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A fiber optic adaptor includes a unitary metal housing and two latches which are snap fit within the housing. An internal wall is provided with an aperture there through to reduce electromagnetic interference.

A prismatic battery wherein a wound electrode (2) is housed in a battery can (1) including a sealing plate (12) fixed onto an opening of a prismatic case (11) with the outer surface of the electrode (2) aligned with the bottom of the prismatic case (11). Current collector plates (3), (30) are placed at both ends of the wound electrode (2) where edges (21), (22) of a pair of positive and negative electrodes project. The current collector plates (3), (30) are connected to a pair of positive and negative electrode terminals (4), (40). The current collector plates (3), (30) and the electrode terminals (4), (40) are connected by flexible flexible lead members (5), (50).

A variable capacitor for sensing the level of a liquid. The capacitor provides a readable capacitance that varies with respect to the level of the liquid. A pump control system implementing the capacitive sensor to control the level of a liquid by activating and deactivating the pump depending on the level of the liquid. Methods relating to varying capacitance of a capacitive sensor and controlling a pump based on the level of a liquid. A pump controller for controlling the level of a liquid in a reservoir includes a controller and a capacitor. The capacitor is adapted to provide an activation signal to the controller when the liquid in the reservoir reaches a first predetermined level relative thereto. Additionally, the capacitor is adapted to provide a trigger signal to the controller when the liquid in the reservoir reaches a second predetermined level relative thereto. Based on the trigger signal, the controller determines when to deactivate the pump.

Disclosed herein is a wiper blade coupled to or configured to be coupled to a wiper arm of a vehicle to wipe a glass surface of a windshield. The wiper blade includes a wiper strip configured to contact the glass surface, a frame coupled to the wiper strip, a bracket disposed at a center of the frame and joined to the wiper arm, and a joint disposed between the frame and the bracket to secure the bracket to the frame.

A quick pipe connector includes a tubular housing defining an axis, and a connecting unit. The connecting unit includes a grip ring adapted to grip a water pipe, and a locking ring abutting against a first housing shoulder surface of the tubular housing and positioning the grip ring to abut against a second housing shoulder surface of the tubular housing. The locking ring has a slit that extends parallel to the axis. An inner ring surface of the locking ring includes an annular inner shoulder part transverse to the axis. A release ring is formed with a stop surface confronting the annular inner shoulder part, and is movable along the axis relative to the locking ring to a release position, where the stop surface is moved away from the annular inner shoulder part and where the release ring forces the grip ring to release gripping action on the water pipe.

A baby crib includes a bed frame structure, a fabric member mounted on the bed frame structure to define a surrounding wall around the bed frame structure, and a plurality of positioning posts mounted on the fabric member. The bed frame structure includes a plurality of upright tubes, each of which has a tube wall defining a receiving hole and having a slit that extends along the length of the tube wall and that is in spatial communication with the receiving hole. The positioning posts are inserted respectively into the receiving holes in the upright tubes. The fabric member is clamped between each upright tube and a corresponding positioning post, and extends outward through the slit in each upright tube.

An expandable intragastric balloon comprising a first flexible pouch (2) comprising a port; a second pouch (20) which contains the first pouch (2) and which is equipped with a hole (21); and, a sealing member (4) which is hermetically fixed to the second pouch (20) and which is intended to seal the port and the hole (21). The first and second pouches (2, 20) are produced from different, non-compatible materials and are assembled with the aid of a fixing element (7). The fixing element is designed to ensure that the sealing member (4) is hermetically fixed to the first pouch (2) inside a passage (6) that is defined by a neck (5) which extends from the port, such that sufficient pressure is exerted on the neck (5) in order for same to be pinched between the sealing member (4) and the fixing element (7).

