relieve bending moment generated by a rudder, and to suppress vibrations generated from the rudder due to a propeller, in the case of a large ship. The spade rudder has a rudder stock for rotating a rudder, and a vertical bearing provided on a side surface of the rudder stock. The spade rudder further includes a stock gudgeon provided on a side surface of the vertical bearing, a horizontal bearing provided under the stock gudgeon, and a horizontal bearing housing provided at the junction of the rudder stock and the horizontal bearing, which are at right angles to each other, and dispersing a bending moment acting on the rudder.
US07926434B2
A thread cutting device of a sewing machine cuts a thread below a throat plate through which a needle is inserted. The thread cutting device includes a first thread catcher operable to catch the thread, a second thread catcher operable to catch the thread caught by the first thread catcher, a fixed blade operable to cut the thread caught by the second thread catcher, a driving portion which drives the first thread catcher and the second thread catcher such that the second thread catcher catches the thread caught by the first thread catcher and guides the thread toward the fixed blade, an attaching member to which the fixed blade is fixed and into which the second thread catcher is slidably inserted from above over the fixed blade, and a cover which covers the second thread catcher from above to restrict an upward movement of the second thread catcher.
US07926432B2
A low NOx Cyclone furnace steam generator including redesigned or modified Cyclone furnaces, air flow distribution, and new or relocated air ports maintains and/or minimizes NOx emission levels from the Cyclone furnace steam generator while minimizing Cyclone furnace and steam generator furnace tube wastage.
US07926428B2
A railway car truck is provided that includes two sideframes and a bolster. Each sideframe has a pedestal opening at each end to receive a bearing adapter assembly. The pedestal opening is formed by a roof section that includes a pad receiving opening. The bearing adapter assembly includes a cast steel bearing adapter that is formed to fit on top of a bearing assembly. An adapter pad, comprised of a selected hardness elastomer, is fit on top of the bearing adapter. The adapter pad includes a base section and a raised top section that is fit within the pad receiving opening in the pedestal roof section.
US07926417B2
A cooking apparatus is disclosed, wherein the cooking apparatus is configured to be converted between an installed configuration in which the cooking apparatus is connected to a complementary support structure and a portable configuration in which the cooking apparatus is not attached to the complementary support structure. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking surface, at least one burner configured to heat the cooking surface, a body configured to support the cooking surface above the burner, and a connecting portion disposed on the body, wherein the connecting portion includes at least one connector configured to be connected to a complementary connector on the complementary support structure, and wherein the connecting portion is also configured to support the cooking apparatus on a surface other than the complementary support structure when the cooking apparatus is used in the portable configuration.
US07926407B1
A shield for shielding structures, vehicles and personnel from a projectile and/or an explosive blast generally includes a substantially planar shield plate adapted for attachment to a structure to provide protection to the structure. The shield plate includes a chassis having an interior surface facing the structure and an opposite outer surface, and a ballistic liner disposed on the outer surface of the chassis such that the chassis is more proximal the structure than the ballistic liner. The ballistic liner has an exterior surface facing the exterior environment.
US07926395B2
A band saw machine includes a driving wheel and a driven wheel around which an endless band saw blade is wound. At least one of the driving wheel and the driven wheel is directly connected to an output shaft of a control motor. The output shaft of the control motor is arranged in a cylindrical bearing unit installed on a motor base supporting the control motor. The driving wheel is rotatably supported by the bearing unit.
US07926390B2
A driving tool includes a shank, a sleeve, and a return spring disposed therebetween. The shank has a ball recess with a ball received therein. The shank has an interior interface adapted for receiving a tool bit. The ball recess substantially extends into the interior interface. The sleeve mounts on the shank to slide between limits. The sleeve has a first interior ball release recess followed by an interior ball lock surface and then a second interior ball release recess. The release recesses and surface are oriented with respect to the ball recess so as to permit selective displacement of the same over the ball recess to unlock the ball with movement in either direction. A return spring is disposed between the shank and the sleeve. The spring has a first and second end. One of the ends of the spring acts against a feature fixed with the shank and the other end of the spring acts against a feature fixed with the sleeve in a manner so as to permit selective displacement of the ball release recess and lock surface over the ball recess. The position of least spring potential energy is the position with the surface located just above the ball recess so as to tend to lock the ball into engagement with tool bit when the sleeve is in a rest position.
