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Senate Bill Cracks Down On Staged Violence On The Internet
Members of the Senate Majority Conference recently announced the introduction of legislation designed to crack down on the alarming trend of recording criminal acts of violence with the intent of distributing them on the Internet for entertainment purposes.
The legislation, announced at a Capitol news conference, comes in response to an increasing number of violent attacks orchestrated and recorded by individuals who want to post the videos on Internet sharing sites, such as YouTube.com and MySpace.com.
"It is unimaginable to think that anyone would willfully look to physically attack another individual with the expressed intent of videotaping the act and placing it on the Internet for others to watch as if it were some form of legitimate entertainment," said Senator Joseph Robach (R-C-I-WF). "The sadistic thought process seems to focus on the recording and Internet posting of the violent act itself. By passing this legislation, we are letting these individuals know that this brutal trend affecting our children and our homeless will not be tolerated."
"As a society we should be appalled that senseless acts of violence are being videotaped and circulated as 'entertainment' on the Internet," said Senator Maltese (Queens), a former Assistant District Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Homicide Bureau. "Anyone who commits a crime should be punished, but I believe we should have additional penalties for those sick perverts who think its amusing to videotape their heinous acts and send them out for entertainment of other deviant minds."
"The internet is a wonderful resource that, when used properly, enriches our lives in so many ways," said Senator Martin Golden (R-C, Brooklyn), Chairman of the Senate Majority Task Force on Critical Choices. "Unfortunately, more and more individuals are using the Internet as a tool to promote senseless, violent criminal acts. An increasing number of disturbing videos have been circulating on Internet sites, depicting horrible acts of violence against young children and the homeless for the purpose of 'entertainment.' We will not continue to tolerate such abhorrent behavior -- this legislation will ensure the people responsible for these videos are properly punished."
"Using the Internet to glorify acts of violence is outrageous and reprehensible behavior that has to be stopped. This measure will hold these people accountable and punish them as the criminals they are," said Senator Flanagan (R-C-I, East Northport). "By eliminating any ability to gain notoriety and acknowledgment, we can make sure these criminals are unable to victimize their prey twice. This will help us take a step forward toward ending the type of senseless violence that seems to be on the rise in our society."
"It's disturbing to see folks trying to achieve fame, attention and celebrity through criminal violent acts," said Senator Joseph A. Griffo (R-C, Rome). "Especially those that involve children. As technology evolves to improve people's lives or entertain them, we still need to pay attention to lawful behavior. If criminality is caught on a recorded media, then we need to use it as a tool to pursue and prosecute these offenders."
This bill creates the new crime of unlawful violent recording when a person commits an assault while knowingly capturing the crime with a recording device. In addition, a person who persuades others to commit crimes against each other for the purpose of recording, viewing, or broadcasting the crime would be guilty of conspiracy in the fourth degree, a class E felony. Both crimes would allow additional penalties of one and a half to four years in prison.
Earlier this year, a group of teenage girls in central Florida recorded the brutal beating of a sixteen-year-old girl and posted in on You Tube, where it was widely viewed. Just last month, in an incident thought to be inspired by the attack in Florida, a group of middle school girls in southern Indiana videotaped the beating of a twelve-year-old classmate and also posted it on the Internet.
Similarly, attacks against the homeless are gaining notoriety on video sharing sites. A group of high-school students recently went on a crime spree, recording violent attacks against the homeless -- including throwing smoke bombs at and setting fire to homeless individuals -- with the intent to become "famous" on the internet. Similar videos can be found on sites such as MySpace.com, entitled "Bum Hunter", where homeless people are dragged from alleys as they sleep to be assaulted and degraded, modeled after the television show "Crocodile Hunter."
Criminologists call these wild sprees "sport killings," -- middle-class teens, with no criminal records who assault the homeless with bats, golf clubs and paintball guns for fun. Teens sometimes tape themselves in the act, and have said they were inspired by "Bumfights," a video series created in 2002 and sold on the Web that features homeless people pummeling each other for the promise of a few bucks or some alcohol.
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, attacks against homeless individuals are at the highest level in almost a decade. In 2006, there were 122 attacks and 20 murders of homeless people.
In addition, the Senate is expected to act on related legislation to ensure students, parents and teachers have the resources they need to keep children safe while using the Internet. The bill (S.7051), sponsored by Senator Steve Saland (R-C-I, Poughkeepsie) directs the State Education Commissioner to work with the State Police, the New York State Office for Technology, and other appropriate resources to develop software and a handbook of guidelines concerning safe and responsible use of the Internet. The materials will be provided to students in grades three through twelve, as well as their parents or legal guardians.
"Children are trusting and they have no idea their Internet 'friend' could be a pedophile trolling the Internet looking for his next victim," said Senator Saland. "Now that Internet access is prevalent in homes, sex offenders have found an easier way to find their prey. It is imperative that children know the pitfalls that may come with Internet use and become armed with the information they need to use the Internet safely."


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Why did Dr. King strive for peaceful protests to gain Blacks' constitutional rights, in contrast to others who advocated violence?
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This is a great question. There are many reasons for Dr. Martin Luther King's approach to social change. However, I believe that King knew that the only way to effect a change that will last is by winning people over to the side of justice rather than winning people over by force. This is why one of the most memorable things he stated was:
"The goal is not to defeat or humiliate the opponent but rather to win him or her over to understanding new ways to create cooperation and community."
A little reflection will show the great logic in this. Unless you win people over to embrace your cause, you will never have a society that is able to live in harmony. Might will make right; hearts will not be won over.
Also we can say that King learned some great things from Gandhi. In some sense, Gandhi was a mentor. The great Gandhi stated:
"Rivers of blood may have to flow before we gain our freedom, but it must be our blood."
King knew that the best way to win people over to his cause was when they saw the injustices of their ways in the suffering of peaceful activists. Finally, I am certainly that behind all of this, he learned these principles from the Bible as a minister. The theology of 1 Peter is most fitting.
In addition to these philosophical reasons, King had solid historical and sociological reasons for advocating non-violence. King knew that a group that was in the position African Americans faced in the United States could not prevail through violence. He knew that many white Americans would be suspicious and even wary of African Americans. He knew that this fear would be exacerbated by any violence in the movement. He also knew (in part from the example of Gandhi's movement in India) that a social movement needed to get the approval of those who had the power. He realized that the only way to get this approval was to be nonviolent in the face of violence and abuse. He knew that African Americans would have to look like the "good guys" in order to get white Americans to side with them and to allow them to have civil rights.

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The 10 highest-rated Academy Awards telecasts; '70 show tops list
Former New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby summed up the 42nd annual Academy Awards ceremony as a show about mortality, symbolized by the toupees worn by Hollywood celebrities whose time had just about passed.
On a night that saw the X-rated "Midnight Cowboy" named Best Picture of 1969, heralding the dawn of a new age in film-making sensibilities, Canby was struck by the rugs worn by Best Actor John Wayne, George Jessel, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire and other luminaries of Hollywood's Golden Age who attended.
"Even those who showed up in what appeared to be their own hair seemed touched by fraud, by an unwillingness to admit the passage of time," Canby wrote, singling out the then 66-year-old Cary Grant as looking "curiously fictional."
Canby also had a brickbat for perennial Oscar host Bob Hope, who was also 66 at that point, calling his monologue "limp."
"This is the year that [Richard] Burton played a king and a queen," Hope is quoted as saying. Burton played Henry VIII in "Anne Of the Thousand Days" and one half of a gay couple (the other being Rex Harrison) who own a barbershop in "Staircase."
The mere possibility that "Midnight Cowboy" could be given the top Oscar must have had much to do with the fact that the Academy Award telecast of April 7, 1970, on ABC, garnered the highest ratings of any since 1960, when Nielsen changed its basic methodology in a way that makes pre-1960 numbers unsuitable for comparison.
The broadcast earned a rating of 43.4, with a 78 share of the television audience, according to Nielsen. In the much different TV world of 2012, last year's show got a 22.6 rating and 34 share.
Ahead of Sunday night's broadcast of the 85th Academy Awards, here are the 10 highest-rated Oscar telecasts since 1960:
Variety's review of the 1970 show noted that it was one of the longest up to that time, at 2 hours and 25 minutes, with no major award handed out before 10:40 Eastern. The show's producers filmed a series of interviews with important directors, which the magazine said would be "well and good in a documentary, but in the awards show served merely to delay the proceedings."
Elizabeth Taylor handed out the Best Picture award to end the night:
Though ABC's telecast was the top-rated single show of the 1969-70 season, the network finished the 30-week period in its usual position for this era — last.
