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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to refrigeration systems for enclosed spaces and in particular but not only to a eutectic system that continues to provide temperature control over an enclosed space during periods when external power is not necessarily available.
BACKGROUND TO THE... | A refrigeration system for merchandisers, drug cabinets and similar enclosures ( 10 ) that continues to provide temperature control during periods when external power is not necessarily available. The system typically has a compressor/condenser subsystem ( 11 ) that is powered by mains electricity ( 16 ) and a second s... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
Seat belt retractors are known which incorporate an electric switch to activate a signal, either audible and/or visible, to alert the driver and occupants when a seat belt is not being used. This is also true of dual spool retractors which include separate ... | A dual spool seat belt retractor including a housing and lap and shoulder belt retractors mounted therein. An electric switch is provided for controlling an electric signal device, preferably used in conjunction with tension relieving means. The switch is preferably placed in its electrically conductive position in res... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention involves a filtering device for use on computer apparatus to essentially prevent the accumulation of dust and dirt inside the housing.
In the smallest of computer systems, no fan is required to cool the electronic components. However, for most personal computers, i... | A filter panel is provided to be adhesively attached to the outside of computer and disk drive housings to cover the air intake grids used to draw air into the housing by a draft from a cooling fan in the housing, with the filter device of a porous permeable reticulated flexible polyester polymeric foam about 1/4 inch ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensor and a method for adjusting an electrochemical gas sensor. Electrochemical gas sensors are used to measure concentrations of a predetermined gas component in a gas. In the case of internal combustion eng... | An electrochemical gas sensor is provided for a motor vehicle. The gas sensor contains a digital controller and a detection circuit. The digital controller captures, by a feedback input, a value of the voltage applied to the inside of the gas sensor cell. The output of the digital controller provides a control value fo... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/095,298, entitled Elongate Pipe-Base Structure For Supporting Heavy Loads, and filed Dec. 3, 2013 by the same inventors. That application is incorporated herein by reference.
B... | A temporary bridge for supporting heavy loads includes elongate hollow cylinders. A first rigid flat plate is horizontally disposed in overlying relation to each hollow cylinder and a second rigid flat plate is horizontally disposed in underlying relation to each hollow cylinder. Stress-distributing strengthening membe... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a detecting apparatus, and more particularly, to a detecting apparatus capable of precisely detecting and calibrating the geometric information of a sample.
BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART
The critical dimension of semiconductor device is continuou... | An apparatus for effectively detecting and calibrating a sample of examination system. The apparatus has an optical-electronic assembly for detection of the sample initiated with a light projected to the sample and an elastic supporting assembly for providing motion freedoms to adjust the relative geometric conditions ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring or detecting a passage of workpiece through a sewing machine.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There are many applications which require the generation of a signal when a workpiece arrives at a predetermined location. Sensor arrang... | A device for monitoring the passage of workpiece ends through a sewing machine. The device includes a photosensitive receiver connected to one end of a fiber optic cable. The other end of the cable being arranged opposite a reflecting surface and carried by the sewing machine presser foot in a manner preventing the exp... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/DE2004/000048 filed Jan. 16, 2004, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. DE 103 04 832.4 filed on Jan. 31, 2003. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by r... | The invention relates to a light comprising a carrier ( 3 ) which has at least one lighting means ( 4 ) and which is arranged behind a light pane ( 12 ). The aim of the invention is to form a light or a carrier which can be produced in a simple and economical manner and which can be mounted in a small space. The lighti... | 1 |
PRIORITY CLAIM
This application is a continuation of, and claims the benefit of: (a) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/654,521, filed Sep. 2, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety; and (b) U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/448,605, filed Jun. 6, 2006, the contents ... | A machine having a card processing assembly. The card processing assembly has a card drive and a heating device. The heating device is operable to cause a human-readable symbol to be viewable on a data card. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the image forming apparatus such as the electrophotographic copying machine, there is used a photos... | An image forming apparatus and method having a series of cycles for obtaining a visible image by forming an electrostatic image on a photosensitive member of amorphous silicon and by developing the electrostatic image by irradiating the surface of the photosensitive member for each image forming cycle with a light havi... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention generally relates to medical devices, and more particularly to a bite block assembly for an endotracheal tube.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Endotracheal tubes, used in various medical procedures for delivering gas to a patient, generally co... | A bite block for an endotrachial tube includes a hollow body extending between open ends to receive an endotrachial tube such that opposing ends of the tube protrude through the open ends of the bite block. The bite block includes a tether to retain the bite block to the tube to prevent unwanted separation or movement ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to cementing of liners in wellbores, and more specifically to an improved method of cleaning a cement plug from the top of a liner after it has been cemented in place.
