Carrier Corporation

United Technologies Corporation

Otis Elevator Company

Caterpillar Inc.

Philip H McCluskey

Harry E Eaton

James William Bush

Keshava Basavapatna Kumar

Clark VanTine Cooper

Hussein Ezzat Khalifa

Reng Rong Lin

Ronald T Drost

Hong Du

James Thompson Beals

Paul Bennett

Mark Steven Thompson

Dat T Nguyen

Michael C Lang

Fred J Lussier

David W McKee

Paula R DeBlois, Legal Representative

John E Holowczak

Charles A Ellis

Stephen Chin

Glenn A Cotnoir

George E Foster

Willard H Sutton

Daniel R Godin

Bernarr A Jacob

Joseph Al LeDoux

H David Harter

Richard J Ericson

Anthony Cooney

Samuel C Wan

Raymond L DeBlois

Reid W Waitt

Harry Edwin Eaton, Jr

Jon E Kasen

Raymond Zatorski

Michelle A Lee

Joseph A L LeDoux

Paula R DeBlois

Mary H Bell

Raymond Deblois

A system and method for charging a rechargeable battery for a vehicle are disclosed. The system may comprise an electrical generation apparatus that is a source of electric charge, a mobile unit to transport a vehicle, and a tie down having an input end and an output end. The tie down may be configured to releasably secure the vehicle to the mobile unit and to provide electrical charge generated by the electrical generation apparatus to the battery.

Integral electric power/compact construction equipment system

A screw machine () has a rotor housing () defining overlapping bores (--). Female rotor () is located in bore (-) and male rotor () is located in bore (-). A wear resistant coating is deposited on the tips (--) of the rotors. A conformable coating is deposited on the valleys (--) of the rotors. A conformable coating is depsoited on the surface of the bores coacting with the rotors.

Screw machine

A screw machine () has a rotor housing () defining overlapping bores (--). Female rotor () is located in bore (-) and male rotor () is located in bore (-). A wear resistant coating is deposited on the tips (--) of the rotors. A conformable coating is deposited on the valleys (--) of the rotors. A conformable coating is deposited on the surface of the bores coacting with the rotors.

The oil quality used in a machine, vehicle or system can be determined in response to determining a temperature and pressure within an oil supply. Once the oil quality is determined, an oil quality warning light can be activated, indicating the need to change the oil.

System and method for determining oil quality

A screw machine ( ) has a rotor housing ( ) defining overlapping bores ( - - ). Female rotor ( ) is located in bore ( - ) and male rotor ( ) is located in bore ( - ). A wear resistant coating is deposited on the tips ( - - ) of the rotors. A conformable coating is deposited on the valleys ( - - ) of the rotors. A conformable coating is depsoited on the surface of the bores coacting with the rotors.

Coatings containing at least 85% by volume crystalline mullite with less than 15% by volume of amorphous material and mullite dissociation phases are plasma sprayed onto the surface of a silicon based ceramic substrate by closely controlling the plasma spray parameters including the mullite feed stock and its particle size, the nozzle outlet stand-off distance, movement of the substrate past the plasma flow, back side heating of the substrate and the powder feed rate through the plasma spray gun.

Plasma sprayed mullite coatings on silicon based ceramic materials

An elevator safety brake for stopping an elevator car is provided with a brake shoe having a molybdenum alloy friction surface for contacting an elevator guide rail surface to provide a stopping force. The molybdenum alloy contains 99.4 weight percent molybdenum, 0.5 weight percent titanium and 0.1 weight percent zirconium. The friction surface of the brake formed from the alloy exhibits a consistent high friction and low wear suitably accommodating high speed, high load elevators installed in very tall buildings.

Molybdenum alloy elevator safety brakes

An elevator safety brake for stopping an elevator car is provided with a brake shoe having a carbon-carbon composite friction surface for contacting an elevator guide rail surface to provide a stopping force. The friction surface of the brake formed from the carbon-carbon composite exhibits a consistent high friction and low wear suitably accommodating high speed, high load elevators installed in very tall buildings.

Carbon--carbon composite elevator safety brakes

An elevator safety brake for stopping an elevator car is provided with a brake shoe having a fused sprayed friction coating for contacting an elevator guide rail surface to provide a stopping force. In a preferred embodiment, the coating is obtained by plasma spraying an admixture of 85 weight percent nickel-chromium alloy particles and 15 weight percent tungsten carbide particles on a substrate. The plasma sprayed admixture is fused. The fused sprayed friction surface of the brake exhibits a consistent high friction and low wear suitably accommodating high speed, high load elevators installed in very tall buildings.

Elevator safety brake having a plasma sprayed friction coating

An elevator safety brake is provided comprising two cantilevers, a pivot, a spring, and a hold-off-engagement linkage. In one embodiment, the hold-off-engagement linkage is comprised of two upper struts, and two lower struts. When it is desired to slow or stop the elevator via the safety brake, the lower struts move from a first position in which the lower struts are substantially in alignment with one another and the cantilevers are in an open position, to a second position in which the lower struts are not substantially in alignment with one another and the cantilevers are in a closed position. When the cantilevers are in the closed position, the spring exerts a force via the cantilevers on the guide rail in order to decelerate the elevator.

Safety brake

A method of joining adjacent, non-coplanar, fiber reinforced composite structures includes machining a plurality of serrations (4) into an edge (6) of a consolidated first fiber reinforced composite structure (2) such that reinforcing fibers continue from a main body (14) of the first fiber reinforced composite structure (2) into the serrations (4). One or more reinforcing fiber plies (16) are then laid up around the serrations (4) to form an unconsolidated second structure such that the serrations (4) protrude through at least one reinforcing fiber ply (16). In addition to the one or more reinforcing fiber plies (16), the unconsolidated second structure also includes a matrix precursor. Sufficient heat and pressure are applied to the unconsolidated second structure and the serrations (4) to consolidate the second structure into a fiber reinforced composite structure (8). The heat and pressure also cause the fibers in the serrations (4) to intermingle with the fibers in the second structure (8) to securely join the second structure (8) to the first fiber reinforced composite structure (2). The invention also includes a fiber reinforced composite article made with this method.

Joining non-coplanar panels and structures of fiber reinforced composites

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Dunlap, IL, United States of America

Philip H McCluskey