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This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 538,168, filed Oct. 3, 1983, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to anthropometers and more particularly to anthropometers specifically designed to measure spinal parameters for diagnosis and assessment of lordosis... | A spinal anthropometer or lordosimeter is described that provides a three dimensional configuration of the spine. Point encodement and codement of spacial measurement of spinal landmarks provides data permitting representation of spinal curvatures for diagnosis and assessment of lordosis and scoliosis. | 0 |
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to psychological games and, in particular, to a psychological game designed to enhance personal exploration and growth. In addition, the apparatus of the present invention may be used for processes which are intended solely for enjoyment or for focus... | A psychological game which is designed to be used mainly as a tool to enhance personal exploration and growth. The essential pieces include a base with a multiplicity of recesses and a multiplicity of spheres of varying colors which can be fitted into the recesses. Each sphere has a portion which can be writton on. The... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The invention relates generally to lacrosse equipment. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved lacrosse stick for attachment to a lacrosse head. Specifically, the invention provides a new cross-sectional configuration f... | A handle for attachment to a lacrosse head, comprising, a rod having a top end adapted for coupling to a lacrosse head, a bottom end opposite the top end, a first and second grip area, wherein the first grip area is located generally at the bottom end of the rod and the second grip area is located generally at the top ... | 0 |
GENERAL TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the general technical field of the production of intermediate pressure plasmas excited by a microwave power.
[0002] More precisely, the invention relates to the production of the sheets of dense plasmas, with la... | The invention relates to a device for the production of a plasma ( 16 ) within a housing comprising means for the generation of energy in the microwave spectrum, for the excitation of the plasma, said means comprise at least one basic plasma excitation device with a coaxial applicator ( 4 ) of microwave energy, one of ... | 7 |
[0001] This application is a continuation application claiming priority to Ser. No. 11/782,724, filed Jul. 25, 2007.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a method and system for providing regional channels in a digital broadcasting environment, particularly but not excl... | A method and system of broadcasting a regional television channel to a user. A digital subscriber line access multiplex (DSLAM) receives a broadcast of multicast channels intended for delivery to the user. The multicast channels include national channels and a regional channel. The DSLAM broadcasts the multicast channe... | 7 |
[0001] The present invention relates to a fuel injector with piezoelectric actuator.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Fuel injectors with piezoelectric actuators have been available for many years now, i.e. fuel injectors provided with a valve that is displaced in a working direction betwe... | Fuel injector provided with a piezoelectric actuator, a valve activated by the piezoelectric actuator and regulating a fuel supply that flows in a working direction, and a mechanical transmission placed between the piezoelectric actuator and the valve; an expansion of the piezoelectric actuator displaces the valve in t... | 5 |
The present application claims priority to the PCT US98/02608 filed Feb. 12, 1998 and U.S. provisional application 60/037,609 filed Feb. 12, 1997.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to novel cyclic substituted compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, processes for their preparation, and ... | The present invention involves certain 8-ureido and 8-thioureido, 1,2-benzothiazines, 1,2,4-benzothioxazines and 1,2,4-benzothiodiazines useful in the treatment of disease states mediated by the chemokine, Interleukin-8. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a synchronizable drive system and particularly to a drive system having an electric motor whose speed is controlled by way of a supply frequency, for example, synchronous motors, reluctance motors, speed-controlled or position-controlled asynchronous motors and per... | The drive system connects a servomotor via a clutch to a shaft after the motor has started up from a standstill to a speed in synchronism with the supply frequency to the servomotor. The clutch may also be actuated to disengage the servomotor from the shaft when the servomotor is slowed to a predetermined speed during ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to an assembly of the type which can be positioned to change the direction of an appliance in the horizontal and vertical directions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Directionally adjustable fans have long been known. Such fans are use... | A pivot assembly that can be used with various appliances. The pivot assembly provides up to three degrees of freedom when positioning the appliance. The pivot may be used, for example, with a fan that is mounted on a base such that direction of the airflow generated can be adjusted about three coordinate axes by manip... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention concerns a high voltage transistor used for various circuits such as amplifiers, power converters, instrumentation and the like.
In the prior art, high voltage p-channel metal-oxide-silicon (PMOS) transistor have been integrated onto circuits. See for example, the PMOS trans... | In a method for constructing a semiconducting device, within a substrate of a first conductivity type there is formed a well of second conductivity type. Within the well, an extended drain region of a first conductivity type is formed. An insulating region over the extended drain region is formed. A gate region is form... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This present application is a divisional of Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 11/635,839, filed on Dec. 8, 2006, which is incorporate herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention rel... | The present invention relates to a method for spinning fibers, or fiberizers, using a rotary fiber-making die system made up of thin plates, embodied by a housing fixture, configured and stacked to define slots, channels and/or grooves through which the material used to make the fibers will flow. The die system allows ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to vehicle engine control, and more particularly, to a catalytic converter control system for oxygen storage management and control.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Increasingly stringent federal and state mo... | A method and system for controlling exhaust emissions from an engine of a motor vehicle includes sensing oxygen levels upstream and downstream of a catalytic converter, predicting an instantaneous oxygen storage amount in the catalytic converter, determining a maximum oxygen storage capacity, selecting a target percent... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a substrate of glass, ceramics, plastic, or metal, etc., having a treatment surface, i.e., a water repellent coating or film being formed on an undercoating layer or film thereof, and a treatment method therefor.