In the drilling of oil and gas wells, it is common to place one or more casing strings in... | A procedure for drilling out a cement plug from a liner top using a drill bit with extendible cutting elements to avoid the need for changing bits during the procedure. | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to methods of optical communication and optical communication systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The amount of information communicated within networks, such as voice and data networks, has increased dramatically in recent year... | Methods of optical communication and optical communication systems are described. According to a first aspect, a method of optical communication includes providing an optical signal and providing a plurality of data signals. This aspect also includes passing a plurality of desired portions of the optical signal using a... | 7 |
The Government of the United States of America has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC05-780R03054, (as modified) awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
CROSS-RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 543,201, filed Oct. 19, 1983, now abando... | A coal liquefaction system is disclosed with a novel preasphaltene recycle from a supercritical extraction unit to the slurry mix tank wherein the recycle stream contains at least 90% preasphaltenes (benzene insoluble, pyridine soluble organics) with other residual materials such as unconverted coal and ash. This subje... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a deodorizer device suitable for use in a refrigerator which stores foods and other materials.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A conventional deodorizer device for use in a refrigerator has a case charged with... | A deodorizer device for use in a refrigerator has an absorbent capable of absorbing odor components from air, a layer of a photocatalyst deposited on the surface of the absorbent, and a light source for illuminating the photocatalyst layer to excite the same. Air containinig odor components is forced by a blower to flo... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a national stage entry of PCT/ES2009/070080 filed Mar. 30, 2009, under the International Convention.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the search and selection of wild vegetal ... | The present invention relates to the search for and choice of forest plants adapted to severe edaphological conditions in soils contaminated by pollutants, which plants are capable of surviving in most parts of the world and cannot enter the trophic chain. The genetic transformation thereof considerably enhances the me... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Embodiments of the present invention pertain to resistive heaters, apparatus incorporating resistive heaters and methods of heating substrates such as semiconductor wafers.
[0002] Resistive heaters are widely employed in the heating systems of chemical vapor deposition (CVD... | Apparatus, reactors, and methods for heating substrates are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a stage comprising a body and a surface having an area to support a substrate, a shaft coupled to the stage, a first heating element disposed within a central region of the body of the stage, and at least second and third hea... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns actively tuned liquid dampers for use in reducing the vibrations of large civil structures, such as tall buildings and suspension bridges, which are excited by high winds or earthquakes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Large civil structures are frequently exp... | The invention concerns the use of actively tuned liquid dampers to quench vibrations in large civil structures. Such vibrations may be induced by earthquakes or high winds. The effective length of the liquid damper tank determines the natural frequency of the liquid, and thus the effectiveness of the damper at particul... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to bar-locks, and more particularly to an encased bar-lock provided with a cylinder lock mounted on a pivotal bar, enabling barring and locking functions with a high degree of security against tampering and breakage.
BACKGROUND ... | A pivotal bar-lock comprising an anchor hasp having a locking hub and a first locking element integrally formed with a first mounting plate; a locking hasp integrally formed with a second mounting plate and having a mating element and a second locking element formed therein; and a locking bar rotatably mounted on the a... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/393,640, filed Feb. 24, 1995, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/061,645 , filed May 13, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,399,567.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a novel method of inhibiting glycolipid synthesis and,... | A method is disclosed for inhibiting the surface expression of glycolipid receptors for bacteria by subjecting bacteria cells to an inhibitory effective amount of an N-alkyl derivative of 1,5-dideoxy-1,5-imino-D-glucitol in which said alkyl contains from 2-8 carbon atoms. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to the delivery of reagent to a remote reaction zone, and is particularly useful for providing reagent to a remote reaction zone of a furnace for the conversion of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to nitrogen.
BACKGROUND ART
It is sometimes desired to provide reag... | A method for providing reagent to a remote reaction zone wherein reagent preferably is mixed with carrier gas and maintained within the carrier gas as it is passed as a coherent jet through a distance to the reaction zone. The jet passes the leading edge of a confining flame envelope, loses its coherency and delivers t... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention pertains to a device for sexual stimulation.
STATE OF THE ART
[0002] Devices for sexual stimulation, which can carry out rotational movements or translational movements are known from the prior art. US 2005/022819 A1 discloses a unit for sexual s... | The invention relates to a device ( 1 ) for sexual stimulation having a hollow piston ( 3 ), a drive cylinder ( 5 ), and transmission means ( 7, 9 ) for converting a rotational movement of the drive cylinder into an axial movement of the hollow piston, wherein the drive cylinder ( 5 ) encloses the hollow piston ( 3 ) a... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention concerns a method for the automatic analysis of security requirements in information technology systems.
[0003] Its purpose is to analyse the security requirements of information technology syste... | This invention concerns a method for the automatic analysis of security requirements in information technology systems. To this end, it proposes an automatic analysis process, implemented on a processor, and which allows: taking account of all security aspects, both organisational and technical, interacting with the us... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to application Ser. No. 08/106,256 entitled "AUTOMATIC CARTRIDGE FEEDER WITH PRIORITY SLOT" filed Aug. 13, 1993 by Dale A. Christiansen et at., and to application Ser. No. 08/068,366 entitled "CARTRIDGE MAGAZINE WITH CARTRIDGE PROCESS... | A cartridge magazine with interfaces to automatic cartridge feeder devices. On one side, the magazine has an open interface that provides unencumbered access by a robotic picker that accesses cartridges for a library. The magazine is accessible on another side by a transport mechanism of an automatic cartridge feeder (... | 6 |
FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a method and a device for nondestructive testing of a carrier element in an elevator installation.
