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Hewlett-packard Company

Core Health & Fitness, LLC

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

David Merlin Beard

Kevin Patrick Corbalis

Victor Cornejo

Barclay J Tullis

Ross R Allen

Mark Taylor Smith

Deo Magakat

Steve Neill

Travis N Blalock

Thomas Hornak

Richard A Baumgartner

Jeremy Daniel Johnson

Parker A Bollinger, Jr

Jeff Lassegard

Shatish Mistry

Randy Hansen

Si-Hyung Lee

An exercise machine including a vertical post and an adjustable pulley. The vertical post includes a plurality of engagement holes. The adjustable pulley is slideably connected to the vertical post. The adjustable pulley includes a pull pin and a lock. The pull pin is selectively engageable with one of the plurality of engagement holes. In response to the pull pin being engaged with an engagement hole, movement of the adjustable pulley relative to the vertical post is restricted. The lock is selectively engageable with the pull pin. In response to the lock being engaged with the pull pin, movement of the pull pin is restricted.

Apparatus, system, and method for pulley exercise equipment improvement

A stationary exercise cycle. The stationary exercise cycle includes a frame, a crank rotatably connected to the frame, a driven wheel rotatably connected to the frame, and a frame stiffener. The frame includes a down tube and a fork. The crank and the driven wheel are in operative communication via a continuous flexible member. The frame stiffener is connected to the down tube and the fork and encircled by the continuous flexible member.

Apparatus, system, and method for cycle improvements

A crank-driven exercise device (). The crank-driven exercise device () includes a frame (), a spindle () rotatably connected to the frame (), a crank arm () connected to the spindle (), and a user input () connected to the crank arm () configured to receive a force from a user. In some embodiments, the crank arm () includes a proximal section () and a distal section (). The proximal section () may be connected to the spindle () at a spindle interface (), the distal section () may be rotatably connected to the user input () at a user input interface (), and the distal section () may be selectively fastenable and selectively rotatable relative to the proximal section () at a crank interface ().

Apparatus system and method for providing adjustable cranks in an exercise device

A cycle with tapered drivetrain connections. The cycle includes a frame, a crank rotatably connected to the frame, and a driven wheel rotatably connected to the frame. The crank includes a crank arm and a crank spindle rotatably connected to the frame and non-rotatably connected to the crank arm. The crank spindle includes a crank mating surface to interface with the crank arm. The diameter of the crank spindle continuously decreases along at least a portion of the crank mating surface in a lateral direction. The crank arm includes a crank bore to interface with the crank mating surface. At least a portion of the crank bore has a diameter that continuously decreases in lateral direction. At least a portion of the crank bore taper has a taper rate and diameter equal to a taper rate and diameter of at least a portion of the crank spindle taper.

A dual treadle treadmill. The dual treadle treadmill includes a frame, a first treadle, a second treadle, and a generator. The first treadle and the second treadle are each pivotally coupled with the frame and each have a moving surface. The generator is operably associated with the first treadle such that the generator is driven in response to the first treadle pivoting relative to the frame. Other embodiments of dual treadle treadmills are also described.

Apparatus, system, and method for providing resistance in a dual tread treadmill

An exercise apparatus with a generator. The exercise apparatus includes a frame, a rotating component, a generator, and a battery. The rotating component is rotatably connected to the frame and the rotating component rotates in response to operation of the exercise apparatus. The generator is connected to the rotating component and the frame. The generator includes a rotor connected to the rotating component and a stator. The rotor rotates in response to rotation of the rotating component. The stator is connected to the frame. The stator interacts with the rotor to produce electric current at an output. In one embodiment, the battery is connected to the output wherein the battery is charged by electric current from the generator.

Apparatus, system, and method for generating power for exercise equipment

Costume wings have existed for decades, having been used for example in the performing arts and worn for special events. Except in cases where they are either moved externally by wires or pneumatic actuators, or by body motions of the wearer, costume wings have been static. In accordance with the present invention, a battery-powered mechanism is attached to costume wings to cause them to move in a flapping motion. The flapping wings may be worn as a unique kinetic fashion accessory or costume.

