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The present application claims priority from provisional application No. 60/869,095, filed Dec. 7, 2006, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
Stage lights are often used for mobile setups in which the state lights are rented for an event and then returned. Once r... | A testing table that allows testing lights along its length. The testing table can be used to convey lights along the direction, and to test the lights at different locations along the direction along the conveying. The lights can be cleaned and tested. Empty tubs can be returned. | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/344,356, filed on Jun. 1, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
[0002] ... | A method for filtering one or more of run-off fluid, chemical spills and facility discharge, the method including: storing a first portion of the one or more of run-off fluid, chemical spills and facility discharge in a first compartment; discharging additional fluid from an overflow in the first compartment when a vol... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention comprises a machine and a process for forming crosswise filaments for non-woven fabric. It also comprises crosswise filaments and fabrics made by the process. It has particular application in making crosswise filaments which are self-suppo... | A stand-alone machine and a process for forming crosswise filaments for non-woven fabric comprises two sets of non-traversing edge spacing pins, each set with a gripper, and a traversing set of slider pins. The sets of pins are placed close together. Crosswise filament yarns are engaged by these sets of pins. The slide... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an air bag system for a passenger seat, and more particularly to an air bag system for a passenger seat for controlling the deployment of an air bag in correspondence with the state of an occupant in the passenger seat.
... | An air bag apparatus for a passenger seat includes: a first sensor for detecting an occupant seated in a passenger seat; a second sensor for detecting a state in which the occupant is approaching an instrument panel excluding a state in which the occupant put out his or her hand(s) on the instrument panel; and a deploy... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 10/282,083, filed Oct. 29, 2002, which claims the benefit of Taiwanese Application No. 90126697, filed Oct. 29, 2001.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field o... | Fibers of square cross sections are presented in the invention. The square fiber leads to higher packing density and results in higher wind resistance in fabrics as compared to the conventional round fibers and other polygonal fibers. Therefore, the square fiber is more suitable for manufacture of the windproof clothin... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a reciprocating pump assembly, a noise suppression apparatus for use with a reciprocating pump, and a method of controlling a reciprocating pump assembly.
BACKGROUND
[0002] One of the most common air-operated pumps used in industr... | A pump assembly comprising an apparatus for reducing process noise manifest in a piping system. The invention introduces a pump pulse to counteract a negative dip in pressure when the reciprocating pump is at the completion of each pump stroke. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to closable and sealable containers for liquids, and more particularly to a liquid container particularly adapted (but not limited) for use as a beverage container. The present container is preferably configured in... | A liquid container with opposed openings has a smaller neck and larger base, with correspondingly sized openings and caps. The base cap includes a receptacle, for installing over the cap of the smaller diameter container end. The smaller diameter cap includes an outwardly extending non-circular flange, which engages th... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the continuous treatment of a thin band of wares made of paper, textile, synthetic material or metal through pressure produced by a magnetic force exerted by means of pressure bodies perpendi... | Webs of paper, textile, synthetic material, metal or the like are subjected to a continuous treatment through the application of pressure produced by magnetic forces exerted via pressure bodies perpendicularly to the web. The web is guided over a straight or arcuate supporting surface and the pressure bodies extend ove... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/655,317, filed Jun. 4, 2012, and entitled, “OUTDOOR HEAT EXCHANGER COIL”, which is hereby incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE
[0002] The ... | A coil system for an outdoor heat exchanger in a HVAC system. The coil system comprises an integrated subcooler coil section positioned between the primary coil section and the expansion valve. A distributor combines the individual refrigerant streams from the coils of the primary coil section into a single refrigerant... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application claims the priority of Provisional Application Serial No. 60/433,334, filed Dec. 13, 2002.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention relates to reus... | A reusable pipe fitting plug for temporarily sealing the open hub on a non-threaded female pipe fitting. The pipe fitting plug has a retainer with piercing edges, expandable pins or grit type particles designed to engage the inner portion of a pipe fitting hub in order to anchor the pipe fitting plug. The pipe fitting ... | 5 |
This application is a division of prior application Ser. No. 08/799,667, filed Feb. 11, 1997 and now U.S. Pat. No. 5,861,005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of surgical instruments and more particularly to devices for installing surgical staples in vessels, arter... | A method and device for efficiently and effectively stapling an opening in an anatomical structure such as veins, arteries, organs, and other body members within a living body is disclosed. The opening may be from a deliberately placed incision, as from an invasive surgical procedure, or caused by other damaging events... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to latching devices and to nuclear reactors incorporating such latching devices.
In one example of liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor construction, the reactor is submerged in a pool of coolant contained in a primary vessel. The primary vessel is housed in... | A latching device for use in nuclear reactors. The device is used to latch outer housing assemblies to the reactor core. The device contains a shear pin which does not break under normal loading imposed by movement of absorber rod assemblies, but which shears when it is desired to remove the housing from the core. | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/942,546, filed on Sep. 16, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,982,544 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/189,714, filed on Jul. 3, 2002 (now U.S. Pat. No. 6,794,852), which claims p... | A method and system for accurately reporting battery capacity is disclosed herein. The disclosed method and system prevent the reporting of discontinuous capacity values resulting from starting or stopping recharge cycles. The disclosed method and system prevent over or under reporting of battery capacity due to the tr... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part application of allowed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/770,454 filed Jan. 29, 2001.
