417 results about "Tension member" patented technology

An internally reinforced thermoplastic container has a body manufactured using rotational molding. Prior to molding, attachment elements are releasably attached to the interior surface of parts of a mold, and an initially separate tension member is connected between the attachment elements. The mold is closed and a body of the container molded such that the attachment elements are integrated into the walls of the body. After molding, the attachment elements are released from the mold. The attachment elements and the tension member define a tension structure to resist outward bulging of the container walls. The tension member may be tensioned prior to or after molding of the container body. The attachment elements may take the form of eyelets having a base incorporated into the wall of the container body. The method enables the formation of a hollow thermoplastic container with integrally formed internal reinforcement.

A connector assembly includes a connector body and a suspension member. The suspension member extends along a center axis and comprises a plurality of tension members encased in a jacket. The suspension member has one end received within the connector body, and this one end has an end face extending at an angle relative to the center axis with ends of the plurality of tension members being exposed. A plurality of contact members are supported within the connector body, and each contact member contacts an exposed end face of at least one tension member to establish electrically conductive connections with the plurality of tension members.

A floor mounted lower limb restraint airbag device includes: an airbag installed at a lower side of a floor of a vehicle cabin, configured to rupture the floor by being supplied with gas from an inflator during a vehicle head-on collision, and configured to be expanded and deployed toward at least knee regions of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat; and a tension member coupling an upper portion of the airbag with a support section provided at a lower side of the floor, the tension member rupturing the floor and deploying accompanying expansion and deployment of the airbag, and the tension member pulling the upper portion of the airbag at a vehicle rear side and relatively toward a vehicle lower side in a case in which at least the knee regions of the passenger, who begins to move toward a vehicle front side under inertia, are restrained by the airbag.

A connection device and a connection method for detection of a tension member for an elevator. The connection device includes a plurality of electrical connection terminals and is configured to be detachably connected to an end portion of a tension member for an elevator. The tension member is configured for suspending an elevator car and / or a counterweight and has a covering layer and a load-bearing portion including a plurality of separate load-bearing core wires and covered by the covering layer. The respective one ends of the plurality of electrical connection terminals are electrically connected correspondingly to the load-bearing core wires located at the end portion and exposed outwardly and respective other ends are used for outward electrical connection, after the connection device is connected to the end portion.

A connector comprises a body defining an internal cavity configured to receive a suspension member of an elevator system, and at least one suspension member alignment feature formed on an inner wall surface that surrounds the internal cavity. The connector further includes plurality of contact members that establish electrically conductive connections with tension members in the suspension member, wherein the at least one suspension member alignment feature aligns the contact members with the tension members.

A monitoring system of an elevator system in which an elevator car and a counterweight, which are attached to a tension member, travel through a hoistway in opposite directions is provided. The monitoring system includes a controller to cause the elevator car to travel to a predefined position in the hoistway, a sensor to sense a position of the counterweight with the elevator car stopped at the predefined position and to generate data corresponding to sensing results and a processor operably coupled to the sensor and configured to analyze the data and to calculate, based on analysis results, an elongation of the tension member.

A low-friction medical device is provided having roller-assisted tension members and a friction-reducing curved guide path. The device includes a first link, a second link, and a tension member. A proximal end portion of the first link is coupled to an instrument shaft. A proximal end portion of the second link is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of first link about a first axis. The second link defines a curved guide path and a cable extends from the first link through the curved guide path to a distal end of the second link and couples with a tool member. A roller having a roller surface is coupled to the second link such that the roller surface is aligned with a portion of the curved path and contacts the cable therein. The curved guide surface has a small fleet angle.

A machine tool has a frame, a tool spindle with a tool holder, a workpiece holder and a protective bellows. The tool spindle and the workpiece holder are movable relative to one another in at least two translatory axes in a working space. The working space is delimited by at least one partition wall, which has at least one travel opening and, adjacent to the travel opening, a mounting collar, which surrounds the travel opening at least partially. At least the tool spindle or the workpiece holder is coupled to the frame through the travel opening. The protective bellows has a mounting edge adapted to the mounting collar, which is provided with a tension member. The protective bellows is mountable on the mounting collar in a relaxed state of the tension member and is secured to the mounting collar in a tensioned state of the tension member when in a mounted state.

A belt includes a laminate including a back surface layer disposed on a back surface side and a tension member layer including a tension member. The belt includes a sensor provided in the laminate and configured to detect a state of the belt, and a passive RFID also provided in the laminate, including an IC chip and an antenna, and configured to transmit state information on the belt detected by the sensor to an outside.

