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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. The Field of the Invention
This invention relates to means for distributing steam on a moving sheet of paper.
2. State of the Art
In most paper products it is desirable to automatically control the cross machine moisture content using a steam shower or steam distri... | The specification discloses a steam distributor having a chamber to contain steam on one side of a paper web and a vacuum box on the opposite side of the paper web. The chamber has a vacuum release means to prevent the chamber from being pulled onto the paper web if vacuum is applied when steam is not applied. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory and, more particularly, to a technique which may effectively be applied to, for example, a micro-programmable ROM (Read-Only Memory) which may be incorporated in a digital processing device that adopts the microprogram system.
... | A semiconductor memory includes an array of memory cells wherein each memory cell is disposed at the intersection between a word line and a data line. An output line of the memory is coupled to the data line via transfer MOSFET and a data line signal detecting circuit, the latter being provided between the common data ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/112,903 entitled “PLATFORM RULER”, filed Nov. 10, 2008 by Louis A. Norelli, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein for all purposes.
BA... | A hands-free measuring instrument is disclosed. The disclosed instrument includes an upright member extending perpendicularly from a base member. At least one magnet is affixed to the instrument to facilitate the mounting thereof on a ferrous workpiece. The disclosed instrument includes at least one bubble level dispos... | 8 |
This application is a Continuation-in-Part Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 457,727, filed Jan. 13, 1983, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,466,757. The disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,314,773 and the prior art references cited therein are relevant to the invention disclosed and claimed herein. The complete text of U.S.... | The present invention levels freshly poured concrete, internally vibrates a linear segment of that concrete and then moves forward and remixes a surcharged concrete layer to yield a more uniformly dense mass of concrete. The apparatus includes a bridge spanning the width of a plastic concrete surface and is suppported ... | 4 |
The present invention is generally directed to automatic hot water recovery apparatus for the conservation of thermal energy, and is more particularly directed to a pressurized plumbing system and water heater apparatus for substantially reducing the thermal losses from unused hot water remaining in hot water lines.
... | Automatic hot water recovery apparatus is provided for conserving the energy in a pressurized plumbing system and water heater apparatus by recovering hot water from hot water lines extending to plumbing fixtures remotely disposed from the water heater. A piston is provided within the water heater to enable the displac... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the interconnection of voice response units to secure the collection of confidential data. More specifically, the invention relates to initiating a bridge call with a caller, indentifying the caller by an Automatic Number Identifica... | A method and system of collecting confidential data by means of initiating a bridge call with a caller and a vendor. The bridge call allows an interconnection between a merchant's Interactive Voice Response unit (IVR) and a vendor's Interactive Voice Response unit (IVR) without the need to loop the caller back ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to method for the preparation of a rare earth-cobalt based permanent magnet or, more particularly, to an improved method for the preparation of a rare earth-cobalt based permanent magnet with a relatively low content of copper as an additive element yet ha... | The permanet magnet composed of a rare earth element, e.g. samarium, and cobalt together with iron, copper and some other additive elements and prepared according to the inventive method has a high coercive force and excellent squareness of the magnetic hysteresis loop despite the relatively low content of copper which... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The following disclosur... | This invention relates to internal combustion engines with cylinders arranged parallel to the main shaft and where reciprocating movements of the pistons are converted to rotation by means of a Z-crank mechanism and motion converter, or conversely to systems such as pumps and compressors wherein rotation of the Z-crank... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to exposure apparatuses and methods, and more particularly to an exposure apparatus and method for projecting and exposing an object, such as a single crystal substrate for a semiconductor wafer, a glass plate for a liquid crystal display (“LCD”). ... | An exposure method for exposing a pattern formed on a reticle onto an object includes a flatness measurement step for measuring the flatness of the object and storing the information obtained, a position measurement step for measuring positions at plural points on the object, and a changing step for changing at least o... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, and more particularly to an image heating apparatus adapted for use as a fixing apparatus to be mounted on... | The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, comprising, a rotatable member; heating device for heating an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member, the heating device including a heater for forming a heating nip portion in cooperation with the rotatable member; back-up ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of cashless transaction processing systems. More specifically, systems and methods are disclosed that provide, ensure, and maintain the security of financial transactions conducted with a credit card, electronic wallet, or other cashles... | Systems and methods to provide and maintain secure financial transaction conducted with a credit card or other cashless payment mechanism at a vending machine or other potentially unattended vending or point of sale device. Encapsulated card readers providing end-to-end encryption capabilities encrypt transaction data ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of making a polyfluorosulfonamido amine and the intermediate thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Polyfluorosulfonamido amines are useful starting materials for various products including: fluorinated surfactants, including cationic, non... | Current methods for making polyfluorosulfonamido amines, which involve the use of a diamine reactant, provide low yields and produce an undesirable fluorine containing bis-sulfonamide by-product representing an economic loss. The bis-sulfonamide by-product is particularly undesirable because it shares very similar phys... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to vehicular audio/video techniques, more particularly, this invention relates to an audio/video expansion device provided with learning function, a vehicular audio/video system using the same and i... | A vehicular audio/video expansion device provided with learning function, a vehicular audio/video system using the same and its learning method have been disclosed. According to the present invention, the vehicular A/V system comprises: a playback device having a remote control provided with a first button associated w... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to the methods and apparatus for tasting beverages, oils and other foods.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] The evolution in wine tasting and apprec... | A method and apparatus to be employed in tasting processes for the purpose of characterizing the aromatic qualities of, for example, a wine, single malt scotch, hot brewed coffee or tea, chocolate, breads, food oils or similar type of aromatic product. The apparatus comprises a carrier material suitable for the support... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Recycling of wastepaper is a key to survival of pulp and paper industries. The driving forces are limited by space for landfills, prevention of forests, and consumer pressure and legislation for recycled content in paper products. To produce good quality recycled paper requires, among ... | This invention relates to a treatment process of wastepaper for making printing grade paper from newsprints and officewastes using surface active polymer composition including a novel surface active terpolymer. In particular, the invention is concerned with a process for removing ink from an aqueous pulp slurry by trea... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a control device as well as to a method for controlling the operation of motor vehicle components, especially of an internal combustion engine or transmission of a motor vehicle, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 or ... | When a microcontroller, having associated output stages which are used to control components, is used, a digital release signal, in addition to the control signal, is supplied to an output stage which signals the blocking or releasing of the output stage according to the state of the signal. In the event of malfunction... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a gripper weaving machine comprising a gripper which can be moved into and out of the shed and mounted to a rapier associated with guides which can be moved into and out of the shed through the warp sheet, and to guides for guidi... | A gripper weaving machine with a plurality of guiding devices( 28 ) for guiding gripper carrying rapiers ( 1,2 ). The guiding devices ( 28 ) have two rows of guiding elements ( 35,36 ) with two guiding surfaces ( 37,38 ) that are associated with the bottom side of the rapiers ( 1,2 ). The guiding elements ( 35,36 ) are... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a clothes dryer and, more particularly, to the placement of fuses in the clothes dryer cabinet to reduce the risk of fire occurring in the dryer cabinet or outside the cabinet due to shorting of the live wire lines in the dryer cabinet with one another, with... | A clothes dryer cabinet has a rear wall with a wire entry opening through which wiring enters into the dryer cabinet. A fuse supporting block is mounted closely adjacent to the wire entry opening and supports fuses which are connected directly to the wiring entering through the wire opening so as to limit or minimize t... | 3 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 USC §119(e) to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 62/386,681 filed on Dec. 8, 2015, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
[0002] This invention was made with government ... | This document describes a conformable substrate that includes a hydrogel having adhesion-promoting moieties, said adhesion-promoting moieties comprising one or more catechol groups. The conformable substrate includes an array of microelectrodes bonded to the hydrogel by the adhesion-promoting moieties via the one or mo... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention was developed to safely reduce the rolling resistance of a vehicle, thereby increasing gas mileage. For this invention increasing gas mileage or miles per gallon will be used but in the case of electric vehicles one would substitute... | The TTAssembly is a three tire and rim wheel assembly. The assembly consists of a large diameter center wheel with two identical smaller diameter wheels on the inboard and outboard sides respectively. The TTAssembly replaces the standard single rim single tire assemblies on a vehicle hub, maximizing gas mileage and the... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to tissue evaluation and treatment. Physical therapists are trained to evaluate and treat a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions including muscle strain, joint sprain as well as insidious onset of spine and extremity pain. Tissue evaluati... | A handheld tissue stretching device combined with an extremity flexibility number, stretchscore, enables users to independently evaluate and treat the flexibility of their extremity tissue minimizing physical therapist intervention to evaluate and treat tissue. The distance between handheld stretching devices and the e... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
The invention disclosed and claimed herein is related to the invention disclosed and claimed in application Serial No. (YO997-080; Thin Film Transistors Fabricated on Plastic Substrates) which was filed on the same date as this application and is assigned to the same assignee as the instant invent... | A thin film transistor is described incorporating a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, a semiconducting channel layer deposited on top of the gate insulating layer, an insulating encapsulation layer positioned on the channel layer, a source electrode, a drain electrode and a contact layer beneath each of the sour... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This applications refers to and claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/111,860 filed Dec. 11, 1998 and entitled “AIRCRAFT ICING DETECTION SYSTEM” the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
STATEMENT OF ... | The present invention comprises a system and method for detecting icing conditions in a multi-mode aircraft by indirectly detecting ice accretion through the measurement of aircraft performance related characteristics. Indirect characteristics are used, sometimes in additional to traditional icing sensor input, because... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates to field effect transistor (FET) devices, and more specifically, to methods for fabrication and multi-gate FET devices.
