公开(公告)号：US07025705B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-11

申请号：US10704361

申请日：2003-11-07

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： F16H57/08 ,  F16H55/32 ,  H02K1/12 ,  H02K1/22

CPC分类号： F16H25/06 ,  B22F3/15 ,  B22F9/12 ,  B22F2001/0037 ,  B22F2998/00 ,  B22F2999/00 ,  F16H1/30 ,  F16H57/04 ,  F16H57/0498 ,  Y10T74/19805 ,  B22F1/0018 ,  B22F2202/11 ,  B22F2202/03 ,  B22F2201/10

摘要： A method is provided for optimally engineering a toroidal transmission having a desired input/output ratio to implement the desired ratio of the transmission while meeting the torque and efficiency requirements of the design. Nanoparticle technology is used to manufacture the stator walls to replace the cutting and milling procedures now in use. A novel Mitchell bearing sleeve and its particular hydrodynamic lubrication and cooling method are proposed herein, as well as the introduction of a novel, ultra smooth, amorphous non-oxidizing contact sleeve material used to form the contact sleeve of the drive rollers. A novel self-lubricating system is further provided that includes an oil reservoir disposed within an output shaft of the transmission.

公开(公告)号：US5886450A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-23

申请号：US6261

申请日：1998-01-13

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： H02K16/02 ,  H02K21/12 ,  H02K1/22

CPC分类号： H02K21/12 ,  H02K16/02 ,  H02K99/00

摘要： An electrical motor includes a stator housing having a toroidally shaped inner cavity. A plurality of stator electromagnets are mounted along the cavity wall in a plurality of parallel helical paths. A plurality of rotor members are rotatively mounted at fixed, spaced-apart angular positions around a ring shaft whose axis is coincident with the axis of the toroidal cavity. Each rotor member includes a plurality of permanent magnets mounted around its circumference. A linear output shaft has one end connected to the ring shaft and its other end extending out of the stator housing. By properly energizing the stator electromagnets, electromagnetic fields set up by them and the rotor magnets interact to produce torque which causes the rotor members to rotate about the ring shaft and to precess laterally causing the ring shaft, and attached linear output shaft, to rotate relative to the stator housing. The toroidal configuration of the motor provides a larger volume electromagnetic field interaction space than conventional cylindrical motors which yields higher output powers and higher torques. The motor, which also has an inherent speed reduction feature, may be operated in reverse as an electrical generator.

摘要翻译： 电动机包括具有环形形状的内腔的定子壳体。 多个定子电磁体沿多个平行的螺旋路径沿空腔壁安装。 多个转子构件可旋转地安装在围绕环轴的固定的间隔开的角位置，该环轴与环形腔的轴线重合。 每个转子构件包括围绕其圆周安装的多个永磁体。 线性输出轴的一端连接到环形轴，另一端延伸出定子外壳。 通过适当地激励定子电磁体，由它们设置的电磁场和转子磁体相互作用以产生转矩，这导致转子部件围绕环轴旋转并且横向前进地导致环形轴和附接的线性输出轴相对旋转 到定子壳体。 电动机的环形结构提供比传统的圆柱形电动机更大的电磁场相互作用空间，其产生更高的输出功率和更高的转矩。 具有固有减速特征的电动机可以作为发电机反向操作。

公开(公告)号：US5879518A

公开(公告)日：1999-03-09

申请号：US827232

申请日：1997-03-28

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： B01J19/08 ,  B22F9/14

CPC分类号： B22F9/14 ,  B01J19/088

摘要： Small particles are produced by supporting a pair of elongated consumable electrodes coaxially in a housing so that corresponding ends of the electrodes are spaced apart across a gap. A potential difference is applied to the electrodes so that an arc ignited in the gap between the electrode ends gasifies the electrode material at the end. The gas is then cooled so that the gas condenses into small droplets which solidify into solid particles which are collected at a collection site.

