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A method is disclosed for controlling operation of an engine coupled to an exhaust treatment catalyst. Under predetermined conditions, the method operates an engine with a first group of cylinders combusting a lean air / fuel mixture and a second group of cylinders pumping air only (i.e., without fuel injection). In addition, the engine control method also provides the following features in combination with the above-described split air / lean mode: idle speed control, sensor diagnostics, air / fuel ratio control, adaptive learning, fuel vapor purging, catalyst temperature estimation, default operation, and exhaust gas and emission control device temperature control. In addition, the engine control method also changes to combusting in all cylinders under preselected operating conditions such as fuel vapor purging, manifold vacuum control, and purging of stored oxidants in an emission control device.

A lancet, a housing for the lancent, and a combination depth and activation control assembly. The lancet includes a needle, a needle-holding section, and an operating section with an opening. A drive spring is mounted within the opening and between the lancet body and the housing. The control assembly includes a control member with a control interface knob and a control shaft. The control shaft has multiple stop surfaces that are alignable with an engagement surface on the lancet body to control the lancing depth. And the control shaft has a release surface that engages the release member to disengage the engagement member to activate the lancing stroke. Additional features includes a safety interlock for preventing accidental activiation of the lancing device, ridges on the housing for providing discrete locked and depth setting positions, and a keyed sterility cap for preventing accidental removal of the cap.

A skateboard for use on pavement, ice or snow using a single narrow-footprint wheel, ice-blade or ski-runner attached to each foot, thus requiring the rider to dynamically balance the board. The skateboard is capable of self-propulsion at considerable speed on the flat or uphill by using an undulating motion. It can also lean up to 30 degrees and has a steering circle of only two feet. The board's construction comprises a front footboard, a rear footboard, and a strut which connects the two footboards and resists bending and extension. Each footboard includes a footpad, an attachment (i.e. a wheel, blade or ski), and a pivot joint connecting to the strut. The axis of this joint is aligned perpendicular to the footpad which allows the rider to steer each footboard independently by torsionally rotating the lower leg.

An earth boring tool includes two coaxially-aligned, positive displacement motors. One motor turns a pilot bit and the other turns a reamer concentric with the pilot bit. The central bit bores the center of the hole and the reamer enlarges it. The central bit is rotated relatively faster, while rotation of the larger diameter reamer is relatively slow. The tool can thus be used to bore larger diameter holes without slowing drilling rates or adversely affecting performance of the cutter elements due to higher tangential velocities.

A device for submerging scrap metal includes: (a) a drive source, (b) a drive shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the drive source, and (d) an impeller connected to the second end of the drive shaft, the impeller preferably having two or more outwardly-extending blades. Preferably, each of the blades has a portion that directs molten metal at least partially downward. The impeller design leads to lower operating speeds, lower vibration, longer component life and less maintenance. Additionally, the impeller preferably has a connective portion. The connective portion is used to connect the impeller to the shaft and preferably comprises a nonthreaded, tapered bore extending through the impeller.

An apparatus and a method for aligning a vertical shaft or multiple axially coupled vertical shafts in a hydroelectric turbine generator or a similar vertical-shaft system, and for providing precise plumb inclination alignment of a vertical rotating shaft. Precision inclinometers attached to the vertical shaft measure plumb inclination. Proximity probe displacement devices mounted externally of the vertical shaft measure radial movement, throw, or run out at various shaft elevations as the shaft is rotated relative to a fixed point. Data acquisition devices and communication devices accumulate and transmit alignment data to a micro-computer which receives and processes such data. Methods of defining shaft plumb inclination in a static single rotational position and defining plumb inclination of the virtual centerline of a shaft's rotational throw position. A method of swinging, tilting, or adjusting a vertical shaft to a corrected or different plumb position relative to the earth's gravity.

