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The invention provides a wearable 7-degree-of-freedom upper limb movement rehabilitation training exoskeleton which comprises a supporting rod and an exoskeleton training device which are fixed on a base, wherein the exoskeleton training device is formed by connecting a shoulder adduction / abduction joint, a shoulder flexion / extension joint, a shoulder medial rotation / lateral rotation joint, an elbow flexion / extension joint, an elbow medial rotation / lateral rotation joint, a wrist adduction / abduction joint and a wrist flexion / extension joint in series. The joints are directly driven by a motor, wherein the shoulder and elbow rotating joints are additionally provided with a spur-gear set, the structure is simple, and the response speed is high. Compared with the prior art, the exoskeleton provided by the invention has more degrees of freedom of movement and can adapt to standing and sitting training. The length of an exoskeleton rod can be adjusted according to the height of a patient, thereby ensuring the wearing comfort. A spacing structure is adopted by the joints, thereby improving the safety. Angle and moment sensors at the joint points can acquire kinematic and dynamic data of each joint in real time, thereby being convenient for physical therapists to subsequently analyze and establish a training scheme to achieve an optimal rehabilitation effect.

This invention introduces several methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling musician audio effects or musical instruments wirelessly from the performer's footwear. In one embodiment, the performer's foot motions are monitored using a motion detection device and compared against a set of criteria by a microprocessor to activate or deactivate one or more audio effects that are ready or “armed.” Once the foot controller is activated, a radio transmits sampled foot pressure that is used by the Base Unit to modulate all armed audio effects capable of being modulated. Tactile feedback is provided in the footwear as a means to confirm system status changes.

A garment in a preferred embodiment includes front, rear and first and second side panels and a hood all formed from a single piece of a high performance, water-proof, breathable material. The user may use releasable fasteners affixed above fixed connection points along each opposite side of the front and rear panels to adjust the size of the sleeve openings. Releasable fasteners are provided below the fixed connection points to allow the user to open or close the side edges of the front and rear panels below the fixed connection points. A plurality of releasable fasteners is provided along the bottom edges of the front and rear panels to allow the user to selectively adjust the fit about the user's torso.

A portable welding cell unit includes a frame structure in which first and second welding stations are disposed. A robot arm is also provided within the frame. The robot arm can pivot between the first and second welding stations such that a work piece can be welded in the first welding station while a work piece is being loaded into or unloaded from the second welding station.

A device is provided for adjusting, in a vehicle cabin, the position of a steering wheel secured at the free end of a steering shaft. The device includes an adjusting arrangement for adjusting, in a preferred driving position, the position of the steering wheel in at least one direction, the adjusting arrangement being supported by a retracting arrangement capable of moving the steering wheel into a retracted position wherein the steering wheel does not protrude into the vehicle cabin while maintaining unaltered, with respect to the adjusting arrangement, the preferred driving position. The device makes it possible to maintain the individual adjustment carried by a driver when the steering wheel is moved into retracted position.

A wireless and wired control mechanism is provided for an aerial lift or crane wherein a control box is located within the work platform of the aerial lift. The control box is hard wired to a radio receiver in the control mechanism of the aerial lift or crane. The control box is also wireless connected to the control mechanism which permits a radio transmitter in the control box to transmit signals to the control mechanism when the hard wired connection between the control box and the control mechanism is disconnected. The control box is conveniently movable within the work platform and may be completely removed therefrom so that an operator may control the functions of the aerial lift or crane from the ground by way of the wireless connection.

The invention discloses a series-parallel water jet carving robot with six degrees of freedom. The robot comprises a mount, a vertical column component, a lifting device, a rocker with six degrees of freedom, a parallel cutter rack with three degrees of freedom and a jet carving device, wherein a water tank is arranged in the mount, the rocker can move upwards and downwards along the vertical column under the driving of the lifting device; and the parallel cutter rack with three degrees of freedom sleeves the rocker with two degrees of freedom and can translate along the rocker with two degrees of freedom; a spraying gun in the jet carving device is arranged on the parallel cutter rack and has six spatial movement degrees of freedom. According to the carving robot, the processing operations such as blanking and cutting, carving, chamfering, routing and trimming of an acrylic product can be realized; the action force of the robot during carving operation is small; a work piece is low in temperature and keeps the shape; the influence of the acrylic material bonding on a cutter or the work piece to the precision and quality of the work piece can be avoided; and the robot further has the advantage of being compact in device structure, stable and reliable in work, convenient and fast to operate and maintain, low in entire machine cost and high in processing precision.

