233 results about "Angular orientation" patented technology

Disclosed herein is an angular optical component retention and removal system that reduces the amount of space needed to accommodate fiber optic cables and enables optical components to be quickly and easily inserted, retained, and removed from an optical communications system. The optical component retention and removal system may include a single or plural angular retention sections that retain optical components in an angular orientation through a faceplate. The system may further include an insertion / retention mechanism that enables an optical component to be inserted and removed with a single hand. With the system, fiber optic cables extend at an angle from the optical components, requiring less clearance space in front of the faceplate for provision of the fiber optic cables.

An assembly, for packaging and safely disposing of a needle structure, including a housing having at least one containment structure. The containment structure includes a hinge movably interconnecting a base and a needle retaining segment, between open and closed orientations. The retaining segment includes a compartment removably containing the needle structure therein and the base includes a chamber for reception of the compartment and medical needle therein, when in the closed orientation. The hinge normally biases the retaining segment and compartment outwardly at substantially a predetermined angular orientation relative to the base, in the open orientation, to facilitate access to the medical needle through an access opening in the compartment. A closure is fixedly connected to and movable with both the base and the retaining segment and is structured to removably secure the housing in the closed orientation.

An apparatus and method for radiation measurement are used to determine clearance of a rotating gas turbine component. The apparatus includes a probe body on a stationary component outward of the rotating component and a pair of sensor assemblies coupled to the probe body. Each sensor assembly includes a plurality of prisms coupled to the probe body Each prism of the plurality of prisms has a distinct angular orientation to direct radiation from the focusing lens to the rotating component surface off-axis with respect to an axis of the respective radiation source of the pair of radiation sources and with less directional variation than radiation from the respective radiation source.

A seat assembly includes a seat pan that is tilted automatically by way of a seat bucket moving up and down relative to a base structure. The seat bucket is pivotably coupled to a carrier. The carrier and the seat bucket each follow respective channels of a base structure. The movement of the seat bucket along the channel of the base structure causes the pivoting of the seat bucket relative to the carrier. The channels are shaped with an angular orientation resulting in the seat pan angle changing as the seat bucket moves up and down.

The utility model provides an automobile steering knuckle processing and positioning fixture, the automobile steering knuckle comprises a main body and a main arm, the processing and positioning fixture comprises a base, a supporting seat, a centering piece, a positioning device and a clamping device, the supporting seat is arranged on the base, the centering piece is arranged inside the supporting seat, the inner wall of the supporting seat is attached to the outer wall of the centering piece, the centering piece is provided with a taper hole, and the clamping device is arranged on the positioning device. The main body is provided with a conical structure, the conical structure extends into the conical hole, the inner wall of the conical hole is attached to the outer wall of the conical structure, an elastic piece is arranged in the supporting seat, one end of the elastic piece abuts against the centering piece, the other end of the elastic piece abuts against the bottom of the supporting seat, the positioning device and the clamping device are arranged on the base, and the positioning device is constructed to be connected with the main arm. The clamping device is used for fixing the body. The automobile steering knuckle extends into the centering piece, self-centering is achieved so as to reduce the positioning error, angular positioning of the steering knuckle is achieved through the positioning device, the situation that the automobile steering knuckle to be machined needs to be manually aligned is avoided, and the clamping efficiency can be improved.

The present invention relates to a system (2) for supervising wind turbines (1), each wind turbine (1) comprising a mast (101) accommodating at its upper end a nacelle (102) with an angular orientation in a reference frame (300), the supervising system (2) comprising means for measuring, on site, a main direction (201) over a time period, and control means allowing the angular orientation of the nacelle (102) to be modified, characterized in that it comprises means for detecting the angular orientation, and a module (23) for determining at least one angular differential (400) from the measured main direction (201) and from the detected angular orientation, corresponding to a yaw alignment error that the control means correct by modifying the angular orientation of each nacelle (102).

A medical devices en-vivo positional determination system using a plurality of optical time of flight (TDF) transceivers along with gyroscopic angular and mechanical distance sensors for the determination of absolute linear and angular positional information of the tool bit tip for the purposes of more accurate hand-held drilling or cutting, on the workpiece using forward kinematic equations calculated on a microcomputer to provide a real-time display of the 3-linear position and 2-angular orientation of the tool bit (such as a drill, scalpel, or wire driver).

