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Disclosed are interposer electrical connector embodiments including magnetic components used to facilitate interconnection of peripheral devices to standard input / output, or “I / O”, connectors (such as USB connectors) of devices such as mobile communications products (e.g. smart phones, tablets, and personal computers). The interposer connector embodiments disclosed include those in which a plurality of discrete permanent magnets are arranged with magnetic poles aligned in the same orientation perpendicular to and on one side of the electrical interface. Other embodiments include a plurality of bar permanent magnets located on opposite sides of the interface with all poles of the same type directed at the interface, but each one opposing a ferromagnetic element. These arrangements provide self-aligning capabilities useful for electrical connections that have restrictions on visibility or connection approach geometries. Other embodiments have a single magnet per mated connector pair and magnetic pole pieces and / or actuators to concentrate magnetic flux providing the magnetic attractive force for a plurality of electrical connections.

Hinge mechanisms that facilitates access to internal components associated with a cabinet, e.g., a fiber optic cabinet, are provided. The hinge mechanisms are adapted for use with a telecommunication cabinet that is of low profile design, e.g., 1U or 2U height. The hinge mechanisms accommodate a combination of motions, e.g., a sliding motion and a hinging motion, whereby the limited space associated with a low profile cabinet is overcome and access to internal componentry, e.g., patch panels, is facilitated. A pair of hinge mechanisms are provided with a door. The hinge mechanisms mount outward of the cabinet so as to permit the door to be pivoted downward without engagement between with another cabinet or other structure positioned therebelow. A U-shaped member may be mounted to the door and sliding pins to translate motion from the hinge mechanisms to the door.

Disclosed are interposer electrical connector embodiments including magnetic components used to facilitate interconnection of peripheral devices to standard input / output, or “I / O”, connectors (such as USB connectors) of devices such as mobile communications products (e.g. smart phones, tablets, and personal computers). The interposer connector embodiments disclosed include those in which a plurality of discrete permanent magnets are arranged with magnetic poles aligned in the same orientation perpendicular to and on one side of the electrical interface. Other embodiments include a plurality of bar permanent magnets located on opposite sides of the interface with all poles of the same type directed at the interface, but each one opposing a ferromagnetic element. These arrangements provide self-aligning capabilities useful for electrical connections that have restrictions on visibility or connection approach geometries. Other embodiments have a single magnet per mated connector pair and magnetic pole pieces and / or actuators to concentrate magnetic flux providing the magnetic attractive force for a plurality of electrical connections.

There is disclosed an improved fuel door assembly. In one preferred embodiment, the fuel door comprises a housing that defines an axis of rotation and has a biasing element that is at least partially surrounded by a second interface that forms a cavity that narrows between the ends of the second interface. The fuel door has a first interface that contacts the second interface such that the biasing element urges the fuel door toward the closed position when the fuel door is at the closed position, and urges the fuel door toward the open position when the fuel door is at the open position.

A wave-fan comprises a wavy surface, generally sinusoidal in the direction of rotation, which rotates in close proximity to the fins of a heat sink. The wave-plane fan is suitable for use with a flat heat sink, and a wave-ring fan is suitable for use with a cylindrical heat sink. There are no airfoils as in a prior art fan. Instead, the ridges of the wave-fan agitate the air between the fins of the heat sink as each ridge passes, breaking down the boundary layer and effecting good heat flow into the air. In some embodiments of the wave-fan, the outer surfaces are smooth, so it is not a hazard to intruding fingers, so in many applications it may be used without a guard or enclosure. Incidental centrifugal force provides some airflow through the fan to transport the heated air away from the fan. Also, the configuration of the fan tends to keep contamination in the air out of the heat sink fins, so an inlet air filter may not be needed. Because the net airflow through the fan is low, less power is required and it is very quiet.