BACKGROUND
[0002] An elevator installation is installed in a building and substantially consists of a car which is carried by one or more carrier element... | A testing device includes a receiving unit for electromagnetic signals arranged on a carrier element to be tested to generate test data from received electromagnetic radiation. The test data are evaluated in a processing system in order to determine a deviation of the test data from a nominal state of the carrier eleme... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a U.S. National Stage of International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2005/053016 filed Jun. 28, 2005 which published as WO 2006/003140 on Jan. 12, 2006, and claims priority of Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-192461 filed Jun. 30, 2004.
B... | Headbox for a paper machine which discharges paper raw material onto a wire as a raw material jet from a slice which is supplied with the paper raw material. The headbox includes an orientation correcting arrangement for correcting a pulp fiber orientation by supplying the paper raw material as a correction flow to a s... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a control device operatively associated with a needle-bearing bar in a quilting machine. Such a device can be used in either quilting machines having a single needle-bearing bar or in quilting machines having a plurality of needle-bearing bars.
In the con... | At least one needle-bearing bar of a quilting machine is connected to a reciprocable shaft, a control device is operatively arranged selectively to engage and to disengage the needle-bearing bar from the shaft. The control device includes either two electromagnetic or a pneumatically operated cylinder. A timer can be p... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to Power over Ethernet (PoE) and, more particularly, to a system and method for multiple PoE power supply management.
2. Introduction
The IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at PoE specifications provide a framework for delivery of p... | A system and method for multiple power over Ethernet (PoE) power supply management. Power supply status signals indicative of an operating condition of a plurality of PoE power supplies are provided to a plurality of power sourcing equipment (PSE) controller chips. Pre-configured combination logic within each of the PS... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/618,989, filed Feb. 10, 2015, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/937,683, filed Feb. 10, 2014, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in it... | A distributed traveling-wave Mach-Zehnder modulator driver having a plurality of modulation stages that operate cooperatively (in-phase) to provide a signal suitable for use in a 100 Gb/s optical fiber transmitter at power levels that are compatible with conventional semiconductor devices and conventional semiconductor... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mine cooling power recovery system delivering a cold water or ice slurry for cooling mines, e.g. a gold mine and diamond mine and pumping a warm water or mud slurry produced in the mines up to the ground surface.
... | A mine cooling power recovery system wherein a low-pressure slurry pump for charging the mud slurry produced in a mine into a pressure changeover feed chamber is arranged in parallel to a warm water charging low-pressure pump and each of outlets of the two pumps has a changeover valve so that a single power recovery sy... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-121985, filed on Dec. 12, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
BACKGROUND OF... | Provided are an apparatus and method for tracking a wavelength in a passive optical subscriber network in which a central base station and at least one subscriber terminal are connected via a remote node. The apparatus includes a first wavelength aligning unit multiplexing and aligning wavelengths of optical signals fr... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/468,225, filed on Jun. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,779,268, by Bradley W. Smith, Kirk H. Rasmussen, and Brian T. Snyder.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The pr... | A driver side inflator base for a vehicle safety system which is stamped from a thin sheet of aluminum. The base includes a central axis, a plurality of stamped concentric rings extending upwardly from a bottom of the base and spaced from the central axis. An interface attachment flange is provided for mounting the inf... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 11/674,309 filed on Feb. 13, 2007.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to systems for filtering contaminate such as... | A system for consolidating and removing contaminate such as paint sludge or oils from a fluid mixture. A contaminate tank receives a supply of the fluid mixture containing contaminate from a source such as a manufacturing line where overspray of paints or cleaning solutions containing washed away oils are collected. A ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates generally to a set of card games used for various social games. More particularly, the invention relates to a set of card games that contribute to learning arithmetic.
[0002] Conventional playing cards are well known as game cards each having a sta... | A method for playing cards, the method includes: defining an arithmetic correlation between at least two cards out of multiple cards; dealing at least one card out of the multiple cards to each participant of the game; allowing each participant to arrange participant cards or to discard at least one participant card in... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit under 35 USC 119(e) of prior U.S. application No. 60/731,477 filed Oct. 31, 2005, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field content-routed n... | A method and apparatus for converting documents from one format to another in a speed efficient way involves a hardware module which implements several operating pipeline stages which work in parallel. The transformations are supplied and decomposed into sequences of control units. The transformation of documents consi... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION AND DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
The invention herein pertains to an apparatus for helping secure rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing to the upper surface of a roof. Roofing sheets comprised of rubber materials are now used more widely for roof coverings because of the attentdant opt... | The invention herein is directed to an improved apparatus used for facilitating the process of affixing rectangularly shaped sheets of rubber roofing material to the upper surface of a roof, in which process a plurality of bonding plates are used to bond the rubber roof sheets to the upper roof surface. The invention r... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/610,331 filed Mar. 13, 2012. The aforementioned provisional application is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This application is... | An improved hanging apparatus with a locking swivel for suspending objects from an overhead structure is provided. The apparatus may advantageously be employed to suspend a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”) unit from a ceiling, ceiling joists, beams, trusses, rafters, or the like of a room or space to... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates phase locked loops and more particularly to charge pumps used in phase locked loops.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Frequency synthesizers are used extensively in modern portable and mobile communications equipment and their performance is a key factor in interferen... | An apparatus and method of increasing the voltage of a charge pump (111) used in a synthesizer charge pump network (100). The invention enables a voltage boost network (123) to be connected to a charge pump (111) and utilizes a capacitor which is charged and discharged synchronously with the charge pump to allow the ch... | 7 |