SCOPE OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a finishing strip which is adapted to be secure... | A kit for use in finishing a cut edge of floor coverings such as mats, carpets, carpet runners, and roll runners having a cut side edge including an elongated edging strip which has a length equal to or exceeding the length of the cut edge to be finished. The lateral width of the edging strip is selected so that when s... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Dyeing machines are known to comprise a platform onto which more vessels are positioned in a preset order, said vessels being able to contain predetermined amounts of products which contribute to form, suitably metered, dyeing baths within suitable tanks. Inside each tan... | A machine for dyeing textiles, includes a structure ( 1 ) able to receive a plurality of containers or vessels ( 2; C) holding substances which contribute to form dyeing baths within suitable dyeing tanks ( 3 ). A plurality of dyeing tanks ( 3 ) and a plurality of material-holding baskets ( 4 ) are located at correspo... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/144,782, filed Sep. 1, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,277,459.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of synchronous digital hierar... | A method for the transmission of data in a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) network comprising the steps of transmitting to a node of the network a form of data signal from outside the network, converting the signal into a virtually concatenated information structure and transporting the signal through the network i... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a system for measuring the penetration depth of an elongated object such as a pile, tube, sheet pile or drill into the ground, to be used in combination with an installation for bringing the elongated object into the ground for instance by pressing, hammering, ... | System for measuring the penetration depth of an elongated object such as a pile, tube, sheet pile or drill into the ground, to be used in combination with an installation for bringing the elongated object into the ground for instance by pressing, hammering, vibrating, drilling or lowering, or for pulling or otherwise ... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to the field of communication networks. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for physically locating devices connected to a network.
BACKGROUND
Modern computer networks deployed in large installations (e.g., datacenters, ... | The invention provides systems and methods for determining the physical location of a device connected to a network. The location information is stored in a wiring database that correlates the location information with an address present in every protocol data unit (PDU) thus enabling a network administrator to quickly... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 61/169,753 filed Apr. 16, 2009 and entitled “IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARY WAFER BONDING”, the contents of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
... | A debonder apparatus for debonding two via an adhesive layer combined with a release layer temporary bonded wafers includes a chuck assembly, a flex plate assembly and a contact roller. The chuck assembly includes a chuck and a first wafer holder configured to hold wafers in contact with the top surface of the chuck. T... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a self propelled apparatus for digging a shallow trench along one side of an existing roadway, and which is useful as part of a roadway widening operation.
Roadway planing machines are known which are adapted for removing the surface of the roadwa... | A self propelled apparatus for digging a shallow trench along one side of a roadway is disclosed, and which is useful as part of a roadway widening operation. The apparatus comprises a cutter drum mounted to one side of the chassis of the apparatus, and a conveyor belt is mounted to the same side of the chassis with an... | 4 |
REFERENCE TO EARLIER FILED APPLICATIONS
This application is a 371 national phase of PCT/US2011/031448, filed Apr. 6, 2011, and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/321,324, filed Apr. 6, 2010; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/322,383, filed Apr. 9, 2010; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 6... | Screening methods for identifying compounds and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating and preventing cancer are disclosed. The compounds affect signal transduction downstream of the MET receptor. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to article carriers in general and is particularly suited to wrap-around type carriers for transporting beverage bottles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It has been a general practice in the packaging art for some time ... | A wrap-around type article carrier has removable tear-away panels formed in its top panel so that access may be had to the carrier contents, while a handle is formed between the tear-away panels so that the carrier can be carried after they are removed. The carrier is particularly adapted for use with returnable bevera... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a DMD device and more particularly to illumination systems which allow for gray scale operation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The use of semiconductor light modulators is gaining in popularity as a replacement for the laser polygon scanner in x... | There is disclosed a system for enhancing resolution of a xerographic process by submodulation of each individual pixel. The submodulation is achieved by anamorphically reducing the square pixel presentation of light rays to a rectangle having a number of controllable segments within each square pixel scan line. By con... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to presses for extracting water from a continuous traveling web and particularly to such a press section for extracting water from a newly formed web of paper in a papermaking machine. More particularly it relates to an extended nip press structure and an endless... | A press section for extracting water from a continuous traveling web such as paper in which the web is sandwiched between a traveling belt and a drum. The belt is wrapped partially about the drum and a pressure shoe exerts pressure on the belt in the wrap area to press the web. The belt includes a reinforcing structure... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to dental mirrors and, more particularly, to an improved dental mirror or other medical-surgical instrument which substantially reduces clouding or fogging by moisture condensation, and which additionally aids the dentist in the removal of debris particles from t... | An improved dental mirror or instrument of the type including an elongated handle and a disc-like mirror mounted in a frame at one end of the handle. A concave clear plastic shell is sealed relative to the mirror surface to substantially reduce, if not completely eliminate, condensation. The concave exterior surface, w... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus for finishing concrete surfaces, particularly in applications involving large surface areas.
