807 results about "Ball type" patented technology

Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT) having a variator provided with a plurality of tilting, traction planets and traction rings. In one embodiment, a variator is coupled to a rangebox to provide multiple operating modes. In another embodiment, a hydraulic system is configured to control the transmission ratio of the variator and the rangebox. Various inventive shift-cam-and-sun subassemblies can be used to facilitate shifting of the transmission ratio of a CVT. Embodiments of a transmission housing and bell housing are adapted to house components of a CVT and, in some embodiments, to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Various related devices include embodiments of, for example, a pivot arm, a control feedback mechanism, axial force generation and management mechanisms, a control valve integral with an input shaft, a pivot pin hub, and a rotatable carrier configured to support planet-pivot arm assemblies. FIG. 72 shows a torque-split ball-type rolling traction CVT with a ball-type rolling traction variator (1200) and planetary gearset (1400) which is followed by a rangebox (1600).

The invention provides a thrust bearing for the screw of a ball-nut type steering gear. The thrust bearing comprises a screw. A thrust ball type thrust bearing is arranged on screw. The thrust ball type thrust bearing comprises a steel ball and a ring. The ring is composed of a left semi-ring and a right semi-ring. The cross section of the thrust ball type thrust bearing raceway is a four point contact type. The left semi-ring and the right semi-ring are both provided with a corresponding arc outer raceway. Two arc inner raceways are arranged on the screw. The radius of two inner raceways is the same as that of two outer raceways. The centers of four arc raceways are in a same circumference, but four arc raceways are non-concentric. The steel ball is arranged between the screw and the ring. Four contact points are formed between the steel ball and two outer raceways and two inner raceways, and thus a four point contact type thrust ball bearing is formed. In assembly, a punching-riveting anti-loosening structure is adopted between an adjusting nut and a valve body. For the bearing, a screw is used to replace a shaft washer, a holder is not needed any more, and the installation becomes convenient. The inner raceway and outer raceway are both composed of two arcs, a four point contact ball bearing is formed and is capable of bearing a large axial/radial force, the wear is reduced, and the service life is prolonged.

A first carpometacarpal joint implant. One embodiment of the invention includes proximal and distal components. The proximal component includes a fixation portion for attachment to one or more elements of a patient's distal carpal row, a ball-type joint portion cantilevered off the fixation portion, and a skid having a concave surface opposite the ball-type joint for engaging a patient's scaphoid bone. The distal component has a fixation portion for attachment to a patient's thumb metacarpal, and a socket-type joint portion that cooperates with the ball-type joint portion of the proximal component.

For controlling a position indicator, e.g. a cursor, on a visual display, e.g. the monitor screen associated with a personal computer or a laptop computer screen, a position indicator controlling device (1) comprises an indicator position controller (6) in the form of a continuous membrane of elastomeric material (8) stretched, in wrinkle-free manner, around a solid form-keeping core (7) held captive in a housing (2) so that by applying finger pressure in a generally horizontal direction to an uppermost exposed, part-spheroidal, portion of the membrane, the membrane can slide on the core to produce a corresponding output signal from one or more motion detectors (11, 12). The indicator position controller gives the appearance to a user of a spherical ball device (such as is commonly used in a laptop computer), but the special shape of the form-keeping core is such as to reduce the overall height requirement and leads to a heightwise compact construction for the position indicator controlling device (1'). According to two modifications (FIGS. 5 and 6), the indicator position controller (6) is realized by a normally spheroidal thick-walled elastomeric ball (8'), or by a solid elastomeric ball (8'') held in a deformed state by the housing (2). The position indicator controlling device (1) can be designed for use as a ball-type device for a laptop computer or as a mouse for a personal computer.

The invention provides an alga/fish mixed type three-dimensional ecological fish shelter and a feeding method of the fish shelter, wherein the fish shelter comprises an anchoring system, a fish shelter top consisting of a floating ball and a fixed frame, a fish shelter middle layer consisting of a horizontal grid and a fixed frame suspended with a middle spherical fish shelter, and a fish shelterbottom consisting of a horizontal grid and a fixed frame suspended with a bottom spherical fish shelter; and the fish shelter middle layer is respectively connected with the fish shelter top and the fish shelter bottom by a connecting rope and the lengthways crossed grid. The feeding method comprises the following steps of: shipping to a feeding sea area, firstly throwing a first anchor along with the direction of incident flow, sequentially throwing a second anchor by means of fair current, tying an anchor tail rope and a mark float at the back end of the anchor, dragging the anchor tail rope by means of fair current, tensioning a whole system, and completing feeding. According to the invention, the fish shelter can be used for culturing and proliferating the alga with different water depths, is taken as a perching and refuge occasion of the small size medium-upper layer fish and a large size medium-upper layer juvenile fish, and is simple in structure, and convenient to assemble andrecover, so that the novel artificial fish shelter can be provided for building an ecological marine ranch.

Provided herein is a control system for a multiple-mode continuously variable transmission having a ball planetary variator operably coupled to multiple-mode gearing. The control system has a transmission control module configured to receive a plurality of electronic input signals, and to determine a mode of operation from a plurality of control ranges based at least in part on the plurality of electronic input signals. The control system includes an engine torque limit sub-module adapted to command an engine torque limit based at least in part on the operating conditions of the continuously variable transmission.

The invention provides a seat belt retractor. In order to impart sufficient tension to a seat belt (2) for a restraining operation when slack is excessive in a ball-type pretensioner (19) of a seat belt device (1), the pretensioner (19) moves a ball train (32L) to the distal end side of a ball guide pipe (31) by means of gas (G) discharged from a gas generating device (37), and the movement rotates the spool (13) for winding the seat belt (2) in a belt winding direction so as to eliminate slack of the seat belt (2), while imparting necessary tension to the seat belt (2) by loading rotational resistance on the spool (13) in a belt withdrawing direction with gas pressure exerted on the ball train (32L). The ball stopper (33) stops movement of the ball train (32L) before all the balls (32) in the ball train (32L) are ejected from the ball guide pipe (31) in a state where the ball train (32L) functions to rotate the spool (13) in the belt winding direction.

