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A novel adjustable hand grip device for use with a three dimensional coordinate measurement system provides an ergnomically formed pistol grip rotatably positioned on a manually manipulated multijointed measuring arm allowing a plurality of angular positions convenient to an operator. The adjustable hand grip includes a clamp for releasably securing the device n a preselected position. An embodiment of the present invention includes a ball and detent device for releasably positioning the hand grip in a plurality of preselected positions. In yet another embodiment the hand grip device includes a swivel joint allowing rotation of the pistol grip relative to the clamp.

The present invention relates to a system for landing UAV's. The system comprises a slingshot structure that includes arm based structure and an axis means installed along the arm of the structure and wherein it enables the arm to move around it in addition, the system comprises base means connecting the axis means to a platform at which the system is installable. The system also include a controlled pulling and braking means that connects between the arm of the structure and the platform upon which the system is installable and a stretchable elastic means installed in a stretched manner at a gap formed between two arms and set to connect with a landing UAV. At the landing phase, the controlled pulling and braking means of the system, essentially breaks the motion of the arm based structure that is propelled to revolve around the system's axis means, from a time that the UAV forms contact with the elastic means and with it propels the structure to move around the axis means.

The invention concerns a screw-on crown for a timepiece, including a head, a central portion and a lateral skirt, said head including an end face bearing a design, characterized in that the end face includes a substrate onto one face of which said design is applied, in that said substrate is mounted so as to move in rotation in said head and in that the crown further includes braking means arranged for holding said substrate in different angular orientations with respect to the head about the rotational axis of the crown.

The invention discloses a fully automatic mobile hydraulic lifting platform machine. The machine comprises a chassis, a travelling drive device, a lifting device, hydraulic and electrically controlled systems and a charging device, wherein the lower surface of the chassis is provided with wheels, the travelling drive device and a braking device, the lifting device, the hydraulic system, a steering system, a operation system, a control system, the charging device and a foot device are arranged on the chassis, the chassis and a platform are provided with a safety device and a measurement system, and the lifting device is provided with a floating platform device. The machine of the invention can bear the rated weight according to the demand; and the travelling mechanism thereof can realize forth-back travelling and left-right travelling, 90 degrees of translation and crab motion, and the lifting platform device can move longitudinally and transversely, rotates and go up and down freely. Owning to various movement choices, the degrees of mechanization and automation are high, and the machine can change according to different conditions and accurately and timely position the installation position of the chassis, thus increasing the efficiency, ensuring the satisfy and satisfying the demand of the railway vehicle manufacture and assembly production line.

The drive device is provided for inclusion in a windmill with two counter-rotating screws. The shafts of the screws are each connected to a spindle of an epicyclical gearbox, the third spindle providing the energy for the user. The device further comprises a brake device simultaneously acting on the two shafts of the screws. In particular, said device permits the installation of a second screw on a windmill mast designed for a single screw on a windmill mast designed for a single screw, thus greatly increasing the power supplied.

A motor vehicle side collision avoidance system for avoiding collisions with objects. The system includes a direction sensor generating a direction signal corresponding a direction of motion of the vehicle, an external detector generating a detector signal corresponding to a location of objects outside of the vehicle, and a braking control system including at least two independently operable braking devices coupled to respective wheels. A processor is coupled to the direction sensor, the external detector, and the braking control system. The processor receives the direction and detector signals and is configured to send an avoidance signal to the braking control system based on the direction and detector signals. Upon receipt of the avoidance signal, the braking control system activates appropriate braking devices to avoid collision with the objects.

The invention discloses an articulated front-handling mobile crane. The crane comprises at least one braking device, wherein at least one of a front-left wheel or a front-right wheel of the articulated front-handling mobile crane can be independently braked by the braking device. The invention also provides an operation control system for the articulated front-handling mobile crane, which comprises at least one braking device, an independent brake switch, a safety device, a vehicle speed monitoring device and a control device. The articulated front-handling mobile crane can take a front wheel on any side thereof as the center for steering, so the articulated front-handling mobile crane can remarkably reduce steering radius and improve placing accuracy and small-space activity ability of heavy objects. At the same time, the articulated front-handling mobile crane can also ensure that the braking device cannot be started during high-speed operation further to improve safety performance and ensure the safety of personnel, equipment and loads.

An elevator installation has braking equipment for braking and holding an elevator car which moves in vertical direction within guide tracks or rails. The braking equipment consists of at least two brake units each comprising a normal force regulation device that sets a normal force (FN) in correspondence with a normal force value determined by a brake control unit and / or a locking device that locks the brake unit in a set braking position and which preferably maintains the set braking position in the case of an interrupted energy supply. The braking equipment provides a gentle braking or holding of the elevator car, which corresponds with the operational state of the elevator installation, with a low energy requirement.

