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FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a means to integrate planar coils on silicon, while providing a high inductance. This high inductance is achieved through a special back- and front sided shielding of a material.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In many applications, high-value inductor... | The present invention provides a means to integrate planar coils on silicon, while providing a high inductance. This high inductance is achieved through a special back- and front sided shielding of a material. In many applications, high-value inductors are a necessity. In particular, this holds for applications in powe... | 7 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application, Serial No. 60/072,560 filed Jan. 21, 1998.
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[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to a method for assessing the risk of developing prost... | Methods of predicting a propensity to developing prostate cancer are presented. The method consists of measuring the IGF status of individual. Individuals with high IGF status, as compared with normal reference range values, are at increased risk for developing prostate cancer. More particularly, the IGF status may be ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to a means of driving hollow pipe casing with a reciprocating piston-powered ram, such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,544,040, wherein the force of the blow of the drive weight is imparted to one end of a standard bowls, also known as an anvil, which t... | A novel improvement in a tubular ram device for bi-directional driving of pipe casing, vertically or horizontally, wherein the driving hammer imparts the force to the pipe casing through a bowls-anvil and removable collet, thus allowing driving of sections of pipe casing without removing the tubular ram device or makin... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing reduced-warp nitride substrates for semiconductors, and to nitride semiconductor substrates manufactured by the method.
2. Description of the Related Art
Substrates on which semiconductor devices are... | In an independent GaN film manufactured by creating a GaN layer on a base heterosubstrate using vapor-phase deposition and then removing the base substrate, owing to layer-base discrepancy in thermal expansion coefficient and lattice constant, warp will be a large ±40 μm to ±100 μm. Since with that warp device fabricat... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to materials which may be utilized to form elastomers at room temperature and to the elastomers thus formed.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known to use elastomers as binders for explosives, propellants and ... | Hydroxy terminated polybutadiene is reacted with naphthyl-potassium and 1omo-2,4-pentadiene in successive steps to form a bis(1,3-pentadienyl ether) derivative. Then the bismaleimide of dimer diamine is added to the polybutadiene derivative whereby a room temperature cure to an elastomer is achieved. | 2 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/182,213, which is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of PCT/GB00/04873, filed Dec. 18, 2000, and claims priority benefit of GB Patent Application 0002382.0, filed Feb. 3, 2000.
Almost all hospitals in the western wor... | A re-usable sterilizer test device is disclosed which is comprised of at least two parts which are releasably connected together. An indicator device which changes color in the presence of steam after a certain time period is deposited within the two parts. One or both of the bodies is manufactured from a material havi... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/535,892, filed on Jun. 28, 2012, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to equipment and accessories for... | Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards fire blocking apparatuses. A fire blocking apparatus for a solar panel is mounted to an underlying mounting surface. The fire blocking apparatus includes a panel support structure sized and shaped to be mounted between a solar panel and the mounting surface ther... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a printed circuit board flat flexible cable connector to contain and keep a flat flexible cable parallel to a printed circuit board, and more particularly an improvement relating to such a cable connector having a housing equipped with a plurality of termina... | Disclosed is an improved edge connector for making contact with conductor on a flat flexible cable and a printed circuit board requiring only a possible smallest mounting space. An edge connector according to the present invention has terminals inserted in both front and rear portions of the housing. All of the termina... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container for storing and transporting products such as agricultural produce. In particular, the present invention relates to a paperboard container made from a single unitary blank that has the same if not greater stacking strength than current ... | A one-piece container formed from a single unitary blank of corrugated paperboard has a bottom wall, opposed side walls and inwardly inclined opposed end walls. Stacking tabs project upwardly from the end walls and tab locks in the bottom wall receive the stacking tabs of a subjacent container when the containers are s... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/411,427 filed Mar. 26, 2009 and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. ______, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/012,746, filed Dec. 7, 2001 and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,561,872, ... | Users are provided control of their communications. Should a call be processed for a user, a text message may be automatically sent as a response to the call. The user may pre-compose different text messages. The user may also compose a custom text message. Regardless, the user's text message is automatically sent ... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/930,401, filed Jan. 22, 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
This invention pertains to construction and more particularly to expansion ... | A system and method for raising a structure, or part thereof, the system comprising vertical jack members connected and disposed about a rail system attached about the periphery of the structure. The vertical jack members comprise an outer sleeve and a slidable inner portion that is driven vertically by a jack screw an... | 4 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 176,600, filed Aug. 8, 1980, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed towards an improved cooling system for a gas turbine. More particularly, the present invention is directed towards an improved cooling system whi... | An improved cooling system utilizes flow resistant devices distributing liquid coolant to air foil coolant channels in a bucket of a turbine. A separate flow resistance device associated with each of the air foil coolant channels resist the flow of liquid coolant into the coolant channels whereby a fluid head is develo... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Enclosed rotor propulsion system for marine craft, such as waterjets and Applicant's enclosed ventilated rotor Hydro Air Drive® (HAD) invention, are limited in the overall efficiency they can realize by the efficiency of recovery by their water inlets of the fluid ava... | Presented is a fluid propulsor for propelling a vehicle that incorporates a Coanda Effect Inducer (CEI), more commonly called an inlet fluid inducer in this application, in its inlet to induce fluids passing by the vehicle to turn uniformly toward a powered fluid energizing device such as a rotor of the propulsor. This... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the operation of internal combustion engines the reactor chamber is subjected to substantial temperature fluctuations because of the diverse operating conditions of the engine resulting in considerable thermal distortions of the reactor chamber relative to the outer shell or to the ... | An internal combustion engine possesses a reactor for afterburning of unburned constituents in the exhaust gas. The reactor includes a shell containing a heat-insulated, freely movable reactor chamber with at least one inlet nozzle extending freely through the shell and communicating with an outlet passage of the combu... | 5 |
INDEX TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/085,464 filed Aug. 1, 2008, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention is ... | A ring formed of a first gold layer and second silver layer wherein the silver layer is more than fifty percent of the ring weight. The layers are bonded together with the gold layer on a portion of the outer surface to give an appearance of a ring formed entirely of gold. A method for fabricating the ring is also prov... | 0 |
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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to temporary closure devices suitable for use in tube couplings and also to tube couplings incorporating temporary closure devices.