CBS narrowly claimed its 15th straight win in Nielsen's full-season network rankings, with a 20.0 rating. It was still bolstered that year by programs with a strong appeal to viewers in rural areas, and people over 50, including "Mayberry R.F.D," "The Jim Nabors Hour," "The Red Skelton Hour" and "The Beverly Hillbillies." "Gunsmoke" was in the midst of its late '60s resurgence, finishing the season as the No. 2 show.
NBC was second at 19.8, with three big guns in "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (No. 1 for the year), "Bonanza" (No. 3) and "The Wonderful World of Disney" (No. 9). ABC had a 16.4. Only two ABC shows cracked the Top 20: "Marcus Welby, M.D." and "The Johnny Cash Show."
Aside from a stint on NBC from 1971-1975, the Academy Awards have been shown on ABC in every year since 1961.
— David B. Wilkerson
New York Times film critic Vincent Canby reviews the 42nd Academy Awards, 1970 [subscription required]


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Oregon Beer News, 05/08/2012
Here's the news in Oregon beer for Tuesday, May 8. I'll be updating this post periodically throughout the day so if you have some news to share, please contact me so I can get it updated! And check back often for the latest updates too.
Gigantic Brewing (Portland): The grand opening of their new Taproom and Champagne Lounge is tomorrow, Wednesday the 9th! The doors will open at 3pm and stay open until 9ish; they're located at 5224 SE 26th Avenue in Portland. They should have two house beers on tap (their IPA and Imperial Black Saison I think) along with their various collaboration beers they've been brewing recently on tap as well. This should be a lot of fun!
Deschutes Brewery (Portland): Apparently yesterday I got the date of the Portland Pub's Toast to Twilight Ale & Hop in the Dark wrong, it's actually today! The toast will be at twilight (8:15-ish) and in addition to a special menu there will be swag and six-packs of Twilight Summer Ale available.
Burnside Brewing (Portland) is getting set to release their new "Kali-Ma" fruit-spice-and-pepper-infused wheat wine next Tuesday, the 15th, in 150 very limited one liter magnum bottles (and on draft): "Kali-Ma, is inspired by the Hindu goddess and her tribute in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali-Ma the beer is an Imperial wheat ale or wheat wine made with toasted cardamom, fenugreek, and cumin spices added in addition to almost 400 pounds of apricot. Fermented with a Belgian ale yeast harvested from Upright Brewing. We then dry hop it with 8 pounds of scotch bonnet and native India dandicut peppers." The release starts at 3pm. No info yet on what the price per bottle will be.
Cascade Brewing (Portland): Tonight's Tap It Tuesday is featuring High Class Blond at 6pm: "a NW style sour blond ale that was barrel aged for a year in French oak. Tart apple, vanillin and soft oak are present upfront. Hints of green apple and sweet green grapes in the first few sips lead to a crisp finish. It's interesting to note that there was no vanilla added to this; the vanillin comes from the barrel aging in French oak. Also, as this ages over the next two weeks, look for notes of brandy to appear. 7% ABV, $6.50 glass."
Laurelwood Brewing (Portland) is featured at Troutdale's Birra Deli's Beer Club tonight—a monthly beer tasting for $5 featuring various breweries and offering up beer and some food. "Come out and see Kevin at Birra Deli starting at 6:30 pm. He will be sampling our Free Range Red, Gearhead IPA, and Ink Heart CDA. We also have our Cascara Obscura and award winning Mother Lode Golden Ale on tap."
Bend Brewing (Bend) has World Cup-winning Ching Ching on tap tonight for Locals Night tonight! Starting at 6pm. This is a great beer so go find it if you can!
Silver Moon Brewing (Bend): This week's Growler Power Hour features Bridge Creek Pilsner and Silver Moon's new Getsum Pale Ale. The "Hour" is Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 to 6pm, featuring $6 growler fills.


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From the number of spam comments I've just had to delete I've clearly been letting things slide here so here is a quick catch up…
eres a couple of CDs which arrived in the post last week which I was lucky enough to be asked to illustrate the cover artwork for.
The illustrations been lurking in the portfolio for a while now but the CDs has only just been released. Lovely people to work for and please do go check out their website.
The band is called Papas Train and you can now read and hear more (and buy the CD!) at papastrain.com


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|37th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 18
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|Opposed piston electromagnetic engine - A converter converts mechanical energy of a piston to and from electrical energy during each piston cycle.
|Buoyancy Energy Cell - A device for the generation of energy and in particular electrical energy includes a cell or chamber which moves upwardly and downwardly in a body of water. Cog wheels are connected to the cell. The cog wheels are connected to the shafts of generators. Rotation of the cog wheels operates the generators which produce energy. The cog wheels engage anchor chains or vertical supports. The up and down movement of the cell causes the cog wheels to move upwardly and downwardly along the anchor chains and thereby rotate. This rotation drives the energy generator and generates energy, preferably electricity. The cog wheels are permitted to rotate upon the receipt of a request for energy. This results in a highly efficient source of energy or electricity. Energy from other sources, such as wind or tides, can be utilized to operate the cell.
|ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine.
|Self-Locking Latch for Window Sash - A window latch for a double hung window includes a housing and a tongue slidably engaged with the housing for moving between a retracted position and an extended position. A pivotable latch pivotably mounted within the housing releasably retains the tongue in the retracted position. As a window sash of the double hung window is lifted, a trigger slidably engaged with the housing pivots the pivotable latch so as to release the tongue from the retracted position.
|VEHICLE PROTECTION DEVICE - A vehicle protection device comprises at least one strip of impact absorbing material and means for attaching the device temporarily in position along the side of a vehicle (C). The strip is in the form of a flexible resilient continuous band (
|MOTOR VEHICLE FRONT FACE WITH A RIGID BEAM INSERTED BETWEEN THE IMPACT ABSORBERS AND THE MAIN LONGITUDINAL MEMBERS - According to the invention, the front face (
|IMPACT ABSORBING MEMBER AND A METHOD FOR MAKING SAME - A method for manufacturing an impact absorbing member, starting with a closed or substantially closed hollow section with a mid section and two end sections, wherein at least one the end sections is bent to form a supporting member, whereby at least one imprint is made in the part of the section to be deformed by the bending operation. The invention also relates to an improved impact absorbing member formed by a manufacturing process including bending.
|METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A TOWER SECTION OF A WIND TURBINE WITH A CRANE - Methods and apparatus for handling and maneuvering a tower section of a wind turbine with a crane. First and second lifting locations on the tower section are respectively connected with first and second sheave members on a beam coupled with a lifting mechanism of the crane. While the tower section is suspended from the beam at the first and second lifting locations, the tower section is rotated about an axis of rotation associated with the second sheave member to change its angular orientation. In response to rotation about the axis of rotation, the second sheave member is configured to move along the beam relative to the first sheave member so that the separation between the first and second sheave members is changed. Alternatively, a center of mass of the tower section may be moved relative to the beam in response to the rotation of the tower section.
|CHAIN GRAB HOOK WITH ROTATABLE SPRING-LOADED LOCK BALL AND SNAP-ON NODULE - A chain grab hook for use with one hand, having a spring-loaded rotatable lock ball protruding from the shank of the hook, the lock ball movable along an axis aligned with the apex of a nodule on the tip portion of the hook, the nodule defining entrance and exit ramped slopes presenting a chain disengagement force exceeding a chain engagement force.
|Finger-manipulated grasping device - A device for assisting manual grasping of articles, the device having:
|TOILET SUPPORT AND TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus for supporting a toilet is disclosed. The toilet is of the type having a waste outlet on a bottom thereof. The apparatus includes a platform having a top surface sized and shaped to contact at least a portion of the bottom of the toilet when the toilet is placed on the platform. A recess is formed in the platform and is open to the top surface and positioned on the platform such that the waste outlet of the toilet can be substantially aligned with the recess when the toilet is supported by the platform.
|Pneumatic Golf Disc Retriever - A pneumatic golf disc retriever is provided for retrieval of a Frisbee golf disc. The retriever is extendable to a length of 2-meters for determining a present infraction in violation of the disc-golf 2 meter rule. The retriever includes a telescoping extendable shaft which rapidly extends for retrieving a golf disc and similarly retracts for storing and carrying along a golf course. The pneumatic retriever further includes a pneumatic actuator disposed on a proximal end, a suction cup disposed on a distal end, and a stretchable tubing connecting therebetween. The suction cup can further be attached by a hinge.
|PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR AN ANIMAL TRANSPORT VEHICLE - A panel assembly is provided comprising a first face having an outer perimeter and a second face having an outer perimeter, the second face being directly opposite the first face and having a substantially smooth surface, the first and second faces forming a first panel thickness. A plurality of borders surround the perimeters of the first and second faces. At least one support member is attached and arranged perpendicular to the first face, the at least one support member extending parallel to at least one border, the at least one support member and the second face forming a second panel thickness, the second panel thickness is greater than the first panel thickness.
