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A mounting system for an interface such as a flat panel display such as a computer monitor or television allows the display to be pivoted about a virtual pivot axis which passes through a center of gravity of the display. The system includes a support which is connected directly or indirectly to a support surface and a mount which is connected to a back side of the display. The support and the mount are slidable with respect to one another through an arc which has the virtual pivot axis as its center.

A staple or nail gun assembly includes a staple or nail gun, a cap feeding device and a cap having a peripheral rim disposed on its underside, a marginal edge on its upper side adjacent a central portion having the shape of a truncated cone. The staple or nail gun and the cap feeding device are generally disposed at opposite ends of the handle of the staple or nail gun. The cap feeding device includes a base, a cap container and a shuttle, and feeds caps sequentially as they are affixed by the gun. The caps are coaxially stacked by means of a coaxial plastic cord or wire with retaining means at the respective ends or in a tubular container with a flanged end. The caps may also be stacked on a rod or held together by melting.

A head-wearable device includes a center support extending in generally lateral directions, a first side arm extending from a first end of the center frame support and a second side arm extending from a second end of the center support. The device further includes an extension arm configured to present information to the user via a display element. The extension arm extends at least partially along the first side arm on a first side of the center support and further extends from the first side arm to a display end that supports the display element in a position on a second side of the center support. The extension arm has a joint therein configured for movement of the display element at least in a direction having a lateral component relative to the center support.

A system includes a support including an extending rigid member and a first attachment at a first position on the rigid member to which a first self-retracting lifeline is attached. The first self-retracing lifeline includes a first housing from which a first lifeline exits. The first housing is movable relative to the rigid member. The system also includes at least a second attachment at a second position on the rigid member to which a second self-retracing lifeline. The second self-retracting lifeline includes a second housing from which a second lifeline exits. The second housing is movable relative to the rigid member independent of the movement of the first housing. The first position is spaced from the second position. The system further includes a connector attached to the frame to connect the frame to an article (for example, a safety harness such as a full body safety harness) worn by a user.

The present invention relates to an improvement in an exhaust system structure for a motorcycle. A motorcycle has an engine disposed between front and rear wheels, an exhaust pipe extending from the engine, and a silencer connected to the exhaust pipe for discharging exhaust gases. The silencer, which is a heavy object, is of the type having a gas outlet disposed near a gas inlet. The silencer is disposed below the engine with the gas inlet facing toward the rear wheel, and the exhaust pipe extends to a position near the rear wheel and is connected to the gas inlet of the silencer. By elongating the length of the exhaust pipe and placing the silencer under the engine, the exhaust system performs sufficiently with high output engines, while at the same time lowers the center of gravity of a motorcycle body and balances the weight of the motorcycle body in its longitudinal direction.

An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body frame and the swing arm together. The electric motor is set in a longitudinal layout in which a rotating drive shaft is disposed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and is offset from a center to either of left and right sides in a vehicle width direction. The suspension is disposed under the electric motor and the drive shaft, and on the inner sides of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the vehicle width direction, and overlapping the positions of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the front-rear direction.

An exposure apparatus includes a carrying member for carrying thereon a workpiece and a supporting mechanism having a magnet, for supporting a weight of the carrying member. A force to be applied to the magnet does not change with a shift of the carrying member along a plane perpendicular to a direction in which the weight is supported.

A vehicle includes: rotatable wheels; a rotary electric machine that generates power for driving the wheels; a battery that supplies electric power to the rotary electric machine and that is fixed to the vehicle; and a detachable battery that supplies electric power to the rotary electric machine, that is detachable from the vehicle and that is arranged at a center in a width direction of the vehicle.

A supporting and orienting apparatus that is angularly agile and can balance the weight of tools, and permits quick tool replacement is disclosed. An inner gimbal portion holds the tool at its center of balance and is rotationally disposed within an outer gimbal portion. The gimbal portion combination is rotationally attached to an articulated arm. The tool with one or both gimbal portions attached can be removed and replaced with another tool, also having gimbal portions attached such that the tool is automatically balanced when inserted into the support apparatus.

