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This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/002449 filed on 08 JAN. 1993, now abandoned, which is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 07/660,202 filed 25 FEB. 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,195,571 issued 23 MAR. 1993.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is related ... | A method for manufacturing a structural component includes forming a groove in an outer surface of a fiber reinforced body. Molten metal is introduced to an exposed surface of the groove and to a predetermined portion of the outer surface of the body. The metal is cooled in a controlled manner to thermally alter suffic... | 1 |
This application is entitled to the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/339,586 filed Dec. 11, 2001.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
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SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM
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BACKGROUND—FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to a chiller pl... | A chiller plant which produces chilled water for airconditioning, or an industrial process and which is comprised of chillers, cooling fluid pumps, and cooling towers with electrical motor drives uses a substantial amount of energy. A method that coordinates the operation of the cooling tower, cooling fluid pumps, and ... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is directed to a computer tomography apparatus of the type which undertakes a helical scan of an examination subject.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is known in conventional computer tomography systems to produce a c... | A computer tomography apparatus has an x-ray source and a radiation detector which permit a patient to be helically scanned to obtain a tomogram of the patient. Since it is frequently desirable to obtain a conventional x-ray image (shadowgraph) of the patient as well, a method is disclosed which permits the computer us... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a shuttle, preferably of plastic, for embroidery and quilting machines and includes a housing and a base plate, which can be connected therewith, on which a thread tension device is positioned which adjusts the thread tension.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTI... | The embrodiery machine shuttle, preferably made of plastic, has two main components, namely a base plate and a housing which can be fastened on the base plate. The base plate forms the slide face of the shuttle. For this reason the elements required for thread tension are placed in the interior of the shuttle. A bobbin... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field Of The Invention
The present invention relates to carbonless copying systems and in particular to microcapsules which are useful in connection with such systems and which comprise minute discrete droplets of liquid fill material including an initially colorless chemicall... | Disclosed is a process for preparing improved microcapsules which are useful in connection with carbonless copying systems. Also disclosed are the microcapsules themselves which comprise minute discrete droplets of liquid fill material including an initially colorless chemically reactive color forming dye precursor and... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to facilitating information searches over a computer network. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for modifying a content based session request issued by a search engine agent to allow access to and proper ... | In a computer network environment, a content-based session request issued by a search engine agent is modified to enable the search engine to index information from a server to maintain a state connection where the search engine agent cannot maintain session identification. The content-based session request is modified... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to sense amplifiers for reading non-volatile memory cells.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0002] In memory integrated circuits, sense amplifiers detect and determine the data content of a selected memory cell. In electrically erasable programmab... | A sense amplifier circuit and a method for reading a memory cell. A circuit comprises a first bit line associated with a memory cell. A first input of a latch is coupled to the first bit line and a second input of the latch is coupled to a second node. There is a means for biasing the first input and the second input o... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a weaving-machine auxiliary nozzle which is configured as a hollow needle which, in a wall adjoining a closed tip, includes one or several outflow apertures that, when the auxiliary nozzle is mounted on the weaving machine, is directed towards a filling-yarn... | The invention relates to an airjet weaving-machine auxiliary nozzle ( 8 ) in the form of a hollow needle ( 11 ) having a closed tip ( 12 ), the auxiliary nozzle having a bulge at its distal end extending towards one side only of the nozzle centerline, such that the bulge extends towards a reed of a weaving machine in w... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/899,918 filed Nov. 5, 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to lint... | An automatic lint filter cleaning and lint collection system for a laundry dryer. The apparatus comprises a lint filter pivot chamber, a lint collection chamber, a lint filter housing pivotably mounted between the pivot chamber and collection chamber, a flange between the pivot chamber and collection chamber wherein th... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The flush toilet or urinal has been an important item of equipment in our daily living; for instance, each current urinal is commonly provided with an automatic flush device, which can sense when the urinal is being used by a person. If it senses a user using the same, the urinal will ... | This invention provides a flush toilet with an automatic sterilizing device, which can discharge a small volume of flush water first upon sensing a user having used it, and then discharge a large volume with a given volume of sterilizing liquid so as to wash away any urine sediment in a urinal completely. The device co... | 4 |
