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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally directed toward a method and system for inhibiting torque steer in a vehicle equipped with steerable wheels that are power driven.
2. Description of Related Art
Vehicles equipped with steerable wheels that are power... | A method and system for inhibiting torque steer in a vehicle equipped with steerable wheels that are power driven. The method determines a maximum engine torque limit, determines an estimated driver-desired torque, and controls the actual torque, by adjustment of the throttle angle, to be the smaller of the maximum eng... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation of and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 to PCT Application No. PCT/EP2013/001040 filed on Apr. 9, 2013, which claimed priority to German Application No. DE 10 2012 205 907.5, filed on Apr. 11, 2012. The contents of both of t... | Methods, devices and systems for machine maintenance using a service computer, particularly using different maintenance applications feature at least one machine controller configured to control an associated machine and a computing system defining at least one virtual machine and comprising at least one application se... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for mixing a biological sample such as blood with a predetermined reagent and conducting a biochemical analysis, and to a cartridge for the biochemical analysis.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002... | The present invention enables a lower cost, a smaller equipment size, and a simplified operation for analysis. The invention comprises the steps of tilting a container 29 containing a biological sample and ejecting the biological sample within the container 29 onto the central portion of a cartridge 33 mounted on... | 8 |
[0001] Continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/693,079 filed on Oct. 20, 2000
CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
[0002] Various methods, systems and apparatus relating to the present invention are disclosed in the following co-pending applications filed by the applicant or assignee of the present inve... | The invention concerns thermoelastic designs incorporating and expansive element formed from material selected in accordance a procedure involving the derivation of an indicator of the material's potential effectiveness for each application. | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to better performing carpets for automotive flooring. In particular, the present invention relates to improved durability in carpets for automotive flooring. More particularly, the present invention relates to durable needle-punched carpets capabl... | An improved moldable, needle-punched automotive carpet of improved wear is disclosed by the invention process of combining a critical proportion of polypropylene and polyester fibers having optimal physical properties. A preferred embodiment of the invention additionally includes a binder fiber. The improved carpet com... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a conductive gasket for improving electrical grounding between adjacent conductive parts, and, more particularly, to a gasket for improving electrical grounding within a computing system between a slotted panel through which con... | A computing system includes a number of circuit cards fastened by brackets to a slotted panel, which has slots allowing the attachment of external cables to the circuit cards. Electrical grounding between the slotted panel and the brackets is achieved through the use of a conductive gasket extending along an inner surf... | 8 |
This is a Continuation-in-Part application of international application PCT/DE96/02501 filed Dec. 21, 1996 and claiming the priority of German patent application 196 00 218.4 filed Jan. 5, 1996.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a perovskite of the ABO 3 type provided with a su... | On the (100) surface of a perovskite of the type ABO 3 , a Ruddlerden-Popper AO*(ABO 3 ) n layer is generated by exposing the perovskite to an oxidizing atmosphere at temperatures above 750° C. | 2 |
This is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/398,304, filed Feb. 27, 1995, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to differentiation therapy and chemoprevention of cancer, and in particular to novel helper inducers which act on abnormal methylatio... | Cancer cells are blocked from entering differentiation pathways because of abnormal methylation enzymes, which are responsible for keeping cancer cells in cycling state. Effective differentiation inducers are those capable of acting directly or indirectly to convert abnormal methylation enzymes into normal enzymes, the... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a wheel and brake device for a means of transportation, preferably a transport trolley, where at least one wheel is pivotally supported and where the brake device includes at least one brake activating means at the front and/or rear end of the means of ... | In a wheel and brake device for a transportation vehicle with pivotal wheels, a particularly simple brake operation may be achieved by placing a brake activating structure at each end of the vehicle and connecting it to a brake lever. The device comprises only one pedal at opposite ends. The pedals are arranged to be a... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the transmission of data, and more particularly to the transmission of data unobtrusively embedded in a video signal representing a television program in order to transmit additional information to a receiver of the television program, or to identify th... | Data is embedded in a video signal by adding a low level wavefrom to the video signal, the low level wave form having a level below the noise level of the video signal and corresponding to the data. To detect the data embedded in the video signal the video signal is correlated with the low level waveform corresponding ... | 7 |
This invention relates to an electrical cable and more particularly, to a cable for use in an extremely adverse environment, such as those encountered in oil wells.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electrical cables which are used in oil wells must be able to survive and perform satisfactorily under extremely ad... | Disclosed is a flat, electrical cable for use in extremely adverse environments, such as found in oil wells, comprising a plurality of conductors individually sheathed in insulation. The cable includes an elongated, compression-resisting member positioned adjacent an insulated conductor, the member being slotted latera... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The technical field of this invention is methods for cleaning and maintaining electrodes used in electroplating apparatus used in the electroplating of metals onto semiconductor workpieces.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the production of semiconductor wafers and other semiconductor ar... | Methods and apparatuses for in-situ cleaning of semiconductor electroplating electrodes to remove plating metal without requiring !the manual removal of the electrodes from the semiconductor plating equipment. The electrode is placed into the plating liquid and, an electrical current having reverse polarity is passed b... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to energy-absorbing tear webbing, and more particularly to such webbing which has woven pile or tear yarn which is designed primarily for parachute harnesses and the like, but it is understood that the invention can be used for any purposes for which it is found ... | An improved tear webbing is fabricated of two woven straps offering graduy increasing resistance to tearing of the pile yarn woven between the straps to assure that sequential tearing of only the pile ends will occur; and by providing the technique of snubbing or binding the pile yarn in place around each adjacent wef... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a composite material based on an electret-type polymer matrix and a piezoelectric material contained in the matrix. More specifically, the invention relates to the electret composite of the aforementioned type that has deep trapping centers on the boundaries... | An electret composite comprising a polymer matrix material that contains particles of a piezoelectric material with deep trapping centers on the interphase boundaries between the matrix and particles of a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material may have a tetragonal or a rhombohedral structure, and the polym... | 7 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to gladhands of the type used in tractor and/or trailer applications and has particular application to a gladhand structure which includes a shutoff valve.