[0002] Multi-gate FET devices include FinFET devices which are non-planar transistors disposed on a substrate. The FinFET device... | A method for forming a field effect transistor device includes patterning an arrangement of fin portions on a substrate, patterning a gate stack portion over portions of the fin portions and the substrate, growing an epitaxial material from the fin portions that electrically connects portions of adjacent fin structures... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a coffee maker and more specifically to a two cups automatic coffee maker with flow control to make a precise number of cups of coffee and with two different tastes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Brewing coffee also called... | The present invention relates to a coffee maker and more specifically to a two cups automatic coffee maker with flow control in a precise manner, particular to a one cup coffee in desired volume, a two reservoirs type design to avoid overfill and able to have two different tastes, with a manual reset thermostat control... | 0 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/967,917 filed on Oct. 28, 1992, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 5,362,557 and incorporated by reference herein, and which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/570,025, filed Aug. 20, 1990, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention ge... | Process for the production of decorative laminates having improved scratch, mar, scrape and abrasion resistance comprising the initial step of preparing a mixture of a melamine-formaldehyde resin and an abrasion resistant material, wherein the mixture includes abrasion resistant alumina particles having a particle size... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/021,626, filed on Jul. 7, 2014, entitled “INTEGRATED CMOS AND MEMS SENSOR FABRICATION METHOD AND STRUCTURE,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entiret... | A method of providing a CMOS-MEMS structure is disclosed. The method comprises patterning a first top metal on a MEMS actuator substrate and a second top metal on a CMOS substrate. Each of the MEMS actuator substrate and the CMOS substrate include an oxide layer thereon. The method includes etching each of the oxide la... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to automatic transmissions and more particularly to an internal transmission range selection system using electronic controls.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Motorized vehicles include a power plant (e.g., engine or electric motor) that produces drivin... | A solenoid assembly for implementation with an electronic transmission range selection (ETRS) system that shifts a transmission range between a park position and an out-of-park position. The solenoid assembly includes an extension arm biased against a member of the ETRS system. The extension arm is movable to an extend... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed generally to turbine blades, and more particularly to the cooling systems of turbine blades having internal cooling systems.
BACKGROUND
Typically, gas turbine engines include a compressor for compressing air, a combustor for mixing the compressed air w... | A turbine blade for a turbine engine having an internal cooling system formed from at least one cavity for receiving cooling air from a turbine blade assembly, passing the cooling air through the internal cooling system, and expelling the cooling air through orifices in a leading edge forming a showerhead, orifices in ... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application is a continuation, and claims priority benefit with regard to all common subject matter, of earlier-filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/134,148, filed on Apr. 20, 2016, and entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT”. U.S. patent app... | An irrigation management system includes a water pump, at least one mobile irrigation system, and a pump controller. The mobile irrigation system includes a water pressure sensor for generating water pressure data indicating water pressure in the irrigation system. The pump controller is configured to receive the water... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/906,878, filed Oct. 18, 2010, which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/750,282, filed on May 17, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/270,272, filed on Oct. ... | A flat file data organization technique is used for storing and retrieving geospatially organized data. The invention reduces transfer time by transferring a few large files in lieu of a large number of small files. It also moves the process of locating a given data file away from the file system to a proprietary code ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a process and apparatus for preheating and inserting scrap into a smelting furnace for production of steel or the like, and more particularly, to a process and apparatus by which the scrap may be preheated using energy contained in furnace-waste gases, which en... | The invention is directed to a process and apparatus for preheating and transferring scrap into smelting furnaces for steelmaking or the like. The scrap is preheated by energy contained in the waste gases from the smelting furnace, which energy comprises sensible heat and chemically bonded heat in the combustible porti... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a picking-up apparatus for converting an optical image of an object into an electrical picture signal, particularly a television signal.
In known picking-up apparatuses such as a television camera a vidicon tube is generally used as an image picki... | A picking-up apparatus such as a color television camera for converting an image of an object to be picked-up into an electrical picture signal comprises a lens system such as an objective lens system for forming the image of the object on an image plane, a scanner comprising a swingable plane mirror for optically scan... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention pertains to modular forms for forming free standing, concrete-filled walls and, more particularly, to modular, pre-insulated forms readily assembled and adapted to receive concrete therein.
The process of forming vertical walls from p... | A free-standing, hollow, prefabricated concrete form for forming a lost form, pre-finished concrete wall having an insulating layer on at least one major surface, typically an outer, earth facing surface thereof. The inside of the form has a rough finished surface. The form provides metal studs, typically on convention... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a monitoring system for motor vehicles that produces a warning signal when the pressure within a tire changes to an unacceptable level.
As is well known, the useful life of a tire is materially affected if the tire is operated over a prolonged per... | A monitoring system for motor vehicles that produces a warning signal when the pressure within a tire changes to an unacceptable pressure. The system includes a sensor unit attached on the wheel on which the tire to be monitored is mounted and a second component secured to the vehicle body. The unit mounted to the vehi... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/468212, filed on Jun. 6, 1995, now abandoned, which a divisional application of Ser. No. 08/079310, filed on Jun. 17, 1993, pending.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to lithographic proc... | Photoacid generators advantageous for use in applications such as photoacid generators used in chemically amplified resists are disclosed. These compounds are based on an ortho nitro benzyl configuration employing an α substituent having high bulk, steric characteristics, and electron withdrawing ability. The enhanced ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to the art of media handling, in general, and methods and apparatus for converting non-continuous media handling devices into continuous media handling devices, in specific. Typically, the media comprises sheet material in the form of paper sheets.
