142 results about "Clock position" patented technology

A method and lifting arrangement for lowering and raising a single rotor blade of a wind turbine from a six-o'clock position is provided. Lifting fixtures are symmetrically installed on a hub surface about the rotor blade being replaced. Lifting lines from coordinated ground winches pass over the lifting fixtures to support the blade and attach to a blade harness. The blade harness attaches over a substantial length of the rotor blade, distributing the blade weight broadly. A tail pick crane facilitates transfer of the rotor blade between a vertical and a horizontal position stored position.

The present invention provides a system which integrates motor vehicle component operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The two actuators of the system of the present invention are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch or controls associated with an on board computer and only operate a motor vehicle component when activated and subsequently depressed. The integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention further provides for vehicle component operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel. Furthermore, the integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention when integrated with steering wheel and vehicle position detection systems provides a means to disengage an activated turn signal depending on the position of the steering wheel and / or the vehicle.

This invention discloses, as a manufacture, a vehicle O ring fuel cap gasket having a diagonally inverted modified C shape cross section and a groove extending for the full circumference of the O ring and in cross section the groove edges extend downward, with one or first edge extending downward to about 4 o'clock position and the other or second edge extending downward to about 7:30 o'clock, to provide a groove opening extending diagonally upwards for a depth of about 2.2x to about 2.5x the thickness T-T' of the back of the C shape, and optional ridges on the outer circumference, the inner circumference, or the top of the O ring, and the O ring formed of an elastomer having a Shore A hardness about 50 to 60 and ultimate elongation range of 200% to 315%.

A multipurpose handheld tool includes a casing having a cavity and two flanges at the end of the casing, and a variety of tools pivotally coupled to the casing. Each of the tools is independently articulated along a unique arcuate path defined between retracted and deployed positions. The apparatus include a plurality of tools such as a wine knife with a lemon skin peeler; a serrated cutting utensil; a can opener; and a bottle cap popper preferably having a concave curvilinear edge and a clock positioned at the proximal end of the casing. In particular, one of the tools is a bifurcated wine key lever having two members held together by a resilient metal band. A writing utensil and a retractable flashlight are also provided.

The present invention provides a system which integrates motor vehicle component operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The two actuators of the system of the present invention are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch or controls associated with an on board computer and only operate a motor vehicle component when activated and subsequently depressed. The integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention further provides for vehicle component operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel.

Multi-disk processing system and method of continuous finishing of memory media disks for digital data storage systems in preparation for magnetic memory coating, comprising four main sub-systems: 1) multiple driven spindles mounted on a chassis, at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock positions; 2) finishing tape head units mounted on a base; 3) a robotic handler for loading and unloading disks onto / off at least one of the spindles; and 4) a programmable system controller that controls the sub-system operations and loading / unloading. The tape head sub-system includes its own programmable controller and sensors for control of the finishing tape advance. The multiple spindles and handler rotate relative to each other. In a preferred embodiment, the spindles are mounted on a rotating turntable that also oscillates. Alternately, the spindles are fixed in position and a rotating handler with multiple grippers for simultaneously loading / unloading disks from all spindles at once is used.

A system and method for clock synchronization and position determination using entangled photon pairs is provided. The present invention relies on the measurement of the second order correlation function of entangled states. Photons from an entangled photon source travel one-way to the clocks to be synchronized. By analyzing photon registration time histories generated at each clock location, the entangled states allow for high accuracy clock synchronization as well as high accuracy position determination.

A pipe welding arrangement that allows for real-time independent control of all carriages, torches, and ancillary components by design is provided. The approach uses a split-ring race that is mounted on a backing ring of similar design. Numerous welding heads are mounted on carriages that are distributed at set intervals along the circumference of the race. The left and right side race and backing ring assemblies are split at the twelve o'clock and six o'clock positions. They can be decoupled and spread apart horizontally to facilitate installation and for clearing obstacles. Alignment tools (tapered pins) acilitate assembly. Locking devices located near each split interface, coupled with the alignment pins, assure that the race acts as a continuous unit during the welding operation. Linear actuators mounted on the backing rings maintain concentricity between the race and the welded tube and act as a positive clamping system.