[0003] 2. Background Prior Art
[0004] ... | The disclosure relates to a temporary closure device for a throughway comprises a sleeve to fit in the throughway and a core located in the sleeve. The core has an annular rupturable connection locating the core in the sleeve to prevent flow of fluids through the sleeve. The annular connection is rupturable by displaci... | 5 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/174,247 filed 03/28/88.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to seeding machines.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A previously proposed seeding machine comprises a rotary drum partial... | A seeding machine has a drum and roller urged together to define a seed trough. Bristles close one end of the trough and a hopper adjacent that end feeds a continuous supply of seeds to the trough. The seeds flow along the length of the trough and are discharged at the opposite end of the trough which is open. A funnel... | 8 |
FIELD
The present invention is directed generally to distributed contact centers and more specifically to the transfer of status information and control signals between different sites in a distributed contact center.
BACKGROUND
Contact centers are employed by many enterprises to service customer cont... | A distributed contact center and method of managing data transfers between the distributed parts of the contact center is provided. Distributed parts of the contact center are joined together through a known communications initiation protocol, then one or both of status information and control signals are transferred b... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of producing bleached wood pulp in which wood chips are digested and are then subjected to subsequent bleaching stages that are conducted in the presence of a sodium hydroxide. More particularly the present invention relates to such a method th... | A method for producing bleached wood pulp in which wood chips are digested in polysulfide liquor to produce brown stock pulp. The brown stock pulp is washed to produce washed brown stock wood pulp and weak black liquor and the washed wood pulp is then delignified in an oxygen delignification stage to produce oxygen del... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation-In-Part of co-pending U.S. Non-Provisional patent application Ser. No. 11/622,674 filed Jan. 12, 2007, entitled “BAR CONNECTING APPARATUS” which is hereby incorporated by reference. This application and application Ser. No. 11/622,674 bot... | A bar connecting apparatus applies clips to connect transverse bars used in reinforced concrete. A clip string is fed into the bar connecting apparatus by a clip feed assembly, so several pairs of transverse bars can be connected in rapid succession. A hammer reciprocates in the barrel of the bar connecting apparatus, ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is filed based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610427017.4, filed on Jun. 16, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The disclosure relates... | The disclosure provides a local extrusion device for high-pressing casting. The local extrusion device for high-pressure casting includes an extrusion core sleeve, an extrusion rod, an extrusion oil cylinder and an extrusion oil cylinder piston. The extrusion oil cylinder includes the extrusion oil cylinder piston, the... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
Many athletic activities, particularly team sports, utilize one of a variety of game ball types. For example, the game of soccer utilizes a soccerball, whereas the game of basketball utilizes a basketball. Other types of game balls that are commonly utilized include footballs, volleyballs, baseballs, a... | A structure configurable for holding and displaying a product (e.g., a game ball or sporting equipment) may include one or more sides having an aperture through which the contained product is visible. One or more sides of the structure may include flaps that are flexible inward toward an interior of the structure. The ... | 1 |
This is a division of patent application Ser. No. 09/633,768, filing date Aug. 7, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,517,896 Spin Filter Bottom Spin Valve Head With Continuous Spacer Exchange Bias, assigned to the same assignee as the present invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the ge... | A high performance specular free layer bottom spin valve is disclosed. This structure made up the following layers: NiCr/MnPt/CoFe/Ru/CoFe/Cu/free layer/Cu/Ta or TaO/Al 2 O 3 . A key feature is that the free layer is made of a very thin CoFe/NiFe composite layer. Experimental data confirming the effectiveness of this s... | 7 |
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[0001] 1. Field
[0002] This invention relates generally to reels for spooling linear material and, in particular, to a reel including an improved flow control mechanism for a reciprocating reel.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] Reels for spooli... | A reel assembly includes a rotatable member that rotates about a first axis to wind and unwind a hose from the rotatable member, where the rotatable member also rotates about a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis. A housing substantially encloses the rotatable member and has a first apertu... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Background of the Invention
The present invention relates to a bobbin holding structure to house and hold a bobbin in a bobbin case holder.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a typical prior art structure. FIG. 2 is a perspective view o... | A bobbin holding member magnetically adheres within a bobbin case holder which houses a bobbin. The bobbin is securely retained in the bobbin case holder without allowing the bobbin to be removed therefrom during a sewing operation. The bobbin holding member is installed in the bobbin case holder freely detachably, and... | 3 |
This is a division of Ser. No. 827,276, now abandoned, filed Aug. 24, 1977.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In recent years a large and successful business has been developed which employs flexible plastic fasteners of a type designed to be inserted through hollow slotted needles for tagging or for jo... | An improved system is described for attaching price tags to garments and for other joining applications using plastic fasteners dispensed through hollow, slotted needles. The system comprises a new method and tool for dispensing fasteners supplied in long lengths, together with improved fastener stock adapted for use t... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to optical sights, in particular to an optical gun sight with reticle patterns switchable for adaptation to various shooting conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to an optical sight, such as, e.g., a gunsight or a camera viewfinder, in which ret... | An optical sight for a photocamera viewfinder or for an aiming device of a firearm comprises a combination of a light emitting diode (LED) with a plurality of reticle patterns applied onto the surface of the LED and selectively illuminated by connecting various portions of the reticle patterns to the source of electric... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to synthetic fibers and webs produced from polymer resins. In particular, the invention relates to fibers and webs containing ionomeric polymers or "ionomers."
