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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrolytic processing device for metal strips. More specifically, the invention relates to an electrolytic processing device applicable to electrogalvanizing lines, electrotinning lines, electrolytic chromium process... | An electrolytic processing device has an electrolytic tank which comprises separably coupled upper and lower units. The upper and lower units can be coupled to each other to form a single electrolytic tank when electrolytic processing is to be performed. On the other hand, the upper and lower units can be replaced with... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates generally to the field of digital image processing and, more particularly, to a method for relating a processing parameter to the contents of an image.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In processing a digital image, it is commo... | In a method of improving a characteristic of an image according to its material content, where the image is comprised of image pixels, a belief map corresponding spatially to the image pixels is generated. The belief map includes belief values indicating the likelihood that respective pixels are representative of a par... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
The present invention relates to a device used for protecting corners on walls from peeling wallpaper, chipping paint, and other damages sustained by people or other objects bumping or rubbing against corners of walls.
2. Prior Art
Many homes hav... | A foldable translucent corner protector comprised of a flat strip of synthetic plastic, the corner protector having a V-shaped groove extending its length, the groove having a depth of 1/64" or less the V-shaped groove dividing the strip and enabling the strip to be bent from a flat form along its length to provide... | 4 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a composite toothpaste product containing a fluorine compound and a hydroxyapatite in combination. In particular, the invention relates to an improved composite toothpaste product which imparts favorable effects to teeth by way of the activity of the fluorin... | A composite toothpaste product comprising a toothpaste containing a hydroxyapatite as a main active ingredient and another toothpaste containing a fluorine compound as a main active ingredient, which are enclosed with a container made of, for instance, a flexible tube but separated from each other by a partition united... | 0 |
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/704,919 filed on Aug, 30, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,745,938.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to rescue boards that are constructed of several individual pieces. Such structures of this type, generally... | This invention relates to rescue boards that are constructed of several individual pieces. Such structures of this type, generally, allow the rescue personnel to extricate an unconscious or injured person from a confined space through a small opening and onto a backboard for transport to a medical facility. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/260,171, entitled Air Intake Apparatus, filed on Nov. 11, 2009, the entire contents of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
... | The present invention relates to an air intake duct for an internal combustion engine that is capable of reducing the noise associated with the induction of air. The air intake duct includes an inlet and an outlet as well as an opening in a side wall located between the inlet and outlet. Mounted within this opening is ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to the drilling, completion, and production of an essentially horizontal (hereafter “horizontal”) well section into and along a subsurface, geological formation that contains heavy, viscous hydrocarbons, a... | A method and apparatus for recovering viscous hydrocarbons from a subsurface reservoir holding the same using an essentially horizontal well bore having a production inlet and containing steam injection tubing that carries a plurality of jet nozzles oriented to emit steam along said injection tubing towards said produc... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention.
The present invention relates to a densitometer and, more particularly, to a densitometer for use in a photodosimeter system having a high degree of accuracy over a wide range of measurements.
2. Description of the Prior Art.
In my copending... | A densitometer for providing an output which is a function of the density of a film badge in a photodosimeter system. The light passing through the film badge is received by a photodiode which generates a current signal which is directly proportional to the intensity of the received light. The current signal is convert... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a device for grinding tablets/pills. More particularly, although not exclusively, the invention relates to a handheld device into which whole tablets can be inserted for grinding into particulate form.
[0002] Tablets come in dif... | A device for grinding tablets includes a body, an electric motor housed within the body, a power source connected to the electric motor via a switch, a grinder driven to rotate by the electric motor, a tablet chute to the grinder, and a particle bin attached to or formed integrally with the body for receiving particles... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] At least one embodiment of the present invention generally relates to variable speed power tools. More particularly at least one embodiment of the present invention relates to controlling the speed and frequency of electric motors in power tools.
[0002] H... | A control system for driving a power tool is provided comprising a power source, a motor adapted to drive a shaft, a power switching unit interconnecting the power source and the motor, and a controller. The power switching unit applying a pulse width modulated (PWM) drive signal from the power source to the motor. The... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This patent application is a 371 of PCT/US98/03355 filed Feb. 20, 1998 and claims priority from Provisional Patent Application 60/039,151 filed on Feb. 20, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to phar... | The present invention provides a method for treating proliferative skin diseases comprising the administration of an effective amount of tazarotene and an effective amount of a corticosteroid. This invention is especially useful for treating psoriasis. | 0 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/626,057 filed Sep. 25, 2012, and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/846,270 filed on Jul. 15, 2013.
