6157 results about "Support point" patented technology

Some aspects provide a method of generating a support structure for an object, the support structure and the object to be fabricated via one or more additive fabrication techniques, comprising identifying one or more regions of the object as one or more regions to which mechanical support is to be provided, identifying one or more support points within at least a first region of the one or more regions, and generating the support structure for the object, the support structure comprising one or more support tips coupled to the object at the one or more support points, the support tips being generated based at least in part on a direction normal to the surface of the object at the respective support point.

The invention provides a head rest apparatus provided with a head rest frame supported to a seat back frame of a seat back via a tilting shaft so as to freely tilt and having an upper side of the tilting shaft to which a head rest is attached, a pressure receiving member provided in a lower side of the tilting shaft in the head rest frame and receiving a load applied from a front surface of the seat back to a backward portion, and an urging member engaging with the seat back frame and the head rest frame and always urging the head rest frame in a backward tilting direction, in which the head rest frame forward tilts around the tilting shaft corresponding to a supporting point and the head rest forward moving when the pressure receiving member is exposed to the load. The urging member is structured such as to urge the head rest frame in the backward tilting direction from a rear portion.

A system, method and computer program product are described, by which a user, through a control interface in a subscriber interface device, requests from network intelligence both transport network bandwidth and type of service line mode as part of call setup. An improved system by which requests to change access line mode and bandwidth are communicated over transmission facilities via D channels through local switch fabric to local or remote network intelligence is detailed. Connections over the transmission facilities, established between user B channels and B channels of transport bandwidth or between user B channels and the Stat Mux function, are described. An improved system is summarized, in which connections directly to transport bandwidth support point-to-point n B+D upstream and m B+D downstream service, and connections via stat mux allow connectionless traffic to share a portion of the transport bandwidth on an as needed basis. The ability to request and change access to available bit rate (ABR), variable bit rate (VBR) and constant bit rate (CBR) services, in a connection-oriented (CONS) or connectionless (CLNS) network, are described.

The present invention is directed to an improved method for supporting an object made by means of stereo lithography or any other rapid prototype production method. The generation of the support begins by determining the region that requires support in each layer of the object and defines a number of support points in this region. In a next step, a support mesh is generated connected to the object using these support points. The present invention also discloses different techniques that reduce superfluous edges to further optimize the support mesh. Finally, a support is generated from this support mesh. The present invention may facilitate the generation of supports data by employing more automation and less user analysis.

A tracking solar collector assembly includes Southside supports, North side supports and support structures. Each support structure has pivotal support points defining a tilt axis and supports at least one solar collector. First support points of first and second support structures are pivotally connected to first and second Southside supports. A second support point of the first support structure is pivotally connected to first and second North side supports. A second support point of the second support structure is pivotally connected to second and third North side supports. A tilting assembly causes the solar collector support structures and the solar collectors tilt in unison. A tracking solar collector may comprise a torsion tube rotatable about a torsion tube axis; with the solar panels secured to the torsion tube at an angle with the solar panels located entirely above the torsion tube at noontime.

Disclosed is an electric pressure cooker with a removable flip cover comprising a cooker body (1) and cooker cover (2), wherein a supporting arm (3) is provided on the surface of the cooker cover (2), a positioning seat (5) corresponding to the supporting arm (3) is arranged at the edge of the cooker body (1), a positioning and supporting point (7) is provided on the positioning seat (5), and the lower part of the supporting arm (3) movably slips over and slidably contacts the positioning and supporting point (7). The electric pressure cooker has a simple structure and it is convenient to wash the flip cover without the need for special parts.

A CLA device comprises a CLA plug that is insertable into an external CLA socket, for example, a DC CLA socket inside a vehicle. The CLA device has a housing coupled to the CLA plug, for example, by integration or via a tethered wire, with the housing having a support surface. A port interface connector in the CLA device engages with a complementary port interface connector of an external device at a cantilevered support point when the external device is attached to the CLA device.