The present invention is a sling system utilizing a rear sling fitting for a long firearm, such as a rifle. Such fittings typically are positioned between the stock and receiver. It presents a fitting body with an aperture to slide over a rifle receiver tube and a connection bar extending from a reverse of the fitting body. A point-type sling attachment may then be attached to the connection bar and be able to slide left and right across the back of the weapon, allowing for quickly adaptable left or right positioning of the weapon. Registration geometry may be added and positioned to further allow interface with weapon geometry and prevent rotation of the fitting during use. The connection bar may be positioned on another component of the weapon, such as the receiver or the stock, should the weapon not have a receiver extension tube. A convertible sling and forward sling mount are also disclosed for cooperative use with the fitting, completing the system.

Disclosed herein is a corner painting tool, typically comprising at least four replaceable rollers pivotally attached to a handle, that provides for the painting of the two adjoining surfaces forming a typical 90° interior corner in an even and efficient manner. Each pair of rollers is detachably attached to one of two axle-bearing elements that are, in turn, rigidly affixed at opposite ends of a connector bar. The fixed relationship between the connector bar and the axle-bearing elements serve to position each pair of rollers at a 90° angle to the other. A handle is pivotally attached at the midpoint of the connector bar. Attachment at the bar's midpoint serves to locate the pivot point as close as possible to the inside corner formed by the rollers, thereby maximizing the stability of the overall assembly during use. The pivoting connection provides a user with the flexibility of operation needed to reliably move the painting tool along an interior corner surface from virtually any location between the adjoining surfaces.

A sensing assembly (10), including a body (12) and one or more first indicating electrodes disposed on the body (26). The first indicating electrodes include an electrochemically active layer (32) and a layer (38) of an active functioning enzyme of a first enzyme type on top of the electrochemically active layer. Also, one or more second indicating electrodes (24) are disposed on the body and include an electrochemically active layer (32) and a layer (36) of an inactivated enzyme of the first enzyme type on top of the electrochemically active layer. A reference electrode (22) is also disposed on the body. Finally, an electrical and data processing system (18) is adapted to bias the electrodes and measure electrical signals from the electrodes, and uses said signals to determine an analyte concentration and communicates the analyte concentration to a location apart from the first and second indicating electrodes.

The invention relates to a new energy auto parts warehouse operation robot, which includes a walking device, an adjustable bracket, a rotating device, a hybrid mechanism and a stacking manipulator; At the front end of the bracket, the rotating device is fixedly connected to the adjustable bracket, the hybrid mechanism is located between the rotating device and the palletizing manipulator, and the upper end of the hybrid mechanism is connected to the rotating device, and the lower end of the hybrid mechanism is connected to the palletizing manipulator. The invention can realize a series of operations such as grabbing, transporting and stacking the wheel hub, and has high degree of automation, stable and flexible movement, and high operation efficiency, and solves the problems of high manual operation cost, low efficiency and high risk.

The present invention is a sling system utilizing a rear sling fitting for a long firearm, such as a rifle. Such fittings typically are positioned between the stock and receiver. It presents a fitting body with an aperture to slide over a rifle receiver tube and a connection bar extending from a reverse of the fitting body. A point-type sling attachment may then be attached to the connection bar and be able to slide left and right across the back of the weapon, allowing for quickly adaptable left or right positioning of the weapon. Registration geometry may be added and positioned to further allow interface with weapon geometry and prevent rotation of the fitting during use. The connection bar may be positioned on another component of the weapon, such as the receiver or the stock, should the weapon not have a receiver extension tube. A convertible sling and forward sling mount are also disclosed for cooperative use with the fitting, completing the system.

The invention relates to a robotic surgical instrument arm and a minimally-invasive surgical robot applicable to various hole numbers. A transmission device of the robotic surgical instrument arm anda flexible arm are in transmission through a wire rope, and the flexible arm is provided with a force sensor which is used for sensing stress of an executing end; due to multiple-degree-of-freedom arranging of the flexible arm, the flexibility is improved; due to configuration layout design of the transmission device, a driving device and the flexible arm, a surgical operation incision in dual-hole and multi-hole combinations can be smaller, and a surgical operation is more minimally-invasive; the minimally-invasive surgical robot applicable to various hole numbers can be assembled into single-hole, dual-hole and multi-hole minimally-invasive surgical robots according to clinical requirements; and the quantity of adaptive diseases is large, the coverage is extensive, and the hole numbers and a branch quantity are changed flexibly. Through multiple-degree-of-freedom motion of the flexible arm, an endoscope and an end operating appliance can achieve omni-bearing poses in space, the fieldof view of the surgical operation is enlarged, and blind areas are avoided. The quantity of degrees of freedom of an in-vitro mechanical arm is greater than 6, bedside deployment is facilitated, anda remote motion center point can be relatively easily formed and is free of interference with human bodies.