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Salts of various compounds containing acid moieties, includin... | A process is disclosed for extruding fibers from ionomer resins that are not blended with polyolefins, monomers, solvents, or other conventional compounds typically used in connection with processing fibers that contain ionomers. The preferred ionomers are 90% neutralized metal salts of copolymers of from at least abou... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to improvements in structures for forming a fibrous web from a suspension of fibers in a stock, and particularly to a headbox for handling a stock formed of a generated foam or a high consistency paper making stock.
In the manufacture of fibrous webs... | A headbox for supplying a stock consisting of a generated liquid foam suspension of fibers or a high consistency paper making stock including a slice nozzle having a slice opening and a slice chamber having first and second slice flow passages arranged of a set of stepped surfaces leading to the slice nozzle with one s... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a Rule 60 Continuation of U.S. Pat. No. 5,699,157, filed Jul. 16, 1996, which application is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There has been a growing interest in the manufacture and use of microflu... | The present invention provides a microfluidic system for fast, accurate and low cost electrophoretic analysis of materials in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology and numerous other fields. Light from periodically spaced regions along a channel in the microfluidic system are received ... | 8 |
[0001] The present application claims priority in U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/709,347 filed Aug. 18, 2005 and entitled “Sonde Housing.”
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present application relates to drilling app... | An instrument housing for a drill string, comprising: a cylindrical housing having a cavity for receiving an instrument assembly such as a transmitter sonde; an elongated side load opening disposed parallel with and toward one end of the cavity and formed through a side of the cylindrical housing into the cavity. The s... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a smear staining apparatus for staining a smear sample in which a sample such as blood is applied on a slide glass, a smear preparing apparatus, a smear processing system, and a method for determining the staining condition in staining the smear sample.
... | A smear staining apparatus comprising: a staining section which stains a smear sample with a quantity of stain fluid; and a controller, wherein the controller: receives information regarding a stain state on a smear sample which is stained according to a first staining condition by the staining section; and determines ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND
In many gas wells, inflowing fluid passes through a sand screen which filters out particulates from the inflowing gas. Generally, the flow rate of the inflowing gas is very high such that any sand production can cause substantial erosion of components in a gas well completion. The sand production is co... | A technique enables an improved filtering of sand, a desired distribution of produced or injected fluid, and a reduction in erosion of completion components positioned in a production or injection well. The technique employs a base pipe and a sand screen surrounding the base pipe. The base pipe comprises a plurality of... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In most room humidifiers in many areas, the container for the water and the media unit become encrusted with mineral deposits from the water supply. To applicant's knowledge there have been several prior attempted solutions to eliminate this problem in room humidifiers, one of whic... | A humidifier unit with a water supply reservoir, a media unit which passes through the reservoir and picks up moisture, a motor and fan unit together with drive mechanism for rotating the media unit and for blowing air through the media unit and into the surrounding area, and a removable, refillable liquid water treatm... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates to friction damping elements and, more particularly, to friction damping elements disposed within a planetary gear arrangement.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Planetary systems have a plurality of meshing gear interfaces. Each of these... | A planetary gear arrangement having at least three rotatable members with intermeshing gears and a primary torque path defined therein. At least one active friction damper is disposed between two of the planetary gear members, for example, a sun gear and a ring gear. The active damper is selectively operable to apply f... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to supramolecular polymers. i.e. polymers having quadruple hydrogen bonding units (4H-units) within their structure, that also contain covalently attached ionic or ionogenic groups. These so-called supramolecular ionomers (or ionomeric supramolecular polyme... | The invention relates to supramolecular ionomers. i.e. polymers having quadruple hydrogen bonding units (4H-units) and ionic groups or ionogenic groups within their structure. The supramolecular ionomers can be dispersed or solubilized in water at high solids contents while maintaining low viscosities, facilitating eas... | 1 |
The present invention relates to the production of mercapto alcohols and more particularly to the production of mercapto alcohols in which the --SH and --OH groups are in alpha-beta relationship to each other, by reacting a vicinal epoxide with H 2 S.