STATUS OF RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 329,974 filed Dec. 11, 1981, now abandoned, which was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 235,259 filed Feb. 17,1981, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method ... | This disclosure relates to a method and reagents for determining ligands in biological fluids such as serum, plasma, spinal fluid, amnionic fluid and urine. In particular, this disclosure relates to a fluorescence polarization immunoassay procedure and to a novel class of tracer compounds employed as reagents in such p... | 8 |
This is a Division of application Ser. No. 569,029 filed Apr. 17, 1975.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The general process for modifying iron, and in particular producing nodular cast iron, (i.e., cast iron comprising nodular or spheroidal graphitic inclusions) comprises in its broadest aspect supply... | A method and apparatus for producing modified grey iron, and particularly nodular cast iron, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises refractory elements including an inclined flow course for continuous reception of molten grey iron, a V-shaped inclined receptacle interposed in said course into which a predetermined suppl... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a screw rotor for fluid handling devices such as compressors, blowers, expanders, liquid transmission pumps, and the like. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a screw rotor comprising male and female rotors, which engage with each other as they ... | A screw rotor for fluid handling devices configured to reduce the area of blowholes virtually without relationship to the length of the sealing line by selecting specific profile shapes of the addendum of the female rotor and the dedendum on male rotor. Further, the screw rotor configuration eliminates semi-occluded po... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to resilient, thermoplastic acrylic graft rubbers. More particularly, this invention is directed to a process which results in improved handleability of such rubbers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Acrylic graft rubbers are compounded with hard, non-resilient... | A process which improves the handleability of resilient, acrylic graft rubber particles which comprises coagulating the rubber particles, then contacting the coagulated particles in the coagulation medium with a dispersion of a non-resilient alkyl methacrylate resin and coagulating the alkyl methacrylate resin on the s... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is related to provisional application number 60/603,073 “A System and Method for Providing a Reaction Using a Limited Reaction Surface Area” filed on Aug. 20, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] ... | A method and apparatus for chemical analysis is disclosed that uses a sample cup insert. The insert is pre-coated with a reaction agent, enzyme, or chemical to facilitate testing of the sample. A sample fluid in the sample cup is agitated by fluid pulsing to speed the reaction or to speed a pre-conditioning step. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a feeding apparatus for feeding and distributing charge material through a feeding opening onto the molten bath surface of a glass melting furnace, having a movable stand which has a charge hopper, a charging system, a pusher with pusher holder and pusher drive... | Disclosed is an apparatus for feeding and distributing charge material through a feeding opening onto the molten bath surface in a glass melting furnace. On a movable stand there are disposed a charge hopper, a charging device, a pusher with a pusher holder and pusher driver and a heat shield substantially covering the... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The application generally relates to sliding door or window assemblies, and more particularly, to a draining frame for removing moisture or other liquid that may accumulate within a sliding door or window assembly, and a system including such assembly and drainage frame.
BACKGR... | A window or door assembly and/or system having a drain method and device that is less invasive than previous implementations. The assembly can include slidable window or door panels and an upright support allowing translational movement of the panels. Distal thereto, a weeping upright is provided. The upright support a... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to Applicants' copending application Ser. Nos. 08/183,499 and 07/183,732, both filed Jan. 19, 1994, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Inve... | A combining and binding conveyor system which combines a first fabric piece and a second fabric piece to form a combined fabric piece, such as a men's brief and applies binding to the fabric piece. The apparatus includes an unique combining fixture for receiving and securing the first fabric piece, the second fabri... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims all benefits accruing under 35 U.S.C. §119 from Taiwanese Patent Application No. 096127011, filed on Jul. 25, 2007 and Taiwanese Patent Application No. 097120421, filed on Jun. 2, 2008 in the Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Econo... | The present invention provides a novel phosphor represent by the following general formula:
A m (B 1-x Ce x ) n Ge y O z wherein A is at least one element selected from Mg and Zn; B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Y and Gd; each of m, n, y and z is the number larger th... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for producing fluorine-containing alkane.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Fluorine-containing alkane is useful for various kinds of applications, such as a reaction intermediate, foaming agent, coolant and the like.
[0003] ... | The present invention provides a method for producing a fluorine-containing alkane, which comprises reacting at least one fluorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of chlorine-containing fluoroalkanes and fluorine-containing alkenes with hydrogen gas in the presence of catalysts, wherein two or mo... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/353,542, filed 19 Jan. 2012, (now allowed), which in turn is a continuation of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 13/340,080, filed Dec. 29, 2011, which is a continuation of prior U.S. application... | Use of two different methods, either each by itself or in combination, to enhance the stiffness, strength, maximum possible use temperature, and environmental resistance of thermoset polymer particles is disclosed. One method is the application of post-polymerization process steps (and especially heat treatment) to adv... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to enzyme inhibitors, and more particularly, to novel substituted biaryl oxobutyric acid compounds or derivatives thereof useful for inhibiting matrix metalloproteases.
