In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an adjustable roller bracket assembly for a belt conveyor system, and which comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and an adjustment mechanism connecting the first and second end portions, the first end portion being for attachment to a system frame, the second end portion being for rotatably engaging a roller at an axial end thereof, and the adjustment mechanism being operable to permit selective movement of the second end portion relative to the first end portion against frictional resistance therebetween to effect adjustment of a rotational axis of the roller.
Bracket assemblies for securing a conveyor roller to a conveyor support frame are disclosed. The bracket assembly is adjustable by an operator to change the position of the roller to better align a conveyor belt supported by the roller.
A split sprocket for use in a modular conveyor belt is disclosed. The split sprocket includes first and second portions that may be selectively arranged in a first configuration in which the sprocket maintains a fixed axial position on the shaft and a second configuration in which the sprocket can axially float along the shaft.
F16H 55/12 - Toothed membersWorms with body or rim assembled out of detachable parts
F16D 1/08 - Couplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end with clamping hubCouplings for rigidly connecting two coaxial shafts or other movable machine elements for attachment of a member on a shaft or on a shaft-end with hub and longitudinal key
In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an adjustable roller bracket assembly for a belt conveyor system, and which comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and an adjustment mechanism connecting the first and second end portions, the first end portion being for attachment to a system frame, the second end portion being for rotatably engaging a roller at an axial end thereof, and the adjustment mechanism being operable to permit selective movement of the second end portion relative to the first end portion against frictional resistance therebetween to effect adjustment of a rotational axis of the roller.
A position sensor is provided. The position sensor includes a target and a segment sensor element. The segment sensor element defines a circumferential direction and a radial direction. The segment sensor element includes a transmit coil. The segment sensor element includes a plurality of receive coils positioned within a space defined by the transmit coil. The plurality of receive coils are offset relative to one another. The shape of each of the plurality of receive coils corresponds to a periodic waveform having a radial width that varies along the circumferential direction. Furthermore, the shape of at least one receive coil of the plurality of receive coils is distorted along at least one of the radial direction or the circumferential direction.
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
7.
Method of mounting an electrical connector to flexible planar material and apparatus therefor
There is described a method of establishing an electrical connection through a flexible planar material. The method involves attaching an intermediate coupling element to the flexible planar material so as to align an aperture defined by the intermediate coupling element with a hole through the flexible planar material, and coupling an electrical connector to the intermediate coupling element so as to permit electrical connection through the flexible planar material. In this way, the intermediate coupling element can be attached to the garment during the garment manufacture process, and subsequently the electrical connector can be coupled to the intermediate coupling element separately from the main garment manufacture.
H01R 13/73 - Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
H01R 13/74 - Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
H01R 13/506 - BasesCases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
D05B 23/00 - Sewing apparatus or machines not otherwise provided for
H01R 13/62 - Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
H01R 12/79 - Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
An optical encoder system includes: a light emitter configured to emit a light flux; a plurality of photodetectors in an array, wherein each photodetector is operable to generate a current in response to the light flux; and a target object positioned to reflect the light flux onto the plurality of photodetectors; wherein the light emitter is configured to produce a non-circular pattern of the light flux.
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux. In an embodiment, the current outputs from detectors having a same state are grouped together. The encoder system may also include one or more current duplicators to duplicate the current outputs from detectors having one state to group with the current outputs from detectors having a different state. The encoder system may also adjust weights of the current outputs.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
G01D 5/38 - Forming the light into pulses by diffraction gratings
H01L 31/16 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources
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Method and apparatus for improved performance in encoder systems by configuring a detector array using a partition map and assigning weights to output currents of the detector array
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux. In an embodiment, the current outputs from detectors having a same state are grouped together. The encoder system may also include one or more current duplicators to duplicate the current outputs from detectors having one state to group with the current outputs from detectors having a different state. The encoder system may also adjust weights of the current outputs.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
H03M 1/26 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type using relatively movable reader and disc or strip with weighted coding, i.e. the weight given to a digit depends on the position of the digit within the block or code word, e.g. there is a given radix and the weights are powers of this radix
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
H03M 1/30 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type using relatively movable reader and disc or strip with non-weighted coding incremental
G01D 5/244 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing characteristics of pulses or pulse trainsMechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means generating pulses or pulse trains
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the encoder system includes an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the memory includes a non-volatile memory. The encoder system may also include a controller, such as a microcontroller, operable to read from the memory the partition map and to adjust the partition map according to a misalignment measurement before configuring the configurable detector array. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux.
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
G01D 5/38 - Forming the light into pulses by diffraction gratings
H01L 31/16 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources
14.
Method and apparatus for alignment adjustment of encoder systems
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the encoder system includes an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the memory includes a non-volatile memory. The encoder system may also include a controller, such as a microcontroller, operable to read from the memory the partition map and to adjust the partition map according to a misalignment measurement before configuring the configurable detector array. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux.
H03M 1/22 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type
H03M 1/30 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type using relatively movable reader and disc or strip with non-weighted coding incremental
H03M 1/28 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type using relatively movable reader and disc or strip with non-weighted coding
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
G01D 5/244 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing characteristics of pulses or pulse trainsMechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means generating pulses or pulse trains
H03M 1/20 - Increasing resolution using an n bit system to obtain n + m bits, e.g. by dithering
15.
