A winder for continuously winding a traveling web such as paper onto a large roll with a support roll in contact with the roll being wound such as where the support roll is one or both of a pair of parallel horizontally extending drums with the outer surface of the drum being of rubber with embedded nonextensible annular cords and the surface being supported by a plurality of inflatable chambers along the length of the drum so that the outer surface of the drum deforms with contact with the roll...

An electrical substrate including a flexible printed circuit mounted on the substrate arranged to provide electrical contact between the flexible printed circuit and circuit contacts on an associated carrier substrate. Portions of the flexible printed circuit extended from the top surface of the electrical substrate to the bottom of the substrate by way of recesses included in the geometry of the electrical substrate. Portions of the flexible printed circuit are folded under the bottom side of t...

A compliant baffle for use in a marine environment wherein a pair of plate-like elements are separated in a spaced predetermined manner typically employing T-blocks, rods, or edges of the plate-like elements bent one towards the next, surrounded by an elastomeric encapsulant and configured into ranks of box-like structures forming a sonic reflector or baffle. The baffle finds utility in reflecting noise in especially at great depths in marine environments.

A tape guide which includes a roller having a fixed lower flange and a tape contacting portion having a width less than the width of the tape. A compliant member formed from a flat spring is mounted on the top of the roller opposite the flange. The compliant member includes an outwardly and upwardly tapered peripheral portion extending beyond the diameter of the tape contacting portion of the roller. Since the tape width is greater than the width of the tape contacting portion of the roller, the...

This invention relates to a two-component, low VOC pretreatment primer comprising: a) an aqueous first component comprising 1) a resin, 2) a zinc chromate pigment, 3) a zinc phosphate pigment, and 4) a package stabilizing agent; and b) an aqueous second component comprising a catalyst soution for said first component.

A contact pad including a compliant, electrically conductive polymer is provided in a substrate. The contact pad may include a metallic base, and a metallic upper surface wherein said polymer is intermediate said base and upper surfaces. The pad also may have a recessed upper surface, or have a metallic bump thereon depending upon the specific use intended. The contact pad may be incorporated into a substrate including a base substrate material having an upper surface, an interconnecting layer o...

A compliant device attaching to the end of a robot arm and used in conjunction with a stereo vision system. The compliant device compensating for misalignment error in six degrees of freedom, that is x, y, z, pitch, yaw, and clocking (roll) between the end of the robot arm and a lock-on bushing when the compliant device is being inserted in a lock-on bushing. The compliant device having attached a stereo vision target providing positional feedback on the misalignment error between the lock-on bu...

A clockspring connector having a clockspring housing, a hub, a chamber defined by the housing, and a carrier member. The clockspring housing includes an inner wall and an outer wall. A flat conductor cable coiled within the clockspring housing. The hub is rotatably mounted within the clockspring housing. The chamber is defined by the clockspring housing. The carrier member is mounted within the chamber. The carrier member has roller members. One of the roller members is a hard roller member and ...

A cross-shaped retainer post with an oval longitudinal base which may break through when the ribs of the cross are stressed upon insertion into a locating hole.

An articulated, compliant offshore structure having a base portion establishing a gravity-type foundation on the ocean bottom, a tower extending upward from the base portion and a deck seated on the tower a spaced distance above the ocean surface. The tower is secured to the base portion by an articulated joint which permits the tower and deck to undergo limited pivoting about the base. This provides compliancy in response to forces imposed on the structure by wind, waves and ocean currents. A s...