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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a semiconductor having protruding contacts comprising, a first semiconductor substrate having at least one interconnect located substantially within the first substrate, and a second semiconductor s... | This invention relates to a semiconductor having protruding contacts comprising, a first semiconductor substrate having at least one interconnect located substantially within the first substrate, and a second semiconductor substrate having at least one protruding contact point that substantially contacts at least one i... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to sewing machines and, more particularly, to an improved actuator for use in sewing machines utilizing stitch pattern signal responsive actuators for positioning the needle and/or the work feeding mechanism between successive stitches of a predetermined pattern.... | A sewing machine is disclosed wherein positioning of the needle is controlled by an actuator mechanism responsive to digital stitch pattern signals applied thereto. The actuator mechanism includes four solenoids selectively energized by the digital stitch pattern signals. The four solenoids are chosen to have particula... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 664,298, filed Mar. 5, 1976 and entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SUPERIMPOSED STACKED RECEPTACLES" now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The p... | Apparatus for separating and delivering individual frustoconical containers from a stacked column of nested frustoconical containers, each container having an upper rim and an outwardly projecting stacking shoulder spaced from the rim, along with a carrying bail secured generally diametrically of the container body. A ... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an improved liquid ring device for converting thermal energy in the nature of a working fluid into practical mechanical work. More particularly, the improved liquid ring device as described herein incorporates more than one thermodynamic action with the w... | A method and at least two devices demonstrate improvements to energy extraction from a compressible working fluid in a liquid ring heat engine, which has a rotor mounted in a case. A space in the case is occupied by a liquid that establishes a liquid ring piston for the rotor. The rotor defines at least a first and a s... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a rhythm pattern variation device which is capable of easily providing a variety of rhythm patterns without the necessity of increasing the capacity the memory used.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In conventional ty... | A rhythm pattern variation device which has an address counter for generating a memory read-out address signal in accordance with a rhythm clock, a memory for outputting a prestored rhythm pattern in accordance with the address signal, means for selectively branching the outputted rhythm pattern to two lines, a variati... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a heated roller of the type in which the heated roller has a cylindrical roller body that rotates around its axis and has an outer cylindrical surface that serves as the roller working surface. The roller has a first inside cavity arrangement as well as... | A roller which can be heated, has a cylindrical roller body which turns about its axis and has a first hollow arrangement and a second hollow arrangement in the form of several channels closed on their ends which run parallel to the axis and which are separated from one another and are of uniform volume. In the first a... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is related to copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. IRI05428 being assigned to the same assignee as the present invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention pertains to t... | A user terminal ( 10 ) using an internet protocol using session initiation protocol to interconnect a number of user terminals ( 11 - 13 ) in a conference call. A conference bridge ( 30 ) or user terminal ( 10 ) detects speech of one of the user terminals ( 203 ). A “babble ” timer is started ( 207 ). The speaker is al... | 7 |
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/301,544, filed Jun. 27, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to processes for making functionalized Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This disclo... | Efficient processes have been developed for the cost effective functionalization of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-silanols (POSS-Silanols) and for the manufacture of polyfunctional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes. The processes utilize the action of bases or acids on silane coupling agents. The preferred p... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to aliphatic bridged-cyclic compounds with 2-amino-imidazoline, 2-amino-oxazoline or 2-amino-thiazoline substituents. More particularly, the invention relates to such compounds which are selective in blocking the α 2 adrenoreceptor. These compou... | A compound of formula I
in which: ring A is one of the five alternative multi-cyclic rings as shown wherein a dotted line adjacent to a bond indicates that a single bond or a double bond may be present at that position; X is nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur; R is hydrogen, lower straight or... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an unfurlable rescue ladder for emergency rescue.