摘要翻译： 通过在壳体中同轴地支撑一对细长的可消耗电极来产生小颗粒，使得电极的相应端部跨越间隙间隔开。 对电极施加电位差，使得在电极端之间的间隙中点燃的电弧在末端气化电极材料。 然后将气体冷却，使得气体冷凝成小液滴，其固化成在收集位置收集的固体颗粒。

公开(公告)号：US5784923A

公开(公告)日：1998-07-28

申请号：US711975

申请日：1996-09-10

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： F16H1/30 ,  F16H55/32

CPC分类号： F16H1/30 ,  Y10T74/19805 ,  Y10T74/19981

摘要： A toroidal drive system includes a housing composed of first and second mating housing sections having interior walls which cooperate to define a plurality of parallel, helix-like races inscribed in a torus having a circular axis. The two mating housing sections are secured together and a plurality of rotary elements are fixedly spaced apart along that axis, the elements each having an axle fixed at the axis and a plurality of removable, radially extending teeth rotatably encircling the corresponding axle, each tooth of each rotary element engaging in a different one of the plurality of races. A worm is mounted for rotation in the housing about an axis substantially perpendicular to the circular axis, that worm engaging at least one tooth of each of the plurality of rotary elements. Power take off means are connected to all of the axles and extend without the housing. Access holes are provided in the housing section walls at the bottoms of the races, the holes being larger than the teeth engaged in the races so that the housing sections can be mated around the rotary elements while the elements are missing some teeth and secured together after which the missing teeth may be installed on the rotary elements through the access holes by rotating the worm to align the missing tooth positions of the elements with the holes. Methods of making and assembling the drive system are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 环形驱动系统包括由第一和第二配合壳体部分组成的壳体，其具有内壁，其配合以限定内切在具有圆形轴线的环面中的多个平行的螺旋状轨道。 两个配合的壳体部分被固定在一起，并且多个旋转元件沿着该轴线固定地间隔开，每个元件具有固定在该轴线上的轴线，并且多个可移除的径向延伸的齿可旋转地环绕相应的轴，每个齿 每个旋转元件接合多个种族中的不同的一个。 蜗杆被安装成围绕基本上垂直于圆形轴线的轴线旋转在壳体中，该蜗杆接合多个旋转元件中的每一个的至少一个齿。 动力输出装置连接到所有轴，并且在没有外壳的情况下延伸。 在座圈底部的容纳部分壁上提供了进入孔，孔比啮合在种族中的齿大，使得壳体部分可以围绕旋转元件配合，同时元件缺少一些齿并固定在一起后 通过旋转蜗杆将缺失的齿可以通过访问孔安装在旋转元件上，以将元件的缺失齿位置与孔对准。 还公开了制造和组装驱动系统的方法。

公开(公告)号：US5679412A

公开(公告)日：1997-10-21

申请号：US595342

申请日：1996-02-01

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle ,  Arno Hagenlocher ,  Klaus Schuegraf ,  Hermann Statz

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle ,  Arno Hagenlocher ,  Klaus Schuegraf ,  Hermann Statz

IPC分类号： B29B13/08 ,  B65D1/02 ,  B65D23/02 ,  C08K3/34 ,  C08K7/18 ,  C23C16/02 ,  C23C16/04 ,  C23C16/44 ,  C23C16/455 ,  C23C16/515 ,  G02B5/20 ,  H01L31/0384 ,  C23C14/02

CPC分类号： G02B5/206 ,  B29B13/08 ,  B65D23/02 ,  C08J7/123 ,  C08K3/34 ,  C08K7/18 ,  C23C16/0245 ,  C23C16/045 ,  C23C16/45523 ,  C23C16/515 ,  G02B5/207 ,  H01L31/0384 ,  B29K2023/00 ,  B29K2025/00 ,  B29K2033/00 ,  Y10T428/1352

摘要： A method of making a gas-impermeable, chemically inert container wall structure comprising the steps of providing a base layer of an organic polymeric material; conducting a pair of reactive gases to the surface of the base layer preferably by pulsed gas injection; heating the gases preferably by microwave energy pulses sufficiently to create a plasma which causes chemical reaction of the gases to form an inorganic vapor compound which becomes deposited on the surface, and continuing the conducting and heating until the compound vapor deposit on the surface forms a gas-impermeable, chemically inert barrier layer of the desired thickness on the surface. Various wall structures and apparatus for making them are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 一种制造气体不可渗透的，化学惰性的容器壁结构的方法，包括以下步骤：提供有机聚合物材料的基层; 优选通过脉冲气体喷射将一对反应气体引导到基底层的表面; 优选通过微波能量脉冲充分地加热气体以产生等离子体，其引起气体的化学反应以形成沉积在表面上的无机蒸汽化合物，并且继续进行导热和加热，直到表面上的化合物气相沉积形成气体 在表面上具有所需厚度的不透气化学惰性阻挡层。 还公开了各种壁结构和用于制造它们的装置。