A cartridge for an IOL delivery system that has a straight thinned walled distal nozzle. The transition region between the tapered folding portion of the cartridge and the nozzle contain reinforcing gussets to help prevent splitting of the cartridge. Flow leaders in the nozzle direct the flow of material during molding at the 12:00 o'clock position, positioning the weld line of the flow front at the 6:00 o'clock position.

The present invention provides a system which integrates motor vehicle component operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The two actuators of the system of the present invention are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch or controls associated with an on board computer and only operate a motor vehicle component when activated and subsequently depressed. The integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention further provides for vehicle component operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel.

The present provides a system which integrates motor vehicle turn signal operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The actuators of the system of the present invention, one for controlling the right-hand turn signal and one for controlling the left-hand turn signal, are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch and only turn on the respective turn signal lights when activated and subsequently depressed. The turn signal lights turn off when the actuators are released. The integrated turn signal system of the present invention further provides for turn signal operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel.

A suturing method for anastomosis of live bodies and training bodies joins a duct having perimeter positions defined according to clock hour positions to an opening in a bladder using an articulating laparoscopic device having a gripper at a distal end with open and closed positions for loading a suture needle in either a forehand or backhand direction. The gripper has a yaw motion including left and right positions and a roll motion either clockwise or counterclockwise. The open and closed positions, yaw motion, and roll motion are under manual control of a user through manual controls at a proximal end of the articulating laparoscopic device. The perimeter positions include a 12-o'clock position proximal to the user and a 6-o'clock position distal of the user. The method includes driving a suture at about the 6-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is clockwise. Orientations and directions are provided for other suturing positions.

The invention discloses a fully automatic hair washer. The hair washer comprises a hemispherical sandwich outer cover provided with an inner cavity having a shape of the northern hemisphere of the earth, a cylindrical shampoo container which is arranged above and combined with (at twelve o'clock position of) the hemispherical sandwich outer cover, a water inlet pipe passing the central hole of the cylindrical shampoo container to the hemispherical sandwich outer cover, a rotary manipulator which is arranged on the hemispherical top point of the inner cavity of the hemispherical sandwich outer cover and can be driven to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise by a gear driven by a motor, an electric hair dryer which is arranged in the inner cavity of the hemispherical sandwich outer cover and can blow air to the inner cavity of the hemispherical sandwich outer cover by a plurality of air openings arranged on the inner cavity wall of the hemispherical sandwich outer cover, and a water outlet arranged at the bottom end of the inner cavity of the hemispherical sandwich outer cover. The hair washer can save energy and time and meet requirements of people on hair washing, massage, hair care, cleaning, blow-drying, time conservation and labor conservation.

A suturing method for anastomosis of live bodies and training bodies joins a duct having perimeter positions defined according to clock hour positions to an opening in a bladder using an articulating laparoscopic device having a gripper at a distal end with open and closed positions for loading a suture needle in either a forehand or backhand direction. The gripper has a yaw motion including left and right positions and a roll motion either clockwise or counterclockwise. The open and closed positions, yaw motion, and roll motion are under manual control of a user through manual controls at a proximal end of the articulating laparoscopic device. The perimeter positions include a 12-o'clock position proximal to the user and a 6-o'clock position distal of the user. The method includes driving a suture at about the 6-o'clock position through the bladder and then the duct wherein the suture needle is loaded forehand, the yaw is in a left position, and the roll is clockwise. Orientations and directions are provided for other suturing positions.

An encoded wheel for a toner cartridge including a plate having preprogrammed indicia positioned at locations defined in relation to a clock face, the preprogrammed indicia including a start indicia positioned between about a 5:00 o'clock position and a 6:00 o'clock position, a stop indicia positioned at about a 9:00 o'clock position, at least one preselected cartridge characteristic indicia positioned between the start indicia and the stop indicia, and at least one measurement indicia located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees from said 6:00 o'clock position.

