142 results about "Wide diameter" patented technology

A bone screw comprising a sleeve and a shaft reciprocally received within the sleeve. The bone screw may be partially or fully extended prior to insertion into a bone by inserting a driver into a longitudinal opening in the sleeve to push the shaft out of the sleeve. The bone screw may be used in connection with a locking plate or other stabilization device. The sleeve of the bone screw may have a smooth distal end. The distal end may have a wider diameter than the main body of the sleeve so as to sit within a counter bore in the locking plate. A threaded set screw may be used to secure the bone screw within the locking plate.

A bone screw comprising a sleeve and a shaft reciprocally received within the sleeve. The bone screw may be partially or fully extended prior to insertion into a bone by inserting a driver into a longitudinal opening in the sleeve to push the shaft out of the sleeve. The bone screw may be used in connection with a locking plate or other stabilization device. The sleeve of the bone screw may have a smooth distal end. The distal end may have a wider diameter than the main body of the sleeve so as to sit within a counter bore in the locking plate. A threaded set screw may be used to secure the bone screw within the locking plate.

The present invention provides a motor control cam having a relief channel adjacent to the switch lever notch. The relief channel extends generally circumferentially from said switch lever notch under the second, wide diameter portion of the cam surface. In this configuration, when the switch lever is in the switch lever notch and a counter rotation of the cam occurs, the switch lever enters the relief channel and does not impact against the cam. As such, the switch lever is not damaged or moved out of adjustment by a counter rotation of the cam.

Apparatus for securing a first object to a second object, the apparatus comprising: an elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending between the distal end and the proximal end, the lumen comprising a distal section and a proximal section, the distal section of the lumen having a wider diameter than the proximal section of the lumen; a window extending through the side wall of the elongated body and communicating with the lumen, the window being disposed in the vicinity of the intersection between the distal section of the lumen and the proximal section of the lumen and being sized to receive a first object therein; an elongated element extending through the lumen of the elongated body, the elongated element comprising a proximal end and a distal end; and a locking element mounted to the distal end of the elongated element and disposed in the distal section of the lumen; whereby, when the elongated body is disposed in a second object, and the first object extends through the window, and the locking element is thereafter moved proximally, proximal movement of the locking element causes the locking element to capture the first object to the elongated body, whereby to secure the first object to the second object; wherein the elongated element comprises a pull line terminating in a loop; and wherein the locking element comprises at least one filament extending through the loop.

A flashlight in accordance with an embodiment of the present application includes an LED light source, a lens positioned opposite the LED light source, a convex mirror positioned substantially in a center of the inner surface of the lens, wherein light from the LED light source is reflected off the convex mirror back toward the LED light source and a concave mirror positioned opposite the convex mirror to reflect the light from the convex mirror as a wide diameter beam of light out of the flashlight through the lens. The convex mirror maybe replaced by a substantially flat, mirrored section of the lens if desired.

A support member for supportively holding a spare tire beneath a vehicle includes a platform section having a cutout area formed therein, the cutout area having an upper cutout portion and a lower cutout portion; and an insert which fits engagingly into the cutout area of the support member. The insert includes an upper portion which is dimensioned to fit into the upper cutout portion in the support member, a lower portion which is affixed to the upper portion, the lower portion being of a wider diameter than the upper portion, and one or more structural members for connecting the insert to a cable of a winch assembly. Preferably, the support member includes a seal at the top of the platform section for resisting entry of water therepast. A safety latch assembly for supportively engaging a support member of the above-described type is also disclosed. A release and control apparatus is provided for cooperating with the support member and latch assembly as herein described. A storage and retrieval system for releasably storing a spare tire beneath a vehicle is also disclosed, which generally, includes a support member for supportively holding a spare tire thereon, a winch assembly for raising and lowering the support member between a stored position and an accessible position thereof, the winch assembly including a cable attached to the support member, a safety latch assembly for supportively holding the support member in the stored position independently of the winch assembly, and strategically located sealing members, for resisting entry of water into selected components of the system.

A method of manufacturing a balloon portion for a balloon catheter for radially expanding a vessel in the body of a mammal, which catheter comprises a tube portion with a passage therethrough and a hollow expandable balloon portion defined by a fluid impervious wall and secured to the tube portion, which balloon portion can be inflated and deflated by means of a fluid passed through the passage, such that: a. the wall of the balloon portion is formed from a flexible substantially fluid impervious material having reinforcing fibers formed integrally with the wall material; and b. the balloon portion is preformed to the desired radial diameter at its inflated state having smaller diameter end portions and a wider diameter portion intermediate the said ends and has a substantially uniform wall thickness.

