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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a U.S. National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/EP2008/064162 filed Oct. 21, 2008, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to German Application No. 10 2007 053 257.3 filed Nov. 8, 2007, the c... | In a method and a device for examining a valve lift switching process in a motor vehicle the occurrence or the number of switching errors is reduced. The method has the steps of detecting whether a switching error and/or an external event occurs that may influence the mode of operation of the valve lift switching; bloc... | 8 |
[0001] This application is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/324,455 filed Jul. 7, 2014, now allowed, which is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/210,659 filed Aug. 16, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,887,660, which is a Divisional Application of U.S. patent appli... | Methods and systems for providing cleaning and providing barrier coatings to interior wall surfaces of small diameter metal and composite piping systems in buildings. An entire piping system can be cleaned in one single pass by dry particulates forced by air throughout the building piping system by an external generato... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present invention claims the benefit under 35 USC §119(e) of prior U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/448,459 to Rabipour et al., filed Feb. 21, 2003, incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[... | Communication apparatus having interfaces for exchanging data with first and second neighbors, a memory for storing codec information regarding the communication apparatus and a control entity operative to detect a message from the first neighbor, the first message being indicative of codec information regarding an ori... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an elastic sealing ring for sealing between a displaceable and/or rotatable component, such as a piston, piston rod, shaft etc., and a surrounding component, such as a cylinder block, a cylinder end wall etc., which ... | Elastic sealing ring for sealing between a displaceable and/or rotatable component, such as a piston ( 2 ), piston rod ( 3 ), shaft etc., and a surrounding component, such as a cylinder block ( 1 ), a cylinder end wall etc. The sealing ring is adapted so as to be mounted in a groove in one component and has at least on... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a water-permeable fabric covering for bar-form personal hygiene soaps, and more particularly, to fabric soap-bar cover that exhibits the ability to conform to the shape of the soap-bar and yet maintain a essentially planar surface suitable for furthe... | The present invention is directed to a soap-bar cover comprising a water-permeable fabric, and particularly a soap-bar cover exhibiting a stretch and recovery performance while maintaining a substantially planar surface. Soap-bar covers fabricated in accordance with the present invention are particularly useful as a me... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of producing a muffler for use with an internal combustion engine or the like which comprises an assembly of plates and tubes rigidly connected together and, more particularly, to a method which forms an eyelet i... | A method of rigidly connecting a plate and a tube such as those of a muffler associated with an internal combustion engine. The plate is formed with an eyelet by burring or like technique and, then, the tube is inserted into the eyelet as far as a predetermined position. A stop is placed to backup the plate at a flat s... | 8 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to liquid crystal compositions and to electro-optical devices which modulate light. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of certain additives to liquid crystal compositions to enhance their dynamic scattering properties.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
... | Dynamic scattering of nematic liquid crystalline compositions is enhanced by the addition of minor amounts of soluble salts having an organic carboxylate or organic sulfonate anion. The addition of these salts results in a lowering of the operating voltages necessary to obtain dynamic scattering. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates in general to facilitating a call session between a wireless phone and a remote phone, and more particularly to avoiding call drop for the call session.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Traditionally, when a user is using a wireless phone to participate in a ... | A method for facilitating a call session includes receiving a request to establish a call session between a wireless phone and a remote phone, and establishing a call session between the wireless phone and the remote phone. The call session includes a first connection with the wireless phone and a second connection wit... | 7 |
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is generally related to a valve arrangement for a controllable two-tube vibration absorber, and more particularly, to a valve arrangement for a controllable two-tube vibration absorber with a power cylinder whose interior space is subdivided into a first... | A controllable valve arrangement for controlling two-tube vibration absorbers comprises a power cylinder with an interior space subdivided into a first and a second power chambers by virtue of a slidable piston, and with a balancing chamber partly filled with oil. A valve body is actuated by an electromagnetical transd... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates in general to processing fruit, and in particular, to a method of processing avocados.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] An avocado is an organic green colored tropical fruit that is roughly spherical or ellipsoid in shape. Avocados gen... | An avocado processor extracts the pulp from the fruit. The avocados are heated, cooled, sliced in half, depitted, and squeezed all while continuously traveling along a conveyor path. The squeezing is handled by V-shaped finger assembly. Guides force the fingers to close as they move along the path. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/784,108, entitled “FPGA Based ATCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) Platform,” filed on Mar. 14, 2013, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein ... | A computing platform includes an array of interconnected field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), memory, and external input/output interfaces. The platform is in the form of a blade conforming to the Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard. The platform is especially useful for telecommunicat... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
The field of the invention is truck bodies, and the invention relates more specifically to enclosed truck bodies which may either be mounted on the truck frame or on a separate trailor.