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BASED ON A FORCE APPLIED TO A THROTTLE PEDAL
An electronic pedal assembly may include a pedal platform and at least one force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the pedal platform. One or more control devices may be communicatively coupled to the force sensor(s) and configured to determine a throttle output for controlling the throttle of the engine based at least in part on the force applied to the pedal platform and based at least in part on an operating condition associated with operating the vehicle. In some embodiments, the force sensor(s) may be configured to measure a force distribution on the pedal platform. The control device(s) may monitor the force distribution and adjust an operation of the vehicle based on the force distribution. The operation of the vehicle can include controlling the throttle of the engine or an operation that is different from controlling the throttle of the engine.
Conveyor rollers that include a bearing that may float axially relative to the shaft are disclosed. In some embodiments, the conveyor roller includes an elastic member (e.g., o-ring) that resists rotation of the inner race of the bearing from rotating relative to the shaft. The floating bearing may accommodate expansion and/or contraction of the roller tube relative to the shaft.
The invention relates to a shock absorber (10) with a position sensor (20) and to a method for producing same. The shock absorber (10) comprises a first and a second absorber part (18, 14), which are arranged so as to be movable relative to one another in a longitudinal direction (L). A position sensor (20) is provided for detecting the position of the first absorber part (18) relative to the second absorber part (14) and comprises an index element (22) on the first absorber part (18) and an electric detection circuit (24) for detecting the position of the index element (22). A flexible sleeve (12) at least partially surrounds the first and/or the second absorber part (14, 18) and is fixed relative to the second absorber part (14). To enable a particularly simple design, the detection circuit (24) is attached on the flexible sleeve (12).
F16F 9/32 - Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium Details
F16F 9/18 - Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts with a closed cylinder and a piston separating two or more working spaces therein
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Semiconductor device package and method for use thereof
An optical detector device including: a glass substrate having conductive traces plated thereon; a semiconductor device having an optical detector exposed on a side facing the glass substrate, the semiconductor device further including a plurality of bond pads electrically coupled to a first subset of the conductive traces; a metallic seal structure bonding a side of the glass substrate having the conductive traces with the side of the semiconductor device facing the glass substrate; and a plurality of conductive structures outside of a perimeter of the semiconductor device, the plurality of conductive structures being electrically coupled to a second subset of the conductive traces.
An optical detector device including: a glass substrate having conductive traces plated thereon; a semiconductor device having an optical detector exposed on a side facing the glass substrate, the semiconductor device further including a plurality of bond pads electrically coupled to a first subset of the conductive traces; a metallic seal structure bonding a side of the glass substrate having the conductive traces with the side of the semiconductor device facing the glass substrate; and a plurality of conductive structures outside of a perimeter of the semiconductor device, the plurality of conductive structures being electrically coupled to a second subset of the conductive trace
Conveyor rollers that include a bearing that may float axially relative to the shaft are disclosed. In some embodiments, the conveyor roller includes an elastic member (e.g., o-ring) that resists rotation of the inner race of the bearing from rotating relative to the shaft. The floating bearing may accommodate expansion and/or contraction of the roller tube relative to the shaft.
A sensor device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a slot between the top and bottom surfaces, and two holes through the top surface and reaching into the slot. The sensor device further includes a sensor chip mounted on the top surface of the PCB substrate and above one of the two holes. The sensor device further includes a molding compound covering the sensor chip and sidewall surfaces and the top surface of the PCB substrate.
G01L 19/00 - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
H05K 1/09 - Use of materials for the metallic pattern
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
H05K 3/32 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
H05K 7/02 - Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
H05K 1/16 - Printed circuits incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor
G01L 13/02 - Devices or apparatus for measuring differences of two or more fluid pressure values using elastically-deformable members or pistons as sensing elements
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ABSOLUTE OPTICAL ENCODERS USING PROGRAMMABLE PHOTODETECTOR ARRAY
An encoder system includes a group of programmable detectors, a group of programmable channels, and a programmable connectivity network coupled between the programmable detectors and the programmable channels. Each of the programmable detectors is operable to produce an electric current in response to an optical or magnetic input. Each of the programmable channels is operable to produce an output in response to an electric current input. The outputs from the programmable channels form at least a part of a code word for determining an absolute position of a motion object. The programmable connectivity network is operable to route electric currents from at least a part of the programmable detectors to each of the programmable channels.
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
G01D 5/26 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
G01D 5/32 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light
G01D 5/34 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
H03M 1/30 - Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type using relatively movable reader and disc or strip with non-weighted coding incremental
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for calibration of an optical sensor package, including setting an initial detection threshold of a detector, gradually increasing a power level of a signal generator that is in communication with a detector to cause a detected power at the detector to exceed the initial detection threshold, storing in a memory a first power level of the signal generator at which the detected power at the detector exceeds the initial detection threshold, and adjusting the initial detection threshold of the detector to an adjusted detection threshold to include a detection buffer amount within the adjusted detection threshold.