US07926381B2
A gear set for a generator includes a first gear having a first set of involute teeth and a second gear having a second set of involute teeth circumferentially located about a center axis of rotation. Each set of involute teeth includes respective roll angles, εA-D. For a diametrically smaller one of the first gear and the second gear the roll angle εA is 1.51°-3.51°, the roll angle εB is 7.64°-9.64°, the roll angle εC is 26.03°-28.03°, and the roll angle εD is 32.16°-34.16°, and for a diametrically larger one of the first gear and the second gear the roll angle εA is 15.02°-17.02°, the roll angle εB is 16.7°-18.7°, the roll angle εC is 21.73°-23.73°, and the roll angle εD is 23.41°-25.41°.
US07926375B2
A control apparatus of a transmission, in which an ECU controls the transmission to upshift when an upshift condition is satisfied, controls the transmission to downshift when a downshift condition is satisfied, and cancels an upshift and maintains the speed ratio of the transmission when, before the upshift is completed, the upshift condition ceases to be satisfied even if a downshift condition is not satisfied.
US07926374B2
An electronic control system for a transmission includes a transmission controller selectively actuating the transmission between a plurality of gear positions including a reverse position and at least two forward positions, a manually-operable gear shifter selectively providing first command signals to the transmission controller to actuate the transmission between at least a portion of the plurality of gear positions, and a voice recognition system selectively providing second command signals to the transmission controller to actuate the transmission between only a portion of the plurality of gear positions. Preferably, the voice commands actuate the transmission only between the forward gear positions.
US07926369B2
The actuator has a movable mass portion and a pair of drive mechanisms for driving the movable mass portion. Each of the pair of drive mechanisms includes a drive mass portion, a support portion for supporting the drive mass portion, a first elastic connecting portion interconnecting the drive mass portion and the support portion so as to allow the drive mass portion to be pivoted about a pivotal axis with respect to the support portion, and a second elastic connecting portion interconnecting the drive mass portion and the movable mass portion so as to allow the movable mass portion to be pivoted about a pivotal axis with respect to the drive mass portion. The first elastic connecting portion includes a pair of bending bars opposed to each other with interposing the pivotal axis of the drive mass portion therebetween. The first elastic connecting portion includes a pair of piezoelectric elements jointed respectively onto the pair of bending bars so as to bend the pair of bending bars in opposite directions to cause pivotal movement to the drive mass portion. The pivotal movement of the drive mass portion causes torsional deformation to the second elastic connecting portion so as to pivot the movable mass portion.
US07926361B2
A measuring system for registering a measured variable of a flowing medium. A measuring transducer, a sensor arrangement, measuring electronics, a measuring tube and a flow conditioner are included. The sensor arrangement has at least one sensor element which delivers at least one measurement signal. The measuring electronics communicates with the measuring transducer and using the at least one measurement signal produces at least one measured value representing the measured variable. The flow conditioner has lumen tapering in the direction of the measuring tube. During operation, medium flows through the lumen and against an impingement surface of the flow conditioner.
US07926358B2
A method and apparatus for testing the fatigue of an implantable lead by simultaneously bending and un-bending it at a plurality of successive positions wherein the bending and un-bending positions comprise a substantial length of the lead and wherein the bending radius and sector angle are substantially optional.
US07926357B2
There is provided a proof body for use in a strain gauge for measuring horizontal strains in a pavement. The proof body is to be inserted in a hole provided in a surface layer of the pavement. The proof body is designed to be embedded in a substitute core designed to be retrofitted in the hole. The proof body is designed to be attached to the walls of the hole, allowing measurement of horizontal strains in the pavement surface layer.
US07926355B2
This micromechanical part is intended to be fastened to a spindle and has at least one opening (10, 20, 30) whose edges comprise an alternating arrangement of rigid areas (11) and elastic areas (12, 22, 32). It is possible for those ends (13) of the rigid areas (11) closest to the center C of the opening (10, 20, 30) to be connected by a first circle C1 having a diameter greater than the diameter of a second circle C2 connecting those ends (15, 25, 27) of the elastic areas (12, 22, 32) closest to the center of the opening. In this micromechanical part, each rigid area (11) is formed by a convex portion projecting into the opening (10, 20, 30).
