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A braking system in a land vehicle having wheels for movement and a motor rotating the wheels. The braking system includes a brake rotor that is secured to one of the wheels. A brake caliper is secured to the vehicle for grasping the rotor in response to a caliper actuation signal. A brake pedal is secured to the land vehicle for movement by the vehicle driver. A pedal sensor is connected to the pedal for sensing the movement thereof and generating a braking signal in response to the movement of the pedal. A power train control module is secured to the vehicle for controlling the speed at which the motor rotates the wheels in response to a deactivation signal. A camera is mounting on the vehicle for generating a video signal representative of the incident light entering the camera. A central processing unit (CPU) is connected to the pedal sensor, the brake caliper and the camera. The CPU is adapted to receive the braking signal from the pedal sensor and, in response thereto, transmit a caliper actuation signal to the brake caliper. The CPU is also adapted to receive the video signal from the camera and process the video signal to determine whether the incident light entering camera includes light of a red color. In response to detecting light of a red color, CPU transmits a caliper actuation signal to the brake caliper and a deactivation signal to the power train control module.

A contactless rotary shaft position sensor provides for precision computation of shaft angle for a wide range of input shaft rotational angles. The sensor includes two annular two-pole magnets which are connected by a precision, motion-transmitting gear train. An optional second gear train between one of the magnets and the input shaft can provide additional angular rotation scaling to accurately measure either fractional or a large number of multiple turns of the input shaft. The gear ratios are selected such that one of the magnets does not rotate more than one revolution. Pairs of ratiometric Hall-effect or magnetoresistive sensors provide differential voltage signals which are used for sensing angular position of each magnet over a full 360 degrees of rotation. The single-turn magnet provides an absolute, coarse indication of input shaft rotation with a typical accuracy of 2%. The gear ratio between the magnets produces several turns of the second magnet for each turn of the single-turn magnet. Since the gear ratio between the magnets is fixed, the angle sensed for the multi-turn magnet can be predicted from the position of the single-turn magnet. This is compared to the multi-turn magnet's actual sensed rotation. The result is an improvement in accuracy directly proportional to the gear ratio between the magnets. Computation of the individual magnet rotation angles and the input shaft angle is performed using a microprocessor and appropriate signal conditioning circuits. Utilizing two magnets, input shaft rotation can be accurately measured to within 0.1% of maximum range.

A method and apparatus to secure the coupler section of a trailer provides a locking device that includes a lock housing having a hitch ball element to engage the recess in the coupler, a shackle member lockable to the housing and having a bridge section that spans the hitch ball element, and a latch assembly to latch and unlatch the shackle member. The shackle member is shown to be U-shaped with legs that extend through and secure to the lock housing. The latch assembly provides a ratchet-type engagement to allow adjustable locking. A rotatable lock mechanism drives a cam based latch mechanism between a latch state and an unlatch state.

A valve arrangement (16) for a geothermal steam turbine generator (10) comprises first and second steam control valves (18, 20) for regulating the supply of steam to the steam turbine generator (10). The first and second steam control valves are arranged in parallel in a steam supply line (24) and the first steam control valve (18) has a smaller fully-open diameter than the second steam control valve (20). The first steam control valve (18) is arranged to regulate the volume flow rate of steam supplied to the steam turbine generator (10) during a speed-control phase, until the steam turbine generator (10) attains a predetermined rotational speed at which it can be connected to an ac electrical system. The second steam control valve (20) is arranged to regulate the volume flow rate of steam supplied to the steam turbine generator (10) during a load-control phase, after the end of the speed-control phase, once the steam turbine generator (10) has attained the predetermined rotational speed and is connected to the ac electrical system.

A surgical apparatus includes an actuation unit disposed on a handle and a control unit providing at least three modes for controlling the electrical instrument. The actuation unit contains a switching rocker with an operating element, which is rotatable about a rocker axis that can be shifted perpendicular to the surface of the handle, so that starting from an initial position a first or second function position can be reached by forwards or backwards rotation about the rocker axis, and a third function position can be reached by pressing the operating element inward, two sensors being disposed on the operating element, one on the left and the other on the right side of the rocker axis, in such a way that by means of the sensors the function position selected by means of the switching rocker can be determined by the control unit.

The invention relates to an electric motor comprising a permanent magnet rotor, which is supported rotationally about a central axis, a wound stator having a cylinder ring-shaped stator winding, claw poles, which are disposed perpendicularly to ring disc-shaped stator plates and around the central axis, and a cylinder jacket-shaped yoke ring, the length of the claw poles in the axially parallel direction being clearly greater than half the inner diameter of the stator. It is the object of the invention to provide an electric motor, in which the stator is composed of the least number of components, requires simple assembly and has a robust structure and optimum efficiency, thereby enabling greater design flexibility, usability of installation space and thus an economic construction. This objective is solved according to the invention in that the magnetically conductive part of the stator comprises a cylinder jacket-shaped yoke ring and two ring disc-shaped stator plates, the stator plates are each designed as a single piece with a plurality of claw poles and the ring disc-shaped stator plates comprise ends, which are connected to one another.