BACKGROUND
An exemplary prior art unfurlable rescue ladder is sold by Guardian Fall Protection Inc. of Kent, Wash., marketed as the “rapid deployment rescue ladder.” It is used for rescuing fallen... | An unfurlable rescue ladder. The ladder includes a progress capture element allowing someone who deploys the ladder for rescuing a person who has fallen to also assist the person to climb the ladder. | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation-in-part application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/431,982, filed on Nov. 1, 1999, for A Golf Club Head With A Face Composed Of A Forged Material.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH ... | A method for chemically etching a forged striking plate for a golf club to uniformly remove 0.002 inch to 0.015 inch of material therefrom. The forged striking plate is placed in an acidic bath to uniformly remove material from all surfaces of the striking plate. The forging process, conducted prior to etching, involve... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an improvement in a brake for stopping rotation of cutting blades of bush cutting machines.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A brake for a bush cutting machine is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Lai... | A bush cutting machine including an automatic braking mechanism having a brake drum formed integrally with a clutch case which houses a centrifugal clutch. When the number of rotations of a clutch drum decreases, at least two braking members press against the brake drum, whereby the clutch drum stops rotating, and a cu... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fog light assembly and, more particularly, to a fog light assembly which has (A) a plate having an upper margin attached to a front bump of a car and a lower margin formed with a track on the rear side of the plate, (B) a pair of fog lights sliding on... | A fog-light assembly having (A) a plate having an upper margin attached to a front bumper of a car and a lower margin formed with a track on the rear side of the plate, (B) a pair of fog lights sliding on and along the track, between a working position where the fog lights are beside the plate and an idle position wher... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to a fitting for window coverings, in particular, a winder assembly for controlling the extension and retraction of a screen of a blind system.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A winder assembly refers to a user-operated blin... | A winder assembly for controlling the extension or retraction of a window covering, for example a roller blind. The winder assembly includes a spindle having a head, a shaft extending from the head, and a location lug also extending from the head, in the direction of the shaft. The winder assembly further includes a dr... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/686,206, filed Oct. 14, 2003 entitled ‘Toy Storage Cover For Portable Play Yards, Cribs And Containers’, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference thereto as if being set forth in its entirety... | A toy storage cover for a portable play yard includes four outer panels shaped to surround the outer walls of the play yard attached at their top edges to four inner panels shaped to line the play yard. A floor panel joins the inner panels and is secured to the floor of the play yard by a mattress pad shaped to fit wit... | 0 |
CONTRACTUAL ORIGIN OF THE INVENTION
The U.S. Government has rights in this invention pursuant to the employer-employee relationship of the Government to some of the inventors as U.S. Department of Energy employees at the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, and pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5908 in respect to the invento... | A method for preparing an acid catalyst having a long shelf-life is provided comprising doping crystalline iron oxides with lattice-compatible metals and heating the now-doped oxide with halogen compounds at elevated temperatures. The invention also provides for a catalyst comprising an iron oxide particle having a pre... | 1 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 572,543 filed Apr. 28, 1975 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to turbomachinery systems in general and in particular to turbomachinery systems in which two or more sources of working fluid are required to be used simultaneo... | A turbine is disclosed which is adapted to receive and utilize fluid from multiple sources simultaneously. The fluid from each source is utilized optimumly by providing a section of the turbine adapted for the characteristics of each fluid source. | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/743,456, filed Mar. 10, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This invention relates ... | A heated surface cleaning pad that can be attached to a bottom portion of a hand tool configured to be used to scrub a heated food preparation surface. According to an embodiment, the cleaning pad is configured to clean a hot griddle surface that has a number of parallel raised ridges. According to another embodiment, ... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/096,423, filed on Mar. 12, 2002, which application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the I... | Provider are a method, system, and program for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment. Data is stored at a primary storage site. A data structure is processed indicating an association of data sets in the stored data, secondary storage sites, and update frequencies. In response to processing the data s... | 8 |
FIELD
[0001] The aspects of the disclosed embodiments generally related to an apparatus which allows for the controlled addition of antifoam to the foam present in the headspace of a disposable single-use bioreactor in a reliable manner. The aspects of the disclosed embodiments generally related to also dire... | The aspects of the disclosed embodiments generally relate to an apparatus which allows for the controlled addition of antifoam to the foam present in the headspace of a disposable single-use bioreactor in a reliable manner. The aspects of the disclosed embodiments also generally relate to a method of using such apparat... | 2 |
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/942,576, filed Nov. 19, 2007, entitled, “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System for Energy Extracting Vessel Navigation,” the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | A Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system guides navigation of a vessel enabled to extract energy from wind and/or water currents primarily in offshore marine environments. An exemplary SCADA system could embody server and client software applications running on microprocessor systems at a remote contro... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/568,945, filed Dec. 9, 2011, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of t... | A modified silicone release coating suitable for use with clear, polymer films that shows reduced adherence when the resultant liner is wound up into large rolls and the smooth soft surfaces are placed into contact with each other. The adherence is reduced by providing a release layer which has a sub micro-rough top su... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in priority Korean Application No. 10-2008-0082512, filed on Aug. 22, 2008, which is herein expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
... | Disclosed is a method for fabricating graphene ribbons, comprising: preparing a graphitic material comprising stacked graphene helices; and cutting the graphitic material in a short form by applying energy to the graphitic material; and simultaneously or afterward, decomposing the graphitic material into short graphene... | 2 |
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention lies within the field of the methods of manufacturing shoes in which a material is injected to obtain the finished shoe, the mould used and the shoe thus obtained.
[0002] Said invention is a method of injection in which a material is injected ... | The present invention consists in an injection method in which a material is injected which serves as the connection between the upper and the sole of the shoe, the mould used for this purpose and the shoe thus obtained in such a manner that the membranes of the breathable type incorporated in said shoe are not damaged... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to stenographic transcribers and computer-aided transcription (CAT) systems of the type used by court reporters. More particularly, the present invention is an improved CAT system which provides a method and means for facilitating the marking of ... | A system for providing a textual record of spoken words. The textual record having reference markings selectively provided by a plurality of system users. Keystrokes are inputed under the control of a first user which are representative of spoken words, thereby providing a plurality of stroke signals. Substantially sim... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the drilling and stimulating of subterranean rock formations for the recovery of hydrocarbon and natural gas resources. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of fracture treating a wellbore while the drilling operation is under... | A method of drilling and stimulating subterranean formations is provided that allows a well operator to determine in real time if a fracture treatment has been successful, and whether the fracture treatment composition is sufficient for subsequent fracking. The method involves placing fracture treatments into a wellbor... | 4 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/797,721, filed May 4, 2006.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a rotary throttle assembly including a rotatable throttle handle and a linkage mechanism contained in a casing for operating a power unit su... | A rotary throttle assembly is disclosed for operating a power unit such as an engine or a motor in either a first power setting or a second power setting. The rotary throttle assembly may be used in a concrete vibrator to operate the vibrator in either an idle power setting or a desired power setting. The throttle asse... | 8 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 170,557, filed Mar. 21, 1988.
FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the art of organic chemistry, namely to novel compounds - ethyl-3-(2-ethyl-2,2-dimethylhydrazinium)-propionate salts possessing an antiarrhythmic effect w... | The present invention relates to the art of organic chemistry. The novel compounds - ethyl-3-(2-ethyl-2,2-dimethylhydrazinium)-propionate salts have the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X is Cl, Br, I. The compounds of the present invention possess an antiarrhythmic effect. | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] Not Applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable.
REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
[0003] Not Applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A collapsible assembly for loading and transporting vehicles in a cargo container having a roof, a floor, two elongate side walls, and front and rear walls, includes two pairs of spaced vertical posts, one pair being at the front end of the frame and another pair being at the rear end. Front and rear horizontally mount... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to transmitters used in industrial process control systems. In particular, the present invention relates to a process variable transmitter suitable for high humidity or wet environmental operational conditions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Transmitte... | A transmitter transmitting a sensed process variable over a conductor includes a cylindrical housing having a terminal compartment and an electronics compartment separated by a bulkhead. The terminal compartment used for conductor connection is subject to moisture accumulation. An access channel fully intersects an int... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 13/017,855, filed Jan. 31, 2011, the entire contents of which is herein incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention re... | A secure cover for a hot appliance made with heat resistant material having an insulation layer between heat resistant layers that can be stitched with heat resistant thread. The cover prevents users from burning themselves and can be in a shape that covers the hot part of the appliance. The cover has an encasement enc... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 of U.S. Application No. 61/590,860 filed Jan. 26, 2012.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of tools for detection on a molecular level. Specifically, it relates to a novel tool for ... | A method for detecting analyte in a sample comprises:
(a) contacting said sample with at least one set comprising a cassette oligonucleotide and first, second, third and fourth proximity probes, which probes each comprise an analyte-binding domain and a nucleic acid domain and can simultaneously bind to the analyte,... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the field of filters, and more particularly to digital filters that can produce an output at a variable rate.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Asynchronous digital filters are used in many applications, including navigation, process control and machine calibration.... | A system and methods for generating a variable rate filtered output using synchronous filters having the same filter sampling time, that avoids complexities of asynchronous filters. A system employs multiple filters that are staggered in time and set so that the output of one of the multiple filters is available whenev... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefits of the Taiwan Patent Application Serial Number 100123735, filed on Nov. 17, 2011, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention... | A method of antibiotic susceptibility testing is disclosed, and includes the following steps: (A) providing a sample to be tested wherein the sample contains a microbe; (B) adding an antibiotic into the sample, wherein the antibiotic serves to inhibit cell wall synthesis; (C) checking the sample by dielectrophoresis an... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of copending International Application PCT/AT00/00215, filed Aug. 8, 2000, which designated the United States.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates ... | The valve drive mechanism is particularly suitable for internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. The mechanism has at least one driven cam element and a valve control member which is moved (translationally or rotationally) by the cam element. The cam element is rotatingly mounted in a flexible surround element whi... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/132,975, filed Oct. 7, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,366,598, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/686,963, filed Apr. 18, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,262,040, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of U.S.... | A metal surface is now described having enhanced adhesion of subsequently applied coatings. The substrate metal of the article, such as a valve metal as represented by titanium, is provided with a highly desirable surface characteristic for subsequent coating application. This can be initiated by selection of a metal o... | 2 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/393,961 (TWC Docket 16099) filed Feb. 24, 1995.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an integrated Monitor-Detector for light emitting devices on silicon waferboard.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | An optical subassembly for monitoring the emission of a semi-conductor laser is disclosed. The subassembly is diced from a wafer having mounted thereon the devices to be tested as well as the testing optical devices. The devices of the wafer are burned-in and those sections of the wafer having lasers that pass the burn... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to forming a capacitor in an integrated circuit. Such capacitors form, for example, the storage element of a DRAM cell.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
FIGS. 1A and 1B schematically illustrate, in cros... | A capacitor having an electrode with a general cup shape, including a generally horizontal bottom and vertical walls, and in electric contact by its bottom with a conductive pad, the pad extending beyond the upper surface of an insulating layer and the bottom including a complementary recess of the protruding pad porti... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to an actuator assembly for an airbag module in a vehicle safety system. Furthermore, the invention relates to an airbag module and a vehicle safety system comprising such actuator assembly as well as a manufacturing method. An actuator assembly accord... | The invention relates to an actuator assembly for an airbag module in a vehicle safety system comprising an actuator ( 10 ) and a tensioning means ( 20 ), wherein the actuator ( 10 ) includes a release member ( 12 ) which in the idle state of the actuator is connected to a retaining member ( 11 ) and is separable from ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for deciding region of π/4 shift quadriphase shift keying (QPSK) modulated signals used for demodulation of a signal which modulated by π/4 shift QPSK modulating method.