公开(公告)号：US5343234A

公开(公告)日：1994-08-30

申请号：US6827

申请日：1993-01-21

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： B41F7/18 ,  B41F17/00 ,  G03F3/10 ,  G03G15/32 ,  G01D15/06

CPC分类号： B41F17/00 ,  B41F7/18 ,  G03F3/105 ,  G03G15/323 ,  B41P2227/70

摘要： A proofing system incorporates an image member having a dielectric surface and a write head for writing a pattern of electrostatic image dots on the surface. A controller is provided for controlling the write head in response to digital data representing an original document so that the image dots of the pattern may have variable field strengths and form a latent electrostatic image of the document on the surface. The controller also controls the areas of the image dots written on the surface in accordance with the digital data. An inking head presents an electrostatic ink to the surface whereby the surface acquires ink only at the image dots thereon in amounts proportional to the field strengths of the image dots so as to develop the latent image on the surface. A printing substrate is supported and pressed against the image member surface so that the ink is released from the surface to the substrate thereby producing a proof copy of the original document consisting of a pattern of print dots with variable gray scale values and/or sizes so that the system may produce proof copies composed of patterns of dots which emulate the printing structure produced by an offset press or a gravure press.

摘要翻译： 打样系统包括具有电介质表面的图像构件和用于在表面上写入静电图像点图案的写入头。 提供控制器以响应于表示原始文档的数字数据来控制写入头，使得图案的图像点可以具有可变的场强并且在表面上形成文档的静电潜像。 控制器还根据数字数据控制写在表面上的图像点的区域。 上墨头向表面提供静电墨水，由此表面仅在图像点处以与图像点的场强成比例的量获取墨，以便在表面上显影潜像。 印刷基板被支撑并压靠在图像构件表面上，使得油墨从表面释放到基板，由此产生由具有可变灰度值和/或尺寸的打印点图案组成的原始文档的证明副本 该系统可以产生由图案的点阵组成的验证副本，该图案模拟由胶印机或凹版印刷机产生的印刷结构。

公开(公告)号：US5248556A

公开(公告)日：1993-09-28

申请号：US792791

申请日：1991-11-15

申请人： Egon Matijevic ,  Peter Hsu ,  Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Egon Matijevic ,  Peter Hsu ,  Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： C09C1/30 ,  C09C3/06 ,  D21H21/54

CPC分类号： C09C3/063 ,  C09C1/3054 ,  D21H21/54 ,  C01P2002/84 ,  C01P2004/04 ,  C01P2004/32 ,  C01P2004/52 ,  C01P2004/62 ,  C01P2004/84 ,  C01P2006/60 ,  Y10T428/2991 ,  Y10T428/2993 ,  Y10T428/2996

摘要： Whitener pigment particles that offer good hiding power consist of particles having a uniform shape (preferably spherical) and varying only slightly in dimension. The particles consist of an inexpensive, readily manufacturable core material which is surrounded by one or more thin, concentric layers or shells, one of which is titania. The core provides the central mechanical support for the shells. In addition to the titania shell, layers can be added to provide compatibility with the carrier in which the particles are dispersed and promote phase transformation. Also described is a production method and apparatus for generating large quantities of the particles.

摘要翻译： 提供良好遮盖力的增白剂颜料颗粒由具有均匀形状（优选为球形）且仅略微变化的颗粒组成。 颗粒由廉价的，容易制造的芯材料组成，其由一个或多个薄的同心层或壳包围，其中之一是二氧化钛。 核心为壳提供中心机械支撑。 除了二氧化钛壳外，可以加入层以提供与其中分散颗粒的载体的相容性并促进相变。 还描述了用于产生大量颗粒的生产方法和装置。

公开(公告)号：US4897731A

公开(公告)日：1990-01-30

申请号：US48584

申请日：1987-05-11

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： G11C13/00 ,  G11B9/14 ,  G11B11/00 ,  G11B11/08 ,  H01J31/28

