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Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated reduction in reliability. These electroosmotic pumps are preferably fabricated with materials and structures that improve performance, efficiency, and reduce weight and manufacturing cost relative to presently available micropumps. These electroosmotic pumps also preferably allow for control including venting or recapture of evolved gases and deposited materials, which may provide for long-term closed-loop operation. A gas permeable membrane removes and vents electrolytic gasses generated within the fluid chamber of the electroosmotic pump to ambient. A catalyst can be used to recombine electrolytic gases to form a vapor product that can be vented or condensed into a liquid state. An osmotic membrane provides for re-entry of condensed fluid to the fluid chamber.

Apparatus and methods according to the present invention preferably utilize electroosmotic pumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated reduction in reliability. These electroosmotic pumps are preferably fabricated with materials and structures that improve performance, efficiency, and reduce weight and manufacturing cost relative to presently available micropumps. These electroosmotic pumps also preferably allow for recapture of evolved gases and deposited materials, which may provide for long,-term closed-loop operation. Apparatus and methods according to the present invention also allow active regulation of the temperature of the device through electrical control of the flow through the pump and can utilize multiple cooling loops to allow independent regulation of the special and temporal characteristics of the device temperature profiles. Novel microchannel structures are also described.

A heat sink structure includes a heat dissipating body and at least one heat pipe. The heat dissipating body includes a main body having two opposite first and second end faces, and a plurality of radiating fins formed on two wall surfaces of the main body. The heat dissipating body is made of a heat-conducting plastic material through injection molding, and the heat pipe is embedded in the heat dissipating body during the process of injection molding the heat dissipating body. The heat pipe has two opposite first and second ends respectively exposed from the first and second end faces of the heat dissipating body for directly contacting with a heat source, and a pipe body helically extended between the first and second ends and embedded in the heat dissipating body. With these arrangements, the heat sink structure has reduced weight and material cost while providing good heat dissipating effect.

An improved radiation shielding material and storage systems for radioactive materials incorporating the same. The PYRolytic Uranium Compound (“PYRUC”) shielding material is preferably formed by heat and / or pressure treatment of a precursor material comprising microspheres of a uranium compound, such as uranium dioxide or uranium carbide, and a suitable binder. The PYRUC shielding material provides improved radiation shielding, thermal characteristic, cost and ease of use in comparison with other shielding materials. The shielding material can be used to form containment systems, container vessels, shielding structures, and containment storage areas, all of which can be used to house radioactive waste. The preferred shielding system is in the form of a container for storage, transportation, and disposal of radioactive waste. In addition, improved methods for preparing uranium dioxide and uranium carbide microspheres for use in the radiation shielding materials are also provided.

Provided are a connection structure for connecting corrugated synthetic resin pipes and a corrugated synthetic resin pipe used in the connection structure. The pipe is lightweight, low cost, and simply structured with a small number of components, having sufficient resistance to water and pressure, and excellent sealing performance without the use of robust material or requiring high precision, and capable of being easily connected and manufactured. A first corrugated synthetic resin pipe 1A is provided at an end 10 with a cylindrical insert end 3 formed by adhering a synthetic resin layer 5 to the outer surface of the end 10 so as to fill at least corrugated recesses a. A second corrugated synthetic resin pipe 1B is provided at an end 11 with a socket 4 formed by adhering synthetic resin to the outer surface of the end 11 and cylindrically extending the resin outwardly in the axial direction.

The invention discloses a miniature semi-active folding flapping wing, which consists of a front beam, an inclined beam, wing ribs and covers. The front beam and the inclined beam are respectively divided into two sections from an middle part; the inner section and the outer section of the front beam are respectively fixed to a folding base and a folding head; a rocker arm of the folding head is connected with a soft steel wire rope; the soft steel wire rope penetrates through the inner section of the front beam and is fixedly connected with a frame of a flapping wing driving mechanism; and a root part of the inner section of the front beam is connected with an output rocker arm of the flapping wing driving mechanism in an inserting manner. In a process that the flapping wing downwardly flaps, the flapping wing keeps flat and straight, and in an upwardly flapping process, the outer section of the flapping wing is downwardly bent to a certain angle due to the action of aerodynamic forces, and further, gradually becomes flat and straight along with the straining of the steel wire rope. According to the miniature semi-active folding flapping wing, the asymmetric upward / downward flapping of the flapping wing is realized through a simple and reliable manner, a resultant force of the aerodynamic lifting forces in a flapping cycle is increased, the aerodynamic efficiency of the flapping wing is increased, and thus, the miniature semi-active folding flapping wing is applicable to a miniature flapping wing flying vehicle.