If concrete is allowed to cure normally without interference, random accumulations of sand, rock or gravel, the principal components... | An apparatus for concrete finishing to be used primarily in application involving large surface areas. A concrete finishing broom is adapted to wire, cable, rope or other means for pulling the broom across the concrete surface. The broom is fitted also with a second cable or similar pulling means, allowing the impositi... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for automatically protecting personnel and patients from direct exposure to the output of a high intensity light source used in medical devices, such as endoscopic imaging systems and the like. The invention also generally relates t... | A method and apparatus where the output from a high intensity light source is controlled to produce well-exposed images/videos and to reduce automatically the intensity when an unsafe issue is detected in medical devices such as endoscopes and the like. The method and apparatus overcome problems to control light source... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Nonprovisional patent application Ser. No. 09/683,798 filed on Feb. 15, 2002 which is now U.S. Pat. No. 6,615,767.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The invention relates generally to the field of aquaculture and, more partic... | The invention provides a method and system for producing aquatic specie for consumer consumption within a closed aquaculture system. It provides for growing algae in artificial saltwater under controlled conditions in an algae subsystem, feeding the algae to adult artemia for producing small artemia in an artemia subsy... | 8 |
This application claims the benefit of Provisional application No. 60/236,446, filed Sep. 29, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the field of mode discrimination means in laser cavities, and in particular, mode discriminatio... | A novel laser apparatus is disclosed which pertains to laser resonator geometries possessing circular symmetry, such as in the case of disk or spherical lasers. The disclosed invention utilizes multi-layer dielectric (MLD) thin film reflectors of many layer pairs of very small refractive index difference, the MLD depos... | 7 |
CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
[0001] Various methods, systems and apparatus relating to the present invention are disclosed in the following co-pending granted patents/applications filed by the applicant or assignee of the present invention:
[0002] U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,428,133, 6,526,658, 09/575,108, 09... | A printhead assembly for a drop on demand ink jet printer includes an array of printhead modules. A flexible printed circuit board carries data and power to the modules. A pair of busbars is electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit board to carry power to it. | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to the production and purification of acids, such as aromatic dicarboxylic acids. In another aspect, the invention concerns an improved method for purifying a slurry containing solid particles of crude terephthalic acid (CTA).
BACKGROU... | An apparatus and process for purifying crude particles of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid (e.g., crude terephthalic acid) via oxidative digestion in an agitated reactor. Purification and particle size of the particles exiting the digestion reactor are optimized by controlling the amount of mechanical agitation imparted t... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/329,225, filed Jun. 1, 1999, which claims the benefit of provisional application Ser. No. 60/088,849 filed Jun. 10, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. ... | A composition is provided in the present invention for polishing a composite semiconductor structure containing a metal layer (such as tungsten, aluminum, or copper), a barrier layer (such as tantalum, tantalum nitride, titanium, or titanium nitride), and an insulating layer (such as SiO 2 ). The composition comprises ... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to improve and complete the safety of operation of manually or electrically operated scaffolding winches disposed on suspended scaffoldings for raising or lowering the latter. This invention is applicable notably to scaf... | This device is associated with a scaffolding suspended from at least two winches and is adapted to automatically control a safety mechanism when the scaffolding is inclined beyond a predetermined limit angle to the horizontal. The scaffolding is pivoted at each end to a stirrup rigid with the safety device which is sus... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of any priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/532,609, filed Sep. 9, 2011, which is owned by the assignee of interest an in its entirety incorporated herein.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The subj... | Various embodiments relate to a method and related apparatus that simulates planned athletic plays. A device such as a touchscreen tablet or mobile device can use a simulation platform that produces a visualization of one or more athletes in a planned scenario. The platform can then display and/or animate the one or mo... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/380,816, filed on Aug. 25, 2014, and entitled “Roller Tube”, itself a United States national phase application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Application Serial No. PCT/GB2013/050467, filed on ... | A roller tube comprising a tube body which defines on its outwardly facing surface one or more blind substrate or shutter substrate receiving portions, wherein the tube body includes a plurality of sound damping elements located circumferentially around its inwardly facing surface, the sound damping elements extending ... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to enzyme inhibitors, and more particularly to heterocyclic inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase 3β, GSK-3.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative process characterised by cog... | Compounds of general formula (I):
where A, E, G, X, Y and the bond - - - take various meanings are of use in the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation, for example in the treatment of a disease in which GSK-3 is involved, including Alzheimer's disease or the non-dependent insulin d... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit of provisional application 60/697,895, filed Jul. 8, 2005 and provisional application 60/721,926, filed Sep. 29, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to batch thermal processing of substrates, especially silicon waf... | An edge ring for use in batch thermal processing of wafers supported on a vertical tower within a furnace. The edge rings are have a width approximately overlapping the periphery of the wafers and are detachably supported on the towers equally spaced between the wafer to reduce thermal edge effects. The edge rings have... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an acoustic-structural low-pressure compressor (LPC) splitter assembly constructed so as to reduce weight and increase structural support. More specifically, this invention relates to an a... | An acoustic-structural LPC splitter assembly which comprises a structural acoustic splitter through which are arranged a plurality of bleed exhaust ports, the acoustic splitter having a first and second end, an inner and outer surface, a front joint for securing the first end, and a slip joint formed at an FEGV interfa... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/505,935 filed on Sep. 24, 2003, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.