|COVER STRUCTURE OF SADDLE RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - To easily prevent flapping of a cover attached to a vehicle such as a motor cycle. A storage box is provided on a lateral side of a vehicle frame. The storage box includes a storage box main body having an opening facing an outside of a vehicle, and a lid member which is openable and closable to cover the opening. A side cover which covers a lateral side of the vehicle is provided in front of the storage box. A rear edge portion of the side cover extends to an outside edge portion of the storage box main body, and is fixed to the outside edge portion.
|Method for Securing a Portable Toolbox - While they each play an important role in this system, toolboxes having feet and latches on the front, the general function of keyholes, and even the locking tailgate are by themselves not novel; they have been around for many years. What is new in my invention is the combination of these components into a practical method for securing a portable toolbox. What's more—it works!
|DASHBOARD INSULATOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - In a dashboard insulator for a vehicle, an inner layer laminated between front and rear layers is formed by laminating fusion, barrier and other fusion films and has a large number of small holes with a uniform opening rate. The both layers are formed by a thermoplastic material with predetermined basis weight, and Young's modulus. The both fusion films formed by a thermoplastic material with a melting point lower than that of the barrier film fuse the both layers to the barrier film. Each fusion part of the both fusion films has a predetermined fusion force in its predetermined range.
|EQUIPMENT MOUNTING MODULE FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL - A mounting bracket is attached to an instrument panel frame, and an aperture is formed in an upper surface of an instrument panel housing in alignment with the bracket to provide a hardpoint for attaching an adapter module. The adapter module is removably secured to the mounting bracket and is provided with component mounting features for securing electrical components such as a radio or radar device. Vehicle electric wiring internal to the instrument panel housing is easily connected with wiring associated with the components. The apparatus allows cost-effective and efficient customization of electrical components mounted to a vehicle instrument panel.
|Temporary Window Replacement Apparatus and Methods of Use - Devices and methods for temporarily replacing a window are disclosed herein. An exemplary temporary window replacement apparatus includes a plurality of angled frame members, a plurality of elongated frame members, and a plastic film. Typically, at least one of the angled frame members can change angles within a given plane. Additionally, at least one of the elongated frame members typically can adjusted lengthwise along a longitudinal axis to connect with the ends of two angled frame members. The end of each angled frame member typically can be connected and removed from the end of each elongated frame member. Moreover, some of the frame members have attached stability flange to aid in securing the temporary window apparatus to an automobile window frame. Methods of temporarily replacing a window include constructing a temporary window frame with a heat-shrinkable plastic film and then applying heat thereto.
|SIDE VISOR FOR AUTOMOBILE - A first covering part of the present invention covers a portion from the front part to the upper part of a door window and expands to the outside in the vehicle width direction, and the lower surface thereof is open. A second covering part covers a portion lower than the first covering part of the upper part of the door window, is provided so as to be on the outside of a window glass and be located on the inside in the vehicle width direction of the lower edge of the first covering part, and is formed so as to gradually approach the window glass from the rear end toward the front end, the lower edge thereof being provided close to the outer surface of the window glass. A third covering part covers a portion between the first and second covering parts in the upper part of the door window by integrally connecting a portion located in the upper part of the door window of the lower edge of the first covering part and the upper edge of the second covering part, and is provided in such a manner as to be curved so as to project to the upside, and extend to the slantwise upside from the front end toward the rear end and extend to the slantwise upside from the upper edge of the second covering part toward the lower edge of the first covering part in the vehicle width direction. In the front part of the third covering part, a plurality of through holes are provided.
|Truck Bed Tonneau and Method of Manufacturing a Tonneau - A tonneau cover for a truck bed is provided with an inner panel and an outer panel. A plurality of five pointed star shaped indentations are formed on the inner panel. Each indentation includes ten angularly oriented sidewalls that extend from the inner panel and converge towards an upper land. Each upper land is attached to the outer panel at spaced apart intervals and provides reinforcement in ten different directional planes along the ten sidewalls.
|VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH A DETACHABLE CONVERTIBLE ROOF - A road vehicle: provided with a coachwork; an interior compartment, delimited by a windscreen supported by a frame; and a convertible roof, which can be connected to the coachwork for closing, at the top, the interior compartment and is provided with a covering cloth comprising two side beams at respective side ends; and a supporting frame, which can be mechanically connected to the coachwork for supporting the covering cloth; each side beam is provided with: a rigid side panel, which rises in cantilever fashion from a rear end of the side beam and, in the position for closing the interior compartment, is set substantially vertical; and engagement means for connecting the covering cloth to the frame and for connecting the two side panels to a portion of the coachwork that delimits the interior compartment at the rear and at the sides.
|Vehicle Structural Reinforcement System - The present disclosure relates to various vehicle structural reinforcement systems and methods of manufacturing the same. A latching system is included in the vehicle to mechanically link two vehicle structural members under preselected conditions.
|TRIM FOR VEHICLES AND DOOR TRIM FOR VEHICLES - It is an object of the present invention to provide a trim for vehicles capable of reducing the number of parts and thereby reducing the cost when a plurality of shock absorbing portions are required to have different hardnesses from each other. The trim for vehicles according to the present invention is a door trim
|Sealed aft cavity drag reducer - A drag reducing device utilizing sealed aft cavities designed to limit interference with existing truck and trailer designs is described. The invention comprises one or more sealed aft cavities affixed to the rear of a traditional commercial straight truck or trailer, or any other blunt (or mostly blunt) aft faced vehicle. A means is provided by which the device is stowed to allow normal operation of the straight truck, trailer or vehicle. Drag is reduced by the streamlining of the rear of the vehicle, postponing and narrowing the flow separation downstream of the trailing edge as well as increasing the pressure on the back of the vehicle with the open to the rear, sealed aft cavity. The concept described focuses on the utilization of (a) sealed aft cavity(ies) to limit the effects of blunt body drag and the means for attachment and stowage for loading and unloading cargo.
|Method and Apparatus for Improving the Damage-Resistance of Container Body Top Rails - Various embodiments of an improved top rail for a container body, e.g. a truck body, are disclosed. In exemplary embodiments, a support structure is disposed at least partially within a channel of the top rail to provide increased strength to the top rail and to protect the top rail and container body from damage. Examples of support structures include support blocks, such as composite blocks, and support rails, such as metal rails. In an exemplary embodiment, a low-profile light source can be installed on the top rail and/or the support structure.
|MODULAR HEADBOARD AND APPLICATION IN TARPAULIN INDUSTRY - A modular headboard system is provided. The modular headboard system can be positioned on a vehicle, such as a truck, trailer, rail car, or on a shipping structure such as a shipping pallet. The modular headboard system can also be used in association with a cover system for covering or enclosing cargo during shipping on a vehicle or shipping structure. The modular headboard system comprises a plurality of component members that are assembled to form a headboard. The headboard system comprises a headboard, a pair of wings connected to opposite sides of the headboard and extending at least partially above the headboard, and a headboard extension member disposed at the top of the headboard and connected to the wings. The wings and the headboard extension member can be releasably connected to the headboard for easily assembly and disassembly of the headboard system.
|NOISE REDUCTION MEMBER AND SYSTEM - There is disclosed a noise reduction member. Preferably, the noise reduction member is employed for sealing or baffling within a pillar or other structure of an automotive vehicle, although not required.
|ENERGY ABSORBER - An energy absorber in which an energy-absorbing property in a collision can be set to a predetermined property is provided. An energy absorber (1) which is installed between an auto body panel and an interior member of an automobile, so as to absorb impact energy of a collision includes a base (2) which is fastened between the auto body panel and the interior member; and a plurality of projections (3) which projects from the base and is formed into a hollow conical shape or a hollow circular truncated cone shape, wherein the plurality of projections has different heights and different number of liner convex ribs (4), the rib projecting from an outer circumferential face of the projection and extending from a leading end of the projection to the base, the projections next to each other are not coupled via the rib, and the rib is not provided on a line connecting the centers of the projections next to each other.
|VEHICLE INTERIOR TRIM PANEL - A vehicle interior trim panel is provided with a rigid trim portion, a first flexible trim portion and a second flexible trim portion. The rigid trim portion includes a first assist grip opening and a second assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion is attached to the rigid trim portion along an edge of the first assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion at least partially covers the first assist grip opening of the rigid trim portion. The second flexible trim portion is attached to the rigid trim portion along an edge of the second assist grip opening. The second flexible trim portion at least partially covers the second assist grip opening of the rigid trim portion.
|SUNSHADE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle sunshade device is provided with guide rails arranged on both sides of an opening section provided on a vehicle roof and having guide grooves extending in a front-rear direction, a plurality of sunshade panels having sliders slidable along the guide grooves, and guide mechanisms for guiding the sliders of at least a rearmost sunshade panel of the sunshade panels upward or downward from the guide grooves in a transition from a spread-out state to a stored state. An elastic member is further provided on the vehicle roof and presses the rearmost sunshade panel on a front side sunshade panel, which is ahead of the rearmost sunshade panel, when the sliders of the rearmost sunshade panel enter the guide mechanisms.