US07926354B2
A diaphragm made of a polysilicon film is provided above a first main surface of a silicon substrate. Four gauge resistors are provided on the top face of the diaphragm. A through hole for exposing the bottom face of the diaphragm is formed in the silicon substrate. An anchor portion for mounting the diaphragm on the silicon substrate is provided between the diaphragm and the silicon substrate in a manner surrounding circumferentially an opening end of the through hole located at the side facing the first main surface. Accordingly, a semiconductor pressure sensor having a diaphragm of reduced and less varied thickness can be obtained.
US07926341B2
In a liquid sensing system, an RF signal is applied to a series-resonant circuit. The coil of the resonant circuit is placed proximate to a fuel tank, causing electromagnetic radiation to propagate into the fuel space. The fuel acts as an electrical load to the resonant circuit in a manner proportionate to the volume of fuel in the tank and/or to variations in electrical properties of the fuel itself. The loading effect of the fuel can change the resonant frequency and/or the Q of the resonant circuit. The loading effect of the fuel is determined by monitoring a change in one or more electrical parameters associated with the excited resonant circuit, such as a voltage across the resistor in the resonant circuit. Changes in this voltage are analyzed by a controller, the result of which is used to output a value indicative of level and/or composition of the fuel.
US07926337B2
A vehicle locking device locking a vehicle on a chassis dynamometer, equipped with rollers allowing driving wheels of the vehicle placed thereon, while keeping the driving wheels thereof placed on the rollers, was configured so as to detect angles of traction, to determine traction forces optimum for hauling the vehicle based on the detected angles, and to control the vehicle locking device based on thus-determined traction forces so as to take up a belt, aiming at readily and stably locking a test vehicle under optimum traction forces.
US07926333B2
Method for determining the oxygen storage capacity of a catalytic converter for a motor vehicle using the signals of an oxygen probe upstream and an oxygen probe downstream from the catalytic converter which has the following steps of determining of a delay time which is dependent on the oxygen storage capacity between the signal of the oxygen probe upstream and the signal of the oxygen probe downstream from the catalytic converter, determining of the phase shift which is dependent on the oxygen probe dynamics between the signal of the oxygen probe upstream and the signal of the oxygen probe downstream from the catalytic converter, and correcting the determined delay time between the signal of the oxygen probe upstream and the signal of the oxygen probe downstream from the catalytic converter by a determined phase shift.
US07926330B2
An air/fuel imbalance detection module includes a fueling control module, a response time determination module, and a comparison module. The fueling control module commands a fueling change according to a predetermined fueling pattern. The response time determination module determines a measured response time for a wide-range air/fuel sensor (WRAF) to output a predetermined voltage. The comparison module compares the measured response time with a reference time range and diagnoses air/fuel imbalance when the measured response time is outside the reference time range.
US07926321B2
Disclosed herein is a hydraulic tool user interface. The hydraulic tool user interface includes a rocker section, a drain trigger section, and an activation trigger section. The rocker section includes a first end, a second end, and a first contact portion. The first contact portion is between the first end and the second end. The first contact portion is configured to contact a drain pin. The drain trigger section is at the first end. The activation trigger section is between the first end and the second end. The activation trigger section is configured to contact the second end. The activation trigger section is configured to contact an electrical switch.
US07926304B2
A non-contact method for measuring the tension applied to a drawn optical fiber includes drawing an optical fiber and displacing the optical fiber by applying a pressurized fluid to the optical fiber. The pressurized fluid may be applied to the optical fiber using a fluid bearing. The fluid bearing may include a fiber support channel. The optical fiber may be directed through the fiber support channel and is displaced relative to the fluid bearing by supplying the pressurized fluid to the fiber support channel. The displacement of the optical fiber caused by the application of the pressurized fluid to the optical fiber may then be measured. The tension applied to the optical fiber may then be determined based on the determined displacement.
US07926300B2
A lighting panel system includes a lighting panel including a first string of solid state lighting devices configured to emit light at a first wavelength and a second string of solid state lighting devices configured to emit light at a second wavelength, different from the first wavelength, and a current supply circuit configured to supply a drive current to the first string in response to a control signal. A photosensor is arranged to receive light emitted by the panel, and a control system is configured to sample an output signal of the photosensor and adjust the control signal responsive thereto to thereby adjust an average current supplied to the first string by the current supply circuit. Methods of operating a lighting panel are also provided.