The invention relates to a method for carrying out dynamic balance on an aeroplane propeller by a dynamic mass center correction method. The method comprises the steps of dividing a counter weight planned to be arranged at a light point position into two sub-counter weights according to a vector synthesis and decomposition principle, and installing the two sub-counter weights at two adjacent standard installation positions to ensure that the synthesis effect of the two sub-counter weights is equivalent to the balancing effect of the original counter weight planned to be arranged at the appointed light point position; accurately calculating the mass of the sub-counter weights planned to be arranged at the two standard positions by a method of dynamically correcting the mass center positions of the counter weights to improve the calculation accuracy; and accurately calculating a balancing coefficient K of the propeller to be balanced to enable a later balancing process to be rapid. According to the method, the mass of a needed counter weight can be directly calculated by the balancing coefficient according to the measured vibration value, accurate factorization and calculation are carried out, and the counter weight is installed at an appointed standard clock position according to the calculation result, so that balancing is successfully carried out once; the method is simple and convenient, and is independent of work experience of an operator; the balancing effect is exact and reliable.

A clock controlling circuit and method for eliminating the delay difference in the entire clock propagation line. Circuit scale is reduced as compared to a case of using a PLL or DLL circuit. A timing averaging circuit 10 is fed with clocks from a position on a forward route 111 of a direction-reversed clock propagation path, adapted for being fed with input clocks at its one end, and from a position on a return route 112 corresponding to the position on the forward route 111. The timing difference between these clocks is averaged to output an averaged timing difference.

One aspect of the invention is directed to a toner cartridge including a sump for carrying a supply of toner. An agitator is rotatably mounted in the sump, and the agitator has a first end and a second end. An encoded wheel is coupled to the first end of the agitator. The encoded wheel is structured and adapted to include a first preselected cartridge characteristic indicia having a first extent, a stop indicia having a second extent larger than the first extent and a start indicia having a third extent larger than the second extent. Each indicia may be in the form of a slot. Preferably, the start indicia is positioned between about a 5:00 o'clock position and a 6:00 o'clock position. The stop indicia is positioned at about a 9:00 o'clock position. At least one preselected cartridge characteristic indicia is positioned between the start indicia and the stop indicia. At least one measurement indicia is located between about 200 degrees and about 230 degrees in a clockwise direction from the 6:00 o'clock position.

An elapsed time and remaining time liquid crystal measuring device having a display face around the periphery of which there are a plurality of numerical indicia marks arranged in a generally clockwise pattern with successive numerical indicia marks decreasing in numerical value in a clockwise direction from a twelve o'clock position. An annular ring of electronically generated graphic indicia are visible on the display face and spaced inwardly from the peripheral numerical indicia and a digital numerical read-out display of elapsed times is visible internally of the annular ring of graphic indicia. There is at least one electronic control element for setting a desired elapsed set time into the device, which desired elapsed set time is indicated both on the digital read-out display and as a complete ring or an arcuate section of the annular ring on the display face. There is also an actuator for initiating progressive clockwise disappearing movement of the electronically generated graphic indicia so as to expose decreasing areas of the annular ring in a clockwise direction as time elapses and while the digital numerical display remains synchronized with the graphic indicia until all of the set time has elapsed. Preferably, the device is in the form of a wrist watch.

The invention relates to a heterogeneous network technology of industrial real-time application, in particular to a time synchronization method oriented to a hierarchical heterogeneous network. A three-layer heterogeneous network consisting of an Internet backbone network, a wireless mesh backhaul network and a field Ethernet sub-network is constructed on the basis of hierarchical thought. An One_step time synchronization mechanism is adopted on the basis of the time synchronization principle of IEEE1588 and a hardware timestamp concept, so that a quarter of synchronization information packet transmission in a network is reduced; the network load is reduced; a hardware timestamp of a wireless network is introduced; and the time synchronization accuracy is increased. A boundary clock positioned on an interface between the wireless mesh backhaul network and a local Ethernet sub-network is designed on the basis of the abovementioned content in order to coordinate the time synchronization between the wireless mesh backhaul network and the local Ethernet sub-network, so that the problem of low time synchronization accuracy of the heterogeneous network due to different network protocols, synchronization information exchange and port inconsistency is solved. At last, whole-network time synchronization is realized by adopting a hierarchical synchronization mechanism. On the basis of existing IEEE1588 and IEEE802.11 protocols, extra protocol overhead is not introduced.