|HEADREST APPARATUS MOVEABLE IN COOPERATION WITH SEAT BACK - A headrest apparatus may include a headrest fixing member connected to a headrest assembly, a guide member connected to a seatback frame inside the seat back, wherein the guide member including a guide portion and a locking portion guides forward and backward movement of the headrest fixing member, at least an elastic member coupling the guide member and the headrest fixing member and configured to bias the headrest fixing member in the forward direction of the seat back so that the headrest fixing member moves in the forward direction and then is locked to the locking portion of the guide member by the elastic member when the seat back is unfolded, and a locking release unit pivotally coupled to the guide member and configured to release the headrest fixing member from the locking portion of the guide member in accordance with the seat back when the seat back is folded.
|STAND AND STOW SEAT FOR HYBRID VEHICLES - A seat assembly for supporting an occupant above a floor includes a support mechanism operatively coupled between a seat back and a seat cushion. A rear end of the seat cushion is released from the support mechanism to pivot the seat cushion from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position in response to pivotal movement of the seat back from an upright seating position to a forwardly folded position. The support mechanism is released from the floor and a stand-up link pivotally coupled between the floor and the support mechanism moves the seat cushion from the generally horizontal position to the generally vertical position and simultaneously urges the seat back to pivot relative to the seat cushion, thereby maintaining the seat back in a generally vertical orientation defining a stand-up position.
|Compact children's table and stool set - A table and seating arrangement includes a tabletop having an underside and an edge. A pedestal supports the tabletop. The pedestal includes an X-shaped base with a plurality of upwardly extending slotted pedestal sheets. Each sheet has a slot accommodating a respective slot in another sheet by sliding the slots together. One or more seat assemblies, such as stools, are horizontally movable between a use position on the ground and at least a portion of each seat is movable beyond the edge of the tabletop. In a storage position, the entire seat assembly is positioned with a predetermined area below the underside of the tabletop. Each seat assembly includes a seat support frame having two flat vertical walls joined by one arcuate wall, enclosing a hollow storage chamber therebetween; wherein the vertical walls are constructed to rest adjacent to the table pedestal in a storage position of non-use.
|ADJUSTABLE SCHOOL DESKTOP - A school desk is provided. The school desk has a frame and a desktop engaging the frame. The seat member engages the frame also to space the seat away from the desktop. Between the frame and the desktop, on the underside of the desktop, there are a plurality of brackets to allow for the adjustment of the desktop. That is to say, the desktop, when the adjusters are loosened, can be moved closer to the seated pupil or further away from the seated pupil, and the adjusters locked down to hold the desktop in a preselected position with respect to the seated pupil.
|AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR SEATS - The present invention concerns a climate control arrangement for an interior appointment object of a vehicle with at least one air delivery device and at least one air distributing device. It is provided that the air distributing device has at least two flow branches.
|Seating assembly and a method for making a seating assembly - A plurality of seating assemblies
|APPARATUS THAT ATTACHES TO A CHAIR TO PROVIDE STORAGE OR TO ASSIST WITH CHAIR TRANSPORTATION - Subject matter described includes an apparatus that attaches to a chair to provide storage and to assist with carrying the chair. For example, the apparatus might include side panels that are attached to one another, such that the side panels contiguously extend around the chair legs when the apparatus is attached to a chair. In addition, the apparatus includes a top panel that extends from one of the side panels over the chair seat and that releasably fastens to one or more other side panels. The apparatus might also include a wrapping mechanism that attaches to a chair and that includes a releasable fastener. The releasable fastener is positioned to be fastened when the wrapping mechanism wraps around a collapsed chair.
|ANGLE ADJUSTER FOR BICYCLE SEAT - An angle adjuster for a bicycle seat that is disposed between a frame of a vehicle and a seat. The angle adjuster for a bicycle seat includes: a frame connector configured to be connected to the frame; a seat connector rotatably connected to the upper end of the frame connector and configured to support seat; an angle adjusting assembly including a main clutch fixing and releasing the frame connector and the seat connector, and controlling rotational angle of the seat connector with respect to the frame connector by the release operation of the main clutch; an operating lever configured to mount on the frame to operate the main clutch; and a wire connecting the main clutch with the operating lever and operating the main clutch, when the operating lever is operated.
|VEHICLE SEAT - A vehicle seat having means (
|OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An occupant protection device includes a seat belt that restrains an occupant, an adjusting device that relatively adjusts a positional relationship between the seat belt and the occupant, a collision predicting portion that predicts a collision, and a control portion that controls the adjusting device when the collision is predicted by the collision predicting portion. The control portion first operates the adjusting device at a first speed to restrain the occupant by the seat belt, and then operates the adjusting device to increase the distance between the seat belt and the occupant at a second speed that is slower than the first speed.
|DRIVE DEVICE - In a drive device for a vehicle seat (
|FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - A fitting (
|RATCHETING VEHICLE HEAD RESTRAINT ASSEMBLY - A ratcheting pivot mechanism for coupling a head rest portion of a vehicle head restraint assembly to a post portion of a vehicle head restraint assembly includes a first pivot arm, a second pivot arm pivotably connected to the first pivot arm, a movable ratchet member pivotably connected to the second pivot arm, and a spring disposed between the second pivot arm and the movable ratchet member. The first pivot arm has a fixed ratchet member, which the movable ratchet member is configured to selectively engage. The spring is configured to apply an engaging force to the movable ratchet member when the movable ratchet member is in a first position, and configured to apply a disengaging force to the movable ratchet member when the movable ratchet member is in a second position.
|Chair Armrest Assembly Having Adjustable Height - An armrest assembly for a chair includes an armrest support, a mounting sleeve movably mounted on the armrest support, an armrest mounted on the mounting sleeve to move in concert with the mounting sleeve, and a lifting device mounted between the armrest support and the mounting sleeve and operable between a first position where the lifting device is locked to lock the mounting sleeve onto the armrest support and a second position where the lifting device is unlocked to unlock the mounting sleeve from the armrest support so that the mounting sleeve is movable relative to the armrest support freely. Thus, the mounting sleeve is movable relative to the armrest support so as to adjust the height of the armrest so that the height of the armrest is adjusted freely to support a user's arm comfortably.
|Article of furniture and fitting for an article of furniture - A hinged fitting for an article of seating furniture, which has a supporting element which is capable of being swung, by means of a swing over joint, from a basic position to the side of the seat to an end position that is located in front of the seat to form a leg rest, with the top or lateral surface of the supporting element in the basic position becoming the bottom surface thereof in the end position, has a displacement device, by means of which the end position of the supporting element can be displaced to a position in front of the seat or the base frame of the article of seating furniture beyond the position defined by the swing over joint.
|Ergonomic Side Chair - A reclinable chair is disclosed having right and left side connectors for pivotally connecting a backrest to a base assembly. The connectors bias the backrest into the upright position when unoccupied. In certain embodiments, the connectors can comprise elastic members, ball joints, or a plurality of elastic springs.
|VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat back and a seat base extending forward from a lower end of the seat back. The seat base is formed of a first foam member extending laterally across the seat base to absorb loads and a second foam member formed over the first member to form a seating surface of the seat base. The first foam member includes at least one channel for interlocking the first foam member and a second foam member.
|ITEM OF SEATING FURNITURE - An item of seating furniture contains a seat providing a seat surface, a generally circular foot panel positioning the item of seating furniture on a floor, and a central part, which connects the seat to the foot panel and of which a vertical center axis runs centrally through the foot panel. The foot panel is of at least partially convex configuration and that side of the foot panel which is directed toward the floor is configured, at least in part, as a non-slip surface. This creates an ergonomic item of seating furniture which stands in a stable state.
|Loose fill cushions having internal support member - A number of variations of loose fill (
|VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY - A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat back and a seat base extending forward from a lower end of the seat back. The seat base is formed of a first foam member extending laterally across the seat base to absorb loads and a second foam member formed over the first member to form a seating surface of the seat base. At least one wire frame section is secured to the first foam member and extends rearwardly therefrom toward a rear of the seat base for mounting the seat base to an associated vehicle body.
|SEATBELT ADJUSTING DEVICE - A seatbelt adjusting device includes: a guiding track provided with a plurality of first engaging members; a belt-connecting slider mounted on the guiding track and slidable on the guiding track; an actuator mounted movably on the belt-connecting slider, provided with a second engaging member, and operable to move relative to the belt-connecting slider between an engaging position, in which the second engaging member engages releasably an aligned one of the first engaging members, and a disengaging position, in which the second engaging member is disengaged from the first engaging members; and an urging member urging against the actuator for restoring the actuator from the disengaging position to the engaging position.