G01N 21/27 - ColourSpectral properties, i.e. comparison of effect of material on the light at two or more different wavelengths or wavelength bands using photo-electric detection
G01V 13/00 - Manufacturing, calibrating, cleaning, or repairing instruments or devices covered by groups
G01N 21/88 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination
06 - Common metals and ores; objects made of metal
07 - Machines and machine tools
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Metal medicine vats, metal industrial storage tanks, metal
catwalks, metal staircases, prefabricated metal elevated
platforms, metal grain chutes and grain bins. Food processing machines comprised of conveyors and air
cleaners; machine parts, namely, vibratory drives and
horizontal motion drives for conveyors and shakers;
vibratory separators; auger and screw conveyors; dough
handling conveyors; dewatering vibratory conveyors; bulk box
equipment, namely, dumpers and elevated dumpers; product
mix/blend systems comprising vibratory conveyors, horizontal
motion conveyors, weighing equipment, hoppers, feeders, and
portioning equipment; mechanical spreaders; mechanical
shakers for separating solids; size length graders for food;
vibratory conveyors; conveyor belts; mechanical gravity
sorting machines and air sorting machines for foods;
trimming machines for foods; sorting machines for handling
and processing food products; equipment for use primarily in
the dry food and chemical manufacturing and processing
industries, namely, industrial conveyors, pulleys being part
of the machines, food washing machines featuring wash tanks,
bulk handling conveyors, conveying elevators, bucket
elevators, vibratory tables being machines for the visual
inspection of granular material, pneumatic separators,
mechanical feeders being machine parts, mechanical
discharging hoppers, feeder/hopper combinations being
machine parts, power-operated continuous and batch
extractors, power-operated nut meat piece breakers, spiral
and ladder letdown chutes being parts of machines, machines
in the nature of automatic edible nut crackers, machines in
the nature of in-shell nut graders, machines in the nature
of edible nut shellers, casebearer worm removal machines,
vacuum tanks being parts of machines and vacuum pumps;
horizontal or slide motion conveying, bucket elevator
conveying, retracting/repositioning conveying machines,
dough processing machines, kibbler machines for grinding and
milling, guillotines being machines for food processing,
curve conveying machines, namely, curved conveyor, curve
belt conveyors, 90-degree conveyors, and 180-degree
conveyors, spreaders being machines and sanitary conveying
equipment, namely, spreading conveyors, chain spreaders or
chain spreading conveyors, wire belt spreading conveyors;
sorting machines for food and pharmaceutical products. Inspection machines for the physical inspection and weighing
of food and pharmaceutical products; scanners for monitoring
bulk articles moving past a monitoring station; scanners in
the nature of high resolution cameras for monitoring product
quality; inspection and sorting apparatus for imaging across
conveyors, namely, scanners, computer hardware, computer
software for operating sorting equipment; computer software
for operating inspection equipment; and micro-processor
based intelligent controllers for conveyors.
25.
Sensor device having printed circuit board substrate with built-in media channel
A sensor device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a slot between the top and bottom surfaces, and two holes through the top surface and reaching into the slot. The sensor device further includes a sensor chip mounted on the top surface of the PCB substrate and above one of the two holes. The sensor device further includes a molding compound covering the sensor chip and sidewall surfaces and the top surface of the PCB substrate.
H05K 5/00 - Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus
H05K 7/00 - Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus
H05K 1/18 - Printed circuits structurally associated with non-printed electric components
G01L 19/00 - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
H05K 1/09 - Use of materials for the metallic pattern
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
H05K 3/32 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits
H05K 7/02 - Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure
H05K 1/16 - Printed circuits incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor
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SENSOR DEVICE HAVING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD SUBSTRATE WITH BUILT-IN MEDIA CHANNEL
A sensor device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a slot between the top and bottom surfaces, and two holes through the top surface and reaching into the slot. The sensor device further includes a sensor chip mounted on the top surface of the PCB substrate and above one of the two holes. The sensor device further includes a molding compound covering the sensor chip and sidewall surfaces and the top surface of the PCB substrate.
Stub shaft conveyor pulleys that may be used as a tail pulley and/or head pulley in a belt conveyor system are disclosed. The conveyor pulley includes first and second stub shaft assemblies connected to a center tube. Each stub shaft assembly includes an inner bearing and an outer bearing. In some embodiments, the outer bearing has a diameter larger than the inner bearing. Alternatively or in addition, the inner bearing may be within the center tube and the outer bearing may be exterior to the center tube.
A sensor device including: a first substrate having a bottom surface and a top surface; a second substrate having a bottom surface and a top surface, a media channel having two vertical sections and a horizontal section, wherein the two vertical sections are through the second substrate, a portion of the bottom surface of the second substrate forms a top surface of the horizontal section, and a portion of the top surface of the first substrate forms a bottom surface of the horizontal section; a sensor chip disposed on one of the two vertical sections of the media channel; and a molding compound covering side surfaces of the first substrate, the second substrate, and the sensor chip.
B01L 3/00 - Containers or dishes for laboratory use, e.g. laboratory glasswareDroppers
H01L 23/053 - ContainersSeals characterised by the shape the container being a hollow construction and having an insulating base as a mounting for the semiconductor body
H01L 23/31 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings characterised by the arrangement
H05K 5/02 - Casings, cabinets or drawers for electric apparatus Details
H05K 7/14 - Mounting supporting structure in casing or on frame or rack
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Sensor device with media channel between substrates
A sensor device including: a first substrate having a bottom surface and a top surface; a second substrate having a bottom surface and a top surface, a media channel having two vertical sections and a horizontal section, wherein the two vertical sections are through the second substrate, a portion of the bottom surface of the second substrate forms a top surface of the horizontal section, and a portion of the top surface of the first substrate forms a bottom surface of the horizontal section; a sensor chip disposed on one of the two vertical sections of the media channel; and a molding compound covering side surfaces of the first substrate, the second substrate, and the sensor chip.
G01L 19/00 - Details of, or accessories for, apparatus for measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluent medium insofar as such details or accessories are not special to particular types of pressure gauges
H01L 21/56 - Encapsulations, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings
H01L 23/28 - Encapsulation, e.g. encapsulating layers, coatings
H01L 23/00 - Details of semiconductor or other solid state devices
30.