[0001] This invention relates to a lapping apparatus and a lapping method using the apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0002] Recently, hard disk drives are in use as standard memory for video equipment as well as for personal computers. The hard disk drive has a relatively higher storage capacity... | A lapping apparatus includes a lapping plate having a lapping surface thereon that moves relative to a work. The lapping apparatus can adjust an inclination of the work in a latitudinal direction, thereby obtained preferable parallelization of both a reading elements and writing element to the lapping surface. As a res... | 1 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of the prior filed, co-pending provisional application, Ser. No. 61/527,138, filed Aug. 25, 2011, incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to transaction card hol... | An assembly for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, upon a panel that pivots to be received within a pouch, pocket or sleeve to hold and retain the card during transport and storage. | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to snap-type swivel hooks for securement to cables and the like for passing over rollers, drums and the like and, more particularly, is concerned with a snap swivel hook assembly incorporating a ball swivel and rec... | A snap swivel hook assembly includes a hook subassembly having a hook bodynd an elongated stem portion extending therefrom, and a swivel subassembly having a swivel collar and swivel ball seated thereon and being coupled with the elongated connector stem of the hook subassembly such that swivel subassembly can undergo ... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention pertains to supervision circuits of a type usable in ambient condition detection systems. More particularly, the invention pertains to such circuits for supervising message generation devices and audio output links.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Ambient condition det... | Circuits for supervising message generators and audio output cables include memory for binary storage of messages previously recorded in a message generator. As the generator is cycled to produce an audio output, that analog output is sampled and compared to the previously stored binary representation. A match indicate... | 6 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority benefit of U.S. 60/587,306, filed on Jul. 12, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The invention relates generally to synthesis of long sequences of DNA.
INTRODUCTION
[... | A method for synthesizing a long, error-corrected DNA construct is disclosed. In the method, error-containing subregions of a long DNA sequence are replaced by repair oligonucleodides that are short enough that the probability of any one of them containing an error is less than one. Repeated repair cycles lead to a lon... | 2 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/682,889 entitled “Method for Determining Connection Status of Wired Network,” filed on Mar. 7, 2007, now allowed, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
... | A method applied to a wired network including a first network device and a second network device is disclosed. The first and second network devices each include a first set of connection ends and a second set of connection ends. Firstly, the first network device transmits a specific signal pattern through its first set... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the drying of materials using a heat pump or heat integrated dehumidifier system to move energy to evaporate liquid from wet material. It has particular application to the drying of materials in a nominal paste, wet liquor or aggregate form but... | A process and apparatus for drying pastes, liquors and aggregate materials by means of a heat integrated and/or heat pumping process and/or apparatus is disclosed. This includes a heat pump or heat integrated apparatus operable in a drying apparatus with the heat pump evaporator ( 36 ) or cold heat exchanger in primary... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The field of the present invention relates generally to hot water heaters and more particularly to instantaneous demand hot water heaters.
2. Background Art
The present inventor is familiar with the following three U.S. patents which are here... | An instantaneous demand gas fired hot water heater apparatus having the water temperature sensing thermostat disposed in the upper hot water outlet header with the inlet flow of unheated water directed to flow in a preferred flow path across the temperature sensing element. The temperature sensing element location in t... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a method for in vitro molecular evolution of antibody function.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] WO98/32845, Söderlind et al. (1999), and Jirholt et al. (1998) describe the in vitro molecular evolution of antibody-derived pro... | The present invention relates to a method for in vivo molecular evolution of antibody function. According to the present invention, a nucleic acid encoding a CDR that is normally contained in a framework (the “original framework”), which differs from a selected master framework, is amplified from an immunoglobulin gene... | 2 |
The present invention is directed to a fuel vapor recovery canister and to an assembly comprising such canister, for capture and recovery of fuel vapors which otherwise would escape from a motor vehicle fuel tank into the atmosphere.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Carbon canister storage systems are known for ... | A fuel vapor recovery canister in a motor vehicle fuel system comprising: adsorption means for releasably absorbing fuel vapor; an open-ended housing for the adsorption means, the housing comprising end closure means forming a fluid tight seal with an open end of the housing and having a first fluid flow port therethro... | 5 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is related to two patents entitled “Power Supply for Providing Instantaneous Energy during Utility Outage” Dated: Feb. 1, 2000, U.S. Pat. No. 6,020.657 and Dated: Mar. 20, 2001, U.S. Pat. No.: 6,204,572, by the same inventor but with no assigne... | Using electromagnetic or magnetic fields to transfer magnetic force from one rotating machine to another and a method of providing a smooth transition of kinetic energy between two rotating machines or between a rotating machine and a linear rail using a brushless electromagnetic coupling, with the possibility to fully... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a connection device or connector and, more specifically to a load connector equipped with an upstream cut-off device controlled by pilot signal contacts.