Most truck bodies have a welded steel or riveted aluminum structure which supports a relative... | A truck body made from a number of structurally strong panels. The panels are set in two side rails and a front rail and joined at their vertical intersections by panel joining rails having an inner recess for receiving a flexible adhesive-caulking compound. | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a solenoid-actuated control valve; more particularly to a solenoid-actuated control valve which is resistant to pressure drift over time; and even more particularly to a solenoid-actuated control valve which does not place crimp assembly lo... | A valve assembly includes a hydraulic subassembly with a valve member displaceable along a valve axis for controlling flow of fluid. The valve assembly also includes a solenoid subassembly for selectively displacing said valve member. The solenoid subassembly includes a metallic solenoid housing having an open end and ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an embroidery frame supporting device which fixes an embroidery frame to a frame driving mechanism of an embroidery sewing machine.
2. Background of the Related Art
U.S. Pat. No. 4,280,420 published on July 28... | An embroidery frame supporting device includes a frame member having either a fixing screw or a ferromagnetic plate, a driving mechanism for travelling in a two dimensional plane, a carriage member for supporting the frame members and for transmitting the movement of the driving mechanism to the frame member, a yoke me... | 3 |
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of prior application Ser. No. 60/175,650, filed Jan. 12, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to novel benzosulfones useful as calcium channel blockers. These compounds, and related pharmaceutical compositions, are useful ... | This invention provides novel benzosulfones of the following formulae:
These compounds are useful as calcium channel antagonists with cardiovascular, antiasthmatic and antibronchoconstriction activity. Thus, this invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, as well as methods, f... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to boats and watercraft and, more particularly, concerns an improved drain assembly for draining water out of interior compartments of boats and watercraft while preventing water from entering the interior compartment when t... | The present invention relates to boats and watercraft and, more particularly, concerns an improved drain assembly for draining water out of interior compartments of boats and watercraft while preventing water from entering the interior compartment when the watercraft is positioned in the water. | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Disclosure
[0002] The present application generally relates to power efficient semiconductor design and, more specifically, to systems and methods for isolating power domains within integrated circuits.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
... | The feature size of semiconductor devices continues to decrease in each new generation. Smaller channel lengths lead to increased leakage currents. To reduce leakage current, some power domains within a device may be powered off (e.g., power collapsed) during periods of inactivity. However, when power is returned to th... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/972,192 of Lowry et al., entitled “Transcorporeal spinal decompression and repair system and related method”, as filed on Sep. 13, 2007.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0... | A system and method are provided for making an access channel through a vertebral body to access a site of neural compression, decompressing it, and repairing the channel to restore vertebral integrity. System elements include an implantable vertebral plate, a guidance device for orienting bone cutting tools and contro... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to a shock absorber for absorbing a shock of a moving member in case the moving member, such as work, is transferred from a moving state to a stopping state.
In a conventional shock absorber, oil is used, as shown in FIG. 8 ... | In an air-type shock absorber, a piston is sealing situated in a cylinder chamber. A vacuum state occurs in a piston bearing side of the cylinder chamber when a piston is pushed. Also, an air reservoir is provided at a side opposite to the piston bearing to have a sealed structure, so that a force of absorbing a shock ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a horizontal balanced concave fishing lure with both ends similarly shaped (symmetrical) as in a willow leaf spinner blade and more particularly to a lure that is connected at its horizontal balanced or mid point, creating a more lifelike appeara... | A concave, flat, or convex metal, plastic, or composite bodied lure with somewhat pointed and similar ends and a jig hook which extends through the center of the body and is connected in a channel that proceeds to the rear, causing the lure to suspend in a horizontal position and produce a variety of attractive movemen... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium, and more particularly, to a magnetic recording medium which is used in the high-density records such as digital audio-tape, high picture-quality video tape, high-density floppy disc, etc., and is better in lubricating charac... | A magnetic recording medium characterized in that a magnetic layer composed of the combination of oleic acid and ester, whereby it is better in the lubricating characteristics of the magnetic layer and in the abrasion resisting property of the magnetic layer, and superior in the durability in a wide temperature range. | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/909,773, filed Apr. 3, 2007, entitled “Device for the Continuous Coating of a Strip-Like Substrate,” which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
B... | The invention relates to a device for the continuous coating of a strip-like substrate in a vacuum, especially for producing coating patterns on the substrate, with a printing roller and a backing roller, the substrate guided between the printing roller and the backing roller. The invention device includes a coating or... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric for printing, which has good tearing strength and can provide printing finish as good as an art paper at a low cost.
2. Prior Art
Conventionally, various types of nonwoven fabrics have been k... | A nonwoven fabric, particularly composed by long-stock synthetic resin yarns such as polyethylene and polypropylene is provided at one or both surfaces thereof with an ink-setting layer formed by coating, drying and curing a resin composition containing some of acrylic resins, synthetic rubbers and polyester resins. Th... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional No. 61/622,884 filed on Apr. 11, 2012 and entitled “BEHAVIORAL DATA DRIVEN RECOMMENDATION.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention related to a comprehensive system and met... | A method and computer readable medium for a fully integrated IT recommendation system, comprising receiving contextual data comprising information regarding what a user is currently viewing; receiving relational data information regarding the user's previous interaction with an online community related to IT admini... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of information or data processor architecture. More specifically, this invention relates to the field of implementing a computational or mathematical unit in a processor achieving power control via varying instruction issuance.
... | Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling power consumption in a processor (or computational unit thereof). The method comprises monitoring power consumption in a processor (or computational unit) and determining that the power consumption of the processor (or computational unit) exceeds a threshold. Thereaf... | 8 |
The present invention relates generally to a specialty cleaning apparatus intended primarily for use in or near oil fields. More particularly, it relates to a movable apparatus containing cleaning fluids for use in cleaning the threaded portions of pipes used in oil field drilling operations.
In the oil field ind... | A mobile apparatus for supply and collection of cleaning fluids used in field cleaning of pipe threads preparatory to oil field drilling operations is described. The apparatus includes a moveable cart structure defined by a chassis with wheels. An upper frame member is connected to the chassis by a plurality of scissor... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/629,252 for “SAW Ladder Filter” having filing date Nov. 18, 2004, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, all being commonly owned.
... | A SAW filter useful in cellular telephone communications includes SAW resonator elements provided in a series and parallel branches for forming a ladder filter network, and SAW resonator elements connected in parallel and provided in the series branch of the SAW filter for providing improved ESD protection to the SAW f... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ink jet head and an ink jet printer for printing images on a recording sheet by ejection ink droplets from nozzles in the ink jet head.
2. Description of the Related Art
In recent years, ink jet printers ha... | An ink jet head including: a plate member having left and right sides opposite each other, a front end and a rear end opposite each other, and a length from its front end to its rear end; two substrates each having a front end and a rear end opposite each other and a length from its front end to its rear end shorter th... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to illuminated signs, and more particularly to an illuminated construction for display of a house number or the like.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In general the present invention comprises an illuminated house number construction that comprises a body po... | An illuminated sign construction for displaying house numbers or the like that is constructed from simplified multiple function extruded and moulded components that are assembled in sealed relationship, and which are adapted for the mounting of selected indicia on an illuminated face. | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus for the digging of ditches through rocky soils. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for excavating hard soils and rock which operates by concentrating the force exerted by the apparatus against the hard soil at one ... | Apparatus for excavating hard soils comprising support means, an endless chain capable of movement relative to said support means, drive means for moving said endless chain, means integral with said endless chain operable to contact said hard soils, and means for concentrating the force exerted by said soil contacting ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a sealing system between a relatively rotating element and a stationary element, possibly a drill pipe and a wash pipe.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] Drilling is done by having a rotating... | A sealing system between a relatively rotating element and a stationary element has at least three sealing elements arranged between the rotating element and the stationary element and arranged in series between a process fluid and an environment, and a barrier fluid arrangement to provide a barrier fluid to spaces for... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of my application Ser. No. 08/675,549, filed Jul. 3, 1996, and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,829,865.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to miniature decorative light sets with push-in type bulb holders in whi... | A light set has multiple light units mounted on a multi-wire insulated cord, each light unit comprising a plastic push-in lampholders containing a bulb with two lead wires, a socket member receiving a pair of push-in contact elements and lampholder, and a base unit which snaps together with the socket member over the c... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a new multi-phase sunscreen agent with improved sunscreen properties.
2. The Prior Art
A multitude of sunscreen formulations are already known that contain certain organic and inorganic active ingredients as emulsions f... | A multi-phase sunscreen agent, characterized by at least two phases that are liquid to pasty or gelatinous and separate from each other spontaneously within seconds to less than ten minutes after a brief and gentle mixing process lasting less than one minute without any essential application of force, where at least on... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pressure control valve for a direct-injection fuel system of an internal combustion engine, having a valve housing, at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and at least one prestressed, electrically actuatable, and at ... | A pressure control valve serves to regulate the fuel pressure in a fuel system. The pressure control valve includes a valve housing, at least one inlet, at least one outlet, and at least one prestressed, electrically actuatable, and at least regionally ball-shaped valve member. The valve member cooperates with a valve ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/747,929, filed on May 22, 2006, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the... | In one embodiment, a method of forming a wellbore includes running a liner drilling assembly into the wellbore, the liner drilling assembly having a liner, a conveying member, one or more connection members, and a drilling member. The method includes temporarily suspending the liner at a location below the rig floor; r... | 4 |
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/204,316 fil... | A low leaching nonpolluting marine antifouling coating formulation and a cess for preparing the same which comprises surface pretreatment of the metal oxide pigment particles with a water-dispersed organic polymeric resinous material, such as by intensively mixing or milling the metal oxide pigment and the resin, in o... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to an instrument stand and more particularly, to a collapsible and portable instrument stand that is capable of supporting an instrument in a suspended fashion.