A universal connector (100) is adapted to connect a wiper blade assembly (20, 102) with a variety of wiper arm ends (300, 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316). In order to connect side pin type wiper arm ends (302, 304, 306), the connector includes a pin hole (216) having a figure “8” shape defined by larger and smaller overlapping lobes (218, 220). A flexible tongue (222) carried by the connector (100) includes a pair of scalloped pawls (224, 226) aligned with the respective larger and smaller lobes (218, 220) so as to engage either a ¼″ or 3 / 16″ wiper arm side pin (302-306). In order to connect wiper arm ends having hook slots (310, 312, 314 316), the connector (100) includes a generally planar upper landing (204), a generally planar lower return (206), and a forward nose profile (208). Sides (210) include cantilevered extensions (212) projecting beyond the nose profile (208) and which carry a pair of 9×4 stops (214) set below the plane of the lower return (206) by a clearance gap. When assembling a 9×3 hook end (316), the 9×4 stop (214) is bypassed entirely due to the clearance gap. However, when a 9×4 hook arm (310, 312, 314) is used, the 9×4 stops (214) retain the hook arm (310, 312, 314) in position.

A wheel rotation device assists in cleaning, inspection and maintenance of wheels. The device has a ramp, a backstop, and two contoured rollers, fastened to rails. The device operates upon a flat surface such as a garage floor or driveway, and avoids slipping from friction with the flat surface and a non-skid treatment on to the underside of the rails. The ramp allows the motorcycle to be rolled forward onto the rollers that centers the motorcycle wheel upon and between the rollers as it is manually rotated. The backstop limits forward movement of the motorcycle wheel to within the rear of the device. The rear roller, nearest the backstop, has spindles projecting through the rails and have machined ends that accept a tool to rotate the motorcycle wheel.

An inventive traction device is provided for extricating mired vehicles from mud, snow or sand. The device is comprised of modules linked together to create a track upon which a mired vehicle drives over. The individual modules each have four walls forming a trough and a number of tire supports which rise up from the floor of the trough. The trough-like construction of the device helps prevent the device from becoming overloaded with mud deposited from mired vehicle tires.

A fluid control device includes a vibrating plate unit, a driver, a flexible plate, and a base plate. The vibrating plate unit includes a vibrating plate including first and second main surfaces, and a frame plate surrounding the surrounding of the vibrating plate. The driver is bonded to the first or the second main surface of the vibrating plate and vibrates the vibrating plate. The flexible plate includes a hole provided therein, and is bonded to the frame plate so as to face the vibrating plate. The base plate is bonded to the main surface of the flexible plate on a side opposite to the vibrating plate. A size relationship between the coefficients of linear expansion of the material of the base plate and the frame plate is equal to a size relationship between the coefficients of linear expansion of the material of the vibrating plate and the driver.

A spring connector includes: an electrically-conductive pin; an electrically-conductive tube, having the pin slidably received therein, the tube holding the pin in such a condition that at least part of the pin projects from one end of the tube in a first direction, and the other end of the tube being open; and a housing, including a hole portion which can receive the tube, and a slit exposing at least part of an outer peripheral surface of the tube to an exterior, the housing having a first wall portion opposed to the other end of the tube and formed with a projecting portion projecting in the first direction and fitting to the other end of the tube. The at least part of the outer peripheral surface of the tube which is exposed from the slit is electrically connectable to a board.

The invention discloses a 5G millimeter wave filtering wideband antenna, comprising a top-down six-layer structure as follows: a pair of metal patches and a first metal strip; a pair of second metal strips; a pair of third metal strips; an open-circuit metal strip; a metal earth with a pair of groove lines and a through hole; a microstrip line, wherein a pair of metal patches constitute an electric dipole; a first metallized via, a third metallized via, and a second metal strip constitute a sidewall of the magnetic dipole; the first metal strip, the third metal strip, the second metallized via, the fourth metallized via, and the microstrip line constitute a feeding structure. The invention takes into account the antenna bandwidth, filtering characteristics and low-profile AiP structure, the bandwidth covers a plurality of 5G millimeter wave frequency bands, the filtering is realized through the upper and lower sideband radiation zeros, and the magnetic dipole and the feeder are mixed and connected with the metal strip through the metallized vias to achieve the low-profile design effect.

A hand band sander (10) with a housing (11) that contains a drive (15) for the sanding band (18) comprising a motor (16) with gear (17), which sanding band (18) can be driven in circulating fashion by way of a drive pulley (19) that can be driven in rotary fashion, and preferably by way of a return pulley (20), is smaller, easier to handle, and more reasonably priced due to the fact that the drive pulley (19) is arranged and supported coaxially to the drive (15) and is driven directly by the output of the gear (17).