2. Prior Art
FIG. 6 shows a bl... | First two dimensional plane is defined by phase of modulated signal and first vector corresponding to first signal point to be decided is defined. Then, first inner product by the first vector and second vector corresponding to last decided signal point is made and the second vector is transformed into third vector whi... | 7 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
[0001] The present invention relates to a method, a device and a system in a vehicle for communicating a deviation of a measured actual vehicle parameter value from its corresponding predetermined value to a driver as well as a vehicle comprising such a device and such a system, and a ... | A method, a device and a system for communicating in a vehicle at least one deviation of a measured actual vehicle parameter value from its predetermined value to a driver involve determining an amount of the deviation, color-coding the amount of deviation, and communicating the amount of deviation to the driver by usi... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to an insulated die plate assembly for use in underwater pelletizers and other granulation processes that include hot-face or non-fluidic pelletization. More specifically, the present invention relates to an insulated die plate assembly th... | An insulated die plate assembly for use in underwater pelletizing and other granulation processes includes a thin, continuous air chamber formed across the plate assembly generally parallel to the die face such that the heated upstream portion of the die plate assembly is thermally insulated from the downstream portion... | 1 |
PRIORITY
This application is related to and claims priority under 35 USC 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/232,423 filed on Aug. 8, 2009, the complete contents of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
1. Field of the Invention
The present discl... | A strap-drive system that provides smooth, reliable potentiometer adjustment, particularly in devices used in conjunction with musical instruments. | 6 |
[0001] This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for the selective removal of sulfur-containing components, in particular in the form of mercaptans, from feed gas streams containing 50 to 90 vol-% hydrocarbons, which are obtained periodically and in a fluctuating amount and/or fluctuating concentration o... | From a gas stream, which in a process for the selective removal of sulfur-containing components is obtained periodically and in fluctuating amounts and/or with fluctuating concentrations of sulfur-containing components, the sulfur-containing components are absorbed by means of a washing agent, the washing agent loaded ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a carburetor, especially for the internal combustion engine in a motor-driven implement.
[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 6,101,991 discloses a two-cycle engine having a partition formed in the intake channel thereof. The partition di... | A carburetor, especially for the internal combustion engine in a motor-driven implement, is provided. Formed in the carburetor is an intake channel that has at least one partition extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the intake channel. The partition divides the intake channel into at least one air ch... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to digital image processing, and in particular, to selecting and arranging multiple digital images from a group of thumbnail images and printing such selected images.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] To become mass mark... | A method for selecting and arranging digital images to be printed from a group of thumbnail images is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of displaying the group of thumbnail images; selecting, from the group of thumbnail images, the number of images to be printed per page and the images which are to be printed o... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/857,334 entitled “System and Method for Enhanced Experience with a Peer-to-Peer Network” filed Nov. 7, 2006, incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The pres... | A system and method for implementing a peer to peer (P2P) network that includes a plurality of nodes, wherein each of a majority of the nodes has less than a threshold number of P2P connections to other nodes in the network. A P2P network connection is established between a first node from the majority and an enhanced ... | 7 |
The present invention relates to genetic engineering and especially in vitro transposition. The invention describes a method and materials for producing deletion derivatives of polypeptide coding nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides means for efficient generation of C-terminal deletions of polypeptides ... | The present invention describes an in vitro transposition-based methodology for generation of deletion derivatives of polypeptides. An artificial transposon containing at least partly within its transposon ends a modification with translation stop codons in three reading frames is provided. In the method, transposition... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to power supply circuits, and particularly uninterrupted power supply (UPS) circuits adapted to have paralleled DC-to-AC inverters across a load.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Paralleling of UPS systems, in particular... | A UPS device adapted for parallel connection to a load along with one or more other UPS devices, having circuitry for sharing of the load, including load harmonics. A feedback network has an error signal circuit which generates an error signal representative of the difference between the actual current provided by the ... | 7 |
[0001] This application is the US National Stage for International Application No. PCT/US2012040245, filed on May 31, 2012, which itself is related to and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/491,529 filed on May 31, 2011.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] This invention relates... | A system and method of operation of a draper header of an agricultural work machine during a deslugging or clean out operation and after resumption of normal crop processing. During the deslugging or clean out operation, a feed draper is reversed or paused and the at least one side draper is paused. The method includes... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/563,836, filed on Apr. 20, 2004, the entire contents of which is incorporated by reference herein.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to surgical prostheses, and more particularly to ... | A soft tissue prosthesis for repairing a defect of an abdominal wall or a pelvic cavity wall, comprising: a three-dimensional mesh sheet comprising at least two types of yarn interlooped or intertwined to define at least two layers, wherein one of the at least two layers is substantially non-biodegradable and porous to... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/285,053 filed Dec. 9, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention in general relates to a mold... | A process for molding an article is provided that includes applying a permanent release coating to a surface of a mold cavity. The permanent release coating is over layered with a top coat that upon filling the mold cavity with a polymer or a polymer precursor under conditions to form the article, the top coat is trans... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to porous fluoropolymer materials, and in particular to porous fluoropolymer alloy materials and their processes of manufacture.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Fluoropolymers are characterized by the fact that they are highly inert, paraffinic thermoplastic p... | A porous fluoropolymer alloy material and method of fabrication is provided. The alloy material is fabricated by forming a compressed extrusion billet from two or more fluoropolymer resins capable of being stretched after extrusion and having different stretch characteristics. The fluoropolymer alloy billet is then ext... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a screen for cleaning a fiber suspension.