Portable instrument stands for supporting an elongate musical instrument by its base in a generally uprigh... | A collapsible instrument stand for suspending an elongate instrument in a vertical orientation. The instrument stand generally includes three basic members: a base member which supports the stand, a head member from which an instrument is suspended, and a first member which rigidly supports the head member. The base an... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the packaging of materials used in the sealing of mechanical and electrical services (pipes, cables and conduits, etc.) that pass through floors and walls so as to reduce the spread of fire. More particularly, this invention relates to an assembly of materials suit... | A kit of fire-stop materials contains balanced proportions of sealant and mineral wool. Boxed with tools with a layout that renders transportation and storage convenient, the efficiency of the system makes the package cost effective. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The rental of digital content on physical media is a business methodology that has been exploited for many years by large companies such as Block Buster and Netflex. DVD movies rented out by these companies typically include movie trailers and other targeted ads intended to... | Write once media is used to store many different versions of metadata along with recorded video program. The metadata can be written many times over, for example once for each renter. The metadata can include rental information, or movie trailers, or other information. | 6 |
[0001] The present application claims priority from Japanese application JP 2006-044887 filed on Feb. 22, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser diode and an inte... | A conventional semiconductor laser diode is small in optical power at a constant operating current and limited in ridge width when integrated with an optical device, which forces the integration to be performed by lowering the original characteristic and makes it difficult to reduce cost and power consumption. In a sem... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 60/955,985, filed Aug. 15, 2007, herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates 6-substituted sulfonyl-1,3,3-trialkyl-6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compounds usef... | In its many embodiments, the present invention relates to a novel class of 6-substituted sulfonyl-1,3,3-trialkyl-6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane compounds useful to inhibit 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-I, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or ameli... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0090147, filed on Sep. 18, 2006, and all the benefits accruing therefrom under 35 U.S.C. §119, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKG... | Provided are a method of manufacturing a laterally crystallized semiconductor layer and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor (TFT) using the method. The method of manufacturing the laterally crystallized semiconductor layer comprises: forming a semiconductor layer on a substrate; irradiating laser beams on ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to the general method of portable monitors and diagnostic systems for life signs in living beings or operating efficiency in a dynamic system. The ability to detect life signs such as live heartbeat wa... | A system and method that uses a non-invasive method, such as a wearable module equipped with sensors placed on a subject connected to a computer-linked module, to monitor life signs like heartbeat waveforms and body temperatures. Life signs indicate the health of a living being or a dynamic system (a mechanical system ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a diaphragm pressure sensor and a method of fabricating the same, and in particular to a diaphragm pressure sensor for sensing a fluid pressure in, for example, a container for chemicals, a pipe for chemicals or the like, and a method of fabricating t... | The present invention provides a highly corrosion-resistant diaphragm pressure sensor capable of obviating the effects of temperature drift that arises when a pressure-travel coefficient changes with temperature of a fluid whose pressure is sensed, and a method of manufacturing the same. A fluororesin thin film diaphra... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to techniques for increasing the performance and data throughput of ASIC devices, such as Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memories (SDRAMs) and, more particularly, to techniques for adaptive determination of one or more timing signals associated with such AS... | Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptive determination of timing signals, such as on a high speed parallel bus. The invention adaptively determines a timing signal having a first edge with respect to an internal clock, wherein the timing signal includes a period in which the timing signal is undriven, followed b... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This patent application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/630,601 filed Dec. 15, 2011, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT ... | An exercise device and methods for performing physical exercise that improve strength, conditioning, and flexibility of an operator in a functional way using multiple body positions and exercising multiple muscle groups while keeping the spine in a safe and natural position, being simple to manufacture and use, and bei... | 0 |
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
This invention was made with government support under Contract No. F33615-03-D-2354-0009 awarded by the United States Air Force. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Materials used in the turbine section of a gas turbine engine ma... | A core for creating an airfoil has a ceramic material that forms a body. The body has an outer dimension, a slot extending through the outer dimension and into the body for receiving an insert, the slot disposed at an angle to the outer dimension, and a trip strip having a first portion disposed in the outer dimension.... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §120 of International Application No. PCT/IB00/00873, filed May 19, 2000, which further claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §365(c) of Italian Application No. MI99A 001176, filed May 27, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVEN... | An article for deflecting electromagntic fields consisting of a conductive meshed dry frbric with conductive filaments parallel to one another, bordered by a conductive fabric having a grid of filments arranged in criss-cross fashion. Connected to the fabric is an electric circuit designed to dissapate, by the Joule ef... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to devices for optically connecting the ends of waveguides such as optical fibers, and more particularly to an article which splices a plurality of pairs of such optical fibers.