A co... | In a method of continuously feeding sheets, a top-sheet pick-up device and a feed table for feeding stacks of sheets to the pick-up device are provided. A stack of sheets are placed on the feed table and fed towards the pick-up device. When it is detected that the uppermost sheets are positioned under the pick-up devic... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Applicant claims the benefit of the filing date of Sep. 4, 2008 of its U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/190,949, which application is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to pouch... | An improved pouch has a crimped or squeezed mouth region to facilitate pouch opening and hold open during filling. Mouth edge curls are disclosed for enhancing mouth opening. Roller nip and crimp roller apparatus is disclosed. Pouch conditioning methods are disclosed. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to underground fluid pumping systems and more particularly, to such pumps which are capable of activating in response to surrounding liquid levels.
2. Discussion
Increased monitoring of environmental quality h... | A pump apparatus for pumping undergound fluids from a well. The pump includes inner and outer chambers, and a float slidable within the outer chamber. A source of compressed air is directed to a valve on the pump. The valve controls the flow of the compressed air into the outer chamber during the pumping cycle, and als... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a sensor.
Furthermore, the invention relates to a sensor array.
Moreover, the invention relates to a method of operating a sensor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A biosensor may be denoted as a device which may be used for the detection of an an... | A sensor device has an arrangement of plural sensors for sensing an analyte which is in at least one of liquid phase or a suspension or a gel. Each sensor includes a nano-electrode and is configured to sense the presence of a particle localized to or bound to the nano-electrode. The sensor is configured to discriminate... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates generally to handheld electronic devices and, more particularly, to a handheld electronic device that enables a user to establish a prioritized list of preferred networks to be used in roaming situation... | A handheld electronic device adapted to display a listing of known networks, scan for available networks, display a listing of the available networks and enable the entry of information relating to manually entered networks. In addition, the device is adapted to (1) enable the addition of preferred networks to a prefer... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for manufacture of a continuous sheet of flat glass by supporting molten glass on a pool of molten metal and advancing it along the surface of the pool of molten metal while cooling it to form a continuous... | A method and apparatus for reducing longitudinal distortion in float glass is disclosed. A beam or barrier having cross-hatched grooves is installed below the advancing float glass ribbon in a float glass-forming chamber. The barrier acts to divert or diffuse laterally the molten metal which is being drawn by interfaci... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to improvements in vent apparatus for protecting a confined space having a vent aperture for relief of an overpressure condition. Conventional vent apparatus is especially useful for covering relief openings in enclosures subjec... | Apparatus for protecting a confined space having a vent aperture for relief of an overpressure condition and provided with a vent unit having a pressure relief portion normally closing the vent aperture is provided with recloser structure for generally closing off the vent aperture in the event of opening of the pressu... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the accelerated evaporation of water or other solvent from a coating on the surface of a panel, and is particularly useful for accelerating the drying of intermediate and final coats of water borne coatings for example during the re-painting of road vehicles. It al... | A coating of paint on a panel is dried by directing a narrow jet of air from a supply, preferably from an air mover, held at a predetermined distance from the panel towards one edge region of the panel, the jet being substantially narrower, when it reaches the panel edge region, than the length of the panel edge and th... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application, Ser. No. 07/388,475, filed Aug. 2, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,982,538 and entitled "CONCRETE PANELS, CONCRETE DECKS, PARTS THEREOF, AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THEIR FABRICATION AND USE", which was a conti... | Concrete panels for making concrete decks or floors for spanning between structural supports; parts of such panels including shear connectors, thread formers, and resilient grout seals; tools for manipulating grout-seals; co-acting forms for making panels; interior and overhang panels and apparatuses and methods for fa... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to washing and drying apparatus and more particularly to a new and improved washer-dryer utilizing a single drum to provide both a washing and drying cycle in sequential operations. A compact unit is thereby provided.
... | A compact washer-dryer apparatus wherein a washing and drying cycle typically performed on clothes is set forth utilizing a common rotating drum for each operation. Directed drying air is provided to the common drum by means of an overlying plenum chamber. Subsequent to a washing cycle, a pivoting shielding plate is re... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/502,084, entitled “Propulsion and Steering Mechanism for an Underwater Vehicle”, filed Aug. 10, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,540,255 B2, which claims priority to provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/710,552... | A remotely operated underwater vehicle includes a case to which is attached a camera for transmitting video to a remotely located base station. A tether having four pairs of twisted wire operably connects the underwater vehicle, and the camera to the base station. Video is transmitted from the camera to the base statio... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of books, particularly children's books and to the protection of children's books from chewing during the teething stage for infants or orally active children.
[0003] ... | A replaceable article can be secured to and removed from the binding or backing of a children's book. The device can be chewed on without damage to the book or injury to the child. The device can slide onto the binding area and extend away from the book to provide an attracting appearance. The article may be replac... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to the field of electrical connector contacts or terminals and connector assemblies and in particular of the type having contact forces caused by torsional loading of the contact terminals.