A primary purpose of the invention is a combination gladhand and shutoff valve in which the shuto... | A combination gladhand and shutoff valve for use in tractor and/or trailer applications has a gladhand body with an air inlet and an air outlet. A seal member is positioned at the air outlet and there is a chamber within the body which connects the inlet and outlet. A valve plug is movable within the chamber toward and... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to building materials, and is more particularly concerned with acoustical tile suitable for use in ceiling structures having good acoustical properties, good fire retardance, and being free of undesirable warping.
2. Prior... | An acoustical tile comprising a relatively thin, flat body of acoustical composition including fibrous material and a binder, and a paper backing affixed thereto having a fire-retardant material dispersed therein, the outer facing surface of the tile being either planar or slightly convex. | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a translucent dressing which can be manufactured and offered to the consumer as a two-phase system. Upon shaking by hand, an emulsion is produced which remains stable for at least one week. Such a dressing is suitable for use on e.g. salad.
BACKGROUND ... | The invention relates to a translucent dressing which can be manufactured and offered to the consumer as a two-phase system, having separate oil and water layers. Upon shaking by hand, an emulsion is produced which remains stable for at least one week. Such a dressing is suitable for use on e.g. salad. | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the manufacture of magnetic disks and, more particularly, a modular configuration for linearly aligned chambers used in the manufacture of such disks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Hard disk drives are an efficient and cos... | A modular chamber design for manufacturing magnetic disks is provided. The modular chambers are linearly aligned, have a trapezoidal shape, and are inversely oriented. In this inverse orientation, a chamber can be exchanged and/or removed without first having to laterally move the other chambers to create space on each... | 6 |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/177,479, filed on Apr. 1, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 486 0057, issued 8/22/89.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an automatic original circulating and feeding apparatus in a copying machine.
Some of the conventional copying ... | An automatic original circulating and feeding apparatus apparatus comprises an original feeding base for receiving a plurality of originals thereon, which are piled up with image faces thereof turned downwardly, an original separating and feeding device for successively separating the piled up originals on the original... | 6 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 631,750 filed July 17, 1984, which was abandoned upon the filing hereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a path calculating system for following the path of a naval vessel with the help of magnetic means. It is particularl... | Apparatus for determining the location of a naval vessel includes a magnetic source connected to the vessel for emitting a predetermined magnetic field. Two magnetic detection devices fixed to the seabed detect and measure at least two components of the emitted magnetic field. Location calculation means are coupled to ... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a U.S. National Phase of International Application No. PCT/GB2006/001494, filed Apr. 26, 2006, designating the U.S. and published in English on Nov. 2, 2006, as WO 2006/114597, which claims the benefit of British Application No. GB 0508662.4, filed Apr. 28, 2005 and Britis... | A method for protecting an entity from the effects of an explosion or from the effects of contact with a projectile by covering at least a part of the entity in a barrier which includes a cross-linked water gel. | 2 |
This application is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 061,247, filed on July 27, 1979.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a key input type data-related apparatus conveying audible output messages, for example, a speech-synthesizer calculator.
The purpose of ... | An audible output device disclosed herein for use in electronic calculators or the like is able to distinguish between audible messages at the time of keying input information and at the time delivering output information reflecting results of operations, for example. The audibel output device relies upon a speech-synt... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/120,623, filed Apr. 11, 2002, entitled DESULFURIZATION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED FLUID/SOLIDS CONTACTING, and hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention re... | A method and apparatus for removing sulfur from a hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream wherein desulfurization is enhanced by improving the contacting of the hydrocarbon-containing fluid stream and sulfur-sorbing solid particulates in a fluidized bed reactor. | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 238,801, filed Feb. 27, 1981, now abandoned which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 129,489 filed Mar. 10, 1980 and now U.S. Pat. No. 4,279,085 issued July 21, 1981.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | An excavating device having a plurality of gouging members protruding downwardly from the bottom of an excavating bucket, and extending therefrom in the direction toward the bucket's scooping edge, the members being staggered at varying distances from the edge and bucket sides. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to overload relays and overload protective systems and in particular to electronic overload relays and systems. Presently available thermal overload relays utilize special materials in the heater and detector elements, and require individual adjustment during man... | An electronic overload relay has an intrinsic power supply connected in parallel with the NC contact of the relay between wire attachment terminals. The power supply is a parallel connected zener diode and capacitor, connected to the processor in parallel with a low voltage sensing circuit that detects the charge on th... | 8 |
FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of roofing elements such as those used in low swimming pool shelters and in particular to the adaptations making it possible to improve the transparency and reduce the weight thereof.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
The roofing ele... | The invention concerns a roofing element (E) of the type of the one consisting of a material board ( 100 ) maintained inside a frame ( 200 ), characterized in that it consists of a single-walled solid material board and of at least one tensioning means ( 300 ) linked to the frame ( 200 ) tending to space apart certain ... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of and claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC 120 from U.S. application Ser. No. 11/854,904, filed Sept. 13, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,886,320, which is a continuation of 09/645,277, filed Aug 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,308,698, th... | A television display system with a television display for displaying television services and internet information, and an input unit for providing a command, the television display system receiving a data stream containing a plurality of key files, each key file including executable data and a respective key image repr... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to hand-held tufting machines and more particularly to a hand-held tufting machine using pneumatic power wherein an operator can precisely control the operation of the stitch forming instrumentalities.
