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A roll joint utilizes at least one tendon guide surface to guide actuator tendons for distal roll off and on their respective drums on a central shaft of the roll joint. The tendon guide surface turns the actuator tendon in an axial direction in a more compact space than might be required for a pair of pulleys, while using fewer parts with larger features more easily formed on a small scale.

The invention relates to a light-weight six-shaft universal robot. A shaft seat is fixedly arranged on an arm shaft, a shaft seat protecting box is fixedly arranged on the shaft seat, a third-shaft driving motor, a fourth-shaft driving motor, a fifth-shaft driving motor and a sixth-shaft driving motor are arranged in the shaft seat protecting box, a small-arm rod casing and a small-arm lengthening rod casing are respectively and fixedly arranged at the front part and the back part of a small-arm speed reducer, a sixth shaft is inserted and sheathed in a fifth shaft, the fifth shaft is inserted and sheathed in a fourth shaft, the fourth shaft is inserted and sheathed into the small-arm rod casing, the small-arm speed reducer and the small-arm lengthening rod casing, a fourth-shaft driven gear, a fifth-shaft driven gear and a sixth-shaft driven gear are respectively and fixedly arranged on the fourth shaft, the fifth shaft and the sixth shaft, and the length of the small-arm rod casing is smaller than 100mm. The light-weight six-shaft universal robot has the advantages that the torque load required by the self weight is effectively reduced, the traditional balance cylinder device is not needed, the balance of a swinging arm during the work can also be met, and the machine structure is simplified. The effective protection effect on a motor is also realized through a tight protecting cover.

A roll joint utilizes at least one tendon guide surface to guide actuator tendons for distal roll off and on their respective drums on a central shaft of the roll joint. The tendon guide surface turns the actuator tendon in an axial direction in a more compact space than might be required for a pair of pulleys, while using fewer parts with larger features more easily formed on a small scale.

The invention is a method for increasing the airflow to a zinc-air battery such that the energy density is 500 mwh / cc to 1000 mwh / cc. This allows 8 to 16 hours use as a primary (throw-away) battery, with, for example, high-duty cycle, high-drain cochlear implants, and neuromuscular stimulators for nerves, muscles, and both nerves and muscles together. The systems incorporating the high energy density source are also part of the invention, as well as the resulting apparatus of the method. The uses of this inexpensive, i.e., a $1.00 per day, throw-away primary battery are new uses of the modified zinc-air battery and are directed toward helping people hear again, walk again, and regain body functionality which they have otherwise lost permanently.

A battery mounting assembly for mounting batteries to a vehicle. The battery mounting assembly has lower battery tray and an upper battery tray disposed below and above one another respectively. The battery mounting assembly is constructed to move and deform in predetermined ways when it is subjected to relatively large forces such as might occur when the vehicle is involved in a traffic accident. The battery mounting assembly has one or more bumper components intended to protect batteries mounted to the battery mounting assembly from being subjected to a direct impact. Steel components of the battery mounting assembly are coated with an elastomer that has a high electrical resistance.

A cooling structure includes a plurality of plate-shaped heat generating members such as battery parts, DC voltage converters and electrical member (e.g., relay). In the cooling structure, the heat generating members are arranged in a plate-thickness direction to have predetermined spaces for forming fluid passages each of which is provided between adjacent heat generating members, and the fluid passages are provided to pass a fluid for cooling the heat generating members. Accordingly, all the heat generating members can be effectively cooled while the cooling structure can be made compact.

A loading dock apparatus remote control is provided. Some embodiments of the invention include a zone specific remote control for loading dock apparatus. Some optional embodiments include a selector switch to select which apparatus the single set of controls will control. Other optional embodiments automatically select the apparatus to be controlled by the single set of controls. A method of operating loading dock apparatus using a remote control is also provided.

A two-post electronic equipment rack of this invention is adapted for holding telecommunication equipment and the like. The rack comprises a structural frame including a base and a pair of posts secured to the base and extending up from the base adjacent opposite sides of the base. Each of the posts comprises substantially vertical front and back tubular frame members having a centerline spacing of less than about twelve in. The structural frame also includes a plurality of cross braces connecting the front and back tubular frame members of each of the two posts. A plurality of substantially vertical equipment mounting rails not constituting part of the structural frame are attached to the structural frame for mounting the equipment on the rack.

A tractor cab roof with integral HVAC air ducts includes an upper roof member and a lower roof member. The upper roof member includes a top panel, downwardly depending side edges, and a downwardly depending rear edge. The lower roof member includes a central panel, left and right side panels below the central panel, a rear panel below the central panel, sloping side walls, and a sloping rear wall. Conditioned air ducts are between the upper roof member and the left and right side panels, with conditioned air outlet apertures in the sloping side walls. An evaporator / heater core is mounted on the rear panel, with an air mixing chamber to the rear and a conditioned air discharge cavity in front. Recirculating air intake apertures are provided where the sloping rear wall joins the rear panel. A pair of blowers move conditioned air from the conditioned air chamber into the conditioned air ducts. The flow of conditioned air crosses over the recirculating air in a figure eight pattern.