2. Description of the Prior Ar... | A device for splicing multiple optical fibers includes a splice element having means for holding the optical fibers, a splice body having a slot containing the splice element, and extensions on either end of the splice body for supporting a portion of the fibers. Each of the extensions has an end cover positionable in ... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The field of the invention relates to a tap dance barre practice and exercise device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Current methods used to teach advanced tap steps include grasping a ballet barre while demonstrating steps for one foot at a time. Another ... | The present invention is a tap barre practice and exercise device that has a horizontally fixed barre with at two arms for gripping attached to a substantially straight vertical support, which is in turn attached to a base which sits on a flat surface and allows the device to be free-standing. The height of the barre c... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to analogs of uracil nucleosides in the treatment of viral infections. More particularly, this invention relates to carbocyclic analogs of uracil nucleosides in which the pentose moiety of the nucleosides is replaced by a cyclopent... | There is provided a method for the treatment of viral infections by treating a host animal with a pharmaceutically effective amount of a carbocyclic analog of a nucleoside represented by Formula I: ##STR1## wherein X is chlorine, bromine, iodine, a lower alkyl group or an amino group of the formula --NHR 2 wherein R 2... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to sutures for use in surgery.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Sutures of silk have long been known and used for various surgical applications. Conventional sutures are of various types and include those prepared by ... | A suture comprising a core of at least one synthetic fiber filament yarns, and a covering layer formed of a plurality of silk strands and sheathing the core, the core and the covering layer having substantially the same elongation at break. The filament yarns have increased modulus of elasticity and increased breaking ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for mixing systems that for the improvement of flow deep into conical or cone geometry tanks, for example. More particularly, the present invention relates, for example, to an improved directional or draft tube system or... | A mixing assembly for mixing settled solids in a liquid or the like, having a longitudinal axis, comprising: a mixing vessel having an apex. The assembly includes a directional tube having a first end and a second end wherein said second end, wherein the directional tube further comprises at least one slot located prox... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a U.S. national stage application of International Application No. PCT/EP2007/051959 filed Mar. 1, 2007, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to German application number 10 2006 022 357.8 filed May 12, 2006, the... | In a process and device for determining the composition of a gas mixture of the fuel tank of a motor vehicle filled with a CNG gas, the measured values of a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor, which are generally present in conventional fueled motor vehicles, are used to determine the vapor pressure (pd) of at le... | 5 |
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalities thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates... | Magnetometers disposed as magnetostrictive segments on optical fiber elems are incorporated in multiple order gradiometers to reduce the size, weight and cost thereof. In the preferred embodiments, such reductions are greatly enhanced by consolidating a plurality of magnetometers on individual optical fiber elements, ... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 60/401,034, filed Aug. 6, 2002, entitled “The Bear Claw,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE IN... | A portable and scaleable barrier uses a unique combination of feet, interconnecting members and top portions to provide a vehicle barrier that is capable of, for example, lifting the vehicle of the ground and providing substantial undercarriage damage. The interconnecting nature of the barrier allows the barrier to be ... | 4 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a Divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/489,760, filed Jun. 23, 2009, which status is allowed as U.S. Pat. No. 8,062,632, and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/074,673, filed Jun. 23, 2008, all of which are herein in... | A method for preparing isolated hepatocytes is disclosed. The method comprises: a) culturing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a medium comprising hepatic growth factor (HGF) to cause the MSCs to differentiate toward hepatocytes, wherein the MSCs are isolated from bone marrow or umbilical cord blood; b) culturing cells ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The field of the invention is subterranean tools that deploy by swelling and more particularly construction details and techniques that accelerate the swelling rate for faster deployment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Packers made of an element that swell... | The swelling rate of a swelling packer element or a conforming foam screen material is accelerated with heat. In one variation reactants that create an exothermic reaction plus a catalyst, if needed, are allowed to come into contact upon placement at the desired location. The heat accelerates the swelling process and c... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a contact lens care system for cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses, and to the method therefor. More particularly, the contact lens care system is a multi-electrode device which utilizes the principles of electrolysi... | A contact lens care device and method for cleaning and disinfecting contact lenses. The invention utilizes both principles of electrophoresis and electrolysis. The device uses a halide-containing electrolytic buffer solution for disinfecting and cleaning. A halogen concentration is generated electrolytically from the h... | 8 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 913,071, filed June 6, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,235,261.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to important improvements in the weft transport grippers for shuttleless looms, of the type wherein a first gripper (carrying) grasps the w... | A pair of grippers for shutterless looms, of the type wherein a first gripper (carrying) grasps the weft thread at one side of the loom and carries it to the center of the warp shed, while the second gripper (drawing) receives the weft thread at the center of the warp shed from the carrying gripper, and transports it t... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 11/023,667, filed Dec. 28, 2004, which is hereby incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] a. Field o... | An apparatus for imparting a tensile force to deflect a distal portion of a catheter while maintaining its exterior dimensions may include a handle grip including a cross-section of generally predetermined exterior dimensions, and a longitudinal axis. A flexible elongate member may include proximal and distal end porti... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not Applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING, A TABLE, OR A COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTING COMPACT DISC APPENDIX
[0003] Not Applicable
B... | A fitting for inserting a pig into a pipeline. The fitting comprises a cast body having a first end for connecting to a first end of a pipeline and a second end for connecting to a second end of the pipeline. The cast body further comprises a third end arranged at a predetermined angle to the first and second end of th... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Under 35 U.S.C. 120, this application is a divisional application and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 11/314,033, filed Dec. 20, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates generally to combs and sci... | A tool comprising a scissors, the scissors including two handles, each handle including an aperture therethrough is disclosed. The tool includes a comb attached to the scissors. The comb includes a handle portion and a comb portion. The handle portion of the comb includes a plurality of extensions therefrom, the extens... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 525,910, filed Aug. 24, 1983 .Iadd.now U.S. Pat. No. 4,649,526 .Iaddend.by Winbow and Baker; U.S. Ser. No. 440,140, filed Nov. 8, 1982 .Iadd.now abandoned .Iaddend.by Winbow, et al.; U.S. Ser. No. 395,449, filed July 6, 1982 .Iadd.now U.S.... | Method and apparatus for acoustic wave generation and transmission into a subsurface earth formation. A logging sonde adapted to be suspended in a borehole within the formation houses a generator means for simultaneously generating a plurality of acoustic waves traveling in the direction of and spaced substantially eve... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a method for forming a die protecting layer, and more particularly to a method for forming a die protecting layer on one side of a wafer opposite to the other side having dies.
