6308 results about "Ratchet" patented technology

A drug delivery device drive that includes a single shape memory alloy wire actuator to advance a lead screw via a ratcheting mechanism and method thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a shape memory alloy wire is operably connected to one of a pair of ratchet wheels and configured to drive incrementally the rotation of the connected ratchet wheel via a contraction, which in turn drives the rotation of the other ratchet wheel about a rotational axis which moves a lead screw and advances a plunger to dispense a liquid drug from a drug container. A drug delivery device using the shape memory alloy wire actuator in combination with the ratcheting mechanism to incrementally rotate a shaft, a lead screw or a sleeve provides for a more compact an less complicated design.

The invention discloses a service life based high-temperature container creep fatigue strength design method. The method comprises the steps of 1, performing structure preliminary design; 2 determining load and temperature conditions and the design service life requirement; 3, determining dangerous sections; 4, calculating the equivalent stress and strain range; 5, calculating reference stress; 6, determining whether plastic collapse occurs; 7 determining whether the plastic ratchet occur; 8, determining whether creep damage is important; 9, estimating fatigue damage of each cycle when the creep damage is not important; 10, determining whether the fatigue damage is important; 11, estimating the creep damage when the fatigue damage is not important; 12, estimating damage of each cycle when the creep damage and the fatigue damage are non-ignorable; 13, estimating creep-fatigue total damage; 14, performing result analysis and structural design improvement; 15, completing structural design. According to the method, the foundation is laid for national establishing of creep and fatigue failure mode based high-temperature pressure container design standards and achieving design and manufacture of high-temperature pressure containers according to the service life.

A wrench comprises a handle and a head extending from the handle. A peripheral wall defining a hole in the head includes a compartment. An annular groove is defined in an end of the peripheral wall defining the hole. The annular groove is partially coincident with the compartment. A pawl is slidably received in the compartment and biased to engage with a gear wheel in the hole. A switching member is partially mounted in the hole for moving the pawl when switching of the ratcheting direction is required. A retainer ring is partially engaged in an annular groove in the switching member and partially engaged in the annular groove of the head. The retainer ring is retained in place by a wall defining the compartment. The switching member is not moved when the pawl moves as a result of free rotation of the wrench.

The invention discloses a biped robot capable of walking rapidly. The biped robot is composed of a servo motor, a motor support, a driving bevel gear, driven bevel gears, check pawls, ratchet wheel cam sets, ratchet wheel connecting pins, a driving pawl, oscillating bars, roller connecting pins, rollers, shanks, compression springs, screws, thighs and feet. The servo motor drives the driving bevel gear to rotate so as to drive the symmetrically-arranged driven bevel gears to rotate oppositely and the thighs to swing forwards and backwards; the shanks always make contact with cams in the ratchet wheel cam sets through the compression springs and supporting legs are longer than swinging legs through telescopic motion of the shanks. Compared with the prior art, the biped robot has the advantages that the robot can be driven by one servo motor, so that the robot is convenient to control and high in control accuracy; except for the servo motor, other structures of the robot are all mechanical structures, so that motion cooperation is convenient; the structure is simple, machining and installation are convenient, and the robot can walk rapidly.

A hinge for pivotally interconnecting first and second brackets includes a shaft having a shaft body extending through the first and second brackets and formed with an engaging end portion proximate to the second bracket, a fixing member connected to the engaging end portion, a ratchet sleeved rotatably on the shaft body between the fixing member and the second bracket, a friction mechanism having an urging unit sleeved on the shaft body between the ratchet and the fixing member and pressing the ratchet toward the second bracket, and a brake mechanism disposed on the second bracket and having a pawl member releasably engaged to the ratchet.

Embodiments include a fiducial deployment system with a handle configured for actuation of same. A fiducial may include one or more protuberances configured to engage one or more slots in a needle of the system. The needle may be configured to deliver a plurality of fiducials to a target location in serial fashion, one at a time. In certain embodiments, echogenic placement of fiducials may present certain advantages. The handle includes an actuation mechanism with a toothed rack and actuation member(s) configured for incrementally or otherwise controlledly deploying one or more fiducials at a time by advancing a stylet through and/or retracting the body of a slotted needle in which fiducials are disposed with a fiducial protrusion extending into the needle slot, which also includes retaining structures that do not impede the needle lumen.