The invention discloses a wide-beam antenna of a maritime satellite communication terminal. The wide-beam antenna comprises an upper parasitic patch, a lower circuit, a microwave substrate, a feed interface, conductive walls, a reflecting sheet and medium studs. The lower surface of the microwave substrate is connected with the reflecting sheet while the upper surface of the same is provided with the lower circuit, and the medium studs penetrate the microwave substrate to be fixed on the reflecting sheet. The upper parasitic patch is set up above the lower circuit through the medium studs, an inner conductor of the feed interface is connected with the lower circuit while an outer conductor of the same is connected with the reflecting sheet, and the conductive walls are arranged on the periphery of the microwave substrate on the reflecting sheet. The lower circuit is composed of a lower parasitic patch, impedance matching branches, a phaser and a power divider, wherein the impedance matching branches are connected between the lower parasitic patch and the power divider as well as between the lower parasitic patch and the phaser. Based on a wide-beam antenna of a stacked structure, the circularly polarized maritime satellite antenna having the advantages of low profile, wide beam and broadband is designed by introduction of the vertical conductive walls, and is simple in structure, easy to produce and low in cost.

A two-port isolator includes a first center electrode and a second center electrode which are wound around a ferrite to which a direct-current magnetic field is applied from permanent magnets, and the ferrite is mounted on a circuit board having built-in matching circuit devices. The ferrite is preferably substantially rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped having first and second principal surfaces that are substantially parallel to each other, and the long-side length of the principal surfaces is about 1.5 to about 5 times the short-side length. The second center electrode is wound between one and four turns around the ferrite.

The invention relates to a wall-mountable hand dryer of the type which uses an air-knife to wipe the water from a user's hand. In accordance with the invention, the hand dryer is configured to have a maximum depth, front-to-back, of less than 150 mm when it is surface-mounted on—rather than recessed within—the wall. The dryer has a projecting part which projects outwardly either from the wall or from a rear part of the dryer, and the air-knife is directed downwardly onto the user's hand as it is passed lengthwise underneath the projecting part of the dryer. The air knife is discharged through one or more discharge apertures, and these discharge apertures are positioned towards the front of the projecting part so that they are spaced at least 75 mm from the wall or, as the case may be, the rear part of the dryer.

A wireless data communication card configured in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention includes a low profile antenna arrangement that does not protrude from the housing of the computing device when the wireless data communication card is inserted into the housing. The low profile design is achieved without compromising the radio frequency (“RF”) characteristics and performance of the wireless data communication card by tuning the antenna arrangement to account for conductive ground structure located within the housing of the computing device. In accordance with one practical embodiment of the invention, the wireless data communication card is compliant with IEEE Standard 802.11(b) and compliant with PCMCIA specifications.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a vehicle door system, a control method of the vehicle door system and an automobile with the vehicle door system. The vehicle door system is arranged on a vehicle body and comprises a top door and a side door, wherein the top door is used for opening and closing a top door opening formed in the top of the vehicle body; the side door is used for opening and closing a side door opening formed in the side wall of the vehicle body; the side door comprises a side door body and a side window, the side door opening comprises a first opening and a second opening, the side door body is used for opening and closing the first opening; the side window is arranged on the side door body, the top edge and the side edge of the side window are both configured to be frameless, the side window can be raised and dropped relative to the side door body; when the first opening is closed by the side door body, the second opening is closed by raising and dropping theside window; and the second opening is located above the first opening. According to the vehicle door system disclosed by the embodiment, the opening mode of the vehicle door is diversified, various use requirements of passengers can be met, drivers or the passengers can get on or off the vehicle conveniently, and a large field of view can be provided.

A work orienting plate or angled vise parallel for use with a machine vise and which angled plate has first, second and third reference edges with the second and third reference edges being spaced apart side edges that are perpendicular to the first edge. Angled work piece support edges join the second and third reference edges, respectively. The angled work piece support edges are at different angles from one another so that a work piece can be supported on any one of the edges relative to a reference surface of a vise on which the work orienting plate is mounted to position the work piece at selected angles for machining angled surfaces.

