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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a power transmission shaft used in apparatuses such as automobiles and industrial machines to transmit torque via a constant velocity joint. The present invention also relates to a constant velocity joint used in apparatuses such as automobiles and indu... | A power transmission shaft using the constant velocity joint is manufactured by applying induction hardening to graphite steel thereby to harden the surface layer and form a 2-phase structure of ferrite and martensite in the core thereof. The graphite steel contains 0.35 to 0.70% of C, 0.4 to 2.0% of Si, 0.3 to 1.5% of... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates generally to retractable awnings and, more particularly, to awning rafters having a spring-biased rafter extension piece to effectively lengthen the rafter and remove sag from the awning fabric.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Recreational vehicles are commonl... | An optionally telescoping rafter that comprises a lockable spring-biased rafter extension piece that is slidably mounted at the end of the rafter is provided. The rafter extension piece is slidable from a retracted position to an extended position in response to movement of a pivotally mounted handle on the rafter. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a digital superheterodyne receiver.
It also concerns a baseband filtering method used therein.
Current digital receivers have to extract information on in-phase and quadrature channels after the signal is transposed into the baseband. This is ... | A digital receiver includes an antenna for picking up signals, a converter for converting an incoming signal to a predetermined intermediate frequency, and baseband processor. The receiver further includes an analog/digital converter using oversampling relative to the bandwidth of the signal and receiving the intermedi... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/796,507, filed on Mar. 9, 2004, which relies for priority upon Korean Patent Application No. 10-2003-0075573, filed on Oct. 28, 2003, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.
... | A system for cleaning and drying semiconductor wafers improves device yield by providing more advanced control of the ratio of drying fluid to cleaning fluid, for example the ratio of N 2 vapor to IPA vapor. In addition, a quick drain process is employed to improve process throughput, and to further improve particle a... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for transferring eggs from a feeding chain.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The prior art includes devices for transferring eggs. For example, such a device has been described in the U.S. Pat. No. 3,370,691 to Mosterd. This patent discloses ... | An egg handling machine having one and preferably two or more egg feeding chains, first retaining members to which the eggs are transferred from the chains and which are each provided with a gripper to positively hold an egg and rotate it to orient its axis vertical and second retaining members moving in a line or pref... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a biochip to be used in the field of bioscience and the like, and in particular relates to a substrate for a biochip which has a function of selectively attaching or retaining a specific subs... | A substrate having a plurality of recesses, wherein each of the plurality of recesses has a surface, wherein at least part of the surface is coated with a metal film comprising at least one element selected from Au, Ag, Cu and Pd. A biochip substrate comprising: a substrate having at least one recess; and a metal film ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to a control device for refrigerating equipment which is capable of automatically regulating the optimal operating conditions of the equipment.
To maintain the temperature of a refrigerated space and its low-temperature compartments within present... | A control device for refrigerating equipment endowed with devices to regulate the temperature and the level of humidity in the refrigerated space utilizing temperature sensors located in the refrigerated space and/or in an evaporator and having at least one compressor.
The control device includes the basic contro... | 5 |
This is a §371 national stage application of PCT/US94/02547 filed internationally on Mar. 14, 1994, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/064,610, filed May 19, 1993, now abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to antibiotics, and particularly relates (1) to an i... | A compound having formula (III). Also, a process of making azithromycin comprising reducing the compound of formula (III) and N-methylating the reduced product. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to displaying a name directory on a screen, and, more specifically, to displaying a name directory containing a plurality of directory names with each of them being associated with a plurality of numbers.
2. Related... | An apparatus and method for displaying a telephone directory. A main menu is used to display the names of a telephone directory, and each of the names is associated with a primary number. A sub menu is used to display the numbers associated with each of the names in the main menu. The primary number is denoted and auto... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a gas spring in which the piston rod is continuously lubricated by a lubricant agent housed within a lubricant chamber adjacent to the end of the cylinder through which the piston rod is guided.
STATEMENT OF THE PRIOR ART
From German Utility Model ... | According to an illustrative example of the invention, a gas spring comprises adjacent one end of the cylinder two axially spaced sealing rings, namely an axially inner and an axially outer sealing ring. A lubricant chamber is defined axially between the axially inner and the axially outer sealing rings. The axially in... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to tire inflation and evacuation methods and apparatus.
It is widely accepted that deterioration of rubber-based vehicle tires is attributable, at least in part, to the presence of oxygen in the gas with which the tires are inflated. For this reason it is c... | The invention relates to a method of inflating a tire comprising the steps of:
providing a tire mounted on a rim, said tire comprising a tire valve to allow selective inflation or deflation of said tire, said tire being filled with a certain amount of air;
deflating said tire to reach a pressure which is le... | 8 |
[0001] Certain subject matter disclosed and claimed herein was developed under a contract with the United States government (No. H98230-04-C-1711). The U.S. government has certain rights in this invention.
BACKGROUND
[0002] A biometric may be used to identify a person or to verify identit... | A system and method for identifying an unknown individual from a plurality of enrolled individuals is provided. In an embodiment, the method comprises comparing at least two parameters of the unknown individual to at least two enrolled parameters of the enrolled individuals. The method then determines a score correlati... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/155,608, filed May 24, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,701,664, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to railroad bridges and more particularly to ... | A system and method for inserting pre-cast concrete pile caps under wooden railroad bridges without removing essential load bearing rails, cross-ties, and stringers is disclosed. The system and method minimizes the time that the track is closed to normal rail traffic. The system and method uses recycled oil well drill ... | 4 |
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-AC05-84-OR21400 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. and the Government has certain rights in this invention. This invention was funded through the Office of Conservation and Renewable Energy.
