514 results about "Centripetal force" patented technology

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention provides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation device for manipulating the platform that utilizes the centripetal force resulting from rotation of the platform to motivate fluid movement through microchannels. The invention specifically provides devices and methods for performing miniaturized in vitro amplification assays such as the polymerase chain reaction. Methods specific for the apparatus of the invention for performing PCR are provided.

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention provides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation device for manipulating the platform that utilizes the centripetal force resulting from rotation of the platform to motivate fluid movement through microchannels. The microsystem, platforms of the invention are also optionally provided having system informatics and data acquisition, analysis and storage and retrieval informatics encoded on the surface of the disk opposite to the surface containing the fluidic components. Methods specific for the apparatus of the invention for performing any of a wide variety of microanalytical or microsynthetic processes are provided.

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention particularly provides microsystem platforms for achieving efficient mixing of one or a plurality of fluids on the surface of the platform when fluid flow is motivated by centripetal force produce by rotation.

A tensioning device for attaching to the anterior capsule of an eye, and accommodative intraocular lens systems employing the device. The tensioning device includes a biocompatible, elastically reconfigurable ring for restoring at least a portion of the anterior capsule centripetal forces lost by capsulorhexis. The tensioning device also includes a plurality of penetrators configured for attaching the ring to the anterior capsule. The plurality of penetrators is biocompatible with the eye and partially embedded in a part of the ring configured for facing the anterior capsule.

A pursuit vehicle carries a projectile housed within a launcher mounted on its front end. The projectile is able to be directed at high speed from the launcher toward a tire of a pursued vehicle. A tether line is coiled about a tether reel within the chase vehicle and is fixed to the projectile. The projectile has folded barbs that extend once the projectile has entered the tire and which keeps the projectile from flying out of the tire due to centripetal force. Being penetrated, the tire quickly looses pressure and deflates while the tether line wraps itself around the wheel's axle and brakes which can cause the wheel to stop spinning.

The system of the present invention comprises a centripetal cyclone for separating particulate material from a particulate laden gas solids stream. The cyclone comprises a housing defining a conduit extending between an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet. In operation, when a particulate laden gas-solids stream passes through the upstream housing inlet, the particulate laden gas-solids stream is directed through the conduit and at least a portion of the solids in the particulate laden gas-solids stream are subjected to a centripetal force within the conduit.

This invention provides rotors and methods of precisely metering a sample fluid and mixing the sample with a reagent. The rotors have a metering tube of defined volume that fills until sample flow is stopped by surface tension of a meniscus at a capillarity port, while excess sample is stripped from the metering tube inlet by centripetal force of the spinning rotor. By spinning the rotor at a higher speed, a reagent can be forced from a reagent chamber to contact the meniscus, breaking the surface tension and allowing the metered sample to mix with the reagent.

A centripetal acceleration movement apparatus includes a base support having a rotatable portion rotatably disposed about a first axis. A plurality of carrying pods are attached to the rotatable portion of the base support and are positioned remotely with respect to the first axis for carrying at least one passenger. A rotating device is provided for rotating the rotatable portion of the base support about the first axis and thereby causing the attached carrying pod to (i) orbit the first axis along an orbital movement path and (ii) apply a centripetal force to the at least one passenger. A motion picture device is provided for producing a motion picture display confined to orbital movement with the carrying pods in a manner sufficient to enable the motion picture display to be viewed by a seeing passenger being carried by the carrying pods. The apparatus may also include variable balancing means for counter-balancing the carrying pods about the first axis responsive to changes in position of the center of mass of the carrying pods, to thereby maintain the center of mass substantially coincident with said first axis.

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention provides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation device for manipulating the platform that utilizes the centripetal force resulting from rotation of the platform to motivate fluid movement through microchannels. The microsystem platforms of the invention are provided having arrays of thermal control regions, wherein fluid applied to the platform can be placed at a temperature and maintained at that temperature for a time that is dependent on the path length of the channel in the region, the cross-section dimension of the channel, and the rotational speed of the platform. Methods specific for the apparatus of the invention for performing any of a wide variety of microanalytical or microsynthetic processes are provided.

The present invention provides a compact, portable, centripetal force-driven exercise device. The device employs a handle equipped with a rotational member. One end of a strap is attached onto the rotational member; the other end to a soft bag. The soft bag, preferably of a heavy duty cloth or synthetic fiber construction, is capable of holding one or more water-refillable, reclosable plastic bags. The strap can have adjustable length. The soft bag itself is also capable of being filled with a desired amount of water. The handle preferably is covered on its exterior surface with a hand grip material. The user places the desired amount of contained water weight into the soft bag, holds the handle and swings the bag in an orbital pattern at a desired number of revolutions per minute to achieve the desired degree of centripetal force resistance to exercise, strengthen and condition the user's muscular system.

