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A steering wheel retracting device includes a steering wheel of a vehicle, and a moving device for moving the steering wheel relative to the vehicle to selectively move the steering wheel away from a vehicle driver when a car accident is happened. A cylinder housing may be attached to the vehicle, and a shaft is engaged through the cylinder housing for coupling the steering wheel to the front wheels of the vehicle. A piston rod is slidably engaged onto the shaft and has a piston slidably engaged in the cylinder housing, and an actuator is coupled to the cylinder housing for selectively moving the piston relative to the cylinder housing to retract the steering wheel away from the vehicle driver.

An animal suspender vest harness controls and provides protection from the elements at the same time. This one piece design has a wide band, starting mid-chest, extending around the ribcage. From this a mid portion, extending to the shoulders, with right and left suspender straps extending over the shoulders, criss-crossing diagonally at mid-chest, attaching to the bottom of the ribcage band., where they all connect together. Top center of the ribcage band, is an opening with a connection strap, holding a D-ring to attach a leash. The ergonomic criss crossing suspender strap design, provides a uniformed pressure distribution across the bony structures of the animal only, without applying pressure to the unprotected neck. Additionally, with elastic built into the shoulder areas and the connecting ring strap, along with the wideness of the vest, reduces's the force placed on the animal, and dissipates it across a larger surface area.

A vehicle crash wall with a series of overlapping metal plates attached to a retaining wall by means of a metal sleeve inserted into a female receiving tube. Located between the metal plates and retaining wall is an impact absorbing material. The metal sleeves, 3, are perpendicularly attached to the metal plates, 1, by inserting them into slip joints, 16, and inserting metal pins, 11, vertically through the top of said metal sleeves and into swivel hinges, 10, located beneath said slip joints. The female receiving tubes, 4, are located inside the middle of the retaining wall, 8, perpendicularly extending approximately half-way behind said retaining wall. Said metal sleeves are vertically supported by rollers arms, 5. Said metal plates are perpendicularly supported by cable hold backs, 6, and horizontally by support cables, 13. The force of the impact is evenly dissipated along the length of metal plates and energy absorbent material. This dramatically reduces the risk of injury to the driver and damage to his vehicle and the wall.

A protective pad including a rigid shell bounded by a perimeter and a gasket engaging the perimeter so that forces applied to the shell are dissipated through the gasket before transferring to a wearer of the protective pad. The rigid shell cooperates with the gasket to provide a trampoline effect or two way spring. This effectively absorbs shock from forces generated by the opponent, so that the wearer and a colliding opponent both encounter reduced forces. The shell can bow outwardly to form a cavity above the wearer when the gasket is placed adjacent the wearer, which can prevent the rigid shell from bottoming out against the wearer upon impact. The protective pad can be implemented in a thumb protector including a stopper disposed between adjacent rigid shells covering proximal and distal portions of a digit. The stopper can engage the shells and effectively prevent hyperextension of the digit.

An anchorless non-invasive force dissipation device for orthopedic instrumentation including a base having a patient contacting surface, the patient contacting surface including a surface area adapted for external placement on a patient's body, and an instrument alignment mechanism operably connected to and selectively positionable relative to the base, the instrument alignment mechanism adapted to interface with at least one orthopedic instrument, such that forces applied by the orthopedic instrument are dissipated across the surface area of the base with the device being unanchored externally of the patient.

Apparatus attaches to the leg at or below the knee to take the shock of walking off the foot and ankle. The foot is encased in a boot. Two spaced-apart tubes extend upward from a subfloor mounted below the boot. The boot is mounted for sliding up and down on the tubes. A pair of parallel elongate rods are attached at their upper ends to the upper portion of the leg at or below the knee, such that the lower ends of the rods are in the tubes. A spring, preferably a gas compression spring, is inserted into each tube so that the lower end of each rod compresses the spring as body weight is put on the subfloor in walking. The subfloor moves toward the boot as the springs are compressed, reducing some of the shock of walking and transferring forces to the leg. The rods may be attached to the leg by a cast, brace or orthosis.