... | A process for converting cellulosic materials, such as waste paper, into fuels and chemicals, such as sugars and ethanol, utilizing enzymatic hydrolysis of the major carbohydrate of paper: cellulose. A waste paper slurry is contacted by cellulase in an agitated hydrolyzer. An attritor and a cellobiase reactor are coupl... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems allow for the identification of objects at a distance and out of line of sight. They are comprised of transponders called radio frequency (RF) tags and RF interrogators (also called readers). The tags are generally smaller and les... | A system and method for optimally placing radio frequency identification (RFID) antennas. The system varies the placement of RFID tag and interrogator antennas with respect to each other and a stationary object or objects. A signal generator sends a known reference signal to the one or more RFID interrogator antennas. ... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a communication apparatus using biometrics.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Currently, a user of a communication apparatus which accesses a mobile network such as a 3GPP network enters authentication information such as a PIN (Personal Identificati... | A communication apparatus for connecting to a network that requires authentication is provided. The apparatus includes a network controller for connecting to the network; a controller for controlling a connection to the network via the network controller; a sensor for obtaining biometric information of a user of the co... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a National Phase entry of PCT Application No. PCT/EP2015/073036, filed Oct. 6, 2015, which claims priority from Great Britain Application No. 1417640.8, filed Oct. 6, 2014, and which claims priority from Portuguese Application No. 107946 A, filed Oct. 6, 2014, ... | Methods for determining a sample concentration of target entities in a sample, for example, determining a concentration of target antigens or antibodies in a blood sample or other biological sample. | 6 |
This application is a division, of application Ser. No. 07/401,848, filed Aug. 31, 1989, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,991,575 issued Feb. 12, 1991.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a mouthpiece assembly for a breathing apparatus and more particularly to a disposable liner therefor.
A ... | A mouthpiece assembly for a breathing apparatus comprising a housing, a disposable liner, and a protective sheath. The housing comprises a conical opening extending therethrough. The liner is conical and is adapted to be received in the housing. A seal is provided between the liner and the housing to prevent leakage of... | 0 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a circuit substrate, method of manufacturing thereof, and display device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a circuit substrate that can be suitably used in high resolution display devices and the like, and to a method of manufacturing... | A method of manufacturing a circuit substrate comprising a semiconductor element disposed on a transparent substrate, includes: forming an island-shaped oxide semiconductor layer on the transparent substrate; forming a patterned etch-stop layer made of an insulating material so as to cover at least a center portion of ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an apparatus for circumferentially homogenizing temperatures of a ferrule of a component traversing the upper slab of a nuclear reactor.
More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus of this type applied to the case of components (circu... | Apparatus for homogenizing the circumferential temperatures of the vertically axes ferrule of a component passing through the upper slab of a nuclear reactor, wherein it comprises at least one assembly forming a heat pipe describing the entire circumference of said ferrule in order to ensure the homogenization of the t... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to industrial loss events. More particularly, aspects of the invention provide methods and systems for predicting loss events, impacts of loss events, and/or providing potential corrective measures to reduce or eliminate the occurrence or impact ... | Current monitoring systems often provide the operating condition of a specific component and do not consider the impact of a specific failure upon an entire system or a business. Nor do the current systems provide an avenue for the business to predict the loss, as well as its impact, and make an educated decision of mi... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/335,749, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,027,287, and claims the benefit of priority to Provisional Patent Application No. 61/428,778 filed Dec. 30, 2010.
TECHNICAL FIELD OF INVENTION
The pres... | The present invention discloses a high-capacity drilling rig system that includes novel design features that alone and more particularly in combination facilitate a fast rig-up and rig-down with a single set of raising cylinders and maintains transportability features. In particular, a transport trailer is disclosed ha... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/147,028, filed Jan. 23, 2009, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Malaria is a global problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Eac... | A collapsible mosquito spring net assembly includes a support structure having a front support ring, a back support ring, and a spring coil support. A mosquito net covers the support structure. The collapsible mosquito spring net assembly further includes closure elements and a net cover assembly including a net, an el... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to gas turbine engines, and more specifically to gas turbine engine assemblies and methods of assembling the same.
[0002] At least some known gas turbine engines include a forward fan, a core engine, and a power turbine. The... | A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes coupling a low-pressure turbine to a core turbine engine, coupling a gearbox to the low-pressure turbine, coupling a first fan assembly to the gearbox such that the first fan assembly rotates in a first direction, and coupling a mechanical fuse between the first fan... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is generally concerned with parking barriers, and is specifically concerned with a battery operated, remote controlled parking barrier apparatus having a simple and reliable drive assembly for lifting and lowering a barrier arm.
Remote controlled parking barrier dev... | A radio-operated parking barrier apparatus is provided that includes a base housing, a barrier arm including a shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a drive assembly disposed within the base housing that includes a pivot arm having a proximal end affixed to the shaft, and a driver having a reciprocally driven plu... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to cable for power transmission/distribution or for telecommunication. In particular, the present invention relates to a cable comprising an element for spotting prolonged contact between the cable, in particular the cable core, and water.