The present invention is a component carrier comprising a plate of insulating material having a plurality of apertures for accepting the leads of a thru-hole differential and common mode filter. Another embodiment comprises a surface mount component carrier comprised of a disk of insulating material having a plurality of apertures. The same concept for the above described carrier is also incorporated into several alternate embodiments, either independently or embedded within electronic connectors, or configured for use with electric motors. The overall configuration and electrical characteristics of the concepts underlying the present inventions are also described as an electrical circuit conditioning assembly which encompasses the combination of differential and common mode filters and component carriers optimized for such filters. The various embodiments of component carriers provide increased physical support and protection to differential and common mode filters and substantially improve the electrical characteristics of the filters due to the increased shielding provided by the carriers.

The present invention provides an adjustable connection mechanism 200 for releasabley coupling two components. The adjustable connection mechanism 200 comprises a first retention guide channel 202 coupled to a surface of a first component, a second retention guide channel 204 oriented substantially perpendicular to the first retention guide channel 202 and coupled to a surface of a second component that faces the surface of the first component, an adjuster 206 removabley inserted in the first retention guide channel 202, and an interlocking member 208 releasabley fastening the two retention guide channels 202 and 204.

A hub motor for electric vehicles and includes a rim, connecting members, a motor housing, a gear ring, a coil unit, a shaft, a tube, a magnet unit, a sun gear, a planet gear frame and multiple planet gears. The gear ring and the coil unit are fixed in the motor housing and two bearings are located between the shaft and the motor housing so that the motor housing is rotatable relative to the shaft. The tube has the magnet unit and the sun gear, and the planet gear frame is fixed to the shaft and the planet gears are connected to the planet gear frame. The planet gears are engaged with the gear ring and the sun gear. By this arrangement, the hub motor is simplified and easily assembled to the electric vehicles.

A capsule endoscope includes an image sensor that is fixed to a substrate and is covered by a transparent cover member such that a sealed air space is provided between the objective optical system and the image sensor. Also, a capsule endoscope is disclosed that includes a transparent cover member, an image sensor having an imaging area that is covered by the transparent cover member; and an objective optical system which includes at least two lenses. The lens of the objective optical system that is nearest the image side is either integral with, or is adhered to, the transparent cover member. The transparent cover member seals an air space above the imaging area of the image sensor from dust which may be generated during a focusing adjustment of the two lenses. A focusing method adjusts the position of a first lens, in order from the object side, relative to that of a second lens which is nearest the image side.

A cosmetics brush, and more particularly, to a cosmetics brush in which cosmetics liquid is discharged to a brush using the air pressure generated by pressing an inner body is provided. In the cosmetics brush, the lower part of the inner body whose upper part is thread coupled by a coupler and that includes a sealing ring in the inside thereof is pressed so that the cosmetics liquid stored in the inner body is discharged to the brush through liquid guiding passages and a discharge hole formed in a discharger and a liquid transporting tube due to the air pressure generated while the inner body ascends and descends to let a user apply make-up. Since the inner body thread coupled with the coupler can be separated and refilled with cosmetics liquid when cosmetics liquid is exhausted, the cosmetics brush is economical and convenient.

Disclosed is a hinge assembly capable of adjusting a tilting angle of a display in a display appliance. The hinge assembly includes a movable plate fixed to a rear side of the display and having a through-hole, a stationary plate coupled to a stand for the display appliance and having a through-hole, a hinge shaft passing through the through-holes of the movable and stationary plates having a head portion, a coupling member fixed to one end of the hinge shaft, a first washer disposed between the head portion of the hinge shaft and the movable plate, a second washer disposed between the movable and stationary plates, a third washer disposed between the stationary plate and the coupling member, and an elastic washer disposed between the head portion of the hinge shaft and the coupling member for applying compressive elasticity to the hinge shaft in an axial direction.

A counterforce-counteracting device for a nailer comprises an active device, a rotating member, and a weight device. The active device drives the rotating member and the weight device to move. After the active device moves, the weight device is driven by the rotating member to produce a counterforce, so as to counteract the counterforce of the nailer. Thereby, such a device is secure and is easy to assemble.