An ocean wave energy system is for generating power from ocean waves. The system comprises wall components defining one or more channels for guiding propagation of ocean waves therealong. Each channel has a first end for receiving the ocean waves and a second end remote from the first end. A float arrangement is disposed along each of the one or more channels between its first and second ends. Moreover, the float arrangement being arranged in size to progressively absorb energy from the ocean waves commencing with longest wavelength components in the waves and finishing with shortest wavelength components in the waves. The ocean wave energy system is capable of extracting energy efficiently and conveniently from ocean wave motion.

A handheld work apparatus has a drive motor for driving a tool, an operating element for operating the drive motor, a first inhibiting unit and a second inhibiting unit. Each inhibiting unit has a disable state and an enable state. The operating element is inhibited for operating the drive motor when at least one of the inhibiting units is in its disable state. The work apparatus further has a locking device which locks the first inhibiting unit in its enable state if the second inhibiting unit is in its enable state. A method for operating the work apparatus provides that the first inhibiting unit is locked in its enable state when the first inhibiting unit and the second inhibiting unit are situated in their enable states at the same time.

A scanner for providing a possibility of detecting a surface relief of an object includes a projector configured to guide a light beam in an illumination line over the surface relief to obtain an illuminated location on the surface relief, the projector being further configured to output a projection signal from which a position of the light beam in the illumination line is derivable. Additionally, the scanner includes a collector having a collector micro mirror stimulatable to oscillate in two dimensions and a point-shaped light detector, the collector micro mirror being oscillatingly arranged in a first direction of the illumination line and in a second direction differing from the first direction such that a reflection of the illuminated location within a scan area of the micro scanner mirror is imagable by it onto the point-shaped light detector, and the collector being configured to output a detection signal from which a position of the illuminated location in the first and second directions is derivable.

A fire guidance device for a hand fired weapon is suitable for day and night deployment for large caliber and slow flying ammunition or missiles, such as, for example, 40 mm grenade throwers and anti tank weapons. The fire guidance device also serves to determine and automatically adjust a set-up angle for adjustment of ballistics, and a lateral angle for spin correction. The fire guidance device is attached to the weapon so it can be tilted automatically or manually and twisting is thereby dependent upon a required set-up angle of the weapon so that direct view, by the operator, to the target is preserved. For spin correction, a defined angle in horizontal orientation is adjusted between axes of the fire guidance device and the weapon. Alternatively, the fire guidance device is mounted vertically and a required cant (tilt) is then indicated in a display, followed by tilt adjustment.

Sanitary elements and cartridges of high performance are described which utilize a thin surrounding tubular shell with an exterior textured surface. Through the use of an overwrap material of particular design and by wrapping an assemblage of sheets of semipermeable membrane material, permeate carrier material and feed spacer material using a high tension, a spirally wound crossflow filtration element is constructed which has a substantially cylindrical outer surface of closely controlled OD that smoothly fits within such shell and which resists telescoping as a result of its radial compression.

A flight case (24) for shipping and supporting an audio mixing console (26), having a main platform frame (28) that includes a pair of collapsible legs (30) each with reversible swivel casters (36) and a plurality of upright sockets having gas springs (48). When the flight case (24) is positioned on its side for transportation the casters (36) face outward; when positioned horizontally the casters (36) are rotated downward for resting on a hard surface. A sub frame (50) is located inside the frame (28) and is configured to receive the audio mixing console (26). A removable top (54), with side casters (56) and locking mechanisms (58) is placed over the frame (50). When the locking mechanisms are rotated, the frame (50) and the top (54) are elevated by the gas springs (48), permitting the top (54) to be removed leaving the frame (50) for supporting the audio mixing console (26) exposed ready for use. The frame (50) is then pulled outward forming a shelf creating room for a sound engineers legs.

A positioning device has a first unit and a second unit arranged so as to be displaceable relative to the first unit. A slip-stick drive acts between the first unit and the second unit to produce a translatory movement (P) of the two units. The positioning device has a solid-body joint which is coupled to the first unit and the slip-stick drive and which mechanically protects a translation shaft of the slip-stick drive against rotation and/or lateral displacement.

A drill pipe including a tube having opposite ends. An internally threaded connector is provided at one of the opposite ends of the tube. An externally threaded connector is provided at the other one of the opposite ends of the tube. The externally threaded connector is adapted to mate with the internally threaded connector on a second drill pipe. A bar code is etched into either the tube, the internally threaded connector, or the externally threaded connector.

A storage arrangement for a vehicle is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the arrangement includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion, which wall portions are at least part of a delimitation of an accessible storage space and define at least part of an entry opening of the storage space. The second wall portion is movable and adjustable relative to the first wall portion between at least a first defined and directly accessible storage position and a second defined and directly accessible storage position, the storage space including a relatively greater storage capacity and a larger entry opening in the second storage position than in the first storage position.