... | A cable includes an indicating element for detecting the infiltration of water into the cable and a method using such indicating element. | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Numerous conveyor systems for intermittently transporting articles along a distance are known. In many such systems, a driven belt comprises the conveyor surface. This belt is driven by chain or other means to cause the belt and the objects placed thereon to advance.
Maintenance ... | A conveyor system is disclosed in which a plurality of free-wheeling conveyor rollers are rotated by means of a driven belt which intermittently contacts the conveyor rollers when driven motion is desired. The rollers may also be braked by means of a second belt member which may contact the conveyor rollers at those ti... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 12/751,980, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,154,119, entitled “Compliant Spring Interposer for Wafer Level Three Dimensional (3D) Integration and Method of Manufacturing,” filed on Mar. 31, 2010, which is assigned to the assign... | The present invention is an apparatus for integrating multiple devices. The apparatus includes a substrate having a first via and a second via, a semiconductor chip positioned on a top portion of the substrate and positioned between the first via and the second via, first and second bumps positioned on the semiconducto... | 7 |
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 763,603, filed Aug. 8, 1985, now abandoned in favor of application Ser. No. 923,107, filed Oct. 24, 1986 and now matured in to U.S. Pat. No. 4,713,252 issued Dec. 15, 1987.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to food preser... | A semi-moist cranberry fruit product which is produced by slicing the fruit and through a sugar-spraying process in conjunction with wash-rinsing, surface air drying and vacuum drying or vacuum freeze-drying with sudden release of vacuum. The semi-moist fruit produced has an unusual appearance, consistent, texture and ... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/860,988, entitled METALOXIDE ELECTRON TUNNELING DEVICE FOR SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION, filed on May 21, 2001 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
STATEMENT REGARDING ... | A method for fabricating an electron tunneling device on a substrate includes forming a first non-insulating layer on the substrate and providing a first amorphous layer. The method further includes the steps of providing a second layer, and forming a second non-insulating layer and providing an antenna structure conne... | 1 |
This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §§119 and/or 365 to 86 385/1999 filed in Japan on Mar. 29, 1999; the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a scrubbing dust collector for subje... | An improved scrubbing dust collector and exhaust gas treatment installation are described. The collector ( 2 ) includes a tank ( 21 ) containing a washing liquid, a scrubbing tower ( 22 ) on the upper portion of the tank into which an exhaust gas is introduced, a jetting nozzle ( 25 ) on the upper portion of the tower,... | 8 |
BACKGROUND
Computer data is vital to today's organizations and a significant part of protection against disasters is focused on data protection. As solid-state memory has advanced to the point where cost of memory has become a relatively insignificant factor, organizations can afford to operate with systems t... | In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request to access a virtual volume snapshot, preparing to bind the virtual volume snapshot, intercepting a command to prepare bind of the virtual volume snapshot, rolling back to a point in time corresponding to the requested virtual volume snapshot and generating a virtual ... | 6 |
Related Applications
[0001] This application claims the benefit of co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/343,411; filed 28 Apr. 2010.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to structures used for holding or carrying items in place, such as s... | A structure is provided for coupling items such as signs, birdhouses and cameras to a fixed support structure is disclosed. Various mechanisms for attachment to a variety of supporting structures are described. The structure firmly holds an item in place, and the structure is capable of secure attachment to a variety o... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is a light fixture of the type that conforms to is mounting location.
2. General Background and State of the Art
Fluorescent lamps of present fixtures are arranged linearly. Thus, the lamps are side-by-side or end-to-end... | Adjacent housings of a light fixture each mount a lamp. A rigid, hollow fitting extends between adjacent housings. The fitting's outside diameter is small enough relative to openings in the housings that receive the connector that adjacent housings can pivot, rotate and move longitudinally and pivot on the connecto... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The disclosed device herein relates to the field of internal combustion engines. More particularly it relates to an internal combustion engine which translates a cylinder between two opposing pistons which are frame mounted in stationary positions. The two pistons provide both a guide for the... | An internal combustion engine having inline opposing pistons stationarily mounted to a frame. A finned cylinder having a divider therein forming two chambers reciprocates upon the two stationary pistons during operation of the engine to provide power to a device requiring translational or rotational power connected ext... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the field of communication. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method, circuit and system for adaptive transmission and reception of video.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Modern communication networks are charac... | Disclosed is a method circuit and system for adaptive transmission and reception of video data. According to some embodiments, a source side transceiver may include a static frame detector adapted to detect static portions (i.e. some or all) of a frame to be transmitted. Static frame data may be removed or replaced by ... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/160,682, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/912,162, filed on Aug. 6, 2004, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/832,0... | An apparatus for manufacturing an ammunition article, includes forming a projectile of an ammunition article at a first station of an apparatus, transporting the projectile within the apparatus to a second station of the apparatus, and injection molding at the second station a cartridge casing body of the ammunition ar... | 5 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/789,195, filed Nov. 8, 1991, abandoned.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an extra-broad woven fabric suitable for such applications as cover sheeting for cliffs, river work, earth filling... | A method of manufacturing an integral extra-broad woven fabric without piecing together a plurality of unit fabrics. The method includes disposing a warp yarn as divided into a first group warp yarn, a second group warp yarn . . . an ith group warp yarn . . . and an nth group warp yarn across the width of a weaving loo... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a storage device and, in particular, to a memory drive device for wirelessly accessing data. The present application is based on Taiwanese Patent Application No. 92206939, filed Apr. 30, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference.