An energy-saving micro-resistance adjustable self-balancing check valve comprises a valve spool plate, a valve spool plate balance plate and a balance block, wherein the valve spool plate is mounted in a valve cavity through a rotary shaft, can be sealed with a valve inlet sealing ring and is rotatably opened and closed in the valve cavity, the valve spool plate balance plate is connected with a rotary shaft end of the valve spool plate and forms a certain angle with the valve spool plate, and the balance block is mounted on the valve spool plate balance plate. The energy-saving micro-resistance adjustable self-balancing check valve is characterized in that an obtuse angle larger than 90 degrees is formed by the valve spool plate balance plate and the valve spool plate of a horizontally mounted check valve, an acute angle smaller than 90 degrees is formed by the valve spool plate balance plate and the valve spool plate of a vertically mounted check valve, and a valve spool plate balance device comprises the valve spool plate balance plate and the balance block mounted on the valve spool plate balance plate and includes an adjustable type, a rolling-ball type, a swing type and a magnetic type.

An industrinized aquatic product culturing technology with closed-loop circulated water system includes such steps as pumping the culture water from culture pool into drum-type solid-liquid separator, removing suspended big particles, making the water flow through a purifying channel to remove suspended small particles and part of NH4-N and NO2-N, collecting the water in a pool, pumping the water into an aerating bio-filter and floating ball type bio-filter, removing the most of NH4-N, NO2-N and COD, by-passing through foam separating-ozone disinfecting unit for removing COD and suspended fine particles while disinfecting and aerating, regulating pH value and water temp, ultraviolet disinfecting, and returning the water back into culture pool.

The invention discloses a ball type motor with a three-dimensional topology magnetic pole distribution structure The ball type motor comprises an outer rotor (1), an outer stator (2), a ball bearing (3), a base (4), an inner rotor (5) and an inner stator (6), wherein the rotor and the stator are sleeved with each other; the ball bearing (3) is installed in the inner stator (6); the inner rotor (5) is sleeved on the external part of the inner stator (6); the outer stator (2) is sleeved on the external part of the inner rotor (5); and the outer rotor (1) is sleeved on the external part of the outer stator (2). The electromagnetic force driving is adopted for the ball type motor disclosed by the invention, besides magnetic poles and coil magnetic poles are distributed along a spherical surface, and also can be distributed along the radial direction, thus the magnetic field intensity of a coil magnetic pole region is increased greatly, simultaneously the interaction force between the magnetic poles is improved, not only can the continuous rotation space with spatial three degrees of freedom of the ball motor rotor can be realized, but also the output torque, especially the tilting moment, of the ball motor is improved effectively.

The invention relates to the field of electromechanical systems and motor vehicle application, and in particularly relates to a 5-ton-class circulating ball type dual-mode electric power steering device. The electric power steering device comprises a steering device housing assembly, an input shaft and screw assembly, a sector shaft assembly, a supporting base assembly, a turbine, a worm, an inner end cap assembly, a rotating angle and torque sensor, an outer end cap assembly, a plum connecting sleeve assembly and a motor assembly. A motor serves as a power source; power is transmitted to the input shaft and screw assembly via a worm gear and the worm, and the input shaft and screw assembly outputs torque and angle displacement via a sector shaft. The 5-ton-class circulating ball type dual-mode electric power steering device has two control modes of angle (position) and torque (assisting power).

A ball joint restriction system provides a cylindrical extension in the end of the ball, and also provides an oblong housing in the closing cover of the ball joint to restrict movement of the extension. A positioning member positions the cover with respect to the box so that the oblong opening of the housing is provided in the same direction that the oblong opening in the other end of the ball joint box, through which pin or stem of the ball type pin passes. The ball joint will guarantee the maintenance of the connecting rod, whatever is its curve and weight, perfectly aligned with the other components of the system, as well as it will allow that the ball type pin to be always positioned in its designed geometrical axle.

A method for setting matrix lamp light to use 3D virtual to simulate environmental reality light includes setting up 3D reflection ball simulating sky light; connecting 3D matrix lamp light with 3D software interactively; setting matrix lamp light based on Max platform; setting virtual reality scenes and controlling lamp projection, concentration sample, projected drawing, sampling accuracy and sampling density separately in playing process of said matrix lamp light.

A method for selecting a golf ball suitable for a golfer, comprising the steps of (i) obtaining head speed and backspin when a golfer hits a golf ball with a golf club; (ii) obtaining from the golfer ball-type selection data for determining which among a plurality of ball types is suitable for the golfer; and (iii) selecting a golf ball of a type (e.g., a distance-type ball or a control-type ball) suitable for the golfer on the basis of the head speed and backspin obtained in step (i) and the ball-type selection data obtained in step (ii), in such a manner that the selected golf ball produces backspin close to optimal backspin corresponding to the above-described head speed.

The sensor is a pair of planar electrodes in some interval formed on the inner surface of automobile glass via adhering, pressing, painting or plating conductor, and electrode pair constitutes one planar capacitor via glass and near dielectric space. When some rain drops or other foreign matter attach to the outer surface of the glass, there will be changes in the average dielectric constant, the area covered by the planar capacitor plates and the minor axis radius of the dielectric space and thus change in capacitance, and the intelligent adaptive signal amplifying and processing unit with microprocessor detects the change in capacitance and converts it into digital signal to drive the control unit of the automatic windscreen wiper system.