Provided in one example is a coupling member, a downhole tool, and a well system. The coupling member, in one aspect, includes an axial tension member portion, and a first shear member portion, the first shear member portion having a first shear member shoulder extending from a first end of the axial tension member portion, the first shear member shoulder configured to engage with an opposing head member shoulder to axially fix the axial tension member portion relative to the head member. The coupling member, according to one aspect, includes a second shear member portion, the second shear member portion have a second shear member shoulder extending from a second opposing end of the axial tension member portion, the second shear member shoulder configured to engage with an opposing base member shoulder to axially fix the axial tension member portion relative to the base member.

An exercise system that may be rail-less, frameless, and / or portable is described. The exercise system includes a carriage having a plurality of wheels and a stationary platform. The stationary platform is independent of and separate from the carriage, and is freestanding. A tension member having a first end is attached to the carriage and a second end is detachably attached to the stationary platform such that the carriage is movable on a horizontal plane parallel to a ground surface while the stationary platform remains in a fixed position. The carriage and the stationary platform have a width suitable for performing various exercises.

The invention relates to a wedge seal (10) for electromagnetic shielded cable and pipe transits for sealing a cable and / or pipe passage (100), the wedge seal (10) comprising two wedge-shaped pressure members (20), a wedge-shaped front tension member (30) and a wedge-shaped rear tension member (40), the wedge-shaped pressure members (20) and the wedge-shaped tension members (30, 40) each having a wide base side (21, 31, 41) and an opposite narrow tip side (22, 32, 42), wherein the tension members (30, 40) are connected to each other with at least one screw element (50) in such a way that they can be moved towards or away from each other by turning the screw element (50) wherein the pressure members (20) are held against each other by means of spring force and wherein the tension members (30, 40) are arranged between the pressure members (20) in such a way that the pressure members (20) can be moved towards or away from each other by turning the screw element (50), wherein the pressure members (20) are moved away from each other in direction P against the spring force when the tension members (30, 40) are moved towards each other by means of the screw element (50), and wherein the pressure members (20) are moved towards each other in direction S in-line with the spring force when the tension members (30, 40) are moved away from each other by means of the screw element (50). The wedge seal (10) comprises at least one EMC seal, wherein the EMC seal comprises a sealing layout (60) and metal layer (70), which covers the pressure members (20) at least partly.

To provide an adhesive strength testing device capable of testing a tensile adhesive strength in the thickness direction of an expansive adhesive with higher accuracy than before.SOLUTION: Provided is an adhesive strength testing device for testing a tensile adhesive strength of an expandable adhesive with respect to a predetermined material, the testing device including: a pair of test pieces made of the material; a spacer; a holding member that presses the test pieces facing each other via the spacer and holds the test pieces such that a space is formed between facing surfaces of the test pieces; and a tensile member that has a first attachment portion attached to a tensile force generator that generates a tensile force and a second attachment portion attached to each of the test pieces from which the holding structure has been removed, the facing surfaces being bonded to each other by the expandable adhesive disposed in the space, and that transmits the tensile force generated by the tensile force generator to each of the test pieces to pull the test pieces in a direction in which the facing surfaces are separated from each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

An electro-mechanical actuator for a valve can have a collar configured to envelope a portion of a commercially available liquid coupler. The collar can engage a region of the liquid coupler and a bias member can urge the collar to displace a movable member of the liquid coupler and thereby to break a coupling. A dowel can retain the collar against the force applied by the bias member and a tension member can, under threshold tension, retract the dowel, releasing the collar to move under influence of the bias member. Other valves have a gate element coupled with an armature to rotate the gate element under an electromagnetic field. The gate element can define a recess and a retainer can reside in the recess. As the gate element rotates, the retainer can align with a longitudinal segment of the recess and allow the gate element to displace longitudinally.

An elevator car defines an interior space for accommodating passengers and / or cargo. The elevator car comprises a working platform and a tension member, wherein the working platform is moveable between a stowed position, above the interior space, and an operational position, within the interior space using the tension member. and A support member is arranged to support the working platform, from below, when the working platform is in the operational position.

A latching mechanism for securing and maneuvering industrial or marine equipment. The latching mechanism is coupled to a lift and configured for maneuvering a load, and comprises a latch housing, the latch housing comprising a plurality of latch fingers, the latch fingers being configured to move between an open position and a closed position; a bullet assembly, the bullet assembly comprising a shaft, a bullet head and a terminal end, the bullet head being connected to one end of the shaft and the terminal end being connected to the other end of the shaft, and the terminal end being configured to connect to the load; a block, the block being configured to move along the shaft of the bullet assembly between a first position and a second position; each of the latch fingers including a groove, said groove being configured for receiving and holding at least a portion of the block in said second position; the bullet assembly being configured to couple to a tension member, and the tension member being configured to raise and lower the bullet assembly under an applied tension; the bullet head being configured to engage the plurality of latch fingers in a latched mode in response to the applied force on the bullet assembly; the bullet assembly being responsive to a further applied tension to move the block into the second position and engage the groove in the plurality of latch fingers and move the plurality of latch fingers into the open position; and in the open position the latch fingers being configured to allow the bullet head to pass and the block to disengage from the groove and move into the first position, and into an unlatched mode, so that the load attached to the tension member can be maneuvered by the lift.