2. Description of the Prior ... | An electrical connector contacts assembly having a solid elongated pin member and a hollow socket member each having like cross-sections for closely removably inserting the pin through the socket. The socket body is twisted into a helical configuration while the pin is straight-sided. The assembly of the members reconf... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/825,325 filed 20 May 2013, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, is hereby claimed.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not app... | A method of drilling multiple boreholes within a single caisson, for recovery of methane gas from a coal bed, including the steps of drilling first and second vertical boreholes from a single location within a single caisson; drilling at least one or more horizontal wells from the several vertical bore hole, the horizo... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/087,980, filed 22 Nov. 2013, which is a continuation and claims the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/663,272, filed 29 Oct. 2012, now issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,647,377, which is a continuati... | The present invention relates to devices and methods for the treatment of diseases in the vasculature, and more specifically, devices and methods for treatment of aneurysms found in blood vessels. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a two part prostheses, where one part is an expandable sponge structure and... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention pertains to a controlled release dosage form, based on a modified hydrophillic matrix composition.
Controlled release pharmaceutical dosage forms have received much attention in recent years and are highly desirable for providing a constant level of pharmace... | A swellable hydrophillic matrix tablet that delivers drugs in a controlled manner over a long period of time and is easy to manufacture. More specifically, the drug is disposed in a matrix composed of HPMC or polyethylene oxide, in the presence of a salt, which may be a combination of salts. Suitable salts include sodi... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to capturing exhaust gases and in particular to a bonnet for capturing exhaust gases from a railroad locomotive at rest or in motion at a slow speed.
Railroad locomotives generally have a large diesel engine coupled to a generator which provides powe... | A bonnet captures exhaust gases from the exhaust pipes of diesel-powered locomotives. The bonnet includes a shell with a compliant fender. One or more of the bonnets are positioned over the exhaust pipe or pipes of the locomotive and are secured to the exhaust pipes or to a top surface of the locomotive. The bonnets ar... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to wall construction and, in particular, to a wall system formed of an array of prefinished rectangular panels mechanically held on a wall framework.
PRIOR ART
It is known to construct a wall surface for a room or other structure with a plurality of pr... | A wall system comprising a plurality of rectangular rigid prefinished panels mounted on a wall support structure with main runners and cross runners. The main runners serve to lock the panels onto the support structure and with the cross runners serve to prevent the panels from warping due to adverse moisture condition... | 4 |
This is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/052,453, filed Apr. 26, 1993, now abandoned, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention relates to vehicle door panels and more particularly to improvements in methods for making vehicle door panels relatin... | A method of making an interior panel of an automotive vehicle door having an exterior surface which is to face toward the interior of the automotive vehicle when installed therein which comprises the steps of forming a bolster laminate including a textile outer layer, a flexible imperforate layer and an inner surface l... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention is directed to a TONG BEARING and in particular, to a machinable TONG BEARING that may be reconditioned for multiple uses and an extended useful life.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
... | A renewable bearing is for a tong including a housing and an engagement assembly. The bearing has a monolithic upper bearing element having a substantially planar upper surface and a monolithic lower bearing element having a substantially planar lower surface. The upper and lower bearing elements are configured to moun... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/713,180, entitled “Dry Powder Inhaler with Aeroelastic Dispersion Mechanism,” filed on Mar. 2, 2007, pending, which claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application No. 60/7... | A dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament to a patient includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving a dose of powdered medicament, an inhalation port in fluid communication with the chamber, at least one airflow inlet providing fluid communication between the chamber and an exterior of the housing, and an a... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application, claiming the priority benefit of application Ser. No. 14/795,972, filed Jul. 10, 2015, which claims the priority benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/023,634, filed on Jul. 11, 2014, both of which applications are hereby incorporated by re... | Mount for an access point and an antenna includes a base for attachment to a support structure, the base for attaching thereto an access point; and a tray pivotably attached to the base, the tray for attaching thereto an antenna. The tray is disposed above the base and the tray is positionable at an angle relative to a... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
The invention pertains to sensors, and particularly to flame sensors. More particularly, the invention pertains to circuitry for flame sensors.