US07926298B2
A refrigerator, including a cabinet having top, bottom, rear and opposing side walls that collectively define a freezer compartment and a fresh food compartment, employs a cooling system and an air plenum to deliver a cooling air flow into the freezer and fresh food compartments. The air plenum includes a variable position air damper having a first, substantially straight portion and a second arcuate portion that forms an air scoop. The air damper is slidably mounted within the air plenum between first and second positions. The variable position air damper is selectively arranged in the first position to efficiently deliver a volume of the cooling air flow into the freezer compartment, the second position to deliver the cooling airflow into the fresh food compartment or in an infinite number of intermediate positions to deliver the cooling airflow into both compartments.
US07926297B2
In an input section (30), a set temperature Ts which becomes a control target temperature of a humidity controller (10), and a set relative humidity Rs which becomes a control target humidity of the humidity controller (10) are set. An air conditioning control section (42) adjusts the temperature adjusting capacity of the humidity controller (10) such that the room temperature may come very close to the set temperature Ts. Further, an arithmetic section (33) calculates, as the target absolute humidity As, the absolute humidity which becomes the relative humidity set value Rs at the set temperature Ts. A humidity adjustment section (41) adjusts the humidity adjusting capacity of the humidity controller (10) such that the absolute humidity of the room may come very close to the target absolute humidity As.
US07926295B2
A blank, carton, package, and method for enclosing a plurality of containers in a carton is disclosed. The carton includes first and second top panels, first and second side panels, and a bottom panel. The top panels each include separation lines with one top panel disposed over the other top panel when formed as a carton. The carton is openable along the separation lines to expose the containers. The carton is capable of receiving a cooling substance therewithin when the top panels are separated along the separation lines. The carton including at least two handle tear lines with a handle disposed therebetween. The handle capable of being engaged to move the carton or package as desired.
US07926292B2
A power generation system and method in which a fuel gas is introduced into a combustor and at least a portion of the fuel gas is combusted in the combustor, producing an exhaust gas having no appreciable available oxygen. The exhaust gas is introduced as a working fluid into a gas turbine, thereby generating power. Cooling of the power generation system is accomplished using a cooling fluid selected from the group consisting of synthesis gas, natural gas, natural gas/steam mixture, flue gas, flue gas/steam mixture, and mixtures thereof.
US07926288B2
The present invention provides a reformed-fuel-burning gas turbine system that constantly generates good-quality reformed fuel even when heavy fuel has a different composition.The reformed-fuel-burning gas turbine system according to the present invention comprises a heavy oil heater; a water heater; a reformer vessel for mixing high-temperature, high-pressure water with high-temperature, high-pressure heavy oil to cause a hydrothermal reaction and producing reformed fuel from heavy oil; and a gas turbine which operates on the reformed fuel. The reformed-fuel-burning gas turbine system according to the present invention further comprises a detector for detecting the static dielectric constants or solubility of high-temperature, high-pressure heavy oil heated by the heavy oil heater and high-temperature, high-pressure water heated by the water heater; a first temperature regulating valve for adjusting the thermal dose of the heavy oil heater; a second temperature regulating valve for adjusting the thermal dose of the water heater; and a control device for adjusting the first temperature regulating valve and the second temperature regulating valve in accordance with the static dielectric constants or solubility of the heavy oil and water, which are detected by the detector, in order to control the static dielectric constants or solubility of the high-temperature, high-pressure heavy oil and high-temperature, high-pressure water, which are to be supplied to the reformer vessel.
US07926281B2
A device for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a combustion chamber mounted within a restricted space is disclosed. This injection device includes a bowl having an external cylindrical wall continued at its downstream end by a divergent section provided, downstream, with a collar having the form of a ring extending radially outward. The divergent section of the bowl is connected, immediately upstream of the flange, by a connecting wall to a cylindrical ring. The cylindrical ring and the connecting wall form a connection rim oriented in the upstream direction. At least one row of vortex holes is formed in the external cylindrical wall, close to its upstream end, and the connecting wall of the connection rim of the bowl is provided with a row of cooling orifices inclined axially at an angle γ to the axis of symmetry of the injection device.