This image processing device for games is a device whereby a prescribed number of models (characters) are setup in virtual space, these models are controlled such that they move in prescribed directions in the virtual space, and images of this virtual space from a virtual viewpoint are displayed on means for display. In order to display the movement of the models that are arranged in virtual space more realistically, in one construction thereof, this device is provided with means for image processing that apply virtual centripetal force to the models. Furthermore, in order to display the movement of the models more realistically and to heighten the dramatic effect, in one construction thereof, this device is equipped with means for processing residual image presentation in order to represent the track of movement of a model as residual images. This means for processing is equipped with means for storage that store without modification motion data of the model prior to the current motion and with means for display control that display this stored data together with the current motion data.

A centrifugal wheel apparatus for a vehicle having a plurality of pivoting elements attachable to an interior of a vehicle wheel that, when subjected to centripetal force, pivot away from the vehicle wheel and toward a pneumatic tire attached to the vehicle wheel to reshape the pneumatic tire into a dome thereby decreasing surface contact between the vehicle and a surface so that the vehicle may travel with less resistance and increased economy.

The invention discloses a vehicle body gesture control system for an active suspension of a vehicle. The vehicle body gesture control system comprises a sonar or laser sensor and four vehicle frame height sensors, wherein the sonar or laser sensor is mounted on a vehicle body, and the four vehicle frame height sensors are mounted on the left and right sides of the vehicle body; and rotation speed information of left and right vehicle wheels are respectively obtained through left and right ABS sensors, and a control unit is used for calculating the speed of the vehicle, whether to turn and turning radius information according to the rotation speed difference of the left and right vehicle wheels. An air suspension is adopted in the vehicle; and the control unit calculates the height of the vehicle according to factory rigidity parameters of the suspension and height information output by the height sensors, synthesizes weight, pavement information, height information, vehicle speed, a turning will of a driver and turning radius information and controls the left and right airbags release air so as to adjust a vehicle body gesture, so that the level of the vehicle body gesture during the straight driving on any pavement is guaranteed, or the vehicle body inclines by a certain degree during the turning on any pavement, a centripetal force required by the turning of the vehicle is provided, and the safety and comfort feel of the vehicle are improved.

This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention provides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation device for manipulating the platform that utilizes the centripetal force resulting from rotation of the platform to motivate fluid movement through microchannels. These assays may be performed for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to screening of drug candidate compounds, life sciences research, and clinical and molecular diagnostics. Methods specific for the apparatus of the invention for performing any of a wide variety of microanalytical or microsynthetic processes are provided.

The invention relates to the technical field of deep sea operation type ROVs, in particular to a dynamics and kinematics estimation method for a deep sea operation type ROV. The method comprises the steps of establishing a fixed coordinate system, a body coordinate system and a propeller coordinate system, and estimating a matrix for coordinate transform in six freedom degrees; estimating the mass matrix of the operation type ROV and a caused coriolis force and centripetal force matrix; estimating water power borne by the operation type ROV; estimating the static force borne by the operation type ROV; estimating the thrust of the operation type ROV; estimating unknown disturbance terms; determining the ultimate dynamic and kinematic model of the operation type ROV. According to the dynamics and kinematics estimation method for the deep sea operation type ROV, dynamic and kinematic modeling of the deep sea operation type ROV is carried out on the basis of dynamics, fluid mechanics, submarine maneuverability and other theories, aiming at complex mathematic models of underwater vehicles, the symmetry theory and the method of neglecting small magnitudes are utilized to simplify the mathematic models of the deep sea operation type ROV, and the established models can be used for estimating the stress situations of the ROV more accurately.

An aerodynamic platform or spacecraft including a habitable 1G centripetal force rotating gravity producing interior corridor within an aerodynamic shell and an aerodynamic drone booster launch system with reentry and reuse capability.

A power generation system including: a generator including a rotor including a superconductive rotor coil coupled to a rotatable shaft; a first prime mover drivingly coupled to the rotatable shaft; and a thermal radiation shield, partially surrounding the rotor coil, comprising at least a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft. A thermal radiation shield for a generator comprising a rotor including a super-conductive rotor coil comprising: a first sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material; and at least one additional sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft, wherein each successive sheet is an incrementally greater circumferental arc length and wherein the centripetal force shapes the sheets into a substantially catenary shape.

A cyclonic chamber for use in air filtration devices. The chamber includes an apex opposite a base with sidewalls extending therebetween. The cyclonic chamber is preferably parabolic in cross-section or tubular with a hemi-spherical cap. The base contains an outflow passage and a conical filter extending therefrom. An inflow passage is provided proximate the apex. The inflow and outflow passages are parallel but not aligned. The chamber interior is smooth. The smooth interior and offset relationship of the inflow and outflow passages causes air to take a cyclonic path between the inflow passage and the filter. Debris in the airstream is pushed outward—away from the filter—by centripetal force. Eddies form proximate the base. Debris escapes the airstream there, where it either remains or, depending upon the chamber's orientation relative to gravity, falls back into the airflow where it is again directed away from the filter.