A footwear having a shock attenuating and cushioning sole is provided, including a base to which first and second wave elements are joined, each element including alternating crests and troughs. The crests are wide and can each form a ground contact surface, whereas the troughs can be narrower than the crests. Crests of one element are disposed adjacent the troughs of another element. The widths of the crests to those of the troughs can be in at least a 2:1 ratio. Forward and rearward ends of the elements are connected to the base, and the troughs intermittently join with the base to secure the elements between the ends and to impair lateral movement. Different groups of wave elements can be grouped together to form a forefoot section, a heel section and / or an arch section, with the sections separated from and compressible independent of the other sections.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for use in reducing the impact to the head during sporting activities. The present disclosure provides a helmet cap that covers an underlying hard shell helmet. The helmet cap has a durable, energy absorbing outer shell, which lessens the initial impact to the helmet. The outer shell is formed into segments of padded material that may deform on impact. The outer shell has an inner surface that allows the outer shell to slide over the surface of a helmet thereby reducing forces applied to a wearer. The helmet cap may be securely attached to helmets without modification of the helmets. The helmet cap may include an adjustable fastener that allows the helmet cap to be securely attached to helmets of varying dimensions.

Disclosed herein are passive and active vehicle arresting barrier systems that may be combined to provide anti-ram protection along an entire perimeter of a secured area including vehicle access points. A perimeter fence portion is a passive barrier system that stops an attacking vehicle within a predetermined penetration distance and may blend into an existing perimeter fence structure to provide an architecturally hidden structure. The access opening portion utilizes a collapsible road deck and an underlying pit that does not require hydraulic or electrical means to deploy.

A built-in or added-on extension is situated upon a side of a shoe so as to minimize or prevent injury caused by inversion of a foot / ankle during athletic or other activities. The extension protrudes laterally out from the side of the shoe and has a substantial horizontal component, with an outer surface portion(s) adapted in shape, size, and / or placement so that said portion(s) will impact the floor / ground upon inversion of the foot / ankle but that none of the extension impacts, rubs, slides, or otherwise contacts the ground / floor during normal activities of the wearer. Said impact / contact only occurs when there is significant ankle / foot inversion, that is, enough to potentially cause a mild lateral ankle sprain. The preferred extension cushions and / or stops inversion at an angle of inversion and / or at a time during the inversion wherein the wearer may recover and straighten his foot / ankle before serious injury to the ankle.

A vehicle seat having at least one cushion element including a foam layer (1, 1′), a cover (2) and a massage device (3), wherein the massage device (3) includes one or more fluid fillable, hollow elements (3a) that are located in open recesses (1a, 1a′) of the cushion elements (1, 1′) facing the cover (2) and are designed such that when filled with fluid, the mechanical expansion of the hollow elements (3) that effect the massaging force on the vehicle seat occupant expands toward the cover (2) and is supported by a support element (4) in a direction that faces away from the cover (2), and wherein the support element (4) is arranged such that it introduces the mechanical force resulting from the expansion of the hollow element (3a) and pointing away from the cover (2) into the at least one (1) and / or both the cushion elements (1, 1′).

Motor vehicle seat, at least one cushion element, in particular a foam layer (1, 1′), a cover (2) and a massage device (3) comprising, wherein the massaging device (3) comprises fluid be full bare hollow body (3a) in the cover (2) open towards recesses (1a, 1a′) of said cushion member (1, 1′) are arranged and are adapted to expand in fluid filling to produce the required for the massage effect mechanical force acting on the cover (2) and is thereby in the reference (2) pointing away from the direction of a support member support (4), characterized in that the support element (4) is arranged so that it is in from the expansion of the hollow body (3a) resulting from the reference (2) directed away mechanical forces the at least one (1) and / or a further Polter element (1′) initiates.