Hand-held tufting machines, also known as mending guns,... | A hand-held tufting mending gun has a housing to which a pneumatic cylinder is fixedly mounted, the piston rod of the cylinder being connected to a needle drive member. The needle drive member is a gear rack and has its teeth in mesh with a pinion gear, the pinion gear in turn meshes with another gear rack formining th... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/172,113, filed on Jun. 14, 2002, which is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 10/083,189, filed on Feb. 26, 2002, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/... | A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) recovers data from a plurality of data signals received as a received vector. The WTRU determines data of the received vector by determining a Cholesky factor of an N by N matrix and using the determined Cholesky factor in forward and backward substitution to determine data of th... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to construction. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems for construction which allow easy assembly and disassembly with minimal reliance on tools or fasteners. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to a modula... | A system for construction whereby a virtually unlimited number of structural configurations relating to vastly different applications can be assembled using relatively few different structural members. Structural members are sized and slotted according to a standardized system. Because structural members are sized and ... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention is in the field of semiconductor chip design. More specifically, this invention relates to the design of logic to achieve timing closure.
BACKGROUND
By dividing a process into steps, and performing the steps simultaneously on different data, the frequency at which the pr... | The optimal configuration of a number of optional pipeline stages within the data paths of systems-on-chip is determined by application of a solver. The solver includes variables such as: the placement of modules physically within the floorplan of the chip; the signal propagation time; the logic gate switching time; th... | 6 |
[0001] This invention claims priority, under 35 U.S.C. §120, to the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/681,223 to Norman L. Clifton filed on May 13, 2005, which is incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] ... | A lock and key system and device for doors. It is a removable door locking system or lock and carry kit, including: a door blank disposed in a door frame; a first elongated member passing through the latch hole and extend therefrom; a second elongated member disposable in the lock body hole and extending therefrom; a f... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to ultrasonotomography based on a Doppler signal from an object to be examined and more particularly to ultrasonotomography suitable for improving the performance of an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus.
When an ultrasonic beam is applied at an inciden... | In ultrasonotomography, ultrasonic transducers are divided in the scanning direction and in a direction (elevation direction) orthogonal to the scanning direction and by changing the aperture in the elevation direction through focus in elevation direction, a tomogram and a Doppler signal of a blood flow can be obtained... | 6 |
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/331,024, filed Jan. 13, 2006.
[0002] The present invention generally relates to nozzle assemblies for steam turbines and particularly relates to a welded nozzle assembly and fixtures facilitating alignment and manufacture of the... | A nozzle blade comprising radially inner and outer walls with an airfoil portion extending therebetween; the inner and outer walls formed with alignment features on respective oppositely-facing surfaces aligned with a longitudinal center axis through the nozzle blade. | 8 |
This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/181,056 filed Jul. 14, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,458,384 which claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Patent application Ser. No. 60/588,097 filed on Jul. 15, 2004.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the control ... | Nano-sized rare earth metal oxide particles are prepared from aqueous reverse micelles. The engineered nanoparticles have large surface area to volume ratios, and uniformly incorporate a surfactant in each particle, so that when applied to the inner surface of a pipeline or sprayed onto a fluid stream in a pipeline, th... | 5 |
ClAIM OF PRIORITY
This application claims priority to, and incorporates by reference herein in its entirety, pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/693,158, filed Jun. 23, 2005, and entitled “Multi-Band Hybrid SOA-Raman Amplifier for CWDM.”
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention rel... | A multi-band hybrid amplifier is disclosed for use in optical fiber systems. The amplifier uses Raman laser pumps and semiconductor optical amplifiers in series to produce a relatively level gain across the frequency range of interest. Multiple Raman pumps are multiplexed before coupling into the fiber. The Raman ampli... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the insecticide carbofuran and to its use in soils where its insecticidal activity declines upon repeated applications. In particular, this invention relates to means of restoring the insecticidal activity of carbofuran in such ... | The insecticide carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl methylcarbamate) is combined with an organophosphorus additive of the formula ##STR1## in which R 1 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl,
R 2 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl,
R 3 is C 1 -C 4 alkylene,
X is oxygen or sulfur, and
n is zero or one,
... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is a jackpot game involving matching symbols to determine a win. There are no set sequences of plays to determine jackpots based on number of plays made previously. Any play made can determine a win. Pairs of facing discs with identical symbols on them rotate at random wi... | A double match jackpot with (2) separate identical operating mechanisms in the machine is the invention. The two (2) identical mechanisms operate independently with no set combinations of play. Each play is with random results. A winning play is not determined by the number of plays made previously. The matching of two... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application hereby claims priority under 35 U.S.C. Section 119 to Swiss Patent Application Number No. 00768/11, filed May 5, 2011, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The pres... | A turbine diaphragm assembly is described having an annulus of static blades, each static blade including at least an aerofoil and an outer platform; and an outer diaphragm ring or segments of a ring for holding the annulus of static blades; with confronting edges of the outer platforms and the ring are held by an inte... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to microwave antennas.