A clipping device includes a clip including a capsule and a pair of clip arms movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A tension member includes a distal portion and a proximal portion, a pair of protrusions extending from opposing surfaces of the proximal portion to be received within openings extending through proximal ends of the clip arms, the proximal portion including a relief to define a pair of fingers separated from one another at proximal ends thereof. A yoke including a central portion including a recess formed at a distal end thereof, the recess sized and shaped to releasably receive the pair of fingers of the tension member, the pair of fingers configured to flex toward one another when a predetermined force is exerted thereon to release the pair of fingers from the recess and disengage the tension member from the yoke during deployment of the clip.

An assembly and method includes selecting a jacket material for a jacket that encases a plurality of tension members, selecting a protective material for the jacket, and covering only pre-identified portions of the jacket with the protective material.

A connector assembly includes a connector body and a suspension member. The suspension member extends along a center axis and comprises a plurality of tension members encased in a jacket. The suspension member has one end received within the connector body, and this one end has an end face extending at an angle relative to the center axis with ends of the plurality of tension members being exposed. A plurality of contact members are supported within the connector body, and each contact member contacts an exposed end face of at least one tension member to establish electrically conductive connections with the plurality of tension members.

A ceiling-mounted airbag device has an airbag with a first chamber installed on a ceiling of a vehicle cabin and configured to rupture the ceiling during a vehicle frontal impact and to be expanded and deployed by a gas at the front of an occupant seated in a vehicle, the airbag further comprising a second chamber configured to be expanded and deployed by a gas supplied from the first chamber towards the occupant;and a tensioning element that couples the first chamber to a support section provided on the ceiling, the tensioning element penetrating the ceiling and unfolding in sync with the expansion and unfolding of the first chamber, and the tensioning element pulling the first chamber relative to a top at a rear in a vehicle longitudinal direction of the first chamber in a case in which the occupant, who begins to move under inertia to a front, is restrained by the second chamber.

A manual activation system includes a housing and a pulley arranged within the housing. The pulley is movable between an inactive position and an active position. A tension member is wrapped about the pulley and has a tensile force acting on the pulley. At least one link arm is rotatably mounted within the housing. The at least one link arm is operably coupled to the pulley to selectively oppose the tensile force acting on the pulley.

A system for monitoring wear of a tension member, having: a hoistway; a car; an elevator motor having a first sheave; a processor configured to: access historical data including at least one of prior usage data of the tension member and historical traffic pattern of the car; track real time data indicative of bends of segments of the tension member; determine from historical data and real time data a health condition of the segments of the tension member; issue a service alert when bends in one or more segments of the tension member exceeds a threshold; and control the car to transport an inspector to one or more locations along the hoistway that provide for visual inspection of at least one segment of the one or more segments that has a greater amount of bends relative to another segment of the one or more segments.

A tissue anchor (200, 258, 300) includes a shaft (122), a tissue-coupling element (128), and a flexible elongate tension member (202). The tissue-coupling element (128) includes a wire (150), which is shaped as an open loop (154) having more than one turn when the tissue anchor (200, 258, 300) is unconstrained. The tension member (202) includes a distal portion (204) that is fixed to a site (206) on the open loop (154), a proximal portion (208), which has a longitudinal segment (209) that runs alongside at least a portion (210) of the shaft (122), and a crossing portion (212), which (i) is disposed between the distal and the proximal portions (204, 208) along the tension member (202), and (ii) crosses at least a portion of the open loop (154) when the tissue anchor (200, 258, 300) is unconstrained. The tissue anchor (200, 258, 300) is configured to allow relative axial motion between the at least a portion (210) of the shaft (122) and the longitudinal segment (209) of the proximal portion (208) of the tension member (202) when the tissue anchor (200, 258, 300) is unconstrained.

