IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0211061
(2002-08-02)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
11 인용 특허 :
9 |
초록
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A multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly for effectively storing items. The multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly includes a main member and a pair of side members. The main member has an open main front face, a pair of main side walls, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality shelves
A multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly for effectively storing items. The multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly includes a main member and a pair of side members. The main member has an open main front face, a pair of main side walls, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality shelves extend out from an inside surface of the main side walls. The shelves are spaced a predetermined distance away from each other. A pair of item holding members for hanging items on is coupled to an inside surface of the top end of the main member. Each side member has an open front side face. In addition, each side member has a connecting side. The connecting side of each side member is selectably attachable to an outside surface of an associated side wall of the main member. Moreover, each side member includes a top compartment for storing items.
대표청구항
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A multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly for effectively storing items. The multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly includes a main member and a pair of side members. The main member has an open main front face, a pair of main side walls, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality shelves
A multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly for effectively storing items. The multi-purpose storing and organizing assembly includes a main member and a pair of side members. The main member has an open main front face, a pair of main side walls, a top end and a bottom end. A plurality shelves extend out from an inside surface of the main side walls. The shelves are spaced a predetermined distance away from each other. A pair of item holding members for hanging items on is coupled to an inside surface of the top end of the main member. Each side member has an open front side face. In addition, each side member has a connecting side. The connecting side of each side member is selectably attachable to an outside surface of an associated side wall of the main member. Moreover, each side member includes a top compartment for storing items. ed with biasing means for maintaining the cams in a biased position with respect to the lever arm. 7. A device according to claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a pin projecting from the at least one flange and extending along the base plate. 8. A device according to claim 7, wherein the pin is slidably movable along a corresponding bore provided on the at least one flange. 9. A device according to claim 8, wherein sliding of the pin along its corresponding bore is delimited by two opposite stoppers provided on the base plate. 10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the lever arm is provided with a slot for receiving a winding bar. 11. A device according to claim 1, wherein the contact surface of the at least one cam is knurled. 12. A device according to claim 1, wherein the base plate is provided with at least one hole for receiving a corresponding fastener. 13. A device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one cam is eccentrically mounted about the second pivot axis. 14. A device for bending an extremity of a torsional spring, the device comprising: a base plate; first and second flanges projecting from the base plate; first and second bulges projecting from the first and second flanges respectively; a lever arm being pivotally mounted between the flanges about a first shaft extending through corresponding bores provided on the flanges, the first shaft having first and second ends protruding from the first and second flanges respectively, said first and second ends acting as the first and second bulges respectively, the lever arm being operable between first and second positions; and first and second cams, each of said cams being pivotally mounted on either side of the lever arm about a second shaft extending through a corresponding bore provided on the lever arm, each cam being eccentrically mounted onto the second shaft, the first and second cams having each a contact surface being positioned for operatively cooperating with the first and second bulges respectively; wherein the extremity of the torsional spring is inserted between a given bulge and the contact surface of a corresponding cam when the lever arm is in the first position; and wherein said extremity is bent about the given bulge by the contact surface of the corresponding cam when said contact surface is urged towards said given bulge and forced about the same over the extremity as the lever arm is operated into the second position. 15. A device according to claim 14, wherein the cams are provided with biasing means for maintaining the cams in a biased position with respect to the lever arm. 16. A device according to claim 14, wherein the device further comprises a pin projecting from the flanges and extending along the base plate. 17. A device according to claim 16, wherein the pin is slidably movable along corresponding bores provided on the flanges, and wherein sliding of the pin along its corresponding bores is delimited by two opposite stoppers provided on the base plate. 18. A device according to claim 14, wherein the lever arm is provided with a slot for receiving a winding bar. 19. A device according to claim 14, wherein the contact surface of each cam is knurled. 20. A device according to claim 14, wherein the base plate is provided with at least one hole for receiving a corresponding fastener. ystem of claim 1 wherein said urea tank pressure is three times greater than said supply pressure. 3. A urea tank system onboard a motor vehicle, the urea reservoir system being capable of receiving urea from a pressurized supply source comprising: a urea tank having an inlet which is capable of being coupled to the pressurized supply source wherein said urea tank is capable of withstanding a pressure greater than a supply pressure of the pressurized supply source; and a vent valve coupled to said urea tank wherein said vent valve closes when said urea tank is full system wherein said vehicle has a fuel tank and said urea tank has a volume greater than a volume of said fuel tank times a predetermined ratio. 4. The system of claim 3 wherein said predetermined ratio is a maximum value of a urea consumption rate divided by a fuel consumption rate. well time, the control system increases the hydraulic fluid pressure as a function of time in accordance with a map of pressure versus time. 3. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 2 wherein the control system comprises a timing function that sets a predetermined time for the dwell time. 4. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 3 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, the control system conditions continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map on engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map. 5. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 4 wherein once the control system has conditioned the continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure, the control system discontinues continued increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map, and instead increases hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 6. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 3 wherein during the dwell time, the control system conditions continued maintenance of the defined dwell pressure upon engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure. 7. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 6 wherein during the dwell time, the control system discontinues maintenance of the defined dwell pressure when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure and instead increases hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 8. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 1 including a motor vehicle comprising a drivetrain through which the engine is coupled with driven wheels for propelling the vehicle, and wherein issuance of the command to retard the engine is effective to cause the engine to slow the vehicle. 9. An internal combustion engine comprising: a fueling system that utilizes hydraulic fluid under pressure to force fuel into engine combustion chambers; an engine control system for controlling various aspects of engine operation including controlling pressure of the hydraulic fluid; and a mechanism for augmenting back-pressure on the engine in response to a command from the engine control system to retard the engine; wherein the control system comprises a selector for selecting control of hydraulic fluid pressure from a selected one of plural sources of hydraulic fluid pressure control to the exclusion of other sources of hydraulic fluid pressure control, the one source is selected by a command given in conjunction with the command for the mechanism to retard the engine, and in consequence of its selection, the one source controls hydraulic fluid pressure such that the hydraulic fluid pressure is attenuated to, and then kept from exceeding, a defined dwell pressure, and after elapse of a dwell time defined by an amount of time during which the actual hydraulic fluid pressure has not exceeded the defined dwell pressure, the one source increases the hydraulic fluid pressure above the defined dwell pressure. 10. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 9 wherein after elapse of the dwell time, the one source increases the hydraulic fluid pressureas a function of time in accordance with a pressure versus time map. 11. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 10 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, the one source conditions continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map on engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map. 12. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 11 wherein once the one source has conditioned the continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure, the one source discontinues continued increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map, and instead increases hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 13. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 9 wherein during the dwell time, the one source conditions continued maintenance of the defined dwell pressure upon engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure. 14. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 13 wherein during the dwell time, the one source discontinues maintenance of the defined dwell pressure when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure and instead increases hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 15. An internal combustion engine as set forth in claim 9 including a motor vehicle comprising a drivetrain through which the engine is coupled with driven wheels for propelling the vehicle, and wherein issuance of the command to retard the engine is effective to cause the engine to slow the vehicle. 16. A control system for an internal combustion engine comprising: a processor for processing various data to develop data for control of various engine functions, including control of hydraulic fluid pressure used by a fueling system to force fuel into engine combustion chambers; wherein, upon the processor developing data calling for actuation of a mechanism for augmenting back-pressure on the engine to retard the engine, the processor executes an algorithm for mitigating the effect of augmented back-pressure on the fueling system by developing data for causing the hydraulic fluid pressure to be attenuated to, and then kept from exceeding, a defined dwell pressure, and after elapse of a dwell time defined an amount of time during which the hydraulic fluid pressure has not exceeded the defined dwell pressure, developing data for causing the hydraulic fluid pressure to increase above the defined dwell pressure. 17. A control system as set forth in claim 16 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, the algorithm develops data for causing the hydraulic fluid pressure to increase above the defined dwell pressure as a function of time according to a map of pressure versus time. 18. A control system as set forth in claim 17 wherein the algorithm executes a timing function that sets a predetermined time for the dwell time. 19. A control system as set forth in claim 18 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, the algorithm operates to condition continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map on engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map. 20. A control system as set forth in claim 19 wherein once the algorithm has conditioned the continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure, the algorithm operates to discontinue continued increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map, and instead operates to increase hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 21. A control system as set forth in claim 18 wherein during the dwell time, the algorithm conditions continued maintenance of the defined dwell pressure upon engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure. 22. A control system as set forth in claim 21 wherein during the dwell time, the algorithm operates to discontinue maintenance of the defined dwell pressure when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure and instead operates to increase hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 23. A method for mitigating the effect of augmented back-pressure on an internal combustion engine fueling system that utilizes hydraulic fluid under pressure to force fuel into engine combustion chambers when a mechanism is operated to augment back-pressure on the engine in response to a command from an engine control system to retard the engine, the method comprising: in consequence of issuance of the command to retard the engine, attenuating the hydraulic fluid pressure to mitigate the effect of augmented back-pressure on the fueling system; once the hydraulic fluid pressure has been attenuated to a defined dwell pressure, keeping the hydraulic fluid pressure from exceeding the defined dwell pressure; and upon elapse of a dwell time during which the hydraulic fluid pressure has not exceeded the defined dwell pressure, increasing the hydraulic fluid pressure above the defined dwell pressure. 24. A method as set forth in claim 23 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, increasing the hydraulic fluid pressure as a function of time in accordance with a map of pressure versus time. 25. A method as set forth in claim 24 including executing a timing function that sets a predetermined time for the dwell time. 26. A method as set forth in claim 25 wherein upon elapse of the dwell time, conditioning continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map on engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map. 27. A method as set forth in claim 26 wherein once the control system has conditioned the continuation of increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure, discontinuing continued increasing of the hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus time map when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the hydraulic fluid pressure called for by the pressure versus time map, and instead increasing hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map. 28. A method as set forth in claim 25 wherein during the dwell time, conditioning continued maintenance of the defined dwell pressure upon engine speed not exceeding a speed that, according to a pressure versus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure. 29. A method as set forth in claim 28 wherein during the dwell time, discontinuing maintenance of the defined dwell pressure when engine speed begins to exceed a speed that, according to the pressure ver sus speed map, would call for hydraulic fluid pressure to be greater than the defined dwell pressure and instead increasing hydraulic fluid pressure in accordance with the pressure versus speed map.
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