A refrigerated merchandiser includes a refrigerated insulated cabinet having a front wall that is hingedly attached to the cabinet. The front wall is rotatable between a closed position covering a storage area in the cabinet and an open position permitting access to the storage area. An opening is provided in the front wall to permit merchandise to be removed from the storage area when the front wall is in the closed position. Adjusting the front wall to the open position permits pallets loaded with merchandise, including ice bags, to be loaded into the merchandiser with a wheeled lifting device such as a forklift or hand jack. A roller may be provided on the front wall to help in adjusting the front wall between the open and closed positions.

A grip assembly for a golf club comprising a body composed of a material which is structured to facilitate gripping, and a weighted assembly comprising any variety of dense and / or heavy substance(s), including, but not limited to, metal and / or metal alloy composite in various structural or physical forms. The the body and the weighted assembly are at least partially integrated to form the grip assembly for a golf club. The body and the weighted assembly may be integrated using any of a variety of techniques, methods, and / or modes such as interweaving, melting, heating, bonding, and / or interfusing.

A system includes a support including an extending rigid member and a first attachment at a first position on the rigid member to which a first self-retracting lifeline is attached. The first self-retracing lifeline includes a first housing from which a first lifeline exits. The first housing is movable relative to the rigid member. The system also includes at least a second attachment at a second position on the rigid member to which a second self-retracing lifeline. The second self-retracting lifeline includes a second housing from which a second lifeline exits. The second housing is movable relative to the rigid member independent of the movement of the first housing. The first position is spaced from the second position. The system further includes a connector attached to the frame to connect the frame to an article (for example, a safety harness such as a full body safety harness) worn by a user.

A tether system include tethers each having an upper section (1) attached to a tension leg platform (TLP) (4), and each upper section has a large diameter so that the upper section (1) is positively bouyant. This buoyancy can be designed to compensate for the weight of the lower section (2) of each tether, so as to make the total buoyancy of each tether closer to neutral. The selection process for each section is driven by requirements for buoyancy, stiffness and external pressure resistance.

An auxiliary opening / closing mechanism for a cover of a roasting stove, the mechanism can improve the roasting stove to eliminate the defect resided in using a thick and heavy metallic roasting stove cover which makes uneasy for opening and closing the auxiliary mechanism is connected with a rope on the rear of it, the rope extends down along the back of the roasting stove, and one end of the rope has a pending counterbalance weight, the weight of the counterbalance weight pulls the roasting stove cover to help to open it, thereby the roasting stove cover gets rid of the trouble of being uneasy for opening and closing being due to its thickness and heaviness.

A telescopic handwriting pen for PDA or cellular phone. In one embodiment, the pen comprises tubelike inner, intermediate, and outer sections and first and second coupling assemblies fitted in front ends of the inner and intermediate sections. Either coupling assembly includes annular grooves with O-rings put thereon, an annular recess between the grooves filled with lubricating oil, and a rear extension secured to the inner or intermediate section. A writing head is fitted in a front end of the outer section and comprises a channel in fluid communication with the external and inside of the second coupling assembly. Stop mechanisms are provided in rear ends of the outer and intermediate sections for preventing an inside section from disengaging another section while sliding therein. The pen can carry out a smooth sliding and has a balanced weight.

A stringless curtain structure has a curtain body, a string rolling mechanism and two breaking units, wherein weight of a spring in the string rolling mechanism and a weighted lower beam is balanced, the user can push / pull the weighted lower beam to control a curtain of the curtain body to eliminate the exposure of the string, so little children would not play with the string to lead to dangerous situation. Furthermore, the breaking unit is disposed at each sides of the string rolling mechanism, so when the curtain needs to be positioned, the friction between the string and the breaking units can be used to enhance the precision of the positioning of the curtain body.