The present application is related to the following indicated patent applications: “Dynamic DC Biasing and Leakage Compensation”, U.S. application Ser. No. 1... | A low cost flame sensing system having at last one floating point. For instance, the system may have two grounds. There may be a flame sensing rod for detecting a flame which has a model circuit which appears upon the existence of the flame proximate to the sensing rod. The sensing rod may function without an explicit ... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention involves the use of adrenal enzyme inhibitors for inhibiting increased secretion of cortisol in response to stressful stimuli such as anxiety, anger, depression and fear thus ameliorating such maladies as glucocorticoid-mediated insulin resista... | A composition and method for inhibiting adrenal enzyme synthesis in a user in order to improve glucose tolerance, reduce obesity, reduce diabetes, reduce hypertension and reduce atherosclerosis. The preferred active ingredient is trilostane which is combined with a suitable carrier which acts as an adrenal enzyme inhib... | 0 |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 08/166,432 filed Dec. 14, 1993, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The instant invention relates to producing perhalofluorobutanes and perhalofluorohexanes, more particularly it relates to their production by utilizing tetrafluoroethylene (hereina... | The instant invention relates to producing perhalofluorobutanes and perhalofluorohexanes, more particularly it relates to their production by utilizing tetrafluoroethylene (hereinafter referred to as "TFE") and chlorotrifluoro-ethylene (hereinafter referred to as "CTFE") with selected perhalofluoroethan... | 2 |
[0001] This application claims priority from Canadian Patent Application No. 2,411,955, filed Nov. 15, 2002, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention relates to the field of embroidery machines, and more specifically, to a syste... | A method for minimizing contact between a needle point and a needle thread in a computer controlled embroidery machine, to prevent breakage of the needle thread by the needle point upon penetration of a workpiece during stitching. The method includes the steps of: determining a first straight path between a current nee... | 3 |
This application claims as under 35 U.S.C. 119 of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/099,547 filed Sep. 23, 2008 and U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/136,679 filed Sep. 24, 2008.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a storage element, preferably aerod... | The present invention relates to a storage element, preferably aerodynamic, designed for a bicycle frame, and more particularly a storage element designed in conjunction with the frame so as to increase the volume for storage proximate the frame. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an automatic ice maker for use in a refrigerator, and more particularly, to an ice maker-driving device for a refrigerator which generally includes an ice quantity-checking part, an ice-separatin... | The present invention relates to an ice maker-driving device for a refrigerator and a method for operating the same wherein the ice-making container connected to the ice-separating lever and rotated by initial circuit set is reversely rotated before forward rotation and has a protruded coupling part having a predetermi... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a safety valve for a subterranean well of the type employing a pivotally movable flapper which cooperates with an annular valve seat defined on a well conduit.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Flapper type safety valve... | The disclosure relates to an improved flapper type saftey valve and valve housing for use in subterranean wells wherein the flapper valve is actuated from a horizontal closed position to a vertical open position by contact with a downwardly moving actuating sleeve. The top surface of the valve is elevated so that the b... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a reading device for a dobby machine.
There is known a reading device in which a reading lever is adapted to rotate and shift between two positions around a single shaft according to whether a peg on a rotating cylinder is present. A retaining hoo... | In a reading device for a dobby machine, the reading levers and retaining hooks are pivotally mounted on separate axes. Each reading lever rotates a retaining hook so that the angular velocity of the retaining hook decreases as the retaining hook pivots from its disengaged to engaged position and increases when the ret... | 3 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/677,628, filed Dec. 3, 1984, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an inflatable evacuation slide device and more particularly to an inflatable slide for use on elevated trains where there is a restricted clearance sp... | An inflatable escape slide having an inflatable platform that provide a horizontal walkway from an elevated vehicle such as a train. An inflatable slide portion is connected to the platform and is deployable in a longitudinal direction that is in the same general direction as the train thus ensuring deployment where cl... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
This disclosure relates to a method for providing localized heating in an oil well at precise depths to accomplish or expedite specific objectives. The disclosure also relates to the use of a heating tool which can be lowered into an oil well to apply heat at a precise depth to achieve a desired result. ... | Methods are described for providing localized heating in an oil well at precise depths to accomplish or expedite specific objectives. The methods involve the use of a heating tool which can be lowered into an oil well to apply heat at a precise depth to achieve a desired result. The specific objectives may include loca... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to the field of power window systems, and more particularly to devices and methods for maintaining a constant rate of speed at which an electric or other motor raises and lowers an automobile window.
2. Description ... | A device and method for matching the rates of speed at which an electric motor that is drivingly connected to a worm gear raises and lowers a window in an automobile power window assembly. By axially displacing the motor's armature, and/or by varying the thread and tooth profiles of the worm and the gear, the amoun... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a video monitoring field, and more particularly, to a target tracking method and system for an intelligent tracking fast-speed dome
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A fast-speed dome (also called a spherical camera) is referr... | Disclosed is a target tracking method for an intelligent tracking high speed dome, comprising: in the process of target tracking, when the position coordinates of a newly selected target in the acquired tracking image are received, matching the position coordinates of the newly selected target in the tracking image, us... | 6 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/159,272 filed on Nov. 30, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,176.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to wear parts and tools having a strongly adherent diamond coating deposited thereupon and to a process for making these products. It is especi... | A diamond-coated tool and a process for making them. The process includes a sintering step. In that step, a substrate is sintered in an atmosphere and for a time and at a temperature so that superficial, exaggerated grain growth is promoted that imparts a surface roughness which may serve as anchoring sites during a su... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-172678, filed on Jun. 13, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | Disclosed is a communication control method for recovering communication failures caused by a packet loop that occurs as a result of L2-level misconnection at relay switches in a communication system where data transmission/reception is carried out between a plurality of end hosts connected to the relay switches within... | 7 |
This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/222,776 filed on Apr. 4, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,480,744, and assigned to Motorola, Inc.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to electrochemical charge storage materials, and rechargeable electrochemical cells using such m... | An electrochemical, bismuth containing charge storage material and electrochemical cells (10) having an electrode (20) comprising the material. The charge storage material has the composition: Bi x X y M z where Bi is bismuth, M and X are modifiers and x, y, and z represent the relative proportion of each component. | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefits of the filing of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/104,783 filed Oct. 13, 2008. The complete disclosures of the aforementioned related patent applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.... | This invention relates to a novel thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidine, A, and its therapeutic and prophylactic uses, wherein R 1 and R 2 are defined in the specification. Disorders treated and/or prevented include Parkinson's Disease. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/273,181, filed on Mar. 1, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of CXC chemokine receptor antagonist... | The present invention provides novel nucleic acids, novel polypeptide sequences encoded by these nucleic acids, methods for production thereof, and uses thereof, for a novel ELR-CXC chemokine receptor antagonist. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. The Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for severing a sheet of refractory material and, more particularly, to sever the bulb edges of a sheet cut from a continuous glass ribbon.