A strand-guiding roll for supporting and guiding cast metal strands in a continuous casting installation, having a central rotatable shaft and having at least one roll shell supported fixed against rotation on this shaft. To enable the strand-guiding roll to cope with the mechanical and thermal stresses, the roll shell is supported by support rings or by a support-ring sleeve on the shaft. An annular space, which is axially delimited by the support rings for the shell, is formed between the shaft and the roll shell. The annular space is a coolant conduit.

The present invention provides a modulating chest support structure for dispersing and supporting a shifting load wherein said support structure includes a lateral torso restraint band having a pair of ends each presenting a breast interface pair each of which is spaced by a pivotal support member and a hyperbolic multi-support shoulder structure associated with each breast interface pair and including at least one interior support member, one central support member and one outer support member, each of which is spaced from said central support member along a lateral axis.

The present disclosure relates to a self-propelled surface milling cutter, with a working assembly comprising a rotatingly drivable drum body, and at least one drum drive unit which is accommodated in the interior of the drum body and forms at least part of a rotatable bearing of the drum body on a drum supporting frame, wherein the at least one drum drive unit includes a stationary drive part attached to the drum supporting frame and a rotatable drive part connected with the drum body. The rotatable drive part of the drum drive unit is mounted on the drum body by a positive entrainment connection in a torque-transmitting, but longitudinally movable manner. The entrainment connection rotatorily entrains the drum body, in order to be able to transmit the rotary drive movements of the drive part to the drum body.

An anchorless non-invasive force dissipation device for orthopedic instrumentation including a base having a patient contacting surface, the patient contacting surface including a surface area adapted for external placement on a patient's body, and an instrument alignment mechanism operably connected to and selectively positionable relative to the base, the instrument alignment mechanism adapted to interface with at least one orthopedic instrument, such that forces applied by the orthopedic instrument are dissipated across the surface area of the base with the device being unanchored externally of the patient.

A new and useful load-limiting device for a vehicle occupant restraint is provided. The load-limiting device comprises a mechanical structure designed to dissipate forces applied by a vehicle occupant to the load-limiting device during a crash, to absorb energy applied to a vehicle occupant during a crash. Moreover, the design of the load-limiting device of the present invention provides significant flexibility in designing the predetermined manner in which the load-limiting device dissipates forces during a crash, thereby providing flexibility in how energy of a vehicle occupant is absorbed during a crash. In its basic form, the load limiting device comprises a housing and a deformable member, at least one of which is configured for connection to a vehicle safety belt and the other of which is configured for connection to an anchor point (e.g. a structural part of a vehicle). The housing and the deformable member are moveable relative to each other in a predetermined manner when force is applied to the one of those members, and the housing supports a hardened member formed of a material which is harder than the deformable member and which is positioned to engage and deform the deformable member as the deformable member is being moved relative to the housing. The configuration of the deformable member can be designed so that the deformable member will deform in a predetermined manner under forces applied to the load-limiting device by a vehicle occupant during a crash.

A remote storage system for items includes contact areas at different locations for the collection of the items individually, a storage area for secure storage of the items received from the contact areas, and transportation vehicles for receiving and offloading the items at the contact areas and one or more conveying vehicles for transporting the items to and from the storage area, wherein the transportation vehicles circulate between the contact areas so that each of the contact areas exists for a discrete time period dependent on the arrival of a transportation vehicle.

A sill component (10) for the sill of a vehicle body (100) has an outer shell (20) made from a metal material and an inner profile (30) made from an aluminum material. The outer shell (20) is connected via a first connection section (22) to a first complementary connecting section (32) of the inner profile (30) and via at least one second connecting section (24) to at least one second complementary connecting section (34) of the inner profile (30) in a manner that transmits force along a longitudinal direction (LR) of the vehicle body (100). At least one receiving space (40) is arranged between the two connecting sections (22, 24) and a reinforcing component (50) is in the receiving space (40) for the mechanical reinforcement of the outer shell (20).