Systems and methods providing synchronization for multiple optical detectors wherein a radiant power delivered to a second light detector from a first light source is at least 25 percent of radiant power delivered to a first light detector from the first light source
An optical detection system includes a first device that has a first light source and a first light detector, and a second device that has a second light source and a second light detector. The first and second devices are configured to turn on and off the first and second light sources periodically based on first and second control signals, respectively. The first and second light sources are configured not to emit light simultaneously. The first and second light sources emit light in wavelength ranges that overlap. The optical detection system further has the characteristic that when the first light source is turned on, a radiant power delivered to the second light detector from the first light source is at least 25 percent of a radiant power delivered to the first light detector from the first light source.
G01J 1/36 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter by comparison with reference light or electric value intensity of the measured or reference value being varied to equalise their effects at the detector, e.g. by varying incidence angle using separate light-paths used alternately or sequentially, e.g. flicker using electric radiation detectors
G01D 5/30 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with deflection of beams of light, e.g. for direct optical indication the beams of light being detected by photocells
G01D 18/00 - Testing or calibrating apparatus or arrangements provided for in groups
31.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MULTIPLE OPTICAL DETECTORS
An optical detection system includes a first device that has a first light source and a first light detector, and a second device that has a second light source and a second light detector. The first and second devices are configured to turn on and off the first and second light sources periodically based on first and second control signals, respectively. The first and second light sources are configured not to emit light simultaneously. The first and second light sources emit light in wavelength ranges that overlap. The optical detection system further has the characteristic that when the first light source is turned on, a radiant power delivered to the second light detector from the first light source is at least 25 percent of a radiant power delivered to the first light detector from the first light source.
H04B 10/00 - Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the encoder system includes an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the memory includes a non-volatile memory. The encoder system may also include a controller, such as a microcontroller, operable to read from the memory the partition map and to configure the configurable detector array according to the configuration map. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
H04N 19/66 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using error resilience involving data partitioning, i.e. separation of data into packets or partitions according to importance
H04N 19/00 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
H04N 19/10 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding
H04N 19/102 - Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals using adaptive coding characterised by the element, parameter or selection affected or controlled by the adaptive coding
33.
Method and apparatus for configurable photodetector array patterning for optical encoders
An encoder system includes a configurable detector array, wherein the configurable detector array includes a plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the encoder system includes an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The encoder system may also include a memory operable to store a partition map that defines a state for each of the plurality of detectors. In an embodiment, the memory includes a non-volatile memory. The encoder system may also include a controller, such as a microcontroller, operable to read from the memory the partition map and to configure the configurable detector array according to the configuration map. The encoder system may also include an emitter operable to generate a flux modulated by a motion object, wherein the configurable detector array is operable to receive the flux and generate respective current outputs for each of the detectors in response to the flux.
G01D 5/347 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells using displacement encoding scales
G01D 5/38 - Forming the light into pulses by diffraction gratings
G01D 5/12 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means
H01L 31/16 - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS - Details thereof structurally associated with, e.g. formed in or on a common substrate with, one or more electric light sources, e.g. electroluminescent light sources, and electrically or optically coupled thereto the semiconductor device sensitive to radiation being controlled by the light source or sources
Stub shaft conveyor pulleys that may be used as a tail pulley and/or head pulley in a belt conveyor system are disclosed. The conveyor pulley includes first and second stub shaft assemblies connected to a center tube. Each stub shaft assembly includes an inner bearing and an outer bearing. In some embodiments, the outer bearing has a diameter larger than the inner bearing. Alternatively or in addition, the inner bearing may be within the center tube and the outer bearing may be exterior to the center tube.
A temperature-dependent current generator includes a first transistor connected between first and second nodes and providing a first voltage potential at the second node that decreases first order linearly when ambient temperature increases. The generator further includes an operational amplifier having first and second input terminals and an output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to a second voltage potential that is first order independent of the ambient temperature. The second input terminal is coupled to a third node. The generator further includes a second transistor with gate, source, and drain terminals. The gate terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier. One of the source and drain terminals is coupled to the third node. The generator further includes a resistor coupled between the second and the third nodes. A resistance value of the resistor is first order independent of the ambient temperature.
H05B 33/08 - Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
G01J 1/08 - Arrangements of light sources specially adapted for photometry
G01J 1/32 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter by comparison with reference light or electric value intensity of the measured or reference value being varied to equalise their effects at the detector, e.g. by varying incidence angle using variation of intensity or distance of source using electric radiation detectors adapted for automatic variation of the measured or reference value
G01J 1/02 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter Details
G01J 1/42 - Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter using electric radiation detectors
H05B 45/10 - Controlling the intensity of the light
H05B 45/14 - Controlling the intensity of the light using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
A device includes an optical modulator configured to produce first and second modulated optical signals in response to a first electrical signal and a reference optical signal. The device further includes a phase detector configured to receive first and second encoded optical signals and the first and second modulated optical signals and to produce a second electrical signal indicating a phase difference between the encoded optical signals and the modulated optical signals. The device further includes a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to produce electrical pulses in response to the second electrical signal, and a counter configured to count a number of the electrical pulses, producing a count. The first electrical signal to the optical modulator is the count or a derivative of the count.
The invention relates to a pedal device (10) with a base element (12) for example, for arranging in a foot area, and a pedal element (14) pivotably moveable with respect to the base element (12). The pedal element (14) is connected to the base element (12) by a hinge (20). The hinge (20) comprises a belt strap (30) having a first section and a second section (32, 34). The first section (32) is secured to the base element (12) and the second section (34) is secured to the pedal element (14). A particularly simple and economical pedal device (10) with stable articulation is achieved due to the use of a belt band (30).