A wave energy converter (WEC) includes a float tending to move in phase with the waves, a spar tending to move out of phase with the float and power take off device (PTO) coupled between the float and spar for converting their relative motion into useful energy. The PTO includes a rack and pinion mechanism which drives a high-torque, multi-pole, permanent magnet generator (PMG) to produce electrical signals of relatively high frequency relative to the frequency of the waves and the basic motion of the rack and pinion mechanism. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the rack and pinion mechanism may be located within the spar which may be hermetically sealed by a sealing mechanism which allows a thrust rod coupled between the float and spar to move up and down with little friction to ensure efficient operation. In addition, a braking arrangement is provided for inhibiting relative motion between the float and spar during extreme severe wave conditions. In this way, the pinion gears and generators need only be sized for the operational wave conditions.

A propulsion unit can have a propulsion unit connected to a rear surface of a transom plate of a hull. The propulsion unit can have a propeller for producing thrust, a power device for driving the propeller, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting power from the power device to the propeller. The propulsion unit can also include a braking device configured to exert a generally vertical upward force on the propulsion unit during a the braking operation.

A braking device with a hidden hydraulic cylinder has a hydraulic cylinder hidden inside a body of the braking device and further protected by a casing made of plastics, rubber or light alloy. Thereby, the space can be saved and any leakage due to unexpected collision. A tube is mounted to the hydraulic cylinder at any angle, preventing any wear or breaks due to frequent use. Therefore, the braking device of this invention is particularly suitable to the road bicycle.

The invention relates to a convertible aircraft operating method. According to the invention, the aircraft comprises: a fuselage, standard fixed wings which are equipped with ailerons, a tail unit with flight-control surfaces, engines, a rotor with blades, a transmission which is placed between the engines and the rotor and which is equipped with rotor clutch and braking means, a landing gear, means for transition from helicopter mode to gyroplane mode and vice versa, and means for direct or reverse transition from gyroplane / helicopter mode to aeroplane mode. The lift for a range of low speeds is produced by means of the rotor, while the lift for a range of high speeds is produced by means of the wings. In addition, the lift for a range of intermediate speeds can be produced using the wings and the rotor in gyroplane mode simultaneously, and take-off and landing can be performed in gyroplane mode or in helicopter mode with the engines coupled to the rotor. The aircraft comprises a hybrid helicopter / gyroplane / aeroplane aircraft and, as such, can perform the direct or reverse transition to aeroplane mode from both helicopter mode and gyroplane mode.

A combined electromechanical vehicle brake has a hydraulically activated operating brake and an electromechanically activated parking brake apparatus. A hydraulic operating pressure chamber in a brake housing is delimited by a brake piston that can be loaded by hydraulic pressure to carry out operating braking actions. The brake piston can be activated along a longitudinal piston axis to achieve a braking effect. The parking brake apparatus acts upon the brake piston by a gear unit because the gear unit converts the rotational movement of an electromechanical actuator into a translational movement, causing the brake piston to be activated to carry out parking brake processes and remain in the activated position. The gear unit has a threaded spindle and a threaded nut that contact one another via a plurality of rolling elements. A spring element allows the rolling elements to slip when the gear unit is activated in the unloaded state.

A high speed linear bagging machine and method of bagging a product with such machine is described. The machine has a reciprocating linear bagger assembly which has a straight drive member with a carriage connected thereto. A drive having a pair of coils is used to drive the straight drive member to displace the carriage. A stroke controller is used to control the coils dependent on a desired forward and rearward displacement stroke of a carriage along the drive member. A product receptacle is secured to the carriage and displaceable to a bagging station. A bag engaging member is connected to the carriage and a product arresting member is displaceable for abutting relationship with an end of a product at the bagging station. The bag engaging means engages an open end of a bag at a forward end of the displacement stroke adjacent the bagging station and withdrawing the open end of the bag over the product which is maintained substantially stationary by the product arresting means during a reverse stroke of a carriage whereby to insert the product in the bag and discharge the bagged product. The drive member is comprised of a straight thrust rod of magnetic material which constitutes a stator of the linear motor. The pair of coils are connected to the carriage and energized for displacing the carriage along the thrust rod to cause displacement of the carriage.

A process for operating the brake arrangement of a vehicle is presented, which comprises an electrically controllable service brake system, which is set to generate brake forces independently of driver actuation, andwhich comprises an electrically controllable parking brake system, which is set to generate brake forces and maintain these forces. So that the parking brake system or its electromechanical actuating unit only needs to cope with relatively small load situations, it is proposed that, when, for certain operating conditions, the parking brake system has to maintain brake forces which are greater than the brake forces it is able to generate itself, the service brake system generates the additionally required brake forces.