2. Description of the Related Art
There is a growing commercial denhand for low-cost radar systems. For example, investigators around the world are working on the development of c... | Compact, microwave scanned antennas include combinations of a radiator, a reflector and a mirror. The radiator is formed by plating a shaped dielectric core. It generates an antenna beam at an output aperture in response to a microwave signal at an input port. The wavefront orientation of the antenna beam is a function... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns a sleeve for medical instruments such as endoscopes. The invention is especially useful for dental and other procedures in which it is desirable to stabilize an endoscope while allowing repeated positional adjustment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An endosc... | A sleeve for medical instruments such as endoscopes is disclosed. The sleeve is attachable in any axial or rotational orientation on the endoscope tube. A clamp-like locking means holds the sleeve securely to the endoscope tube without causing damage, while a locking screw permits easy locking, releasing or adjustment.... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is comprised within the technical field of microencapsulation, particularly, in the coating of droplets of particles with sizes comprised within the nanometric range, using biodegradable and bio-compatible polymers of different nature. The thus obtained produ... | The process comprises: (1) preparing a fine dispersion of droplets or particles which contain, or are formed, of a chemical or biologically active substance in a phase comprised of a solvent and a non solvent of the polymer forming the coating and, optionally, a surfactant or suspending agent; (2) preparing a phase whi... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method of clearing mispicks in rapier looms as set out in the preamble of claim 1 and to a loom having means for the practice of the method.
A known method of this kind (EP-PS 332,257) discloses the clearance of a weft breakage in the shed by detaching ... | Weft yarn faults encountered during the operation of rapier looms are corrected by correlating the detection of the fault to the angular position of the rotating main shaft of the loom. The loom has a shed with a giver side and a taker side, a giver rapier at the giver side and a taker rapier at the taker side. Positio... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to dentifrice compositions containing stannous compounds.
2. Related Art
There have been many proposals in the prior art to incorporate stannous compounds into oral health care products for the purpose of achievi... | The present invention relates to a dentifrice composition comprising a stannous compound that releases stannous ions in the composition such as stannous fluoride or stannous pyrophosphate. These stannous ions can be converted in the composition into the inactive stannic ions, and to prevent such conversion according to... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for initially inserting a strand of a textile material into a drafting device of a textile machine and, more particularly, a method and apparatus for aligning an initial strand inserting device and a strand guide of a drafting dev... | An apparatus for aligning a textile strand supple device and a strand guide of a drafting device of a textile machine is provided for initially inserting a textile strand into the strand guide. The strand guide of the drafting device is typically reciprocally moved transversely to the direction of feed of the textile s... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/318,756, filed Mar. 3, 1989, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an aromatic polyisocyanate and a production process thereof. The polyisocyanate of the present invention i... | Disclosed herein are a polyiscoyanate comprising a mixture of aromatic polyisocyanates represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a phenylene group, alkylene group, alkyl-substituted phenylene group, diphenylene group, diphenyl ether group or naphthylenyl group, R 1 is a halogen atom, lower alkoxy group... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a circuit substrate and a display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a circuit substrate and a display device that can be suitably used as components of a display device having a dual-gate structure, for example.
BACKGRO... | The purpose of the present invention is to provide a circuit board and a display device wherein a patterned film is disposed in a manner that can sufficiently reduce the increase in capacitance and sufficiently minimize the degradation of display quality due to signal delay, while sufficiently shielding the lost part o... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a novel construction of positive displacement pump for fluids, and more particularly to a rotary piston pump.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Rotary pistons, in the nature of encased rotors with radially extending vanes... | A rotary piston pump comprising a rotor mounted within a housing, the rotor having a pair of slidably mounted vanes on opposite surfaces. The inner wall of the housing acts as a cam surface to move the vanes inwardly, and centrifugal force or a combination of centrifugal force and biasing causes the vanes to move outwa... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This invention is based on and claims priority of Japanese patent application 2001-329687, filed on Oct. 26, 2001, the whole contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates ... | A semiconductor apparatus comprises a support substrate having through holes filles with conductor adapted to a first pitch; a capacitor formed on or above said support substrate; a wiring layer formed on or above said support substrate, leading some of said through holes filles with conductor upwards through said capa... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/656,972, filed Jun. 7, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to video g... | Video game characters of a video game may have associated attributes, such as their equipment, modified using a device which may be both remote from a device used to play the video game and incapable of playing the video game. A server in communication with both devices may communicate video game character information ... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention belongs to the field of energy transduction equipment, and is related to a fuel cell which directly transforms chemical energy that fuel gas contains into electricity. In particular, the present invention relates to an MCFC gas-turbine hybrid system that increases... | Disclosed is an MCFC power generation system and a method for operating the same enabling significant reduction of CO 2 emission or substantially zero CO 2 emission by minimizing the equipment added to a general power generation facility to a minimum, enabling both high power generation efficiency and high heat recov... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a solid state drive (SSD) tester, and more particularly to an SSD tester which divides the functions of generating and comparing test pattern data and Frame Information Structure (FIS) data with each other into each other... | Disclosed is a solid state drive tester which divides the functions of generating and comparing test pattern data and Frame Information Structure (FIS) data with each other into each other to implement the functions as separate logics, so that entire test time is decreased by reducing load of a processor. The solid sta... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to inertial navigation systems and, more particularly, to such systems of the strap-down type.