2. Discussions of the Technical Difficulty
As taug... | Bulb edges are severed from a glass sheet. At least one score is imposed along and adjacent to the bulb edge, and the scores are sequentially opened by mechanically running the score. A pair of powered and jointly actuated, simultaneously moving cylindrical mandrels apply torque about the trailing end of the score line... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There are many applications, particularly in mining and in industry, in which continuous conveyor belts are utilized to move bulk materials such as coal, grain, and the like from one location to another. In any system of this kind, the bulk material must be deposited on the moving conv... | An input station for a belt conveyor of the kind including a continuous conveyor belt that moves in a conveyor run through an input station to a discharge location, around a head pulley, and in a return run around a tail pulley back to the input station and the conveyor run. At the input station the conventional center... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The described technology is directed to the fields of business process reporting and dynamic diagramming.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Business process management, which are essentially workflow and tracking software applications, enable a company to automate and track bus... | A facility for providing a workflow report document for a number of instances of a business process is described. In connection with information specifying the display of an arrangement of shapes each representing a constituent action of the business process, the facility provides information specifying the display in ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for rapid formation of a highly uniform nonwoven web of staple fibers and is particularly suitable for the formation of the low basis weight webs of thermoplastic fibers at a high rate of speed.
Nonwoven fabrics are produced by a v... | In the production of a nonwoven fabric of thermally bonded fibers, a heavy web of fibers is continuously fed to a toothed cylinder at a slow speed to form a layer of fibers, and a portion of this layer is removed and formed into a lightweight uniform web at a faster speed. The second web is conveyed without draw to a c... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/896,213 filed Mar. 21, 2007.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is in the field of ground fault interrupters (GFI's) and, more partic... | A ground fault interruption (GFI) system is incorporated onto a DSP based LRM of an aerospace vehicle. The GFI system operates with digital controls and, unlike the prior art, the system does not employ current transformers. Synchronization pulses are employed to coordinate instantaneous current measurement samplings i... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. provisional patent application number 60/411,321 entitled Double Acting Load Floor Slam Latch.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention rel... | The present invention relates to a latch for securing together a panel to a keeper thus permitting opening and closing of a portion of the panel while allowing the remaining portion of the panel to remain closed. When the latch is unlatched from a keeper, a user can refasten the panel by lowering the panel until the ma... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a catheter for the ablation of biological, in particular of animal or human, tissue, preferably for the ablati... | In order in the case of a catheter for the ablation of biological, in particular of animal or human, tissue, preferably for the ablation of human myocardial tissue, having at least one ablation or mapping electrode to permit the recording of ECG signals during catheter ablation and, in particular, to improve the qualit... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/636,812 entitled “Putter,” filed on Aug. 8, 2003, now allowed, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/051,007 entitled “Adjustable Putter,” filed on Jan. 22... | A golf putter head adapted for attachment to a club shaft is provided with a face member having a strike face and a cylindrical back cavity, and a body member configured to fit and rotate within the back cavity is disclosed. Selective rotation of the body member within the back cavity sets a loft of the putter head. Th... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application is a continuation of and claims priority to International Application No. PCT/US2010/27366, filed Mar. 15, 2010, which in turn claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/159,919, filed Mar. 13, 2009.... | The disclosure provides new crankshaft configurations for various purposes. In one embodiment, new crankshaft configurations are provided that are believed to be particularly suitable with internal combustion engines. Exemplary mechanisms convert a linear sinusoidal motion to a rotational one. In another embodiment, ne... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/413,808 filed Oct. 6, 1999, which claims the benefits under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of provisional patent application serial No. 60/103,285, filed Oct. 6, 1998. This application incorporates b... | The needlepunched nonwoven synthetic material prevents the insects from burrowing through by presenting the insects with overlapping, randomly placed fiber layers. The insects attack the ends of the fibers, going from fiber to fiber until they are trapped within the fabric layers. Water permeability is enabled while pr... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority as a divisional application from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/508,562 filed 23 Jul. 2009, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. ______ on ______, 2011.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention ... | A segmented insulative device and related kit for insulating components of a thermal distribution system. The kit includes a sheet of segmented insulation formed by a composite layer of segmented, flexible, pre-sewn insulation that is easily cut to size in the field using scissors, utility knives or other simple, hand-... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a bus capable of transferring variable length packets (e.g. for POS) at a 10 Gbps rate between two separate cards across a midplane or backplane.
The midplane or backplane (midplane/backplane) has a limited number of physical pins available and signals must ... | A method and apparatus of communicating data packets across the midplane of an electronic system in which the packets are partitioned into segments of a predetermined size and then serialized to a predetermined width. The serialized packets are transmitted, in phase staggered segments, across the midplane on a respecti... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field
The invention disclosed herein relates to a device for use in ligament reconstruction surgery, and more specifically, a device and method for performing measurements.