|Heading machine - In a heading machine (
|BLOW-MOLDED WHEELS HAVING UNDERCUT TREADS, METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CHILDREN'S RIDE-ON VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAME - Improved blow-molded wheels, methods for producing the same, and children's ride-on vehicles including the same are disclosed. The blow-molded wheels may include a blow-molded body that has a tread surface, first and second sidewalls and an axis. The body may be configured to rotate about the axis. The tread surface may extend circumferentially around the body and may extend between the first and second sidewalls. A first region of the tread surface may be disposed between the first sidewall and the central circumference of the blow-molded body. A second region of the tread surface may be disposed between the second sidewall and the central circumference of the blow-molded body. A recessed region may be positioned between the first region and the second region with the radial distance to the recessed region being less than the radial distances to the first and second regions.
|VEHICLE WHEEL ASSEMBLIES AND VALVES FOR USE WITH A CENTRAL TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM - Wheel assemblies and valves for use with central tire inflation systems are provided. A wheel assembly may include a wheel having a rim and a wall extending radially inwardly from the rim. The wall may include an inboard side and an outboard side, and a central opening therethrough. The wheel may include a wheel duct for communicating pressurized fluid to a tire. A valve may be secured to the wheel wall. The valve may include an inboard side and an outboard side. The valve may include a hub interface adapted to extend from its inboard side. The hub interface may be adapted to extend around the wheel wall. The valve may include an inlet duct opening on the hub interface to communicate with a duct in a wheel hub on which the wheel is mounted. The valve may also include an outlet duct configured to communicate with the wheel duct.
|Runflat System with Interconnected Sectors - This improved runflat system is formed from a plurality of arcuate sectors, each of said sectors being linked to at least one other sector such that the sectors form a substantially continuous ring around the wheel. The sectors are preferably provided with and joined by integral overlapping and interlocking connector parts positioned at the ends of each sector. No tools or other extraneous hardware is required to join the sectors together and the structure of the connector parts in some embodiments allows rotation around an interconnection rotational axis, such that each sector can be rotated around said interconnection rotation axis with respect to an adjacent sector. In addition, in various optional embodiments, the invention includes connection means that allow rotation between sectors, latching means for holding sectors together, and structure(s) that help to eliminate frictional heating (and concomitant system failure) between the runflat sectors and the tire by making the runflat sectors freely rotating with respect to the tire and/or by providing compensators between sectors and tire that likewise serve to reduce friction and heating.
|ROTARY UNIT FOR BICYCLE HUB ASSEMBLY - A hub assembly includes a hub and a driving tube is connected to one end of the hub, the driving tube includes a connection end and a sprocket portion located on two ends thereof. The connection portion is inserted into the hub and the sprocket portion has a reception hole defined in an end thereof. An axle extends through the hub and the driving tube. A rotary unit is located between the reception hole and the axle, and includes a tubular member which is mounted to the axle and includes a stop flange. At least one space is defined between the tubular member, the stop flange and an inner periphery of the reception hole. At least one self-lubricating bearing is located in the space and two sides of the self-lubricating bearing are well positioned by the stop flange and the locking unit.
|HYDRAULIC PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS - A hydraulic pressure control apparatus has an electromagnetic valve having a valve body forced to one side by an elastic member and a coil driving the valve body to the other side; a hydraulic pressure control section for calculating a command current value to drive the electromagnetic valve and controlling a hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic circuit by opening/closing the electromagnetic valve; a current detection section detecting a value of the current passing through the coil; and a command current value correction section. The command current value correction section detects a change of an inductance of the coil when the valve body moves from the one side to the other side or from the other side to the one side through the current detection section, and corrects the command current value using the detected inductance change.
|METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM - A method for operating a vehicle brake system having both frictional and regenerative braking capabilities. According to one embodiment, the method monitors wheel slip at a number of vehicle wheels, evaluates individual wheel slip at a single wheel as well as collective wheel slip involving multiple wheels, compares the wheel slips to one or more speed-based thresholds that are based on vehicle speed, and uses the comparisons to help distinguish between those situations that warrant disengagement of regenerative braking operations and those that do not.
|TRACKS FOR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES - A track for an all-terrain vehicle, and namely for an armored vehicle, comprising links hinged together so as to form a closed chain, each link carrying at least one body equipped with a track shoe intended to come into contact with the ground, track wherein it incorporates a row of median bodies that is arranged so as to be longitudinally offset with respect to the row of lateral bodies, each median body being thus positioned staggered between four lateral bodies, each median body being further hinged, by means of at least two parallel pins, to four lateral bodies, that is to say two lateral bodies from each lateral row, the pins being positioned at an equal distance from one another.
|Voltage Supply - Control devices can be destroyed or damaged by their supply voltage in the event of malfunction. The voltage supply according to the present invention comprises a means (
|Power Converter and In-Car Electrical System - Downsizing, cost reduction, and a low inductance of an input/output circuit are to be achieved with a power converter in which a multilayer board having a power semiconductor module
|POWER GENERATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INVERTERS - A power generation system for feeding power from generators into an AC grid, the system comprising a plurality of inverters connected to corresponding ones of the generators, and connected to the AC grid is disclosed. The plurality of inverters forms part of a data network, wherein one of the inverters forms a communication unit for receiving feed-in parameters from a grid control system and for controlling the plurality of inverters via the data network such that the power generation system feeds power to the AC grid in accordance with the feed-in parameters.
|NODE REDUNDANT POWER ARCHITECTURE FOR TWO DOMAINS WITH ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS - According to one embodiment, a circuit for providing redundant power includes a first channel having a first input, a first electronic circuit breaker, and a first output, a second channel having a second input, a second electronic circuit breaker, and a second output, and a first transistor coupled to the first electronic circuit breaker, the first transistor in series with a second transistor coupled to the second channel. The circuit normally operates by providing power to the first and second outputs from the first and second channels, respectively. However, if the first channel fails, the transistors switch on to allow power from the second channel to feed the first output in the first channel in addition to feeding power to the second output, and vice versa. Other embodiments and methods for providing redundant power are described as well.
|Signal Variance Sensing Power Controller - A signal variance sensing power controller is described. The power controller functions by measuring the power consumption of a first device, and detecting fluctuations in the power consumption. The power controller then determines a level of variability, based on measured changes in the first device. Based on the level of variability, the power controller then determines a state of the first device, and influences a second device based on that state.
|Semiconductor Device - The invention provides a circuit which provides a stabilized boosting in the case where a semiconductor device typified by a non-contact ID chip includes a circuit which requires a higher voltage than a logic circuit does. By inputting an alternating signal inputted from an antenna to a charge pump circuit as it is or through a logic circuit, a charge pump can operate with a stabilized frequency that a clock frequency is not affected by a variation of elements and the ambient temperature, thus a stabilized boosting can be provided.
|Inverter Power System - A photovoltaic system may include a DC to AC inverter, a voltage sensor configured to measure an input voltage from a photovoltaic array, and a controller configured to calculate a voltage differential.
|Photovoltaic Grounding - A photovoltaic power system can include a switched grounding system.
|High output impedance current source - The high output impedance current source utilizes an opto-coupler integrated circuit to provide a high output impedance, regulated current to a load. The circuit includes an initial voltage source for energizing an LED. The light intensity of the LED is controlled by varying the voltage source or by a separate resistor. The LED selectively controls on-off gating of a phototransistor. The current supplied to an electrical load is a function of the light intensity produced by the LED, thus also being a function of the controlled initial voltage. The emitter of the phototransistor is connected to its base, thus making the output resistance of the current source very high and equal to that of a reverse-biased diode as long as the collector-to-base junction remains in the reverse-biased mode. The high output impedance current source can also be used as a voltage-to-current converter.
|Regulation of Contribution of Secondary Energy Sources to Power Grid - An energy storage medium is combined with a secondary energy source that supplies power to an electricity distribution grid. The charge and discharge behavior of the energy storage medium is controlled so that rapid increases in the output of a secondary source of energy are absorbed by the storage system, whereas rapid decreases in the output of the secondary source are compensated by discharging stored energy onto the grid. The combined contributions of the secondary source and the energy storage system ensures a rate of change that does not exceed a defined level. Maximum and minimum output power levels for the secondary source can be established to define a normal operating range. The charging or discharging of the energy storage system is also performed when the secondary output power level exceeds or falls below the limits of the defined range.