Certain industrial connectors are designed to electrically connect a charged device or machin... | Electrical connectors comprising complementally formed plug and socket elements each of which include safety disks to conceal the contacts the plug and socket elements further having pilot contacts and power contacts as well as mating means arranged to delay the separation of the power contacts and interlock means for ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to mobile radio systems.
BACKGROUND
The present invention is applicable to third generation mobile radio systems, for example, and in particular to mobile radio systems of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) type.
M... | One aspect of the present invention is a method of managing quality of service in a mobile radio network in which protocols for communication over terrestrial interfaces comprise a radio network layer and a transport network layer and wherein quality of service management includes quality of service management linked t... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/610,743 filed Sep. 11, 2012, is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/396,538 filed Feb. 14, 2012, now abandoned.
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/396,538 is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/18... | A system for dispensing texture material in a desired spray pattern that substantially matches an existing texture pattern on a target surface comprises an aerosol dispenser, concentrate, and propellant material. The aerosol dispenser has an inner surface comprised at least in part of tin-plated steel. The concentrate ... | 2 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. provisional application No. 61/366,369 filed 21 Jul. 2010; entitled “Multi-configuration plant handle and holder”. The entire contents being hereby incorporated by reference and for which benefit of the priority date is... | The present invention directed to an apparatus for holding at least one plant, and preferably multiple pots having plants, typically 5 to 8 inches in diameter, which may need to be transported such as at a nursery, or loaded onto a semitrailer for transport. The apparatus allows a user to easily pick up and hold the po... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and process for selective manufacturing of high aspect emitters and more particularly to an apparatus and process for manufacturing carbon nanotubes over a large surface area.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | An apparatus is provided for growing high aspect ratio emitters ( 26 ) on a substrate ( 13 ). The apparatus comprises a housing ( 10 ) defining a chamber and includes a substrate holder ( 12 ) attached to the housing and positioned within the chamber for holding a substrate having a surface for growing the high aspect ... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a dust filter bag made of a fiber layer laminated together with a paper layer. A wide variety of demands are placed on such filter bags. One goal is to obtain a high filtration effect, i.e. a high level of retention. For this, the filter pores must be sufficiently s... | A dust filter bag made of a fiber layer laminated together with a paper layer. The fiber layer is made of synthetic polymer fibers and is arranged on the downstream side of the paper layer. To increase the strength of the dust filter bag, the fiber layer contains melted polymer regions and by way of the polymer regions... | 8 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to liquid containers used for storing cleaning liquid so as to be available in the cleaning process, specifically mopping buckets having divided liquid container sections for clean and dirty water.