2.... | For obtaining a substrate on the surface of which a water repellent film is firmly bonded through an undercoating film, and which shows a low critical inclination angle, superior durability, and high density, a water repellent and/or oil repellent film layer is formed by using a liquid for undercoating treatment. The l... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to machine vision systems, and more particularly, to visual recognition of objects that consist of several object parts that are allowed to move with respect to each other.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Object rec... | The present invention provides a method for the recognition of objects in an image, where the objects may consist of an arbitrary number of parts that are allowed to move with respect to each other. In the offline phase the invention automatically learns the relative movements of the single object parts from a sequence... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to dispensers generally, and more specifically, to aerosol dispensers that are pressurized by mechanical energy instead of chemical energy.
2. Description of the Related Art
Aerosol dispensers have been in use for more t... | A mechanically pressurized aerosol dispensing system comprising a cap which houses a piston, an actuator moveably attached to the cap, forming together with the cap a dispensing head assembly, and an expandable elastic reservoir. The system is fitted over a standard container holding a liquid product, and includes a di... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 13/280,032, filed Oct. 24, 2011; which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/637,923, filed Aug. 14, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,073,550; which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/... | A system and method for treating subcutaneous histological features without affecting adjacent tissues adversely employs microwave energy of selected power, frequency and duration to penetrate subcutaneous tissue and heat target areas with optimum doses to permanently affect the undesirable features. The frequency chos... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefits of the filing of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/255,935 filed Oct. 29, 2009. The complete disclosures of the aforementioned related patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.... | This invention relates to a novel arylindenopyrimidine, A, and its therapeutic and prophylactic uses. Disorders treated and/or prevented include Parkinson's Disease.
wherein X, R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are as defined in ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a circular knitting machine and to electronically controlled actuation devices for such machines.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In particular, the present invention relates to a double cylinder type circular knitting machine.
In such knitting... | A cam actuator for selectively moving cam elements axially between distinct operative positions in a circular knitting machine, the actuator including a series of adjacent pistions arranged along the axial line of displacement, and stop means for limiting the axial stroke of each piston in the direction of extension. E... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Patent Application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of the co-pending U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 60/609,507, filed Sep. 7, 2004, entitled “Integrated Connector and AC/DC Converter”, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The Patent Application is related to conc... | An electronic device such as an AC/DC power adapter includes a conductive heat dissipation system. The device contains heat generating components and is powered via power supply leads by an external power supply circuit. The device further contains a thermally conductive mass that is thermally coupled to both the heat ... | 7 |
A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains command formats and other computer language listings, all of which are subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner, EMC Corporation, has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appea... | The present invention is a system and method for providing clarity and simplicity to the task of screening for errors occurring in a data storage system and improving the effectiveness of the response to these errors. The system and method includes and employs a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing clarity and ... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/175,306, filed Oct. 20, 1998, now U.S. Pat. 6,108,026, issued on Aug. 22, 2000, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/715,746, filed Sep. 19, 1996, now U.S. Pat. 5,838,361, issued Nov. 17, 1998, whic... | A laser marking apparatus and method for marking the surface of a semiconductor chip are described herein. A laser beam is directed to a location on the surface of the chip where a laser reactive material, such as a pigment containing epoxy is present. The heat associated with the laser beam causes the laser reactive m... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is concerned with stiffener materials for use in the fabrication of shoes and for making other articles.
2. Description of the Related Art
Stiffener materials traditionally are used in the shoe industry to provide varyin... | A process of making a fabric based stiffener material having thermal adhesive properties on its top and bottom surfaces which is based on (a) contacting a non-woven fabric with a latex forming resin and a finely divided powder adhesive polymer to form a latex saturated non-woven fabric; and (b) removing the excess late... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to an integrated circuit comprising a binary integrated digital-to-analog converter for generating from the voltage of a voltage source a terminal voltage adjustable with the aid of a digital signal. The printed publication of the firm of Valvo GmbH, entitled &#... | An integrated circuit is described which includes a digital/analog converter which together with a reference voltage generator and a current-to-voltage converter is driven by a single supply voltage. To obtain a variable output voltage from a second supply voltage, the reference voltage is dependent on this second volt... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a machine for cutting along a random line a strip-like material by means of a high pressure fluid jet.