... | A memory drive device for wirelessly accessing data comprises an USB interface connected to a computer, a microcontroller for processing, reading, writing, retrieving and moving data; a flash memory for storing data, connected to the microcontroller, an external memory interface for providing a connection to an externa... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/037,170, filed Sep. 25, 2013, which is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/168,089, filed Jun. 24, 2011 and issued on Oct. 1, 2013 as U.S. Pat. No. 8,544,239, which claims priorit... | Devices, methods, and systems are provided herein for spacing an outer skin of a roof from the supporting structure of the roof such that the roof shields against weather elements, admits light, and allows advantageous air circulation. In one embodiment, a wedge-shaped device for spacing panels on a roof includes a bot... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a braking system; and more particularly, to a braking system having a logarithmic characteristic.
2. Description of Related Art
Known braking systems, used for multiple-disk brakes, include a shaft on which a ... | The braking system includes a housing, and a friction brake disposed in the housing and operationally connected to a member-to-be-braked. A biasing piston, for engaging the friction brake, is disposed in the housing, and a control piston is also disposed in the housing. The control piston and the housing define a press... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is entitled to the benefit of, and claims priority to, provisional U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 61/278,360 filed Oct. 6, 2009 and entitled “FLEXIBLE UNIFIED ENTERPRISE LIBRARY (FUEL) EXPLOITATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EVOLUTION,” the entirety of whi... | A system for providing a customized library platform of informational elements, each pertaining to one or more of information technology disciplines, includes a database of informational elements, and first computer-implemented user interfaces usable to provide the customization and a second user interface usable to vi... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to an agricultural sprayer and, more particularly, to a high-clearance agricultural sprayer with a high fluid capacity and low ground compaction.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known in the art to ... | An agricultural sprayer is provided, having a plurality of wheels. By providing six wheels, a narrow overall wheel width may be maintained to allow for use of the sprayer in post-emergent crop spray applications. By providing six wheels, a greater amount of fluid may be provided on the vehicle without increasing soil c... | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/084,270, filed May 5, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to rotational resistance devices. More specificall... | A dynamic tensioner that exhibits direction responsive, adjustable, rotational resistance. The tensioner is particularly suited for use in exercise equipment to provide physiological sculpting. A ratcheting mechanism is combined with an adjustable resistance bearing to provide a specific resistance in a first rotationa... | 0 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for use in an evaporator in a phosphoric acid production system. More specifically, it relates to a metallic heat exchanger comprising a tube of a metallic material, said heat exchanger intended to be used in an evaporator use in a p... | The present disclosure relates to the use of a duplex stainless steel as heat exchanger material in a phosphoric acid production system using the wet method. The steel has the following composition in percent by weight: C max 0.03 Si max 0.5 Mn max 3 Cr 26-29 Ni 4.9-10 Mo 3-5 N 0.35-0.5 B max 0.0030 Co max 3.5 W max 3 ... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Priority benefit is claimed from U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 61/304,405, filed 13 Feb. 2010. Another related application is U.S. Provisional Pat. App. No. 61/147,733 filed 27 Jan. 2009.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
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... | Practical electric-powered propulsion systems, associated operator-control systems, and modification methods enable conventional surfboards (and similar small watercraft) to be converted for water-jet propulsion. Wireless controls are integrated with wearable marine accessories such as modified neoprene or fabric glove... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present disclosure is an alignment clamp for plates to be welded. In the welding of plates such as the formation of a pressure vessel, it is necessary to join adjacent plates, either planar or curved as required by welding. The plates must be carefully aligned before the welding pr... | An alignment clamp is disclosed for uses such as welding adjacent plates. The clamp utilizes a strap which passes through a gap between the adjacent plates. The strap is attached at one end by a plate like clamp member which is to be located on one side of the welded plates. The strap connects to a clamp member on the ... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to butterfly needles or catheters, and more particularly to unintimidating, safer butterfly needles capable of single-handed manipulation. These butterfly needles are aesthetically ple... | A butterfly needle assembly has a needle and a shield with wings integral to either the needle or the shield. The wings have aesthetically pleasing patterns to distract the patient during treatment. The mechanical design of the needle and shield juncture improves the stability of the assembly when inserted into a patie... | 0 |
FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hinge pin ramp, retainer and doorstop for a frame door and is particularly concerned with a hinge pin receptacle that accepts a spring-loaded pin in order to mount or to close a frame door.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Frames for electronic devices ... | A hinge pin ramp, retainer and doorstop for a frame door. The ramp, retainer and doorstop is formed into a hinge pin receptacle which allows closing or installing a frame door simply by pushing on it. A spring-loaded door pin is received by the hinge pin ramp and guided into the hinge pin retainer. There are also provi... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 694,763, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,181,497 filed June 10, 1976 and entitled "Process for Shading During the Vapor Phase Dyeing of Carpet."
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of ... | A process is disclosed for the making of a decorative carpet through the use of sublimable dyes. A shading effect is secured through the use of air flow control sheets that affect the flow of air through a transfer sheet and a carpet product adjacent thereto. By lessening air flow, the intensity of dye being transferre... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part of copending patent application Ser. No. 07/243,302 filed as PCT/DE88/00005 Jan. 6, 1988 for "Method of regulating the tension of the warp threads in weaving machines", now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Th... | The warp beam and/or cloth beam of a loom is driven by a programmable stepping motor. The speed of the motor is regulated, preferably in such a way that the tension of the warp threads remains constant. Improved tension control is obtained by further programming the motor to take into account the type of weave in the f... | 3 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to drug therapies for the stimulation of ovaries in female mammals to produce ova and, in particular to the induction of multiple follicular growth.