2. Description of the Related Art
Common techniques for reconstruction of ligaments require the drilling of a... | In one embodiment, a device for measuring a length of a bone tunnel is provided. The device includes: a gauge comprising an annular shaft coupled to a handle, the handle including a constrained channel configured for receiving a passing pin from the annular shaft and displaying the passing pin in relation to a scale. I... | 0 |
The Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Grant No. 5 T01 EY00090 from the National Institutes of Health.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to test patterns for use in testing the quality of a lens and more in particular to a vernier resolution chart and a triangular... | Lens testing charts using a vernier pattern, a sawtooth pattern, and a sinusoidally varying reflectance pattern are described and are used in conjunction with a lens under test to be focussed by said lens onto suitable high contrast film to provide an image from which the quality of the lens may be determined. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the invention
This invention relates in general to a mono-layer type or multi-layer type electrophotographic element, and in particular to a novel electrophotographic element having a photosensitive layer containing as an available ingredient a hydrazone compound havi... | An electrophotographic element comprising a conductive substrate and a mono-layer type or multi-layer type photosensitive layer, superposed thereon, containing a photoconductive material in which said photoconductive material is a hydrazone compound having the following general formula (I) or an anile compound having t... | 6 |
This application is a continuation application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/405,913, filed Apr. 17, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,071,259, issued Dec. 6, 2011, which in turn is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/910,959, filed Jul. 24, 2001, now abandoned; the disclosures of which are... | Nanoparticles which contain noble metals alone or noble metals in combination with base metals. The nanoparticles are embedded in an aqueous solution of a temporary stabilizer based on a polysaccharide. | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present invention claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application 60/881,709 filed Jan. 22, 2007, the entire content and disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present i... | A system and method facilitates the matching of service providers based on certain criteria such as, but not limited to, location of the provider in relation to a customer location, customer requests based on the location of the customer, the type of service requested and other possible attributes such as customer prof... | 6 |
This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/970,416, filed on Oct. 3, 2001 now U.S. Pat No. 6,450,983.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to surgical wound protectors, and more particularly to an adjustable surgical wound protector for... | An O-ring is provided for use in an adjustable surgical wound protector having a solid cross-section including a cross-sectional center that is spaced from a central longitudinal axis and a resilient configuration for squeezing into an oblong shape that is insertable into a surgical incision. At least one recess is def... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This Application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/377,916, filed Feb. 28, 2003, which claims benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/362,899, filed Mar. 8, 2002 and U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No... | A method and apparatus for calibrating noninvasive or implantable glucose analyzers uses either alternative invasive glucose determinations or noninvasive glucose determinations for calibrating noninvasive or implantable glucose analyzers. Use of an alternative invasive or noninvasive glucose determination in the calib... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/676,493, filed Jul. 8, 1996, now abandoned, and continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/002,807, filed Jan. 5, 1998, now abandoned, and continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09... | This invention pertains to a panelized modular construction system which employs a variety of square, rectangular and triangular panel shapes related to each other, being derived from a common grid subdivided cube. Combining these shapes of thickness practical for architectural application, these panels must be capable... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to memory media and input/output device packages. Typically, the package holds a printed circuit board, where the device conforms to the standards set by PCMCIA, JEDIC, ISO, and etc. for peripheral devices.
DISCUSSION OF THE BACKG... | A PCB package for shielding electromagnetic radiation from exiting or entering the package. In one embodiment the package includes first and second electrically conductive covers and first and second electrically conductive frames. The first frame electrically connected to the first cover and the second frame electrica... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a self-healing laminated structure and a self-fusing insulated wire.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In preparation for recent environmental problems, for example, prevention of global warming and reduction and recycling of waste, the products ... | Provided is a laminated structure having excellent self-repairing performance, which can be prepared by an inexpensive and simple method; also provided are a self-bonding insulated wire and electrical machine using the same. A self-repairing laminated structure in which a self-repairing resin layer is formed on a base ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to engine control devices, and particularly relates to mechanisms designed to remotely control the throttle, shift and emergency stop functions of marine engines.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A number of remot... | A control unit for an engine of the type requiring shifting control between forward, neutral, and reverse and throttle control for engine speeds between idle and high speed includes a housing having a control handle rotatably supported by the housing. Shift and throttle linkage means within the housing are connected to... | 1 |
The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to contract no. DE-AC05-84OR21400 between the United States Department of Energy and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improved high temperature ceramic articles, and more ... | A ceramic article which includes a porous body of SiC fibers, Si 3 N 4 fibers, SiC coated fibers or Si 3 N 4 coated fibers, having at least one surface, the article having a coating of AlN adherently disposed throughout at least a portion of the porous body. | 3 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 536,874, filed Sept. 29, 1983, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and a processing method which can efficiently correct and collect topographical information. More... | In processing topographical information necessary for the traveling of a robot or the like furnished with an automatic traveling function; topography is predicted from the topographical information previously given, so as to prepare a predictive image, a difference image between the predictive image and an actual image... | 6 |
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