A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines has a solenoid, with a valve needle pressed in the closing direction by a return spring to activate a valve closing member, which together with a valve seat surface forms a sealing seat, and an armature in friction-locking connection with a valve needle. A first guide sleeve and a second guide sleeve are connected to the valve needle. The armature has radial play with respect to the valve needle as a result of the central opening, the diameter of which is greater than the diameter of the valve needle.

A single body port or body flange access device having an oval shape and associated stabilizer anchor for performing laparoscopic surgery is disclosed. The device is slipped into the body anchor stabilizer first so that the anchor stabilizer lifts up fat and peritoneum inside the body thereby keeping the operating area clear and acting to hold the body flange in place. The device further has a plurality of crisscrossing conduits assuming the shape of a cone through which surgical instruments may be inserted. The instruments are manipulated so that triangulation is obtained using one patient body flange while standard surgical procedures are performed on the patient. Due the oval shape of the device, the device minimally rotates while instruments are manipulated.

Method and apparatus for aligning a small-size component with vacuum pick-up nozzles within turrets used with electronic components or assembly equipments. The method comprises the steps of picking-up the component with a pick-up nozzle; measuring a position of the component in respect to a defined value; bringing the component held by the pick-up nozzle in contact with a aligning device; holding the component with the aligning device and; moving the aligning device in order to align the component based on the position measurement.

The invention provides a tiltable chair accommodating male and female user seating position preferences. The chair has a movable seat pan, which can be actuated into forward and aft positions. At least one position is associated with a female position, and at least one position is associated with a male position. The chair may have a back support or may be backless.

A spray device for use as a supplementary fluid output, having a mixing chamber for receiving and mixing fluid from two input supplies which supplies mixed fluid to a spray head through a flexible conduit. The relative proportions of input supplies received in the mixing chamber is controlled by a mix controller having a mix actuator which is connected to a mix valve associated with the mixing chamber by an upstanding rotatable sleeve. The spray device is mounted on a hole in a work surface by mounting means. The flexible conduit and the upstanding rotatable sleeve pass through the hole in the work surface and a bore in the mounting means. The mix controller may control the rate of fluid flow through the device.

The invention provides a space mechanical arm suspension microgravity simulation method, and belongs to the field of simulation experiments, wherein the method comprises the steps: S1, installing a space machine, and controlling a six-degree-of-freedom table to move to a test starting position on an air floatation platform; S2, adjusting the alignment position according to the target point of thesix-degree-of-freedom table; S3, controlling a mechanical swing arm to move, and connecting a suspension assembly with a suspension point; S4, controlling an omnidirectional mobile platform to move along with the six-degree-of-freedom platform; S5, controlling a space mechanical arm to be unfolded; S6, after the space mechanical arm completes the test, controlling the space mechanical arm to moveto an original folded state; S7, after the six-degree-of-freedom table moves to the parking position, closing an air source, and supporting and fixing the six-degree-of-freedom table; and S8, ending the test of disassembling a suspension assembly. The action of the gravity of the mechanical arm on the posture of a spacecraft when the mechanical arm is unfolded is eliminated, meanwhile, more motionfreedom degrees and motion ranges of the mechanical arm are reserved, and the unfolding range of the space mechanical arm is adapted to in a large range.

A far infrared (“FIR”) sauna cabin equipped with a far infrared (“FIR”) heating elements constructed of ceramic, carbon, and / or light emitting diodes (“LED”), designed for therapeutic use in a sauna, capable of emitting far infrared energy, and heating an individual's skin for purposes of rejuvenation, anti-aging, weight loss, and acne therapy. The FIR heating element emits IR energy in a wavelength and frequency optimum for resonant absorption by the human body, resulting in the release of toxins stored within subcutaneous fatty deposits, which are then carried out of the person's system as he or she sweats. The FIR sauna is operated by a system comprising a local control system and a remote computer running access control software. A user account is configured containing a user's allowed privileges. When a user swipes an access card, the remote computer verifies the requested privilege. If allowed, the local system energizes the sauna system.