A clamp structure for a tonneau cover is disclosed and mounted to one frame section of a tonneau cover for releasably securing the frame section on a cargo bed of a pick-up truck. The clamp comprises: a foundation rail having two side grooves and a recess formed between the two side grooves; and a sliding block having two side hangers extended into and slidably moving along the two side grooves and a pivotal portion received in the recess; a clamp bolt; a grip element; and a handle. The side hangers of the sliding block is used to slidably move along the side grooves of the foundation rail, so that the sliding movement of the clamp structure pivotally connected to the sliding block in relation to the foundation rail is more stable and smooth based on two strong support points of the two side hangers in the two side grooves.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a support structure generator creates support structures designed to buttress three-dimensional (3D) digital models during 3D printing. In operation, the support structure generator incrementally constructs a support graph that connects overhanging points included in the 3D model with support points on a horizontal ground plane or relatively flat surfaces in the 3D model. After generating the 3D model, the support structure generator translates the connections between the nodes into support posts sized to sufficiently support the connected surfaces with the minimum amount of support material. Advantageously, the support structure is noticeably sparser than conventional support structures that fill a given support region with a solid volume of support material. Consequently, the time necessary for 3D printers to fabricate the support structure of interconnected support posts is less than the time required for 3D printers to fabricate conventional support structures.

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for reducing rotational vibration transmission within a data storage system. A storage device apparatus comprises a carrier having opposing first and second side plates. A support point may be disposed within the first side plate at about a longitudinal center region of the carrier. The support point is configured to contact an enclosure that mounts a plurality of carriers and is the sole support point in the first side plate. Preferably, the support point is positioned such that minimal rotational vibration is transmitted within the data storage system once the carrier is placed in an enclosure housing a plurality of carriers. A second support point may be disposed in the second side plate.

In a method for the flight control of a plurality of aircraft flying in formation with respect to one another, correction signals are generated for an autopilot system or a command display in order to allow one or more following aircraft within the formation to follow a lead aircraft in the formation in a predeterminable relative position. A nominal trajectory of the following aircraft, parallel to the trajectory (1) of the lead aircraft, is calculated at each instantaneous position P′act of the following aircraft, which trajectory runs through the instantaneous actual position P′act and a reference point P′RP. (The reference point P′RP is the projection of a point PRP, which is separated by the longitudinal nominal distance xnom between the lead aircraft and the following aircraft, on the trajectory of the lead aircraft, taking into account the lateral and vertical actual distances yact and zact between the trajectory of the lead aircraft and that of the following aircraft. The trajectory of the following aircraft is calculated taking into account the lateral actual distance yact from the trajectory of the lead aircraft by determining support points P′ on the trajectory of the following aircraft which have the same time coordinates as the corresponding support points on the trajectory of the lead aircraft. The correction signals are determined by i) measuring the longitudinal, lateral and vertical actual distances xact, vact and zact between the trajectory of the lead aircraft and that of the following aircraft at the instantaneous position P′act of the following aircraft, ii) calculating the longitudinal deviation Δx, the vertical deviation Δz and the lateral deviation Δy of the instantaneous actual position P′act and of the nominal position P′nom of the following aircraft from the respective nominal values xnom, znom, ynom and the measured actual values xact, zact, yact, iii) calculating the nominal speed and the nominal acceleration of the following aircraft at the point P′RP, and iv) calculating the nominal curvature, the nominal climbing rate and the nominal curvature angle Ψ of the trajectory of the following aircraft at the instantaneous position P′act of the following aircraft.

A steering apparatus includes a steering wheel, a steering column connected to the steering wheel at one end of the steering column, a column supporting member rotatably supporting the steering column relative to a vehicle body, and a column swinging member rotatably supporting the steering column for swinging the steering column about a column swinging point on the column swinging member. A distance (LS) between the column swinging point and a column supporting point provided at the column supporting member is equal to or greater than 30% of distance (LH) between the column swinging point and the steering wheel.