The invention relates to the technical field of smart home equipment, and discloses a feeding device of a cooking machine and the cooking machine. The feeding device comprises a combined plastic box and a film tearing device, a rolling rod of the film tearing device is connected with the driving device through a clutch or a ratchet wheel, an open groove is formed in a rod body of the rolling rod,a hard piece or a hard rod is arranged at the front end of the combined plastic box, the hard piece or the hard rod is inserted into the open groove or the open hole, and the sealing film on the combined plastic box can be wound on the rolling rod and torn by rotating the rolling rod. Furthermore, the rolling rod can be pulled out or stretched out, so that after cooking is finished, the rolling rod is pulled out from the wound sealing film, the empty combined plastic box can be directly taken down, food residues are prevented from being scattered on the cooking machine due to inversion of therolling rod, and the user experience is improved.

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 low release effort eccentric double ratchet, double pawl vehicle latch includes a ratchet, a primary pawl, an auxiliary ratchet and a secondary pawl. A drive mechanism including a gear cam wheel sequences movement of the secondary pawl to open and reset the latch. Upon reset, the drive mechanism actuates the auxiliary ratchet back to a closed state in a soft manner without using a hard stop; instead the latch has a cushioning spring that is used to softly stop the gear train during the reset absorbing motor energy and thus eliminating impact noise.

A T-shaped ratchet wrench having a main body and a force-applying auxiliary arm. The main body includes a cross shaft and a working shaft. A ratchet driving mechanism having a change-over selector is disposed within an intersection position of both shafts. Each end of the cross shaft having an annular groove, and the working shaft has a polygonal head for inserting into a sleeve. Furthermore, the working shaft includes an annular groove in close vicinity to the cross shaft. The force-applying auxiliary arm includes an internal hole for mounting on either end of the working shaft or the cross shaft of the main body. The force-applying auxiliary arm has one end with an engaging socket and another end with a handle portion.

A security device a plurality of cables which are securable about an item of merchandise with a locking member and a cable-tightening mechanism each connected to the cables in a spaced apart manner. The locking member includes a key portion for unlocking the tightening mechanism when the cable is removed from the item. The tightening mechanism includes a spool and a ratchet mechanism. Alternate embodiments for locking and unlocking the ratchet mechanism are disclosed. The tightening mechanism carries sense loops which if compromised actuate an onboard audible alarm. The cables are part of one or more of the sense loops. The device is configured to sound a security gate alarm upon passing through the gate and upon simply reaching a certain distance from the gate. The tightening mechanism includes a housing having a flip-up handle for tightening the ratchet mechanism to tighten the cable.

A wall molding for a drywall ceiling grid having a vertical leg that is attached to a wall, and a horizontal ledge that supports a beam extending outwardly from the wall, with the ledge having a pair of tabs and a ratchet tooth at regular intervals along the ledge that position and secure the beam end to the ledge.

The present invention provides a force measuring ratchet tie down in the field of goods holding. The force measuring ratchet tie down of the invention addresses the technical problems such has insufficiently tight binding, severe difficulty in control and trouble in adjustment. The force measuring ratchet tie down includes a body assembly, a handle, a teeth stop board, a catch and a scroll. The handle is connected with the body assembly through the scroll. A binding belt having a fixable outer end is connected to the body assembly. Another binding belt having a fixable outer end is rolled on the scroll. A ratchet is fixed on the scroll. The body assembly is movably connected with a teeth stop board the end of which could be embedded among the teeth of the ratchet. The handle is movably connected with a catch the end of which could be embedded among the teeth of the ratchet. A sensor is placed at a forced part of the tie down, which is linked with a signal processing circuit and could generate a signal corresponding to the size of the tensioning force of the binding belt when the tie down is in operation. A display device is connected to the signal processing circuit. The force measuring ratchet tie down of the invention has advantages including a high safety property, a compact structure and a low manufacturing cost.