US07926273B2
A waste heat power generation system of a cement calcination plant includes: an AQC boiler having an economizer, an evaporator and a superheater; and a PH boiler having a first evaporator and a superheater. The PH boiler, in addition to the evaporator and the superheater, has a second evaporator on a PH exhaust gas exit side, and a returned hot water from a flasher is introduced into the second evaporator via a steam drum. A hot water heated by the second evaporator is introduced into the steam drum, and a steam from the steam drum is introduced into the low-pressure stage of the steam turbine.
US07926248B2
A harvesting header having a flexible cutterbar assembly utilizes draper belts behind the cutterbar assembly to gently consolidate the severed crop materials and deliver them to a point of discharge and delivery, such as to the feederhouse of a combine harvester. The header includes laterally spaced support arms. The support arms are attached to the flexible cutterbar assembly and pivotally supported adjacent rear ends thereof for swinging movement about a laterally extending axis.
US07926237B2
A wall or ceiling panel secures a grid insert, preferably of an architectural metal mesh, within a frame using a series of spring clips. The spring clips engage the metal mesh and are retained in a securing slot provided at an interior edge of the panel frame. Each spring clip includes at least one engagement member that passes through and engages the grid insert. The spring also includes a securing base that is received and retained within the securing slot of the frame. The panel can also include a securing arrangement for supporting the grid member at a position spaced from the frame to avoid downward bowing of the metal mesh.
US07926224B1
A green wall planting module has a rear wall, two side walls and a top and bottom wall, the top wall having a concave shape for receiving within its cross section a bottom wall of a green wall planting module mounted approximately one to four millimeters above it on a grid wall structure to suppress splashing and retain rain water. The grid wall structure comprises horizontal rods associated with a vertical wall structure of, for example, a building. The top wall of a lower mounted green wall module comprises an integral slot adapted to receive a horizontal irrigation pipe or hose which may lie horizontally in and longitudinally along the slot when the green wall modular apparatus is mounted to the grid wall. Tapered louvers are provided within the green wall planting module slanting upward from the rear wall at a predetermined angle within the module so as to collect and retain water as does the bottom concave wall of the apparatus. A controlled irrigation system including a cistern and rain barrel is provided to re-circulate collected rain water to plantings horizontally displayed by the green wall planting module.
US07926219B2
An improved digital scope for locating and targeting objects. The scope includes an image detection device that is configured to collect image data of a sighted region. The scope further includes a display screen that is electronically connected to the image detection device and is configured to display image data of the sighted region as a continuous video feed. The left sidefield portion of the sighted region is displayed horizontally compressed in the left portion of the display screen, the right sidefield portion of the sighted region is displayed horizontally compressed in the right portion of the display screen, and the center portion of the sighted region is displayed in the center portion of the display screen without horizontal compression.
US07926213B1
An electronic sign having slotted frame cabinets whereby each slotted frame cabinet can conveniently be attached to one or more vertically or horizontally positioned adjacent slotted frame cabinets by using connecting components which are generally located around the periphery of one or more slotted frame cabinets. Connecting components including splice bars, splice plates, and mounting clamps are aligned in, positioned along and secured to backing bars which are co-located in backing bar slots in one or more of the slotted frame cabinets. Lift eyes can be variably located in one or more lift eye slots. The use of externally located connecting components, which do not extend through the cabinetry, minimize the entry of environmental elements into the interior of the electronic sign. Multiple slotted frame cabinets can be connected without the removal of LED display panels.
US07926209B2
An electric iron includes a soleplate and at least one heating element. The heating element includes multi-layer conductive coating of nano-thickness disposed on the soleplate. The heating element further includes electrodes disposed on the multi-layer conductive coating. The multi-layer conductive coating has a structure and composition which stabilize performance of the heating element at high temperatures. The soleplate can be made of ceramic glass. The electric iron can perform heating and ironing functions using alternating current electrical power, direct current electrical power, solar energy power, or one or more batteries.
US07926206B1
An apparatus generally comprising a prime mover; a push frame mounted on the prime mover for pivotal movement about a body transverse axis; a cylinder assembly operatively interconnecting the prime mover and the push frame for pivoting the push frame about such axis; and a boom pivotally mounted on the prime mover for movement about a transverse axis, and extending forwardly, including a base section having a portion supportable on a surface of the prime mover when the boom is in an inoperative position and an extendable section supportable on the coupler when in an extended, operable condition, having a device for detachably connecting the implement to the extendable section.
