Turn signal assemblies and methods for operating the same
    51.
    发明授权
    Turn signal assemblies and methods for operating the same 失效
    转动信号组件和操作方法

    公开(公告)号:US07220927B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-22

    申请号:US11229337

    申请日:2005-09-16

    IPC分类号: H01H3/16

    CPC分类号: B60Q1/40

    摘要: Turn signal assemblies for motor vehicles that employ shape memory alloy actuators to provide automatic cancellation of turn signals. A controller is in operative communication with the shape memory alloy actuator and is programmed to provide an activation signal to the shape memory alloy.

    摘要翻译: 转动使用形状记忆合金致动器的机动车辆的信号组件,以提供转向信号的自动取消。 控制器与形状记忆合金致动器可操作地通信,并被编程为向形状记忆合金提供激活信号。

    Motor vehicle body with side impact protection
    52.
    发明授权
    Motor vehicle body with side impact protection 失效
    机动车身侧面防撞

    公开(公告)号:US06893079B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-17

    申请号:US10739609

    申请日:2003-12-18

    IPC分类号: B60R19/40 B60R19/42

    CPC分类号: B60R19/42 B60R19/40

    摘要: A side impact protection system for a motor vehicle body having a stowed position and a deployed position, the system includes a first L-shaped rigid structure comprising a first portion and a second portion; a second L-shaped rigid structure comprising a first portion and a second portion; a synthetic cable fixedly attached to the second portions of the first and second L-shaped rigid structures, wherein the synthetic cable is made from a plurality of helically braided bundles of fibers selected from a group consisting of aramid fibers and liquid crystal polymer fibers characterized by strain-at-failure exceeding about 3 percent; and a deployment device in operative communication with the first portions of the first and second L-shaped rigid structures to selectively extend the first portion outwardly from the deployment device, and wherein in a stowed position the second portions are at about the same plane and in a deployed position the second portions are parallel and the synthetic cables form a web-like structure. Processes for suppressing intrusion into a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle body by an object laterally impacting the vehicle body are also described.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于具有收起位置和展开位置的机动车身的侧面碰撞保护系统,该系统包括第一L形刚性结构,其包括第一部分和第二部分; 第二L形刚性结构,包括第一部分和第二部分; 固定地连接到第一和第二L形刚性结构的第二部分的合成电缆,其中合成电缆由选自由芳族聚酰胺纤维和液晶聚合物纤维组成的组的多根螺旋编织的纤维束制成, 应变失效超过3%; 以及展开装置,其与第一和第二L形刚性结构的第一部分可操作地连通,以将第一部分选择性地从展开装置向外延伸,并且其中在收起位置中,第二部分处于大致相同的平面并且在 展开位置,第二部分平行并且合成电缆形成网状结构。 还描述了通过横向冲击车身的物体来抑制机动车身的乘客舱的入侵的过程。

    Holding arms for shaper cutting and the like
    53.
    发明授权
    Holding arms for shaper cutting and the like 失效
    握住成形器等的手臂

    公开(公告)号:US06568441B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-27

    申请号:US10116446

    申请日:2002-04-04

    申请人: Gary L. Jones

    发明人: Gary L. Jones

    IPC分类号: B27B3100

    CPC分类号: B23Q3/002 B27C5/06 Y10T83/744

    摘要: A pair of holding arms which can be installed quickly and used to press a workpiece in a safe manner against a guide fence, regardless of the cuts made upon it, when the workpiece is moved past a shaper having cutter blades rotatably mounted on a stationary shaft. Each holding arm includes a rubber-faced roller, an elongated, solid rod of angular transverse cross-section, and a track-mounted post for supporting the rod in a horizontal position. Contact between the workpiece and the holding arm is made through the roller which is vertically mounted on one end of the rod. The post includes a clutch plate for locking the horizontal extension of the rod. Each roller can be quickly moved forward into contact with the workpiece without releasing the clutch plate. To move the roller backward—away from the workpiece, the user releases the clutch plate with one hand and pulls backward on the rod with the other. The roller is mounted on a shaft which is spring-loaded in such a way that the roller, when positioned contiguous with the workpiece, is constantly pushed against it. In addition, each post includes a foot which is mounted on a track disposed parallel to the guide fence so that the spacing between each holding arm and the cutter blades can be adjusted.

    摘要翻译: 一对夹持臂,当工件移动经过具有可旋转地安装在固定轴上的切割刀片的整形器时,可以快速安装并且用于以安全的方式将工件按压在导轨上,而不管其上形成的切口 。 每个保持臂包括橡胶面辊,具有横向横截面的细长实体杆,以及用于将杆支撑在水平位置的轨道安装柱。 工件与保持臂之间的接触通过垂直安装在杆的一端上的辊制成。 该柱包括用于锁定杆的水平延伸部的离合器板。 每个滚筒可以快速向前移动与工件接触,而不会松开离合器板。 为了将辊子从工件向后移动,用户用一只手释放离合器板,并将另一只手向后拉。 辊子被安装在一个以弹簧加载的轴上,使得辊子在与工件邻接的位置上被不断地推向其上。 此外,每个柱包括安装在平行于导向栅栏设置的轨道上的脚,使得可以调节每个保持臂和切割刀片之间的间隔。

    Unfocused laser beam delivery system
    54.
    发明授权
    Unfocused laser beam delivery system 失效
    未聚焦的激光束传送系统