BACKGROUND
This disclosure generally relates to method and de... | A disclosed device for creating an item consisting of a series of links includes at least two posts spaced part from each other in a first direction with each of the posts including a first arm and a second arm and an access slot. | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. Ser. No. 10/0918,375, filed Aug. 16, 2004, which claims priority of DE 202004011087.3, filed Jul. 15, 2004, which applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
TECHNICAL ... | A seat backing formed by a closed hollow plastic jacket defining a chamber fillable with a fluid and a valve, provided in the jacket, serving for feeding the fluid to the chamber. The invention includes a bearing region for holding a seat; a sitting region for receiving a sitting person; and a transition region formed ... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to electronic circuits for determining the position of a rotating shaft and more particularly to such circuits which are suitable for use in aircraft power generating systems wherein the rotating shaft is the shaft of a dynamoelectric machine which is capable of ... | An absolute shaft position sensing circuit uses a magnetic sensor and a toothed wheel to produce two pulse trains which are used to determine the absolute position of a shaft which is coupled to the toothed wheel. One pulse train includes regularly spaced pulses which are fed to a phase locked loop to produce an oscill... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This present invention relates very generally to surgical devices and more specifically to diagnostic or testing means for collecting liquid within a living body.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Biological fluids contained in the extracellular spaces of living tissue, such as in the... | An improved linear microdialysis probe assembly has a short semipermeable membrane portion containing a flexible, internal support or reinforcement fiber bonded to long lengths of inlet and outlet robing. Also disclosed is a method of using it to sample the interstitial fluid of a variety of soft tissues in a living an... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Not applicable.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to toy figures, specifically to toy figures used to project a simulated game aerial projectile.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Various t... | An easy to manufacture toy figure ( 10 ) simulating a jump shot or a hook shot for simulated games using aerial projectiles, plus a method to play a simulated game of basketball using said toy figure. A base ( 11 ) supports resilient means ( 12 ) which may be bent or compressed and then released to rebound substantiall... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method of producing a firm bond between a rigid subcomponent which comprises a polyamide containing thermoplastic composition and a flexible subcomponent comprising a vulcanized fluoroelastomer. The invention also relates to th... | Composite comprising a polyamide-based molding composition and vulcanized fluoroelastomers. Composite articles comprising at least two subcomponents which are firmly joined to one another which comprise i) a vulcanizate and ii) a polyamide containing thermoplastic wherein
a) said polyamide containing thermoplasti... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2001-345186, filed Nov. 9, 2001, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | A signal processing method multiplexes/arranges digital data of a specific unit to form a predetermined unit, adds an error correction code to the predetermined unit to constitute an error correction coded block, replaces a part of the error correction coded block with specific data, and outputs the error correction co... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefits of European application No. 0881259.4 filed Jan. 23, 2008 and U.S. Provisional application 60/989,467 filed Nov. 21, 2007, both of the applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
FIELD OF INVENTIO... | The invention concerns a module of a nacelle of a wind turbine, which is separately designed, manageable and comprise a housing part. The module is connectable to at least one further module of the nacelle, which is also separately designed, manageable and has a housing part, wherein the housing part of the module buil... | 5 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application by the inventors hereof, Ser. No. 08/555,527 filed Nov. 9, 1995, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 5,702,199 on Dec. 30, 1997, and which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to pavement... | An asphaltic concrete or paving material includes at least 5 percent, and preferably from 5 to 20 percent, of granular recycled plastic, which supplements or replaces the rock aggregate component of the mixture. The material produces a structurally superior paving material and longer lived roadbed. The plastic may incl... | 2 |
REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/533,397 filed Mar. 22, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,458,304.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to flash spinning of plexifilamentary film-f... | A process for producing plexifilamentary or foam products by flash spinning in selected spin agents a polymer from the group consisting of poly (1,3-propylene terephthalate), poly (1,4-butylene terephthalate), and poly(ethylene terephthalate), including their copolymers in which the spin agents have minimal or no ozone... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/569,714 filed May 10, 2004.
GOVERNMENT RIGHTS
This invention was made with government support under NASA Contract No. NAS8-02108. The U.S. government holds certain rights in this invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENT... | A method for regenerable adsorption includes providing a substrate that defines at least one layer of ultra short channel length mesh capable of conducting an electrical current therethrough, coating at least a portion of the substrate with a desired sorbent for trace contaminant control or CO 2 sorption, resistively ... | 1 |
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to improvements in adjustable spring loaded agricultural tool mountings, and particularly to means for mounting tools such as chisel plows, cultivator spring teeth and the like.
Heretofore it has been common practice in mounting spring teeth and chisel plows t... | An adjustable spring loaded agricultural tool mounting accommodating pivotal movement of the tool relative to a normal operative relation to an implement frame when said tool encounters an obstacle. The tool includes a part projecting upwardly and rearwardly from the tool pivot and a longitudinally extensible and adjus... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of International Patent Application PCT/SE01/00911 filed Apr. 27, 2001, incorporated herein by reference, which designated inter alia the United States and was published in English under PCT Article 21(2).