[0003] 2. Desc... | Matrix metalloprotease inhibiting compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof and a method of disease treatment using such compounds are presented. The compounds of the invention have the generalized formulas:
wherein r is 0-2, T is selected from
... | 2 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of DiMarchi et al., U.S. Ser. No. 08/381,247, filed Jan. 31, 1995, docket number X-9930 now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is in the field of human medicine, particularly in the treatment of obesity and disorders associated with o... | The present invention provides anti-obesity proteins, which when administered to a patient regulate fat tissue. Accordingly, such agents allow patients to overcome their obesity handicap and live normal lives with much reduced risk for type II diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This Application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/206,897, titled “SWING DOOR,” filed Sep. 9, 2008, (pending) which is commonly assigned and incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to swing t... | A swing type garage door has one or more of several features, including a door body rotationally connected to a door frame, the door body having one or more of: a trussing system having vertical and horizontal truss members, the horizontal members having openings through which the vertical members extend to distribute ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Desks have evolved from simple table-like structures into some fairly complex designs. One example of such designs is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,646,655 to Robolin for a Data Processing Work Station. A tubular framework is provided having multiple shelves for holding various components o... | An adjustable desk-top assembly is disclosed having upper, lower, and inner side panels, the upper and lower panels being spaced apart for forming a compartmentalized enclosure. The desk-top has an adjustable work surface capable of assuming a slope and a centralized cut-out portion therein for extending in a semi-circ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND
The subject matter disclosed herein relates generally to gas turbine systems, and more particularly, to systems and methods for reducing combustion dynamics, and more specifically, for reducing modal coupling of combustion dynamics within a gas turbine engine.
Gas turbine systems generally includ... | A system includes a gas turbine engine having a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first fuel conduit having a first plurality of injectors. The first plurality of injectors are disposed in a first configuration within the first combustor along a first fuel path, and the first plural... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention provides a process for depositing a thin layer of a ceramic composition and a product obtained thereby.
Description of the Background
A large number of oxide ceramics have potential application in the microelectronics field... | A process for depositing a thin layer of a ceramic composition on a substrate, which comprises:
a) dissolving basic constituents of the ceramic composition, which are added in simple or mixed form to a solvent;
b) adding to the solution, acetylacetone and hexamethylene tetramine in proportions suitable to t... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the differential hydraulic pressure across a variable displacement hydraulic motor which can be used for mechanically actuating a device such as a component on an aircraft.
2. ... | A method and apparatus for controlling the differential hydraulic fluid pressure (ΔP) across a variable displacement hydraulic motor (10) wherein the displacement of the motor is adjusted as a function of the differential fluid pressure across the motor to maintain a near constant differential pressure across the motor... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for deriving equivalent circuit model of passive components. The invention relates particularly to a method for deriving the equivalent circuit models, a simulator, and a storage medium that are capable of performing simulation in a t... | A method of deriving an equivalent circuit model for a passive component includes a first step of providing a given frequency characteristic of a capacitor, a second step of forming one of an RC circuit, an RL circuit, and an RCL circuit using frequency-independent resistances (R), capacitances (C) and/or inductances (... | 6 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e)(1) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/092,958 filed Aug. 29, 2008.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to multi-core, multi-processing, factory multi-core and DSP multi-core. More specifi... | This invention relates to multi-core, multi-processing, factory multi-core and DSP multi-core. The nature of the invention is related to more optimal uses of a multi-core system to maximize utilization of the processor cores and minimize power use. The novel and inventive steps are focused on use of interrupts and prio... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate by the culture of microorganisms which produce same.
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate is a linear polyester of D(−)-3-hydroxybutyrate. It was first discovered in Bacillus megaterium in 1925. ... | Genes encoding polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase, β-ketothiolase and acetoacetyl CoA reductase are isolated from the publicly available bacterium Chromatium vinosum . Recombinant genomes of plants or other species of bacteria which contain these genes are capable of producing polyalkanoate polymers. The nucleotide sequenc... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a wrought single piece weld-free filter element, such as an inlet frame or an outlet plate. The plate or frame is hollow in the middle and is contiguous around its perimeter. Advantageously, the filter elements may be mounted in a filter press... | A wrought metal single piece filter outlet plate or inlet frame, which is weld free in the liquid contact areas and sealing surface areas. The frame is used as an inlet frame or as an outlet plate for a horizontal or vertical type filter unit. The support ears on the sides of the plate and frame are an integral part of... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The advantages of sustained release products are widely recognized in the art and are of extreme importance in the pharmaceutical field. Through the use of such products, orally administered medications can be delivered continuously at a uniform rate over a prolonged period of time so ... | Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride extended-release tablets including a sustained release hydroxypropylmethylcellulose matrix and a microcrystalline cellulose disintegrant formed by a dry mixed, direct compression method. | 8 |
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/074,278, filed Jun. 20, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Solar cells are typically manufactured using the same processes used fo... | A improved, lower cost method of producing solar cells utilizing selective emitter design is disclosed. The contact regions are created on the substrate without the use of lithography or masks. The method utilizes ion implantation technology, and the relatively low accuracy requirements of the contact regions to reduce... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of electronically aided navigation through a facility and in particular to a method and apparatus for guiding visually impaired individuals along a route in a facility to obtain items or visit locations chosen by the indivi... | A system and method of the type for aiding a user in navigating a route through a facility so as too efficiently locate specific items within a facility is provided. The system includes a facility processor having a database and software stored thereon for mapping an interactive route from selected location to selected... | 6 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 382,056 filed July 24, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,917,486.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Methods are well-known to plate tin over metallic surfaces. The instant baths and methods are to be distinguished from the techniques based upon electrolytic deposition ... | The present invention relates to a novel immersion tin bath composition and a novel and improved method of depositing a smooth, even, metallic tin coating over metallic surfaces, providing improved solderability. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Technical Field
[0002] The present invention relates to memory access in computer systems, and more specifically, how to control user access to particular areas of memory.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] In a... | A method, system and program for controlling access to computer memory are provided. The present invention comprises receiving a work request from a user, wherein the work request comprises an index portion and a protection portion. The index portion of the work request is used to locate an element in an address transl... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/944,661, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,118,829 to Leising et al., which is continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/004,995, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,797,017 to Leising et al., which claims priority on provis... | The current invention relates to the preparation of an improved cathode active material for non-aqueous lithium electrochemical cell. In particular, the cathode active material comprises ε-phase silver vanadium oxide prepared by using a γ-phase silver vanadium oxide starting material. The reaction of γ-phase SVO with a... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to user-controlled interactive computer display systems, specifically to a display system and method for constructing and editing a hierarchical arrangement of information.