The invention provides a lifting device for supporting a C-shaped or U-shaped arm of an X-ray machine. The lifting device comprises an outer shell, an inner shell and a gas spring arranged in the inner shell, wherein the inner shell is arranged inside the outer shell and can slide up and down inside the outer shell, and the C-shaped or U-shaped arm is connected to the inner shell; one end of the gas spring is connected to the top of the inner shell, and the other end of the gas spring penetrates through the bottom of the inner shell and is connected to the bottom of the outer shell; and the gas spring stretches and retracts to drive the inner shell to slide up and down. An electromagnetic lock is arranged inside the inner shell, comprises a sliding sheet, and is used for locking or releasing the inner shell through the stretching and retracting of the sliding sheet. According to the invention, by means of the low-cost gas spring and the matched electromagnetic lock and by utilizing the characteristic of the gas spring, the C-shaped or U-shaped arm can reach any position just by slightly pushing or pulling the inner shell, and thus, the operation of a doctor is facilitated; meanwhile, the gas spring can be used for effectively balancing the weight of the C-shaped or U-shaped arm, no noises are generated in a work process, so that the safety and the stability of the lifting of the C-shaped or U-shaped arm are effectively enhanced. The lifting device provided by the invention also has the advantages of simple structure and low cost.

Provided is a telescopic handwriting pen for PDA or cellular phone. In one embodiment, the pen comprises tubelike inner, intermediate, and outer sections and first and second coupling assemblies fitted in front ends of the inner and intermediate sections. Either coupling assembly includes annular grooves with O-rings put thereon, an annular recess between the grooves filled with lubricating oil, and a rear extension secured to the inner or intermediate section. A writing head is fitted in a front end of the outer section and comprises a channel in fluid communication with the external and inside of the second coupling assembly. Stop mechanisms are provided in rear ends of the outer and intermediate sections for preventing an inside section from disengaging another section while sliding therein. The pen can carry out a smooth sliding and has a balanced weight.

An electric vehicle includes a vehicle body frame; an electric motor; a swing arm pivotally supporting a rear wheel at a rear end thereof; a drive shaft for transmitting the driving force of the electric motor to the wheel; and a suspension connecting the vehicle body frame and the swing arm together. The electric motor is set in a longitudinal layout in which a rotating drive shaft is disposed in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and is offset from a center to either of left and right sides in a vehicle width direction. The suspension is disposed under the electric motor and the drive shaft, and on the inner sides of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the vehicle width direction, and overlapping the positions of the electric motor and the drive shaft in the front-rear direction.

The invention discloses a piler with a traction type lifting mechanism. The piler with the traction type lifting mechanism comprises a tractor, a traction steel wire rope, an upper cross beam, stand columns, a lower cross beam, cargo carrying tables, clump weights, a walking motor, walking wheels and fixed pulleys, wherein the stand columns are two columns which are mutually arranged in parallel; the upper ends of the two stand columns are connected by the upper cross beam, and the lower ends of the stand columns are connected by the lower cross beam; the upper cross beam is provided with the fixed pulleys; one end of the traction steel wire rope is connected with the cargo carrying tables, and the other end of the traction steel wire rope bypasses one fixed pulley and the tractor and is then connected with the clump weights; the cargo carrying tables vertically move along the stand columns; the clump weights are positioned on the outer sides of the stand columns; each clump weight is provided with a shifting guide mechanism. According to the piler with the traction type lifting mechanism, the stable operation of all clump weights can be simultaneously realized, noise is lowed, and meanwhile, the clump weights can be conveniently installed and repaired.

A vehicle height control device comprises a vehicle height control unit including a jack housing of a hydraulic jack provided at an upper end portion of an inner tube, a suspension spring provided between an upper end of a hollow pipe and a plunger of the hydraulic jack, a pump housing provided at the plunger of the hydraulic jack and forming a pump chamber of a hydraulic pump, and a pump pipe communicating with an oil reservoir chamber on an inner periphery of the hollow pipe and slidably inserted into the pump chamber in the pump housing, and a selector valve controlling the vehicle height by adjusting the amount of hydraulic oil fed to a jack chamber in the hydraulic jack by the hydraulic pump that performs the pumping operation in conjunction with extending and contracting motion of the hollow pipe with respect to the inner tube.