A paging technique comprising periodically monitoring a point-to-point (p-t-p) paging indication on a first channel for each p-t-p service paging cycle, periodically monitoring a point-to-multipoint (p-t-m) paging indication on a second channel for each p-t-m service paging cycle, and decoding the first and second channels at different time intervals with the same channel code to receive the p-t-p paging indication and the p-t-m paging indication, wherein an unused part of a paging indicator channel (PICH) frame is used for a time interval for the second channel.

The invention relates to a coffee capsule machine, which comprises a brewing device (A) arranged in a machine body (18). The coffee capsule machine is characterized in that the brewing device (A) comprises a water inlet body component (1), a water outlet body component (2), a driving mechanism (4) which drives the water outlet body component (2) to perform straight line motions, a brewing cavity (5) which is loaded with coffee capsules and a connecting rod (7), wherein the water inlet body component (1) is provided with a guide rail groove (1A); a driven component of the driving mechanism (4) is connected with the water outlet body component (2); one end of the brewing cavity (5) is connected with the water outlet body component (2) through a connection supporting point (2A); and the other end of the connecting rod (7) is connected with the brewing cavity (5), and the connecting rod (7) is provided with a positioning sheet (7A) which is arranged on the guide rail groove (1A) of the water inlet body component (1). The coffee capsule machine achieves the straight line motions and the automatic overturn of the brewing cavity by the guide rail control and connecting rod mechanism theory, and achieves the aims of automatically replacing and contributing to putting the coffee capsules by users finally. The coffee capsule machine has the advantages of simple and reasonable structure, flexible and convenient operation, high safe degree and reliable performance.

Provided is an optical unit with shake correction function wherein it is possible to accurately swing the movable module even when a flexible wiring substrate is connected to the fixing element and movable module. In an optical unit with shake correction function (100), folding portions (415, 425), the extending direction of which is reversed towards the vicinity of the swinging support point (180) of a movable module (300), are provided at the midway portion of a flexible wiring substrate (400) that is connected to the movable module (300) and to a fixing element (200). In the folding portions (415, 425), the overlapping portions of the flexible wiring substrate (400) are fixed.

The invention relates to an automobile stability parameter test bench and a test method using the same, which are used for integrally testing automobile mass parameters, centroid position parameters and anti-tipping angle parameters. The automobile stability parameter test bench of the invention comprises a measuring platform, four platform balances, platform supporting columns, a foundation, three hydraulic cylinders, an inclination angle measuring device, hydraulic sensors, a pump station and a computer, wherein the four platform balances are installed on the measuring platform and are supported by a weighting sensor; the supporting points of the platform supporting columns are distributed in rectangular peaks; the foundation is used for bearing the supporting columns and the platform; the three hydraulic cylinders are arranged between the platform and the foundation and can enable the platform to incline longitudinally or laterally; the inclination angle measuring device is fixed on the platform; the hydraulic sensors are installed in the positions of the upper cavity and the lower cavity of the two hydraulic cylinders which enable the platform to incline longitudinally; the pump station is connected with the hydraulic cylinders; and the computer is used for acquiring and calculating the data of the weighing sensor, the oil pressure of the hydraulic cylinders and the inclination angle data of the platform. Compared with the existing test equipment, the invention can finish tests of automobile total mass, axle loads, wheel loads, centroid positions, anti-tipping angles and the like, so that the test workload and the test cost of the parameter tests are greatly reduced.

The invention relates to a method for building a foundation for a structure comprising a plurality of segments, in particular for a wind turbine tower, a foundation segment for use in such method, and a wind turbine. In order to create a stable foundation, a method comprising the following steps is proposed on the basis of experience gained:_excavating a foundation bed,_building a stable, substantially level and horizontal subbase in a foundation bed, setting down a foundation segment of the structure on the subbase, wherein at least three vertically adjustable support poles are fixedly attached to said foundation segment by means of a supporting bracket mounted at the end of the support poles in such a way that only the support poles are placed onto predetermined points of support on the subbase,_producing a reinforcement on the subbase,_filling the remainder of the foundation bed with foundation mass, in particular concrete, to a level above the bottom rim of the foundation segment.