... | A vane is mounted to a turbulence generator in a headbox by a mounting arrangement that includes an assembly bar that is rigidly connected to an anchoring element of the turbulence generator. The anchoring element has an engagement groove of dovetail shape that receives a similarly shaped protrusion on the assembly bar... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a magnetic recording medium having a flexible non-magnetic film base and a magnetic layer thereon comprising magnetizable particles dispersed in a binder, the magnetic layer containing or being coated with a lubricant consisting ... | A magnetic recording medium including a flexible non-magnetic film base and a magnetic layer thereon consisting of magnetizable particles in a resinous binder, the magnetic layer containing or being coated with an organosilicon lubricant compound having the formula:
(RCOO).sub.n Si(CH.sub.3).sub.4-n
... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority benefit from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/282,922, filed Apr. 22, 2010, which is hereby incorporated in its entirety by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention rela... | An Internet steering gateway includes a deep packet inspection (DPI) utility for ascertaining an indication of a destination remote application server (RAS) from a first packet of a data session, an RAS database to at least store an optimization profile for each of a multiplicity of the RASs, and a steering utility to ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Example embodiments described herein relate generally fixation of heat sinks to circuit boards and, more specifically, fixation of a heat sink to a SFP/XFP cage mounted on a circuit board.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
The small form-factor pluggable (SFP) is a standard for compact... | An apparatus and system for a heat sink assembly, and a procedure for forming a heat sink assembly. The heat sink assembly includes a heat sink having a base and fins extending from the base, and a spring clip disposed on the heat sink between the fins. The spring clip includes a first tab that forms a first angle with... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to storage devices for the delivery and pickup of goods, and more particularly to a storage device that secures goods from theft and exposure to the elements and that provides a notification that goods have been delivered to... | A storage device (10) that secures goods from theft and exposure to the elements and that provides a notification that goods have been delivered and/or picked up is disclosed. The storage device (10) includes an enclosure (14) for enclosing the goods and a communication apparatus (16) for providing notification that go... | 0 |
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,379 for a “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS,” filed Aug. 14, 2006 by Frederick J. Buja, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0002] Cross-reference is made to co-pending ... | Disclosed are systems and methods for enabling the acquisition of physiological parameters of a mammal or other specimen using thermo-mechanical responses (e.g., temperature, pressure and alternatively acceleration, pulse, position). In accordance with one example embodiment, a monitoring device for wired and/or wirele... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuing application, under 35 U.S.C. § 120, of copending international application No. PCT/AT2006/000408, filed Oct. 9, 2006, which designated the United States; this application also claims the priority, under 35 U.S.C. § 119, of Austrian patent ap... | Starch(es) and starch derivatives are combined together with at least one high-viscosity cellulose as a thickener in dispersion binder-based color systems. The cellulose has a viscosity of >50,000 mPa·s, measured by the Brookfield rotation viscometer as a 2% swollen aqueous solution at 5 rpm and 25° C. A method prod... | 2 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present disclosure relates generally to multi-phase, multi-fluid flow and, more particularly, to computer-implemented methods for simulating fluid flow in subterranean formations, e.g., during the completion, stimulation, fracturing or enhancement of a well or the production of flu... | Computer-implemented methods for higher-order simulation, design and implementation of multi-phase, multi-fluid flows are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided for a higher-order simulation, design and implementation of a strategy for injecting a plurality of stimulation fluids into a ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to thermal indicators used on smoking articles. More particularly, this invention relates to thermal indicators embodied as waxes or other compounds which melt away to reveal colored substrates, or use microencapsulated chemicals, to indicate a predetermined temp... | Thermal indicators for non-combustion smoking articles which physically change when heated to provide visual indications of temperature changes are disclosed. The indicators comprise waxes or other compounds which melt away to reveal colored substrates, or comprise microencapsulated chemicals which are released when he... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE ART
[0001] The present invention is directed, in general, to wireless communications, and more particularly to a method for coordinating Access Points for backhaul aggregation in a telecommunications network and a device for backhaul aggregation therefore providing a high-level distributed coord... | In the method, a plurality of access points forming a cluster in a telecommunication network monitors network data traffic information from at least one user computing device connected thereto; obtains a status profile; reports an own identifier to a remote server; builds, by using a record including the corresponding ... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the Norwegian application 1999 2739 filed Jun. 4, 1999 and the international application PCT/NO00/00192 filed Jun. 2, 2000. This application is related to co-pending applications “RELEASE MECHANISM IN A MISSILE” Ser. No. 10/009,281 “TRANSLATION AND LOCKI... | A retarding and locking mechanism for use between two mutually translatable bodies. A first body can be induced into motion and guided into a second body and, after a predetermined movement of the first body, the first body is subject to retardation and interlocked to the second body, such that the first and second bod... | 5 |
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/386,007, filed Feb. 9, 1995, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/151,255 filed Nov. 12, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,600,897; and further wherein this instant application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/102,76... | In a drying section of a paper making machine, the paper web is conducted through a plurality of single tier dryer sections and then transferred to at least one final double tier dryer section for completing the drying process. The paper web is threaded through the open draw between the single tier dryer sections and t... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 10/139,862 filed on May 6, 2002, now allowed, which is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 09/549,217, entitled “A Method for Treating Acne” filed on Apr. 13, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,408,... | A method for treatment and modification of material including biological material using an electromagnetic energy source directed to apply the energy to a region of the material, so as to modify and treat a portion of the material in the region. Preferably, an interaction-modifying substance is in the treated region pr... | 0 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The subject application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/849,884, filed May 4, 2001, now abandoned, and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/220,173, filed Jul. 24, 2000, the contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference into the subject appl... | The application discloses a two-layered coating system using an ultraviolet absorber in its inner layer (called the blocking layer), furthest away from the source of ultraviolet exposure, with a fluorescent material that reflects ultraviolet radiation back as blue light. The ultraviolet absorber in the inner layer is u... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of static storage elements; more specifically, it relates to a static random access memory (SRAM) cell using tunnel current loading n-channel field effect transistors (NFETs).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Static storage devices such as SRAM ce... | An SRAM cell with gate tunneling load devices. The SRAM cell uses PFET wordline transistors and NFET cross-coupled transistors. The PFET wordline transistors are fully conductive during read operations, thus a full voltage level is passed through the PFET to the high node of the cell from the bitline. Tunnel current lo... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention pertains generally to power amplifiers and more specifically to power amplifiers for use with radio frequency (RF) signals.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Temperature tracking of bias supplies for linear RF power amplifiers is essential for stable operation. As is known, al... | An improved RF power amplifier is disclosed whereby a PIN-type diode is utilized to provide temperature tracking for the bias supply. The PIN diode provides proper temperature tracking with the bias supply while exhibiting reduced sensitivity to self-rectification. As a result, the power amplifier's bias supply is ... | 7 |
This is a division, of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/022,073, filed Feb. 24, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,404,936.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a heatable roll for a paper machine, paper finishing machine, or equivalent. The roll is heated by a heating medium which is int... | The invention relates to a method for heating a roll and a heatable roll for use in a paper machine, paper finishing machine, or equivalent. The roll is heated by a heating medium which is introduced into the roll interior through at least one of the ends of the roll. The heating medium acts upon the material of the ro... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to a mechanism and method for enhancing the performance of reciprocating piston internal combustion engines, pumps, and compressors by utilizing a crankshaft that generates an Epitrochoidal path. The piston will be made to dwell at the lower part of its ... | This invention relates to a mechanism and method for enhancing the performance of both two stroke and four stroke cycle reciprocating piston internal combustion engines, reciprocating piston pumps and compressors by generating an Epitrochoidal path of travel for the lower end of the connecting rod. The piston, attached... | 5 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a Division of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/688,690 filed on Oct. 17, 2003, which is incorporated herein by reference in it entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Minimally, optical spectroscopy systems typically comprise a ... | Integrated spectroscopy systems are disclosed. In some examples, integrated tunable detectors, using one or multiple Fabry-Perot tunable filters, are provided. Other examples use integrated tunable sources. The tunable source combines one or multiple diodes, such as superluminescent light emitting diodes (SLED), and a ... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an arrangement in a sewing machine, comprising a needle bar having a needle, a feed dog for feeding a fabric to be sewn, and a vertically movable presser bar having a presser foot and a presser spring. The presser bar is actuated by a power-driven actua... | An arrangement in a sewing machine including a fabric feed dog (14; 44) for feeding a fabric to be sewn, and a vertically movable presser bar (12; 42) having a presser foot (13; 43; 63) and a presser spring (23; 53). The presser bar is actuatable by a power-driven actuator(19; 49) connected to the presser spring and sl... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/604,381, filed Aug. 25, 2004, herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
GOVERNMENT INTEREST
The invention herein may be manufactured, used and licensed by or for the U.S. Government.
... | An NBC marker light is designed to be simplistic, lightweight, and expendable. The case is two pieces, designed for ease of assembly. The assembly includes a circuit card, one or more batteries, light sources, typically IR and visible LEDs, and a custom designed rotary switch. A diffuser is designed to enhance side vis... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to methods and systems for assembling buckets having a shroud and a tangential entry dovetail onto the rim of a turbine wheel, particularly to assure complete accurate mechanical coupling between adjacent shrouds in final assembly.
... | Rhombic shrouded tangential entry buckets are circumferentially applied to the rotor wheel rim of a turbine. A fixture is releasably secured to a lug on each bucket and includes a chamfered surface for engaging a complementary surface on the lug. Upon applying a tangential assembly force, the shroud and airfoil of adja... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 USC 119(e) to Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-032125 filed on Feb. 8, 2005, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a clutch mec... | A clutch mechanism for a hydrostatic continuously variable transmission has a hydraulic circuit including a high pressure oil path for feeding working oil from a hydraulic pump to a hydraulic motor and a low pressure oil path for feeding working oil from the hydraulic motor to the hydraulic pump. The clutch mechanism i... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO PENDING APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation of pending International application PCT/EP99/08436 filed on Nov. 4, 1999, which designates the United States and claims priority of German patent application DE 198 59 731 filed on Dec. 23, 1998.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION ... | An articulated arm for an awning such as for a patio or deck including at least first and second arm parts joined by an articulation. Longitudinal axes of the arm parts are orthogonal to the articulation axis. The articulated arm also includes at least two springs arranged adjacent each other and first ends of the spri... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to clothes dryers and more particularly to a cabinet construction for a clothes dryer.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In clothes dryers having a horizontal rotating drum there is generally provided an outer cabi... | A cabinet construction for a clothes dryer is provided wherein the top panel and the front panel are removable from the cabinet assembly from the front of the appliance for purposes of servicing the mechanisms interior of the cabinet all from the front of the dryer. A pair of brackets are attached at the top front corn... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fuel delivery pipe with damper function adapted for use in an engine of the electronically controlled fuel injection type and a manufacturing method of the same.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
Disclosed in J... | A fuel delivery pipe with damper function, being constructed of an elongate lower case provided at its bottom with a plurality of injection sockets for connection with fuel injection valves to be opened and closed by a controller unit; an upper case coupled with the lower case in a liquid-tight manner to form an intern... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to scatterable cleaning formulations for textiles.