US07926205B2
The invention concerns a sole arrangement and a shoe comprising such a sole arrangement. The sole arrangement is characterized in that it comprises an upper sole member and a lower sole member wherein the lower sole member is positioned closer to the ground during normal use of the sole arrangement, said lower sole member being movably attached to the upper sole member allowing the lower sole member to move in a vertical direction relative to the upper sole member, a plurality of vertically extending spikes arranged inside the sole arrangement such that the spikes are moveable relative to the lower sole member, said lower sole member having a plurality of holes adapted to receive the spikes as to allow the spikes to protrude from the lower sole member in a downward direction, and a locking sole member located between the upper and lower sole members.
US07926203B2
A foot covering, including a thin, flexible compartment for receiving a foot, the compartment having a forefoot section, a mid-section, and a heel section. The compartment has a top surface for securing the foot and a ground-facing surface having at least a forefoot outsole portion in the forefoot section. The forefoot outsole portion is disposed mainly in the forefoot section, and has a shape that is wider than it is long; corresponding approximately to the width of a foot and covering approximately the first to the fifth metatarsal heads. The mid-section of the compartment is mainly free of outsole material. The inventive subject matter is further directed towards a method for manufacturing such a foot covering.
US07926201B2
A clogging detecting apparatus for a dryer is provided that checks and displays a clogging degree of an air passage. The clogging detecting apparatus includes a judgment device for judging the clogging degree of the air passage, a storing device for storing the clogging degree of the air passage, and a display for displaying the clogging degree to the user. The clogging detecting apparatus provides information on the clogging degree, so that the user precisely checks the state of the air passage.
US07926199B2
A separator for separating stacked sheets of lumber or other building materials. The separator comprises a substantially planar top and bottom surface; the top and bottom surfaces extending substantially parallel to one another. The separator further comprises two side surfaces, each with outwardly protruding side edges for preventing the separator from resting on either side surface; and a front side and a back side substantially parallel to the front surface. A plurality of channels extend into the top and bottom surfaces with the channels defining a plateau, coexistent with the top and bottom surfaces, between adjacent channels. Each channel has one or more apertures for creating a substantially vertical airflow passage between top and bottom surfaces of the separator.
US07926194B2
To implement a detection technique in which a tumble of and a shock to on articles can be detected even with a simple and low-cost structure.An indicator according to the present invention for detecting a tumble of and a shock to an article moves away from a holding guide in a detector when the detector inclines and goes beyond a limit for inclination. The indicator includes a first part in the shape of rolling on the holding guide when the detector inclines, and a second part smaller than the first part and in the shape of not preventing the first part from rolling. The first part and the second part join together and separate when receiving a shock.
US07926193B2
A nanowire magnetic sensor includes an array of magneto-resistive (MR) nanosensors with each MR nanosensor including a set of MR nanowires that are all aligned in the same position for one direction. The substrate can be a flexible substrate bent into a circular configuration for compass applications. A plurality of individual nanosensors can be connected into resistive Wheatstone bridge configurations by metallization.
US07926192B1
The invention is a tool that may be attached to a computer display screen or built-in with a computer. The tool is mounted to a computer and provides a user with the ability to align the computer display screen with their eye so that the user's line of sight is perpendicular to the display screen, which is the optimal viewing angle for viewing a display screen. In a first embodiment of the invention, the tool includes an interface portion, which is where the tool is attached to the frame of the computer, either temporarily or permanently, and an alignment portion. The first embodiment of the alignment tool may be detached from one computer and used with another. The alignment portion includes a pair of alignment indexes, which, when lined up with the user's eye, ensures that the user is viewing the computer display screen at the optimal angle. In a second embodiment of the alignment tool, the tool is installed as original equipment on the computer. The second embodiment of the alignment tool includes a pair of alignment indexes and is movable between an open position and a closed position by a spring.
US07926188B2
A system and method for producing proportionately accurate likenesses in an artwork is presented. The system uses a grid or other distance markers on a transparent surface of a card. By observing a measurement of a feature of a subject with the distance markers and transcribing the measurement of the feature on the artwork an accurate likeness of the subject may be made.
US07926186B2
A pike pole has a cutting-piercing member connected to one end of the pole. The cutting member normally extends outwardly from the pike pole. The cutting member can be released by a controlling member and be pivotally moveable to a position extending generally along the piercing member.