A damper is provided with a vehicle height control unit including: a jack housing of a hydraulic jack provided at an upper end portion of a vehicle body side tube such that a plunger which defines a jack chamber is fitted on the jack housing so as to be movable up and down; a suspension spring provided between the plunger and a wheel side tube; and a pump housing provided in an upper end portion of a damper cylinder and forming a pump chamber in a hydraulic pump such that a pump pipe forming a part of a piston rod and communicating with an oil chamber in the damper cylinder is slidably inserted into the pump chamber.

Reusable, adjustable carriers and related methods are disclosed, the carriers comprising at least one band the length of which is adjustable for contiguous fastened relation around an awkward handle-less item of size and weight for balanced toting of the item from place-to-place.

A suspension for disc drive has a base portion including a base plate, a load beam, a pair of hinge members, a wired flexure, etc. The wired flexure has a metal base and a wiring portion on the metal base. The hinge members are fixed overlapping the rear end portion of the load beam and the front end portion of the base plate. The wired flexure extends through a gap between the hinge members and ranges over the load beam and the base plate.

The present invention relates generally to an apparatus 10 for the application or removal of one or more railway track fasteners 12. The apparatus comprises a support frame assembly 14, a drive assembly 16 mounted to the support frame assembly 14, and a workhead 18 operatively coupled to the drive assembly 16. The workhead 18 includes a tool 20 designed for applying or removing the fasteners 12 wherein the drive assembly 16 is powered to activate the workhead 18 and the associated tool 20 which contacts the fastener 12 in a hammering action.

The invention belongs to the field of computer vision, and particularly relates to a frame rate enhanced gait identification method based on a generative adversarial network and a device thereof. Themethod and the device aim to reduce noise of an identified image and improve accuracy in gait identification. The method comprises the steps of generating a frame between two continuous frames in a data set through a generative adversarial network, combining the generated frame with an original frame for calculating a gait energy diagram, and then identifying an individual through a gait energy diagram identification network. The generative adversarial network in the method can remarkably improve the frame rate of the original image sequence, and furthermore the generated image has relativelyhigh robustness to noise, thereby performing a noise reduction function on the gait energy diagram. Furthermore a novel boundary ratio loss function is added into the gait energy diagram identification network, thereby well balancing magnitudes between different loss function and greatly improving model training stability. The method and the device can remarkably improve gait identification rate on the condition of cross visual angle or no cross visual angle.

A sofa table is height adjustable comprises horizontal table top with all or a portion that can be raised in an upward direction laterally using a height adjustable telescopic means. This capability will expand the use of the sofa table to serve the functions of an ordinary table that can be used for activities like writing or eating. The undercarriage includes an inclined adjustable telescopic means pivoted to the table top and the bottom of the leg frame assembly to enable sliding upwards and downwards movements. A controlling fixture is integrated into the adjustable telescopic means to lock the table top at the desired height level within its range of adjustment. A releasable angled lever is utilized to engage and disengage the locking mechanism is connected to the telescopic means. A press on the lever will disengage the locking mechanism and while holding down the lever and with a lifting force applied simultaneously on the table top will allow the table top to elevate to the desired height within its range of adjustment.

A fan blade wheel comprises blades (1) and a hub (2), wherein the blades (1) are distributed on the hub (2), each of the blades (1) is provided with a wide outer chord (13) and a narrow inner chord (14), the blade (1) positioned at the position of the outer chord (13) is provided with a fairshaped flap (15) which begins to extend to the rear end of the outer chord (13) from the position where the blade tip extends into 3%-30% of the length of the outer chord (13), and the rear edge (12) of each of the blades (1) is in a sawtooth shape. The fan blade wheel is characterized in that the inner chord (14) comprises a first inner chord (141) and a second inner chord (142), wherein a concave portion (16) is arranged on the surface of the blade (1) close to the second inner chord (142), the back surface at the bottom of the concave portion protrudes outwards from the other surface of the blade, and a connection mechanism connected with the hub (2) is arranged on the concave portion (16). The fan blade wheel has the advantages of being reasonable in structural design, high in operation stability, long in service life and good in application effect. By means of the fan blade wheel, the strength of the blades is high, energy is saved, and noise is low.