The invention relates to an elastic tongue dorsum traction apparatus and a method for implanting the same. The elastic tongue dorsum traction apparatus and the method are used for treating patients suffering from sleep apnea-hypopnea syndromes or snoring. The elastic tongue dorsum traction apparatus comprises a tongue dorsum connecting mechanism, elastic traction bodies and tooth-side fixators. A support body of the tongue dorsum connecting mechanism is implanted under the mucosa of the tongue dorsum of a patient, and the elastic traction bodies and the tongue dorsum connecting mechanism are exposed out of the mucosa of the tongue dorsum of the patient. The tooth-side fixators are fixed to the inner sides of the teeth or the alveolar bones of the patient, one end of each elastic traction body is connected with the corresponding tooth-side fixator, and the other end of each elastic traction body is connected with the tongue dorsum connecting mechanism. The elastic tongue dorsum traction apparatus and the method have the advantages that the tooth-side fixators are used as support points, the elastic traction bodies can exert elastic tractive force on the tongue dorsum connecting mechanism, accordingly, the glossocoma tongue of the patient can be pulled up forwardly, airway stenosis and obstruction of the glossopharyngeal part of the patient can be prevented, and snoring and OSAHS (obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome) treatment effects can be realized; an elastic traction effect is realized for the tongue dorsum connecting mechanism by the elastic traction bodies, so that movement of the tongue of the patient is unaffected while the tongue of the patient is moderately pulled up, certain swallowing and speaking functions can be kept, the airway of the glossopharyngeal part of the patient can be expanded, and the patient feels comfortable when using the elastic tongue dorsum traction apparatus.

The invention discloses a leveling method based on four-point support and an electromechanical automatic leveling system. In the leveling method, a symmetrical diagonal lifting and leveling strategy is adopted, and the leveling purpose is achieved mainly by regulating the levelness of the ligatures among supporting points on diagonal lines; and the leveling system comprises a central processor, a level sensor, a control keyboard, a display, four alternating-current servo drivers and four supporting legs; and each supporting leg comprises a motor, a speed reducer, a ball screw and a base. The invention is particularly suitable for large-medium-sized radar truck vehicle-mounted platforms, communication vehicles and various engineering vehicles for engineering machinery, the method has the advantages of high leveling efficiency, high leveling reliability and the like, and the leveling system has the advantages of high leveling precision, high intelligent degree, high speed, strong carrying capacity, good stability, high transmission efficiency, suitability for severe environments and the like.

Disclosed herein is an object recognition device for recognition of an object that exists in an image, the device including: an edge image creator configured to create an edge image from a target image; a local feature extractor configured to extract a feature of each edge point on an edge image, and determine a base point and a support point from edge points in a local area defined for the edge image; a feature matching unit configured to implement, with reference to a memory, feature matching of a base point and a support point to thereby acquire a matching pair; and a matching pair determiner configured to determine final matching pairs by employing matching pairs having a highest matching cost among matching pairs obtained by the feature matching unit, wherein an object in a target image is identified based on matching pairs determined by the matching pair determiner.

The invention discloses a button switch. The button switch comprises a shell, a pressing element connected to the shell in a sliding mode and a contact bridge located in the shell. A movable contact is arranged at one end of the contact bridge and corresponds to a stationary contact arranged on a first terminal, and the other end of the contact bridge is matched with a second terminal to form a rotating supporting point; an elastic connecting piece is arranged between the middle of the contact bridge and the pressing element, and a switch-off elastic piece is arranged between the middle of the contact bridge and a base of the shell; when the pressing element is touched to lock the button switch, the contact bridge rotates downwards around the rotating supporting point under the action of the elastic connecting piece, and the movable contact is connected with the stationary contact; when the pressing element is touched to unlock the button switch, the contact bridge rotates upwards around the rotating supporting point under the action of the switch-off elastic piece, and the movable contact is separated from the stationary contact. The button switch is simple in structure, high in switch-off speed, short in arc discharge time and large in contact capacity.