A torque shearing nut system and method incorporating a hybrid "twistnut" constructed of a metallic force bearing member and a thermoplastic rubber (Vyram(R), etc.) and / or plastic (polyamide (nylon), polypropylene (PP), etc.) surrounding support member is disclosed. The present invention permits the use of one or more steel washer inserts formed to permit shearing of an external axial element for the purposes of ensuring the application of a predefined torque to the external axial member. The primary advantage of the present invention is one of cost, in that the present invention can be manufactured using stamped steel washers that are surrounded with and impregnated with molded thermoplastic rubber (Vyram(R), etc.) and / or plastic (polyamide (nylon), polypropylene (PP), etc.). This encapsulation process is significantly less expensive than traditional hot-forging methodologies used to manufacture prior art twistnuts and the like. Furthermore, the present invention permits a reduction in the complexity of steps required to both manufacture the twistnuts as well as combine them with the external axial member. The present invention may be manufactured without the need for specialized hot forge tooling and hot forge machinery, and as such the production volume limitations of the prior art are not present in the manufacture of the present invention.

The present invention provides a fluid dynamic bearing device having high durability and capable of being produced at low cost. In the fluid dynamic bearing device, a housing (7) and a disc hub (3) are resin molded parts, and a thrust bearing gap is formed between an upper end surface (7d) of the housing (7) and a lower end surface (3e) of the disc hub (3). In this case, the surfaces (7d, 3e) function as sliding portions (P) temporarily in sliding contact with each other during operation of the bearing. A diameter of PAN-based carbon fibers blended as reinforcement fibers in the resin housing (7) is 12 μm or less, and the blending amount is within a range of 5 to 20 vol %, thereby making it possible to prevent occurrence of flaws and wear in the sliding portions (P).

The invention belongs to the technical field of an unmanned aerial vehicle, and discloses a novel composite rolling attitude control system and method. The control method integrates a principle for adjusting a flight attitude by utilizing a rudder surface and a conventional helicopter tipping tray periodically-pitch-variable principle; by utilizing a redundant control concept, an aerocraft rolling passage is controlled by a rudder system, the auxiliary compensation for the rolling passage is carried out by virtue of a rotary wing system, an airflow direction is limited by virtue of a duct, and the rudder system is controlled; and the control system comprises a controller, a rudder system, a rotary wing system and a duct. The novel composite rolling attitude control system is high in air passing capacity, compact in structure, reasonable in design and capable of realizing automatic hovering and precise attitude control and has advantages of small space size, large effective load, high control response sensitivity, high system stability, high robustness and the like.

The invention relates to an air-cooled frequency converter, especially for construction site equipment, such as internal and external vibrators which are operated at a higher frequency than the existing electricity supply, said frequency converter comprising a housing and preferably being connected to a separation transformer for producing a protective extra-low voltage. Said housing is divided into two sections, that is into a converter receiving element surrounding a plate chamber, and a housing section connected to said receiving element and used as a cooling region, inside which cooling air channels and a fan for conveying the cooling air through the cooling air channels are arranged. The configuration of the housing in the cooling region and optionally the embodiment of a transformer chamber are created by annular profiled elements which are cross-cut as desired, surround each other in an interspaced manner, and are coaxially arranged in relation to each other.

The present invention relates to a reclining device of a seat for a vehicle, which makes it possible to prevent backlash between an external gear 12 and an internal gear 22 in stop, resulting in preventing a vibration noise due to movement of the seatback. Further, it is possible to obtain sufficient power from even a small-output motor in operation, by minimizing the gear press angle to increase the operational efficiency. In addition, it is possible to design a compact reclining device by simplifying the shape and reduce the size of assemblies of wedge blocks 70, 120 and cams 80, 110, resulting in reducing the weight and the manufacturing cost and making it possible to freely designing the reclining device, depending on a disposing space.

A link structure of a power tailgate is disclosed in which the links opening and closing the tailgate move perpendicularly in relation to the rotational direction of the driving motor, thereby preventing an overload of the motor. Accordingly, a small capacity motor may be used for reducing the weight and raw material cost thereof. Further, as the orientation of the links is in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, a compact link construction is provided. Such the structure includes a rack gear meshing with a driving gear of the motor, and a multi-joint link connected at both ends thereof to the rack gear and tailgate, respectively. The multi-joint link is constituted by a plurality of link members relatively and pivotally connected to each other by means of pins.

A cooling system for a vehicle includes: an engine cooling circuit circulating a coolant to an engine mounted in the vehicle; an electronics cooling circuit circulating the coolant to an electrical equipment and a motor mounted in the vehicle; a reservoir tank connected to the engine and the motor and respectively compensating the coolant to the engine cooling circuit and the electronics cooling circuit; and a control valve connected to a first connection pipe connected to the reservoir tank and selectively connected to the engine cooling circuit and the electronics cooling circuit depending on a temperature change of the coolant during a cold driving mode or a warm driving mode of the vehicle to control a flow of the coolant.