There is described a method of establishing an electrical connection through a flexible planar material. The method involves attaching an intermediate coupling element to the flexible planar material so as to align an aperture defined by the intermediate coupling element with a hole through the flexible planar material, and coupling an electrical connector to the intermediate coupling element so as to permit electrical connection through the flexible planar material. In this way, the intermediate coupling element can be attached to the garment during the garment manufacture process, and subsequently the electrical connector can be coupled to the intermediate coupling element separately from the main garment manufacture.
H01R 13/73 - Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall
H01R 13/74 - Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
H01R 13/506 - BasesCases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
D05B 23/00 - Sewing apparatus or machines not otherwise provided for
H01R 13/62 - Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
H01R 12/79 - Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
There is described a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. At least one of the first connector part and the second connector part comprises at least one magnet for providing an attractive force between the first connector part and the second connector part to align the first connector part and the second connector part in a connected state. The first connector part comprises a guide track and the second connector part comprises a follower, the guide track being shaped to guide movement of the follower, under the influence of said attractive force, to a retaining position in which the follower engages an abutment surface on the first connector part to provide a retaining mechanism for retaining the first connector part and the second connector part in the connected state.
A device includes an optical modulator configured to produce first and second modulated optical signals in response to a first electrical signal and a reference optical signal. The device further includes a phase detector configured to receive first and second encoded optical signals and the first and second modulated optical signals and to produce a second electrical signal indicating a phase difference between the first encoded optical signals and the first modulated optical signals. The device further includes a voltage-controlled oscillator configured to produce electrical pulses in response to the second electrical signal, and a counter configured to count a number of the electrical pulses, producing a count. The first electrical signal to the optical modulator is the count or a derivative of the count.
G01D 5/34 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells
G02F 1/035 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulatingNon-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour based on ceramics or electro-optical crystals, e.g. exhibiting Pockels or Kerr effect in an optical waveguide structure
G01B 11/14 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring distance or clearance between spaced objects or spaced apertures
A method for winding can include positioning a multi-sided object on a winding component in a first position. The method can include dereeling a wire from a dereeler and winding onto the multi-sided object in the first position. The method can include rotating the winding component to position the multi-sided object in a second position without removing the multi-sided object from the winding component. The method can include dereeling the wire from the dereeler and winding onto the multi-sided object in the second position.
B65H 59/38 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
B65H 54/64 - Winding of ballsForming hollow objects by winding on to fusible or soluble cores, e.g. forming pressure vessels
42.
TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM
Disclosed is a temperature compensation circuit for a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)) whose radiant energy output decreases when ambient temperature increases. The circuit includes first means for sourcing a first current that increases proportional to an increase in ambient temperature, and second means for sourcing a second current that is first order independent of ambient temperature. The circuit further includes a weighted current adder for sourcing a third current by combining the first and second currents with first and second weights applied to the first and second currents respectively. The circuit further includes third means responsive to the third current for supplying a fourth current to the light source to maintain a radiant energy output of the light source constant independent of ambient temperature.
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for calibration of an optical sensor package, including setting an initial detection threshold of a detector, gradually increasing a power level of a signal generator that is in communication with a detector to cause a detected power at the detector to exceed the initial detection threshold, storing in a memory a first power level of the signal generator at which the detected power at the detector exceeds the initial detection threshold, and adjusting the initial detection threshold of the detector to an adjusted detection threshold to include a detection buffer amount within the adjusted detection threshold.
(1) High performance conveyor components, namely, pulleys, sheaves, bearings, bushings, reducers, idlers, belts, hubs, shafting, roller chains, keyless locking assemblies, sprockets, and pulley laggings for use in industrial machines or machine power transmission units.
The present disclosure includes systems and methods for calibration of an optical sensor package, including setting an initial detection threshold of a detector, gradually increasing a power level of a signal generator that is in communication with a detector to cause a detected power at the detector to exceed the initial detection threshold, storing in a memory a first power level of the signal generator at which the detected power at the detector exceeds the initial detection threshold, and adjusting the initial detection threshold of the detector to an adjusted detection threshold to include a detection buffer amount within the adjusted detection threshold.
A temperature compensation circuit for a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)) whose radiant energy output decreases when ambient temperature increases includes a first circuit element for generating a first current that increases proportional to an increase in the ambient temperature, and a second circuit element for generating a second current that is first order independent of the ambient temperature. The circuit further includes a weighted current adder for generating a third current by combining the first and second currents with first and second weights applied to the first and second currents respectively. The circuit further includes a third circuit element responsive to the third current for supplying a fourth current to the light source to maintain a radiant energy output of the light source constant independent of the ambient temperature.
High performance conveyor components, namely, pulleys,
sheaves, bearings, bushings, reducers, idlers, belts, hubs,
shafting, roller chains, keyless locking assemblies,
sprockets, and pulley laggings for use in industrial
machines or machine power transmission units.
High performance conveyor components, namely, pulleys, sheaves, bearings, bushings, reducers, idlers, belts, hubs, shafting, roller chains, keyless locking assemblies, sprockets, and pulley laggings for use in industrial machines or machine power transmission units
42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
Goods & Services
Conveyor components, namely, pulleys, idlers, roller tubes, shafts, bearings, hubs, bushings, magnetic speed switches, conveyor belt speed monitor rolls, magnetic speed switch sensors, time relays, take-up frames; take-up extenders; conveyor belt tension stabilizers, and replacement parts thereof Conveyor design services; Technical consulting services, namely, component selection for conveyor belt systems
Belt conveyor idler systems for increasing the trough angle of a conveyor belt. In some embodiments, wing roll brackets that support the wing rolls increase in length from the front end to the back end of the idler system.