The invention discloses an unmanned vehicle general platform for automatic driving testing, and a method. The unmanned vehicle general platform comprises a vehicle body shape transformation system which comprises a chassis; a telescopic device is mounted on the chassis, the telescopic device changes the size of a vehicle body through telescopic deformation, and different quick assembly simulationshells are matched to simulate different vehicle models and vehicles; a feedback control system is further mounted on the chassis; the feedback control system comprises a central control device whichis connected to a motor, a braking device and a steering device; and the central control device is further connected to a vehicle sensor measuring unit, and the motion state of a vehicle is obtained through the vehicle sensor measuring unit to decide and control various operation behaviors of the testing vehicle. One testing vehicle can simulate the various vehicles (such as cars, off-road vehicles and trucks), the perceive difficulty of the tested vehicles is increased, and the testing cost is lowered.

An auxiliary braking system and method of controlling the braking a towed vehicle is provided that includes a remote control that is in selective communication with an auxiliary braking unit positioned in a towing vehicle. More specifically, it is often desirable for the operator of the towing vehicle to assess the performance of the auxiliary braking apparatus positioned in a towed vehicle. In addition, it is often advantageous for the operator to perform real time adjustments to the performance parameters of the auxiliary braking apparatus positioned in the towing vehicle without having to cease driving and physically access the auxiliary braking device.

The invention discloses a highway-railway convertible car, comprising a highway container semi-trailer, a one-position traction bolster assembly, a two-position traction bolster assembly, a coupler buffer device, a bogie and an air and manual brake device. The highway container semi-trailer comprises a frame, container locks, ground jacks, a suspension damping system and protective devices. Two parallel centre sill assemblies are welded by adopting connection plate assemblies, to form the main part for bearing the railway longitudinal force; a secondary hook and a primary hook serve as the connectors and are connected with traction bolster assemblies at the head and the tail, so that the highway-railway convertible car can meet the requirement of railway transportation; when the highway-railway convertible car is used for railway transportation, a rear protective device is overturned upwards from the outside of the car around a rotating shaft, so that the requirements of assembling the railway bogie and the car body are met; and the suspension damping system adopts vibration damping gasbag and lifting gasbag structures, so that the matching of the highway container semi-trailer, a highway semi-trailer tractor and the bogie of the highway-railway convertible car during the conversion between highways and railways and the requirement of the gap between the road tire and the lower margin during railway transportation are met.

An off-road dolly has a pneumatic system for providing compressed air to trailer brakes and dolly brakes means for providing synchronized engagement thereof. Off-road dolly also has an electrical circuit providing synchronized engagement of dolly signal lighting system with trailer signal lighting system. Propulsion for off-road dolly and trailer can be provided externally, using a forklift, or by the off-road dolly itself using a motor installed thereon. Synchronized operational engagement of dolly brakes with trailer brakes, and dolly signal lighting system with trailer signal lighting system, can be controlled using a remote control.

The invention relates to a multifunctional braking power testing platform which comprises the components of a base; a power and inertia chamber which is arranged on the base and comprises a power unit and a mechanical inertia unit; a first testing chamber which is arranged on the base and is mounted on one end of the power and inertial chamber; and a second testing chamber which is arranged on the base and is mounted on the other end of the power and inertia chamber, wherein a first braking device in the first testing chamber is different from a second braking device of the second testing chamber. The multifunctional braking power testing platform can be used for disc braking, tread braking, eddy current braking or magnetic rail braking tests of high-speed train and other rail vehicles, thereby reproducing a braking energy conversion process in a 1:1 manner and testing braking performance in real time.

The present invention relates to two braking devices employed in a baby carriage. The braking device includes a braking base, a braking wheel, a pad, a pad surface, a stop node and a linkage set. The linkage set connects to two braking devices. When the user step down the pad, the braking devices will be activated to a releasing mode. The baby carriage is therefore able to move. If the user steps down the linkage set, the baby carriage will enter into a braking mode. Thus the baby carriage will be secured and stopped.

The invention discloses a method and a system for preventing applied accidental parking brake on a railway train, and aims at solving the problems of the prior art that the applied accidental parking brake causes wheel rubbing and the like. The system for preventing applied accidental parking brake on the railway train comprises a control module, a speed sensor, a pressure sensor and a parking brake train-line breaking control circuit, wherein the parking brake train-line breaking control circuit consists of a first relay and a second relay, the input end of the first relay is connected with the control module, the output end of the first relay is connected in series with input end of the second relay and a parked train line state detection circuit, the output end of the second relay is connected with an emergent exhaust valve; and the control module is connected with a cab display, and controls the input end of the first relay to act according to the set values of the speed sensor and the pressure sensor and the state of the parked train line state detection circuit. The invention can detect the parking brake state, and prevent the situations that under the condition that a parking brake device is broken or a driver is mistakenly operated and the like, the parking brake is not released and the train is started for running and causes the accidents of wheel rubbing and the like.