PRIOR ART
In a user-controlled interactive computer display system it is desir... | A user-controlled interactive computer display system and method is disclosed for manipulating a hierarchy of information (a topmost node and a number of subordinate nodes, each with only one superior node). This display system and method allows a hierarchical arrangement of information to be constructed and changed wi... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION—CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This Application is related to and claims priority U.S. Patent Application No. 61/398,495 entitled NOVEL DEVELOPER PLATFORM which was filed on Jun. 25, 2010, which names at least Daniel Knoodle as a common inventor.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE IN... | The invention is a novel developer platform that facilitates software application development, by consolidating common programming tasks into independently usable functional objects. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is concerned with a pressure-controlled readjusting device for a vehicle brake, in particular, a disc brake.
Readjusting devices of the afore-described type are needed in brake calipers intended to perform, in addition to the hydraulic function of the operating br... | A readjusting device wherein the readjusting process is pressure-controlled and is readjusted upon a decreasing brake pressure.
The frictional cone is placed in the piston and the sealant is provided between the rotatable readjusting member and the interior wall of the piston. Advantageous embodiments of the rea... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device that can be walked on and/or driven on, for example for bridging under bridges requiring renovation or for bridging over streets, made of a web that can be walked on, which is connected to handrails via transverse struts.
In many applications now... | In a device that can be walked on or driven on, for example for bridging under bridges requiring renovation or for bridging over streets, a web that can be walked on is connected to handrails via transverse struts. In this case, the web that can be walked on and/or the transverse struts and/or the handrails comprise ex... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
Portable grinding tools are customarily hand-held units and for this reason have limited torque and speed capability necessitated by the maximum weight that can conveniently be held in an operator's hands. A recent patent, U.S. Pat. No. 3,214,869, discl... | There is disclosed a portable grinding apparatus which includes a frame with straps and the like for mounting on the back of an operator. The frame supports a base plate carrying an electric motor which is connected through a flexible shaft to a hand-held abrating device, such as a grinding wheel and the like. The base... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to automatic vehicular transmissions utilizing planetary gear sets and controllable clutches to obtain a suitable set of speed ratios.
In a front wheel drive vehicle, the axial space available for the transmission is limited by the width of the engine compa... | A multiple speed power transmission comprises: an epicyclic gearing assembly comprising first, second, third, and fourth rotating members with linearly related speeds; a double pinion planetary gear set with grounded carrier and input driven sun gear; two brakes; four clutches; and specified interconnections. The brake... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-116095, filed Apr. 25, 2007, entitled “ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS” The contents of this application ar... | The invention relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor in which protrusions from the surface of the photoreceptor are partly or completely covered by a resin. The effect of such resin covering is to reduce toner deposition, thereby reducing or eliminating spotting defects in images formed using the electrophotog... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENTS
[0001] Reference is made to U.S. Pat. No. 5,974,706 and to U.S. Pat. No. 5,983,535 both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a swivel conn... | A swivel connection for quick attachment bracket equipped excavator booms. The swivel connection has a frame that mounts onto a quick attachment bracket on an excavator or backhoe boom, and the frame pivotally mounts a second attachment bracket about a swivel axis. The second attachment bracket is adapted to fit into a... | 4 |
FIELD
[0001] A stuffing box for a wellhead that is temperature conditioned.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A stuffing box is a packing gland chamber used to hold packing material compressed around a moving pump rod to reduce the escape of fluids from a well. Instead, the well fluids are directed to a p... | A temperature conditioned stuffing box includes a housing having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a packing-receiving bore, a lower surface for attaching to a wellhead and an upper surface. A flow passage through the housing for passing temperature-conditioned fluid through the housing has an input and an ou... | 4 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/850,213, filed Sep. 5, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,406,196 which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/410,197, filed Apr. 10, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,341,517 which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
... | Systems and methods for real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes are presented. Clients are first qualified and given wagering limits before being allowed to interactively wager on event outcomes. Event outcomes may be based on, for example, financial markets and indices, sporting and entertainment events, casi... | 6 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/887,366, filed Jul. 2, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,990,845.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to antennas. More specifically, the present invention relates to a fan sh... | A broadband partial fan cone direction finding antenna and array disclosed. The antenna includes a radiator having a partial cone shape. The radiator substantially occupies a spatial area defined by a portion of a cone and the cone is defined by a cone axis, a cone height, and a cone angle. The cone has a base and an a... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines, of the type in which the rate of fuel delivery is adjusted by rotating a plunger within a plunger barrel. More particularly, the invention is concerned with an improvement in the device for rotating... | A fuel injection pump for internal combustion engines of the type having a plunger adapted to be reciprocatingly moved within a barrel to pressurize and deliver a fuel before the establishment of communication between a fuel relief bore formed in the wall of said barrel and a fuel pressurizing chamber, said plunger bei... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The invention relates to a tympanic thermometer.