US07926179B2
There is disclosed a process of forming reinforcements, baffles and seals having malleable carriers. The process typically includes application of an activatable material to a malleable carrier and contouring of the activatable material the malleable carrier or both.
US07926159B2
Exemplary system and process for assembling a camera module are provided. The system includes a worktable, a light intensity sensor, a lens module holding device and a controlling unit. The worktable provide placement of the image sensor module thereon, thus a center of the image sensor having a coordinate value thereof. The lens module holding device can hold and move the lens module above the worktable, and it has a light source to emit parallel light that converged at a focus point, wherein the light intensity sensor can detect the focus point location and generating a signal associated with a coordinate value of the focus point. The controlling unit can receive the signal and instruct the lens module holding device to move the lens module toward the image sensor module so that the optical axis of the lens module is aligned with the center of the image sensor.
US07926149B2
A moveable clip device for hanging a towel on a golf bag that includes an S-shaped clip member having a first strip portion engageable with an inner surface of an open end of the golf bag, a second strip portion engageable with an outer surface of the open end of such golf bag, and a third strip portion. A first connecting strip portion, engageable with an edge of the open end of such golf bag, connects the first and second strip portions. A second connecting strip portion connects the second and third strip portions. A flange portion having a channel formed between first and second wall portions is connected to the third strip portion. A support member is connected to each of the wall portions for supporting the towel on the clip. A mechanism is engageable with the towel and support member for connecting such towel to the clip.
US07926147B2
In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, fiber is supplied by a supply device to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device. Clamping devices clamp the fiber bundle at a distance from its free end, and a mechanical device combs the free end to loosen and remove non-clamped constituents, for example, short fibers, neps, dust and the like. To increase productivity and obtain an improved combed sliver, downstream of the supply device there are at least two rotatably mounted rollers rotating rapidly without interruption, which are provided with the clamping devices, and measured value sensors for detecting values relating to the fibers or machine settings are connected to a control and regulation device, which is arranged to effect actions in dependence on the measured values.
US07926139B2
The present invention is directed to a ramp insert for insertion between rails and/or rungs of a ramp. An embodiment of the present invention includes a body that may have an adjustable length. The body may include a first section that may include a track portion and a second section that may include a groove portion. The groove portion may be capable of fitting together with the track portion. The first or second section may be capable of slidably moving with respect to the other section via the track portion and the groove portion. The ramp insert may be placed between the rails and/or rungs of the ramp whereby the ramp insert may be adjusted to various lengths. Since the ramp insert may be adjusted to various lengths, the ramp insert may fit many different kinds of ramps having various widths.
US07926138B2
A laundry treatment apparatus and a controlling method thereof are disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a leakage detecting device detecting washing water leaking to the lower side of a casing, an auxiliary power supply recharged when a main electric power is supplied, and a controller controlling the auxiliary electric power supply according to the detection by the leakage detecting device. According to the leakage controlling method, since the external electric power inputted to the laundry treatment apparatus is interrupted and the auxiliary power supply is recharged during the supplying of the main electric power to the laundry treatment apparatus when the leakage is detected, an electric leakage and other accidents can be prevented, and an informing device is controlled by the auxiliary power supply so that the leakage can be measured.
US07926133B2
The present invention relates to a musical pillow. The music pillow includes a body, a pillow core defining a first receiving cavity corresponding to a users' head, and a music player device. The body includes a first base, and two sidewalls extending from two opposite sides of the first base. Two free ends of the two sidewalls face each other to define a body opening therebetween. The first base and the two sidewalls cooperatively define a receiving space. The pillow core is received in the receiving space, while the first receiving cavity is communicated with the body opening. The music player device includes two speakers positioned on the sidewalls respectively and a playing unit positioned in the first base. The speakers are electrically connected to the playing unit.
US07926131B2
A hospital bed is disclosed. The bed includes at least one tiltable deck section, and a linkage assembly configured to facilitate tilting of the at least one deck section.
US07926121B2
A system for providing a drawstring for an article of clothing or accessory having a front and a back and having a peripheral surface necessary to be tightened, the system including a semi-rigid crochet layer having a braided strands of a fibrous material defining a pattern in the article having openings which repeat at a number in a range of about 3 to about 8 per linear inch in all directions, and in which the openings of the layer define a range of between about 15 to about 35 percent of the entire surface of the crochet layer and a cord braided of filaments of a material more pliable than the braided strands of the crochet layer.