2. Description of the Prior Art
All inertial navigation systems provide for the isolation of the accelerometers from rotatio... | A system providing economical redundant strap-down inertial measurement capability in a space navigation system. By appropriate orientation of two-degree-of-freedom dry tuned rotor gyros, the system is able to achieve complete redundancy utilizing only three gyro units. With this orientation, both orthogonal and skewed... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is in the technical field of construction.
[0002] More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of erosion and sediment control as it relates to construction.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Th... | The objective of this invention is to filter storm water that drains into catch basins and drain inlets by trapping sediment and preventing sizeable objects from flowing into storm drain systems. The device can be made of durable material and with a removable inner filter it can cleaned and reused. This device can also... | 4 |
This application is a Continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/AU01/00220, filed on Mar. 2, 2001.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a weapon and in particular to a recoil control mechanism for a weapon. The invention will be described generally in relation to a firearm,... | A recoil control mechanism for a weapon which fires a projectile which is characterized by the generation of a forward counterforce to the rearward recoil simultaneously with absorption of rearward recoil force upon initiation of propoulsion of the projectile. The forward counterforce is generated by propelling a first... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is generally related to harvesting energy and more particularly to converting kinetic energy from a flowing fluid into electrical energy to power equipment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In order to recover natural resources from subterranean formations it is often ... | Electrical energy is produced at a remote site by converting kinetic energy from fluid flow to electrical energy using a downhole harvesting apparatus. The downhole harvesting apparatus includes a vibrating sleeve member that vibrates in response to fluid flow through a tubular housing structure. The vibration of the s... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and, in particular, to a data driver thereof.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] FIG. 1A , shows a thin fi... | A data driver for a TFT-LCD. N 1 channels of the data driver can be disabled. The data driver comprises a multiplexer and a shift register. The multiplexer receives a horizontal start pulse and at least one control signal. Output signals are transmitted from output terminals of the multiplexer according to the control... | 6 |
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A hearing instrument for insertion into the user's ear canal may be manufactured by fabricating the hearing instrument shell using stereo lithography (SLA), one of the processes mentioned in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2002/0196954 A1, published Dec. 26, 200... | To prevent stereo lithography (SLA) support structures for parts fabricated in an SLA apparatus from interfering with features in the parts, a structural shield such as a dome may be place around the feature and then discarded at the conclusion of the SLA process. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a process for modifying the surface properties of a lignocellulosic material. In particular, the present invention concerns a process for producing fibre composites.
[0003] 2. ... | The present invention concerns a process for producing fibre composites. In particular, the invention provides a novel way of producing biodegradable composites comprising a hydrophobic polymer material and a reinforcing component of fibres derived from plant materials. Composite material produced by means of the prese... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of pending International patent application PCT/EP2006/007807 filed on Aug. 7, 2006 which designates the United States and claims priority from Italian patent application UD2005A000132 filed on Aug. 10, 2005, the content... | This invention is an improvement to be applied to certain known bottle openers, called automatic bottle openers, in which, in order for the extraction to take place it is essential that the closure offers sufficient friction on the worm. Otherwise, once the worm has penetrated the closure, at the point of extraction, i... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a detonator for the electrical ignition of detonating materials, in particular explosives.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
A detonator for the direct electrical ignition or detonation of secondary explosives ha... | A detonator for the electrical ignition or detonation of detonating materials, such as explosives. The detonator incorporates at least one piezo element which is at least partially encompassed by a secondary explosive. The piezo element is subjected to a steeply rising voltage impulse and thereby rapidly expanded so as... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for deinking printed waste paper using a peroxidase in the presence of a peroxide as the deinking agent. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention, the enzyme is soybean peroxidase.