B65G 39/12 - Arrangements of rollers mounted on framework
B65G 15/60 - Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
B65G 15/08 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough
B65G 15/40 - Belts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics troughed or tubularBelts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics formed with joints facilitating troughing
The invention relates to a pedal device. For the actuation, a pedal element 14, 18 is deflectable in relation to a basic element 12. A bearing element 26 is accommodated and rotatably mounted in at least one bearing shell 32, 34 on the basic element 12. The bearing element 26 comprises at least one first bearing sub-element 22 and a second bearing sub-element 24 which is movable in relation to the first bearing sub-element 22. The first bearing sub-element 22 is connected to the pedal element 14, 18. At least one resetting element 20 acts on the second bearing sub-element 24. In order, with as compact a design as possible, to permit secure mounting of the pedal element with damping of the deflection movement, the first and second bearing sub-elements 22, 24 are arranged with respect to each other in such a manner that they are supported against each other at at least one support point 38. When the pedal element 14, 18 is deflected counter to the action of the resetting element 20, an outwardly directed press-on force arises on the bearing sub-elements 22, 24 such that the latter are pressed onto the bearing shell 32, 34.
G05G 1/44 - Controlling members actuated by foot pivoting
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum positionProviding feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
Belt conveyor idler systems for increasing the trough angle of a conveyor belt are disclosed. In some embodiments, wing roll brackets that support the wing rolls increase in length from the front end to the back end of the idler system.
B65G 39/12 - Arrangements of rollers mounted on framework
B65G 15/60 - Arrangements for supporting or guiding belts, e.g. by fluid jets
B65G 15/40 - Belts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics troughed or tubularBelts or like endless load-carriers made of rubber or plastics formed with joints facilitating troughing
B65G 15/08 - Conveyors having endless load-conveying surfaces, i.e. belts and like continuous members, to which tractive effort is transmitted by means other than endless driving elements of similar configuration the load-carrying surface being formed by a concave or tubular belt, e.g. a belt forming a trough
There is described a method of establishing an electrical connection through a flexible planar material. The method involves attaching an intermediate coupling element to the flexible planar material so as to align an aperture defined by the intermediate coupling element with a hole through the flexible planar material, and coupling an electrical connector to the intermediate coupling element so as to permit electrical connection through the flexible planar material. In this way, the intermediate coupling element can be attached to the garment during the garment manufacture process, and subsequently the electrical connector can be coupled to the intermediate coupling element separately from the main garment manufacture.
H01R 13/506 - BasesCases composed of different pieces assembled by snap action of the parts
H01R 13/74 - Means for mounting coupling parts to apparatus or structures, e.g. to a wall for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
H01R 12/79 - Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/62 - Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
There is described a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. At least one of the first connector part and the second connector part comprises at least one magnet for providing an attractive force between the first connector part and the second connector part to align the first connector part and the second connector part in a connected state. The first connector part comprises a guide track and the second connector part comprises a follower, the guide track being shaped to guide movement of the follower, under the influence of said attractive force, to a retaining position in which the follower engages an abutment surface on the first connector part to provide a retaining mechanism for retaining the first connector part and the second connector part in the connected state.
Conveyor components, namely, pulleys, idlers, roller tubes, shafts, bearings, hubs, bushings, roll guards, roll cages, self-leveling foot pads, saw vices, magnetic speed switches, conveyor belt speed monitor rolls, magnetic speed switch sensors, time relays, and replacement parts thereof
Drum motors for driving a conveyor belt are disclosed. In some embodiments, the drum motors include a shell having a polymer body such as wax-filled cast nylon.
A method for winding can include dereeling a wire from a dereeler onto an object. The method can include rotating the object to wind the wire on the object at an angle offset from perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include an axis of rotation of the rotating object that is non-collinear with the longitudinal axis of the object. The method can include a winding point on the object that remains orthogonally stationary with respect to the axis of rotation.
B65H 81/08 - Covering or wrapping elongated cores by feeding material obliquely to the axis of the core
B65H 59/38 - Adjusting or controlling tension in filamentary material, e.g. for preventing snarlingApplications of tension indicators by regulating speed of driving mechanism of unwinding, paying-out, forwarding, winding, or depositing devices, e.g. automatically in response to variations in tension
There is described a position sensor for outputting a signal indicative of the relative position between a first member and a second member, the position sensor having at least one conductive winding fixed relative to the first member and a magnetic field generator fixed relative to the second member. An extent of magnetisable material is positioned relative to the at least one conductive winding and the magnetic field generator such that when a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator saturates a localised region of the extent of magnetisable material, a component is introduced to a signal in the at least one conductive winding that varies in accordance with the position of the localised saturated region. The extent of magnetisable material has a property that is non-uniform in such a manner that the effective reluctance of the extent of magnetisable material is increased in at least one direction. In this way, less flux from external magnetic fields is concentrated in the film of magnetisable material.