Machines are known which make it possible to cut a product or part, whose dimensions do not exceed those of the table supporting the same. In su... | Machine for cutting strip-like material by a high pressure fluid jet comprising a substantially flat bearing surface able to support the strip-like material a cutting nozzle discharging a fluid jet under high pressure towards the strip-like material, means for displacing the nozzle in a direction Y perpendicular to the... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/810,504, filed Jun. 3, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] 1. Field of Invention
[0003] Thi... | Provided is a system and corresponding methods for a network of indoor modular signs. The indoor signs are composed of various modules which are combined to make the signs fully contained and operable. The modules include paper and e-paper based displays and frames as well as power line communication devices. The inven... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns a method to assist the drive of at least one moving switch part of an electric compression switch with a quenching medium flow which is generated during the switching-off process by means of a compression device, as well as an electric compression switch, designe... | An electrical compression switch operating with a compressed gaseous arc quenching medium comprises a switch chamber containing a pair of disengageable contacts one of which is a pin contact and the other a tubular nozzle contact surrounded by a tubular nozzle made from insulating material engageable with the pin conta... | 7 |
This application is a national phase of International Application No. PCT/US2010/054593 filed Oct. 29, 2010 and published in the English language, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/256,254 filed Oct. 29, 2009, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD ... | A gas supply system that is easily assembled and/or installed and includes an initially flexible clamping system that allows for the gas supply system to adapt to the gas components. As the assembly of the gas components is complete, the clamping system becomes rigid thereby securing the gas components to a support rai... | 8 |
FOREIGN PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority to European Patent Application No. 16461502.3 filed Jan. 14, 2016, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to check valves.
BACKGROUND
[0... | A check valve comprises a valve housing defining a valve opening, a pair of mounting posts arranged on opposed sides of the valve opening and a hinge pin mounted between the mounting posts. A pair of flapper elements are pivotably mounted to the hinge pin for rotation relative to the housing between an open position in... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to plumbing tools, more particularly wrenches for manipulating threaded pipe fittings.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Pipe fittings are used to join together lengths of pipe. They have two or more fitting ends, conne... | A pipe fitting socket for use with an axial driving device accepts a variety of angled fittings (e.g. tees, full elbows, slant elbows) snugly within a fitting cavity for torquing onto a fixed threaded end of pipe. Torquing of the fitting is accomplished by inserting a drive stud of the driving device into a drive apert... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to an audio browser for vehicles and, more particularly, to the application of a common usability model to multiple modes of operation of the vehicle car stereo.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many car stereo systems (including vehicle computer systems and vehicle enterta... | An in-vehicle audio browser includes a first set of buttons that are configured to select a preset item. A second set of buttons move forward and backward through a list of items in the audio browser. A third button selects among multiple bands associated with the audio browser. A fourth button activates a function tha... | 7 |
[0001] The present invention relates generally to an improved fuel rod design for use in nuclear reactors. More paticularly, the present invention provides nuclear reactor fuel rods in which one or more metal oxides are present within the fuel rod to mitigate secondary hydriding.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | Method of fabricating a fuel rod, comprising providing an effective amount of a metal oxide in the fuel rod to generate steam and mitigate the tendency for secondary hydriding. Fuel rods fabricated according to the method of the invention are also provided. | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/605,601, filed Feb. 22, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,810,084, such prior application being incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to tools used to complete subterranean wel... | A gravel pack apparatus and associated method of completing subterranean wells provides convenient and economical gravel packing operations, permitting a sand control screen to be run into the well attached to the apparatus which is, in turn, attached to production tubing, and further permitting the tubing to be detach... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 903,262, filed 9/3/86, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 685,313, filed 12/24/84, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 565,162, filed 12/23/85, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In many p... | A separation process has been found in which a polymer-solvent solution separates into phases of highly different composition which are in equilibrium over a broad temperature range. Upon addition of the phase separating agent, which is near or above its supercritical conditions, rapid disengagement into two phases occ... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation in part of provisional application No. 60/073,707 filed on Feb. 4, 1998.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to anti-inflammatory drugs and in particular, to a new and improved carrier formulation for delivery of phenylbutazone... | A powdered carrier formulation for delivery of phenylbutazone to animals contains phenylbutazone in combination with a flavoring agent and an anticaking agent. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS/REFERENCES CITED
Prior Application filed is a provisional patent
Application number: 60/634,059
Filing date: Dec. 7, 2004
Title: Automatic Garage Door Closing Device
Inventor: Steven Nigel Dario Brundula
PATENTS CONTAINING PRIOR ART F... | A detector that resides inside of a garage with a working wireless electric garage door opener, the detector detects when the garage door is open for too long and when the garage door is open too long the detector sends out warnings, then after the appropriate conditions occur the detector can close the garage door. Th... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an openable roof capable of opening and closing a central portion thereof. The openable roof is typically used in a temporary structure for an event site or the like, though the applicational field is not limited to them.
Applicants of this invent... | In an openable roof capable of opening and closing a central space having a certain point, a stationary roof section is arranged in spaced relation to the certain point of the central space. The stationary roof section has an inner periphery which defines the central space. A movable roof section is arranged on the sta... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns an apparatus for remote control of electrical power units, which consists of a transmitter having an astable multivibrator and a receiver which transforms the light impulses into electrical impulses which are conducted as control signals to a continuous electroni... | An apparatus for remotely controlling one or more power units including a transmitter which produces an optical pulse train having a frequency varied by an astable multivibrator controlled by keys which connect different resistances into the astable circuit, and one or more receivers. Each receiver receives the optical... | 6 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/911,524, filed on Aug. 14, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,947,552 issued Sep. 7, 1999.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a convertible infant product and, more particularly, to a collapsible bassinet/infant seat having a canopy.