2. De... | A method of deinking printed waste paper for recycle which comprises converting a printed waste paper to a fibrous pulp in an aqueous medium to form a fibrous pulp slurry; contacting the slurry with a soybean peroxidase and a peroxide to deink the pulp; separating the deinked pulp from the aqueous medium; and recoverin... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to wrinkle resistant fabrics.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of acetals for crosslinking cellulosic materials to produce improved wrinkle recovery has been reported. Walker (U.S. Pat. No. 2,548,455) reported th... | Acetals of glyceraldehyde, when applied to cotton fabric by conventional pad-dry-cure procedures using special combined acid catalysts, were found to crosslink the cellulose hydroxyl groups at a very rapid rate (e.g., 10 seconds at 170° C.), thereby imparting improved wrinkle recovery. In particular, the aldehydes stud... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is directed to an improved process wherein aniline is synthesized from phenol over ammonia.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Aniline is an important organic chemical. Many highly useful products can be produced from it. Aniline ... | A process for converting phenolic compounds to aniline by passing them over ammonia in the presence of ZSM-5 type zeolites under conversion conditions whereby high conversion, high selectivity and improved rates of production are achieved. | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to excavation machines. Specifically, the present invention relates to a mounting arrangement for cutting teeth for use with trencher chains.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Trenchers are conventionally used ... | The present disclosure relates to a mounting arrangement for a cutting tooth for a trencher chain. The tooth includes a base portion aligned along a first plane. The base portion includes structure for allowing the cutting tooth to be connected to the trencher chain. The tooth also includes a distal portion that is gen... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention pertains to compositions that are able to provide an abrasion-resistant, dye-tintable coating on a thermoplastic or thermoset polymeric substrate, such as an ophthalmic lens.
2. Background of the Art
It is known that tra... | A coating photoreactive composition comprising a hydrolyzed epoxy-silane and other active ingredients is able to provide an organic dye-tintable abrasion resistant coating without the use of traditional dye-tinting enhancing agents such as polymerizable ethers or polymerizable diethers. The compositions exhibit consist... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to solar systems employing reflectors for reflecting the radiant energy onto one or more collectors. More particularly, this invention relates to an improvement in a solar system having a plurality of reflectors and collectors in w... | This specification discloses an improvement in a solar system having one or more collectors for receiving and using radiant energy from the sun and at least one and preferably a plurality of respective reflector means for reflecting the radiant energy onto the collectors. The improvement is characterized by having towe... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a method for fracturing a subterranean formation. More specifically, the invention is directed to a method and apparatus for placing multiple fractures in a horizontal or vertical openhole well.
2. Description o... | A method and apparatus is provided for created multiple fractures in a subterranean formation with a single, continuous treatment operation. A plurality of burst disk assemblies are included, each having an independent burst pressure and corresponding to a specific interval to be treated, whereby the assemblies are arr... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to language recognition. More particularly, the present invention relates to an improved language recognition system utilizing a probabilistic lexical associations model.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Speech recognition is a process by which... | Methods and apparatus for a language model and language recognition systems are disclosed. The method utilizes a plurality of probabilistic finite state machines having the ability to recognize a pair of sequences, one sequence scanned leftwards, the other scanned rightwards. Each word in the lexicon of the language mo... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to an improved data processing system and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for optimizing performance in a data processing system. Still more particularly, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for profiling multithreaded or mult... | A profiler of a multithreaded process that determines whether a process is runnable but not running by determining whether a process is both waiting for the processor and also not waiting for other events such as I/O. Counters are maintained for each such process that is runnable but not running. Reports are generated ... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/251,348, filed Oct. 14, 2008, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. _,___,___, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The present invention rela... | A timing interface module installs within a rack to increase bandwidth. The timing interface module receives a reference timing signal and outputs the reference timing signal to an optical multiplexer. The optical multiplexer also receives multiple data streams of different formats, and the optical multiplexer synchron... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of producing inner parts of a tripod joint. The inner parts include radial arms followed by a tubular shaft.
It is common practice to produce inner parts of tripod joints by forging or forming the parts with an annular member with inner t... | A method of producing inner parts of a tripod joint followed by a tubular shaft has one end of the tubular shaft deformed in a non-chip-forming way. The deforming increases the wall thickness. Radial arms are connected to the thickened region of the tubular shaft end, preferably by friction welding. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of the present invention relates to techniques for screening differences in gene expression between various cell types or between different stages of cell development.
In higher organisms, every cell expresses about 10-20% of the 100,000 possible different genes. Gene e... | An improved method for detecting and isolating differentially expressed mRNAs which comprises using first oligonucleotide primers for reverse transcription of mRNAs and both the first oligonucleotide primers and second oligonucleotide primers for amplification of the resultant cDNAs. The improvement of this method comp... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates generally to improvements in vehicular energy generating systems and more particularly to mechanical means and preferably hydraulic pumps inside its tires for recovering wasted tire flexure energy and putting that recovered energy to useful work.
... | A wheeled vehicle has mechanical and preferably hydraulic pumps inside its tires. The weight of the vehicle pumps up a reservoir as the tires roll. The pressure in the reservoir is used to directly or indirectly propel the vehicle. | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a control apparatus for an AC generator of a motor vehicle. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a control apparatus for an AC generator of a motor vehicle which is adapted to control switching or ... | A control apparatus for an AC generator of a motor vehicle of high reliability having substantially no adverse influence to an onboard battery and an onboard high-voltage load by suppressing to a passible minimum variation of a regulating voltage which may occur as contacts of a detection voltage change-over switch are... | 7 |
PRIORITY INFORMATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/424,401, filed on Nov. 7, 2002.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The field of this invention relates to alternate paths for gravel during downhole gravel packing operati... | A gravel pack screen assembly has one or more hollow flight augers that a continuous or segmented with multiple upwardly oriented gravel entrances and multiple downwardly oriented gravel exits. The gravel passes through the auger and around any bridge. The auger helps advance the screen into position as well as to cent... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention concerns a device for the removable attachment of a work space dividing partition to an office work surface. These partitions, also known under the name of dividers or screens, are generally used in open-space environments, so as to create several work spaces.