INTRODUCTION
[0002] Financial ass... | The invention relates to novel compounds denominated halocombstatins. The halocombstatins are derivatives of combretastatin A-3, and include compounds that exhibit cancer growth cell inhibition against a panel of human cancer cell lines and the murine P388 leukemia, as well as activity as inhibitors of tubulin polymeri... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
This application is a C-I-P application of U.S. Ser. No. 07/347,026 filed May 4, 1989, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an active ingredient system and more particularly to such a system for the transfer of li... | Active ingredient system for the lipid exchange with target structures; methods for their manufacture and their use; and products containing active ingredient systems of this type are disclosed. The active ingredient system for the transfer of lipophilic and/or amphiphilic components to target structures or from such b... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the Korean Application No. 2002-0029972 filed on May 29, 2002, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a color flat panel di... | A screen composite provided on a face plate of a flat panel display device, said screen composite containing an aluminum layer and a metal layer formed on said aluminum layer for substantially reducing a halation phenomenon. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a multi-layered drainage sieve or fabric formed by splicing the ends together with a binder warp, and to a method of so splicing the ends.
German (OS) No. 2,455,184 discloses endless woven multi-layered drainage forming sieves for use in paper manufactur... | A multiple-layer spliced drainage sieve belt for use in paper pulp drying, in which the ends of respective layers of sieve fabric are spliced together separately, the seams being staggered along the length of the belt. Various types of seams may be utilized, among them a woven seam which does not differ from the other ... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application claims priority to Korean Patent Application Number 10-2008-0120113 filed on Nov. 28, 2008, the entire contents of which application is incorporated herein for all purposes by this reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[00... | A control unit of vehicle is provided including a device for controlling regenerative braking of a vehicle. The device is provided with a drive wheel and a drive motor driving the drive wheel may include a vehicle control unit for calculating a regenerative amount and distributing a target braking force corresponding t... | 1 |
This invention was made with Government support under prime contract DAAE07-84-C-R083 awarded by the Department of Defense. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to motor controls and, more particularly, to a control syste... | A method for operating a multi-phase switched reluctance motor is a generator mode includes gating switches connected in series with selected ones of the phase windings of the motor into conduction to establish current flow in a selected one of the windings. The switches are thereafter disabled and current is forced to... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of pending International patent application PCT/EP2010/054702 filed on Apr. 9, 2010 which designates the United States and claims priority from European Patent applications EP 09161738.1 filed on Jun. 2, 2009 and EP 09158296.5 filed... | An axial bearing between a first part and a second part that presses with an axial load against the first part and can rotate around a rotation axis relative to the first part comprising a circular or arc-shaped ridge on the first part centered around the rotation axis, a pressure source for providing pressurized hydra... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus, method for managing and auditing purchases in progress which are made by a number of individuals belonging to a liable organisation. Employees making purchases in parallel on behalf of a company is a conceivable example in practice.... | The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing and auditing purchases in progress which are made by a number of individuals belonging to a liable organisation, such as employees making purchases in parallel on behalf of a company. The invention comprises a managing server, including a storage m... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for treating aqueous solutions by ion exchange or adsorption by passing the aqueous solution through a regenerable filter bed comprising a flocculated mixture of finely divided active particulate material and filter aid materials having a depth in t... | Methods for treating aqueous solutions and for recovering specific chemical products from an aqueous solution by ion exchange or adsorption by passing the aqueous solution through a regenerable filter bed comprising a flocculated mixture of finely divided active particulate material and filter aid materials having a de... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims priority from Japanese patent application P2014-40552 filed on Mar. 3, 2014, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates to... | There is provided a method of collecting probe information generated during travel of a vehicle, comprising: (a) receiving probe information including travel time information of a reference area, from a vehicle traveling a reference area that includes at least one of an intersection area that is an area from an approac... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a division of copending Application Ser. No. 333,497, filed Feb. 20, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,935,214; issued Jan. 27, 1976, and entitled 2- OR 3-KETO-C-PHENYL-1,4-DISUBSTITUTED PIPERAZINES, said application Ser. No. 333,497 in turn being a contin... | Novel 1,4-substituted phenyl piperazine compounds have a pronounced effect upon blood coagulation and are useful in the treatment of thrombotic diseases, especially of the arterial system. They are particularly used to inhibit thrombosis of the coronary or cerebral arteries. Examples of such compounds are 1-phenyl (low... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a division of my application Ser. No. 10/753,793, filed Jan. 8, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,929,423 and claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application 60/440,487, filed Jan. 16, 2003.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally... | Hydrogen sulfide in a landfill is reduced by dispersing a hydrogen sulfide control agent, such as an iron compound, into the landfill. The hydrogen sulfide control agent may be a component of an injected foam. Gas is also recovered from the landfill by introducing water into the landfill, as part of the foam, to promot... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/916,446 filed May 7, 2007, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to pre-treatment of cel... | A steam explosion pulping method including: impregnating a cellulosic biomass feed material in a pressurized reactor vessel; discharging the impregnated feed material from the vessel to a high pressure compressor; elevating a pressure of the feed material in the compressor; discharging the pressurized feed material fro... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a telecommunication system and more particularly to a method and apparatus for providing one or more priority levels for telephone call originators in order to increase the likelihood of completing a high priority calls when the demand for call completion services exceeds... | A method and apparatus that allows different likelihoods of call completion during very heavy call loading conditions to be supplied to different customers. Customers are assigned to different levels of service and these levels of service are used to manage call completion in throughout the telecommunication network du... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to pumps, and in particular rotary vane pumps having a rotor which includes a plurality of outwardly projecting sliding vanes arranged to sweep the inside surface of a pumping chamber, the rotor being rotatably mounted in the chamber for displacement of fluid between ... | Rotary vane pump with ballast ports which introduce air into the swept cells before they reach the pump outlet port. To prevent overheating at very high vacuums, the ballast ports are arranged to provide a ratio of ballast air flow to pump displacement, at a standard working vacuum of 20 inches Hg gauge, of at least 35... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to and claims the benefit of pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/051,241, filed on May 7, 2008, and entitled “Label”, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. This application is also related to and claims... | The present invention relates generally to labeling, and particularly to retail shelf labels and methods of making the same. A sheet having a retail shelf label according to an embodiment includes a liner, a transparent face layer, and a cover layer having graphics printed thereon. Adhesive couples the face layer atop ... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This applicaton is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 42,777, filed May 29, 1979, entitled DRILLING FLUID CIRCULATING AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to drilling fluid monitoring systems for well drilling appa... | A drilling fluid monitoring system and method includes a pump stroke counter providing an electrical signal representing the volume of drilling fluid pumped into a well, a flow sensing device providing an electrical signal representing the volume of drilling fluid flowing out of the well, fluid level an electrical meas... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns a method for the production of brushes, consisting of a bristle support and bristles of at least two different bristle types which are fastened thereto and combined to at least one group having a defined cross-section by uniting the bristles of one bristle type t... | In a method for the production of brushes consisting of a bristle support and bristles mounted thereon and combined to at least one group having a defined cross-section with at least two different types of bristles, the bristles of a bristle type are combined into a partial group and the partial groups forming a bristl... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a method of preparing a transition metal catalyst for use in the synthesis of ammonia and to the novel transition metal catalyst obtained by practice of the invention.
In the Haber-Bosch process, nitrogen and hydrogen gas are reacted in the presence of a... | A transition metal catalyst suitable for use in the synthesis of ammonia is produced by doping an activated carbon support material with a solution of an alkaline earth metal compound, a solution of a compound of a transition metal from Group VIII and a solution of an alkali metal compound. Each doping is performed sep... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates generally to a sashlock assembly and more particularly to a sashlock assembly which includes a key lock to retain the sashlock in a latched position.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In a double hung window assembly a pair of s... | A lockable sash assembly for installation on a window assembly is provided. The window assembly includes sashes movable relative to each other to open and close the window assembly when the lockable sash assembly is in a window-openable condition and substantially unmovable relative to each other when the lockable sash... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a 35 U.S.C. §§ 371 national phase conversion of PCT/EP2004/004264, filed 22 Apr. 2004, which claims priority of Austrian Application No. A678/2003, filed 6 May 2003. The PCT International Application was published in the German language.
BACKGROU... | A two-roll casting installation with two casting rolls which rotate in opposite directions about horizontal axes and forming a casting gap for forming and discharging a thin cast metal strip. A sealed housing which has a base and surrounds a conveying path for the metal strip which leaves the casting gap and which stri... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to an apparatus for facilitating the removal of debris when a canister containing a propellant is ignited in a wellbore during controlled pulse fracturing or high energy gas fracturing.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Stimulation of wells through mechanica... | An apparatus for plugging a wellbore with a solid gel plug stem in high impulse or high energy fracturing. This apparatus facilitates the removal of the propellant canister support means, the propellant ignition means, as well as any debris adhering thereto. By this apparatus, damage to the wellbore and formation is mi... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/651,653 filed Feb. 11, 2005 and the benefit under 35 USC119(e) of such U.S. Provisional Application is claimed.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This inv... | A method is proposed for improving pulp quality at high production rates on conical disc refiners. It permits a reduction in refining intensity by enabling fibre residence time to increase by increasing consistency, while avoiding the problem of plate plugging normally associated with high discharge consistency. In pra... | 3 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is directed to an improvement over the invention forming the subject of my U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,890 dated Aug. 4, 1987 entitled Method and Apparatus for Controlled Breathing Employing Internal and External Electrodes.