[0003] ... | A method for forming a die protecting layer is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: providing a wafer with numerous dies on a first surface and a second surface, forming a transparent protecting layer on the second surface of the wafer. Clearly, the transparent protecting layer is directly formed on the... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to electronic devices that are operated in synchronism with a clock signal, and more particularly to a system and method for compensating for variations in the propagation delay of clock signals in comparison to the propagation delay of other signals.
... | A synchronized mirror delay circuit is used to generate an internal clock signal from an external clock signal applied to the synchronized mirror delay. The internal clock signal is then coupled through a clock tree, and a feedback signal is generated that is indicative of the propagation delay of the internal clock si... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Background of the Invention
This invention is directed to a load sensing system for vehicles subjected to cantilever loading. The system is for the purpose of detecting the result of the sum of variable conditions which, through an infinite combination of weight, distance, height and ... | A sensing system for a load carrying vehicle having a hydraulically controlled load carrier which is subjected to cantilever loading such that tipping of the vehicle may occur. The vehicle includes a load bearing frame and an axle supporting that frame. The frame is mounted through a sub-frame assembly so as to be sepa... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 61/291,592, filed Dec. 31, 2009, and is incorporated herein by reference.
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
The present application was made with United States government support under C... | One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique frame for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines and gas turbine engine frames. Further embodiments, forms, features,... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to assemblies comprising stacks refills containing elements such as pipette cones.
2. Background of the Invention
An assembly of this type is known comprising a series of stacked trays each carrying pipette cones, the tr... | A number of racks make up a stack. An upper rack includes releasable catches received into orifices in the next lower rack to releasably attach the two racks to one another. A loader and receptacle cooperate with one another to release the bottommost rack from the stack and deposit it into the receptacle where pipette ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a U.S. National Phase Application of PCT International Application PCT/JP2013/085163, filed Dec. 27, 2013 which claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2012-289043, filed Dec. 28, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in th... | [Problem]
To provide a bacterial cellulose which is highly dispersible in a liquid, shows excellent molding properties and high miscibility with other materials when applied to materials, and, therefore, has a high applicability as a practical material, and a bacterium which produces the bacterial cellulose.
... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a curved bar apparatus for smoothing and guiding moving webs such as paper or textiles.
Moving webs such as paper or textiles are processed at relatively high speeds by passing them over and between rollers to and from various processing steps to which t... | This invention provides an apparatus for removing wrinkles in a thin flexible moving web such as paper or textiles. The web is passed over a bar curved to effect a shear force on the web and/or a tensile force on the web in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the web. The bar is oscillated resonan... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to the power flow analysis of a power grid embedded with a generalized power flow controller in the technical field, and more particularly to a method to incorporate the steady-state model... | A method to incorporate the steady-state model of the generalized power flow controller into a Newton-Raphson power flow algorithm is disclosed. The disclosed method adopts a flexible steady-state model of the generalized power flow controller, which can be applied to calculate the power flow solution of a power grid e... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a network priority determining system which, in a network in which various computers, terminals, etc., transmit data to one another, and in which a priority for transmitting terminals is established in such a manner as to efficiently operate the network... | A network priority determining system in which the percentage of utilization of the network transmission medium is significantly increased and the number and complexity of hardware components is reduced. When the network is not being used for transmission of data packets, a free token is circulated having a priority co... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/625,359 filed Nov. 6, 2004.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The process of this invention uses a unique combination of steps to produce glass ceramic billets for use in making semiconductor dopant sources. The ... | This process is a fused glass powder process for making ceramic billets for semiconductor dopants. The powder process uses a unique combination of steps for packing, compacting and heat treating the powders. The resulting billets may be tailored in composition to provide a variety of densities, rigidities and B 2 O 3 ... | 2 |
[0001] This application is a Divisional of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 14/336,581 filed Jul. 21, 2014, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/875,402 filed Sep. 9, 2013, each of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in their entirety. This invention was made with gov... | A flame retardant coating composition comprising poly(dopamine) and either tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane) or gaseous ammonia, as well as an article comprising a substrate and the flame retardant coating composition, is provided. In various embodiments, the poly(dopamine) is substantially water insoluble. The coating ... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/155 017, filed Sep. 16, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,161,956, titled “PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR THE SYNCHRONOUS CONVEYING OF FLOWABLE MATERIALS IN MIXING DEVICE” which is a 371 of PCT/EP97/01181 filed Mar. 8, ... | Instead of a discontinuous mixing process for mixing two or more flowable materials for a paint-spraying plant, a continuous mixing and conveying process is provided. Use is made of individual conveyor pumps driven individually by hydraulic adjusting units in the form of double-acting hydraulic cylinders. Control is ex... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-026654, filed Feb. 2, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002... | Quantum computer includes optical systems arranged in series each of the plurality of optical systems includes first half-wave plate, first polarizing beam splitter, first switching mirror, first photodetector, first polarization rotator, optical cavity which contains atom, second switching mirror, second photodetector... | 1 |
FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to aqueous compositions comprising hydrophilic actives.