A clamp structure for a tonneau cover is disclosed and mounted to one frame section of a tonneau cover for releasably securing the frame section on a cargo bed of a pick-up truck. The clamp comprises: a foundation rail having two side grooves and a recess formed between the two side grooves; and a sliding block having two side hangers extended into and slidably moving along the two side grooves and a pivotal portion received in the recess; a clamp bolt; a grip element; and a handle. The side hangers of the sliding block is used to slidably move along the side grooves of the foundation rail, so that the sliding movement of the clamp structure pivotally connected to the sliding block in relation to the foundation rail is more stable and smooth based on two strong support points of the two side hangers in the two side grooves.

The invention relates to a combination method installation technology for an ultra large steel-smelting converter, belonging to the installation of steel-smelting devices, which is characterized in that respectively installing hydraulic presses and cylindrical safety cushion blocks on the upper portions of four vertical props of a supporting platform relatively to the chassis portions of bearing bases on the driving side and non driving side of the converter, installing pad beams which are respectively indentified with height marks of the chassis of the bearing bases and are integrated together on steel pillars or steel beams of the operational platform on the front of the converter, assembling three components of the converter on charging bays, suspending the three components on the hydraulic presses on the supporting platform and the pad beams which are provided with rolling rods and assembling integrally, regulating the hydraulic presses to make each supporting point with balance force, installing a winding engine and a main pulley block on the advancing end of a ladle car to drag the ladle car and the supporting platform, arranging a single-sheaved block on the driving lateral bearing base which is dragged by a line hook of a steel-melting bay, correcting directions by regulating the rolling rods, and slowly dragging the whole converter to the installation position of the steel-melting bay, which is safe and reliable, and has high effect and strong operability.

The tracker is formed by a structure (3) bearing a platform (1) carrying the solar panels (2) that varies both the azimuth and elevation orientation thereof in order to track the sun. This movement is achieved by means of two actuators (4) connected respectively to fixed points (P1o, P2o) on the ground and other vertices (P1, P2) of the platform (1), thereby causing the platform to rotate around a central support point “O” of the same. The distances (D1, D2) between the points which join the actuators (4) have a one-to-one relation with the rotation angles (β, α) of the platform (1) around both perpendicular axes: an oblique fixed axis (O-Cl) and another axis (0-Az) that angularly varies the inclination thereof with respect to the first.

A universal adjustable bed is provided to accommodate twin, twin extra long, full extra long, queen, etc. adjustable beds through a single adjustable bed mechanism which can be accommodated in beds irrespective of the differences in sizes thereof. The adjustable bed mechanism includes headboard and footboard adjusting linkage mechanisms and drive mechanisms therefor with associated head, seat, thigh and foot boards, all unitized in a single assembly which can be “drop-in” assembled to an associated bed foundation. Significantly, the support frame includes locating or connecting points which correspond in transverse distances to like support points of the bed foundation irrespective of the width of the specific bed foundation. In this manner a single universal adjustable bed mechanism can be dropped-in and connected to an appropriate bed foundation to form a bed of virtually any conventional size.

A slope block assembly having a bubble level with an eccentrically mounted slope block detachably carried on one end of the level. The slope block has an offset turning axis with a plurality of supporting surfaces, all located at different distances from the turning axis. The support surfaces cooperate with an undersurface or support point on the level to direct a laser beam at a desired angle with respect to a round or flat reference surface. Grooves are provided on the slope block support surfaces as well as on the level undersurface to support the level and slope block assembly on a round or curved reference surface.

The present invention is directed to an improved method for supporting an object made by means of stereo lithography or any other rapid prototype production method. The generation of the support begins by determining the region that requires support in each layer of the object and defines a number of support points in this region. In a next step, a support mesh is generated connected to the object using these support points. The present invention also discloses different techniques that reduce superfluous edges to further optimize the support mesh. Finally, a support is generated from this support mesh. The present invention may facilitate the generation of supports data by employing more automation and less user analysis.