A fuel rail assembly for injection of fuel includes a fuel injector socket having a fuel injector assembly inserted, a collar surrounding said fuel injector assembly and providing a gap there between; and a seal sealing the gap between the collar and the fuel injector assembly thereby forming a secondary chamber. Fuel vapors that escape the primary seal of the fuel injector installed in the fuel injector socket are captured in the secondary sealed chamber and are directed to an evaporative control system. The collar is designed such that only minimum modifications are required to both current injectors and current injector sockets. By integrating the collar into a DIG fuel rail assembly in accordance with the invention current DIG internal combustion engines may be converted to PZEV DIG engines.

A lubricating device for transmission includes a rotational shaft provided in a transmission housing, bearings attached to the transmission housing for supporting the rotational shaft, a cylindrical rotational member fixed to the rotational shaft between the bearings at an outer peripheral of said rotational shaft, at least one oil delivery groove which is spirally formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical rotational member, the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical rotational member being covered by a rotational member housing portion of the transmission housing.

The invention relates to a Fabry-Perot interferometer and a method for producing the same. More specifically, the invention relates to Fabry-Perot interferometers which are controllable with one or several actuators, such as piezoelectric, electrostrictive or flexoelectric actuators. In prior art technology there is a problem to achieve a sufficiently small and uniform gap between mirrors. In the present invention an intermediate structure (85a, 85b, 95a, 95b, 81a, 81b, 91a, 91b, 98a, 98b) is used between a mirror and an actuator or between two mirrors. The method of production also includes measuring the width distribution of the gap in several phases, and providing pre-actuation of actuators.

A lighting apparatus is disclosed. The lighting apparatus comprises a casing, at least one light source and a microstructure cover. The light source is disposed on one side of the casing. The microstructure cover is mounted on the casing opposite to the reflective face thereof. The microstructure cover has a plurality of guiding micro-structures to guide light and a plurality of dispersing micro-structures to disperse light.

A secondary air injection system may include an engine that includes a plurality of cylinders that generate a driving torque of a vehicle by combustion of a fuel; a main line connected to an exhaust manifold or an exhaust line which is connected to the plurality of cylinders; a recirculation line which is branched from the main line and then connected to an intake manifold; an air injection line which is branched from the main line and then connected to an intake line; and an electric supercharger which is provided in the intake line.

A gearbox for a wind turbine has a bearing arrangement positioned on the downwind side of a first stage planet carrier at a single locus. The planet carrier has a portion extending radially inwards and axially downwind from the planet gears. Thus, the weight of the gearbox is supported between the two theoretical support points of the pair of back to back tapered roller bearings at the down wind side of the first stage planet carrier. A member of unitary construction comprising gearbox flange, input shaft and first stage planet carrier, which can be cast as one piece, reduces the weight of this part compared to previous designs having separate components.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a rechargeable battery which simplifies a structure of an electrode assembly around a terminal hole of a cap plate and reduces a number of constituent elements connecting an electrode assembly and an electrode terminal. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a rechargeable battery, including: an electrode assembly formed by disposing an electrode having coated regions and uncoated tabs at opposite sides of a separator; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein; a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case; and electrode terminals insert-molded into terminal holes of the cap plate to be connected to the uncoated tabs, wherein the electrode terminal includes: an external terminal portion configured to protrude outside of the cap plate; an internal terminal portion disposed within the cap plate to be connected to the uncoated tabs; and a connector configured to connect the external terminal portion and the external portion, and disposed in the terminal hole to be insulated by a molding resin material.

As a new design, when making part of a decoration rotatable, there is a tendency for this to result in an unnecessarily complex structure, and it was difficult to apply such structures to small decorations such as rings, due to considerations such as strength and smooth movement. Solution: The present invention was configured as follows in order to provide a decoration which, even if having a small size, has a simple structure and strength, and opens like a flower. The decoration has a configuration whereby one of a group of movable petals (1) having a calculated curved surface (2) and which are positioned so as overlap with the positions to be rotated and are synchronized with one another, is opened and closed by a single rotating knob (11) and is synchronized with the other petal-shaped parts (1) smoothly and effectively to replicate the movement of a flower opening and closing.

A digital telescopic sight includes an objective lens group (202), a light collecting lens (204), an erecting lens group (206), an eyepiece lens group (212), a semi-reflecting mirror (208) and an image sensor (210). The incident exterior light rays are sequentially transmitted through the objective lens group, the light collecting lens and the erecting lens group, and then incident onto the semi-reflecting mirror. The semi-reflecting mirror reflects a portion of the light rays onto the image sensor, and transmits the remaining primary light rays to the eyepiece lens group for enabling the user to view the image. The image sensor receives the reflected portion of the light rays, converts it into an electrical signal, and finally transmits the electrical signal to a digital signal processor for further image signal processing.