BACKGR... | The infant product of the invention is of the type having an infant receptacle suspended from a frame. The infant product is foldable between a deployed position for use and a compact configuration for shipping and storage. In the assembled configuration, the infant receptacle is convertible between a bassinet configur... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/130,916 filed on Apr. 23, 1999. The entire disclosure of the provisional application is considered to be part of the disclosure of the accompanying application and is hereby incorporated by... | A method for treating pulmonary and systemic vascular diseases associated with cardiac hypotrophy, dysfunction or failure that involves the administration of an effective amount of a PKC antagonist to a patient suffering from one of such diseases is disclosed. PKC antagonists are selected from bryostatin derivatives an... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field Of The Invention
The present invention relates to gas turbine engines, notably for aeronautical applications, comprising a low-pressure spool and a high-pressure spool. It is aimed at the layout of the bearings which, within the engine casing, support the LP and HP shaft... | A double-body gas turbine engine, including a low-pressure body LP and a high-pressure body HP, rotatably mounted about a single shaft in a stationary casing, the low-pressure body LP including a compressor and a turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft LP. The low-pressure shaft LP is supported by an upstream LP bear... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a dispenser cathode, and particularly to a cavity reservoir type dispenser cathode in which the activation aging time is shortened greatly.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The reservoir type dispenser cathode comprises an electron emissive material m... | A dispenser cathode comprises an electron emissive material containing BaAl 4 and Ni, the porous metal base body and a sleeve. The activation aging time of the dispenser cathode according to the present invention is shortened greatly as compared with the conventional dispenser cathode and therefore, the productivity c... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method of increasing productivity and recovery of wells in oil and gas fields.
[0002] Method of the above-mentioned general type are known. A method of hydraulic fracture of underground layers for formation of horizontal s... | A method of increasing productivity and recovery of wells in oil and gas fields includes determining a direction of maximal horizontal stresses, producing at least two wells so that they are spaced from one another in a direction corresponding to the direction of the maximum horizontal stresses, forming in at least one... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application relates and claims priority to pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/632,770 filed Aug. 4, 2000, and prior U.S. provisional patent applications No. 60/147,251 filed Aug. 5, 1999, and No. 60/155,454 filed Sep. 20, 1999.
B... | An inverted pressure vessel system for conducting automated industrial processes requiring elevated pressure and temperatures has a vertically movable pedestal for opening and closing the underside loading port, with pedestal drive system and locking mechanism located below the pedestal top and isolated from the chambe... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine and more particularly to an improved turbocharger journal bearing and bearing spacer system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Turbochargers are unique mechanical devices in that they are expected to operate a... | A bearing system for a turbocharger, simple in design and easy to manufacture, having desired rotational dynamics of a three piece bearing design, yet having the superior vibration damping characteristics of a one piece bearing design. The inboard end of each journal bearing includes an axial recess for receiving an ou... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to ring laser gyroscopes in general and more particularly to an improved system for eliminating lockin in a ring laser gyroscope.
Various types of ring laser gyroscope apparatus have been developed. Typical is the apparatus disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,373,... | In a ring laser gyroscope the residual "lock-in" which normally remains with an open loop dither system is overcome through the use of a dynamic feedback system between the output of the ring laser gyro and the dither rate input. | 6 |
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to the field for interlocking and coupling together separate structures and more particularly to a device for detachably and securely stacking separate items of furniture, stereo systems and computer peripherals and other equipment.
2. Background Ar... | Device (10) for holding together adjoining component housings arranged in a vertical stack, said device (10) comprising a first female section (12) and a second male section (14) wherein the female member is provided with a cavity (22) to receive a male plug member (32). Each of the male and female members has a base (... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/010,448, filed Jan. 25, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,287,790, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/694,385, filed May 1, 1991, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | Multi-layer tubular braided structures are produced by apparatus including a plurality of generally concentric pairs of serpentine, intersecting bobbin carrier-guiding tracks. A bobbin carrier driving gear group is associated with each pair of tracks, adjacent gear groups meshing at a plurality of bobbin carrier crosso... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an engine block having at least one cooling duct extending in an intermediate wall between the cylinders, said wall having a minimum casting material thickness of less than 5 mm, also a casting mold for the manufacture of such an... | In an engine block having cylinder cavities arranged close together, a cooling duct is produced in an intermediate wall between the cylinders by pouring the casting material around a mold core made preferably from a material that is soluble in a liquid, combustible and/or brittle, so that the mold core can easily be re... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to bight and needle positioning controls for sewing machines.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known to provide a sewing machine with a bight control enabling an operator to select the amplitude of side to side... | A control for a sewing machine is arranged to enable an operator, utilizing a single input control member, to select the amplitude of side to side motion of a needle bar for pattern sewing, or to dispose the needle bar in defined off-center positions for either straight stitch sewing or for effecting disengagement of t... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a method for assaying nucleic acids which can efficiently detect nucleic acids, etc. by fluorescence.