[0002] Screens are machines used in the paper industry to clean a pulp suspension comprising water, fibers, and dirt particles. Here a feed flow runs through a screening device, where the ... | A screen, for cleaning a fiber suspension, includes at least one separating unit containing a housing, a parabolic rotor, a screen basket, an accept chamber, and a reject outlet. The reject outlet is located in the vicinity of the maximum rotor diameter. The screen also includes one or several devices for interrupting ... | 3 |
The government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-ACO 2-80ER10743 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The oil lubricated rings which are conventionally used for sealing between between a piston and a cylinder have several disadvantages: the v... | A piston-cylinder seal uses gas for a lubricant and has a runner supported on a gapless structure and placed in the space between the piston and the cylinder wall. The runner is deformed elastically under the influence of the operating pressures to follow and compensate for variations in the piston-cylinder fit and mai... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of data transmission in high performance computer systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the field of computer processing, there are certain high performance computers that require multi-trace connector cables to carry signals and data from o... | The flexible connector for high density circuit applications comprises a multilayer flexible substrate upon which are formed a plurality of contact pads, in a density required by a particular application. This density may exceed two hundred contact pads per square inch. Contact pads of similar size and configuration ar... | 7 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present application claims priority from Japanese application JP 2006-109352 filed on Apr. 12, 2006, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 11/092,872, 11/237,753, 11... | Provided is an optical disk apparatus which has high read retry ability and high compatibility by performing a proper verify for other apparatuses. The optical disk apparatus includes a playback system capable of arbitrarily changing playback performance, and means which detects and determines a factor causing a read e... | 6 |
The present invention is concerned with the handling of Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) requests in an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) environment, and in particular with the execution of such CMIP requests in so-called OSI agents when several requests are received or pending concurrently.
BACKGR... | This invention concerns a method for organizing the execution of Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) requests in an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) environment by providing main threads and sub-threads within each main thread for simultaneous processing of multiple CMIP requests. In brief, a main thread is... | 7 |
This is division of application Ser. No. 07/974,057 filed Nov. 10, 1992 now abandoned, which is a continuation in part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/956,522, filed Oct. 5, 1992 (now abandoned).
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to biocatalytic methods for the synthesis of various oxy... | There are described novel biocatalytic and chemical processes for the synthesis of various oxygenated compounds. Particularly, there are described processes for the synthesis of a useful synthon 12 made by reacting a protected diol (acetonide) with permaganate under appropriate conditions. Such synthon is useful of the... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/858,315, which was filed Jun. 1, 2004.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
[0002] This invention relates to a reinforcement structure which is used in providing cementitious mixtur... | This invention relates to a reinforcement structure which is used in providing cementitious mixtures supplemental support and strength upon setting, and more particularly, to a reinforcement structure which comprises a plurality of oriented reinforcing fibrous and/or filamentary components having a finite cut length, a... | 4 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a novel composition of dye baths or processing baths and a process for tinting, dyeing or doping of moulded components with functional additives in these aqueous dipping baths or processing baths. The moulded components basically contain transparen... | The present invention relates to a novel composition of dye baths or processing baths and a process for tinting, dyeing or doping of moulded components with functional additives in these aqueous dipping baths or processing baths. The moulded components contain transparent or translucent (co)polyamides. If the moulded c... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/068,943, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/704,612, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,948,371, which is a Division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/152,628, no... | A method of embedding RF equipment in a reusable material handing apparatus for the purposes of managing the apparatus with the device is described. In one embodiment, the RF equipment includes a low cost RFID tag, label, placard or like, which is incorporated into the apparatus. Each RFID device responds to a manageme... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a gaseous discharge plasma display panel, which providss a flat and thin display screen. In particular, the present invention relates to such a panel which provides a high density of display cells for excellent picture quality, and high speed scanning o... | A plasma display panel with quick firing nature and high speed scanning having a plurality of display cells defined by parallel cathode electrodes and parallel anode electrodes perpendicular to said cathode electrodes. The cells along a cathode electrode discharge simultaneously either strongly or weakly according to t... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/207,448, filed on Feb. 12, 2009, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to rheo... | The present invention relates to aqueous formulations useful in useful in personal care, oral care, household and institutional applications which contain polymers comprised of water soluble synthetic backbone with covalently connected hydrophobic ends can deliver ‘salt-like’ rheology to surfactant formulations contain... | 2 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e)(1) to Provisional Application No. 61/717,823 filed 24 Oct. 2012.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The technical field of this invention is interprocessor communications.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In today... | The barrier-aware bridge tracks all outstanding transactions from the attached master. When a barrier transaction is sent from the master, it is tracked by the bridge, along with a snapshot of the current list of outstanding transactions, in a separate barrier tracking FIFO. Each barrier is separately tracked with what... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
The present disclosure relates to a device for fastening a toilet seat.