2. Discussion of Related Art
In addition to shampoos, powder-form cleaners above all are used for cleaning certain textiles, such as carpets and upholstery, which gener... | A carpet cleaning composition comprising: (a) a powder-form solid adsorbent; (b) rollable particles of porous material, each particle having a length greater than 1 mm, and a diameter equal to at least 10% of the length of the particle; and (c) water. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to concrete fence wall installation technology and more particularly, to a concrete pile installation apparatus, which facilitates installation of concrete piles, saving much concrete pile installat... | A concrete pile installation apparatus includes a pile clamping unit having stop plates arranged at different elevations and hand wheel-controlled clamping blocks disposed corresponding to the stop plates and operable to clamp concrete piles for installation and rollers that facilitate adjustment of the position of con... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/212,881, entitled System and Method for In-Place Data Migration, filed on Aug. 18, 2011, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/378,516, entitled System and Method for In-Place Data M... | Methods and systems for the in-place or post-facto migration of data to a cloud-based data storage service or other virtual storage environment, include a Cloud Storage Import Utility (CSIU) device having a file selection module and configured to generate a user interface. The user interface allows a storage administra... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a Chinese character encoding and inputting method, and particularly to the direction code for encoding Chinese characters using English alphabet and the inputting method thereof.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Up to now, more than 700 enco... | The present invention relates to the direction code for encoding Chinese characters using English alphabet and the inputting method thereof. While encoding a Chinese character, constructing the English letters that exist in said character according to horizontal stroke " ", vertical stroke " ", left-sla... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to manual dollys. More specifically, the present invention relates to an aircraft dolly having particular utility for the manipulation of tail wheeled aircraft.
2. Description of the Related Art
There a... | A dolly particularly suitable for manipulation of tail wheel aircraft is disclosed as having a wheel and axle assembly with an elongated lever extending rearwardly from the axle. A wheel-holding assembly comprised of two arms forming an open rectangle extends from the lever. The wheel-holding assembly is fitted around ... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. application Ser. No. 10/838,157, filed Apr. 30, 2004, and from U.S. application Ser. No. 10/600,854 filed Jun. 20, 2003, both entitled “Salinosporamides and Methods for Use Thereof.”
GRANT INFORMATION
... | The present invention is based on the discovery that certain fermentation products of the marine actinomycete strains CNB392 and CNB476 are effective inhibitors of hyperproliferative mammalian cells. The CNB392 and CNB476 strains lie within the family Micromonosporaceae, and the generic epithet Salinospora has been p... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to an high-voltage connection enclosure and more particularly, to an improved enclosure for connecting high-voltage cables connected to high-voltage gas-filled tubes, for example, neon tubes used for signage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hi... | An enclosure for an electrical connection between two high-voltage cables that includes an electrically nonconductive separator integral with a mounting base for receiving the high-voltage cables. An electrically nonconductive tubular cover extends over the electrical connection and the high-voltage cables and is relea... | 8 |
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/114,280, filed Apr. 3, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,626,252, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for tracking and guiding the ... | An electromagnetic method and apparatus for directional drilling guidance of horizontal boreholes for the installation of pipelines and communication cables beneath rivers, highways and other obstacles is disclosed. A solenoid source, with horizontal axes, generates alternating electromagnetic fields which are measured... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This complete U.S. Patent Application is related to U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/111,326 “Electronic Display Apparatus” filed by David J. Hoch on Dec. 7, 1998.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to devices for displaying information or image... | A light display is mounted on the spokes of a rotating bicycle wheel. The display includes a plurality of arrays of lights, each array attached to one of the spokes. A sensor on the wheel, actuated by a magnet mounted on the frame, senses the angular velocity of the rotating wheel with respect to the bicycle frame. A m... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application: is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/218,189, filed Aug. 25, 2011, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/364,408, filed Feb. 2, 2009, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,027,785 on Sep. 27, 2011, which is a continuation of U.... | A relative positioning system enabling a user to return to a starting position or some other point on the user's path. The system may include an array of accelerometers. The output from the accelerometers may be integrated to quantify movement of the array. The various movements of the array may be reconstructed to... | 6 |
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/535,373, filed Jan. 9, 2004.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to insecticidal compositions. In particular, it pertains to compositions of insecticides useful for control of general household pe... | The present invention relates to an insecticidal composition of bifenthrin and acetamiprid with significantly improved knockdown and mortality characteristics when applied to general household pests. | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to fuel systems and vaporizing devices therein for internal combustion engines, and more particularly fuel gas generators.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Fuel systems for internal combustion engines have generally us... | A hot fuel gas generator for an internal combustion engine simultaneously vaporizes gasoline and water in a multi-chambered heated pressure vessel having built in regulators for controlling pressure and volume and delivers the resulting superheated steam and gaseous fuel to the intake manifold of the internal combustio... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a device for attachment to individuals traveling in darkness to identify the presence of the individual in the darkness. More particularly, the invention is particularly suited for joggers who are out jogging on public thoroughfares wherein automobiles or other veh... | A safety reflector for a jogger is disclosed with a cavity behind the reflector surface in which a hard disk, such as a coin, is placed so that as the jogger runs the disk, as it bounces, causes a flickering pattern on the reflector and sounds cadence in accordance with the gait of the jogger. | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(c), claims priority based on provisional application serial No. 60/333,783 filed Nov. 28, 2001.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a construction which includes a product adh... | A laminate and method of making same is disclosed. The laminate includes a base layer and a low melt layer directly or indirectly bonded on one side thereof to the base layer and a product layer adhered to the other side of said low melt layer; the low melt layer extends beyond the product layer along a peripheral port... | 1 |
This invention relates to a mounting arrangement for the advance timing piston of a distributor pump for use in the distribution of fuel to the cylinders of a diesel internal combustion engine.