The present invention discloses a shock absorption structure for vehicle installed between a vehicle body panel and an interior member that is closer to a passenger compartment side than the vehicle body panel. The shock absorption structure for vehicle includes a plurality of cup-shaped shock absorbing parts and a connecting part. Each of the shock absorbing parts has an open surface on a wide diameter side and a closed surface on a narrow diameter side, and also has a line-shaped induction part that is formed on a side face from an edge on the wide diameter side to a point midway toward an edge on the narrow diameter side and that induces a crack when a shock is applied. The connecting part connects the plurality of shock absorbing parts at the edges on the wide diameter sides.

The present invention is a device to restrict the sampling of analyte ions and neutral molecules from surfaces with mass spectrometry and thereby sample from a defined area or volume. In various embodiments of the present invention, a tube is used to sample ions formed with a defined spatial resolution from desorption ionization at or near atmospheric pressures. In an embodiment of the present invention, electrostatic fields are used to direct ions to either individual tubes or a plurality of tubes positioned in close proximity to the surface of the sample being analyzed. In an embodiment of the present invention, wide diameter sampling tubes can be used in combination with a vacuum inlet to draw ions and neutrals into the spectrometer for analysis. In an embodiment of the present invention, wide diameter sampling tubes in combination with electrostatic fields improve the efficiency of ion collection.

The present invention is a device to restrict the sampling of analyte ions and neutral molecules from surfaces with mass spectrometry and thereby sample from a defined area or volume. In various embodiments of the present invention, a tube is used to sample ions formed with a defined spatial resolution from desorption ionization at or near atmospheric pressures. In an embodiment of the present invention, electrostatic fields are used to direct ions to either individual tubes or a plurality of tubes positioned in close proximity to the surface of the sample being analyzed. In an embodiment of the present invention, wide diameter sampling tubes can be used in combination with a vacuum inlet to draw ions and neutrals into the spectrometer for analysis. In an embodiment of the present invention, wide diameter sampling tubes in combination with electrostatic fields improve the efficiency of ion collection.

By increasing the number of segments constituting the outer periphery of a tire building drum, sufficient roundness is ensured for the tire building drum in a wide diameter expansion/reduction range. The tire building drum used for manufacture of an unvulcanized tire is expanded or reduced in diameter in at least a part of the outer periphery by displacing a plurality of extensible/contractible segments sequentially arranged in the drum peripheral direction. Furthermore, the tire building drum is provided with a pair of segment displacing means which expand/contract the plurality of segments, and the pair of segment displacing means are alternately connected to each of the segments in the drum peripheral direction. Each of the connected segments is displaced, respectively, by the pair of segment displacing means.

An ultrasonic humidifier includes a tank having a water level and a floater having a tubular structure with a bottom rim and a top rim. The tubular structure has a frusto-conical shape and is vertically and co-axially disposed within the floater. The tubular structure having a widest diameter end disposed on the bottom rim and a narrower diameter end disposed at the top rim. This humidifier also has an air-supply arrangement that eliminates water damage to the fan during spillage.

A contact tip for a welding torch in accordance with the present invention includes an elongated, generally cylindrical body having a front contact end and an opposite rear retaining end. A central aperture is defined by an inner wall of the body. The aperture extends through the body from an opening at the rear retaining end to an opening at the front contact end. The aperture has a front portion and a wider diameter portion adjacent the front portion. The front portion generally has a length that is shorter than a length of the wider diameter portion. A consumable electrode wire fed through the aperture contacts the inner wall in the front portion but does not contact the inner wall in the wider diameter portion.

A separator includes a planar non-woven fabric substrate having a plurality of pores, and a porous coating layer provided on at least one surface of the non-woven fabric substrate and made of a mixture of a plurality of inorganic particles and a binder polymer, wherein the non-woven fabric substrate is made of superfine fibers having an average thickness of 0.5 to 10 μm, and wherein, among the pores in the non-woven fabric substrate, pores having a wide diameter of 0.1 to 70 μm are 50% or above of the entire pores. The above separator having the porous coating layer may generate the generation of leak current without increasing a loading weight of the porous coating layer since the non-woven fabric substrate having a controlled pore side by using superfine fibers of a predetermined thickness is used.

A collapsible exercise weight comprises a first end wall portion, a second end wall portion and a peripheral outer wall that together define a substantially hollow interior. A capped aperture permits the ingress of water into and the egress of water from the substantially hollow interior. A handle connector is for connecting the collapsible exercise weight to a handle. The peripheral outer wall comprises a plurality of wide diameter bellows folds and a plurality of narrow diameter bellows folds disposed alternatingly one with the other. The wide diameter bellows folds and the narrow diameter bellows folds are each movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The narrow diameter bellows folds at least partially fit within adjacent ones of the wide diameter bellows folds when the narrow diameter bellows folds are in the collapsed configuration.