A user interface comprises a control for adjusting a numeric field value. The control includes controls for editing the numeric field text directly and for dynamically incrementing and decrementing the value. In addition, the control includes controls for combining several functions into one control, allowing for quicker numeric value editing, control of multiple parameters, and taking up less user interface space.

An electronics enclosure implementing a cooling system and method enables much higher power densities in air-cooled electronic enclosures. The system includes an air streaming or "tunneling effect" ventilation system, including an enclosure that functions as a heat transfer component of the system, that efficiently removes warm air from the interior of the enclosure. The ventilation system comprises an array of intake fans on a first side panel of the enclosure, an array of exhaust fans on an opposing side panel of the enclosure, and a substantially unobstructed channel between the side panels. Additionally, an external heat exchanger is provided that is integrated with the enclosure for dissipation of heat from high-density powered components such as hard drives. The system further includes a thermoelectric cooling module with a heat exchanger and an optional externally ported CPU fan to achieve superior heat dissipation from the CPU.

The invention relates to an extension type quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolator and an implementation method thereof. The vibration isolator is formed by a negative stiffness mechanism in parallel connection with a positive stiffness main spring, wherein the negative stiffness mechanism is composed of extension springs, connecting rods, slide blocks and guide rails; negative stiffness can be generated in the vertical direction, and in addition, the defect that compression springs lose stability can be avoided; and it can be guaranteed that the structure is in bilateral symmetry when fine adjustment is conducted in the horizontal direction. On the basis of the principle that positive stiffness and negative stiffness counteract each other, after the negative stiffness mechanism is in parallel connection with the positive stiffness spring, stiffness, at the equilibrium position, of the vibration isolator is close to zero, and inherent frequency is also close to zero, so that starting vibration isolation frequency is greatly reduced; the vibration isolation section is increased; and capability of isolating low frequency or ultralow frequency vibration is achieved. The vibration isolator is simple and compact in structure and convenient to assemble and debug and has certain engineering application value in the fields such as automobiles, precise instruments, sensitive equipment, precision machining and aerospace engineering.

An image-taking lens apparatus has an image sensor for converting an optical image of a subject into an electrical signal and an image-taking lens system for forming the optical image on the image sensor. The image-taking lens system includes a prism for bending the optical path, and the refractive index of the prism fulfills a prescribed conditional formula.

A battery mounting assembly for mounting batteries to a vehicle. The battery mounting assembly has lower battery tray and an upper battery tray disposed below and above one another respectively. The battery mounting assembly is constructed to move and deform in predetermined ways when it is subjected to relatively large forces such as might occur when the vehicle is involved in a traffic accident. The battery mounting assembly has one or more bumper components intended to protect batteries mounted to the battery mounting assembly from being subjected to a direct impact. Steel components of the battery mounting assembly are coated with an elastomer that has a high electrical resistance.

The invention provides a tool setting device and method of a mini-type numerical control milling machine, belongs to the field of a machine tool automatic control technology and aims to solve the problems in the prior art that the tool setting precision and the tool setting efficiency are low. The tool setting device comprises CCD (Charged Coupled Device) cameras, light sources and a laser tool setting instrument, wherein the two CCD cameras are orthogonally placed; the two light sources are respectively sleeved at the front ends of the two CCD cameras to illuminate a workpiece; after light is reflected, the light is received by the CCD cameras and is transmitted to an outer computer, so as to determine the positions of the workpiece and a tool in a machine tool coordinate system; the laser tool setting instrument and the workpiece are placed in parallel; a tool nose contacts laser emitted by the laser tool setting instrument and a signal generated by the laser tool setting instrument is transmitted to the outer computer, so as to further determine the position of the tool in the machine tool coordinate system; and data processing is carried out through computer program software so as to realize rapid tool setting. According to the tool setting device and method of the mini-type numerical control milling machine, the tool nose and the workpiece to be machined do not need to be actually contacted to carry out trial cutting, so that an error caused by contacting the tool nose with the workpiece to be machined is avoided, and the tool setting precision and the tool setting efficiency of the workpiece are improved.

A cooling structure includes a plurality of plate-shaped heat generating members such as battery parts, DC voltage converters and electrical member (e.g., relay). In the cooling structure, the heat generating members are arranged in a plate-thickness direction to have predetermined spaces for forming fluid passages each of which is provided between adjacent heat generating members, and the fluid passages are provided to pass a fluid for cooling the heat generating members. Accordingly, all the heat generating members can be effectively cooled while the cooling structure can be made compact.

A loading dock apparatus remote control is provided. Some embodiments of the invention include a zone specific remote control for loading dock apparatus. Some optional embodiments include a selector switch to select which apparatus the single set of controls will control. Other optional embodiments automatically select the apparatus to be controlled by the single set of controls. A method of operating loading dock apparatus using a remote control is also provided.