Provided is a training simulation system which enables a trainee and an instructor to simultaneously exchange voice bidirectionally while watching images for training and is approximated by dental clinics, in such a state that the system can be adapted to the 9 o'clock position. A training table E for trainees having a head model 15, medical care equipment 2, and a liquid crystal display device 45 for images and speech communication and a training table for instructors to which a three-dimensional measurement unit etc. are added are electrically connected to each other so as to be able to communicate information, and images and voices of training conditions of the trainee and those of the instructor are transmitted bidirectionally, and the system is adapted to the 12 o'clock position where the trainee and the instructor are in the side opposite to the existence side of a body model 14 with respect to the head model as well as the 9 o'clock position where they are in the right of the head model 15.

An arrangement 200 and method for lowering and raising a single rotor blade 305 of a wind turbine 30 from a six-o'clock position is provided. Lifting fixtures 240, 245 are symmetrically attached on a rotor hub 235 at pitch bearing flanges for rotor blades 225, 230 about the rotor blade 305 being replaced. Lifting lines 270, 275 from coordinated ground winches 60 pass over the lifting fixtures 240, 245 to support the blade 220, attaching to a blade harness 300. The blade harness 300 attaches over a substantial length of the rotor blade 220, distributing the blade weight broadly. A tail pick crane 80 facilitates transfer of the rotor blade 220 between a vertical position and a horizontal position stored position.

An electronic device enclosure includes a rear plate defining a through hole, a side plate having a hook, a clipping device, and a rotating device. The clipping device includes a clipping member and a first resilient member. The clipping member may slide relative to the rear plate between a lock position and an unlock position. When the clipping member is located in the clock position, the hook is engaged in the through hole. When the clipping member is located in the unlock position, the hook is disengaged from the through hole. The rotating device is rotatably coupled to the side plate and may drive the clipping member to slide from the lock position to the unlock position. The first resilient member may drive the clipping member to slide from the unlock position to the lock position.

A toilet is disclosed which has muiltiple branches of rim flow. The branches each enter the rim at an angle, and then flow varied distances around the rim. The flow preferably has a main path at aboutthe five o'clock / seven o'clock position, a secondary large flow at about the one o'clock / eleven o'clock position.

A semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises an internal bus, a plurality of internal modules connected to the internal bus and including a main module performing a predetermined function, and a clock generating unit generating a reference clock and a clock sync signal which indicates positions of valid clock edges in the reference clock, the clock generating unit supplying the reference clock and the clock sync signal to the internal modules. At least one of the internal modules is provided with a sync control module which generates an internal clock based on the reference clock and the clock sync signal.

A multiple function convection oven / grilling system comprising a chamber, which is rotatably mounted on a stand. The invention includes a stand, a rotatable cylindrically-shaped chamber, a removable cover, a removable grilling / cooking surface, a fuel support rack for hold charcoal or wood, a detachable extension to the front side of the fuel support rack that form a basket for preventing the fuel source from falling off the fuel support rack when the chamber is rotated such that the fuel source is oriented between a six o'clock position at the bottom of the chamber to a nine o'clock position. The chamber includes a rotation positioning holding feature in the form of a notched plate that engages elongate pins extending from one of the opposing ends of the cylindrical chamber.

The present disclosure is directed to a method for preventing a tower strike of a tower of a wind turbine by a rotor blade thereof. The method includes mounting a plurality of sensors circumferentially around the tower at a height generally aligning with a blade tip of the rotor blade in a rotor plane as the blade tip passes through a six o'clock position. Further, the method includes generating, via one or more of the plurality of sensors, at least one distance signal representative of a distance between the blade tip of the rotor blade and the tower as the rotor blade passes by one or more of the sensors. Thus, the method also includes implementing, via a wind turbine controller, a corrective action if the distance signal exceeds a predetermined threshold.