Motorized flapping costume wings

A crossbar or trip bar for spanning the poles of a multi-pole electric circuit breaker and a plurality of trip levers each having a slot formed by interior walls with a plurality of tapered ribs for compressing the outer surface of the trip bar and security the trip bar and trip levers together.

Common trip bar and trip levers for electric circuit breakers

A scanning device and method of forming a scanned electronic image include an imaging sensor and at least one navigation sensor. For an embodiment, the imaging sensor enables sensing of color images. In the preferred embodiment, the imaging sensor is a linear array of sensor elements, with a two-dimensional navigation sensor array at each end. The scanning device has three degrees of freedom, since position information from the navigation sensors allows manipulation of an image signal from the imaging sensor to reduce distortion artifacts caused by curvilinear scanning. Acceptable sources of the position information include printed matter and contrast variations dictated by variations in the inherent structure-related properties of the medium on which the scanned image is formed. Inherent structure-related properties can also include color contrast. Illumination for optimal operation of the navigation system may be introduced at a grazing angle in some applications or in the normal to a plane of the original in other applications, but this is not essential.

Freehand image scanning device which compensates for non-linear color

Circuitry and method for transferring signals from a photoreceiver array to computational circuitry includes parallel transfer amplifiers that receive periodic offset correction and includes DC removal amplifiers. In a first embodiment, each transfer amplifier has a differential circuit that can be switched from a reset mode to a readout mode. In the readout mode, the voltage state at the output is responsive to first and second inputs, with the second input being connected to a source of a reference voltage. In the reset mode, the inputs are both connected to the reference voltage and the output is temporarily connected to a source of a fixed reset voltage. An offset adjustment signal is generated in response to detection of a voltage difference between the reset voltage and the actual voltage state at the output after the output has been disconnected from the source of the reset voltage. A single offset circuit is used to periodically and sequentially refresh the various transfer amplifiers. In a second embodiment, spatial frequency components at both low and high frequencies are removed from the outputs of the photoreceiver array by DC removal amplifiers. Each DC removal amplifier is assigned to a particular photoelement in the array, but receives outputs from one or more other photoelements in the array. The output of the amplifier is responsive to the differences between the analog signals input to the amplifier.

Offset removal and spatial frequency band filtering circuitry for

A scanning device and method for forming a scanned electronic image include using navigation information that is acquired along with image data, and then rectifying the image data based upon the navigation and image information. The navigation information is obtained in frames. The differences between consecutive frames are detected and accumulated, and this accumulated displacement value is representative of a position of the scanning device relative to a reference. The image data is then positioned-tagged using the position data obtained from the accumulated displacement value. To avoid the accumulation of errors, the accumulated displacement value obtained from consecutive frames is updated by comparing a current frame with a much earlier frame stored in memory and using the resulting difference as the displacement from the earlier frame. These larger displacement steps are then accumulated to determine the relative position of the scanning device.

Navigation technique for detecting movement of navigation sensors

A metal basin includes a grid of metal rods for supporting a limb extremity above irrigation fluids collected in the bottom of the basin. A free standing, transparent plastic enclosure is removably attached to the basin through fasteners along the lower edge of the side walls of the enclosure. The disconnecting of fasteners along one side of the enclosure allows pivoting the enclosure off of the extremity. Hand access openings in the side walls of the enclosure accommodate hands and allow the extremity to extend into the enclosure chamber.

Surgical shield for orthopedic surgery

A scanning device and method of forming a scanned electronic image include an imaging sensor and at least one navigation sensor. In the preferred embodiment, the imaging sensor is a linear array of sensor elements, with a two-dimensional navigation sensor array at each end. The scanning device has three degrees of freedom, since position information from the navigation sensors allows manipulation of an image signal from the imaging sensor to reduce distortion artifacts caused by curvilinear scanning. Acceptable sources of the position information include printed matter and contrast variations dictated by variations in the inherent structure-related properties of the medium on which the scanned image is formed. Illumination for optimal operation of the navigation system may be introduced at a grazing angle in some applications or in the normal to a plane of the original in other applications, but this is not essential.

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Doraville, GA, United States of America

David Merlin Beard