Disclosed herein are passive and active vehicle arresting barrier systems that may be combined to provide anti-ram protection along an entire perimeter of a secured area including vehicle access points. A perimeter fence portion is a passive barrier system that stops an attacking vehicle within a predetermined penetration distance and may blend into an existing perimeter fence structure to provide an architecturally hidden structure. The access opening portion utilizes a collapsible road deck and an underlying pit that does not require hydraulic or electrical means to deploy.

A sill component (10) for the sill of a vehicle body (100) has an outer shell (20) made from a metal material and an inner profile (30) made from an aluminum material. The outer shell (20) is connected via a first connection section (22) to a first complementary connecting section (32) of the inner profile (30) and via at least one second connecting section (24) to at least one second complementary connecting section (34) of the inner profile (30) in a manner that transmits force along a longitudinal direction (LR) of the vehicle body (100). At least one receiving space (40) is arranged between the two connecting sections (22, 24) and a reinforcing component (50) is in the receiving space (40) for the mechanical reinforcement of the outer shell (20).

A mounting apparatus can be used to install a sign to a mounting surface. The mounting apparatus permits the sign, in response to an impact, to displace to dissipate or dampen force of the impact and thus prevent or reduce damage to the sign. The mounting apparatus can permit the sign to displace in at least two different directions. The sign can be biased to a neutral position.

The invention provides a surgical device for endoscopic surgery having the function of temporarily storing liquid (a first function), the function of keeping a physical space for surgery and a sufficient endoscopic field (a second function), and the function of protecting organs (a third function), and an insertion device for inserting the surgical device into a body.[Solving Means] The surgical device for endoscopic surgery is an inter-organ spacer (10) including liquid holding means (1) formed of a porous soft material having the ability to temporarily store liquid and the ability to retain its shape. The insertion device for inserting the inter-organ spacer into a body includes a tubular holder capable of holding the inter-organ spacer for endoscopic surgery.

A stiffening arrangement (22) for a forward structure (10) of a motor vehicle has a mounting bracket (20) for mounting a motor vehicle radiator. A shear field (24) is connected to the mounting bracket (20) to dissipate shear forces. A right stiffening strut (28) connects the shear field (24) to a right suspension-strut dome (16) and supports the mounting bracket (20) on the right suspension-strut dome (16), and a left stiffening strut (30) connects the shear field (24) to a left suspension-strut dome (18) and supports the mounting bracket (20) on the left suspension-strut dome (18). Thus, a major part of the crumple zone of the forward structure (10) provided for a frontal crash can be utilized, so that the risk of damage to engine components in an engine bay of the forward structure (10) is reduced and vibrational comfort for the driver is improved.

My invention is a multi-layered vehicle cover to protect the vehicle from hail and debris that may occur during a storm. The cover is multi-layered designed to provide a barrier of protection for a vehicle's outer surface during a storm. A vehicle's finish can be subject to damage and expensive repair due to foreign objects: hail, tree limbs, rocks etc., during a storm. The multiple layers of my invention provide for a resilient interior layer encased by weather resistant or waterproof outer layers. The resilient layer absorbs the force of contact with the incoming object. It dissipates the force over a larger surface area to prevent damage. It can also be used as a vehicle cover to help protect the vehicle even while not in the middle of a storm.

A drum brake includes a brake drum with an attaching region for arranging the brake drum on a vehicle part, such as a wheel hub, and a shell region with a first contact face, and a friction lining with a second contact face which faces toward the shell region, the first and second contact face being curved along or in a radial plane.

The present disclosure relates to a self-propelled surface milling cutter, with a working assembly comprising a rotatingly drivable drum body, and at least one drum drive unit which is accommodated in the interior of the drum body and forms at least part of a rotatable bearing of the drum body on a drum supporting frame, wherein the at least one drum drive unit includes a stationary drive part attached to the drum supporting frame and a rotatable drive part connected with the drum body. The rotatable drive part of the drum drive unit is mounted on the drum body by a positive entrainment connection in a torque-transmitting, but longitudinally movable manner. The entrainment connection rotatorily entrains the drum body, in order to be able to transmit the rotary drive movements of the drive part to the drum body.