These... | Workspace dividing partition resting via a lower edge on the top face of a wall forming a work surface and incorporating a device for attaching the partition to the work surface. The partition includes placement means comprising a translationary mobile branch which with the lower edge of the partition forms a clamp typ... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from Argentina's Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial, patent application #20130103381, titled “CERRAMIENTO MULTIFUNCIONAL” (Multifunctional Enclosure, in English), filed on Sep. 20, 2013, based on the Paris Convention for the P... | A manual or motor activated enclosure, appropriate for any surface to be enclosed, comprising matching opposite cross-linked structures containing a set of profiles that fits in the field of telescopic modular pivoting roof structures, that upon retraction it is housed underground such that none of its components are v... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a tool for greasing wheel bearings and more particularly to a grease dam for ensuring proper fill of grease within the hub cavity prior to installing the outer bearing.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Greasing a wheel hub assembly is well known in t... | A removable grease dam tool to facilitate proper filling of grease within a wheel hub assembly and a method of using the same. A grease dam is placed adjacent an outer surface of a wheel hub mounted to a spindle. The grease dam blocks at least 50% of the exposed area between the wheel hub and spindle and leaves a top p... | 5 |
This application is a 371 of PCT/EP97/07242, filed on Dec. 22, 1997.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to novel S-aryl-dithiazine dioxides, to processes for their preparation and to the use in crop protection and in the protection of materials.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIO... | The invention relates to novel S-aryl-dithiazine dioxides, to processes for their preparation and to the use in crop protection and in the protection of materials. | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATION
The present invention claims the priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application No. 196 03 029.3 filed on Jan. 29, 1996, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the... | An exchange device for replacing an old transport belt in, e.g., a dryer section of a machine producing a web, e.g., paper or cardboard. The device may include a spooler for simultaneously removing the old transport belt and inserting new transport belt. The exchange device may also include a mobile carrier device that... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of International Patent Application Serial No. PCT/NL2008/050821, entitled “A Method for Generating Information of a 3-Dimensional Molecular Structure of a Molecule”, to Technische Universiteit Delft, filed on Dec. ... | A method for generating information of a 3-dimensional molecular structure of a molecule, said method being executable by a computer under the control of a program stored in the computer, said method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a 3-dimensional representation of the molecular structure of said molecule, compr... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is the U.S. national phase of PCT Appln. No. PCT/EP2011/052493 filed Feb. 21, 2011, which claims priority to German Patent Application No. 2010 002 234.9 filed Feb. 23, 2010, which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE ... | Efficient deaeration of aqueous suspensions such as those obtained during textile treatment or pulp and paper production is achieved by use of a combination of a polyoxypropylene polyether polymer or copolymer and branched polyether-polysiloxane copolymers. | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to synchronizing signal detecting apparatus for circular knitting machines or more in particular to a mechanical synchronizing signal detecting apparatus for circular knitting machines having an electronic pattern-forming command c... | In order to prevent the dispersion of knitting patterns which otherwise might result from backward motion when a circular knitting machine stops, a phase condition memory unit is provided for storing the phase condition of a sine-wave signal from a needle track detector of the circular knitting machine before the sine-... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/308,457 entitled “Roof with Ridge Vent Brace” filed Feb. 26, 2010.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0... | A brace for securing roof decking adjacent a roof ridge vent takes the than of an elongated channel, preferably a metal J-shaped channel, with the brace being wrapped around the upper edge portion of the roof decking at the roof ridge. The brace stiffens and carries the weight of the roof decking between the roof truss... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates generally to ion beam handling and more particularly to a gate for use in time-of-flight mass spectrometry.
BACKGROUND ART
This invention relates in general to ion beam handling in mass spectrometers and more particularly to ion gating in time-of-flight mass spec... | A method and apparatus for analyzing ions by determining times of flight including using a collision cell to activate ions toward fragmentation and a deflector to direct ions away from their otherwise intended or parallel course. Deflectors are used as gates, so that particular ions may be selected for deflection, whil... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Quarry blasting for rock, such as limestone, granite, and other igneous rocks conventionally uses ANFO as the explosive. ANFO is a mixture of approximately 94% ammonium nitrate and 6% fuel oil.
In quarry blasting, a plurality of boreholes are drilled in a predetermined pattern or... | An improved blasting composition comprising from about 13 to 15 weight percent unrefined petroleum wax, from about 15 to 20 weight percent aluminum powder, from about 10 to 52 weight percent sodium perchlorate and from about 10 to 52 weight percent ammonium nitrate. The blasting composition may be used in combination w... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for automatically regulating the engine speed of an internal combustion engine for automobiles, and more particularly to a system for regulating the idling speed.