2. Related Art
In medical and biological fields, a means for labeling, for example, a DNA (or RNA) probe with a... | Methods for detecting nucleic acids in a sample, using naphthol derivative phosphates, are provided. Nucleic acids present in a sample are contacted with phosphatase, producing a modified phosphatase. A naphthol derivative phosphate is contacted with the modified phosphatase to produce a reaction product. Any reaction ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image display apparatus that includes a liquid crystal spatial light modulating element and is configured to conduct time division display of a frame by dividing the frame into plural sub frames. The present invention also... | A reliable image display apparatus is provided that is capable of preventing a direct current from being applied to liquid crystal of a spatial light modulating element so that damage such as burns in the liquid crystal and screen flicker may be prevented and a high resolution image with high image quality may be displ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The invention relates generally to the field of pumps, such as compressors and... | A pump includes a housing, a shaft supported by the housing, a piston assembly, a fan blade, and a fan guard. The piston assembly includes a piston cylinder and is operably coupled to the shaft. The fan blade is operable to generate cooling flow. The fan guard is mounted to the housing and includes a channel configured... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. Nonprovisional application Ser. No. 11/199,856, entitled “Noise Suppressing Multi-Microphone Headset” and filed on Aug. 8, 2005, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/599,468, entitled “Jawbone... | A new type of headset that employs adaptive noise suppression, multiple microphones, a voice activity detection (VAD) device, and unique mechanisms to position it correctly on either ear for use with phones, computers, and wired or wireless connections of any kind is described. In various embodiments, the headset emplo... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to optical encoders. Particularly, the present invention relates to optical encoders with enhanced resolution for measuring angles and displacements.
2. Description of the Related Art
An optical encoder include... | In an optical encoder, a plurality of light sources is controlled on and off so as to use light rays to irradiate an optical grating of a scale from a plurality of different directions. The light rays are received by a plurality of photoreceptor elements. Operations are performed using signals output from the photorece... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for preforming thermoplastic materials and, more specifically, to apparatuses and methods for bending thermoplastic sheets to form preforms for ducts.
2) Description of Related Art
Ducts provid... | There are provided apparatuses and related methods for preforming sheets to form preforms for forming ducts. The preforms can be formed of a thermoplastic material, such as flat sheets of reinforced thermoplastic, which can be lightweight, strong, and perform well in flammability, smoke, and toxicity tests. The apparat... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an inductive switch apparatus having a sensor unit and can be used in particular for a position switch apparatus that is used in automatic motor vehicle transmissions.
Known in the prior art is a displacement and angle sensor, in particular for determining a ... | The invention relates to an inductive sensor unit having one or several coils, which are mounted on a printed circuit board in a planar manner. According to the invention, a change in the inductance of a sensor coil due to leakage currents in the inductive actuator is correlated with the position of the actuator in two... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/861,005 filed on Nov. 27, 2006, titled “TWO POSITION EXTENDABLE LINT AND PET HAIR REMOVER” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all that is taught and disclosed therein. ... | A rolling lint and pet and human hair remover will function in at least two different positions and with the option of extending the handle in order to reach hard to reach places for use in automobiles, homes, and other locations, as well as on a person's clothing. The handle is foldable against the lint roller por... | 0 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/580,241, filed Sept. 7, 1990.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an optical transmitter comprising a combination of an electro-optical converter and an opto-electrical converter which are op... | An optical transmitter comprising a control loop for stabilizing the bias current which sets a bias level of the amount of light emitted by a laser diode 6. A cascade circuit 5 which includes the laser diode 6, a photodiode 7 and a variable gain control amplifier 8 is connected in the negative feedback path of the cont... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a foamable silicone rubber composition and a method for curing the composition to give a cured and foamed cellular silicone rubber article. More particularly, the invention relates to a silicone rubber composition which can be foamed and cured into a ce... | A foamed cellular body of a cured silicone rubber composition can be obtained in a continuous process by irradiating a foamable silicone rubber composition containing, in addition to conventional diorganopolysiloxane, finely divided silica filler, blowing agent and crosslinking agent, a substantial amount of a dielectr... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to hard disk drives and in particular to means of attaching a magnetic head suspension assembly to an E-block.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hard disk drives typically include multiple disks that have a magnetic memory storage surface for storing data... | An apparatus and method for assembling baseplates, which are joined to head suspensions, to actuator arms of an E-block for use in disk drives employ an assembly fixture for orienting and holding the head suspensions with reference to a pivot bearing formed in the E-block. An adhesive is interposed in a gap formed betw... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/062,207, filed Jan. 24, 2008, and titled “Delivery Systems and Methods of Implantation for Prosthetic Heart Valves”, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference in... | A delivery system with sequential release mechanism and method of delivering and deploying an implantable stented device into a body lumen including a tabular body, a plurality of activation members extending from the distal end of the tubular body, and a plurality of disks. Each disk includes a proximal and distal sur... | 0 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of PCT/EP2013/054126 filed Mar. 1, 2013, which claims priority to German Application No. 10 2012 004 747.9 filed Mar. 8, 2012; the entire contents of each are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a crimping apparatus for c... | A crimping apparatus for crimping a filament bundle in a melt spinning process includes a conveyor nozzle and a stuffer box which is associated with the conveyor nozzle. For thermal processing, a processing unit, which includes a rotatable processing drum which, for guiding and temperature control of a thread plug, has... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to flow meters for use in fuel dispensing environments. More particularly, the invention relates to an inferential flow meter adapted to have enhanced accuracy when pulsations occur in the flow.