INTRODUCTION
This invention relates to a method ... | A method of stimulating breathing which comprises the steps of positioning a non-invasive internal electrode in the esophagus and two external electrodes on the chest. A pulsed stimulation of approximately two seconds duration is interposed across the electrodes with a magnitude of the successive pulses in each stimula... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/979,689, entitled “Plunger Storage and Transportation Device,” filed Oct. 12, 2007 by the same inventors of the present application, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by ... | A plunger storage and transportation device that is adapted to store, hold, and secure, and is capable of storing, holding, and securing, many different sizes, shapes, and styles of plungers. The plunger storage and transportation device includes structure that secures at least the plunger head within a housing. The de... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention provides a cable system for connecting a rear view camera to the vehicle 12 volt DC system.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Rear view camera assemblies for use with vehicles have been disclosed in the prior art. For exam... | A cable including a connector for connecting a vehicle rearview mirror monitor or a vehicle dashboard monitor to a camera connected to the rear of the vehicle. The cable has a smaller diameter than those currently available and includes wires for controlling a number of vehicle functions. A single cable wire provides b... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 11/782,234, filed Jul. 24, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,543,383 issued on Jun. 9, 2009.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The application relates generally to gas turbine engine combustors and, mor... | A floating collar is metal injected molded with an excess portion intended to be separated, such as by shearing, from the reminder of the molded floating collar to leave a chamfer thereon and/or remove injection marks. | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to novel fluoro dimethicone copolyol ester compounds in which the fluoro group is attached to the silicon atom through a fatty group by means of an ester linkage, and a water-soluble group is connected to a differe... | The present invention relates to novel dimethicone copolyol ester compounds bearing a fluoro group attached through a hydrophobic ester linkage to silicon. This invention also relates a series of such products having differing amounts of water-soluble groups, silicone soluble groups and fatty soluble groups. By careful... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a system and a method for generating hydroelectric power. More particularly, it relates to a system and a method of lifting water from a water source from a relatively lower position to a relatively raise position utilizing siphonic action and chan... | A method and apparatus for generating hydroelectric power from a water source by lifting water from a relatively lower position to a second relatively raised position. The water is moved in a generally upward direction stepwise from a lowermost tier to an uppermost tier in a plurality of stacked tiers. The water from t... | 5 |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 423,789, filed Sept. 27, 1982, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,520,207.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The mammalian hormones known as prostaglandins are an extremely important, biologically active class of C-20 unsaturated hydroxy acids first discovered in the 1930'... | New organopalladium reactions involving the addition of thienylpalladium compounds to strained bicyclic alkenes, and subsequent chain extension reactions employing the chemistry of organopalladium compounds are disclosed. By these techniques a large number of bicyclic prostaglandin analogs are prepared, which are usefu... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to static control garments.
Workers in static-sensitive environments, e.g., electronic assembly plants, often are required to wear both electrically conductive garments, e.g, electrically conductive smocks, and electrical grounding devices, e.g., electrical... | A static control garment having torso and limb covering portions with first electrically conductive means in the garment positioned at a limb covering portion adapted to attach to a conductive strap, that encircles a limb of the body, second electrically conductive means in the garment positioned at a torso covering po... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to systems and methods for filing and monitoring electronic claim submissions in proceedings involving a large number of claimants, such as securities class action lawsuits, estate dissolutions, arbitrations, and bankruptcies. The systems and methods create an easy-to-... | The invention relates to systems and methods for filing and monitoring electronic claim submissions in proceedings involving a large number of claimants, such as securities class action lawsuits, estate dissolutions, arbitrations, and bankruptcies. The systems and methods create an easy-to-use and convenient way for in... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a tool for a street milling, coal-cutting, mining machine or the like which has a chisel with a chisel head and a chisel shaft. The chisel shaft is rotatably mounted in a receiver of a chisel holder. A perforated wear protection... | A tool for a street milling, coal-cutting mining machine or the like which includes a chisel with a chisel head and a chisel stem. The chisel stem is rotatably mounted in a receiver of a chisel holder. A perforated wearing protection element is mounted on the chisel head. The chisel head sits closely on the chisel hold... | 4 |
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
The present invention claims priority from Japanese application JP 2004-201608 filed on Jul. 8, 2004, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field... | A response period is determined arbitrarily. A satisfactory detecting ability may not be provided because of an artifact or the like contained in a signal. Therefore, an effective detection method and an effective display method of presenting results of detection must be developed. A series of tasks (stimuli) or a sele... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/848,527, filed Sep. 29, 2006, entitled “Marketing/Fundraising/Reward System,” the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND O... | Provided is a marketing/fundraising/reward method and system including providing a member with product with an incorporated authenticity tag including a personalized part, a unique number part, an encoded part, and a system identification section, assigning a unique number to be displayed in the unique number part, enc... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The growing concern for protecting natural resources has prompted various initiatives, one of which is a drive to incorporate renewable resources into gasoline. Adding methanol or ethanol to gasoline to boost the octane number is an example of a response to this need to conserve finite... | A process for concurrently producing diisopropyl ether and isopropyl ethyl ether from water, ethanol from an independent source, and propylene, has been developed. The product mixture may be used as a high octane number booster due mainly to the presence of the diisopropyl ether and to a lesser extent, the isopropyl et... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present inventions relates to a scanner and in particular to a scanner with a contact image sensor (CIS).