A foldable attachment clip assembly including a receiving body portion having a hollow interior and a slotted opening extending along the length which receives and retains a crossbar of a stirrup connection portion. The crossbar of the stirrup connection portion is adapted for press-fit insertion through the relatively narrow width slotted opening which opens into a wider diameter retention pocket at the interior of the receiving body portion. Following attachment, the receiving body portion and the stirrup connection portion can rotate relative to one another about an axis defined generally by the crossbar within the retention pocket. Upon application of a tensioning force, the clip is substantially straightened and the receiving body pulls tight against the crossbar in a secure relation.

The present invention provides a Cluster mill which utilizes a Cluster mill gauge control system, has a high mill stiffness, a large work roll gap for threading, a rapid work roll gap opening, accurate roll force computation, side to side tilting, and utilizes work rolls over a much wider diameter range.

The invention discloses a porous submicron sphere, a porous film electrode and a preparation method and the application in dye sensitized solar cells thereof. The submicron sphere is in a porous structure formed by nano TiO2 particles, the pore diameter ranges from 5nm to 50nm, the grain diameter of the TiO2 particles ranges from 10nm to 100nm, the diameter of the submicron sphere ranges from 150nm to 1000nm, and the BET specific surface area is controlled to range from 80m2/g to 200m2/g. The porous submicron sphere formed by titanium dioxide nano particles is in a distribution of monodisperse and wide-diameter, and the structure is large in specific surface area, higher in scattering capacity to visible lights and quicker in electronic transmission performance inside the sphere, so that the porous film electrode has larger light scattering capacity and dye adsorption capacity. When the porous submicron sphere and the porous film electrode are applied to fields of photocatalysis and photovoltaic conversion, light use ratio and electron collection rate can be increased, and the dye sensitized solar cells can obtain higher photovoltaic conversion efficiency and save TiO2 usage.

A new type of diverging nozzle is used to convert the energy of wind and subsurface ocean current into electrical energy. The nozzle is of either spherical or teardrop shape with a small hole in the surface facing the fluid stream. The fluid is made to exit through the surface where the widest diameter of the shape is. The fluid is drawn out by the Bernouilli Effect into the passing fluid stream. As the fluid is accelerated through the small hole the fluid in a tube whose first entrance is near the small hole has its pressure reduced. The tube's second entrance is an inlet tube to a Bourdon Tube. The flexing of the Bourdon tube is made to operate an electric generator through certain gearing. As long as there is a pressure difference between the fluid within the tube and the atmosphere then pressure within the Bourdon Tube can be alternated by valves so electric power output is maintained. Offshore, no moving parts are employed in the invention. The invention is also applied to recover energy needed to rotate a wheel, which may be a gear. Instead of a Bourdon tube a secondary turbine is used.

A gas analyzer includes a detector section including a detector, a source section including a light source, and a support structure coupling the detector section with the source section and forming a flow channel defining an optical path measuring region. The gas analyzer also includes an air flow device configured to pull air through the flow channel from an intake region in the support structure to an exhaust region. Sampling is done by pulling air into the sampling cell via an intake opening or tube of wide diameter and short to medium at very fast flow rates (e.g., 10-3000 lpm or more) enabling rapid gas sampling. Fast flow rates enable the use of large volume cell for rapid gas sampling, which in turn, enables rapid measurements of many low-concentration trace gases and sticky/reactive gases (e.g., methane, ammonia, isotopes of CO₂, H₂O, nitrous oxide, etc.).

A shower head designed to produce a consistent, wide diameter spray of water under both high and low water pressure conditions. The shower head includes a spinner tube mounted inside a cylindrical-shaped nozzle body. The upper segment of the spinner tube is held in a central location inside the nozzle body by a fixed cassette assembly. The middle and lower segments of the spinner tube extend below the cassette assembly and are bent outward and axially offset from the upper segment and from each other so that the spinner tube is able to spin freely inside the nozzle body. Mounted inside and over the upper end opening of the nozzle tube is an adapter with a longitudinally aligned threaded cavity formed on one end. The adapter includes a water orifice that delivers water from the shower head fixture tube to to the spinner tube. Disposed between the adapter and the upper end of the spinner tube is a flat washer with a narrow water orifice that delivers a narrow, high velocity stream of water to the spinner tube.