[0002] Inferential flow me... | An apparatus and method for measuring fluid flow comprising an inferential flow meter having a housing defining a fluid flow path. A pulser is operative to produce an output signal indicative of flow rate through the meter. The apparatus further includes a controller in electronic communication with the pulser so as to... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and a device for cementing a well or a pipe, for example a casing, having a portion to be treated so as to make it leaktight, in particular to be repaired and/or plugged.
It applies more particularly, but not necessarily, to the field of oil ... | Introducing within a well or pipe a mandrel equipped with an inflatable membrane which can expand radially under the effect of an internal pressure. Positioning the mandrel opposite the portion to be treated, in introducing a pressurized fluid within the membrane such that its end regions form annular bulges pressing f... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/042,622, filed Jan. 9, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,644,843, and claims the priority date of that application for all common subject matter disclosed herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1... | An inflatable figure assembly is disclosed that has an inflatable, semi-permeable body and a base unit with a continuously operating fan. The body is releasably secured to the base unit with a zipper that facilitates manufacture and interchangeability of a plurality of different bodies with the base unit. Internal ligh... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/818,086, filed Jun. 30, 2006.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention relates to controlling corrosion in acidic h... | Corrosion induced by the presence of naphthenic acids in hydrocarbon fluids, particularly where such fluids are at elevated temperatures, may be inhibited or controlled through use of corrosion inhibiting compositions comprising a combination of a minor portion of a phosphorus-based constituent and a major portion of a... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to controlling power consumption in electrical devices having a finite source of energy, such as battery driven devices and, more particularly, to controlling power consumption in the use of computer displays.
2. Description o... | An eyetracker is used to control power to an electrical device such as a computer display screen so that power consumption is reduced when a user's eyes and therefore a user's attention are not directed to the device. A motion detector activates a proximity detector and/or an IR detector to ensure that power is... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from German Patent Application No. 103 58 257.6, dated Dec. 11, 2003, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a card flat bar for a carding machine, which ... | A carding machine, includes a carrier element with a clothing support part (card flat heel). Two end head parts are associated with the carrier element. The carrier element and the end head parts form at least three assembled components, and the end head parts comprise at least one sliding-contact region, which is in c... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/389,296, filed Feb. 16, 1995, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to methods for detecting the existence of harmful levels of bacterial growth in packaged foods.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The prese... | A method for determining the presence or absence of contaminating bacteria in a packaged food sample includes storing food in a package having as a lining a polymeric composition, said composition preferably being permeable to at least one gas selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide and ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to the telecommunications industry. More particularly, this invention pertains to a digital distribution apparatus for use in a telecommunications network.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The telecommunications industr... | An apparatus is disclosed for providing access to plurality of telecommunication lines. The apparatus includes a frame which carries a plurality of normally closed contacts. The telecommunication lines are terminated on the normally closed contacts. A plurality of modules are provided to be releasably attached to the f... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. The Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for isolating dental tissue for treatment thereupon. In particular, the present invention relates to polymerizable isolation barrier compositions and methods of using the same for isolating to... | The polymerizable dental isolation barrier has a monomer and an initiator. The barrier composition has at least one additive including a polymer strength reducer, a wet tissue adherence accentuator, and a reflective material. The polymer strength reducer is an organic compound that prevents complete polymerization. The... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image processing method and apparatus, which can perform a color print operation of characters, figures, raster images, and the like on the basis of print data, commands, and the like supplied from a host computer.
... | An image processing system for receiving a coded record information in units of pages for use with a recording head includes a method and apparatus for (1) analyzing the received coded record information to derive a minimum band number and a maximum band number of a band in which an object image represented by the code... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] An example of a liquid conductor-based switch device is disclosed by Jonathon Simon et al. in A Liquid - Filled Microrelay with a Moving Mercury Drop, 6 IEEE J. OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, 208-216. The disclosed switch device has a pair of cavities that are adja... | The switch device includes first and second cavities, a passage extending between the cavities, a conductive liquid located in the passage and movable therein, a conductive path that includes the conductive liquid, an actuating liquid enclosed in each of the first and second cavities and covering the inner surfaces the... | 7 |
This application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/IB2012/057463 filed 19 Dec. 2012 which designated the U.S. and claims priority to International Application No. PCT/IB2011/055812 filed 20 Dec. 2011, the entire contents of each of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
TECHNICA... | Optic fiber sensor characterized in that the sensing fiber is provided with a continuous Bragg grating covering the entire fiber length which is dedicated to sensing and along which spatially resolved measurements are performed. | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to electronic connecting devices and, more particularly, to an electronic connecting device with a high compatibility.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