|INDUCTIVELY COUPLED AC POWER TRANSFER - An Inductive Power Transfer System pickup provides a controlled AC power supply by controlled variation of the phase angle between the pickup coil induced voltage (jwMI) and the tuning capacitor C voltage. The phase angle can be varied by maintaining the tuning capacitor C voltage substantially constant for a selected time period. Switches S
|POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM - Described herein are embodiments of a power supply system that includes a power supply coil and a power supply-side resonance coil that are provided at a facility, a power receiving coil and a power receiving-side resonance coil that are provided for a mobile unit, a power supply-side information exchange unit, a power receiving-side information exchange unit, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a relative position of the power supply coil with respect to the power supply-side resonance coil and a relative position of the power receiving coil with respect to the power receiving-side resonance coil on the basis of the information exchanged by the information exchange units.
|WIDE INPUT VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY - A ground power unit having a power supply unit capable of accepting a wide range of AC input voltages and producing one or more DC power signals for powering components of the GPU is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power supply unit includes a rectifier that converts an AC input power to a DC link power. The power supply unit includes a gate driving circuit that has a power MOSFET transistor which, under the control of a PWM controller, produces a switched DC signal. The DC link power and the output of the gate drive circuitry are provided to a transformer, which modulates the signals and produces a first DC output power signal that is load independent and a second DC output power signal that is load dependent.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF A GRID CONNECTED POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - A power generating system includes an energy source coupled to a DC link through a first power converter and a second power converter to couple the DC link to a power grid. A first controller in the power generating system regulates voltage on the DC link and a second controller regulates a parameter of the energy source. A dynamic parsing controller coupled to the first power converter and the second power converter selectively parses the output signals of the first and second controllers and generates operating commands for the first and second power converters based at least in part on the parsed output signals.
|METHOD FOR DETECTING CAPACITY LEAKAGE OF CAPACITOR IN POWER CONDITIONER, POWER CONDITIONER PERFORMING THE SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A photovoltaic power system continues or stops running according to a degree of a detected capacity leakage of a capacitor in a power conditioner of the system. The capacitor in the power conditioner performs power conversion of an output of a photovoltaic cell to output an output power to the system. A method for detecting the capacity leakage of the capacitor includes: detecting the capacity leakage based on a voltage deviation of a charge voltage between both ends of the capacitor of a detection target of the capacity leakage; suppressing the output power when the detected capacity leakage is a capacity leakage in which the running can be continued by the output power suppression; and stopping the photovoltaic power system provided with the power conditioner when the capacity leakage is a capacity leakage in which the running of the system cannot be continued even if the output power is suppressed.
|MOVING MAGNET TYPE LINEAR MOTOR - The moving magnet type linear motor according to the present invention comprises a stator comprising a plurality of coils arranged in a single direction and having a both ends support structure supporting both ends of the stator in a direction perpendicular to said single direction, a pair of movers comprising a plurality of permanent magnets arranged opposing the sides of the stator respectively and capable of relative movement in said single direction with respect to each other, and guidance mechanisms guiding both the movers independently and movably in said single direction, and one of the movers is connected to a load.
|MOVER, ARMATURE, AND LINEAR MOTOR - A mover configured such that a plate-like magnet magnetized in one longitudinal direction, a soft magnetic element, a plate-like magnet magnetized in the other longitudinal direction, and the soft magnetic element are alternately stacked in the order mentioned above continuously is passed through an armature having a configuration in which a first subunit having core portions extending from a yoke portion in a thickness direction of the mover and a second subunit having core portions extending from a yoke portion in a width direction of the mover are alternately disposed to thereby constitute a linear motor. Windings and are collectively wound around the core portions of the second subunit.
|LINEAR MOTOR - The disclosure discloses a linear motor comprising: a field system in which a plurality of permanent magnets are linearly arranged: and an armature configured to face said field system and to have an armature core provided with armature windings, said linear motor running along a predetermined direction of travel with either said field system or said armature serving as a mover and the other serving as a stator, wherein: said armature core comprises: auxiliary teeth that are respectively provided on both ends along said direction of travel and around which said armature windings are not wound; and a plurality of main teeth that are provided between said auxiliary teeth, and each of said auxiliary teeth comprises an end portion shape in which a dimension in a teeth height direction orthogonal to said direction of travel is variable along said direction of travel.
|ROLLING BEARING HAVING INTEGRATED RELUCTANCE STEPPER MOTOR - A rolling bearing, which includes a first bearing ring, a second bearing ring, an intermediate element, which can be a rolling body, or a cage for a rolling body, arranged movably between both bearing rings, and a reluctance stepper motor, which has a rotor and a stator. The stator is formed by at least one pole shoe, which is arranged between the two bearing rings and has magnetic field that can be electrically controlled. The intermediate element is designed as a rotor of the reluctance stepper motor.
|ELECTRIC ROTATING MACHINE - An electric rotating machine includes a stator, a rotor, and a housing. The stator includes a stator core and a stator coil formed by laminating magnetic steel sheets. Each of the magnetic steel sheets has through-holes that are formed to penetrate the magnetic steel sheet in the axial direction of the stator core. All of the magnetic steel sheets are divided into groups each of which includes axially-adjacent n of the magnetic steel sheets, where n is an integer not less than 2. For each of the groups, corresponding n of the through-holes of the n magnetic steel sheets of the group communicate with one other to form an inside coolant passage. The inside coolant passage fluidically connects an outside coolant passage, which is formed between the housing and the radially outer surface of the stator core, with a corresponding one of the slots of the stator core.
|STATOR SECTION FOR AN AXIAL FLUX ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM - In a stator section (
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING IN ELECTRIC MACHINES - A segmented cooling system for an electric machine is provided. The segmented cooling system includes multiple cooling subsystems coupled to respective multiple stator segments in the electric machine, wherein the multiple cooling subsystems directs fluid flow towards one or more regions of interest within the respective multiple stator segments.
|RADIATOR FOR POWER GENERATOR COIL - A radiator for power generator coil, which is composed of a housing, a front cover, a rotating axle, a plurality of fan blades and a coil disk; wherein the coil disk is provided interiorly with a coil set, and provided at the periphery with flanges; the peripheral wall inside of the front cover is provided with grooves, thereby said flanges of the coil disk can be fastened into the front cover and disposed between the housing and the front cover; the rotating axle goes through a front rotating disk provided with a plurality of magnets, the coil disk interiorly provided with coil set, and then a rear rotating disk provided with a plurality of magnets; the rotating axle has a step, the periphery of which is provided with at least one groove, whereas the periphery of the coil disk has many openings; thus by way of the grooves and openings, the heat occurred during operation of the power generator can be guided and dispersed into air current.
|CONNECTOR FLANGE FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH STATOR WINDINGS - An electric machine includes a stator magnetic circuit formed of a stack of magnetic plates, pierced by a cylindrical channel configured to receive a rotor mounted to rotate on bearings. The stator magnetic circuit is cut by a series of notches organised around an axis that passes through the magnetic circuit from one end face to the other, for receiving therein electrical conductors, which form windings of the machine. Coils formed by the windings are connected to a unit outside of the machine by connection conductors, which open into one of the end faces of the magnetic circuit. A frame sleeve laterally envelopes the magnetic circuit. On an output side of the connection conductors, the sleeve is extended by a lateral wall of a separate lid, which is pierced with a lateral exit opening through which the connection conductors can exit towards an external connector. The lid includes an internal flange element around the axis, attached on one side to an external axial terminal end of the lid and which is extended, on the opposite side, inside the lid in an internal axial direction to close to the axial end face of the stator to form there a seating of a bearing for a shaft of the rotor. On assembly, the connection conductors exiting the stator can thus be directly inserted into the exit opening of the lid before the lid is fixed to the sleeve by passing into a space provided between an internal lateral wall of the lid and the flange element.
|TRANSMISSION DRIVE UNIT HAVING A SELF-LOCKING DEVICE - Transmission drive unit (
|FRICTION COUPLING DEVICE - In a friction coupling device, a restriction mechanism is further provided for restricting relative movement between a cylinder member and a drum member. The restriction mechanism is located on the cylinder-chamber side than friction plates in a pressing direction of a piston, and thus the friction coupling device can realize stable coupling operations without increasing the thickness of an outer wall or the like.
|ELECTRIC ROTARY ACTUATOR - A housing is provided with a partition wall portion that partitions an inner space of the housing into an electric motor accommodating space and a speed reducer accommodating space. The partition wall portion fixes a gear that constitutes a speed reducer. In addition, the partition wall portion has a housing boss portion, and an inner stator is fixed to the housing boss portion. Thus, heat generated by the inner stator is dissipated to the outside through the housing boss portion and the partition wall portion.
|BREATHER DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE - A breather device is provided at a housing case housing a rotating electric machine, for adjusting a pressure inside the housing case. The rotating electric machine includes a stator core formed by stacking a plurality of steel plates. The breather device communicates with an inside of the housing case by a gap between the steel plates.
|PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR AND MOTOR USING THE SAME - A motor, including at least a stator, including at least a stator core and a coil winding, and a rotor, including at least a rotor core and multiple permanent magnets. Multiple wire receiving grooves are disposed on the stator core. The permanent magnets are disposed on the rotor core. The ratio between the number of teeth of the wire receiving grooves and that of the permanent magnets is 3:2. Every two or three of the permanent magnets form a group of permanent magnets. A gap is disposed between adjacent groups of permanent magnets. The groups of permanent magnets are circumferentially distributed. Magnetic polarities of the permanent magnet are alternatively distributed in a N phase and a S phase. Difference in an electric angle between centers of polarities of adjacent permanent magnets in one group is between 150 degrees and 170 degrees.
|Internal Rotor Including a Grooved Shaft Intended for a Rotary Electric Machine - A buried-magnet internal rotor (
|ELECTRICAL DEVICES HAVING TAPE WOUND CORE LAMINATE ROTOR OR STATOR ELEMENTS - Electrical output generating devices and driven electrical devices having tape wound core laminate rotor or stator elements. The tape wound core portions enhance magnetic flux and may be shaped and cut to receive magnet and/or flux conducting portions in corresponding stator or rotor portions of devices. The devices can include cooling features integral with the stator and/or rotor portions and superconducting elements. The tape wound core portions can be contained in housings and/or be impregnated with adhesive or other bonding so as to maintain shape and to protect the tape wound core portions during operation of the device. In some variations, the housings can include features for simplifying the adhesive/bonding process.
|DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE - An insert member is placed on one end surface of an armature on one axial side. A rotatable shaft member is integrally molded into one piece from a resin material and includes a shaft portion, a flange portion and a boss portion. The shaft portion axially extends through the armature and the insert member. The flange portion supports the other end surface of the armature on the other axial side. The armature and the insert member are fitted to the boss portion. The urging member is axially placed between a bottom portion of a motor housing and the insert member and axially urges the armature against the flange portion.
|ELECTROSTATIC ACTUATOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method for driving an electrostatic actuator including a fixed electrode and a movable electrode opposing each other with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween, includes applying a first voltage, between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode, to bring the movable electrode into contact with the dielectric layer, and applying a second voltage, between the fixed electrode and the movable electrode, after application of the first voltage is stopped and before the movable electrode moves away from the dielectric layer. Here, the second voltage has a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first voltage and an absolute value smaller than an absolute value of the first voltage.
|METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING HYSTERESIS OF RESONATORS THROUGH SIMULTANEOUS RESONANCE - The invention relates to an electromechanical resonator including at least one deformable element, actuating means for this deformable element for applying to it, simultaneously, at least one first actuating force at a first frequency, and a second actuating force at least one second frequency, the first and second frequencies creating at least two simultaneous resonances at a frequency equal to the frequency of one of the actuating forces.
|BISMUTH IRON OXIDE POWDER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE BISMUTH IRON OXIDE POWDER, DIELECTRIC CERAMICS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND ULTRASONIC MOTOR - Provided is a lead-free dielectric ceramics having a low leakage current value, and a bismuth iron oxide powder as a raw material thereof. The bismuth iron oxide powder includes at least: (A) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a perovskite-type crystal structure; (B) grains including a bismuth iron oxide having a crystal structure classified to a space group Pbam; and (C) grains including a bismuth iron oxide or a bismuth oxide having a crystal structure that is classified to a space group I23. The dielectric ceramics are made of bismuth iron oxide in which the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the crystal structure classified to the space group Pbam are distributed at a grain boundary of crystal grains of the bismuth iron oxide crystals having the perovskite-type crystal structure.
|ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a base substrate having a resonator element fixed to one of principal surfaces, and provided with at least one lead wire; a frame member having a substantially rectangular shape, disposed on the one of the principal surfaces so as to surround a periphery of the resonator element, wherein side surface of the base substrate is provided with a side surface recessed section having a terminal electrically connected to the lead wire, and the side surface recessed section is disposed on the side surface of the base substrate on a side where the resonator element is fixed, at a position where at least a part of the side surface recessed section overlaps an area between two extended lines passing through respective outer side surfaces of the frame member opposed to each other in a plan view from the one of the principal surfaces of the base substrate.
|Ultrasonic Transducer - An ultrasonic transducer that improves workability of a housing, suppresses variations in resonant frequency, and has stable characteristics is constructed. The ultrasonic transducer includes a bottomed circular cylindrical housing and a piezoelectric element provided at substantially a center of a bottom of the housing. The bottom of the housing has a slope portion that gradually becomes thinner from a position at which the piezoelectric element is provided toward an inner wall surface of the housing, and a flat portion that extends from an outer edge of the slope portion to the inner wall surface of the housing while maintaining a thickness of the outer edge of the slope portion.
|PIEZOELECTRIC MOTOR - A piezoelectric motor including a base member; a stator disposed on the base member and comprising at least one piezoelectric element; a rotor configured to rotate by a wave motion of the stator, the wave motion being generated by the piezoelectric element; a cover member attached to the base member; a bearing arranged between the cover member and the rotor; and an elastic member configured to press the rotor toward the stator.
|PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT - A piezoelectric element includes a support body having a displacing part capable of undergoing displacement, a lower electrode layer having a lower main electrode body and a lower electrode wire part with the lower main electrode body being formed on the support body and provided within the displacing part in a plan view and the lower electrode wire part being connected to the lower main electrode body and provided across an interior and an exterior of the displacing part, a first piezoelectric layer provided on the lower main electrode body, an upper electrode layer provided across the interior and exterior of the displacing part with at least a part of the upper electrode layer being layered on the first piezoelectric layer and insulated from the lower electrode layer, and a second piezoelectric layer provided on the support body to cover at least a part of the lower electrode wire part.
|ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING A ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER DEVICE - A micro or nano electromechanical transducer device formed on a semiconductor substrate comprises a movable structure which is arranged to be movable in response to actuation of an actuating structure. The movable structure comprises a mechanical structure having at least one mechanical layer having a first thermal response characteristic, at least one layer of the actuating structure having a second thermal response characteristic different to the first thermal response characteristic, and a thermal compensation structure having at least one thermal compensation layer. The thermal compensation layer is different to the at least one layer and is arranged to compensate a thermal effect produced by the mechanical layer and the at least one layer of the actuating structure such that the movement of the movable structure is substantially independent of variations in temperature.


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5 Wallpaper Ideas For Your Home
The fabulous selection of wallpaper available these days is a decorator's dream. Bold graphics, jewel tone colors, you name it! After you take the time to do all the work of applying the wallpaper, don't just throw out the remnants. Instead, reuse them in your space. Check out 5 ideas after the jump.
1) Add the extra wallpaper to your dresser drawers as lining.
2) Wrap everyday objects and make them beautiful for your desk. Soup cans, jars, paper towel rolls - consider enhancing these things and make a place for them in your home.
3) Cover old shoeboxes for a stylish look in your closet.
4) Frame the extra wallpaper and create a wall gallery.
5) Laminate the wallpaper pieces for decorative placemats.
[Image and tips via House Beautiful 4/09]
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A couple of weeks ago, Walt Disney World announced a new option for park-hopping transportation. Pass-holders and guests with Park-Hopper tickets can now pay an upcharge ($15 single day or $24 per 7-day stay) to travel from park to park on special, behind-the-scenes bus transportation. Beginning at 10:00 am daily (through park closing), visitors who've added this Express Transportation Option can exit one park through a "back door" and enter the next park the same way. As with everything Disney adds or changes, this has generated quite a bit of chatter on social media, much of it negative.
About WDW Parks Express Transportation
This new option sounds great to me! If I don't want to pay extra or do not plan to park-hop, I can still rely completely on Disney's well-organized transportation that is included in the price of my stay. If I want to park-hop (I DO!) and am visiting during a super-crowded time of the year (I AM!), I can pay the $24 and potentially save a bunch of time and extra walking.
We like to park-hop between Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios. Typically, we spend an entire day (or two) at Animal Kingdom with no hopping. For five days during our upcoming Christmas vacation, we've either planned to switch parks or have left the option open to do so in our touring plans. Based on our last visit in October, I can expect the bag-check lines to be longer and slower than ever before (due to increased security). I'm pleased that Disney is taking security more seriously and, by the number of people they've caught attempting to enter a park with a weapon, they need to. The metal detectors are also a way of life now and again, based on our last experience, I can expect to be chosen for extra screening every time I reach a park entrance.
Park-hopping has become much more time consuming! Leave one park, walk to bus, boat, or monorail (depending on personal choice & which park is next), wait for transportation, travel to next park, walk to park entrance, wait in bag-check line, wait in security line (likely), wait in line to scan Magic Band/ticket, finally enter park.