A test tube holder includes a main body and an adapter. The main body includes a cylindrical hollow portion for accommodating a test tube. The adapter is provided in the cylindrical hollow portion to hold the test tube. The adapter includes bottom portions, holding portions and loop portions, which are U-shaped as a whole. The bottom portions are located to cross the center axis of the cylindrical hollow portion. The loop portions are provided at the ends of the bottom portions, and coiled at least one. The holding portions are continuous with the loop portions and the bottom portions. The bottom portions of first and second spring steel wires are provided in the cylindrical hollow portion to intersect with each other. The holding portions of the first and second spring steel wires are projected upwards from the cylindrical hollow portion.

A caulking gun for dispensing caulking material from a standard caulk tube. The gun is fabricated in three basic parts; a trigger assembly, a trigger housing and a barrel cage for holding the tube. The facing portions of the barrel cage and trigger housing is provided with a mating configuration which enables the gun to be easily assembled for use and easily disassembled for storage in a toolbox. A novel drip / no drip feature is provided wherein a cam actuator conveniently positioned on the trigger housing enables an operator to select between no drip operation or drip type operation when caulking material and application requirements warrant such. A thumb release mechanism is provided on the rear of the trigger housing so the operator can release the driving rod for insertion of another tube of caulk when the unit has been placed in the drip position.

A backlight device (3) includes: a light guide plate (32); a chassis (31) on which the light guide plate (32) is mounted; a frame member (35) having the light guide plate (32) held between the chassis (31) and the frame member (35); a spot light source (36) arranged near a side surface of the light guide plate (32); a flexible printed circuit board (37) on which the spot light source (36) is mounted; and a heat dissipation plate (31a) (part of the chassis (31)) bonded through a double-faced adhesive (38) to the flexible printed circuit board (37). The frame member (35) is provided with a protrusion portion (351) that is in contact with the flexible printed circuit board (37) and that presses the flexible printed circuit board (37) onto the heat dissipation plate (31a), and a tip portion of the protrusion portion (351) is so tapered as to be located apart from the flexible printed circuit board (37).

The present invention relates to power modules for controlling an input current to provide an output current, in particular, to such a power module (100) comprising at least one semiconductor switch for controlling the input current and a circuit substrate. The circuit substrate (108, 110) has at least one input terminal for being connected to an input voltage and at least one output terminal for outputting the output voltage. The input terminal and the output terminal are connected to each other via a main current path (104) that is controlled by the semiconductor switch. Said power module further comprises at least one transient current path (102) with extremely low inductivity for carrying a transient current during a switching operation of the semiconductor switch. The main path for the continuous current has a low ohmic resistance, but does not have to be designed to have a specifically low inductance.

Provided is a light emitting apparatus that causes no lateral light leakage, enables easy assembly, and allows free selection of the shape of a reflection frame. The light emitting apparatus includes an LED device which is flip-chip mounted on a substrate, a phosphor layer placed on a light emitting surface of the LED device, a reflective resin having a recessed portion formed on the upper surface thereof, the reflective resin covering the side surface of the LED device and the side surface of the phosphor layer, and a reflection frame having a protruded portion formed on the lower surface thereof, the reflection frame being fixed on or above the phosphor layer and the reflective resin by engaging the protruded portion with the recessed portion of the reflective resin.

An improved infant car seat includes a seat shell, a first safety belt having a first looped end, a second safety belt having a second looped end, a third safety belt having a third looped end, and a splitter place connecting the first, second and third safety belts behind the seat shell. The ajuster mates with the adjustment teeth to extend or retract the seat back relative to the seat shell when the adjuster is rotated.

A floor board assembly convenient to lay is characterized in that, in one embodiment, it comprises a frame, a filler board and an upper material with the frame and filler board affixed to the underside of the upper material. The frame includes latch tongues that extend outwardly from the lower side edges of the frame, and the tongues have locking projections that fit into recesses arranged just inside the periphery of the underside of the frame. The tongues and intervening spaces (with locking bars behind them) are space along the periphery of the board, such that any side of one board may be joined to any side of a similarly configured board. The upper material may be selected from a variety of materials, including LVT (luxury vinyl tile), carpet, high pressure laminate or other decorative material. The filler board may be selected to accomplish reduced cost, and / or improved acoustics. In other embodiments, a frame and / or upper material may be absent. The floor board assembly requires a lower manufacture cost and lower equipment investment, has stable quality, versatility and ease of installation.