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] FIG. 1 a shows a conventional co... | A scanner for scanning an object. The scanner comprises a platen, a scanning device, a resilient member and a sliding member. The object is placed on the platen. The scanning device scans the object. The sliding member is pivoted on the scanning device and slidably connects the resilient member pushing the scanning dev... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a United States National Application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International Application PCT/US2014/062065, filed Oct. 23, 2014, which claims the benefit of Chinese patent application No. 201310703023.4, filed 19 Dec. 2013. The disclosures of the above appl... | The present invention generally relates to oral care compositions which enhance the solubility of rutin comprising rutin and at least one polyhydroxyalkyl alcohol. The present invention also relates to methods for use and manufacturing said oral care compositions. | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention pertains generally to man-powered weapons. More particularly, the present invention pertains to systems and methods for shooting a plurality of pellets (i.e. projectiles or shot) at a target with a statistically predictable and defined shot group on the tar... | A system and method for propelling pellets from a launch tube includes a retainer plug for holding the pellets inside the launch tube between the retainer plug and a compressed spring. A latch is established on the launch tube to restrain forward movement of the retainer ring in response to the bias force imposed by th... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/430,753 filed on Jan. 7, 2011, entitled “Movnplay.”
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to playground architecture and metho... | A modular grid structure and method of construction for a playground, wherein the position of playground modules is easily established and rearranged within a array of securement locations and in relation to surrounding modules. The grid comprises a permanent or temporary foundation having a plurality of playground mod... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/788,091 filed on May 26, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,497,534 which claims priority of Provisional U.S. Patent Application Nos. 61/235,146 and 61/235,153, both filed on Aug. 19, 2009, the entirety of whi... | The invention provides a chip package and fabrication method thereof. In one embodiment, the chip package includes: a semiconductor substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, at least one bond pad region and at least one device region; a plurality of conductive pad structures disposed on the bond pad region a... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is directed to an improved fiber opening and blending device.
[0002] In order to speed production of opening blending and cleaning fibers, a trend has developed in which the cording machine is eliminated from the process in lieu of t... | A fiber blending, opening and cleaning arrangement which includes a feed section for delivering a blend of fibers onto a first opening and blending operation, comprising an array of parallel opening and blending rolls rotating in one direction and arranged along an incline and in adjacent positions. The fibers are pass... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to security alarm systems, and more particularly of the type employing sensors for providing an indication of the displacement of components such as doors, windows and so forth.
Various types of security alarm systems have been implemented to det... | A security alarm system includes a transponder having a housing enclosing both a sensor and associated circuit means in a unitary package. The housing base includes barrel-shaped connectors, and a pc board carrying the communications components is carried by the housing cover. Flag-like connectors mate with the barrel-... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Applications for Patent Ser. No. ______, entitled “Poppet Shear Apparatus and System,” filed Apr. 24, 2003, by Steven K. Aderholt, Franklin B. Piehl and Dennis C. Hatfield which is hereby incorpor... | A shear protection device for use with a valve, the device comprising a poppet, the poppet including a bore. The poppet including first and second openings at distal ends of the poppet. A seat plug is disposed in the poppet bore, the seat plug is moveable within the poppet bore. A shear tube with first and second ends ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to a centralizer for the use of maintaining downhole production tubing or the like in a centralized position within the casing and/or hole. The present invention is more specifically designed for use in a blast joint con... | The present invention utilizes a centralizer having a plurality of segmented stress risers. The segmented stress risers are designed to allow sufficient strength to maintain the tubing in a centralized downhole location, while to allow for the stress relief grooves to be sheared off when a wash pipe or similar device i... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a concentration measuring structure, particularly a concentration measuring device capable of reducing the effect of environmental temperature and determining fluid concentration by detecting change in optical properties of the fluid.
BAC... | A concentration measuring structure capable of reducing the effect of environmental temperature features the arrangement of a concentration detector in the fluid communication space of a fluid circulating device in a fuel cell system to let the fluids in the concentration detector and the fuel cell achieve equal temper... | 8 |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SUPPORTED RESEARCH
This invention was made with government support under Grant No. DK 39721 awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK). The government may have certain rights in the invention.
This application claims priority from provisional application Ser... | The 12-lipoxygenase product, 12(S)-HETE, mediates hyperproliferative and hyperplastic responses seen in atherosclerosis, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, stroke-induced nerve damage and cancer. 12-HETE also mediates inflammation and cell death in some cell systems, particularly B-islet cells of the p... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention has for an object a formwork for the manufacture of a concrete or concrete-like material wall. This formwork is constituted of two metallic formwork walls provided with vertical stiffeners and placed one facing the other. These formwork walls are linked by a con... | The aim of this invention is to increase the rigidity of the integrated formworks at the time of their installation, to facilitate the work of the civil engineers in order to determine easily the contribution of the horizontal frameworks and to reduce manufacturing costs. This aim is reached by a formwork including two... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of ballot paper tracking system and more particularly to a voting system to strengthen an integrity of a voting process when casting and counting the ballot papers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
They are different methods to maximize the ... | A ballot paper and a voting system. The paper ballot is initially a voted ballot paper including: a recorded vote including candidate/party information for an election on a voting day in a jurisdiction, a burnable radio frequency identification (RFID) tag including a fuse not blown, and a basic RFID tag storing the jur... | 6 |
[0001] There are no related patent applications.