A metrology apparatus includes an indexed articulated joint including: first and second relatively reorientable bodies, respectively having mutually engageable engagement elements, which can be locked together in different angular orientations about a first axis to provide a plurality of angularly indexed positions of the bodies; at least one verification sensor configured to provide a measure of the relative spatial configuration of bodies when in their locked state; and wherein the apparatus is configured such that when the bodies lock together at an indexed position, the sensor measures the relative spatial configuration of the bodies, and wherein information obtained from the measure is compared to calibration information obtained from at least one other measure of the relative spatial configuration of the bodies when the bodies were locked at said indexed position at an earlier point in time, in order to establish information about the state of engagement of the bodies.

The present disclosure provides to process a series of intravascular images, such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images, to align the frames of the series of images longitudinally and angularly with respect to an extravascular image. In some examples, vessel fiducials are identified in each image modality and longitudinal and angular offsets are identified based on the location and angular orientation of the vessel fiducials. An aligned series of images can be generated by shifting and rotating frames of the series of images based on the identified offsets.

A locking mechanism is provided for releasably maintaining a lid of a fastener receptacle assembly in a closed and locked condition. The locking mechanism may include a rotatable actuator. A lid lock may be operably connected to the actuator so that the lid lock moves to a locking position responsive to rotation of the actuator to a first angular orientation, and so that the lid lock moves to an unlocking position responsive to rotation of the actuator to a second angular orientation. A lid latch may be structured to be engageable with the lid lock when the lid lock is in the locking position, and structured to be disengaged from the lid lock when the lid lock is in the unlocking position.

A metrology apparatus including an articulated joint having: first and second bodies which can be locked together in a plurality of different angular orientations about a first axis; the first body including a prop which is actuatable by a motor between a retracted configuration at which the first and second bodies are in their locked state, and an extended configuration at which the first and second bodies are held apart by the prop along the first axis such that the first and second bodies are unlocked thereby permitting relative rotation of the first and second bodies, the prop and the second body being magnetically biased toward each other so as to magnetically retain the first and second bodies; and further including at least one supplemental bias member configured to bias the prop towards its retracted configuration.

The angled shoe interface provides a mechanical interface for connecting night vision devices to the sliding carriage of a conventional night vision device mount to selectively orient the line of sight of the night vision device relative to the longitudinal axis of the mount rail. Each angled shoe interface has a wedge-shaped body with differing angled top and bottom surfaces to provide the desired angular orientation of the line of sight of night vision device relative to the longitudinal axis of the mount rail. Individual users can interchange different angled shoe interfaces to properly orient the night vision device's line of sight based on the shape and size of the user's head and how the helmet is donned.

An adjustable tie-down cradle for use with a vehicle bicycle rack is provided. The tie-down cradle includes an elongated support member, where the elongated support member is configured to be slidably received on a bicycle rack carrying arm of a bicycle rack. The tie-down cradle may also include a saddle configured to hold a bicycle frame tube of a bicycle, the saddle including a first saddle component coupled to the elongated support member, and a second saddle component coupled to the elongated support member. The first saddle component may slide linearly along a first axis of the elongated support member to adjust the size of the saddle to a bicycle frame tube. The second saddle component may be integrally molded to the elongated support member. A bicycle rack configured to hold a bicycle to a vehicle may be provided with an adjustable tie-down cradle. In one embodiment, the first and second saddle components can both move radially around a bicycle rack carrying arm of a bicycle rack to adjust the angular orientation of the tie-down cradle relative to the bicycle rack carrying arm. Methods of adjusting a tie-down cradle on a vehicle bicycle rack are also provided.

The present invention relates to the technical field of punching positioning. The present invention discloses a hole processing device for rapid positioning of a flange plate, which includes a horizontally arranged workbench. A flange support is provided on the left side of the top of the workbench, and the flange plate is rotatably connected to the flange support on the workbench; through the arrangement of the positioning pin and the first spring, after the positioning pin aligns with the first flange hole, the positioning pin moves downward under the elastic force of the first spring to drive the first traction assembly to pull the first convex block to squeeze the second convex block to move towards the third convex block, so that the second convex block and the third convex block are connected, and the positioning bushing and the positioning sleeve are fixed. At this time, the angular orientation of the positioning rod is limited. During the subsequent punching of the flange plate, there is no need to manually rotate the positioning rod around the positioning bushing to find the next punching position. Instead, by directly rotating the flange plate, the punching position can be accurately and quickly found, ensuring the punching accuracy while improving the punching efficiency.

A medical devices en-vivo positional determination system using a plurality of optical time of flight (TDF) transceivers along with gyroscopic angular and mechanical distance sensors for the determination of absolute linear and angular positional information of the tool bit tip for the purposes of more accurate hand-held drilling or cutting, on the workpiece using forward kinematic equations calculated on a microcomputer to provide a real-time display of the 3-linear position and 2-angular orientation of the tool bit (such as a drill, scalpel, or wire driver).