BACKGROUND OF ART
Embryo transfer is a technique whereby a fertilized egg is removed from a female mammal a... | An injectable pharmaceutical preparation for the induction of multiple follicular growth in mammals. A superovulation inducing hormone selected from the group consisting of follicle stimulating hormone and pregnant mare serum gonadotropin in aqueous solution is encapsulated within liposomes. The liposomes have the foll... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 60/032,824, filed Dec. 11, 1996, entitled to PYK2 RELATED PRODUCTS AND METHODS, by Lev et al. (Lyon & Lyon Docket No. 222/126). This application is also related to U.S. application Ser. No. 08/460,626, filed Jun. 2, 1995, wh... | The present invention features a method for treatment of an organism having a disease or condition characterized by an abnormality in a signal transduction pathway, wherein the signal transduction pathway includes a PYK2 protein. The invention also features methods for diagnosing such diseases and for screening for age... | 2 |
This is a non-provisional application of provisional application Ser. No. 60/039,573 filed Feb. 18, 1997 by Mark A. Schultz et al.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the reproduction of a digitally encoded signal from a medium and in particular to the selection of reproduced data for... | A method for controlling MPEG compatible data reproduced in sectors by a digital video disk player. The method comprises the steps of transducing groups of sectors including requested sectors having MPEG compatible data required for processing, and unrequested sectors having MPEG compatible data not required for proces... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to novel copolymers, paper treatment agents comprising the copolymers, and paper treated with the paper treatment agents.
RELATED ART
[0002] Hitherto the following water- and oil-resistance processing agents for paper have be... | A paper treatment agent which contains a copolymer essentially comprising a repeating unit derived from a polyfluoroalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, a repeating unit derived from a pyrrolidone monomer, a nitrogen-containing repeating unit such as —[CH 2 C(CH 3 )[COOCH 2 CH 2 CH 2 N + (CH 3 ) 3 .Cl]]—, and an anio... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This disclosure relates generally to gaming devices, and more particularly to a gaming device having a realistic physical three-dimensional appearance.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Slot machines and other mechanized gaming devices were developed over 100 years ago. Origi... | Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a video overlay screen. Windows within the screen are generally transparent or translucent, while other non-window portions of the screen are generally translucent or opaque. Combining the overlay screen with a typical video display gives a modified appearance to the... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application claims the benefit of Swedish Patent Application No. 1550692-6, filed May 28, 2015, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a dispenser for plasters... | There is provided a plaster dispenser ( 1 ) for holding a plaster pack ( 2 ) and for removing plasters ( 3 ) individually from said plaster pack ( 2 ), which plaster pack ( 2 ) comprises a plurality of plasters ( 3 ), each accommodated in an individual pocket ( 16 ), wherein the pockets are located between first and se... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of my prior application Ser. No. 13/219,580, filed Aug. 26, 2011 now pending.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to methods a... | The endoscopic nasal palatoplasty procedure provides a reduction in the posterior aspect of the soft palate and/or uvula, thereby increasing the area of the nasopharyngeal passage between the soft palate and/or uvula and the back of the nasopharynx. This increased nasopharyngeal area promotes nasal breathing, thereby r... | 0 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 861,641, filed Dec. 19, 1977, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
It is known to use strands of oleophilic, hydrophobic polypropylene in a mop to sorb and collect oil from an oil-water mixture. U.S. Pat. No. 3,748,682 shows such an application ... | A mass of net-like material of oleophilic, hydrophobic netting material is formed from strips of netting secured into a loose mass. Oil contacting the mass is sorbed by the strands and tends to bridge the openings in the net-like material to increase the short term oil pick up capacity. | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method of stabilizing an alkaline aqueous solution of thiourea dioxide.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Thiourea dioxide, which is also called aminoiminomethanesulfinic acid or formamidinesulfinic acid, is sold on ... | According to this invention, there is provided a method of stabilizing an alkaline aqueous solution of thiourea dioxide characterized in that one or more substances selected from the group consisting of aliphatic ketones, alicyclic ketones and aliphatic dialdehydes are added to the said alkaline aqueous solution of thi... | 2 |
This is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/EP98/03024, with an international filing date of May 19, 1998, designating the United States of America, presently pending, but expressly abandoned after the filing and acceptance of the present application. This application claims priority of European Patent ... | A coating composition comprising a hydroxy group-containing film forming polymer with a hydroxy value between 75 and 300 mg KOH/g solid resin, a polyisocyanate compound, and a diol of the general formula HO—CH 2 —CR(C 2 H 5 )—CH 2 —OH, wherein R is an alkyl group having 3-6 carbon atoms. The invention further relates t... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to computer based message processing, and more particularly to computer based message processing by a component using a plurality of threads.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Messaging systems typically provide the capability for the sender and receiver of messa... | There is disclosed a method, apparatus and computer program product for receiving a message, the message being processable by a component on one of a plurality of processing threads. A message is received from a first component on a current thread. The communication style that was used by the first component is determi... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to oral medications, and more particularly to an ingestible carrier for medication and a method for forming the carrier for the medications that allows the medications to more easily be ingested.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002... | The present invention is an ingestible carrier for a medication to be taken orally by an individual. The carrier includes a cavity into which one or more medications can be inserted and frictionally retained by the carrier. The carrier is formed of an easily ingestible material and is shaped in a suitable mold to inclu... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is directed generally to methods and apparatuses for processing digital signals, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for processing digital signals in which multiple digital signals are multiplexed into a single data stream for transmission o... | A method and apparatus for multiplexing high bandwidth data signals uses a bank of sampling device, such as flip-flops, on the transmission side to essentially synchronize the data prior to multiplexing the data. The method and apparatus operate at the expense of increased jitter in the received signal, which is compen... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Related U.S. Application Data