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of medical thermometers. In particular, it is aimed at the tympanic thermometers intended to measure the temperature of a body, for example of a human body, accurately, notably in... | A device for the non-invasive measurement of the core temperature of a patient that includes a tympanic thermometer with a means for measuring the temperature of the patient is described. The device includes a flexible tube capable of being inserted into an external auditory meatus and including an end to which a senso... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Phase application of International Application No. PCT/CN2010/072933, filed May 19, 2010, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 200910092368.4, filed Sep. 7, 2009, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in thei... | An Ethernet Switch Ring (ESR) protection method for introducing the pre-up state for the transit node, includes, after a loop failure is recovered, the transit node on the loop entering the pre-up state if not receiving the loop failure protocol message within a set time. And when the transit node is in the pre-up stat... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/593,908, filed Aug. 24, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/243,622, filed Oct. 1, 2008, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,265,560 on Sep. 11, 2012, which is... | A method for reducing cross cell interference in a wireless time division duplex communication system using code division multiple access, the system having at least one user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS) is disclosed. The method begins by measuring an interference level of each timeslot at the BS. A timeslot ... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of co-pending application Ser. No. 09/574,549 filed May 18, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,360,613.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of sport balls, such as tennis balls. More particularly, the invention compris... | A container for storing sport balls incorporates a device for testing the playing condition of the balls. The test device is in the form of a disk with a base portion supported within the container and an indicator arm. A ball to be tested is placed into the container where it rests on the indicator arm with a portion ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Maintaining the well being of the GI tract of a mammal is a very desirable goal. Particularly relevant are inflammatory conditions of the GI tract. The Desulfovibrio spp. bacteria (including but not limited to desulfuricans, intestinalis, vulgaris etc.) are sulfate reducing bacteri... | A method for reducing the quantity of Desulfovibrio and/or Helicobacter spp. in the GI tract of a companion pet which comprises orally administering to the said pet a Desulfovibrio and/or Helicobacter spp. reducing quantity of a fiber or other component. | 0 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 094,733 filed Aug. 18, 1987 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to skid-steering vehicles such as tractors and military tanks where the vehicle is driven by two ground engaging members which may be two tracks ... | A transmission for a skid-steering vehicle having two tracks or two sets of wheels in which power is transferred from one or more prime movers to the tracks or wheels through a gearbox is proportional to the sum of the input speeds and the difference between the output speeds is proportional to the difference between t... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention is in the field of dishwashing, in particular it relates to dishwashing methods including methods for washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine using dishwashing products in multi-compartment pouch form. The methods of the invention provide... | A method of washing dishware/tableware in an automatic dishwashing machine, the method comprising simultaneously or sequentially delivering quantities of a particulate or densified particulate automatic dishwashing product and of an anhydrous liquid, gel or paste form dishwashing detergent auxiliary contained in separa... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] This relates generally to graphics processing. Graphics processing is the processing of electronic data for its display on a display screen, such as a computer monitor or television.
[0002] The Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi (GJK) algorithm was invented by Elmer G. Gilbert, Daniel W. ... | Parallel and vectored data structures may be used in a single instruction multiple data processor that applies the Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi algorithm. As a result, the performance of multi-core processors doing graphics processing may be increased in some cases. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fiberglass is a thin glass fiber, which can be strong, light-weight, and a good insulator. These properties make fiberglass useful for a variety of applications. For example, fiberglass may be used as an insulator (e.g., an electrical insulator, a thermal insulator, or a sound insulato... | A bushing system includes a bushing having a bottom plate with a plurality of holes from which filaments are drawn. At least one elongated support extends through the bushing generally along a longitudinal axis to hold and stabilize the bushing. To handle the harsh conditions under which the bushing is subjected, the s... | 8 |
This invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing slats for a shutter on the surface of which ribs or other embossing patterns or shapes are applied by using an embossing roll for forming the patterns on the surface of the slat to be used for a shutter.