A basketball training apparatus has a basketball hoop with a circular rim and a backboard adjacent to the hoop adjacent to a playing surface. A backboard frame assembly supports the backboard relative to the playing surface to be movable between a plurality of different working positions, in which each different working position corresponds to a different angular orientation of the backboard about the upright hoop axis. By effectively rotating the basketball net about the hoop axis, all the shooting positions of the half court can be simulated while the player remains in one position. This allows for the amount of space required to practice shooting at various points of a court to be done in a much more confined space.

The present invention relates to a method for estimating the distance to an object, the estimation method being implemented by a computer (18) and comprising the steps of:- obtaining measurements of angular velocity parameters of the object and measurements of angular orientations of the object relative to a sensor (16), in order to obtain a plurality of sets of measurements, and- estimating the distance to the object by applying an estimator to each set of measurements, the estimator assuming a motion of the object.

The invention relates to a tracking system (S) comprising at least one item of tracking equipment (3) and a detection device (4) which is configured to detect the position and the angular orientation of the item of tracking equipment (3), the detection device (4) comprising a receiver (1) which is configured to receive a projected predetermined standard image (IM1), the receiver (1) comprising an optical sensor (14), which is configured to capture a portion of the projection of the predetermined standard image (IM1) received on a receiving area (11), and a computing device (19), which is configured to determine a deformation of at least one predetermined oriented pattern (M1-M15) of the predetermined standard image (IM1) so as to deduce a position vector (vecR) therefrom.

The utility model discloses an automatic deburring device for a bearing bush blank, and particularly relates to the technical field of deburring, the automatic deburring device comprises a deburring frame, a sliding plate and a supporting block, the sliding plate is located above the deburring frame, the supporting block is fixedly located on the outer wall of the sliding plate, and a displacement deburring assembly is arranged on the upper surface of the supporting block; the displacement deburring assembly comprises a displacement motor, a displacement block, a frame table, a rotating motor, a rotating shaft, a transmission shaft and a plurality of diamond abrasive belts. The displacement motor is fixed to the upper surface of the supporting block, and the displacement block is fixed to the output end of the displacement motor. The displacement deburring assembly is adopted, the displacement motor drives the displacement block to rotate forwards and backwards in a reciprocating mode, the rotating motor enables the rotating shaft to rotate forwards and backwards in a reciprocating mode, a plurality of diamond abrasive belts can transversely move to conduct deburring on a plurality of bearing bush blanks from different angles and directions, the deburring directions are more, and the deburring effect is better.

The invention provides an apparatus that attaches to a hull of a boat to disrupt water flow around the hull such that a wake created behind the boat is larger, differently positioned, and / or differently shaped. In some embodiments, the apparatus is removably attached to the hull by one or more suction cups. The wake shaping apparatus can include a blade and be configured such that an angular orientation of the blade is adjustable. In certain embodiments, the wake shaping apparatus is inflatable.

The present disclosure provides a scheme to process a series of intravascular images, such as intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images, to align frames of the series of images with extravascular images in longitudinal and angular directions. In some examples, vessel fiducials are identified in each image modality, and longitudinal and angular offsets are identified based on the position and angular orientation of the vessel fiducials. By shifting and rotating the frames of the series of images based on the identified offset, an aligned series of images may be generated.

The present invention relates to a free-standing, transportable renewable energy generation unit. The unit comprises an enclosure housing an electrical system and a solar panel mounted to the enclosure by a support structure. The support structure comprises an angular adjustment mechanism for the solar panel, wherein the unit comprises a controller for the angular adjustment mechanism arranged to automatically adjust the angular orientation of the solar panel, e.g. relative to the unit.

A connector mates with a mating connector assembly along a mating direction when having predetermined spatial and angular orientation. The connector includes a PCB including a plurality of conductive pads, and a unitary housing molded around the PCB and including an encapsulating 5 portion tightly encapsulating at least a portion of the PCB leaving a remaining portion of the PCB projecting forwardly along the mating direction from the encapsulating portion. The housing includes a pair of substantially parallel side guiding features extending forwardly from the encapsulating portion on opposite corresponding lateral sides of the PCB. The side guiding features are spaced apart from and substantially perpendicular to the PCB. The housing includes a pair of substantially 0 coplanar upper guiding features substantially parallel to, and spaced apart from, the PCB and extending forwardly from the encapsulating portion, and extending laterally from corresponding top edges of the side guiding features toward each other.