Typically when mercapto alcohols are made in this manner exce... | A process for the production of mercapto alcohols wherein an epoxide is reacted with excess H 2 S, the excess H 2 S is separated from the mercapto alcohol, and the thus separated H 2 S is subjected to reaction conditions sufficient to cause entrained epoxide to be converted to mercapto alcohol before the H 2 S is c... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of mobile communication devices and deals more particularly with a package and housing design that combines the mechanical design considerations for the RF, acoustic and image capture functionalities to reduce the over... | Mechanical and operational design considerations for the antenna, speaker and image capture functionalities, in a multi-media mobile communication device are combined and carried in a common shared antenna-speaker-image capture chamber. The common shared chamber permits greater focal lengths and larger optics packages ... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a vacuum brake booster for motor vehicles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
One vacuum brake booster of this general type is, for example, known from DE-OS 42 27 479 A1. The valve body of this known brake booster, which is prestressed in the direction of the sealing seats... | In order to minimize the vacuum-dependent force component acting upon the valve body of a vacuum brake booster that is equipped with a pneumatically pressure-compensated control valve without requiring constructive modifications of the valve gear casing that accommodates the control valve, the invention includes a radi... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to hydraulic fracturing treatments. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and compositions for carrier fluids comprising water-absorbent fibers.
[0002] Servicing fluids comprising suspended or slurried par... | The present invention relates to methods and compositions for carrier fluids comprising water-absorbent fibers. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of treating a portion of a subterranean formation, comprising providing a slurry wherein the slurry comprises a servicing fluid, particulates, and a d... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to plumbing fixtures and more particularly relates to a urinal for use by both men or we, men which urinal provides significant water savings.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The conventional toilet when flushed discharges approximately between 1.6 and ... | A water conserving urinal for male and female use attachable to a toilet. The urinal includes a urinal bowl which is supported on a flexible member secured at its lower end to a pivot member. Water is supplied to the bowl from the toilet water supply line via a flexible supply line. A flush valve is provided in the wat... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Prior semi-automatic pneumatic feeders for advancing strip stock into the work station of a punch press have been relatively expensive and have required relatively complex apparatus and procedures for interfacing the feeder with the press. For example, the press itself has in some inst... | An improved pneumatic feeder for a punch press or the like wherein the operation of the feeder is adapted to be slaved in a semi-automatic manner to the operation of the punch press. The feeder is provided with a stock advancing feed slide and a control valve therefor whereby the stock advancing slide is normally posit... | 1 |
This is a divisional of co-pending application Ser. No. 06/677,151 filed on Nov. 30, 1984.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to liquid propellant guns utilizing a differential piston to provide continued or regenerative injection of propellant into ... | This invention provides an annular piston, annular control valve, liquid propellant gun system, having a dual angle injection mechanism to provide both bore and chamber gas requirements with a single injection control valve. The dual angle feature assures a stable combustion zone. A flexible lip on the projectile is us... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates in general to shoe accessories and more specifically to a shoe tree.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] When shoes, in particular (but not limited to) women's dress shoes, are worn they will automatically begin to fall out of sh... | A shoe tree for use with a shoe including a main body with a narrow forward end adapted to fill a cavity in a shoe beyond where, in use, toes are accommodated. The narrow forward end is removable, so it can be replaced or tailored to fit into a variety of different shoe types, primarily shoes with pointed toes that are... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed towards a hose. Specifically, the hose is reinforced with ebonite to provide the hose with the desired physical characteristics.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Ebonite is a known rubber compound containing a high sulfur content, typically compounde... | The present invention is directed to a rubber hose wherein the reinforcing layers are formed from ebonite rubber. The ebonite rubber has a thickness sufficient to provide the desired reinforcing characteristics to the hose. The hose may be formed with integral hose flanges wherein the hose flanges are also formed from ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to German Patent Application No. 10 2012 220 652.3, filed Nov. 13, 2012, and International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2013/072546, filed Oct. 29, 2013, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL F... | A camshaft may include a tubular outer shaft and an inner shaft arranged coaxially thereto. The inner shaft may be rotatable at least partially with respect to the outer shaft. An annular gap may be disposed between the inner shaft and the outer shaft. The outer shaft may include at least one radially inwardly projecti... | 5 |
The present application is a divisional of and claims priority of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/066,133, filed Feb. 24, 2005, the content of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present application is based on and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 6... | T-cells are generated with enhanced immunostimulatory capabilities for use in self therapy treatment protocols, by utilizing a biodegradable device with a biodegradable support that has one or more agents that are reactive to T-cell surface moieties. The biodegradable devices are mixed with the T-cells sufficiently so ... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to the field of immunology and more specifically to monoclonal antibodies, immunoassay methods, including ELISA and immunostrip assays, for detection of phytase, specifically Aspergillus niger (phyA2) derived phytase, in genetically modified organisms, s... | This invention relates to the field of immunology and more specifically relates to antiphytase monoclonal antibodies and immunoassay methods for the detection of a phytase from or derived from Aspergillus niger (phyA2) phytase, in particular, EH10a, FA7, AF9a and CC1 antiphytase antibodies. The invention further rela... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD AND BACKGROUND