BACKGROUND
[0002] For ecological and economic reasons, water is often preferred over organic solvents as a liquid diluent for active compounds. Stable aqueous compositions comprising actives ... | Aqueous compositions comprising hydrophilic actives and block copolymers comprising at least one block of copolymerized ethylene oxide and at least one block of a polymerized alkylene oxide, the alkylene comprising at least 4 carbon atoms, are described, along with methods of stabilizing hydrophilic actives and methods... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of diorganopolysiloxane having a functional group at only one end of the molecular chain. Specifically, the invention relates to a manufacturing method of diorganopolysiloxane having a functional group at only one end of the molecular ... | There is disclosed a method for preparing a diorganopolysiloxane having a functional group at only one end of the molecular chain and having the formula
R(R.sub.2 SiO).sub.p B
wherein R is an independently selected monovalent hydrocarbon group, B is selected from the group consisting of a hydr... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Continuation-in-Part claims the benefit of Non-provisional application Ser. No. 11/413,317 filed on Apr. 28, 2006
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE... | A multiple use, light weight, cost-effective, indoor and all-weather outdoor construction toy for stimulating children's imaginations and encouraging physical activity comprises a basic modular unit with open ended cup-like coupling-means on its perimeter for male to female coupling and decoupling to other couple-a... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to formulations of cathepsin K inhibitors.
[0002] A variety of cathepsin K inhibitors have been disclosed for the treatment of various disorders related to cathepsin K functioning, including osteoporosis, glucocorticoid induced osteoporos... | The instant invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing cathespin K inhibitors. Also disclosed are processes for making said pharmaceutical compositions. | 8 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to spring assemblies in which a coiled strip spring member, optionally consisting of a plurality of spring leaves is supported, typically at one end, for reverse winding (i.e. winding against its coiling direction) on means defining an arcuate path of support and a... | A spring assembly of the kind having a coiled strip spring member (34) supported at one end on an arcuate drum portion (16) about which it is reverse wound and coiled at its other end about an abutment (20) further includes a base plate (10) mounting the drum portion (16) and a second base plate (18) mounting the abutm... | 8 |
[0001] CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0002] The present invention is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/540,323, filed Oct. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,371,254, the specification of which is hereby incorporated in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTI... | An arrestor for any hydraulic ram or other cylinder but primarily for an emergency brake for lifting elevators. The present invention is a jack arrestor utilizing two lever acting brake arms lined with an accretable metal as the friction material. When actuated, the brake arms contact the ram circumferentially to slow ... | 1 |
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/132,886, filed Apr. 24, 2002 entitled: METHOD FOR MULTI-TASKING MULTIPLE JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
[0002] This application incorporates by reference U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/841,753, filed... | The present invention allows construction of a secure, real-time operating system from a portable language such as Java that appears to be a Java virtual machine from a top perspective but provides a secure operating system from a bottom perspective. This allows portable languages, such as Java, to be used for secure e... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application of International Application No. PCT/JP2013/007069 entitled “Cooling System for Electronic Device Storing Apparatus and Cooling System for Electronic Device Storing Building,” filed on Dec. 3, 2013, which claims the benefit o... | A cooling system of an electronic device storing apparatus of the present invention comprises: a rack including an electronic device and a plurality of placement shelves to place the electronic device; in the rack, a vaporizer having a refrigerant internally being mounted; outside the rack, a condensing part connected ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 35 USC application of PCT/DE 00/03597 filed on Oct. 12, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is based on an injector for a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines, having a nozzle nee... | An injector for a fuel injection system is proposed, having an at least partial compensation for the hydraulic forces acting on the nozzle needle. In addition, the fuel volume to be controlled is reduced, so that short control times are possible. | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates generally to hand held ink stampers, and more particularly to a single ink stamper that provides multiple stamp designs.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Conventional hand-held, pre-inking ink stampers, like that disclose... | A two-ended ink stamper has at least one handle with at least two ends. A first frame and a second frame are provided, and each frame is disposed adjacent to a different one of the ends of the handle. Each frame extends in a different direction from the handle. At least two platens are respectively operatively attached... | 1 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/050,729 filed Dec. 21, 1992, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/798,946 filed Nov. 27, 1991 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is relat... | A movement detection apparatus comprises a first circuit for detecting a difference signal between first and second image signals, a second circuit for integrating the difference signal detected by the first circuit, a third circuit for detecting respective image signal levels of the first and second image signals when... | 7 |
This application is a division of Application Ser. No. 253,567 filed July 6, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,377,577, which, in turn, is a continuation-in-part of Application Ser. No. 155,800 filed May 30, 1980.