In a motor driver, based on driving waveforms of respective phases generated by a driving waveform generator, a power feeder feeds respective phase-coils with an alternating current consecutively changing in sine wave. Further, a phase advancing controller adjusts phases of the driving waveform, and performs phase-advancing control such that each phase of back electromotive forces induced in respective phase-coils generally coincides with a phase of the ac running through the coils. In phase-advancing controlling, a phase current is detected with a common current. The structure discussed above can reduce torque ripples, vibrations and noises, and a motor thus can be driven efficiently.

An axial complaint mounting system for a scroll machine positions the centroid reaction of the mounting system toward the top of a mounting bore extending through the axial compliant scroll member. The mounting system defines a first clearance located near the top of the mounting bore and a second clearance located near the bottom of the mounting bore. The positioning of the centroid reaction for the mounting system is accomplished by designing the second clearance larger than the first clearance.

The invention relates to an apparatus for vibration-insulated mounting of an electric motor (20), in particular a blower motor, having a first housing part (10), which encloses at least one pole ring (22) and magnets (24) of the electric motor (20) and has at least one opening (14, 16), through which the shaft (18) of the motor (20) reaches, and having a second housing part (54), which is embodied as a motor flange for securing the electric motor (20) to a carrier element, for instance a motor vehicle heating and / or air conditioning system, and at least partly embraces the first housing part (10) in the axial direction of the motor shaft (18).It is proposed that on the outer circumference (26) of the first housing part (10), a plurality of radially extending, relatively flat plastic spokes (28) are provided, which engage associated, radially and axially extending recesses (57) of the second housing part (54), and which in the region of their radially outer end (32) have connecting means (36) for securing them to the second housing part (54).

A surgical saw blade operatively couples to an oscillatory power tool for oscillation about an oscillation axis (OA). The saw blade includes a plurality of cutting teeth separated from one another by a clean out opening along a distal end. The clean out opening comprises an arcuate closed end and straight side walls extending from the closed end. Each tooth comprises first and second rake surfaces and first and second relief surfaces intersecting to define first and second cutting edges, respectively. The first and second cutting edges are oppositely disposed from one another. One cutting tooth protrudes a distance (de) from one side face of the blade and the next adjacent cutting tooth protrudes the same distance (de) from the other side face of the blade to cut a groove having a width (dg) wider than the thickness (t) of the blade.

A device for use in an endodontic treatment, for example for filling a root canal of a tooth that is empty as a consequence of the removal of the nerve, with a thermoplastic product such as gutta percha, which product is distributed in the root canal by means of heating and pressing. The device includes a housing that can be grasped by hand, a treatment element provided at one end of the housing, and a device for making the treatment element vibrate.

A powered skin care device is provided with a vibration damper between a vibrating motor and a handle of the device. The vibrating motor provides vibrations in a relatively gentle frequency and the brush head is provided with relatively soft bristles.

An overlay target with gratings thereon is illuminated and radiation scattered by the target is imaged onto detectors. A phase difference is then detected between the outputs of the detectors to find the mis-alignment error. In another aspect, an overlay target with gratings or box-in-box structures is illuminated and radiation scattered by the target is imaged onto detectors located away from the specular reflection direction of the illumination in a dark field detection scheme. Medium numerical aperture optics may be employed for collecting the radiation from the overlay target in a bright or dark field configuration so that the system has a larger depth of focus and so that the two structures of the target at different elevations can be measured accurately at the same time. Analytical functions are constructed for the grating type targets. By finding the phase difference between the two gratings at different elevations, misalignment errors can be detected. Analytical functions are constructed as a model for box-in-box type targets where data points away from the edges of the box or bars can be used in the curve fitting. Symmetrical functions are employed to further reduce noise.

A process for producing semiconductor wafers by double-sided polishing between two rotating, upper and lower polishing plates, which are covered with polishing cloth, while an alkaline polishing abrasive with colloidal solid fractions is being supplied, the semiconductor wafers being guided by carriers which have circumferential gear teeth and are set in rotation by complementary outer gear teeth and inner gear teeth of the polishing machine, which is distinguished by the following process steps: (a) at least one of the two sets of gear teeth of the polishing machine is at least from time to time sprayed with a liquid which substantially comprises water, (b) the alkaline polishing abrasive is fed continuously to the semiconductor wafers in a closed supply device. There is also a device which is suitable for carrying out the process.

