Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a homing mechanism within a drive mechanism of a lacing engine for an automated footwear platform are described. In an example, the homing apparatus can include an indexing wheel, a plurality of Geneva teeth and a stop tooth. The plurality of Geneva teeth can be distributed around a portion of a perimeter of the indexing wheel. Each Geneva tooth of the plurality of Geneva teeth can include side profiles conforming to a first side profile that generates a first force when engaged by an index tooth on a portion of the drive mechanism. The stop tooth can be located along the perimeter of the indexing wheel between two Geneva teeth. Additionally, the stop tooth can include side profiles conforming to a second side profile that generates a second force when engaged by the index tooth.

A vehicle includes: an electrical slip ring; a motor-driven cable reel for dispensing and retracting an electrical power cord, wherein the electrical power cord has an electrical plug for connection to an electrical socket, and is electrically connected to the electrical slip ring; a sensor for producing sensor data in response to changes in a rotational position of the motor-driven cable reel; a processor for receiving the sensor data as feedback for commands sent by the processor to the motor-driven cable reel to control a length of the electrical power cord which is dispensed by the motor-driven cable reel; a guide roller, disposed axially parallel to the cable reel, for exerting a force that presses an outermost layer of the electrical power cord against an adjacent layer of the electrical power cord wound around the cable reel, or the cable reel itself; and a level wind assembly for providing transverse movement along an axis parallel to an axis of the cable reel, for controlling the winding, and unwinding, of the electrical power cord around the cable reel.

The present invention relates to decoys for simulating the movement of animals on land, air, or water. Embodiments of the invention include a small, enclosed, and portable unit containing a motor, a rechargeable power supply, a timing control mechanism, and a movable portion, such as a spool or a rotating shaft. The movable portion attaches to one or more animal decoys. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the movable portion is also controlled by a timing circuit and/or a microcontroller to vary the movement of the one or more animal decoys.

Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to spooling and unspooling linear material. Such apparatus and methods can assist the user in deploying and/or retracting linear material.

A retractable oxygen tubing and sensor system; the retractable oxygen tubing and sensor system includes a retractable oxygen tubing machine featuring a housing which conceals a supply of tubing hosted on a reel, and a motor, a wearable sensor and an internal or external machine sensor housed within the housing of the retractable oxygen tubing machine which is in communication with the wearable sensor and configured to control the motor to extend and alternatively retract the supply of tubing. The machine sensor is configured to sense proximity between the machine sensor and the wearable sensor. The retractable oxygen tubing and sensor system provides portable tangle free management of the supply of tubing to prevent falls of patients and tangling of tubing.

An article of footwear, motorized lacing system, and method includes a motor, a transmission, operatively coupled to the motor, a power source, operatively coupled to the motor, a lace spool, operatively coupled to the motor via the transmission, configured to spool and unspool the lace based on operation of the motor, a printed circuit board, and a housing. The housing contains the motor, the transmission, the power source, the lace spool and the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board positioned between an interior surface of the housing and at least one of the power source and the motor, wherein the interior surface includes a post that extends through a hole formed in the printed circuit board. A flexing of the interior surface causes force on the housing to be at least partially imparted on the at least one of the power source, the transmission, and the motor.

An article of footwear, method, and motorized lacing system includes a motor, including a motor shaft, a spool, coupled to the motor shaft, configured to spool and unspool the lace based on the turning of the motor shaft, a processor circuit, and a three-dimensional encoder. The three-dimensional encoder defines a major axis and has a surface having a tabs extending from a drum, an optical sensor, positioned within optical range of the cylindrical encoder, configured to output a signal to the processor circuit indicative of a detected one of the tabs, and a beam break, positioned between the three-dimensional encoder and the optical sensor, forming a pair of slits. The optical sensor is positioned to view the tabs through the pair of slits, wherein the processor circuit is configured to operate the motor based, at least in part, on the signal as received from the optical sensor.

An arrangement is provided for determining a spatial orientation of a line portion unrolled from a cable drum. The arrangement includes a fastening base and a measuring probe having a cable guide and being pivotable in relation to the fastening base about a first and second axes of rotation. The measuring probe is configured to interact with a sensor device, and the sensor device is configured to sense the first and second axes of rotation.

An electrical cord reel assembly can include a spool configured to wind and unwind an electrical cord therefrom. The electrical cord reel assembly can include a motor configured to rotate the spool to wind and unwind the electrical cord about the spool. The electrical cord reel assembly can include a controller in electrical communication with the motor and the electrical cord. The controller can be configured to, in response to an unwind command, place or maintain the electrical cord in a power off state. The controller can be configured to in response to the unwind command, transmit an unwind signal to the motor to cause the motor to unwind the electrical cord from the spool. The controller can be configured to automatically place the electrical cord in a power on state based at least in part on an amount of rotation of the spool during the unwinding.

A monitoring system for pneumatic shafts and pneumatic shaft adapters. A sensor assembly is physically joined in operative engagement with the bladders of pneumatic shafts and adapters. Sensed data is wirelessly transmitted to a remote receiver for processing and display.