The Express Transportation Option sounds like a way to avoid much of the walking, checking, screening, etc. I expect to have my Magic Band scanned (maybe by a Cast Member with an iPad?) as I get on the bus to the next park. No need for long walks, waits in line, bag checks, or metal detection! Just exit the bus right into the next park! (All the details about where to board and exit busses can be found here.)
Will it be worth $24? I'll have to wait and see if the process is as good as it sounds, but I'm certainly going to give it a try. Do I believe this will negatively impact those who do not choose to pay the upcharge? I do not. Disney transportation has been, in our opinion, getting better over the past couple of years. If enough guests choose the park-to-park Express, it could reduce wait-times at bag and security checks for other visitors. I don't believe busses will be taken away from non-Express users to offer this new service. Like the in-park cabanas being tested in Magic Kingdom, guests can choose NOT to pay extra without being negatively impacted by visitors who choose to take advantage of these new options.
In my Disney fan bubble, I like to believe the Disney Parks folks are hard at work to find revenue-generating offerings so they don't have to raise ticket and food prices as often. Stop laughing! It's a nice thought. I'll let you know how the bus thing works out when I get back.
Would you pay an upcharge for park-hopping faster?


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Aero Tech, LLC, is an Alaska corporation, owned and operated by Ted and Patti Stallings of Clovis, New Mexico. We have conducted aviation and marine operations in Alaska since 1988. In recent years, we have provided aerial firefighting support throughout the state, using our high-performance helicopters. We operate both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft offering charter, survey, cargo, sightseeing, spraying and other aerial services. We support a wide range of aerial missions, including geotechnical investigations, seismic studies with LIDAR technology, various surveillance activities, air tours, and hunting and fishing expeditions.
Aero Tech, Inc., also owned and operated by Ted and Patti Stallings, is a full-service aviation company with headquarters in Clovis, New Mexico. Aero Tech has been serving private and public entities in the U.S. and overseas for more than 30 years. As client needs have increased and changed, we have expanded the scope of our aviation services and added crew and aircraft. Today we serve a global clientele. Our key services are:
• Aerial Surveys
• Charter Air Transportation
• Firefighting & Fire Control
• Fire Reclamation & Aerial Hydromulching
• Film Production Support
• Forest Protection
• Wind Energy Turbine Maintenance
• Control of Brush & Noxious Plants
• Fertilization
• Control of Mosquitoes & Other Pests
• Cargo Transportation.
We have an impressive fleet of satellite-guided, custom-equipped helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Our helicopters include an MD530FF, an analog Bell 407, a Bell 407GX, Bell 412EP, and two Bell 212HPs. Our fixed-wing aircraft includes AT-802 Single-Engine Air Tractors (SEATs), a Pilatus PC 6-H4, and a turbine DeHavilland Beaver DCH-2 Mark III.
We maintain our aircraft for the utmost in safety and performance in demanding aerial campaigns, challenging flight conditions, and rugged terrain. Our Pilatus PC-6-H4 and Turbine Beaver provide excellent support for our aerial missions in Alaska. The Pilatus performs well in high altitudes and can operate in rough, remote areas of Alaska with very short airstrips. The aircraft is distinguished for its Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) capabilities and versatility. Its all-weather reliability and performance is ideal for tough assignments in rugged territories.
The DeHavilland Beaver DCH-2 Mark III offers impressive carrying capacity, climb rate, and cruise speed. The Turbine engine aircraft is equipped with both amphibious floats and fixed landing gear with tundra tires.


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Southwest Airlines is adding nonstop service between Austin and Kansas City in March, the airline and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced Thursday.
The daily nonstop flights between the two cities will start March 13. Flights will depart ABIA at 11:40 a.m. each day and arrive in Kansas City at 1:40 p.m. Return flights will leave Kansas City at 2:10 p.m. and arrive in Austin at 4:10 p.m.
"This better connects the innovative businesses of both our growing cities," said Jim Smith, Executive Director of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in a release. "Plus, our barbecue and blues scenes just got closer."
As of Nov. 10, Southwest's interactive flight map shows 29 nonstop flights from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport and 30 nonstop flights from Kansas City International Airport.


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Taking the stage a little after midnight, Mayer launched into a lengthy blues instrumental that showed off his considerable guitar chops. "I'm just gonna chill out and relax," he said from the stage.
A blues enthusiast, Mayer channeled the spirits of everybody from Albert King and Buddy Guy to Jimi Hendrix, playing both "Axis Bold as Love" and "The Wind Cries Mary." Doing his best Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mayer so impressed the crowd that ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, a guitarist who knows something about the blues, jumped on stage and shouted repeatedly, "Give it up for my boy!" This seemed to surprise even Mayer, who said, "I don't know what the hell is going on. Hello, Mr. Gibbons." But, as Mayer later pointed out, "This is a blues jam and that means there's no structure."
Near the end of the hour-plus set, vocalist David Ryan Harris joined Mayer and released the guitarist's funky side during an extended jam of Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Starting Something."
Mayer, who played until nearly 1:30 a.m., thanked the crowd for letting him indulge himself. "I know I have the best fans in the world," he said, "because they let me play whatever I want whenever I want."


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The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet based at Edith Cowan University has been awarded $174,036 by Healthway. This grant enables a series of half-day workshops to be conducted across Western Australia on the use of the HealthInfoNet. The HealthInfoNet is a well-established, comprehensive web resource that makes the latest evidence-based material about Indigenous health readily accessible to key service workers in this field.
The 18 month pilot project will focus on providing front line service workers with information, acquisition and utilisation skills on health issues that are relevant to the Indigenous population, and will be implemented in collaboration with the Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia (AHCWA), and involve appropriate staff based at local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) as facilitators.
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Georgetown Law CLE will offer a five-day Academy of WTO Law and Policy for 2010 on Monday to Friday, November 15 through 19, at the Georgetown Law Gewirz Student Center at 120 F. Street, NW,in Washington, DC.
The sessions will run from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. each day.
The purpose of the academy is to provide intensive examination of the legal obligations and policy underpinnings of the WTO and its agreements in the context of how the WTO operates and how it relates to national governments.
Classes on day one are a policy overview, economics, relationship to international relations and development, status of WTO law in domestic legal regimes: historical background; Bretton Woods origins; evolution from GATT to WTO;WTO law in a broader context; WTO legal structure; institutional provisions; decision-making; accession of new members; role of civil society and NGOs; and a panel discussion on trade policy, including politics and process.
Day two will offer border measures (tariffs, quotas, customs valuation, rules of origin); non-discrimination (MFN and National treatment); general exceptions (including GATT Articles XX and XXI); health, environment, and other concerns; bilateral and regional free-trade agreements; and interactive session: solving a hypothetical problem; and an optional workshop on researching international trade law.
Among the sessions for days three, four, and five are dumping and antidumping measures; subsidies and countervailing measures; WTO dispute settlement: experience to date and jurisprudential issues; developing country issues and interests; trade in agriculture: market access and subsidies; intellectual property protection: TRIPS obligations and derogations; and competition policy and investment.
Among the faculty are John H. Jackson, professor and director, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University; M. Jean Anderson, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Timothy C. Brightbill, adjunct professor of law and partner, Wiley Rein LLP; and Andrew W. Shoyer, Sidley Austin LLP.
For information about available CLE credits and fees, visit CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
To register for the program, visit www.law.georgetown.edu/cle.


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Autumn means good weather and a great time to get outdoors with your dog and explore with hiking excursions, camping trips and longer daily walks.
Unfortunately, that fine weather also spells more exposure to ticks that can lie in wait in the woods, ready to attack you and your dog.
Step one in the fight against fall ticks is to remain vigilant, keeping an eye out for these dangerous arachnids by checking yourself and your dog after every walk. Many people, in an attempt to save money, might be tempted to drop monthly preventatives once summer ends but that can be an open invitation for ticks to transfer to an unprotected host. Products like K9 Advantix, a once-a-month topical treatment, contain permethrin and imidacloprid to repel and kill fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes on dogs and puppies seven weeks of age and older. K9 Advantix is not for use on cats.
And to keep ticks off yourself? Wear light-colored clothing so you can spot a tick if one gets on you, wear long pants and socks (preferably tucking the pants legs into your socks or into hiking boots), and stay on the trail whenever possible, avoiding the most heavily wooded areas. Once you get home, check yourself and your dog for ticks before entering your home and then run the clothing and other items you took with you through the dryer, where ticks can't survive.
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FREMONT, Ohio (WKBN) — An off-duty police officer and two other men are dead, after a shooting at a night club in Northern Ohio.
The shooting happened early Sunday at the Last Call Bar in Fremont, located between Toledo and Sandusky.
Fremont police said the shooter was in the bar for some time, and got into a fight with another customer before he started shooting.
Police Officer Jose Andy Chavez was shot and killed, along with the bartender and another customer.
A fourth man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Investigators are still trying to figure out who fired the shots.