A switched reluctance motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator has first and second stator magnetic pole groups sequentially placed in an axial direction of the rotor. First and second stator magnetic poles in each group are alternately arranged on a same circumference. The first stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2π and reversely magnetized to each other. The second stator magnetic poles are placed every electrical angle 2π and reversely magnetized to each other. The first magnetic pole is apart from the second magnetic pole by electrical angle π. Each stator magnetic pole in the first stator magnetic pole group is apart from that in the second magnetic pole group by electrical angle π / 2 in the circumferential direction.

The invention relates an electric sharpener, comprises a main frame, a main shaft, a motor, a transmission wheel, a grinding stone, and an electric control circuit. The motor is mounted on an angular frame which in turn is mounted on the main frame. The transmission wheel is fixed to an end of the main shaft, and the output shaft of the motor is tightly pressed against the periphery of the transmission wheel so as to drive it. A tool rest is fixed onto the main frame in a vertical or horizontal mounting orientation. A water vessel is fixed to the main frame, and the lower portion of the grinding stone dips into the water contained in the water vessel. Special clamps and attachments for grinding different tools are provided. The electric sharpener can be used for grinding various woodworking or household tools.

A multilayer capacitor includes a pair of external electrodes each having an end face portion; a first principal face extending portion; a second principal face extending portion; a first side face extending portion; and a second side face extending portion. The pair of external electrodes each includes a base electrode and a metallic layer. The metallic layer includes a first metallic layer and a second metallic layer located outside the first metallic layer. An intermetallic compound layer is located outside the first metallic layer, and is exposed from the second metallic layer in a ridge portion lying between the end face portion and the first principal face extending portion, a ridge portion lying between the first side face extending portion and the first principal face extending portion, and a ridge portion lying between the second side face extending portion and the first principal face extending portion.

A drive arrangement for split sickle bar sections of a harvester having a long cutter bar such as a combine, swather, mower-conditioner or the like utilizes separate drives for each sickle bar section, and provides for synchronizing the movement of the sickle bar sections so that they reach the respective ends of the reciprocating path simultaneously. In one form series connected first and second hydraulic motors are used, and the first motor in the series connection is reduced in speed from that which would be obtained from the full flow of a pump, by passing a portion of the pump fluid flow to a flow line leading to the second motor, a bleed valve bleeds off a portion of the flow in the flow line to regulate the second motor speed and position to match the speed and position of the first motor in response to signals indicating the position of the sickle bar sections. The sickle bar sections are thus synchronized.

An axial complaint mounting system for a scroll machine positions the centroid reaction of the mounting system toward the top of a mounting bore extending through the axial compliant scroll member. The mounting system defines a first clearance located near the top of the mounting bore and a second clearance located near the bottom of the mounting bore. The positioning of the centroid reaction for the mounting system is accomplished by designing the second clearance larger than the first clearance.

Multiaxis Turbine with an external upper covering, a tower structure with a plurality of vertical elongated members connected to each other with supporting horizontal elongated members, and a plurality of smaller blades on a rotation connected to a tower structure with a plurality of the rotation. A preferred embodiment includes impact impellers connected to a rotation creating a swept area with a height to diameter ratio of greater than four. A preferred embodiment includes wherein said impact impellers connected to a rotation means creating a swept area with a height to diameter ratio of greater than ten.

A rotary power tool operable in a first speed mode and a second speed mode comprising a motor shaft (6), a driveshaft (10) with an axis of rotation (42), a gear (24, 74) that is a component of a transmission (8) for transmitting torque from the motor shaft (6) to the driveshaft (10), a support member (48, 70), at least one bearing member (54, 76) which contacts the gear (24, 74), wherein the gear (24, 74), the support member (48, 70) and the at least one bearing member (54, 76) form an assembly that is in a first position along the axis of rotation (42) when the tool is operating in the first speed mode and is in a second position along the axis of rotation (42) when the tool is operating in the second speed mode, and wherein the at least one bearing member (54, 76) protrudes from the support member (48, 70) in the direction of the gear (24, 74) and rotates when the gear (24, 74) rotates.