The present invention relates to a method of preventing pregnancy. More specifically, the present ... | The use of 9-anthroylcholine by injecting or introducing such drug directly into the uterus is disclosed as a means of preventing pregnancy after intercourse has occurred. Various means of introducing such drug are disclosed, such as by mixing such drug with jelly carriers, foam carriers, or paraffin oil. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a correction tape dispenser for laying down a strip or band of correction composition onto a surface, most usually paper, e.g. to cover markings thereon to facilitate the correction of a mistake.
2. Description of the Prio... | In a correction tape dispenser, wherein a backing ribbon carrying a layer of correcting composition is fed from a supply spool ( 2 ) around the edge ( 6 ) of an applicator tip ( 10 ) used to press the tape against a paper surface (P) to transfer the layer of correcting composition onto the paper, and back to a take-up ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under Section 119(e) to the U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/756,351, entitled, “Chemically Dissociating Working Fluid Engine and Method for Generating Power Without Natural Temperature Gradients”, filed Jan. 24, 2013, the con... | Heat engines perform a thermodynamic cycle, making use of working fluid which increases pressure and/or volume in response to temperature, resulting in the transformation of heat into useful work. The present invention makes use of a particular type of working fluid that undergoes one or more reversible chemical reacti... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/021,319 AND 61/021,316 both filed on Jun. 2, 2008 and both of which are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.
[0002] The disclosed device relates to the setting of concrete ... | A device for mounting anchors having a mounting end for positioning within pre-drilled apertures formed in concrete or cement and having a threaded end projecting forward of the pre-drilled apertures when positioned therein. The device features a continues shaft that is adapted to engage with a hammer drill on a first ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to thermoplastic polycarbonate compositions which are impact-modified with ABS type polymers.
The inventive polycarbonate (PC) compositions which are impact-modified with ABS type polymers are characterized by their excellent low temperature ductility, good ... | The invention relates to thermoplastic polycarbonate compositions which are impact-modified with ABS type polymers, said polycarbonate compositions being impact-modified with ABS type polymers are characterized by their excellent low temperature ductility, good processing properties expressed by relatively high melt vo... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to profile scanning for locating an attachment zone of a vessel for attaching a mooring robot to the vessel.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] Various systems are known in the art for assisting with the traditionally manual procedure of docki... | A profile scanner for locating a target zone on a profile of a vessel comprising an emitter adapted to progressively or instantaneously radiate towards the vessel; a receiver providing a signal indicative of radiation incident thereon; a controller or processor including stored instructions, for energising the emitter ... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/009,575, filed Jan. 3, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a drum-type imagesetter for producing an image on a flexible sheet of radiation-sensitive material.
... | Drum-type imagesetter for producing an image on a flexible sheet of radiation-sensitive material, which comprises retaining bars (62) for retaining a sheet in a substantially cylindrical configuration, and an exposure system (70) for image-wise exposing the curved sheet, the radial position of the sheet retaining bars ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/878,674 filed on Jun. 11, 2002. The disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present inven... | A wireless local area network adapted for use by users traveling on a mobile platform such as an aircraft. The network includes a network server located on the mobile platform, and at least one network access point connected to the server and accessible wirelessly by at least one user portable electronic device over on... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
Longitudinal members, such as spinal rods, are often used in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders such as degenerative disc disease, disc herniations, scoliosis or other curvature abnormalities, and fractures. Different types of surgical treatments are used. In some cases, spinal fusion is indica... | A pivoting connector couples a vertebral member to a longitudinal member. An anchor is pivotally attached to a body by positioning a head of the anchor within a cavity in the body. A longitudinal rod is inserted into a channel also positioned within the body and axially aligned with the cavity. A retainer applies a for... | 0 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional application No. 60/298,627 filed Jun. 14, 2001.
The present invention relates to an actuator for an electrical switch, particularly a standard wall toggle switch. The present invention provides a decorative yet functional alternative to the toggle switc... | A decorative electrical switch actuator ( 50, 150 ) acts in combination with a conventional light switch ( 10 ) having a toggle switch arm ( 12 ) mounted in a base such that when the toggle switch arm pivots from a first position to a second position, electrical contacts in the base are moved from a contacting conditio... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an FM signal demodulator for demodulating a frequency modulated video signal widely used in satellite television broadcasts or the like. Particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for providing stable demodu... | A frequency modulation signal demodulator receives an intermediate frequency signal to demodulate a FM signal. The frequency modulation signal demodulator includes a voltage-controlled oscillator having variable capacitance diodes. The voltage-controlled oscillator varies the oscillating frequency of a signal by contro... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/202,430, filed Jul. 23, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
... | An affordable plumbing device that uses a compressed gas and a burst disk having a relatively even surface of substantially uniform thickness to produce a sudden discharge of energy to forcibly act against any obstruction that may interfere with the proper function of a drain. The plumbing device has a cylindrical cham... | 4 |
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