A lightweight, easy to assemble, and compact exciter assembly for a compaction device such as a drum assembly of a vibratory trench roller or the like includes a fixed weight and one or more free swinging weights mounted on an exciter shaft, without using any mounting hardware, so as to hold the free swinging weights axially in position while permitting them to swing between first and second angular positions on the exciter shaft. Preferably, the fixed weight is mounted on a central portion of the exciter shaft, and two free swinging weights are mounted adjacent the ends of the fixed weight so as to be restrained from substantial sliding movement along the exciter shaft solely by the fixed weight and other operative components of the exciter assembly such as bearings and / or gears or other torque transfer elements. The reduction in length afforded by this design permits a reversible hydraulic motor to be mounted coaxially on the end of the exciter shaft without unacceptably increasing the overall length of a drum assembly, thereby further simplifying the machine's assembly and facilitating maintenance or repair of the machine.

A floor covering characterized as having a strong noise-reducing properties for the interior trim of means of transport. The floor covering has, on the passenger side, a textile or non-textile surface, acoustically coupled through at least one microperforated sheet to a fibrous non-woven and / or foamed plastic. A microperforated sheet having a hole diameter from 0.2 to 0.5 mm and an interhole distance from 3 to 7 mm.

The modular target shooting system employs tubular members and fittings made from durable materials such as EMT. The members are easily secured together and broken back down by the use of simple thumb screws threaded into weld nuts. The system is based on standard target module that includes a stanchion made from a single vertical support member and a single support base. The base has at least three feet that are deployed to provide stability, but can also pivot upwardly from the deployed position to aid in portability. The module typically has at least one horizontal support member that is used to support at least one steel target rotatably coupled to the horizontal member. The standard target module also typically has a zone target that usually includes a paper depiction of an animal or a person, or a circular target. The system can then be easily expanded horizontally by adding as many target modules as desired, and coupling them together with tubular single and double T connectors to horizontal members commonly coupled between the target modules for even greater stability.

A method for manufacturing a sheet-shaped body 1 in which a powder particle layer 12 is sandwiched between a base sheet 10 to which a bonding agent is applied and a covering sheet 11 so as to be bonded into an integral body, is provided with the steps of: shifting the base sheet 10, the powder particle layer 12 and the covering sheet 11, with each of the sheets and the layer being held on the respective roller face, and after the powder particle layer 12 has been transferred onto the base sheet 10, bonding the base sheet 10, the powder particle layer 12 and the covering sheet 11 into an integral form. Thus, the powder particle layer can be fixed to a predetermined position in a stable manner.

An industrial portable data processing device with a replaceable keyboard set comprises a device body, a short / long keyboard set, a keyboard extension part and a scanning part. A display is provided on the device body, under which the long or short keyboard set may be assembled following a user's request (s). However, before the long keyboard set is assembled, the keyboard extension part must be wedged into the tail of device body and the scanning part is combined into the bottom of the device body; thereby the device with the replaceable keyboard set being formed. This invention makes the user choose a long / short keyboard set depending on his or her request(s), being provided with an effect of two applications in a machine to avoid the necessity of having many devices working at the same time or serving for backup due to the differences of conventional operating environments, functions, and habits.

A cushioning mechanism for a treadmill having a pair of ⊃-shaped rigid connection elements and a pair of pivotal rigid cushioning elements that are interposed between the bottom surface of both sides of the platform frame and the base bars. The pivotal rigid cushioning element includes a guidewheel at one end thereof. In this way, the guidewheel is movable on the surface of the base bar when the platform frame is moved up and down by the external forces applied to it. Accordingly, the cushioning and restoring effects can be achieved. Moreover, an auxiliary supporting element is pivotally interposed between both sides of the platform frame and the handle frame assembly, respectively. As a result, a complete cushioning and restoring effect can be ensured.