A known form of distributor pump of a diesel engine commonly comprises a rotatable distributor member arranged to rotate... | A mounting for an advance piston comprises a sleeve having flanges arranged to extend outwardly and arranged to engage a pump housing in order to secure the sleeve thereto, the sleeve extending within a passage provided in the pump housing. One or more of the flanges may be securable to the sleeve for example, by screw... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to woollen type yarn spinning and particularly a mechanical system and a process wherein the same is employed for continuous working woollen type yarns between the finisher card and spinning frame.
It is well known by the skilled in the art that in a... | For working a web of woolen type yarns leaving a finisher card, a condenser head splits the web into parallel bands. The bands are delivered to pairs of rubbing rolls which reciprocate relative to one another to convert the bands to slubbings having false torsion. The slubbings are conveyed to spinning frames. | 3 |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/237,337 filed May 3, 1994(abandoned), which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/956,770 filed Dec. 17, 1992, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates to... | A press machine having side frames which are effectively reinforced so as to appreciably reduce the noise generated during operation of the machine and improve the working accuracy of the machine without installing any special device on the outside thereof, significantly increasing the weight of the entire press machin... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a switching power supply that delivers electric power from a DC power supply to a DC load via a transformer.
[0002] Referring to FIG. 19, a conventional fly-back-type switching power supply includes a bridge rectifier Rec ... | A switching power supply uses zero-current and zero-voltage switching to reduce switching noise. A main switch and an auxiliary switch channel current and voltage between various component paths to maintain a DC output voltage while switching at zero-current or zero-voltage states. Switch ON-OFF time ratios are control... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to apparatus for the take-up and the storage of thread bundles, produced from high-polymer spinning materials. The threads emerge from a serial arrangement of spinnerets, are solidified by an air blast and drawn off continuously downwards, one bundle from each spi... | A flexible apparatus and method for producing synthetic fibers in either the form of a single thread bundle on a bobbin, or as a combined thread strand in a storage can, without rearranging the spinning plant. This is accomplished by extruding the threads, one bundle from each of a series of aligned spinnerets, downwar... | 3 |
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/597,977 filed on Apr. 6, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,571,797.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates in general to the field of measuring properties of downhole environments and, more specifically, to resistivity tool a... | A method for correcting formation properties due to effects of a borehole is disclosed. The method includes obtaining voltage measurements using a logging tool disposed in a borehole penetrating a subsurface formation. The method further includes using a processor to: determine a tensor for the formation using the volt... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to hierarchical data communication systems and more particularly relates to a branch-based validation method for redundant devices.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0... | An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for validating information in a hierarchical structure of redundant devices. A first plurality of redundant devices is examined to determine if status information residing within each of the redundant devices is consistent with each other. If the status information is inco... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A popular type of lamp, used on desks, work tables, drawing boards, for medical examinations and the like, utilizes a bracket having a principal arm mounted on a fulcrum, and an extensible forward arm hinged to the principal arm. One form of extensible lamp bracket is both counter-bala... | In that type of extensible, tiltable counter-balanced lamp bracket in which three degrees of freedom are provided about a balance point, the mechanism which furnishes the 3° of freedom also provides a hollow encompassing the balance point, so that connectors may be drawn directly therethrough. A hollow link extends fro... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a low-pass filter for a wireless communication system; and, more particularly, to a HTS low-pass filter for suppressing broadband harmonics.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
[0002] Recently, as various wireless communicati... | Disclosed is a high-temperature superconductor low-pass filter for removing broadband harmonics in a wireless communication system. The high-temperature superconductor low-pass filter includes a coupled line section and a transmission line section, in which the coupled line section is connected in parallel with the tra... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of filtration of gases containing entrained particles. More particularly, this invention relates to an element in a filter assembly of the class of filter assemblies known as the "outside bag" filtration devices, to such devices containing such an... | A tubular textile of filamentary poly (tetrafluoroethylene) useful to prolong the mechanical life of a filter material. An assembly for filtering comprising a cage, the tubular filamentary PTFE, and a superjacent filter. | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/477,876, entitled “System and Method for Centralized Institution Admission Application Submission, Processing, Analysis, and Distribution”, filed on Jun. 12, 2003.
