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Shaft connector systems and methods
ActiveUS12650150B2Operating means/releasing devices for valvesRod connectionsClassical mechanicsStructural engineering
A method includes disposing a first shaft and a second shaft in an end to end arrangement, positioning a sleeve over the end to end arrangement, coupling the first shaft to the second shaft via the sleeve and a plurality of shear components that engage the sleeve and partially recess into the first shaft or the second shaft, retaining the plurality of shear components in the partially recessed position via one or more retaining mechanisms, and independently aligning the first shaft and the second shaft while transmitting torsional, translational, or torsional and translational loading through the plurality of shear components and not through the retaining mechanisms.
Owner:AWC FRAC VALVES INC
Apparatus, method, and system for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights
An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes using existing components of previously installed HID lighting systems such as its ballasts while replacing some capacitors to adjust the power supplied to a retrofit LED luminaire. Unused ballast drivers are removed, and a self-contained ballast driver assembly is mounted into the electronic control enclosure of the previously installed lighting system. Some of the retrofit LED luminaires include an uplighting lens, an optic, or a diffuser for providing uplight. An aiming bracket and an aiming plate allow for the horizontal aiming angle of a light luminaire to be set.
Owner:MUSCO CORP
Connecting mechanism and method of manufacturing
ActiveUS12663031B2Gripping headsFriction grip releasable fasteningsStructural engineeringMechanical engineering
A connecting mechanism includes a first section and a second section engageable with the first section. The second section includes a locking assembly configured to engage a stud with a roller bearing in the first section. That is, the locking assembly is actuatable between a locked state configured to lock the first section to the second section when the first and second sections are engaged and an unlocked state configured to allow the second section to engage with or disengage from the first section. The locking assembly includes a linkage arm engaging a handle and a wedge having a tapered section. The handle is actuatable between a locked position configured to place the locking assembly in the locked state by advancing the tapered section of the wedge and an unlocked position configured to place the locking assembly in the unlocked state by retracting the tapered section of the wedge.
Owner:CONTROLLED DYNAMICS INC
Plane inter-stage connection in flexure mechanisms
Owner:THE RGT UNIV OF MICHIGAN
Clip, clip assembly, and method of making and using the same
A clip (302) for providing a sliding force towards a movable substrate, the clip including at least one strip, where the at least one strip comprises a first axial end (304a) and a second axial end (304b) and an arcuate shape between the first axial end and the second axial end; where the at least one strip is a metal strip including a sliding layer (1104) at an outbound side.
Owner:SAINT GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH
Apparatus, method, and system for retrofitting a lighting system with LED lights
An apparatus for retrofitting a HID lighting system includes using existing components of previously installed HID lighting systems such as its ballasts while replacing some capacitors to adjust the power supplied to a retrofit LED luminaire. Unused ballast drivers are removed, and a self-contained ballast driver assembly is mounted into the electronic control enclosure of the previously installed lighting system. Some of the retrofit LED luminaires include an uplighting lens, an optic, or a diffuser for providing uplight. An aiming bracket and an aiming plate allow for the horizontal aiming angle of a light luminaire to be set.
Owner:MUSCO CORP
Apparatus and method for mechanically coupling a motor to a rotor of a progressive cavity pump
PendingUS20260139671A1Eye surgeryPositive displacement pump componentsUniversal jointClassical mechanics
An apparatus includes a proximal shaft configured to mechanically couple to a motor, a first universal joint, a middle shaft coupled to the proximal shaft via the first universal joint, a housing having a bore, a second universal joint within the bore, a distal shaft coupled to the middle shaft via the second universal joint, and a connector disposed over the distal shaft. The bore limits a downward tilt of the distal shaft such that, as a rotor approaches the distal shaft, the distal shaft becomes axially aligned with the rotor by virtue of the proximal end of the rotor entering the connector or vice versa. A spring connected proximally to the connector and distally to the second universal joint is configured to decompress, thereby reversibly coupling the connector to the proximal end of the rotor, upon the motor rotationally aligning the connector with the proximal end of the rotor.
Owner:JOHNSON & JOHNSON SURGICAL VISION INC
Hinge system with adjustable resistance
An adjustable resistance hinge system for connecting an articulating joint of at least a first articulating member and a second articulating member, the hinge system including a central element defining a hinge axis. The central element includes a first elongated arm and a second elongated arm, each elongated arm extending away from the hinge axis, and a first retaining element and a second retaining element respectively attached to the first articulating member and the second articulating member, each retaining element hinged on the hinge axis. A first biasing device and a second biasing device are also respectively engaged with the first elongated arm and the second elongated arm. The first elongated arm and the second elongated arm respectively extend into the first articulating member and the second articulating member, and the first biasing device and the second biasing device engage the central element to resist relative movement of the first articulating member and the second articulating member about the hinge axis. The adjustable resistance hinge system allows adjustment of the two linked members to replicate desired physiological, limiting, and resistance.