Described is a downhole system for use in a borehole comprising: one or more anchoring units operable to grip the borehole; one or more axial thrusting mechanisms operable to apply axial thrust; a directional drilling tool having a proximal end and a distal end, the directional drilling tool being coupled to a drill bit at its distal end, the directional drilling tool being capable of adopting multiple angular orientations; and a controller configured to transmit one or more control signals to cause the axial thrusting mechanism(s) to apply axial thrust to the directional drilling tool in dependence on the angular orientation of the directional drilling tool relative to a target steering direction.

The utility model discloses a material stacking jig which comprises a jig base plate, a first positioning right-angle block and a second positioning right-angle block, and turnover mechanisms are arranged between the first positioning right-angle block and the jig base plate and between the second positioning right-angle block and the jig base plate. The first positioning right-angle block and the second positioning right-angle block are connected to the two opposite sides of the jig base plate in a pivoted mode through the turnover mechanism respectively, and the first positioning right-angle block and the second positioning right-angle block are arranged in a staggered mode in the length direction of the jig base plate. A right-angle positioning reference formed by at least three positioning columns is arranged on the upper plate face of the jig base plate. According to the material stacking jig suitable for laminating and positioning the multilayer film material, the two positioning right-angle blocks are arranged in the length direction of the jig base plate in a staggered mode, when different material layers are laminated, movement interference of the right-angle blocks is avoided, and horizontal placement standards are formed for the different material layers. In addition, by designing a right-angle positioning reference formed by at least three positioning columns, positioning constraint is formed for horizontal placement of the initial material layer.

An incline wedge comprises: a first planar section configured to be fastened to a wall incline having a generally rectangular shape; a retaining section including a second section having a generally rectangular shape and connected by one of its edges to an edge of the first section, referred to as the first edge, by way of an angled section, the retaining section further comprising a clamping section folded back from one edge of the second section, referred to as the third edge, opposite the second edge, and against the second section so as to form a fastening clip, the angled section being designed to adjust the angular orientation between the first section and the second section by way of the deformation of the angled section.

An auxiliary support assembly for a wheeled apparatus, for example a wheelchair, includes a mounting arrangement for being fixed on the apparatus, an auxiliary support such as a wheel or ski, and a linkage arrangement supporting the auxiliary support to be movable relative to the apparatus between a deployed position supporting front wheels of the apparatus spaced above the ground and a stored position out of use with the front wheels on the ground. In one embodiment, the auxiliary support swings under the mounting arrangement between stored and working positions. In another embodiment, the auxiliary support is carried on a swing arm to be locked in a deployed position by a four bar linkage. In either embodiment, a first adjustment allows height and angular orientation of a steering axis of the deployed auxiliary support to be adjusted, while a second adjustment primarily adjusts the angular orientation of the steering axis.

Racquet sports training aids are disclosed to provide racquet stroke training to a user. Certain embodiments will include a stand assembly having an upright support post and a ball attachment assembly carrying a target ball. The ball attachment assembly is pivotally moveable between a first position to present the target ball at an extended location where the target ball is adapted to being struck by a racquet, and a second position where the target ball is pivotally displaced to a retracted location relative to the extended location. According to some embodiments, a stand attachment assembly is provided which operatively attaches the ball attachment assembly to the upright support post of the stand assembly to allow for reciprocal selective height and angular orientation adjustments of the target ball relative to the upright support post of the stand assembly. Other embodiments may include an elastomeric force dampener to dampen inertial forces of the drum assembly during use.

Described herein are methods and systems for determining a relative position of different portions of a hinged device. Motion sensor data from sensor assemblies of each portion is fused to relate the device portions to a world frame. An angular orientation between the device portions is determined with respect to the hinge axis and accumulating sensor measurement errors are compensated by constraining determined axes of the sensor assemblies using the motion sensor data and known relationships between physical axes of the sensor assemblies and the mechanical hinge, such that the determined axes of the sensor assemblies are aligned along the hinge axis.

A support assembly for supporting a substrate within a processing station includes a housing, a pin, a plurality of bearing elements, and a retaining member. The housing includes a bore, a groove formed on the outer surface of the housing, and a plurality of windows intersecting the bore and positioned in the groove. The pin is positioned within the bore and is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The pin includes a shaft with a plurality of bearing surfaces. The plurality of bearing elements are at least partially positioned in the corresponding windows. Each bearing element includes an outer surface configured to engage with the corresponding bearing surface of the shaft. The plurality of bearing elements and bearing surfaces cooperate to maintain the angular orientation of the pin as it moves between the retracted and extended positions. The retaining member is positioned in the groove.