[0001] This is a division of application Ser. No. 13/090,608, filed on Apr. 21, 2011
Foreign Application Priority Data
[0002] May 03, 2010
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELO... | A method and apparatus for fast signal processing is presented. Increase of traffic over data communication networks requires increase of data processing speed. The proposed method is faster than the conventional technique, because it uses less operations of multiplications and additions. The method implements a flexib... | 7 |
REFERENCE TO PREVIOUSLY FILED APPLICATIONS
This applications is a continuation-in-part of Utility patent application Ser. No. 08/873,320, filed Jun. 11, 1997, issued for A PROGRAMMABLE OVEN FOR COOKING, HOLDING AND PROOFING COMESTIBLES, U.S. Pat. No. 5,786,568 on Jul. 28, 1998; that was a continuation-in-part of ... | An apparatus is disclosed for automatically programming and controlling an oven, such as a food oven. The oven and its controller can be remotely operated over great distances by using a personal computer having a modem, and transmitting and receiving bidirectionally over a telephone interconnection, to display the coo... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/439,760 filed on Apr. 4, 2012, entitled “CLOSED LOOP ELECTRONIC CONTROL FOR THE REDUCTION OF SOOT PRODUCED IN DIESEL, GASOLINE AND ALTERNATIVE-FUELED ENGINES” which claims the benefit of U... | A system and method of reducing soot and/or improving the efficiency of a motor. The system and method regulates the supply of cooling oil to a cooling section of a cylinder based upon observed parameters. These parameters can include such things as engine temperature, load, rpm etc. The control can be provided by usin... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Disclosure document filed on this invention in July 2001, Document #496865.
STATEMENT REGARDIING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] N/A
REFERENCE TO A MICROFICHE APPENDIX
[0003] N/A
... | The nature of this invention is a secure, anti-theft, tamper resistant locking device for 5 th wheel type trailer hitch pins.
This locking device conceals the padlock and the hinge inside a solid block of aluminum, which is placed around the 2″ pin of the 5 th wheel trailer, thus denying access to the hitch pi... | 4 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates generally to track chain assemblies for track-type work machines, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for rebuilding such track assemblies.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Track chain assemblies are used to support and propel track-type work... | A method and apparatus for rebuilding a track chain assembly is disclosed which restores the ability of the pin joint to retain lubricant to its original condition. The method includes disassembling the track chain assembly, reassembling the track chain assembly and sealing the radial surface of the track bushing at a ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a method of extracting solanesol. In particular, the invention provides a technique whereby the crude solanesol can be extracted by microwave-assisted from potato stems and/or leaves.
2. Background
Solanesol, a long-chain t... | This invention relates to a method of extracting solanesol by microwave-assisted from potato stems and/or leaves. In particular, the invention provides a technique whereby the solanesol can be extracted effectively, in a relatively short period of time with respect to conventional extraction methods and allows for an e... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a process for dyeing synthetic fabrics using high-boiling ester solvent media in which a dye or mixture of dyes meeting selected performance and physical criteria is used.
Synthetic fabrics can be dyed rapidly and effectively at elevated temperatures usi... | Synthetic textile fibers are dyed in a waterless coloring composition composed of a high-boiling ester solvent and a dye that (a) is soluble to the extent of at least 1.5% in the solvent, (b) provides a depth of coloration, expressed as yield, of at least 25%, (c) imparts to the dyed fibers a lightfastness value of at ... | 8 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/839,486, filed Feb. 20, 1992, now abandoned.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a device and method for cleaning submerged surfaces and, more particularly, relates to a device and method for removing a variety of fouling agents includ... | A portable manual boat hull cleaner is disclosed in which a plurality of cleaning loops are attached to a strap having handles at either end, said cleaning loops comprising support pads sandwiched between a strap and a detachable scrubbing pad by two anchor flaps. The cleaning loops are placed at regular intervals alon... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Viscous hydrocarbon recovery is a segment of the overall hydrocarbon recovery industry that is increasingly important from the standpoint of global hydrocarbon reserves and associated product cost. In view hereof, there is increasing pressure to develop new technologies capable of producing... | A borehole system having a permeability controlled flow profile including a tubular string; one or more permeability control devices disposed in the string; and the plurality of permeability control devices being selected to produce particular pressure drops for fluid entering or exiting various discrete locations alon... | 4 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority of the U.S. Provisional Application 61/895,780 filed on Oct. 25, 2013 entitled “All-Terrain Wheelchair,” the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR D... | An all-terrain wheelchair includes a rigid and easy-to-assemble frame. The frame has a seating area with armrests toward the rear of the frame and an adjustable footrest area toward the front of the frame. Attached to the rear axle of the frame and outside the seating area are found two large rear wheels of a sufficien... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/620,928, entitled “Device and Method for Measuring a Property in a Downhole Apparatus,” Attorney docket number 063718.1004, filed on Jan. 8, 2007.
