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7632058 Wheelchair lift and method for operating the same  
A wheelchair lift having a logic module which provides several interlocks that promote proper operation is described. The logic module may be programmed to enable efficient user interface and to...
7627428 Method of evaluating surface deformation  
The present invention generally relates to methods for rapidly calculating the surface displacement that results from an arbitrarily shaped load on the surface of a layered substrate. Some...
7623974 System and method for detecting onset of structural failure  
A system for detecting the onset of structural failure in a structural element subject to a mechanical load comprises a metering array, a signal processor, and an output processor. The metering...
7590497 Automatic generation of tolerance schemes  
Automatic generation of a tolerance scheme includes accessing data defining a three-dimensional model that defines a part for manufacture, identifying a tolerance feature in the three-dimensional...
7580802 Method of determining condition of a turbine blade, and utilizing the collected information for estimation of the lifetime of the blade  
A method for determining the condition of a turbine blade ( 2, 4 ) in a compressor and utilizing the collected information in an estimation of the lifetime of the turbine blade ( 2, 4 ), whereby a...
7577555 Apparatus and method for determining patterns of damage being caused in rolling contact element  
A method of designing a roller bearing is disclosed upon clarifying mechanisms of damage patterns in respect of two kinds of brinelling, involved in the bearing, wherein white-banded flaking...
7567873 Nondestructive inspection method and apparatus for a surface processed by shot peening  
An inspection method and an inspection apparatus that can easily measure a distribution of residual stress on a surface processed by shot peening, including a state of distribution in a depth...
7567874 System and method for detecting furniture cruising frequency to monitor gait decline  
A system and method for detecting furniture cruising frequency to monitor gait decline. Embodiments of the invention monitor the frequency of furniture cruising in one's home in such a way that it...
7565274 Method and apparatus for predicting bending life spans of electric wires and or wire protecting members induced by vibrations, and recording medium storing program  
In a method for predicting bending life spans of wires, the wires, temperatures, pre-vibration shapes, and constraint conditions are set, and finite element models of the electric wires are formed...
7561976 Method and system for monitoring the performance of a pipe containing a pressurised fluid  
A method and system for monitoring the performance of a pipe containing a pressurised fluid. The pipe is made up of at least one current zone and singular zones. A predetermined number of singular...
7529632 Driving force calculating device, driving force calculating method, power assisting device, driving force calculating program, and computer-readable storage medium  
A driving force calculating device ( 1 ) includes: a setting information acquiring section ( 23 ) which acquires (a) muscle specifying information that specifies a target muscle, which is a muscle...
7519508 Method and system for setting and analyzing tubing target pressures for tongs  
A target pressure value is determined during the learning mode. Subsequent pressure values are then compared to the target value. For example, a first connection is tightened in a conventional...
7519481 System and method for predicting compatibility of fluids with metals  
A method and system for selecting fluids for compatibility with specified metals exposed to oil field environments. Metal specimens are tested for corrosion and/or cracking behavior by exposing...
7512502 Method and apparatus for analyzing deformation and predicting failure in solid-state objects  
The invention is a method to predict the type of deformation of an object as elastic, plastic or fracture from a time series of specklegram patterns or fringe patterns (the difference of...
7512527 Apparatus and method for preparing data to generate simulation model, and program thereof  
The apparatus for preparing data to generate simulation model extracts the analysis data of the parts required when a simulation is performed based on the CAD data of the parts forming a product to...
7487050 Techniques and devices for characterizing spatially non-uniform curvatures and stresses in thin-film structures on substrates with non-local effects  
Techniques and devices are described to use spatially-varying curvature information of a layered structure to determine stresses at each location with non-local contributions from other locations...
7487051 Evaluating method of the fracture toughness using the continuous indentation method  
The present invention relates to a method of evaluating the fracture toughness of a material using the continuous indentation technique. In the method of this invention, the stress coefficient,...
7480575 Method for detecting mechanical features of a material and apparatus that carries out this method  
A method for detecting mechanical features of a material, in particular a metal material, provides a preliminary step where a database is created containing a finite number of reference curves...
7477995 Optical linear strain gage  
An optical linear strain gage includes a target, a sensor, and a computer, wherein the target contains a gage length defined by end points. The target can be a one-dimensional barcode, the gage...
7467070 Methods and systems for modeling stress intensity solutions for integrally stiffened panels  
Systems and methods for modeling stress intensity solutions of integrally stiffened panels are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes serving a process over the internet. The process...
7454297 System and method for determining fatigue life expenditure of a component  
A system and method for determining remaining fatigue life of a component experiencing stress/strain cycles. In one embodiment the fractional life expended per clock cycle of the component is...
7446668 Vehicle occupant sensing system having a low profile sensor assembly  
A low profile sensor assembly for use in a vehicle occupant sensing system that comprises a base, an upper slide member, and at least one intermediate guide member. Also disclosed is a low profile...
7447614 Methods and systems for modeling material behavior  
A method for modeling material behavior includes using empirical three dimensional non-uniform stress and strain data to train a self-organizing computational model such as a neural network. A...
7433789 Method, apparatus and computer program product for determining a maintenance value associated with a component  
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in which information identifying a stress/strain range cycle and the time duration of the stress/strain range cycle associated with the...