DISCUSSION OF THE RELATED ART
A toilet seat generally comprises a seat and a lid which are hingedly assembled on a bowl. The back portion of the toilet seat may be fastened to the bowl by bolts having their nuts general... | A device for fastening a toilet seat to at least one first element of a toilet bowl, including a first locking part and wherein, for each back and forth motion of the fastening device relative to the bowl, the locking part is capable of alternately displacing between a first position where the first locking part cooper... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a heat insulation material which is used as wadding for winter clothes, bedclothes, cushions etc. and resilient wadding for curtains and interior decoration etc.
It is well known to provide such wadding as used in bedclothes and winter clothes in which a... | A heat insulation material which is used as wadding for winter clothes, bedclothes, cushions, etc. A fibrous sheet material such as non-woven fabrics, knitted fabrics and textile is used to support or carry a metal and the fibrous sheet material having a metal deposited surface is fixed to a heat insulating fibrous lay... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to uterine sound devices for measuring the depth and course of a uterus and more specifically relates to flexible, disposable, polyvinyl chloride-coated uterine sound devices.
In the gynecological field, it is sometimes necessary for a phys... | A disposable uterine sound device is described for measuring the depth and course of an uterine cavity. The device is formed by coating a copper rod and a portion of an attached nylon handle with polyvinyl chloride. The coating is then printed with a generally nonleachable biocompatable ink to form graduations indicati... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a composition that may be used to treat a substrate. More particularly, the invention is directed to a composition that improves the characteristics of a substrate, like a fabric. The characteristics of the substrate are improved as a direct result of the compo... | The present invention is directed to a composition for improving substrate characteristics. The composition has a substrate enhancing agent, like a monohydric alcohol, and the composition reduces wrinkles in substrates that have not been subjected to ironing. | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 2003-333014 filed in Japan on Sep. 25, 2003, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to processes ... | A γ,δ-unsaturated carboxylic acid silyl ester is prepared by reacting an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester with a hydrosilane or hydrosiloxane in the presence of tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane. γ,δ-Unsaturated carboxylic acid derivatives are readily prepared through fewer steps and in high yields. | 2 |
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 royalties thereon or therefor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to magnetically ... | Magnetic signature measurements are taken at various points corresponding to an original water depth beneath a ship. A computer processor receives and processes (i) this group of measured magnetic signature values and (ii) the designed magnetic signature value the sensing of which actuates the subject magnetic mine, im... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Division of copending application Ser. No. 13/427,706 filed Mar. 22, 2012, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates ge... | A method for producing a linear paraffin includes providing a natural oil in a feed stream, deoxygenating the natural oil to form a stream comprising paraffins, purifying the stream comprising paraffins to form a purified stream comprising paraffins, and separating a first fraction of paraffin product from the purified... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to a hydraulic circuit for generating high pressure pulses. The circuit may be used to generate acoustic pulses for use, for example in the treatment of materials, pressure pulses for driving mechanical devices, or the like.