BACKGROUND
... | A method and device for measuring a property, such as torque, includes a plurality of sensors, and a measuring device. The sensors attach to a downhole apparatus at a distance from one another. The sensors provide signals indicating their positions. A logic circuit may calculate an angle between the sensors. The logic ... | 4 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Related fields include hand-held irons for pressing fabric, and more specifically safety features and attachments for such irons.
[0002] A hand-held cloth iron consists essentially of a heated soleplate with an insulated handle. The operator grasps the handle and presses or sli... | A hand-held cloth iron becomes very hot while in use. Even when cool, it is heavy and has sharp corners. Any of these characteristics can cause injury or damage if the iron falls. An improved iron includes a heel rest connected to the rear of the iron body. One or more permanent magnet pieces embedded in the heel rest ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to devices for separating water from working steam and more particularly to a preseparator in a steam turbine installation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In saturated-steam turbine installations, the wet steam issuing from the high-pressure action o... | A preseparator for use in a saturated-steam turbine installation comprising an outer pipe, a first internal pipe positioned within the outer pipe and which includes a constriction, an annular gap of isokinetic size between the beginning of the internal pipe and the outer pipe, a second internal pipe positioned between ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related to the application of Alex Lawrence Wierzbicki and Randall Joe Wilson entitled “Network Mute Feature In Wireless Telecommunications Systems” which application is assigned to the assignee of the present application and which is being filed concurre... | A mobile unit deployed in a wireless telecommunications system includes a network mute feature. Activation of the network mute feature initiates a signaling protocol in which a network mute activation request is extended by the mobile unit to a serving base station. Deactivation of the network mute feature also require... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO A “SEQUENCE LISTING”
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally... | An instrument and method for suturing wound closures is provided having a handle, shaft and suture engagement mechanism. The instrument provides for multiple placements or “bites” of suture in tissues to enable a wide variety of suturing techniques, including the ability to “run” a suture. The instrument further facili... | 1 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a kind of electric iron for eliminating wrinkles from clothes and other materials.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For an ironing seat of existing electric irons, a heating temperature in an area close to a heater on an ironing surface attached to a soleplate is ... | This invention relates to a kind of electric iron for eliminating wrinkles from clothes and other materials. The electric iron has an ironing seat, which is composed of a soleplate, an ironing surface on the soleplate, and a heater that heats the soleplate. There are heater-shaped dented portions on the ironing surface... | 3 |
FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates in general to heating equipment and in particular to a new and useful steam heating apparatus which utilizes a condensed liquid vessel which is under atmospheric pressure and which is connected to a steam generator through a liquid circulation pi... | Steam heating equipment for the interior of a room recirculating heating fluid after it has condensed in a heat emitter for heating the room. The heat media liquid is sealed in an enclosed steam generator which supplies steam to the heat emitter via a steam conducting pipe. The heat media liquid which has condensed in ... | 5 |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/634,561, filed Apr. 18, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,727,342.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to tool couplers for excavation, demolition and construction equipment.
Some types of construction equipment, such as backhoes and ex... | The invention provides a coupling assembly and method for coupling a tool to a dipperstick, or arm, on an apparatus which has a hydraulic system for moving the tool. The coupling assembly includes a coupler body having link structure for pivotally coupling to the dipperstick. A latch member is movable between an engage... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the repair of tools and particularly to the sharpening of turning tools. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a device for supporting the blade of a tool at a predetermined angle for sharpening. Accordingly... | The sharpening of tools having a handle and a blade with a cutting edge is accomplished by accurately supporting the tool with its cutting edge juxtapositioned to a rotary grinding wheel. The support has an angularly adjustable blade support platform and, spacially displaced therefrom, a handle support which is indepen... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coagulant for soil and/or sand and method for preventing washout using the same, and more particularly to a coagulant for soil and/or sand which is employed to prevent washout, and to a method for preventing washout of soil and/or sand using the coagu... | The present invention relates to a coagulant for soil and/or sand and method for preventing washout using the same. The coagulant comprises approximately 10 parts by weight of carboxymethylcellulose, approximately 10 parts by weight of calcium chloride, approximately 10 parts by weight of sodium metasilicate powder, 0.... | 8 |
This application is a 35 U.S.C. §371 National Stage Application of PCT/EP2012/076062, filed on Dec. 19, 2012, which claims the benefit of priority to Serial No. DE 10 2011 089 956.1, filed on Dec. 27, 2011 in Germany, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
The disclosure ... | A hydraulically controlled storage chamber valve includes a closing element that is biased via a first compression spring. The closing element seals a valve seat in a valve body. A tappet protrudes through a bushing in the valve body and is movable by an accumulator piston that is loaded by a second compression spring ... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/573,911 filed on Oct. 6, 2009. The entire disclosure of the above application is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
The present disclosure relates generally to hydraulic dampe... | A shock absorber has a compression valve assembly that provides a high damping load during a compression stroke and an extension valve assembly that provides a high damping load during an extension stroke. One or more digital valve assemblies is positioned to work in parallel with the compression valve assembly and the... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The entertainment lighting industry is serviced by a number of different manufacturers. Common connectors are often used so that different units can be interchanged. For example, a controller from Company A may be used to control a light from Company B. A lighting designer, who is often n... | A dual voltage connector having keyway portions enabling protection of the connector against unintentionally using it with a long voltage. A higher voltage version of the connector, which supplies the voltage, is protected. In a female version of the connector, a plug is placed in the higher voltage portion of the conn... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of a previously filed, copending United States utility patent application entitled “Suspension Ceiling Clips and Installation Method,” Ser. No. 09/993,983, filed Nov. 16, 2001, and owned by the same assignee as in this ... | Apparatus for deploying decorative wiring upon elevated locations. The apparatus, packaged in kit form, utilizes a pole for installing wiring from a stable ground position. An installation nut screws unto the pole for manipulating accessory tools that deploy the clips and wiring. The nut comprises captivating slots to ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a transcription coactivator in ethylene-responsive transcription factors and further to a method for controlling ethylene-response of plants using the transcription coactivator.