[0002] This application did not receive federal research and development funding.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention generally relates to a waste retrieval system and method for pet waste disposal. More particularl... | A pet waste retrieval and storage system and associated method ensures sanitary collection, and subsequent storage in accompanying sealed plastic bags, without any waste material coming into direct contact with the user, device components, or other unintended surroundings. A pet waste retrieval and storage system inclu... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/225,974, filed Aug. 22, 2002, pending, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/407,334, filed Sep. 29, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,515,363, issued Feb. 4, 2003, which is a divisional of app... | A method for passivating a substrate, such as a semiconductor substrate, that is to be “metallized,” or on which a metal film or structure is to be formed, includes exposing regions of the substrate that are to be metallized to hydrogen radicals or nitrogen radicals. The regions of the substrate that are treated in thi... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a control unit for an electric power steering apparatus that provides steering assist force by a motor to the steering system of an automobile or a vehicle. The present invention particular... | There is provided a control unit for an electric power steering apparatus that controls a motor for giving a steering assist force to a steering mechanism based on a current control value calculated from a steering assist command value calculated based on a steering torque generated in a steering shaft, and a current v... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) assembly, and more particularly to the method for manufacturing the LED assembly with an molded LED chip cell directly mounted on a circuit board.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A method for manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) assembly comprises the steps of: covering a light-reflection layer onto a substrate layer, covering a light-emitting layer onto the light-reflection layer, and forming a P type electrode and an N type electrode extended from the light-emitting layer, perforating t... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present application and the resultant patent relate generally to gas turbine engines and more particularly relate to an impingement cooling system for uniformly cooling contoured surfaces in a gas turbine and elsewhere in a simplified design.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Impingement... | The present application provides an impingement cooling system for use with a contoured surface. The impingement cooling system may include an impingement plenum and an impingement plate with a linear shape facing the contoured surface. The impingement surface may include a number of projected area thereon with a numbe... | 5 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 632,417 filed July 19, 1984.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an instrument and method of its use for tubal insufflation of the Fallopian tubes of a female primate.
It is well known that ambient air insufflation may ... | A gaseous dispensing instrument and method for dispensing carbon dioxide gas into the fallopian tube canals of a female is disclosed. The instrument uses a manually operable pump vented to the atmosphere that communicates with a balloon secured to the end of a cannula. Upon insertion of the deflated balloon and cannula... | 0 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/646,273, filed Jan. 28, 1991, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a color image forming apparatus and a method of using the same, and more particularly to a color i... | A first negative or positive latent electrostatic image is formed on a latent image bearing body with a first writing device, and developed with a monochromatic toner. A second latent image of the type different than the first latent image is formed by a second writing device after setting the background voltage of the... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/181,370, filed on Jan. 14, 1994, which was abandoned upon the filing hereof, which is a Rule 62 continuation of application Ser. No. 07/873,429, filed Apr. 24, 1992, which is abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the prod... | A plant which produces polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer has a recombinant genome which contains one or more than one of the genes specifying enzymes critical to the polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthetic pathway which occurs in certain micro-organisms such as Alcaligenes eutrophus which naturally produce same. The plant species... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an actuator comprising an actuator element movably supported at an actuator housing and a pyrotechnic pressure element to move the actuator element.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An actuator of this type is generally known and is used, for example, to interrupt ... | The invention relates to an actuator comprising an actuator element movably supported at an actuator housing, a pyrotechnic pressure element to move the actuator element and a control means to control a force exerted onto the actuator element by the pressure element to move the actuator element. | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application No. 61/581,865, filed Dec. 30, 2011, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising lignin cont... | Compositions comprising lignin and low levels of undesirable impurities, such as compounds containing sulfur, nitrogen, or metals, are disclosed. | 2 |
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/319,546.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present invention relates in general to wind turbines, and particularly to a dual rotor wind turbine having adjustable relative displacement between the rotors... | A dual rotor axis wind turbine that converts renewable energy into electrical energy. The dual rotor wind turbine addresses the counter productivity problem found in dual rotors wind turbines, which occurs due to adverse effects to the downwind rotor due to lying in the wake of the upwind rotor. The dual rotors lie on ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the field of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. It concerns a detunable RF reception antenna device for receiving MR signals in a MR imaging system. The invention also relates to a MR device including such a RF reception antenna device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | The invention relates to a RF reception antenna device ( 10 ) for receiving MR signals in a MR imaging system. The device ( 10 ) comprises a RF resonant circuit including a RF reception antenna ( 15 ) for picking up the MR signals, and a RF amplifier ( 17 ) connected at its input to the RF resonant circuit for amplifyi... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is based on a fuel injection pump as generally defined hereinafter. In a known fuel injection pump of this kind (U.S. Pat. No. 2,147,390) the control slide has oblique control edges on its upper and lower end edges; the upper control edge, by the entry of the lower contro... | A fuel injection pump is proposed for internal combustion engines having a pump piston having a blind bore and two control bores and in which the fuel quantity to be supplied is controlled by means of a control slide having oblique control edges. At least two control edges are provided in a window-like recess of the co... | 5 |
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