The invention relates to a dual-polarized oblique beam waveguide slot array antenna. The dual-polarized oblique beam waveguide slot array antenna comprises more than one unit array antenna; the unit array antenna is formed by a horizontally polarized linear array and a vertically polarized linear array; the horizontally polarized linear array and the vertically polarized linear array are arranged in a horizontal staggered mode; the horizontally polarized linear array is arranged on the upper layer; the vertically polarized linear array is arranged on the lower layer; a horizontally polarized single ridge waveguide is provided with a broadside V-shaped radiation slot; a vertically polarized single ridge waveguide is provided with a broadside U-shaped radiation slot; a feed portion is in a ridge waveguide form and accordingly the integral bandwidth of the antenna is effectively guaranteed, the antenna achieves beam inclination, meanwhile the matching bandwidth of the antenna and the radiation efficiency are guaranteed. The integral antenna can achieve a good circular polarization axial ratio characteristic and meanwhile achieve a 45-degree fixed beam inclination angle due to appropriate phase compensation of a feed network. Compared with the waveguide slot antenna at the same frequency band, the dual-polarized oblique beam waveguide slot array antenna is small in size, low in profile and effectively reduces costs due to a bolt fastening installation mode.

A piezoelectric clamping micromanipulator with flexible drive and amplification and adjustable range is composed of microactuator, flexible multiplying mechanism, size pre-regulator, and clamping micromanipulator. Its advantages are compact structure, high reliability, and low non-linear error.

The invention belongs to the technical field of damping for civil engineering structure, and particularly relates to a tuned mass damper used for controlling the low-frequency vibration of a building structure. The tuned mass damper comprises suspension components, a damping device and a mass block and is characterized by further comprising at least one swing support, when more than one swing support is arranged, the swing supports are nested from outside to inside, the lower part of each swing support is connected with the adjacent suspension component at the outer side of the swing support, and the upper part of the swing support is connected with the adjacent suspension component at the inner side of the swing support; the lower end of the adjacent suspension component at the inner side of the swing support is further connected with the adjacent swing support at the inner side of the suspension component or with the mass block; and the damping device is connected with the mass block. The tuned mass damper is compact in spatial structure, suitable for control on the vibrations of structures with frequencies of 0.15 Hz and even lower, great in cost performance, capable of effectively expanding the application range of swing-type tuned mass damper products, and very wide in market application prospect.

A micromechanical component comprising a substrate, a seismic mass, and first and second detection means, the substrate having a main extension plane and the first detection means being provided for detection of a substantially translational first deflection of the seismic mass along a first direction substantially parallel to the main extension plane, and the second detection means further being provided for detection of a substantially rotational second deflection of the seismic mass about a first rotation axis parallel to a second direction substantially perpendicular to the main extension plane. The seismic mass can be embodied as an asymmetrical rocker, with the result that accelerations can be sensed as rotations. Detection can be accomplished via capacitive sensors.

The invention discloses a control method for a combined refrigerating multi-split air conditioner system. The multi-split air conditioner system is characterized in that two or more outdoor combined refrigerating modules are arranged the outdoor side to form a cold source system of the multi-split air conditioner system, each outdoor combined refrigerating module is composed of a first refrigerant vapor compression and refrigeration circulating loop and a second refrigerant circulating loop, one or more direct evaporation type indoor air cooler modules are arranged at the indoor side, and a refrigerant storing and conveying unit is connected with the part between each outdoor combined refrigerating module and the corresponding indoor air cooler module to form a closed circulating system through a liquid collecting tube, a main liquid supply tube and a main air return tube. According to the control method for the combined refrigerating multi-split air conditioner system, the number of the indoor and outdoor modules is decided according to the designed thermal load of an air conditioner, and the control method precisely regulates the refrigerating capacity to meet the heat control needs of round-the-clock running data machine rooms and electronic equipment; the control method for the combined refrigerating multi-split air conditioner system is capable of making the maximum use of the natural cold source of the day and night, transition season and winter so as to realize the great energy conservation and emission reduction of the air conditioner system.

A foldable, thin plate seat frame that is permanently built-in to the tailgate of a pickup truck or sport utility vehicle. The device comprises a foldable bench seat, having a bottom seat plate and a back support plate. The device is built-in to a tailgate along its interior side and folds flush thereagainst, locking into place such that a user does not need to uninstall the device when in a stowed position. Cushions can be attached to the extended seat frame when the device is in a working position for added comfort. The seat frame folds about a hinge that separates the bottom seat plate and the back rest plate of the device. When the seat is in the open configuration, the seat frame hinge rests above the jamb of the open tailgate such as to not interfere with the tailgate's ability to open or close.

The invention provides a cabling structure in a hinge cap of a notebook computer. The cabling structure comprises the hinge cap of the notebook computer, wherein a pair of inward opening cable clamp doors is symmetrically arranged in the hinge cap, and a cabling position is arranged on the cable clamp door or between the cable clamp door and an inner wall of the hinge cap in a matching manner. The cabling structure adopts the cable clamp door capable of inward rotating and automatically resetting to clamp cables, and the purpose of cable arrangement is achieved; and the structure is reasonable in design, and convenient to mount and use.