A fall protection arrangement including a rotatable hub and a lifeline having a first end attached to the hub and a second end for removable attachment to a user, an engagement mechanism to prevent rotation of the hub upon activation, and a braking arrangement to brake the payout of the lifeline during a fall event.

The invention discloses an engine braking device (engine retarder) and an engine braking method for using a single valve and a valve bridge. A driving mechanism of the device comprises a braking hydraulic system integrated in an exhaust valve system as well as a braking bearing system and a brake valve actuator which are integrated in an exhaust valve actuator of an engine. The braking hydraulic system comprises a braking piston arranged in the valve bridge. The device also comprises a control mechanism used to control the piston to move between the non-operating position and the operating position. At the non-operating position, the braking piston retracts for braking the normal separation of the driving mechanism and the engine; at the operating position, the braking piston extends out for braking the driving mechanism to open one of two exhaust valves to produce the braking operation of the engine. The braking device uses a simple and reliable reset mechanism, reduces or even eliminates asymmetrical load produced by the braking of the single valve, does not increase the height and the weight of the engine, reduces elements and the complexity, reduces manufacturing cost, and improves the reliability of a system.

A braking device configured for use with the counterbalancing system of a garage door. The braking device includes a support bracket, a ratchet wheel, a pawl arm, and a biasing spring. The support bracket is rigidly connected to a fixed structure and has a guiding slot. The ratchet wheel is securely mounted about the overhead shaft of the counterbalancing system and has at least one notch. The pawl arm has first and second ends, the first end of the pawl arm being pivotally connected to the support bracket and the second end of the pawl arm cooperating with the guiding slot and being movable with respect to the support bracket along said guiding slot. The first and second ends of the pawl arm are further connected to flanges of a plug on either side of the overhead shaft. The biasing spring is operatively connected between the support bracket and the pawl arm so as to exert a biasing force for biasing the pawl arm towards the ratchet wheel. The pawl arm is devised so that, an element thereof is adjacent to the ratchet wheel, said element being shaped and sized to be removably insertable into at least one notch of the ratchet wheel so as to block rotation of the ratchet wheel, and thus block rotation of the overhead shaft, in the event of a failure of the counterbalancing system of the door.

An improved health and safety system for a table saw includes one or more of: a blade guard that protects the operator from the saw blade, and contains and collects sawdust; a proximity detector and emergency saw motor braking means for use in connection with such blade guard; an anti-kickback device for use in connection with such blade guard, a rip fence adapter for use in connection with such a blade guard, and hoses and fittings to connect the dust containment and collection system of said blade guard to a shop dust collection blower or vacuum system. The system protects the saw operator from potential traumatic injury to a hand, and from ingesting potentially carcinogenic sawdust.

Devices for arresting a wheeled vehicle with rubber tires, comprising elongated flexible member (11) such as strips, mats, cables or chains disposed along the direction of motion and adapted to wrap around the tires using a tire attaching means (14) such as barb, spike or adhesive, the tire attaching means being fixed to the proximal end of the flexible member with respect to the vehicle's motion, and an arresting means (16) such as a rod attached to the distal end of the flexible member and adapted to interfere with the vehicle motion. The spikes may be anchoring in the tire and the cable or chain may be strong enough to tear the tires. The devices may be disposed in a flat housing with movable cover for allowing free passage of the vehicle.

The invention discloses a rapid freight car radial bogie. The rapid freight car radial bogie comprises an axle assembly, a frame, a swing bolster, a braking device, central suspension devices, a radial device, a side bearing device arranged on the swing bolster and an axle box suspension device, wherein the frame is installed on the axle assembly through the axle box suspension device, the two ends of the swing bolster are fixedly installed in the middle of the frame respectively through the central suspension devices, the frame is composed of two side beams and parallel cross beams connected with the side beams, and bearing platforms where the central suspension devices are installed are arranged outside the middle portions of the side beams. The rapid freight car radial bogie structure obviously reduces wheel-rail wear and wheel-rail noise, reduces wheel-rail acting force, reduces vehicle transverse vibration acceleration and improves vehicle operation lateral stability, straight line stability and curve line negotiating capacity. The unsprung mass of the bogie is reduced, the speed of the bogie is high, vehicle braking performance is improved, wheel-rail wear and wheel-rail noise are small, vehicle operation stability is good, and stability and safety are high.