The invention provides a grounding design method of a multi-cabin combined type spacecraft. According to the grounding design method of the multi-cabin combined type spacecraft, switches are connected with resistors in parallel, the switches of different cabins are controlled separately at different time intervals, single point grounding of the multi-cabin combined type spacecraft in a combined working condition and in a independent working condition is achieved, and the zero level standard of the aircraft is guaranteed. By means of the grounding design method of the multi-cabin combined type spacecraft, the internal grounding mode of each cabin section of the aircraft is not changed, grounding design of the whole aircraft can be achieved through the simple switches and resistors, and the grounding design is easy to operate and implement. According to the grounding design method of the multi-cabin combined type spacecraft, after one cabin or a plurality of cabins are separated from other cabins, a grounding switch of the cabin or the grounding switch of one cabin among the plurality of cabins is closed, grounding switches of the other cabins keep in an off-state, and single point grounding of a primary source loop line is achieved through the cabin with the closed grounding switch. Among the remaining cabins after separation, only the grounding switch of one cabin is in an on-state, and single point grounding of a formed combined body is achieved through the grounding switch.

The invention provides a graphic input device which has uniform sensitivity and is free of keystone distortion but which is lighter and less expensive to manufacture than the prior art, particularly for large drawing surfaces. It uses Fresnel optics to reduce the cost, thickness, and weight of the prism or collimator or both. Means are provided to mitigate the effects of lens flare from the Fresnel optics, minimize the thickness of the device, and to correct any remaining distortion in the camera's image using software executing on a standard computer.

A method for easily producing a low permeable rubber laminate comprised of a thin film layer of a low permeable resin (B) laminated on a layer of a rubber composition (C) comprising:laminating, on a low permeable multilayer film comprised of layer (A) / layer (B) of a laminated film of a layer of a polyolefin-based resin (A) and a thin film layer of a low permeable resin (B) having an air permeability coefficient, determined based on JIS K7126 at 30° C., of 0.5×10−12 cc·cm / cm2·sec·cmHg or less and an average thickness ε of 0.05<ε<20 μm and having a peeling strength of the layer (A) / layer (B), determined based on JIS K6256 at 30° C., of less than 0.05N / mm for a pseudo-adhesive state, a layer of an unvulcanized rubber composition (C) in an order of layer (A) / layer (B) / layer (C) to bond the layer (B) / layer (C) so that the peeling strength, determined based on JIS K6256 at 30° C., of the layer (C) and layer (B) becomes 0.05N / mm or more and peeling off the layer (A) of the pseudo-adhesive body of the resultant laminate from the layer (B).

The invention discloses a trailing edge flap-type smart rotor blade, belongs to the technique of design of helicopter parts, and relates to a smart rotor blade which is compact in structure and can meet the strength requirement. The trailing edge flap-type smart rotor blade is characterized in that a drive frame is located on the basis of the principle of invariable number of bundles of girder belts at the front edge; a flap-type datum line is utilized as a normal line of a front edge locating plane; a joint of the drive system in a composite material blade adopts any combination of three ways, namely front edge girder binding, middle girder pulling, and an end part top block; and a wing flap shaft is wrapped by using a chopped limiting block connected with skin. The invention proposes a design scheme of the trailing edge flap-type smart rotor blade under the precondition of not destroying the flap-type pneumatic surface. The blade adopting the scheme is reasonable in structure, and has an effective process program, the strength of the joint is ensured to the maximal extent, and the condition that the drive system can safely and stably work under various rotor test conditions.

The posterior-form enhancement device includes a garment and two posterior-form pads. Each posterior-form pad is formed by attaching one first posterior-form piece to one second posterior-form piece. The garment is used for covering the lower body part of a person, and in its rear side has two pockets adjacent to the posteriors of wearers for placing the posterior-form pads respectively. Each first posterior-form piece includes a bag for encasing a volume of gel. The second posterior-form pieces are respectively adjacent to the first posterior-form pieces in the pockets, wherein the first posterior-form piece is near an external surface away from wearers' posteriors of while the second posterior-form piece is near an internal surface adjacent to wearers' posteriors. The shape and size of the pockets are determined by the shape and size of the posterior-form pad. The posterior-form pads can be put into or taken out of the pockets.

A heat pump system for a vehicle which uses an evaporator of an air-conditioning case for common use in an air-conditioning mode and in a heat pump mode for cooling and heating so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs. The heat pump system can be applied without any change in structure of the air-conditioning case, and can be operated even at low temperature without any influence of outdoor temperature because the heat pump system uses waste heat of an engine so as to enhance fuel efficiency and increase heating performance and efficiency.