Portable computers, such as notebook computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs), are popular and common... | An electronic connecting device includes a plate defining an opening therein, a connector for being movable along the opening, a controller for shifting the connector to different height positions. | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application is a Continuation Application of the Co-pending application Ser. No. 09/588,686 entitled “DENTITION CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM”, filed Jun. 5, 2000, which is a Continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/330,704 entitled “SQUEEGEE CLEANING DEVICE AND SYSTEM” ... | A dentition cleaning device and system is disclosed for cleaning teeth, gums and dentures. The dentition cleaning device utilizes squeegees that protrude from a cleaning head to provide efficient contact of dentition surfaces during cleaning. The dentition cleaning device is particularly useful for cleaning teeth becau... | 0 |
This application claims the benefit of co-pending U. S. Provisional Application No. 60/013,789 filed Mar. 21, 1996.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing mattress borders.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Automated machines been used for decades ... | Mattress borders are manufactured by advancing and severing a strip of border maerial into first relatively short lengths of the border material for forming handles, and second relatively longer lengths of the border material for forming mattress borders, folding and hemming the relatively short lengths to form tubular... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention pertains to plugs for well conduits, and more particularly to plugs employed in access ports of wellheads of subterranean wells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The wellhead and tree are frequently the top most components of subterranean wells. The wellhead can be use... | A wellhead plug assembly having one or more plugs for plugging segments of a wellhead bore through which access during completion and production procedures is gained. Each plug has a shortened length that is achieved by positioning connections between several of the components of the plug assembly radially beneath the ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an egg transfer device for collecting eggs such as hen's eggs which are delivered by an egg collecting belt from one- or multi-storied cages to one position.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
No difficulty is experienced in the transfer of eggs in the horizonta... | This invention relates to an egg transfer device capable of collecting and transferring eggs delivered from cages without breaking the eggs. Egg collecting shelves are suspended swingably on an endless strip. Eggs are received at a receiving section of the egg collecting shelves and discharged at a discharge section. T... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a novel vinyl ether compound, its synthetic intermediates and a processes for producing the same, and more particularly to a novel vinyl ether compound effective as a copolymer component of fluorine-containing elastomer, ... | (1) CF 2 ═CFO(CF 2 ) n COOR is allowed to react with chlorine or bromine to obtain CF 2 XCFXO(CF 2 ) n COOR', (2) which is allowed to react with a Grignard reagent MgBrC 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 2 to convert the terminal group to --COC 6 H 3 (CH 3 ) 2 , (3) followed by reaction with diethylaminosulfur trifluoride to ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for sectioning a substrate wafer into a plurality of substrate chips
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Microelectronic components, such as computer chips or electronics chips, are typically produced within the framework of so-called planar technolo... | A method for sectioning a substrate wafer into a plurality of substrate chips enables a process management that is particularly timesaving and flexible with respect to the producible surface areas of the substrate chips. For this purpose, the substrate chips are separated from one another by a selective deep patterning... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/806,325, filed Dec. 21, 2012, which is a U.S. National Phase Application pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2011/060507 filed Jun. 22, 2011, which cla... | An auto-injector for administering a dose of a liquid medicament (M) is presented comprising an elongate housing arranged to contain a syringe with a hollow needle and a stopper for sealing the syringe and displacing the medicament (M), the housing having a distal end (D) and a proximal end (P) with an orifice intended... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to a metal laminate gasket for an internal combustion engine with an engaging device, such as a cylinder head gasket and a manifold gasket, which can be securely attached to dowels or bolts on an engine part.
When a cylinder... | A metal laminate gasket of the invention is engaged with an engaging projection of an engine part for immovably locating the gasket on the engine part. The gasket is basically formed of first and second metal plates laminating together. The first plate includes at least one first hole and at least one first engaging po... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention pertains to an electrode with a plate-shaped electrode carrier for use in an electrolysis cell with a corrosion-resistant support, a spring element, a positioning element, or a flow guide element between the carrier and the cell wall, especially to an electrode of a syste... | An electrode for an electrochemical cell used in strip coating systems for continuous metal sheets has a plate-shaped electrode carrier, to which activated electrode components are connected mechanically in a detachable manner. The electrode carrier contains a metal core of material with good electrical conductivity, w... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/180,823, filed on Jun. 13, 2016; which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/216,038 filed Sep. 9, 2015; the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in the... | This invention pertains to hydroformylation catalysts containing a mixture of isomeric forms of halo-phosphorus ligands. This invention also describes a procedure for preparing isomers of certain halophosphite ligands, which contain the phosphorus atom in a macrocyclic ring. | 1 |
U.S. GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
[0001] The invention was made with U.S. Government support under Agreement No. N00421-02-3-3111 awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command. The U.S. Government has certain rights in the invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to nic... | A composition of matter comprises, in combination, in weight percent: a largest content of nickel; at least 16.0 percent cobalt; and at least 3.0 percent tantalum. The composition may be used in power metallurgical processes to form turbine engine turbine disks. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of computer systems and methods, and more particularly without limitation to the field of computer security.