7423442 System and method for early qualification of semiconductor devices  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for early qualification of semiconductor device includes performing initial testing on a semiconductor device, receiving fail data on the...
7418353 Determining film stress from substrate shape using finite element procedures  
A method for determining the stresses in a film applied to a substrate from measured substrate shape. The substrate is first analyzed using finite element techniques to obtain nodal forces at the...
7415398 Method of simulating viscoelastic material  
The present invention relates to a method of simulating the deformation of a viscoelastic material in which filler is blended to a matrix made of rubber or resin, the method including the steps of...
7412899 MEMS-based monitoring  
A solution for monitoring a property of an object and/or an area using a Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)-based monitoring device is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, the...
7415363 High resolution torque measurement on a rotating shaft with movement compensation  
An apparatus for determining the torque imposed on a rotatable shaft. The shaft has at least four paired probes, paired horizontal probes and paired vertical probes. The horizontal probes are...
7400994 Method and test component for rotatable disc parts  
Rotatable discs combined with turbine blades in engines must be tested for critical life analysis. Thus, consideration must be made as to life expectancy for such components as a result of tensile...
7398164 Sensor network system, base station, and method to forward measured data  
The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a sensor node and the adoption of a protocol in the existing sensor network system effectively utilizing limited resources of...
7395179 Rotation angle calculating method of wire harness, rotation angle calculating apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium  
In a rotation angle calculating method of a wire harness, a rotation angle of the wire harness is calculated at an arbitrary measuring point of the wire harness when the wire harness is deformed...
7386428 Method and system for guided cable contact in finite element analysis  
A system, method and software product to simulate guided cable contacts is disclosed. The guided cable contact includes a slave node and an associated beam. A normal vector is established between...
7382283 Method and device for detecting an overstepping of design loads of the tailplane of an aircraft  
Detection of the overstepping of design loads of an aircraft tailplane may include determining current bending and twisting moments applied to the aircraft. The determined bending and twisting...
7360442 Method for measuring and calculating tensile elongation of ductile metals  
The present invention is a method for measuring and calculating tensile elongation of ductile metals on small diameter specimens. The method includes marking a tensile specimen with a pattern of...
7363173 Techniques for analyzing non-uniform curvatures and stresses in thin-film structures on substrates with non-local effects  
Techniques and devices are described to use spatially-varying curvature information of a layered structure to determine stresses at each location with non-local contributions from other locations...
7330805 Method for predicting bending durability of electric wire and bend protection member, and apparatus and recording medium storing program therefor  
A wires laid at a predetermined bend, a bend protection member, an atmosphere temperature and the initial shape and the final bent shape of the wires and the bend protection member are designated,...
7321365 Computerized deformation analyzer  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for determining deformation of a surface of a material is provided. The method includes receiving, at a computer, an elastic deformation range...
7308380 Vehicular collision object determining system  
A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the...
7302350 Selection of software and hardware functions with a force/torque sensor  
A force-moment sensor ( 1 ) is used as a switch, with which, depending on the introduction of forces and moments onto an operating part ( 5 ) of the force-moment sensor ( 1 ), software or hardware...
7302366 Measuring instrument  
A measuring instrument, in particular a flow or level meter, includes a base module for the acquisition and processing of measured data and an add-on module. Both the base module and the add-on...
7299138 Stress measurement method and its apparatus  
Time of flight of sound t o , t n propagating through fixed one face to another of the object under zero load (σ o ) and changed applied load (σ n ) respectively are measured, then stress...
7296475 Displacement instrument for determining the modulus of a material  
A novel displacement instrument that can be used to measure the density or modulus of an aggregate pier upon which a multistory building or parking garage can be built. The aggregate piers are...
7269520 Method for determining pressure capability in conduit  
Disclosed is a method that provides for the calculation and prediction of hoop strength of an expanded pipe, preferably a PVC pipe or conduit. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining hoop...
7268566 Active sensor circuit with one or more T-network pairs  
A sensor circuit is provided that includes at least one pair of interconnected T-networks. Each pair has a first T-network including a first impedance serially connected to second impedance at a...
7266461 Methods for adjusting stress wave velocity-based predictions of lumber stiffness and warp propensity of a timber-based raw material group  
Methods are provided for predicting properties based on stress wave velocity measurements, such as modulus of elasticity (MOE) and/or warp potential of trees and/or logs from a timber-based raw...
7260509 Method for estimating changes in product life resulting from HALT using quadratic acceleration model  
A method provides early estimation of product life using accelerated stress testing data. In an embodiment, data measured from a product operating in a first, high-stress environment is used to...
7246047 Methods for modeling material response to applied force  
A method for modeling the interaction of granular material with equipment includes the steps of numerically representing the material with an array having a plurality of cells, determining which of...
7239972 Method for setting, in a motor vehicle electrical power steering system, the power steering torque set point  
A motor vehicle power steering system, including a steering column and a power steering motor. The column has an upper part bearing a steering wheel and a lower part acting on a mechanical steering...
7222045 Attitude angle processor and attitude angle processing method  
A posture angle processing apparatus includes a magnetic sensor, a gravitational acceleration sensor, a position information acquisition device, and a dip angle database device wherein a...
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