The invention discloses a self-adaptive settlement photovoltaic support structure and method, and relates to the technical field of photovoltaic support. The self-adaptive settlement photovoltaic support structure comprises a stand column; the hoops are arranged in a split mode and connected through connecting pieces, and the split positions of the hoops extend outwards to form first mounting positions; the oblique beam is located on the upper side of the stand column, and the bottom side of the oblique beam extends outwards to form a second mounting position; the supporting part comprises a first supporting rod and a second supporting rod; the connecting assembly extends into the first mounting position and the second mounting position and is connected with the hoop or the oblique beam, and the first supporting rod and the second supporting rod are hinged to the connecting assembly. Passive or semi-active compensation is achieved when a stand column is subjected to differential settlement or relative displacement caused by temperature and wind load through hinge and deformation design of a hoop-supporting rod-connecting assembly, resistance control of a nested sliding piece and an adjustable embedded block and a force transmission path of a traction piece and a flexible cable.

A roller conditioner system comprises a frame, one or more sets of conditioner rollers, each set comprising an upper conditioner roller and a lower conditioner roller separated by a roll gap through which cut crop may pass when processed by the roller conditioner system and a controller to control separation of the roll gap. Each end of each upper conditioner roller engages with and is supported by a conditioner roller support, each conditioner roller support providing a bearing for rotation of the upper conditioner roller. Each conditioner roller support is connected to a first end of a tension member. To each end of each upper conditioner roller, the roller conditioner system further comprises a conditioner roller adjustment mechanism actuated by the controller to adjust the roll gap. Each conditioner roller adjustment mechanism comprises a framework secured to the frame of the roller conditioner system, an actuator secured to the framework of the conditioner roller adjustment mechanism, and a displaceable locating element connected at a first end to the actuator and adapted for movement with respect to the framework, the displaceable locating element supporting a first end of the tension member.

An elevator car defines an interior space for accommodating passengers and / or cargo. The elevator car comprises a working platform and a tension member, wherein the working platform is moveable between a stowed position, above the interior space, and an operational position, within the interior space using the tension member. and A support member is arranged to support the working platform, from below, when the working platform is in the operational position.

A clipping device includes a clip including a capsule and a pair of clip arms movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A tension member includes a distal portion and a proximal portion, a pair of protrusions extending from opposing surfaces of the proximal portion to be received within openings extending through proximal ends of the clip arms, the proximal portion including a relief to define a pair of fingers separated from one another at proximal ends thereof. A yoke including a central portion including a recess formed at a distal end thereof, the recess sized and shaped to releasably receive the pair of fingers of the tension member, the pair of fingers configured to flex toward one another when a predetermined force is exerted thereon to release the pair of fingers from the recess and disengage the tension member from the yoke during deployment of the clip.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of electric pole production, specifically a device and method for automatically disassembling the tension member at the end of a reinforced concrete electric pole, comprising a frame, a machine platform arranged above the frame, and a lifting mechanism that drives the machine platform to move up and down; a nut loosening mechanism is slidably connected to the machine platform along the axial direction of the electric pole, and the nut loosening mechanism includes a base slidably connected to the machine platform by a propulsion cylinder, a mounting plate vertically fixed to the base, a rotating disk rotatably connected to the mounting plate, and a pneumatic wrench assembly radially symmetrically arranged on the rotating disk, a laser sensor is also fixed on the rotating disk, and the laser sensor is arranged in the radial direction of the tension member; a fixing mechanism for fixing the tension member is also provided on the machine platform. Before removing the nut, the present invention drives the laser sensor to position the nut on the tension member by the rotating disk, and after positioning is completed, the nuts are removed one by one by the pneumatic wrench to complete the automatic disassembly of the tension member, thereby greatly improving the disassembly efficiency.

The invention relates to an elevator suspension component with a protective material. An assembly and method includes selecting a sheath material for a sheath wrapping a plurality of tension members, selecting a protective material for the sheath, and covering only pre-identified portions of the sheath with the protective material.

The present invention discloses an FRP-anti-corrosion wood composite truss structure, which includes an FRP profile tension member, an anti-corrosion wood rod compression member, and a metal joint; the FRP profile tension member includes an FRP profile and double sleeve connectors located at both ends of the FRP profile, the anti-corrosion wood rod compression member includes an anti-corrosion wood rod and sleeve connectors located at both ends of the anti-corrosion wood rod, and multiple FRP profile tension members and anti-corrosion wood rod compression members are connected through metal joints to form an FRP-anti-corrosion wood composite truss structure. By combining the FRP profile and the anti-corrosion wood rod into a truss structure through a specific joint connection method, the mechanical properties of each material are fully utilized. The amount of metal material used in the entire truss structure is very small, reducing the consumption of non-renewable energy; the FRP-anti-corrosion wood composite truss as a whole exhibits the mechanical properties of light weight and high strength, and its seismic performance and anti-fatigue performance have been greatly improved compared with steel trusses and reinforced concrete trusses.