It is well known that metal band sheet may be formed ... | A cold roll forming apparatus for forming a slat for a shutter having forming rolls successively disposed along a path line of the material and a pattern embossing roll disposed along the path line is shown. Metal band sheet fed through the apparatus is formed into a predetermined slat configuration and simultaneously ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to a synthesis method of alkoxysilanes. In particular, the present invention relates to direct depolymerization of biogenic and other high surface area silica sources using both simple and hindered diols to produce alkoxysilanes i... | The direct depolymerization of biogenic and other high surface area silica sources uses both simple and hindered diols to produce alkoxysilanes in one or two steps that can be separated and purified directly from the reaction mixture by distillation, extraction or filtration followed by solution modification and distil... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to the field of internet, and in particular, to a system and method for identifying the floor of a main body of a webpage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] With the development and popularization of mobile terminals, people more and mor... | The invention discloses a system for identifying a main body of a webpage, which comprises: a webpage parse & layout module configured to parse source codes of the webpage, perform a layout calculation on the parsed result, and generate a DOM tree of the webpage; a node identification module configured to traverse ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of and priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/731,769 entitled DOLL AND FACE-LICKING PUPPY COMBINATION filed Oct. 31, 2005 in the name of Kelly Matheny and James Molina, the disclosure of which is incor... | A combination doll and toy puppy include interacting magnetic elements therein which mimic a face-licking action by the puppy. The doll includes a partially hollow head within which one or more magnets are movably supported behind the cheek portions of the doll's face. A battery-powered electric motor driven gear d... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/478,407, filed Jun. 7, 1995, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 08/118,186, filed Sep. 9, 1993, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates... | A process is disclosed which utilizes the "non-papermaking" portion of waste paper to produce a highly absorbent, essentially fiber-free granule which can be used, for example, as an agricultural chemical carrier. The process maximizes the amount of long (papermaking) fiber sent to the paper machine.
The ... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of PCT/FI98/00051, filed Jan. 21, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for treating wood chips and in particular for improving the wood chips properties particularly in pulping processes of the pulp and paper ind... | An apparatus for improving the pulping characteristics of wood chips. Several chip compressors are used to treat the wood chips in the desired manner. | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to methods and means for the harvesting of oil slicks.
[0002] In British Patent Specification No. 2 310 381 there is described an oil slick harvesting vessel which has a mid-mounted endless belt conveyor for conveying spilled oil from one ... | A method of harvesting an oil slick includes: a) providing an oil slick harvesting vessel ( 10 ) which has an endless belt conveyor ( 14 ) for conveying spilled oil from one side of the vessel ( 10 ) to the other and deployable hinged panels ( 11, 12 and 13 ) which extend along both ends and said other side of the ve... | 4 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of prior provisional patent application Serial No. 60/384,311 filed May 30, 2002.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for providing distributed ignition of a combustion engine and, more par... | A method and apparatus for injecting pilot fuel in a combustion engine. The method and apparatus includes determining a load of the engine, determining a desired injection timing of the pilot fuel and a desired quantity of pilot fuel to be injected as a function of a desired homogeneous distribution of the pilot fuel b... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to the stabilization of watercraft, such as kayaks and canoes, and especially to the stabilization of a kayak or canoe to allow an individual to stand or move therein without the kayak or canoe rocking or rolling over. More particularly, the... | This invention relates generally to the stabilization of watercraft, such as kayaks and canoes, and especially to the stabilization of a kayak to allow an individual to stand or move in a kayak without the kayak rocking or rolling over. The pontoon assembly is mounted to a kayak which allows for extending a stabilizing... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/528,950, filed on Oct. 30, 2014, entitled “ADVERTISEMENT SCHEME FOR USE WITH INTERACTIVE CONTENT”, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/189,219, filed on Jul. 22,... | A method for use in advertising includes initiating playing of interactive content, suspending playing of the interactive content, displaying an advertisement, and resuming playing of the interactive content. A computer program product includes a medium embodying a computer program for causing a computer to perform the... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Liquid crystals represent a novel state of matter intermediate between the crystalline and isotropic liquid states of matter. This unique behavior may lead to a variety of useful applications including the use of such materials in electrooptical devices, in thermography, etc.
Liq... | Novel liquid crystal polyesters can be formed by reaction of bis(hydroxyalkoxy)biphenyls (including the novel bis(2-hydroxybutoxy)biphenyl) with terephthaloyl chloride. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/039,135 filed Jan. 19, 2005, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,416,202 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/603,848 filed Jun. 25, 2003, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,874,801 which is a continuation of ... | An apparatus for assisting entry into high road clearance vehicles having a generally cylindrical side bar adapted for attachment to a vehicle chassis, one or more U-shaped cylindrical bars attached to and suspended from said bar comprised of two end portions and a center bar. The U-shaped bars may be of tubular constr... | 1 |
This application is based on, and claims the benefit of, U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/338,838, filed Nov. 5, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to ω-cycloalkyl 17-heteroaryl prostaglandin E 2 analogs as EP 2 -receptor agonists. T... | The invention relates to the use of derivatives of E-type prostaglandins as EP 2 agonists, in general, and, in particular as ocular hypotensives. The PGE derivatives used in accordance with the invention are represented by the following formula I:
wherein the hatched segment represents... | 2 |
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