2. Description of Prior Art
... | A janitorial bucket conveyance system that combines a mobile container receiving containment enclosure with multiple insertable independent identical buckets for use in commercial cleaning environments. The independent identical buckets are positioned for use and transportation within the enlarged mobile containment en... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of Petitioner's earlier application Ser. No. 08/921,157 filed Aug. 29, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,934,030, and entitled A DOOR FRAME.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates ... | A door of fiberglass construction is described and which comprises an outer fiberglass skin having an interior compartment filled with a foam material with the skin enclosing the foam material and being of seamless construction. The foam material includes a high density foam material along at least portions of the peri... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a technical field of aluminum electrolysis, and more particularly to an aluminum electrolytic cell with a new type of cathode structure for shortening vertical fluctuations and horizontal fluctua... | An aluminum electrolytic cell with a new type of cathode structure for shortening vertical fluctuations and horizontal fluctuations includes an electrolytic cell shell, cell lining, refractory material, cathode carbon blocks, lined carbon bricks, carbon ramming paste, refractory concrete and cathode steel bars. More th... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority from co-pending provisional applications Ser. Nos. 60/405,040 and 60/405,041, which were filed on Aug. 21, 2002, and which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the ... | An apparatus and method for a modular cell culture bioreactor comprises a plurality of chambers for cell culture; at least one reservoir containing a cell support medium; a plurality of conduits fluidly connecting the at least one reservoir with the plurality of chambers; and at least one pump fluidly connected through... | 2 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to governors and more particularly to pneumatic speed regulators for variable speed engines.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
Adjustable flyweight governors for regulating the speed of large internal combustion engines... | A governor is adjusted as to speed by having a fluid diaphragm directly connected to a speeder spring which acts against a thrust bearing which bears against the flyweight toes. The fluid diaphragm is resisted by a set of low speed springs at all times. A lost motion arrangement brings a set of normal speed springs int... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
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THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT
[0003] Not Applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0... | A water or flood control and containment system is provided having foundations, sealed bases, supporting structure, and pumping system that gives the user control over water containment and movement either to reduce the water hazard or to store water. The bases are secured and sealed to paved surfaces with foundations ... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is continuation-in-part of the following U.S. patent applications, the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference: application Ser. No. 07/839,510, filed Feb. 21, 1992 for Needle Manipulator; application Ser. No. 07/850,674, filed Mar. 13, 1992 for Endoscopic S... | An endoscopic surgical instrument is designed for axial elongation by incorporating a manually operated mechanism which elongates the instrument upon manual rotation. The manually operated mechanism is joined to and supports a functional element at the tip of the instrument. Operation of the functional element at the d... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a gas lighter of a type comprising a tank, which is provided with a burner valve connected to a combustion space by a conduit, and also comprising an electrical ignition device.
Such lighters with battery ignition, friction-wheel ignition, or even spontan... | A gas lighter comprises a cylindrical tank having a filler valve and a burner valve connected to a burner by a conduit. An electrical ignition device is enclosed within a semi-cylindrical holder and a semi-cylindrical, axially displaceable actuating member, the actuating member being provided with means for operating t... | 5 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 207,954 filed June 17, 1988, abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a coordinates input apparatus and, more particularly, to a coordinates input apparatus in which the vibrat... | There is provided a coordinates input apparatus comprising: a vibrator drive controller to output a vibrator drive signal obtained by synthesizing a plurality of pulse trains whose phases differ; a vibration pen to generate a vibration from a vibrator which generates the vibration in response to the vibration drive sig... | 8 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/405,021 filed on Apr. 14, 2006, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/674,781 filed on Apr. 26, 2005. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated... | A warranty administration method includes providing a warranty for a compressor having a non-volatile memory, receiving a claim under the warranty, examining data stored in the non-volatile memory, and responding to the claim based on the examining. | 5 |
This invention generally relates to an all-terrain vehicle; and more particularly relates to a novel and improved vehicle having a tractive roller assembly to increase the mobility, traction and versatility of the vehicle.
BACKGROUND AND FIELD OF THE INVENTION
A number of approaches have been taken in the c... | An all-terrain vehicle includes a vehicle body with ground-engaging tracks and boom members pivotally mounted at each end of the vehicle which support generally cylindrical, cleated roller assemblies, the roller assemblies being characterized by having a plurality of fingers eccentrically mounted for extension and retr... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for regulating the length of thread absorbed by a flat or circular knitting machine.
The notion of absorbed length of thread (ALT) per mesh, which was introduced by the Centre de Recherche de la Bonneterie is now well known and used by kn... | A device for regulating the length of thread absrobed by a knitting machine and/or for correcting the variations in tension of a thread supplying a textile machine, is disclosed. The device comprises a tensioning means of any type, a drive member whose rotation results in the movement of the tension-generating member o... | 3 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to the method for the manufacture of structural foam articles having a predetermined skin thickness and a foam interior from the same basic resin compound.