BRIEF DESCRIP... | A system ( 10 ) for generating high pressure pulses has a source ( 12, 16 ) of a pressurized working fluid ( 14 ). The working fluid is supplied to two conduits ( 22,24 ). A valve ( 26 ) has an input connected to each of the conduits ( 22, 24 ). The valve has a valve member ( 29 ) that is movable between two positions.... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to a support device for temporarily holding construction sheet material in place prior to final securement, and, more particularly, to a stepped or offset support device with an orthogonal set of planar surfaces capable of temporarily s... | A temporary support device for installing sheet material in a building construction is provided with a multitude of perpendicular surfaces and a pair of offset surfaces for temporarily supporting a variety of sheet materials in a variety of orientations. Countersunk through holes integral to the support device accept s... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/950,312 filed Jul. 25, 2013, now pending. U.S. application Ser. No. 13/950,312 filed Jul. 25, 2013, now pending, is a continuation-in-part of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2011/002131 with an in... | A joint structure includes a first floorboard and a second floorboard. The first floorboard and the second floorboard each includes: a top surface; a bottom surface; a first side surface; a second side surface; a third side surface; a fourth side surface; a first beveled tenon, the first beveled tenon including a first... | 4 |
This is a continuation in part application claiming priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/623,222 filed Jul. 21, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Applicant's invention relates to a gutter retaining system for affixing a gutter to a building. More specifically, the ... | A gutter retaining system for affixing a gutter under the eaves of a building. The gutter retaining system incorporates a gutter clip with a gutter and retaining member. The retaining member is placed along the eaves. The gutter clip has an L-portion and a back portion. The back portion includes an upper u-portion with... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Some embodiments generally relate to a method for analyzing and/or monitoring physiological and/or pathological parameters of a patient. Embodiments can be particularly suited for early detection of pathological conditions and for creating protocols for preventing pathological c... | Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of making therapeutic decisions in the course of medical treatment. Some embodiments include using mathematical methods such as analytic geometric methods to determine the relationship of a patient's initial and/or current health state to a desired health state... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a baking machine provided with a yogurt manufacturing device and a manufacturing method thereof, and particularly to the device and method in which yogurt can be manufactured simultaneously with the baking of breads by using the commercially distributed milk... | A baking machine provided with a yogurt manufacturing device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed with: a first heating means; a baking room; a first temperature sensor; a controller for controlling all components; a yogurt preparing vessel; a fermenting room for accommodating the yogurt manufacturing vesse... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to trenchers and an attachment including the trencher adjustably mounted on the extensible boom of a truck mounted excavator.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Trenching devices attached to various motor driven vehicles m... | A trencher attachment for a hydraulic excavator of the truck mounted type enables the excavator to be effectively used in performing trenching functions relative to the construction and maintenance of various underground installations. The trencher attachment and a trencher carried thereby on the free end of a telescop... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In large hydro-turbine machinery in which the main drive shaft is supported by journal bearings, the turbine bearing functions as a stiff bearing because it has been the normal practice of directly connecting it to a massive adjacent head cover which, in turn, is solidly grounded or an... | A stiff bearing support for the guide bearing of a drive shaft of a hydro-turbine machine which effectively isolates the radial movement of a grounded head cover from that of the bearing surface while it solidly transfers the lateral bearing reaction load to the grounded head cover. | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/784,253, filed May 20, 2010, which claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/185,769, filed Jun. 10, 2009, which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in ... | A plant support is assembled from a plurality of interchangeable parts that can be readily assembled together to form a complete plant assembly having a desired size, in either an open or closed configuration, and to readily permit disassembly for storage or reconfiguration of the support. The plant support may be made... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for treating surfaces of plastic polymeric web substrates with electrical discharges at ambient atmospheric pressures to alter the wettability and adhesion of those surfaces to aqueous formulations coated subsequently to the treated surfaces, a... | Apparatus capable of sustained glow discharge at atmospheric pressure mounted along the web path in a web coating machine ahead of the point of coating application, for glow discharge treatment of the surface of a polymeric web shortly before coating. Latencies of treatment (the time between treatment and coating) appr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printer apparatus capable of printing on a least two different types of recording sheets, namely, slip sheets, such as cut sheets, and roll sheets, such as journal paper or receipts.
To guide a roll sheet through the roll sheet path, a conventio... | A printer which can accommodate both continuous sheets and cut sheets includes both a continuous sheet path and a cut sheet path. A printing section is provided in common for the continuous and cut sheets. A manually .[.slidable.]. .Iadd.movable .Iaddend.continuous sheet guide plate is provided in the upper portion of ... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a coating material, wherein said preferred embodiment, comprises a nonwoven fabric conformed by polymeric fibers which adhere to each other by means of a binder and a coating comprised of a second binder which is applied on one of the fabric'... | The present invention relates to a coating material that comprises a nonwoven fabric composed of polyester, polyolefin or natural fibers bonded together by a first binder and a coating comprised of a second binder applied on one of the surfaces of the fabric, wherein the first and second binders are functionally equiva... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED CASES
[0001] None.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention pertains to a compact, light weight, folding stand adapted for use with portable hydraulic hose crimpers designed to crimp a hose fitting to flexible hoses and the like. The purpose of th... | A folding stand adapted to be secured to the bottom wall of a portable crimping device which, in a folded position, is substantially flat against a wall portion thereof and, in an unfolded position, vertically raises the crimping device to a predetermined working height, the folding stand including a base portion, havi... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The inventions described herein apply generally to wastewater treatment systems that employ biological processes as a treatment step and also employ one or more membranes in a filtration step. More specifically, the inventions are directed to improved methods of wastewater treat... | The inventions add a modified phase separator in the main line of a wastewater treatment process for enhanced BOD and nutrient removal with a membrane system. In addition, treatment methods and systems are described for high flux membrane filtration to meet secondary and tertiary treatment standards. Phase separation a... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based upon and claims benefit of copending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/615,389 entitled “Window Blind Solar Energy Management System,” filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Mar. 26, 2012 by the inventor herein,... | Disclosed is a window blind solar energy management system for capturing solar energy to manage illumination and temperature within a defined space. Blinds comprising curved louvers are hung from the internal frame of a window, each louver having a concave, highly reflecting specular mirrored surface that focuses incom... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Ser. No. 61/183,846, filed Jun. 3, 2009.
BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] a) Field of the Disclosure
[0003] This disclosure relates to the field of hydrodynamic bore seals, and... | The disclosed finger seals are designed to be operational under rotational velocity or a stationary condition. The contact surface of the finger seals is inclined in an axial direction. This incline causes a convergent leakage path between the finger foot surface and the bore. Therefore, the leakage flow passing throug... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is:
a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/154,742 to Signorile et al., filed on Jun. 6, 2011; a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/079,574 to Signorile et al., filed on Apr. 4, 2011; ... | An exercise device includes at least one arc-shaped wing structure shaped to conform to a curvature of an exterior surface of an exercise ball such that when applied to the exterior surface thereof the at least one arc-shaped wing structure has a lower proximal end and an upper distal radiating end, protrudes away from... | 0 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of our U.S. provisional patent application with the Ser. No. 60/693,723, which was filed Jun. 24, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The field of the invention relates to the transmission of power by gears, and to the provision of a speed changi... | Contemplated gearboxes provide first and second power-balanced paths in which a speed changer is configured to operate with only one path. Most preferably, the gearbox includes a friction clutch and a sprag clutch arranged such that, together with a layshaft and spur-gear differential, gear shifting can be done while t... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. provisional application No. 61/307,693, filed Feb. 24, 2010, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a ... | An apparatus for performing well intervention work using coiled tubing. The apparatus includes a structural frame. The upper portion of the frame include two winches for suspending well interventions tools including a coiled tubing injector head. The winches may be selective reciprocated by a hydraulic cylinder to eith... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a press load meter which measures and displays the maximum value of dynamic stress caused during the operation of a press.
By the provision of a load meter on a press, the following various advantages can be obtained:
(1) The amount of feed can be ... | A press load meter according to the present invention employs strain gauges as stress detectors. Outputs of the stress detectors are analogously processed until they are amplified and the amplified signals are digitally processed in a multiplexed form with respect to each channel whereby measurement in many stress dete... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is filed pursuant to 35 USC 371 based upon PCT/CN2005/000979 filed 4 Jul. 2005, which claims the benefit of Chinese Application No. 200510049324, filed 9 Mar. 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a porous membrane filtration co... | The invention discloses a kind of porous membrane filtration component for treating water, specifically it discloses a kind of suspending porous hollow fiber membrane bundle for treating highly turbid waste water. The component includes some porous hollow fiber membrane yarns and casting heads arranged at both ends of ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an air bag apparatus which expands a bag body on the lateral side of an occupant when a vehicle decelerates rapidly.
2. Description of the Related Art
In an air bag apparatus, a peripheral edge of an opening p... | In an air bag apparatus, a bag body has a bag body opening portion. The bag body opening portion communicates with a gas generating apparatus for generating gas when a vehicle rapidly decelerates. Further, the bag body is expanded by gas generated from the gas generating apparatus. A base plate holds a peripheral edge ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims benefit-under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of provisional application Ser. No. 60/872,026, filed Nov. 30, 2006, the content of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
[0002] Th... | The invention provides methods and kits for designing a diet with a desired fat content for an individual in need thereof to allow the individual to, for example, maintain or reduce healthy weight, manage diabetes, for example by managing weight or accommodate a food allergy. The method comprises determining whether th... | 2 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a release device which may to release such items as antennas, solar arrays, positioning mechanisms, and other devices.
[0003] 2. Description of Related Art
[0004] A release apparatus, su... | A release device having a multi-segment split spool with a central bore adapted to axially restrain a tensioned member. A tensioned tape is overlappingly wound around the spool segments thereby preventing radial movement of the spool segments. The overlapping winding allows for a low profile housing for the release dev... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a high-lift system of an aircraft having at least one drive unit, having at least one load station as well as having one or more transmissions for transmitting the drive energy of the drive unit to the at least one load station.
Aircraft high-lift systems... | A high-lift system of an aircraft has at least one drive unit, at least one load station as well as one or more transmissions for transmitting the drive energy of the drive unit to the at least one load station. One or more of the transmissions are made as transmission shafts from a material containing titanium or incl... | 1 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/733,129, filed Oct. 17, 1996, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to endoprostheses, also known as stents, which are of the self-expanding type. More particularly, the invention relate... | A stent or other endoprosthesis is provided from a single strand of biocompatible and resilient material into which spring coils are formed by winding the strand through in excess of 360°. The thus-formed coil springs are positioned along outside edges of the endoprosthesis, with legs joining the coil springs in order ... | 0 |
REFERENCE TO CROSS-RELATED CASES
The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/943,323, filed Sep. 10, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,422,350.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention is concerned with nitrogen substituted acridines and, in particular, their effec... | Described is a method of treating Alzheimer's disease in a patient comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of tacrine in combination with a P450 1A2 oxidase inhibitor. Preferably, the inhibitor is a heterocyclic guanidine. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to a device for allowing at least two doors, preferably several doors, to be opened and closed, each enabling access to an enclosure that is to be protected and to which access is to be controlled. More particularly, the device of the invention allows ... | A device for controlling the opening and closing of at least two doors, each enabling access to an enclosure, a single control means adapted to allow separate and controlled access to each of the enclosures. The control means operates locking means for keeping the doors closed or for releasing them, in such a manner th... | 8 |
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