... | Today's institution application process distracts the resources of admissions offices with paper shuffling and processing away from the intellectual match-up of quality applicants and suitable higher education opportunities. The invention replaces this old way of doing things with a more efficient, unified system. ... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a 35 U.S.C. §371 national phase application of PCT International Application No. PCT/US2013/048553, having international filing date of Jun. 28, 2013, which claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/666,104, filed Jun. 29... | In microelectronic applications, it is often desired to deposit and pattern a permanent dielectric film in order to electrically and mechanically isolate components. Photo-patternable dielectrics are attractive for these uses because of their reduced time and cost requirements. These permanent dielectrics should be hig... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to British Patent Application No. 1110996.4, filed Jun. 28, 2011, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD
The technical field relates to an internal combustion engine, particularly an internal co... | A method for determining a fluid level value in a fluid tank of an internal combustion engine equipped with a discrete level sensor is provided. The discrete level sensor is configured for generating a first electrical signal when a fluid level is above or equal to a first predetermined fluid level threshold value and ... | 6 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/696,208, filed Oct. 26, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,575,159, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/162,133, filed Oct. 29, 1999. The disclosure of the above-referenced pro... | A portable liquid oxygen (LOX) storage/delivery apparatus is provided, including an insulated (LOX) container having an interior, a top portion, a bottom portion and a sidewall, the sidewall including a first side portion and a second side portion, both extending between the top portion of the bottom portion, and a por... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to fasteners for albums such as photographic albums and scrapbooks where it is the required to add or replace album pages.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004]... | A releasable fastener for an album to permit insertion and removal of pages between the covers. The fastener has a pair of strap anchors each attached to one of the two covers and a strap passing between the anchors via aligned apertures in the covers and album pages. Each strap anchor is in the form of a channel in wh... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to a method for simultaneous extraction of essential oils and antioxidants from organic material, more particularly organic material from the Lamiaceae (or Labiatae) family, including rosemary ( Rosemarinus officinalis ) a... | An increase in specific antioxidant activity of extracts from rosemary ( Rosemarinus officinalis ) is obtained by the use of a blend of tetrafluoroethane and acetone in the extraction process. A blend of tetrafluoroethane, acetone and methanol improves total yield. A tetrafluoroethane and acetone blend has higher effic... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to an active sound damper for compensating interference noise radiated by an interference noise source.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Sound dampers of the above kind are used in sound damping systems and reduce the sound level of a sound field, experienced as... | An active sound damper for compensating interference noise radiated by an interference noise source through a radiation opening of the interference source. The radiation opening of the interference noise source defines a radiation plane and has a center. The sound damper includes a speaker for radiating compensation so... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention generally relates to motor vehicle remote keyless entry systems, and more particularly relates to secure motor vehicle remote keyless entry systems that prevent an unauthorized entity from accessing an encryption key.
BACKGROUND
Remote keyless entry systems are wi... | Methods and apparatus are provided for sending an encrypted command message from a remote keyless entry device to a receiver in a motor vehicle. The method comprises defining a key generating key within the remote keyless entry device, and using that key generating key to generate a working key. The working key is tran... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a combined can opener for separating a lid from a can and for tear-opening a can.
2. Description of Prior Art
For years the applicant has successfully produced and marketed can openers for opening conventional cans. ... | An opener having a grip-like body in which at one end is integrated a cutting mechanism for cutting open tins. An oppositely-lying thickened end has a receiving groove in which a pull hook is pivotally mounted about a pivot pin over a predetermined angle. For opening tear-open lids, a pull-ring is captured within an at... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present disclosure relates to a method of improving grinding in an alumina extraction process.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Alumina producers are constantly striving to make the process of extracting alumina from bauxite more economical; producers want to be able to ... | The present disclosure pertains to a method of improving the grinding of a bauxite containing slurry during the grinding stage of an alumina extraction process. Specifically, an effective amount of one or more non-ionic surfactants, polyglycols, polyglycol ethers, anionic surfactants, anionic polymers, or a combination... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/134,958 filed Jun. 6, 2008, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/933,934 filed Jun. 8, 2007, both of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireti... | Methods for deploying a subsea blowout preventer stack system comprising a lower marine riser package, a blowout preventer stack with a first ram blowout preventer, and an additional blowout preventer package releasably coupled to the blowout preventer stack and comprising a second ram blowout preventer. The subsea blo... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to the electrical contacting of insulated conductors by means of an insulation displacement contact. In particular, the invention relates to an insulation displacement contact and a contacting device with an insulation displacement ... | An insulation displacement contact ( 1 ) according to the invention essentially distinguishes itself in that as a whole it comprises a cutter section with two opposing contact blades ( 3.1, 3.2 ) together with two fork sections which contribute to a clamping force with which the two contact blades are pressed together ... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This application relates generally to semiconductor devices and device fabrication and, more particularly, to etching polysilicon layers without a separate oxide decapping procedure.
BACKGROUND
[0002] The semiconductor device industry has a market driven need to... | The use of an ammonium hydroxide spike to a hot tetra methyl ammonium hydroxide (TMAH) solution to form an insitu poly oxide decapping step in a polysilicon (poly) etch process, results in a single step rapid poly etch process having uniform etch initiation and a high etch selectivity, that may be used in manufacturing... | 1 |
FIELD
The present disclosure relates to hydraulic control systems and more particularly to hydraulic control systems and their components for dual clutch transmissions.