2. Prior Art
Freshness of agricultural... | An ethylene-responsive transcription co-activator (MBF) acts on ethylene-responsive transcription factors (ERFs), which positively controls the expression of ethylene-responsive plant genes. A plant is transformed by the gene of the co-activator, and a promoter that may increase or decrease responsiveness to ethylene d... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a hybrid-type power transmission in which an internal combustion engine and an electric rotating machine are used as a source of power for driving an output shaft through a change-speed mechanism... | A hybrid-type power transmission in which an internal combustion engine and an electric rotating machine are used as a source of power for driving an output shaft through a change-speed mechanism. In the hybrid power transmission, the operation of the electric rotating machine is controlled in such a manner that the ro... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/641,235 filed Oct. 15, 2012; which is a 371 of International Application PCT/US2011/032674 filed Apr. 15, 2011; which claims benefit of provisional application No. 61/325,200, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.... | This invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for recording and simulating the condylar movement of an individual. This invention also provides a dental articulator which is designed to simulate the jaw or condylar movements of a patient. This instrument enables a dentist to obtain the necessary diagnostic i... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The frequent use of hot rollers and electrical hair dryers tends to cause hair damage, requiring periodic application of hair conditioning products. Preferably these conditioners are applied to damaged hair in a heat-controlled environment for a short period of time, usually about 30 m... | A heat cap is provided for applying heat to hair on a user's head, primarily to a pile or row of hair along the top of the user's head. The heat cap is shaped to conform substantially to the shape of the user's head with the pile of hair thereon so as to apply heat evenly to the hair. The heating coil is di... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO CO-PENDING APPLICATIONS
None.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to devices for adjustably occluding a fluid stream and more particularly relates to a damper assembly for a forced-air system employing a plurality of fa... | A baffle system for control of fluid delivery using manual or automatic control. The fluid supply bore is controllably occluded using a plurality of individual baffle elements. Each of the individual baffle elements is secured at two places. | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from provisional application No. 60/176,980, filed Jan. 19, 2000.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
Not Applicable
2. Description of the Related Art
Thermoelectric generator devices... | A high-efficiency thermoelectric unicouple is used for power generation. The unicouple is formed with a plurality of legs, each leg formed of a plurality of segments. The legs are formed in a way that equalized certain aspects of the different segments. Different materials are also described. | 7 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/426,844, filed Oct. 26, 1999 which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/552,357, filed Nov. 2, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,995,153.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to video signal processing methods and systems. More particularl... | The running real time length of combined video and audio signal programs is shortened or lengthened by deleting or repeating individual fields or frames and corresponding amounts of audio segments. The video and audio portions of the programming material are separated and subjected to processing through a pair of progr... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from a U.S. provisional patent application, Ser. No. 60/480,985, filed on Jun. 23, 2003, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Multiple-Dimensional Signal Sequences Encoding/Decoding,” which is hereby incorporated by refer... | An object oriented n-dimensional signal object store and processing array structure to enable efficient processing of n-dimensional signal data, including: a fast n-dimensional signal storage memory capable of rapidly storing and accessing n-dimensional signal objects, a multi-level mass memory structure to store massi... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to French Patent Application No. 08 05 472, filed Oct. 3, 2008, which is incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY
[0002] The invention relates to nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds, to t... | The invention relates to nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds of general formula (I)
wherein:
R 1 represents a (CH 2 ) n —NH 2 radical, n being equal to 1 or 2; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom; R 3 and R ... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based on and hereby claims priority to German Application No. 10 2014 009 699.8 filed on Jun. 26, 2014, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The invention relates to a method for ope... | A method for operating a display device Involves displaying at least one virtual object from a virtual observation position by virtual reality glasses, continuously detecting a position of the virtual reality glasses, determining, using the continuously detected position of the virtual reality glasses, whether the glas... | 6 |
This application on claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/082,067 filed Apr. 17, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a process for improving the utilization of feedstuffs by ruminants, especially during the tra... | A ruminant direct fed microbial composition of matter comprising an acidosis inhibiting effective amount of Propionibacterum P-63 is provided. Also disclosed is a process for reducing acidosis in ruminants or scours in swine by administration of the bacterium to the ruminant or swine. The microbial composition may be a... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for providing a fluid tight mechanically adjustable coupling for tubular or duct members accommodating limited axial, angular, and radial misalignment.
Any transfer of a medium through tubing, and especially aircraft where weight saving i... | A coupling for tubular members in mechanically flexible fluid tight relation, and providing cooperative means permitting limited axial, angular, and radial misalignment, while maintaining fluid tight connection. The unique design of this coupling allows for accommodating the various misalignments with assurance of flui... | 5 |
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