2. Description of Prior Art
The present method of manufacturing structural foamed ar... | A method for the manufacture by foam molding of plastic products by first injecting into a mold non-cellular plastic resin and then injecting a foamed plastic resin of the same basic composition as the non-cellular plastic resin. The process and apparatus consisting of a single extruder and single injection chamber whe... | 1 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of, and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 13/567,901, filed Aug. 6, 2012 and entitled “Methods for Performing Biometric Recognition of a Human Eye and Corroboration of the Same”, which in turn is a continuation of, and claims the benefits of prior... | A method of biometric recognition is provided. Multiple images of the face or other non-iris image and iris of an individual are acquired. If the multiple images are determined to form an expected sequence of images, the face and iris images are associated together. A single camera preferably acquires both the iris and... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Although it is desirable, in angiographic examination of human vascular portions injected with a contrast medium, to scan with an X-ray beam rotating around the patient so as to produce a series of X-ray images at successive angles, a remaining problem is that available rotational X-ra... | An X-ray system scans the vascular portion of a human patient by a series of rapidly pulsed exposures from an X-ray tube rotated continuously through 360 degrees around the patient. The tube emits a cone-shaped beam through the patient to a receptor which generates a corresponding series of two-dimensional video images... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of devices and methods for shaping human hair, and more particularly to devices and methods for binding human hair in a styled position.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Interpretation Considerations
[0002] This sect... | The invention is an apparatus and method for creating a hairstyle. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/858,100, filed on Jun. 1, 2004, entitled “Method and System to Control Movement of a Body for Nano-Scale Manufacturing,” listing Byung-Jin Choi and Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan as inv... | The present invention is directed towards a method and system of controlling movement of a body coupled to an actuation system that features translating movement of the body in a plane extending by imparting angular motion in the actuation system with respect to two spaced-apart axes. Specifically, rotational motion is... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an engine control device installed in a vehicle, and more particularly to a crank angle detecting device for an internal combustion engine.
[0003] 2. Description of the Rela... | The present invention has: a crank signal vane in which teeth are provided on a circumference at predetermined crank angles, and a first missing tooth portion having one missing tooth and a second missing tooth portion having two missing teeth are established; a crank angle sensor for outputting a pulse shape crank sig... | 5 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to superconducting structures; in particular, it relates to a superconducting film grown on a flexible ceramic substrate.
BACKGROUND ART
If the high-T c superconductors are to be used in practical power applications, either for power transmission... | A flexible superconducting wire element comprising a flexible tape of partially stabilized (˜3 mole % yttria) yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), a buffer layer of fully stabilized (between 8 and 18 mole % yttria, preferably 9 mole %) YSZ deposited on the flexible tape, and a high-temperature, perovskite superconductor s... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an aqueous coating process for use with synthetic fibers. In particular, this invention relates to a coating process that can be effectively employed with both solution dyed nylon yarn and non-solution dyed nylon yarn as well as with polyester yarns. Specifically, ... | An aqueous, coatable, thermally condensable composition is disclosed. The coating is based on dispersions of vinyl acetate polymers in water. Uniquely, the coating can be advantageously used for both nylon and polyester yarns. The coated yarns exhibit performance equivalent to or better than coated yarns based on tradi... | 3 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of identically-titled application Ser. No. 13/105,255 filed May 11, 2011, now abandoned, and also claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/461,923, filed Jan. 25, 2011, and Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/463,373, filed... | Wound closure apparatus is provided including a body having an elongated, lowermost force-transmitting surface operable to be placed in a proximal, external, wound-closing position on a patient, together with a force-exerting assembly coupled with the body and operable to exert a downwardly directed force serving to ge... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a hammer of the valveless pneumatic type which is generally used for "down-the-hole" drilling.
These hammers normally comprise a hollow casing with an operatively upper and a lower end, and, which has a piston therein which reciprocates between a... | A valveless pneumatic hammer comprises a hollow casing having a backhead assembly at one end and a bit assembly at the other, and a piston reciprocable in the casing. There is a chamber divider at the backhead end of the casing which co-operates with the piston for conducting fluid under pressure into alternate chamber... | 4 |
RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/455,069, filed Jun. 5, 2003, incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The field of the invention is wastewater cleaning systems, and more particularly systems for remo... | The invention is directed to a system for removing waste material from a fluid flowing in a channel. This system may incorporate the use of a trap for collecting the waste material while allowing the fluid to pass; a rake for removing the waste material away from the trap; a drive assembly for moving the rake to remove... | 1 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION
[0001] This Application claims priority from provisional application No. 60/346,590 entitled “Mechanical Vibration And Group Delay Effects on Recorded/Reproduced Audio Frequency Program Material,” to Ronald L. Meyer, filed on Jan. 7, 2002, which is commonly assigne... | The present invention provides a microphone support system and a method of manufacturing that substantially isolates a microphone from extraneous vibrations. In one embodiment, the microphone support system comprises a base assembly, a microphone support rod, a microphone sheath, a microphone cable, and a microphone ca... | 7 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application relates to another application filed of even date herewith, with common assignee, and entitled: “Computer Network Events-Notification System, Apparatus and Method under User Control”.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to a... | There is disclosed an improvement to a system, apparatus, method, and computer program product relating to a novel events-notification activity occurring within computer network environments including SAN, NAS and client server environments. A user at a convenient, single user-interface location in a network is enabled... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to artificial mechanical hands, and more particularly to an improved mechanical hand with multiple prehension capability, especially suitable for bilaterals, or double amputees.