[0001] The invention relates to a gas hearth including a combustion chamber, a gas supplier for supplying combustible gas into the combustion chamber to a firebed-simulator positioned in the combustion chamber, an ignitor for igniting the combustible gas in the combustion chamb... | A gas hearth including a combustion chamber, a gas supplier for supplying combustible gas into the combustion chamber to a firebed simulator disposed in the combustion chamber, an ignitor for igniting the combustible gas in the combustion chamber, a flue-gas discharge duct connected to the combustion chamber for discha... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to prostheses, and more particularly an acetabular cup and femoral component configured for a hip replacement system to reduce the likelihood of dislocation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Artificial joints provide patients having arthritic or otherwise dysfun... | A hip replacement for reducing the likelihood of joint dislocation and including a femoral component having a head and an elongated neck and an acetabular cup formed with a socket to capture the head. The socket includes a formed annular liner defining a stop to engage the neck during extreme motion. The neck contact s... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates generally to the cell structure, device configuration and fabrication process of power semiconductor devices. More particularly, this invention relates to an improved cell configuration and processes to ma... | A trench MOSFET in parallel with trench junction barrier Schottky rectifier with trench contact structures is formed in single chip. The present invention solves the drawback brought by some prior arts, for example, the large area occupied by planar contact structure and high gate-source capacitance. As the electronic ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides novel compounds, novel compositions, methods of their use and methods of their manufacture, such compounds pharmacologically useful in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. More specifically, the compounds of the present invention are class III antiarrhyt... | N-benzyl tropane amides, which have activity as Class III antiarrhythmic agents, acting by prolonging cardiac action potential repolarization. The invention further provides for compositions incorporating the compounds and methods of their use, as well as providing for pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds... | 2 |
CLAIM FOR PRIORITY
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119( e ) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/840,974, filed Aug. 30, 2006, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to aircraft landin... | The present invention is a device that allows the pressure inside an aircraft landing gear shock strut to be measured. A charging valve is modified by integrating a small pressure sensing device into the stem of the part such that the active diaphragm is subjected to the pressure within the charged vessel. The wires fr... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In electro-optical document-reading apparatus such as facsimile apparatus, light is directed onto a printed document, and light is reflected from each elemental area of the printed document, in accordance with the color or blackness of the elemental area. The reflected light is fed thr... | The disclosure is of apparatus including a duct-like light guide having an inlet end and an outlet end, light source means at the inlet end, a document at the outlet end, an optical reading system for receiving light reflected from the document, and electronic circuit means for converting the reflected light to electri... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a digital to analog converter and, more particularly, to a converter and a method of conversion that accomplishes the conversion by duty cycle modulation.
In the design of interfaces for digital or microprocessor-based electronic circuits, it is o... | A circuit and method for converting a binary number having a plurarity of bits, D o to D n , to a signal having a proportionally equivalent characteristic. The circuit comprises a parallel input for receiving each bit, D o to D n , of the binary number and means for generating a plurarity of wavetrains, W o to W n ,... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a nonprovisional application claiming priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/824,759, filed on Sep. 6, 2006, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
... | The invention relates to a cannulator that has an adjustable shape for conforming to an anatomy to reach the tubal ostium of a patient. The cannulator includes a body segment, a tip section, and a handle. The body segment is made of a malleable material having a malleable characteristic with a degree of resistance to l... | 0 |
[0001] Priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/962,734, filed Jul. 31, 2007, is claimed, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
[0002] The present invention relates generally to hydraulic torque converters, and more particularly to hydraulic torque... | A torque converter including a cover and a bridging clutch for selective connection to the cover, the bridging clutch including a clutch plate fixed to the cover and having an inner radial surface and having a piston having an outer radial surface opposite the inner radial surface. A method for assembling a torque conv... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This application is related to the field of cryptography, and more specifically to a system and device that operates to generate and/or validate digital signatures using a Diffie-Hellman based algorithm.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Digital signature technologies th... | In one embodiment, a device for decoding digital signatures to validate the source of received information items is disclosed. The device is operable to determine a first comparator value in relation to a first value associated with information items received over a network and a Diffie-Hellman public key, determine a ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to means for fastening two members together and more particularly to such fastening means having provision for causing a plurality of fastening means to create equal compression forces on the two members being held together thereby.
There are numerou... | The present invention discloses method and apparatus for connecting together two members having mating surfaces by means of a plurality of fasteners such that equal compression forces are exerted on the members along force lines normal to a common plane. To accomplish the foregoing objectives, a plurality of pins are c... | 4 |
[0001] This application claims the priority of a provisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 61/737,739 filed on 15 Dec., 2012. The disclosure of the prior related application is hereby fully incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to mobile com... | A protective case for enveloping a smartphone incorporates at least one sensor for detecting stimuli arriving from outside of the smartphone. The case and the phone form an integral unit that possess extra features than the phone alone wouldn't have. The sensor is supplemented by a signal conditioning and interface... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention refers to an improved method of excavating tunnels wherein friction stresses between the casing and the walls of the excavation are avoided and, more particularly, it is related to an improved method of excavating tunnels by the so called casing or tube pushing system,... | A method of excavating tunnels comprises digging an excavation to form a tunnel, gradually pushing a casing inwardly of the excavation as the excavation proceeds, the cross-sectional area of the excavation being larger than the outer cross-sectional area of the casing in order to provide a hollow annular chamber betwee... | 4 |
The present invention relates to a surface-modified, pyrogenically produced aluminum oxide.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to use powdery toners containing pyrogenically produced surface-modified silicon dioxide in electrostatic developing processes. Various silanes, especially dimethyldichlorosila... | Surface-modified, pyrogenically produced aluminum oxide which has the following physico-chemical properties:
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Surface (m 2 /g) 50 to 150Stamping density (g/l) 50 to 90Drying loss (%) <5Annealing loss ... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to an artificial fishing lure that attracts fish by motion and sound as it is drawn through the water.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Fish have a lateral line running along each side of their bodies. Each line is a small canal extended along the length of a si... | A sound producing fishing lure having an elongated body secured to a hook and a pair of bendable arms. Rod members attached to the arms rotatably support spinners that intermittently hit each other to produce fish attracting sounds. The arms are bendable to change the relative lateral positions of the spinners thereby ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/020443 by Sadasivan et al., filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an ink jet printing met... | An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon a porous image-receiving layer of a) organic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of l... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to attitude determination systems and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for autonomous attitude acquisition for a stellar inertial attitude determination system.