This application claims priority to copending Europe utility application entitled, “A Computer Security Method And Computer System” h... | A method for secure loading, integrity checking of the runtime image and control over the runtime execution of applications which ensures that a software application loads only code it was authorized to load, and that the software application is monitored for unauthorized modifications of the runtime image. The method ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is relative to an oscillatory standing floor.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,640,326 teaches an oscillatory standing floor with an upper part which can move relative to the lower part positioned on the ground or like supporting surface, which upper part and lower part are connecte... | An oscillatory floor surface for standing thereupon. The surface is supported at at least three points each having two circular cups mounted above one another. Each has a spherical depression in confrontation to define a space. A ball is in the space. The cups being affixed to each other by an elastic annular casing. T... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a heat-insulating, sound insulating, high tensile strength and non-toxic emitting fireproof panel and its manufacturing method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In normal renovations or room partitions, the intended partition is first... | This present invention relates to a fireproof material and its manufacturing method, which comprising a material pick-up process, a feed-in process, a cutting process, molding process and drying process. The present invention fireproof material, which uses polyester filament as substrate and the hiatus of exterior subs... | 3 |
[0001] The present invention depends from Australian Provisional Patent Application No. PQ 3027, filed 23 Sep. 1999 in the Commonwealth of Australia, full Paris Convention priority is hereby earnestly solicited and reserved.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to an int... | Supplemental intraluminal graft extension achieved by cuff-means substantially fortify and enhance endovascularly emplaced systems, particularly for bridging aneurysms. Multiple embodiments based upon overlapping of at least two segments are taught. Cuff-means likewise have applications to restore patency to, or substa... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a multi-cylinder engine mounted on a motorcycle.
The number of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine to be mounted on a motorcycle or the like has lately been increased with a view to increasing the upper limit r.p.m. of the engine, to th... | A multi-cylinder engine mounted on a motorcycle includes at least two cylinders arranged in a V-configuration. At least one cylinder of the engine extends downwardly and frontwardly relative to the motorcycle. The remaining cylinder(s) of the engine extend upwardly and frontwardly, and the lower and upper cylinders def... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
Large format inkjet printers print on a variety of different substrates. Large format print substrates include, for example, paper, vinyl and textiles that may be supplied as flexible or rigid pre-cut sheets or rolls of flexible web. Currently, flexible web substrates are more common for large format p... | In one implementation, an encoder assembly for a printer includes: an encoder scale having indicators thereon for determining a printing parameter; an encoder sensor for sensing indicators on the scale; and a mechanism configured to alternately attach an encoder part (either the scale or the sensor) to the substrate an... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/835,154 filed Aug. 7, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present application is genera... | A steering tool is movable by a drill string to form an underground bore along an intended path. A sensing arrangement of the steering tool detects its pitch and yaw orientations at a series of spaced apart positions along the bore, each position is characterized by a measured extension of the drill string. The steerin... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/035,924, filed Dec. 21, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,960,289 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/618,515, filed Jul. 18, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,413,410, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/981,385, filed Apr. 17, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,2... | This invention relates to a biosensor and more particularly to an electrochemical biosensor for determining the concentration of an analyte in a carrier. The invention is particularly useful for determining the concentration of glucose in blood and is described herein with reference to that use but it should be underst... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a construction of a fuel assembly spacer used for various nuclear power reactors of the type where the fuel assembly is inserted in a coolant duct and, more particularly, to a fuel assembly spacer which has a plurality of springs having a unit for spring stren... | A fuel assembly spacer for a nuclear reactor, the spacer having a plurality of spring with a uniform spring strength and arranged symmetrically around the outer periphery of the spacer so that the fuel assembly can be coaxially disposed with respect to a coolant duct. This spacer serves to maintain as uniform a gap as ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/458,209, filed Jul. 18, 2006, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/057,400 filed Feb. 11, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,553,382, incorporated herein by ref... | The present invention relates to the addition of niobium to iron based glass forming alloys. More particularly, the present invention is related to changing the nature of crystallization resulting in glass formation that may remain stable at much higher temperatures, increasing the glass forming ability and increasing ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for monitoring receivers, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for determining the particular transmitting station from which program signals are received and translated by a monitored r... | A method and apparatus are provided for determining a particular transmitting station from which program signals are received and translated by a monitored receiver within a test area and including mobile receivers. A stored transmitter characteristic table includes a corresponding transmitting station identification s... | 7 |
This invention relates to automatic phase control (APC) circuitry which uses a controllable phase shifter to align the phase of an oscillator signal to that of a reference signal.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,911,368 entitled "Phase Interpolating Apparatus and Method", which is hereby incorporated by reference, relate... | Circuitry for aligning the transition of a clock signal to transitions of a horizontal line synchronizing signal includes a series of delay elements which provide a plurality of clock signal phases. The longest phase delay provided by this circuitry is greater than the period of the clock signal. The clock signal and t... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/128,803 filed May 11, 2011, which is a National Stage Application of PCT/JP2009/070383 filed Dec. 4, 2009, which claims priority from Japanese Application No. 2008-310716 filed on Dec. ... | The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent that inhibits the chronic progression of Parkinson's disease or protects dopamine neurons from disease etiology, thereby suppressing the progression of neurological dysfunction, so as to prolong the period of time until L-dopa is administered while also improvin... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting and regulating a focused condition of an electron beam emitted from an electron gun of an electron beam welding apparatus and directed onto a workpiece, and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for detecting... | A method and apparatus for detecting and regulating a focused condition of an electron beam emitted from an electron gun of an electron beam welding apparatus. An electron beam of a low intensity is first directed onto the workpiece. The coil current of an electromagnetic condenser lens used to focus the electron beam ... | 1 |
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