Owner:MADAD
Signal connector for sterile barrier between surgical instrument and teleoperated actuator
An instrument sterile drape includes a plastic sheet and an instrument sterile adapter (ISA) coupled to the plastic sheet. The ISA includes bottom and top plates located on opposite sides of the plastic sheet plate and joined together. A passage in the bottom plate allows an instrument carriage flux connection to pass through the plastic sheet and the bottom plate to be adjacent to the top plate. The top plate includes a signal transmission area that will be adjacent to an upper surface of the flux connection of the instrument carriage. A flux connector may close an opening in the signal transmission area of the top plate and provide a path for an electrical or optical signal. The signal transmission area of the top plate may be thinned to allow an RFID sensor to be closer to an RFID device in a surgical instrument attached to the instrument sterile adapter.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
Foldable locking mechanism
PendingUS20260145721A1Carriage/perambulator accessoriesCarriage/perambulator with multiple axesVehicle frame
A foldable locking mechanism adapted for a frame body includes a first mounting seat, a second mounting seat, a third mounting seat, a first locking component and a driving component. The second mounting seat is pivotally connected to the first mounting seat and the third mounting seat. The first locking component is at least partially disposed between the second mounting seat and the third mounting seat and movable between a first releasing position and a first locking position for allowing or restraining a relative pivotal movement of the second mounting seat and the third mounting seat. The driving component is disposed on the first mounting seat and abuts against the first locking component. The driving component is configured to drive the first locking component to move to the first releasing position to allow a folding operation of the foldable locking mechanism for allowing a folding operation of the frame body.
Owner:WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
Vehicle access ramp
A ramp assembly comprises a support defining each of a vertical axis and a horizontal axis, a ramp being coupled to the support and being configured to support an passenger thereon. An optional actuator mechanism may be coupled to at least one of the support, the ramp, a power source and a controller, the actuator mechanism configured, in a response to a control signal from the controller or in a response to a manual force, to rotate the ramp about the vertical axis between a stowed position and a deployed position or rotate the ramp about the horizontal axis between the deployed position and a ground engaging position. The actuator may comprise a motor with a gearbox and two gears to rotate the ramp about the vertical axis. The actuator may comprise a linear actuator to rotate the ramp about the horizontal axis.
Owner:MPOWER MOBILITY INC
Connecting assembly of two components
ActiveEP3788991B2Finger jointsPlastic deformation fastening
Owner:CERAMTEC GMBH
Backup latch release for surgical instrument
A surgical instrument that can include a proximal control mechanism that includes an opening through which a resilient latch arm is inserted into the proximal control mechanism and engages a locking surface of a fixed latch structure contained within the proximal control mechanism; means for receiving a release tool through an outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism and beyond the opening through which the resilient latch arm enters the proximal control mechanism, the means for receiving the release tool remaining uncovered when the resilient latch arm is attached to the fixed latch structure, and means for providing a fulcrum for the release tool on the outer periphery of the proximal control mechanism such that the release tool can release the surgical instrument by prying the resilient latch arm away from the locking surface of the fixed latch structure using the release tool as a lever.
Owner:INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC
Set of panels with a mechanical locking device
Owner:VÄLINGE INNOVATION AB
Hydraulic coupling device
A hydraulic coupling device includes an inner sleeve having a tapered outer surface, an outer sleeve having a tapered inner surface mounted on the tapered outer surface of the inner sleeve, a nut screwed onto the inner sleeve, and a cylinder formed separately from the outer sleeve and secured to the outer sleeve. The cylinder abuts axially against the outer sleeve to form a joint. At least part of the nut extends into the cylinder, and the cylinder, the nut and the outer sleeve together delimit a chamber. A friction enhancing coating is provided between the cylinder and the outer sleeve and / or at least one protrusion extends from one of the outer sleeve or cylinder into a complementary recess in the other of the outer sleeve or cylinder.
Owner:AB SKF SKF PATENT DEPARTMENT
Quick release pin marine mount system for quick release accessories
Apparatus and corresponding and / or associated methodology for a surface mounted base / pin system that allows a user to release an accessory by actuating the pin system which releases the unit from the base. The subject base / pin system uses a plurality of grooves in a base component and a plurality of balls in a pin component for providing rotational locking positions.
Owner:COMPX INTERNATIONAL INC
Tool coupling
A tool coupling extends along a longitudinal axis and has a first member, a second member, and a clamp for fastening the first member to the second member. The first member has a male clamping portion, the second member has a female clamping portion, and the clamp is located in an inner cavity of the second member. The male clamping portion has a first abutment region located axially behind a first plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the inner cavity has a second abutment region located axially in front of the first plane, and the first and second abutment regions face towards the first plane. In a fastened state, a clamp first engagement region of the clamp is in clamping contact with the first abutment region of the male clamping portion, and a clamp second engagement region of the clamp is in clamping contact with the second abutment region of the inner cavity.
Owner:ISCAR LTD
Ball socket apparatus and ball joint apparatus having such a ball socket apparatus
A ball socket apparatus is provided for bearing a joint head. The apparatus includes a first ball shell element and a second ball shell element, wherein the ball socket apparatus forms a preferably radially circumferential, continuous contact surface for a joint head, and a first and a second housing device in which the ball shell elements are arranged.
Owner:ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC
Welded fencing system with prefabricated connectors
A corner fitting includes a sleeve body having a hollow inner space and configured to coaxially fit over a pipe member of a predetermined size. An edge of the sleeve body at a second distal end has a corner cut portion, a protruding tab, and two recesses, the protruding tab being diametrically opposed to the corner cut portion in the radial direction of the sleeve body, and the recesses being diametrically opposed to each other in the radial direction of the sleeve body. The corner cut portion is configured and shaped such that the sleeve body fits together with an identical sleeve body on the pipe member of the predetermined size with the corner cut portions of the two sleeve bodies contacting each other and with the pipe being nested between the protruding tabs of the second distal ends of the two sleeve bodies.
Owner:HUMM RICHARD
Shaft-hub connection with a spline toothing
Owner:AUDI AG +1