The invention relates to a traction belt structure for a lifting elevator, in particular to a traction belt for the lifting elevator and a transmission method. The traction belt structure is designed to perfect the widely-known flat traction belt structure. The design key points are as follows: two lateral surfaces of a rubber plastic material wrapped by a hoisting cable are provided with symmetrical circular arcs, the number of the circular arcs is equal to the number of strands of the hoisting cable, and the hoisting cable is connected with the rubber plastic material into a whole. The transmission method is as follows: the circular arcs of the rubber plastic material wrapped by the hoisting cable of the traction belt, the circular arc of a traction sheave and the circular arc of a guide wheel operate closely, and the tension of the traction belt in the length direction is converted into the centripetal force of the hoisting cable. The traction belt structure has a reasonably designed structure, good transmission safety, good stability, and feasible transmission method, lowers the manufacture cost of the traction machine, reduces the occupied space inside the building, and is particularly suitable for the elevator without an equipment room.

A spin launched unmanned aerial system projectile includes a net means for disabling a selected target. The net means includes deployment mechanism and weights attached thereto which are cast at said target through use of an ejection spring means. Centripetal forces on the still spinning petals/weights open the net means as it is cast at the target.

The invention comprises novel culture methods and devices in which biocatalysts are substantially immobilized contained, suspended and or incubated in a chamber. At least one injection element provides a fluid flow to a perimeter of the chamber and the fluid force of the fluids flowing into the chamber works with the centripetal force created by rotation of the device to suspend the cells within the chamber, promote cell growth and/or clean the fluid as it passes thru the suspended biocatalyst.

The present invention relates to a rotating fluidized bed apparatus for powder particle. A gas circulation path is formed at the periphery of the treatment chamber 2 via the circumferential faceplate 202, 212, and the circumferential faceplate is adapted to rotate around an axis. Behavior of powder particles can be controlled by introducing gas from the periphery of the treatment chamber via the circumferential plate 212 to exert centripetal force on the powder particle, while exerting centrifugal force on the powder particles accompanying rotation of the circumferential plate 212. In another aspect, by making the arrangement proportion of the bag filter 5 inside the treatment chamber 2 wider than the surface width of the dispersion plate 212 or larger than the surface area of the dispersion plate 212, it is possible to cause gas that has flowed into the treatment chamber 2 to be discharged at a lower rate at an axial region inside the treatment chamber 2 where centrifugal force is weak and discharge rate is fast. It is possible to carry out optimal operation control of introduction and discharge of gas for fluidized bed behavior.

The invention discloses a quadrifid insulated damping conductor spacer matched with a hot-line de-icing scheme of a transmission line, which is realized by frameworks and a line clamp main body, wherein the frameworks are made of glass fiber reinforced plastics, consist of lug boss type positioning stop blocks and are symmetrically arranged close to the inner side outside each connecting hole on the inner side of a rectangular framework, and the line clamp main body consists of a line clamp with a connecting joint. The quadrifid insulated damping conductor spacer not only can reliably separate and support a quadrifid conducting line, but also has good insulating effect so as to ensure that four conducting lines are mutually insulated, thereby creating necessary conditions for the hot-line de-icing of the transmission line, avoiding the harm brought by ice and snow disasters and increasing the bearing strength of the conductor spacer. Because of the improvement on a positioning structure, the line clamp main body and a rubber block, the centripetal force of the conductor spacer can be increased at the same time of simplifying the structure so as to ensure that a damping joint moves along the conducting line all the time and guarantee that the conducting line has damping effect and good positioning when being moved within any possible ranges. The quadrifid insulated damping conductor spacer has simple structure, easy manufacture, reliable performance, low manufacturing cost, economy, practicality and convenient mounting and is suitable for popularization and ice coating areas.

The invention belongs to the field of electrotechnics, discloses a vertical type magnetic suspension flywheel energy storage system, and provides a vertical type magnetic suspension flywheel energy storage system advantaged in high rotating speed, low standby loss and low cost, mainly for the purpose of solving the structural defect existing in a conventional flywheel energy storage system in the prior art. The vertical type magnetic suspension flywheel energy storage system is mainly characterized in that a rotating shaft connecting a motor with a flywheel is omitted, the motor is designed to be of an external rotor structure and an external rotor of the motor is arranged on the inner wall of the cylindrical flywheel. A sufficient centripetal force is provided for the motor rotor rotating at a high speed by use of the feature that the flywheel itself is high in structural strength such that the design requirement for high rotating speed of the flywheel energy storage system is satisfied. A radial suspension portion in a support system employs a design of a permanent magnetic suspension bearing so that the design requirements for low cost and low standby loss are met; and the vertical type magnetic suspension flywheel energy storage system can be widely applied to such occasions as power grid peak adjustment and frequency modulation, an uninterrupted power supply, aerospace and the like.