    公开(公告)号:US06291795B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-18

    申请号:US09436884

    申请日:1999-11-09

    IPC分类号: B23K2600

    摘要: A system is provided for delivering an unfocused laser beam through a first end of a fiber optic cable to a workpiece. The laser beam travels through the fiber optic cable and emerges from the second end of the fiber optic cable. The second end of the fiber optic cable is not covered with any coating or armor and has a polished exterior. The fiber optic cable is supported and guided by a blade which guides the fiber optic cable to the workpiece. The blade also provides cover gas and/or oxygen in the vicinity of the workpiece during welding or cutting operations.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于将未聚焦的激光束通过光纤电缆的第一端传送到工件的系统。 激光束穿过光纤电缆并从光纤电缆的第二端出来。 光纤电缆的第二端不被任何涂层或装甲覆盖,并具有抛光的外观。 光纤电缆由将光纤电缆引导到工件的刀片支撑和引导。 刀片还在焊接或切割操作期间在工件附近提供覆盖气体和/或氧气。

    Active material based seam concealment device
    55.
    发明授权
    Active material based seam concealment device 有权
    基于活性材料的缝线隐蔽装置

    公开(公告)号:US08282153B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-09

    申请号:US12116371

    申请日:2008-05-07

    IPC分类号: B60J10/08

    摘要: A device for concealing a seam between a first and second surface includes a seam concealment body having a body surface, the body overlaying and attached to a first surface and a second surface, the body surface being substantially co-planar with a portion of the first and second surfaces, the seam concealment body configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape, wherein the transition permits movement of one or both of the first surface and the second surface such that the seam concealment body forms a hinge. The device also includes an active material in operative communication with the seam concealment body, wherein the active material is configured to undergo a change in at least one property upon receipt of an activation signal, wherein the change in at least one property is effective to transition the seam body from the first shape to the second shape.

    摘要翻译: 用于在第一表面和第二表面之间隐藏接缝的装置包括具有主体表面的接缝隐蔽体,所述主体覆盖并附接到第一表面和第二表面,所述主体表面与所述第一表面的一部分基本上共面 以及第二表面,所述接缝隐蔽体构造成在第一形状和第二形状之间转变,其中所述转变允许所述第一表面和所述第二表面中的一个或两者的移动,使得所述接缝隐蔽体形成铰链。 所述装置还包括与接缝隐蔽体本体可操作地通信的活性材料,其中所述活性材料配置为在接收到激活信号时经历至少一种性质的变化,其中至少一种性质的变化对转变有效 接缝体从第一种形状到第二种形状。

    Active Material Based Closure Hinge and Alignment Process
    59.
    发明申请
    Active Material Based Closure Hinge and Alignment Process 有权
    基于活动材料的闭合铰链和对准过程

    公开(公告)号:US20100101050A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-04-29

    申请号:US12683127

    申请日:2010-01-06

    摘要: An adjustable closure hinge assembly, includes a first hinge portion having a first aperture, a second hinge portion having a second aperture coaxially aligned with the first aperture, a hinge member disposed in the first and second apertures for joining the first and second hinge portions, wherein the hinge member further comprises a spacer intermediate walls defining the first and second apertures and the hinge member, wherein the spacer comprises an active material, and an activation device in operative communication with the active material, wherein the activation device is operable to selectively apply an activation signal to the active material and effect a reversible change in at least one property of the active material, wherein the change in the at least one property is effective to provide up to six degrees of freedom to the hinge member and less than or equal to two degrees of freedom in the absence of the activation signal.

    摘要翻译: 可调节的闭合铰链组件包括具有第一孔的第一铰链部分,具有与第一孔同轴对准的第二孔的第二铰链部分,设置在第一和第二孔中的用于接合第一和第二铰链部分的铰链部件, 其中所述铰链构件还包括限定所述第一和第二孔和所述铰链构件的间隔件中间壁,其中所述间隔件包括活性材料和与所述活性材料可操作地连通的激活装置,其中所述致动装置可操作以选择性地施加 活化材料的活化信号并且在活性材料的至少一个性质中产生可逆变化,其中至少一种性质的改变有效地为铰链构件提供高达六个自由度并且小于或等于 到没有激活信号的两个自由度。

    Active material based concealment devices for seams
    60.
    发明申请
    Active material based concealment devices for seams 有权
    活动材料为接缝的隐蔽装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090058130A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-05

    申请号:US11848488

    申请日:2007-08-31

    IPC分类号: B60J10/08

    CPC分类号: B60R13/06 B60R2013/0293

    摘要: A device for concealing a seam between a first surface and a second surface includes a moveable body fixedly attached to a selected one of the first surface and the second surface, wherein the moveable body is configured to transition between a first position and a second position to conceal and expose the seam, and an active material in operative communication with the moveable body, wherein the active material is configured to undergo a change in at least one property upon receipt of an activation signal, wherein the change in at least one property is effective to transition the moveable body from the first position to the second position.

    摘要翻译: 用于在第一表面和第二表面之间隐藏接缝的装置包括固定地连接到所述第一表面和所述第二表面中的所选择的一个的可移动主体,其中所述可移动主体被配置为在第一位置和第二位置之间转换 隐藏和暴露所述接缝以及与所述可移动主体可操作地通信的活性材料,其中所述活性材料被配置为在接收到激活信号时经历至少一个属性的改变,其中至少一个属性的变化是有效的 以使可动体从第一位置转移到第二位置。