BACKGROUND
The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may or may not ... | Hydraulic control systems for a dual clutch transmission include a regulated source of pressurized hydraulic fluid including an electric pump, a filter and an accumulator, a pair of pressure control valves and a branching hydraulic circuit including pressure or flow control valves, spool or logic valves and two positio... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
During the past decade, many efforts have been made to minimize the amount of volatile materials that escape into the atmosphere when an ink or coating composition has been applied to a substrate. Many compositions have been prepared in which the undesirable volatile solvent is decreas... | Compositions based on 2(N-alkylcarbamoyl) alkyl acrylate have been prepared which are useful as coatings and inks. | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the small holes located at the end of an object, and more specifically, needle-holes.
[0002] Threading a needle has always been a difficult task. Thread is flimsy, so a person has a hard time trying to place that thread th... | The present invention was invented in order to ease the process of threading a needle. It also gives people, who do not have the coordination to thread a needle, the ability to sew and knit. The present invention allows a wider range of people to use needles, and improves the ease of which sewing is done. The design is... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the functional capability of a tank venting system that traps fuel fumes and leads to an internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, on the basis of a negative pressure generated in the tank venting syste... | A method for monitoring functional capability of a tank venting system for a motor vehicle, includes evacuation of the tank venting system through the use of negative pressure or vacuum prevailing in the suction tube of an internal combustion engine and assessing the system based on negative pressure buildup and negati... | 5 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation under 35 U.S.C. §120 of U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 10/413,994, filed Apr. 16, 2003, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION RETRIEVALS FOR INTEGRATED DIGITAL AND ANALOG ARCHIVES ON A GLOBAL BASIS, which was based on and ... | A system and method for managing information retrievals from all of an enterprises' archives across all operating locations. The archives include both digital and analog archives. A single “virtual archive” is provided which links all of the archives of the enterprise, regardless of the location or configuration of... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a conversion of and has benefit of priority of the following application, which is co-pending and has at least one same inventor of the present application: U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/336,831, titled “Timing soap dispens... | A soap dispenser system for dispensing soap in response to a user's action, such as pumping force to a dispenser pump of a soap container. The soap container has a theme identifier device corresponding to the soap container. A supportive base detachably connects to the soap container. The base includes a receiver d... | 0 |
SUBJECT MATTER OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to improvements in a urinary incontinence collector for use by those who are incapable of controlling voiding.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
The inability to retain urine affects a large number of people of all ages of both sexes. The inability to co... | The present application discloses a wearable urinary incontinence collector. It consists of a pair of bags designed and shaped to be worn on the inside thighs of an individual appropriately strapped to the legs. A frontal web covers the groin area and supports the bags in connection with a suitable array of straps. The... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a battery electrode material and a preparation method thereof, particularly a silicon-carbon composite anode material for lithium ion batteries and a preparation method thereof.
BACKGROUND ART
Current commercial anode materials for lithium ion ba... | Disclosed in the invention are a silicon-carbon composite anode material for lithium ion batteries and a preparation method thereof The material consists of a porous silicon substrate and a carbon coating layer. The preparation method of the material comprises preparing a porous silicon substrate and a carbon coating l... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application having Ser. No. 60/914,544 filed on Apr. 27, 2007, which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present inventio... | A method of classifying and organizing digital images utilizing optical metadata (captured using multiple sensors on the camera) may define semantically coherent image classes or annotations. The method defines optical parameters based on the physics of vision and operation of a camera to cluster related images for fut... | 6 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention is related to automotive throttle control systems. More particularly, the present invention is concerned with throttle limiting in a variety of cruise control and power take-off mechanizations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Cruise cont... | A throttle limit control for an internal combustion engine throttle control is disclosed. Rate limiting is applied to prevent excessive rates of change in throttle actuation. Throttle pedal authority is continually maintained and throttle headroom is not compromised thereby. Application to various systems including con... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/900,265, filed Oct. 7, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,593,717 issued Nov. 26, 2010, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/862,156, filed Sep. 26, 2007 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,813,027), ... | A special record format used for commanding light pattern shapes and addressable light pattern shape generator. The command format includes a first part which commands a specified gobo and second parts which command the characteristics of that hobo. The gobo is formed by making a default gobo based on the type and modi... | 5 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a process for producing superabsorbent articles in the form of soft, nonwoven fibrous webs. The nonwoven web material can be used per se or can be combined with other fibrous materials to form composites having a wide variety of applications, including diapers, sanitary n... | Superabsorbent articles in the form of soft, nonwoven fibrous webs are produced from aqueous fiber-forming polymer solutions by forming the polymer into water soluble filaments, contacting the filaments with a primary air stream having a velocity effective to attenuate and to partially dry the filaments, contacting the... | 3 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 13/364,877, filed Feb. 2, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. The parent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/439,392... | An aqueous solution of an acrylic acid polymer which contains bound phosphonite groups is provided. The acrylic acid polymer is prepared by a feed operation polymerization which results in the formation of phosphinite groups bound within the acrylic acid polymer chain. The dried acrylic acid polymer is also provided. D... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation of prior application U.S. Ser. No. 09/371,781 filed on Aug. 10, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,721,410 which is hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A. Field of the Invention
The present inven... | A method for real-time communication among two or more individuals separated in space. The method includes the steps of determining that a first individual is likely to be interested in communicating with a second individual via a first communications link; retrieving information via the first communications link about... | 7 |
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