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
There is described a connector assembly comprising a female part having an internal surface and a male part having an external surface. The internal surface of the female part comprises a circumferential groove into which is inserted a spring clip that extends along the circumferential groove and has a generally v-shaped profile in a plane normal to the circumferential groove. The spring clip has leg portions extending from the apex of the v-shaped profile to the ends of the v- shaped profile, the leg portions extending from the apex at an oblique angle relative to the axis. In this way, the spring clip is able to compress within the plane normal to the circumferential groove without the ends of the v-shaped profile moving significantly apart. This allows the spring clip to be inserted into the groove such that, in a relaxed state, the ends of the v-shaped profile are adjacent the sidewalls of the groove and the apex of the v-shaped profile protrudes out of the groove, while also allowing the spring clip to be compressed such that the apex of the v- shaped profile moves into the groove while movement of the ends of the v-shaped profile is constrained by the sidewalls of the groove. The external surface of the male part has a cam surface proximate to a first end and a recess distal to the first end. On engagement of the first end of the male part into the female part, the cam surface engages the apex of the spring clip in order to compress the spring clip in a direction away from the external surface of the male part as the cam surface passes the spring clip. The apex of the spring clip is then received in the recess as the apex passes the spring clip on engagement of the male part into the female part. In this way, the male part is mechanically connected to the female part.
The invention relates to a pedal unit for mounting in a motor vehicle and to a pedal group having such a pedal unit. The pedal unit (10) comprises a main body (14) and an actuating element (16) mounted pivotably thereon. The main body (14) has a latching element (22) for detachable placement on a mount (24). The latching element (22) comprises a round pot (36), from the pot wall of which a latch bolt element (40) protrudes resiliently. A mounting element (24) comprises a recess for receiving the pot (36). A lateral undercut (30) for receiving the latch bolt element (40) is provided inside the recess.
Wing pulleys that engage a conveyor belt during conveying operations are described. The wing pulley includes a central reinforcing disk that strengthens and stabilizes the pulley.
The invention relates to a pedal unit having a pedal element (14), which can be deflected against a base element (12) in an actuation direction. A rotary element (32) is coupled to the pedal element (14) in such a manner that it rotates when the pedal element (14) is deflected. An electric motor (30) is provided for generating a counter-force. To permit efficient use of the installation space, the rotary element (32) is coupled to the electric motor (30) via a gear unit (40), wherein the gear unit (40) is designed as a gear drive having at least one gear wheel element (44, 44'), which has at least one first gearing region (46) with a first gearing radius and a second gearing region (48) with a second gearing radius, wherein the first and the second gearing radius are not the same. The first and the second gearing regions (46, 48) extend only over a partial circumference and the first and the second gearing region (46, 48) lie in one plane.
B60K 26/02 - Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles of initiating means or elements
G05G 5/03 - Means for enhancing the operator's awareness of the arrival of the controlling member at a command or datum positionProviding feel, e.g. means for creating a counterforce
G05G 1/44 - Controlling members actuated by foot pivoting
F16H 19/00 - Gearings comprising essentially only toothed gears or friction members and not capable of conveying indefinitely-continuing rotary motion
09 - Scientific and electric apparatus and instruments
Goods & Services
Antennas, aerials, satellite dishes; apparatus and instruments, all for recording, reproducing or transmitting sound or video; amplifiers; transmission deflectors; transformers; measuring, testing, checking, communications, telecommunications, alarm, warning, guidance, signal, interface, telephone answering and recording and signalling apparatus and instruments; remote control units; batteries and battery chargers; digital speech processors and voice enunciation apparatus and instruments; meters, convertors, regulators, indicators and dimmer switches; printed circuits and circuit boards; microchips; electrical and electronic components; electrical and electronic outlets; connectors, sockets, terminals, junctions, switches, contacts and spur housings; computers; micro-processors; visual display units; computer software; semi-conductor memory devices and cassettes therefor; magnetic tapes and discs, and cassettes for the aforesaid tapes and discs; parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods; computer keyboards and touch sensitive overlays therefor; simulators, sonar and radar apparatus, electrical and electronic filters, channel equalisers, computer graphic tablets; electronic connectors, fibre optic connectors; wiring harnesses; fuel tank level sensors; vehicle management apparatus; fly-by-wire control apparatus; window winder control apparatus; all included in Class 9.
66.
VEHICLE PEDAL UNIT HAVING A PREDETERMINED BREAKING POINT FOR CRASHES
The invention relates to a vehicle pedal unit (10), comprising a base element (12) and a pedal element (14) pivotably attached to the base element. In order to reduce the risk of injury to the driver in the event of a crash in a simple manner over the entire range of use, the base element (12) has at least one first and one second part (20, 24). The first part (20) is coupled to the pedal element (14) by means of a pivot axis (16). The first and second parts (20, 24) are connected to each other by means of a coupling element (26) made of metal in such a way that the first and second parts are fixed to each other during normal operation. At least one predetermined breaking point (40) is formed on the coupling element (26), such that when forces are applied in the event of a crash, the coupling element (26) breaks and the first and second parts (20, 24) can move in relation to each other.
G05G 1/32 - Controlling members actuated by foot with means to prevent injury
G05G 1/323 - Controlling members actuated by foot with means to prevent injury means disconnecting the connection between pedal and controlled member, e.g. by breaking or bending the connecting rod
Wing pulleys that engage a conveyor belt during conveying operations are described. The wing pulley includes a central reinforcing disk that strengthens and stabilizes the pulley.