CPC分类号： B82Y10/00 ,  G11B11/002 ,  G11B11/005 ,  G11B11/08 ,  H01J31/28

摘要： A scanning system for optoelectronically recorded signal patterns stored in a plural layer medium consisting of inorganic materials throughout and featuring a dielectric storage layer at the surface which faces an electron beam source. The source beam first searches for a position mark associated with an image frame on the medium in order to establish a precise home position of the beam and associated coordinate axes prior to commencing the scan operation on that medium frame. Then the beam scans a raster on the medium spending a certain dwell time at each resolution element of the raster. Each time a frame is reached, the system is capable of altering the beam current in response to a pre-recorded exposure code in order to achieve the optimal retrieval of all information stored image-wise within said frame. The system then collects electrons emitted from the medium due to the scanning beam in a collector, which incorporates a highly sensitive amplifier, for further processing, with the medium being movable frame by frame as desired. In another system version, the electronic image on the medium as read using a sensing needle array that scans close to the medium surface making it possible to extract tunnelling electrons through the natural electron surface cloud as a result of an external electrical field applied between the needle and the medium. The "tunnelling current" is modulated by internal, image-wise electrical field domains and the amplitude of the current is representative of the electronic image stored in the medium.

公开(公告)号：US4862414A

公开(公告)日：1989-08-29

申请号：US872899

申请日：1986-06-11

申请人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

发明人： Manfred R. Kuehnle

IPC分类号： G11C11/42 ,  G03G5/082 ,  G03G5/10 ,  G11B7/24 ,  G11B7/26 ,  G11B9/08 ,  G11B9/10 ,  G11B11/00 ,  H01J29/45 ,  H04N5/30

CPC分类号： G03G5/082 ,  G03G5/104 ,  G11B11/002 ,  G11B9/08 ,  H01J29/45

摘要： An optoelectronic signal recording and storage medium including a base layer, a conductive layer, a photoconductive layer and storage layer has a coherent crystal morphology throughout, even though the chemical and electrical properties of its layers are by choice dramatically different. The base layer is preferably made of monocrystalline sapphire grown in a manner as to allow the growth of the other layers directly on a surface of the base layer without the need to grind and polish that surface, thereby minimizing internal defects in the medium. The monocrystalline base layer also allows the acceptance of exeptionally uniformly distributed charges over wide areas of the medium, thereby enabling the medium to locally record and store minutely differing optoelectronic signals on a background of minimal noise, thus facilitating low light level electronic or optical recording and long term storage of signals and minimal energy readout of those stored signals. The medium base layer can be thin enough to be flexible and transparent and yet to have great strength to provide a firm foundation for the other medium layers. A method of making the medium is also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US4556309A

公开(公告)日：1985-12-03

申请号：US454480

申请日：1982-12-29

申请人： Harold J. Weber ,  Manfred R. Kuehnle ,  Kenneth D. Fraser ,  Kenneth A. Lindblom

发明人： Harold J. Weber ,  Manfred R. Kuehnle ,  Kenneth D. Fraser ,  Kenneth A. Lindblom

IPC分类号： G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/14

CPC分类号： G03G15/1605 ,  G03G15/0168

摘要： Apparatus and method for producing color proofs electrophotographically. A platen carrying an electrophotographic member is translated sequentially past functional stations including a charging station, an exposure station, a toning station, a transfer station and a cleaning station. Once toning is completed, the platen carrying the toner image is translated to the transfer station. An intermediate transfer medium is disposed at the transfer station as the sole receptor of the toner image from the electrophotographic member. A roller effects transfer engagement between the intermediate transfer medium and the toner image carrier. Direct transfer mode or offset transfer mode electively is provided at the transfer station. For offset mode, the toner image on the photoconductive layer involves first transfer to the intermediate transfer medium and from the latter to the transfer medium. The direct transfer mode is effected by employing, as an intermediate transfer medium, the same material as the transfer medium. Successive color separation transparencies are substituted in sequence respectively to form the finished color proof.

摘要翻译： 用于电子照相制作彩色印刷品的装置和方法。 承载电子照相构件的压板依次通过功能站，包括充电站，曝光站，调色站，转移站和清洁站。 一旦调色完成，承载调色剂图像的压板被转印到转印站。 中间转印介质作为调色剂图像从电子照相构件的唯一接收器设置在转印站处。 辊子影响中间转印介质和调色剂图像载体之间的转印接合。 在转运站提供直接传输模式或偏移传输模式。 对于偏移模式，光电导层上的调色剂图像首先转移到中间转印介质，并从后者转印到转印介质上。 通过采用与转印介质相同的材料作为中间转印介质来实现直接转印模式。 连续的分色透明胶片分别被替代以形成完成的颜色证明。