This invention provides a hollow golf club head having a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion, and comprising a viscoelastic body to be mounted in at least one of the face portion, crown portion, sole portion, and side portion. The viscoelastic body is mounted in a part of a portion where the viscoelastic body is to be mounted, the part corresponding to an antinode of a primary vibration mode.

A compound archery bow with a handle-providing rigid riser and flexible limbs on the riser mounting bow string pulleys has damping interconnection mechanism between the limbs and riser. A damper is carried by each riser inboard of a riser limb seat. A resilient limb cup for each limb seat has portions for engaging the bottom, side walls and inner end wall of a limb and a fastener extends from each limb through each limb cup and limb seat to secure the limb to the damper.

A scroll machine is powered by a brushless permanent magnet motor. The rotor for the motor includes a rotor body formed by a plurality of laminations and an upper and lower counterweight made of zinc and located at opposite ends of the rotor body. An attachment member extends through the counterweights and the rotor body to secure the counterweights and the plurality of laminations. The counterweights include steel inserts which cooperate with the attachment member to provide a metal to metal clamping for the rotor body with a steel connection being maintained through the rotor.

Convertible-type aircraft, able to fly with the speed and the reduced operating costs of a fixed-wing aircraft and also to take-off / land vertically and hover / manoeuvre like an helicopter.The aircraft object of the invention comes in the form of a classical plane, with a fuselage (1), a fixed wing (2), an horizontal stabilizer (3) and a vertical fin (4), as well as one or several jet engines or turboprops (5) for propulsion and it comprises exposable rotors (6 and 7) installed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage for lifting the aircraft for vertical take-off / landing and stationary flight.For the flight and the horizontal take-off / landing, the rotors are completely enclosed inside the wing and possibly inside the horizontal stabilizer or the fuselage.

A vibration dampening device for use on compound archery bows. A device may be associated with one or more bow limb, with each device disposing a vibration damping bumper in position to shorten the vibrating length of the bow string at brace, compared to the vibrating length of a bow string of a comparable bow lacking the device(s). Certain embodiments couple bowstring vibration at brace with one or more cable. Preferred embodiments include a limb anchor adapted to distribute string-induced loading onto a bow limb at both sides of a string cam.

An overlay target with gratings thereon is illuminated and radiation scattered by the target is imaged onto detectors. A phase difference is then detected between the outputs of the detectors to find the mis-alignment error. In another aspect, an overlay target with gratings or box-in-box structures is illuminated and radiation scattered by the target is imaged onto detectors located away from the specular reflection direction of the illumination in a dark field detection scheme. Medium numerical aperture optics may be employed for collecting the radiation from the overlay target in a bright or dark field configuration so that the system has a larger depth of focus and so that the two structures of the target at different elevations can be measured accurately at the same time. Analytical functions are constructed for the grating type targets. By finding the phase difference between the two gratings at different elevations, misalignment errors can be detected. Analytical functions are constructed as a model for box-in-box type targets where data points away from the edges of the box or bars can be used in the curve fitting. Symmetrical functions are employed to further reduce noise.

An apparatus and a method for aligning a vertical shaft or multiple axially coupled vertical shafts in a hydroelectric turbine generator or a similar vertical-shaft system, and for providing precise plumb inclination alignment of a vertical rotating shaft. Precision inclinometers attached to the vertical shaft measure plumb inclination. Proximity probe displacement devices mounted externally of the vertical shaft measure radial movement, throw, or run out at various shaft elevations as the shaft is rotated relative to a fixed point. Data acquisition devices and communication devices accumulate and transmit alignment data to a micro-computer which receives and processes such data. Methods of defining shaft plumb inclination in a static single rotational position and defining plumb inclination of the virtual centerline of a shaft's rotational throw position. A method of swinging, tilting, or adjusting a vertical shaft to a corrected or different plumb position relative to the earth's gravity.