A device to restrain a prisoner has a nylon strap attached to a spring-loaded spool, which the operator attaches by means of a clasp to the prisoner's handcuffs or restraining apparatus, and the nylon strap automatically retracts through the seat into the spool's housing located behind the seat as the prisoner sits down. When the prisoner is seated against the seatback, the law enforcement officer activates a remote-control locking switch, which causes a 12-volt braking mechanism to engage and prevent the nylon strap from being pulled out, which holds the prisoner securely in place against the seat and prevents him / her from being able to move enough to release a seatbelt or unlock and open a vehicle door. When the officer is ready to remove the prisoner, he / she again activates the remote-controlled switch which releases the brake and allows the nylon strap to be extracted while the prisoner steps away from the seat.

A mechatronic transmission control is disclosed. The control comprises a housing (2) that can be installed in a motor vehicle transmission, an electronic control unit (3), whose components (5) are arranged on a fixed board (4) in the housing (2), sensor components (8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24), which are coupled to the electronic control unit (3) and a flexible printed circuit board (6), on which the sensor components (8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24) are positioned and which acts as an electrical and mechanical connection element between the sensor components (8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 to 24) and the electronic control unit (3).

A work orienting plate or angled vise parallel for use with a machine vise and which angled plate has first, second and third reference edges with the second and third reference edges being spaced apart side edges that are perpendicular to the first edge. Angled work piece support edges join the second and third reference edges, respectively. The angled work piece support edges are at different angles from one another so that a work piece can be supported on any one of the edges relative to a reference surface of a vise on which the work orienting plate is mounted to position the work piece at selected angles for machining angled surfaces.

An electrical connector to be connected to a cable includes a first housing having a casing with a substantially rectangular shape and a fitting section protruding from the casing in a direction that the electrical connector is fitted to a mate connector; a first shell covering the casing; and a first terminal arranged in the fitting section. The first terminal has contact sections at upper and lower sides of one end thereof for contacting with a terminal of the mate connector, and a connecting section at the other end thereof for connecting with a core wire of the cable. It is arranged such that a distance from the contact section at the upper side to the connecting section is substantially same as a distance from the contact section at the lower side to the connecting section.

The present disclosure is directed to a window screen system for use with casement, hopper, awning, utility window designs to prevent dirt, debris, and insects from entering into the interior of the unit. The system can be installed on existing window frames to provide screen protection only when the window is open and a screen is needed. As such, a user can have a clear view out of the glass window without the unsightliness, distortion, or solar blockage that a traditional “always visible” screen causes.

Irregular shaped louvers, such as chevron or curved shape louvers, on the sides of a roof ridge vent panel provide increased surface area and great Net Free Area values within a given space.

A railway car hatch cover includes an exterior shell cover, a gasket, and a mounting ring. The exterior shell cover has an outer-side and an under-side. The gasket is a vented gasket or a non-vented gasket, and the gasket is mounted to the mounting ring. The mounting ring is secured to the under-side of the exterior shell cover. The mounting ring is removable, and the gasket is replaceable with a second gasket. The second gasket can be vented or non-vented. The mounting ring is reinstallable on the under-side of the exterior shell cover. The replaceable gasket allows a single hatch cover to function as a vented hatch cover or a non-vented hatch cover depending on the type of gasket installed.

A race track conveyor having at least two conveyor belts. Each conveyor belt includes a separate drive allowing each conveyor belt to independently transport a group of products from a first end to a second end of the race track conveyor. Each conveyor belt may include two belts, each belt being driven by the respective drive of the conveyor belt. The present race track conveyor may include three conveyor belts. The present race track conveyor may be configured to process different formats when loading and unloading product onto the race track conveyor allowing the race track conveyor to move product machines that have different work cycles.

In an ocular support assembly material present in the forward-looking cross-section of the outwardly extending support arms is removed, thereby reducing visual obscuration and enhancing peripheral vision. In the preferred embodiment, the top of each outwardly extending support arm is at or below the middle of the height of the housing, thereby resulting in a low-profile design. At the same time, the support arms are received by the housing with sliding engagement on all sides, thereby eliminating the need for ball bearings or spacers to counteract twisting. The result is a lightweight yet highly stable ocular mounting assembly.

A two-port isolator includes a first center electrode and a second center electrode which are wound around a ferrite to which a direct-current magnetic field is applied from permanent magnets, and the ferrite is mounted on a circuit board having built-in matching circuit devices. The ferrite is preferably substantially rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped having first and second principal surfaces that are substantially parallel to each other, and the long-side length of the principal surfaces is about 1.5 to about 5 times the short-side length. The second center electrode is wound between one and four turns around the ferrite.