(b) Description of Related Art
... | A method and apparatus for autonomous acquisition of attitude in a stellar inertial spacecraft attitude system is disclosed. The present invention uses star trackers, an on-board star catalog, spacecraft steering and inertial sensors to determine spacecraft attitude. The present invention utilizes pattern match and pat... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a lumbar support of a car seat.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] In general, a car seat is to be provided so as to safely and comfortably support a passen... | A lumbar support of a car seat according to the present invention includes: a support plate to support user's back and made of elastic material; a support frame to which the support plate is rotatably engaged; a slider member mounted on the support frame in a movable manner in a vertical direction; a vertically dri... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a thermal stencil plate making method. More particularly, the invention relates to a thermal stencil plate making method using a thermal stencil original sheet in which a thermoplastic resin film and a porous support are ... | A thermal stencil plate making method, by which a perforation image is formed on a thermal stencil original sheet comprising a thermoplastic resin film and a porous support laminated on each other or a thermal stencil original sheet composed substantially only of a thermoplastic resin film by applying thermal energy to... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CH2011/000045, filed on Mar. 9, 2011, which claims priority from Swiss Patent Application No. 1943/10, filed on Nov. 19, 2010, the contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference in thei... | The invention relates to a bowl for mixing food. At least one group of at least three knobs ( 12; 12′; 12″ ) is attached to the outside of the base ( 10 ) of said bowl. All the knobs of a group protrude outwards to a common plane so that the bowl can be placed onto an even surface ( 70 ) in an orientation that is incli... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a method for introducing and implanting an embryo into the uterus.
[0003] 2. Prior Art
[0004] Human In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is the extracorporeal (outside the body... | An enhanced method of in vitro fertilization by coating an embryo transfer catheter with a non-embryotoxic phospholipid. The phospholipid reduces or eliminates the collection of mucus on an ET catheter as it passes through the mucus plug in the cervical cannel and thus elimininating its detrimental effect in, engulfing... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
There are currently no applications co-pending with the present application.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed towards games. More particularly the subject invention is directed to an illuminated electronic beanbag toss game.
BACKGROUN... | Provided is an illuminated toss game having at least one (1) game piece that is tossed into at least one (1) scoring hole located in a top surface of a playing platform. The toss game further includes a speaker and various lighting devices that are activated when a game piece is tossed through a scoring hole. To sense ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part application of a U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 07/060,606, filed on June 11, 1987 entitled "COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE HAVING GRADED MOLE FRACTION AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF".
BACKGROUND OF... | A compound semiconductor structure in the form of a superlattice film with effectively graded average composition, comprising an alternating lamination of two kinds of layers of different composition to form pairs of layers, the ratio of the thickness of one layer to the thickness of the other in said pairs of layers b... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/430,818 (Atty. Docket No. PU020470), entitled “DYNAMIC RANGE AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT FOR MICRODISPLAY”, filed Dec. 4, 2002, which is incorporated by reference herein in its... | The invention relates to a light valve system that enhances the contrast ratio for light and dark video images and reduces contouring artifacts. The light valve system comprises a color selection device configured to temporally attenuate component color bands of light to correspond with a video input signal. A first po... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This patent application claims priority of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/535,867, filed Jan. 12, 2004, and entitled “Candle Warmer.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to heating devices. More specifically, the invention relates to a ... | Disclosed herein is a device for heating a scented candle so as to release scent therefrom in the absence of an open flame. The device includes a housing for retaining the candle. The housing is fabricated from a material having a low thermal conductivity. The device further includes an electrical heater in thermal com... | 5 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/106,475 filed on Oct. 30, 1998, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present disclosure relates generally to fabrication of nanostru... | A method and apparatus for high density nanostructures is provided. The method and apparatus include Nano-compact optical disks, such as nano-compact disks (Nano-CDS). In one embodiment a 400 Gbit/in 2 topographical bit density nano-CD with nearly three orders of magnitude higher than commercial CDS has been fabricate... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a paint composition for automotive weather strips and glass runs, as well as processes for producing automotive weather strips and glass runs.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Most automotive weather strips and glass runs (which are hereunder sometime... | A paint composition for automotive weather strips and glass runs which comprises a curable urethane-based emulsion paint having added thereto either at least two silane coupling agents selected from the group consisting of a silane coupling agent having an amino group, a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group, a s... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Sec 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/265,121, filed Nov. 30, 2009, entitled “METHOD OF OPPORTUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS VIDEO,” the subject matter thereof being fully incorporated here... | A method is provided to efficiently transport video signals on a wireless network when resources are scarce. In an embodiment, a user's mobile terminal codes the video in multiple layers. If resources are scarce, the mobile terminal reduces current bandwidth requirements by streaming a subset, i.e., one or more of ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the detection of chemical vapors distributed in a region of the atmosphere. More specifically, the present invention is a system for the detection of chemical vapors in the atmosphere that directly exploits, in a novel manner, the basic physical principles of ... | The present invention is a system for the detection of chemical vapors in the atmosphere based on detecting radiation from the molecules of the vapor. The radiation is induced by energy transmitted from the system at a frequency close to an absorption frequency of the molecules of the vapor to be detected. The system p... | 6 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is directed to an implantable dental fixture. The fixture is preferably made of a biomechanical material such as titanium or a titanium alloy. This fixture is designed to be implanted in the maxilla or mandible of a patient and becomes the base, or roo... | A self-tapping dental prosthetic implant has a blunt leading end, a tapered first section which has a uniform minor diameter and a uniformly increasing major diameter, a second section having uniform minor and major thread diameters, a third section with a uniform major thread diameter and a outwardly tapering minor di... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/017,137, filed Feb. 2, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,144,049.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a field effect transistor and a method of fabricatin... | There is provided a field effect transistor including a semi-insulating semiconductor substrate formed with a recess at a region in which a gate is to be formed, a gate base layer formed on the recess and composed of one of an InP layer and a plurality of layers including an InP layer, and a gate electrode formed on th... | 7 |
BACKGROUND
This invention relates generally to digital signal processing and in particular aspects to architectures for digital signal processors.
Digital signal processors generally modify or analyze information measured as discrete sequences of numbers. Digital signal processors are used for a wide variety of... | A digital signal processor may include a plurality of processing elements that are coupled together to accomplish a specialized function. Each processing element may utilize the same shared storage in a form of a plurality of general purpose registers. Each of these registers may be accessed by any of the processing el... | 6 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/664,518 filed Sep. 17, 2003, now abandoned, this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/794,387 filed Mar. 5, 2004, now abandoned and this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/872,1... | A ticket stock and manufacturing process wherein a pulp is formulated from a blend of recycled furnishes, with added starch for enhancing sheet stiffness and reducing linting and dusting on cut edges of the stock, and clay or other opacifier for enhancing opacity of the stock. A preferred pulp comprises a blend of recy... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention regards a card for storage of coins, pogs and the like. More specific the invention concerns a card preferably of common bank and credit card size for fastening of coins, pogs or the like.
[0002] In connection with the present invention the terms tok... | The device comprises a card ( 10 ) for storage of coins ( 12 ), characterised by that the storage card ( 10 ) is shaped with at least one hole ( 12 ) or area to receive and fasten at least a coin ( 12 ) in a way that the coin ( 12 ) can be repeatedly taken out and fixed in the hole. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This application relates generally to photography and more particularly to photographic products, processes and compositions which include cyclic crown ether ligands as silver halide solvents.
Photographic processing compositions capable of forming water-soluble complex silver sa... | There are described photographic products, processes and compositions wherein cyclic crown ether ligands are utilized as silver halide solvents. Also disclosed are novel cyclic crown ether ligands. | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention is directed to data categorization, and more particularly to a method for detecting incorrectly categorized data that is used in directories, such as telephone directories.
BACKGROUND ART
Phone directories and other information sources containing large amounts of ... | A method for detecting incorrect categorization of data includes obtaining a database containing a plurality of entry-category pairs, calculating a score for each entry-category pair that corresponds to a likelihood that the pair contains an incorrect category assignment, and verifying the correctness of the assignment... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the twine wrapping mechanism commonly found in a crop roll forming machine and, more particularly, to the wrapping means employed to place a desired binding material about the periphery of a completed crop roll by the twine wrapping mechanism.
Recently t... | In a crop roll forming machine which forms large cylindrically shaped bales in a bale forming region and wraps the bales with a binding material and which further has a wrapping means for controlling the wrapping of the completed bale there is provided at least a first and a second binding material dispensing means adj... | 0 |
SEQUENCE LISTING
[0001] This application contains a sequence listing in paper format and in computer readable format, the teachings and content of which are hereby incorporated by reference. The sequence listing is also identical with that incorporated in WO06/072065.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | The present invention relates to a method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a PCV2 infection or for reduction of clinical symptoms caused by or associated with a PCV2 infection in animals a) having anti-PCV2 antibodies and/or b) being young piglets of 1 to 22 days of age, comprising the step of administering an effec... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to deck systems, and more particularly, to a deck system having unique columns, rails and planks that provide an easy to install, weatherable and attractive deck.
2. Description of the Related Art
Deck systems ... | A deck system provides an easy to install deck by using unique columns, rails and planks. The columns can house electrical components. The rails enable quick assembly because they do not require additional fasteners or tools to install the balusters. The planks include a novel tongue-in-groove assembly that allows the ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/SE00/01647 filed Aug. 28, 2000, which designated the United States and was published in English under PCT Article 21, and which claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/159,281, filed Oc... | A board machine and method for making a multilayer cardboard web, in which a first layer of the web having a printable surface is formed in a first forming unit and carried on an extended forming wire thereof through a couching unit where the first layer is couched with one or more additional layers, the multilayer web... | 3 |
The present invention relates to the art of clamping and more particularly to a clamp designed to join a cylindrically shaped object in a cylindrically shaped recess.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Clamping sets designed to clamp cylindrical bodies in cylindrical recesses are known in the art. One such clampin... | A clamping arrangement designed to join an outer component having a cylindrical recess to an inner component having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface which is concentrically arranged in the cylindrical recess. The clamping arrangement includes an inner cone element, an outer cone element and a center cone ring whi... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a gas-turbine engine combustor capable of burning both gas and liquid fuels and in particular, but not exclusively, a combustor operating under a lean-burn combustion process.