In one embodiment, it is proposed a method for validating a control operation to be performed by a target device through a virtual control interface, the virtual control interface being displayed by a head mounted device of a user. The method is remarkable in that it comprises:a step of detecting a selection instruction of a first area, delivering a selected first area;a step of detecting a position of gaze of the user, delivering a second area within the virtual control interface;a step of detecting if the selected first area and the second area are at least partially overlapping a same dedicated area associated to a control operation to be performed by said target device; and in case of detection of an occurrence of said at least partially overlapping, said method further comprising a step of validating the control operation.

A conveyor assembly includes a main conveyor and a swing auger assembly pivotally coupled to an inlet end of the main conveyor for loading particulate material into the main conveyor. The swing auger assembly includes two first and second augers which are slidable relative to one another to vary a length of the swing auger assembly between a loading hopper at an inlet end of the swing auger assembly and the main conveyor connected at an outlet end of the swing auger. The swing auger assembly is suspended from an overhead support member extending upwardly from the inlet end of the main conveyor such that the swing auger assembly is pivotal through an intermediate position overtop of the main conveyor between first and second laterally offset positions on opposing sides of the main conveyor.

A device is provided for adjusting, in a vehicle cabin, the position of a steering wheel secured at the free end of a steering shaft. The device includes an adjusting arrangement for adjusting, in a preferred driving position, the position of the steering wheel in at least one direction, the adjusting arrangement being supported by a retracting arrangement capable of moving the steering wheel into a retracted position wherein the steering wheel does not protrude into the vehicle cabin while maintaining unaltered, with respect to the adjusting arrangement, the preferred driving position. The device makes it possible to maintain the individual adjustment carried by a driver when the steering wheel is moved into retracted position.

A conveyor assembly includes a main conveyor and a swing auger assembly pivotally coupled to an inlet end of the main conveyor for loading particulate material into the main conveyor. The swing auger assembly includes two first and second augers which are slidable relative to one another to vary a length of the swing auger assembly between a loading hopper at an inlet end of the swing auger assembly and the main conveyor connected at an outlet end of the swing auger. The swing auger assembly is suspended from an overhead support member extending upwardly from the inlet end of the main conveyor such that the swing auger assembly is pivotal through an intermediate position overtop of the main conveyor between first and second laterally offset positions on opposing sides of the main conveyor.

A camp hammock in which the fabric of the hammock bed is cut in such a way that once the hammock is suspended between to points it allows areas of the diagonal axis of the hammock, where the occupants head and lower legs will be positioned, to hang lower than the opposing diagonal axis which crosses under the occupants lower torso. Once the fabric gives under the torso, the legs are now inline. This hammock can also be enclosed with a top enclosure to trap body heat and a bed liner that will hold an insulating pad with side pockets to hold clothing that will act to retain heat while camping in cold temperatures. This hammock may also have a gear loft attached to the ridgeline seam for storing gear. A rain fly with an adjustable peak and end walls with rain sleeves protects the hammock in wet weather.

The invention provides a space mechanical arm suspension microgravity simulation device, which belongs to the field of simulation experiments, and comprises a mechanical swing arm mounting platform, asix-degree-of-freedom table and a camera, a target point on the six-degree-of-freedom table is measured in real time to obtain the position and attitude change of the six-degree-of-freedom table, andthe mechanical swing arm mounting platform is controlled to move along with the six-degree-of-of-freedom table; the mechanical swing arm mounting platform comprises an omni-directional moving platform, a balance weight and a mechanical swing arm bracket; the omni-directional moving platform moves omni-directionally in a plane; a counterweight, which is used for balancing the whole centroid of theomni-directional mobile platform, and a mechanical swing arm, the motion of the mechanical swing arm bracket is used for compensating the motion precision of the full-moving platform. The action of the gravity of the mechanical arm on the posture of the spacecraft when the mechanical arm is unfolded is eliminated, meanwhile, more motion freedom degrees and motion ranges of the mechanical arm arereserved, and the unfolding range of the space mechanical arm is adapted to in a large range.

A camp hammock in which the fabric of the hammock bed is cut in such a way that once the hammock is suspended between to points it allows areas of the diagonal axis of the hammock, where the occupants head and lower legs will be positioned, to hang lower than the opposing diagonal axis which crosses under the occupants lower torso. Once the fabric gives under the torso, the legs are now inline. This hammock can also be enclosed with a top enclosure to trap body heat and a bed liner that will hold an insulating pad with side pockets to hold clothing that will act to retain heat while camping in cold temperatures. This hammock may also have a gear loft attached to the ridgeline seam for storing gear. A rain fly with an adjustable peak and end walls with rain sleeves protects the hammock in wet weather.