A sensor may simultaneously sense the angular position of a first rotatable member relative to a frame of reference and the angular position of a second rotatable member relative to the first rotatable member up to a maximum displacement angle. The sensor may include a first and second disk, each having an annular pattern which alternates between two different levels of optical transparency. The first disk may be coupled to the first rotatable member; and the second disk may be coupled to the second rotatable member. A signal processing system may determine both angular positions based on sampling a consolidation of the first and the second annular patterns at locations that are not at a transition in the consolidated pattern. The first and the second disks may each have an integral annular race configured to support ball bearings. A lighting system may direct light toward the first and the second disks with an orientation that causes an annular illumination pattern to be cast upon an optical sensing array which corresponds to a composite of a portion of the first and the second annular patterns and which spans an angle that is less than or equal to the maximum displacement angle. An optical sensing array may provide signals indicative of the annular illumination pattern. The optical sensing array may have a length which is not substantially greater than the width of the annular illumination pattern cast upon the optical sensing array. The first and the second annular patterns may be configured such that the angular displacement of the second rotatable member relative to the first rotatable member angle is accurately indicated by the sensor up to the maximum displacement angle, regardless of how the first annular pattern is aligned with respect to the second annular pattern at the time the couplings are coupled to their respective rotatable members.
G01B 11/26 - Measuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for measuring angles or tapersMeasuring arrangements characterised by the use of optical techniques for testing the alignment of axes
G01D 5/26 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light
There is a discussed a connector assembly having a plug member, a sleeve member slidably mounted around the plug member, and a receptacle member. One end of the sleeve member is connectable and disconnectable to the receptacle member by virtue of either a first flexing movement or a second flexing movement in dependence upon the position of the sleeve member relative to the receptacle member, hi this way, different decoupling forces are required to separate the connector assembly in dependence on the relative position of the sleeve member and the plug member.
A system for use in association with a mechanical transmission, including a gear selector lever movable between a plurality of shift positions corresponding to respective transmission settings, an inductive position sensor that senses a shift position of the gear selector lever, and a visual indicator that provides a visual indication of the selected transmission setting. The position sensor includes inductive sensor elements electromagnetically coupled together and sensor circuitry integrated onto a circuit board which generates a sensor output signal corresponding to the shift position of the gear selector lever. The visual indicator includes an indicator panel having alphanumeric characters that designate respective transmission settings, a plurality of LEDs integrated onto the circuit board, and control circuitry that provides a control signal in response to the sensor output signal which illuminates or brightens an LED positioned adjacent a respective one of the alphanumeric characters corresponding to the selected transmission setting.
F02D 11/10 - Arrangements for, or adaptations to, non-automatic engine control initiation means, e.g. operator initiated characterised by non-mechanical control linkages, e.g. fluid control linkages or by control linkages with power drive or assistance of the electric type
There is described an inductive position sensor in which the electromagnetic coupling between a first aerial and a second aerial varies with the relative position of first and second members along a measurement direction, whereas the electromagnetic coupling between the first aerial and a third aerial does not vary with that relative position. The strength of an excitation signal applied to one of the first and second aerials is adjusted using a feedback loop in order to make the strength of a signal representative of the electromagnetic coupling between the first aerial and the third aerial match a reference level.
G01D 5/20 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage by varying inductance, e.g. by a movable armature
76.
SENSOR FOR THE SHIFTED POSITION OF A SHIFTER SHAFT AND CORRESPONDING DETECTION METHOD
A sensor device and a method for detecting the shifted position of a shifter shaft (12) are described. The shifter shaft (12) performs shifting, for example in a transmission having a plurality of gear speeds, by moving between various shifted positions between the various gear speeds of the transmission. The shifter shaft (12) here carries out a translatory movement and/or a rotational movement between the shifted positions. A connecting link (22) is mounted on the shifter shaft (12) and has marking positions (26) at which magnetisable material which is shaped in different ways is provided. A sensor unit (20) having a magnetic field sensor element (38) is arranged in such a way that it is positioned at the shifted positions before the marking positions (26). The magnetic field of a magnet element (42) is concentrated by the magnetisable material, with the different shape of the material at the marking positions (26) giving rise to different field distributions, with the result that the shifted positions can be differentiated by means of the output signal of the magnetic field sensor element (38).
F16H 59/70 - Inputs being a function of gearing status dependent on the ratio established
G01D 5/14 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing memberMeans for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for convertingTransducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using electric or magnetic means influencing the magnitude of a current or voltage
A rotational sensing system is disclosed that includes a first sensing device including a first portion fixed to a body to rotate therewith in unison and provide a plurality of first device signals, a second sensing device including a second portion mechanically coupled to the body to rotate with a mechanical turn ratio relative to the body and provide a plurality of second device signals, and signal processing circuitry responsive to the first device signals to represent rotation of the first portion relative to the body with a virtual turn ratio different than unity and the mechanical turn ratio. This signal processing circuitry also includes logic operable to provide an output representative of rotational position of the body over an angular range spanning more than 360° as a function of the first device signals and the second device signals based on the virtual turn ratio.
A01B 69/00 - Steering of agricultural machines or implementsGuiding agricultural machines or implements on a desired track
B60Q 1/34 - Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic for indicating change of drive direction
High performance conveyor components, namely, pulleys, sheaves, bearings, bushings, reducers, idlers, belts, hubs, shafting, roller chains, keyless locking assemblies, sprockets, and pulley laggings for use in industrial machines or machine power transmission units
PULLEYS, SHEAVES, BEARINGS, BUSHINGS, REDUCERS, IDLERS, BELTS, ROLLER CHAINS, SPROCKETS, AND PULLEY LAGGINGS, ALL FOR USE IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINES, OR MACHINE POWER TRANSMISSION UNITS