The idling speed of the engine is initially regulated to a predetermined se... | A system for regulating the engine speed of an internal combustion engine having a carburetor and a throttle valve in the carburetor. The system comprises an electro-mechanical actuator having an electric motor and a push rod engaged with a throttle lever for maintaining the throttle valve to an open state, a speed sen... | 5 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/747,024, filed Aug. 19, 1991, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing a laminated transparent substrate, and more particularly to a method manufacturing a lamina... | A method of manufacturing a laminated transparent substrate comprising the steps of sandwiching between transparent glass substrates ionomer resin formed by bridging ethylenemetacryl acid copolymars with sodium ions, to form a laminated structure and sealing it in a reduced pressure atmosphere; applying heat and pressu... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to an electric road motor vehicle with a switchable winding electric motor propulsion system. The present invention also generally relates to an electric motor propulsion system for a vehicle, in particular for a v... | An electric road motor vehicle with a switchable winding electric motor propulsion system, a switchable winding electric motor propulsion system in an electric road motor vehicle, and a switchable winding electric motor propulsion system for a motor vehicle. For the optimization of an electric motor propulsion system o... | 8 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/819,186 filed on Jul. 7, 2006.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates generally to the field of generating numerical models for computer simulation of diffusive processes (processes described m... | Method is provided for simulating a physical process such as fluid flow in porous media by performing a fine-grid calculation of the process in a medium and re-using the fine grid solution in subsequent coarse-grid calculations. For fluid flow in subsurface formations, the method may be applied to optimize upscaled cal... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/741,809 entitled RUNWAY DIGITAL WIND INDICATOR SYSTEM and filed on Jul. 27, 2012, which is specifically incorporated by reference herein for all that it discloses and teaches.
... | A runway digital wind indicator system senses wind conditions at multiple locations, aggregates this data, and communicates up-to-date, usable information to pilots. Meteorological information, including wind speed, direction, and change (i.e., gustiness) plus temperature, humidity, barometer, wind shear, etc., can be ... | 6 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to Provisional Patent Application U.S. Ser. No. 60/619,407, entitled “Resettable Latching MEMS Temperature Sensor” and filed on Oct. 15, 2004, which is fully incorporated herein by reference.
GOVERNMENT LICENSE RIGHTS
This in... | The Lateral-Moving Micromachined Thermal Bimorph provides the capability of achieving in-plane thermally-induced motion on a microchip, as opposed to the much more common out-of-plane, or vertical, motion seen in many devices. The present invention employs a novel fabrication process to allow the fabrication of a later... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to cleaning burrs, sticks and trash from harvested cotton mounted upon the same machine which carries the harvester.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Previously, I have patented a stripper and cleaner combination. See ... | Seed cotton harvested by a stripper is blown upward along a duct to an open saw cylinder. The locks of cotton are snagged on the teeth of the saws of the saw cylinder while the air passes to within the saw cylinders and out the ends of the saw cylinder. The locks of cotton knocked from the saw cylinder are reclaimed by... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to drills and drill bits. More specifically, the present invention relates to carbide drill bits for composite materials.
BACKGROUND
Multi-layer laminates such as carbon fiber-reinforced composites (CFRP) and fiberglass composites (FRP) are widely used... | A drill bit for producing holes in composite materials is disclosed. The drill bit includes an elongate drill bit body having a drill bit diameter. The drill bit also includes at least two helical flutes. The helical flutes have a reverse helix angle and a primary cutting edge. The primary cutting edge may have a posit... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to an improved centrifugal pump.
BACKGROUND
Centrifugal pumps are the most common type of pump. A centrifugal pump has two main components, one moving and one stationary. The moving component consists of an impeller and a shaft and the stationary component... | A two piece impeller centrifugal pump comprising two halves of an impeller facing each other within a volute, a housing having two sides, one side adjacent each impeller half and having an inlet and an outlet, a motor mounted on the housing, the motor driving both impeller halves, for pumping fluid or material from the... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to new sialic acid derivatives and more specifically to sialic acid derivatives having active ester groups in the molecules, biochemical half life extenders of biologically active substances, sialic acid derivatives bonding these s... | Sialic acid derivative with active ester groups expressed with the formula [I] ##STR1## Where R 1 denotes hydrogen or an acetyl group, R 2 denotes hydrogen or a lower alkyl group, R 3 denotes C 2 H 4 , C 3 H 6 or C 2 H 2 , R 4 denotes an hydroxyl group, the residue left after removing hydrogen from the alcohol ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is broadly concerned with an improved, low cost method for removal of arsenic and other heavy metals from phosphoric acid in order to obtain a greatly purified product. More particularly, it is concerned that such a method which inv... | An improved, low cost, liquid extraction method for significantly reducing the arsenic and other heavy metal content of phosphoric acid is disclosed which can routinely achieve essential elimination of arsenic compounds while producing relatively small amounts of usable heavy metal by-product. Preferably, the impure ac... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to optical fiber technology, and more specifically, to optical interconnection devices used to connect an optical fiber to an optical device or component.
2. Description of the Related Art
Optical fibers ... | The present invention generally is directed to an optical interconnection sub-assembly, which includes a housing, a longitudinal bore formed through the housing, a tapered ring press-fitted into a first end of the longitudinal bore, a split sleeve ring press-fitted into the tapered ring, a fiber stop press-fitted into ... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a method and a system for controlling a combustion engine for propelling a motor vehicle. In particular the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a motor vehicle equipped with an engine employing Variable Turbine Geometry (... | When controlling an engine provided with Variable Turbine Geometry (VTG), the VTG is closed to a maximally acceptable closed position without endangering the VTG when performing an up-shift. The VTG is kept in such a position during the gear shift which, allows for a quick retardation of the engine speed. | 5 |
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