[0002] Lean-burn combustor designs, in which very litt... | A gas-turbine engine combustion system has a combustor with a burner head having both pilot gas and pilot liquid-fuel injection arrangements, the pilot gas arrangement comprising an annular gallery communicating with a downstream face of the head and a deflecting arrangement adjacent the gallery for directing the pilot... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S. Provisional application Ser. No. 60/193,228 filed Mar. 30, 2000.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the monitoring of physical systems, processes or machines, and m... | A system for detecting subtle differences in a signal in a set of linearly and/or non-linearly related signals that characterize a sensor-instrumented machine, process or living system. The system employs an improved similarity operator for signal differentiation. Signals or data representative of several linearly and/... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved honing device for honing an interior cylindrical wall and, in particular, to an improved abrasive honing element for use in conjunction with a honing device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Honing devices have long been and are still extensively... | A honing device which employs a plurality of radially-displaceable tools mounted circumferentially around a rotary body. The tools are constructed as a laminate formed by the axially elongated abrasive strip bonded to and overlying a wood backing strip. The abrasive strip has a width, as measured in the direction of ro... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Position finding with radar is widely used, particularly in fog and other low-visibility weather conditions. It is desirable, particularly at sea, to be able to recognise even small objects (for example rescue islands, small boats, etc) at a range of up to about 10 km. However, positio... | Metallized sheet-form textile materials of synthetic polymers or natural fibres, to which a metal layer has been applied by currentless wet-chemical deposition, are particularly suitable for use as reflectors for electromagnetic waves in the range from 10 MHz to 1000 GHz. In the case of stretched metallized fabrics, th... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a fuel injector.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
U.S. Pat. No. 4,766,405 describes a fuel injector having a valve closing body connected to a valve needle and working together with a valve seat face designed on a valve seat body to form a sealing seat. Fo... | A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, having a valve needle which works together with a valve seat face to form a sealing seat, has an armature acting on the valve needle. The armature is movably guided on the valve needle and is damped by an elastomer ring made of an elastomer. The... | 8 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/284,331, filed on Dec. 14, 1988, now abandoned.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to Ser. No. 07/284,368 filed on Dec. 14, 1988 concurrently herewith entitled HUMAN LIVER EPITHELIAL CELL LINE, which is ... | The present invention relates to cell medium developed to support long term multiplication and permanent establishment of a cell line of human liver epithelial cells. The medium may contain an effective cell growth promoting amount of calcium ions; an effective cell growth promoting amount of glucose; an effective amou... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to a time-division communication switching system, and more particularly, to such a system having a plurality of interface circuits, having buffer memories for temporarily storing PCM data words representing speech segments and control memories for controlling the transfer of... | Time-slot interchange circuitry for use in a time-division switching system is disclosed having n+1 input interface units and n+1 output interface units to serve n PCM lines. One of each group of n+1 interface units is designated a spare unit and control circuitry is disclosed for autonomously channeling incoming data ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/414,066 filed Mar. 31, 1995, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates, generally, to communications modules and more particularly to a communication module in which the physical link may be recon... | A reconfigurable communications module for power distribution and control apparatus is taught. Briefly stated, a communication module is rack insertable into a voltage regulator controller and has disposed therein a microprocessor board for communicating with host power distribution control apparatus and which also com... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from provisional application No. 61/519,178 filed on May 18, 2011.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a stretchable sheet such as a hammock for a chair underside configured to attach to the chair legs. The sheet may b... | A sheet disposed in a chair underside and attachable to the legs of the chair is disclosed. The sheet is configured for forming a downward droop from the weight of a pet and is designed to provide a comfortable resting place for a household cat and other pets as well as provide storage for various household items. The ... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention allows for the investigation for the use of ponytail (“PT”)-sulfonates as leaving groups in direct 18 F-fluorination reactions followed by F-SPE purification using [ 18 F] fluoromethyl benzene as a model compound. The present invention further relates to a... | The present invention discloses the reactivity of ponytail (“PT”) sulfonates as leaving groups in nucleophilic fluorination reactions. The results showed that using a pentafluorobenzenesulfonate precursor is a suitable leaving group for n. c. a. nucleophilic 18 F-fluorination in synthesis of [ 18 F]fluoromethyl benzen... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the deposition of chromium onto other metals. The use of chromium electrodeposited onto other metals is a well established industrial practice because of the wide need for the superior wear and corrosion resistance provided by chromium coated surfaces. ... | An electrodeposition process and a bath therefore are disclosed for performing the electrodeposition of hard smooth coatings of trivalent chromium. The electrodeposition process is accomplished energy efficiently. The bath includes chromium chloride as a source of chromium, citric acid to complex the chromium, and a we... | 2 |
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