For unilaterals, or single amputees, a mechanical hand often takes the form of a... | An artificial hand has a stationary wrist and two fingers and a thumb pivotal from a horizontal axis in the wrist. The thumb may have two separable portions, one of which is pivotal away from the other along a generally vertical axis by manual prepositioning. This enables rounded objects such as doorknobs to be grasped... | 0 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates generally to emission control valves that are used in emission control systems associated with internal combustion engines in automotive vehicles. The invention particularly relates to force-balance and anti-coking improvements in exhaust gas recirculati... | A double-pintle valve ( 20 ) has two seats ( 54, 56 ) each circumscribing a respective through-hole for exhaust gas flow. The through-hole of one seat ( 56 ) is large enough diametrically to allow the closure ( 46 ) that seats on the other seat ( 54 ) to pass through during fabrication of the valve. The closure ( 46 ) ... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application No. 60/249,137, filed on Nov. 16, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present inventi... | A telescopic drawer slide including first, second and third drawer slides, each having a longitudinal length with a web and arcuate arms along the longitudinal margins of the web, the second drawer slide being nested within the arcuate arms of the first drawer slide, and the third drawer slide being nested within the a... | 0 |
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the priority of United Kingdom Application No. 1521893.6, filed Dec. 11, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a handheld produ... | A handheld device comprising a motor for generating an airflow through the device, the motor including: a frame for supporting a rotor assembly and a stator assembly, the frame including an inner wall and an outer wall and a plurality of diffuser vanes extending between the inner wall and outer wall; a rotor assembly i... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an assembly of at least one plate-shaped data carrier and a box-shaped storage device therefor according to the preamble of claim 1. Such an assembly is known from British patent application 2 154 550.
2. Description of the... | An assembly of at least one plate-shaped data carrier and a box-shaped storage device, wherein the storage device comprises two pivotally connected closing parts, which, in a closing position, together determine a receiving space for the or each data carrier and can be brought into an opened position for positioning or... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART
The present invention relates to a metal coordination compound, an organic luminescence device using the metal coordination compound and a display apparatus using the device. More specifically, the present invention relates to an organic metal coordination compound having a ... | An organic EL device includes a luminescence layer containing, as a luminescent material allowing a high-luminescence and high-efficiency luminescence for a long period of time, a metal coordination compound represented by the following formula (1): LmML′n, wherein M denotes Ir, Pt, Rh or Pd; L denotes a bidentate liga... | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/520,110, filed Mar. 7, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,493, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/469,959, filed Dec. 21, 1999 now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/4... | The present invention comprises a method and apparatus such as a hand-manipulable, clitoral stimulant-applying applicator for use to apply a clitoral stimulating compound to the clitoral area of the human female. A reservoir in the apparatus is arranged for containment of a clitoral stimulating compound, with a clitora... | 0 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a nonprovisional of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/950,082, filed Jul. 16, 2007, the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In a world where the art of technolo... | Systems and methods for processing financial transactions at remote locations on wireless communication devices is presented. A wireless communication device is configure with executable modules such that the device can interact with a user to, first, receive a first user indication to create a data record correspondin... | 6 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/036,809, filed Jan. 14, 2005 entitled “Partition Assembly Made With Multiple Ply Partitions” which is fully incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVE... | A method of making a multiple ply slotted partition for use in a slotted partition assembly is provided. The slots of the partitions are engaged with each other at a plurality of intersections. The partitions are made by folding over a partition blank and securing a foam portion of the folded partition blank to itself.... | 1 |
BACKGROUND
1. Field
This disclosure relates to power control for a network of power stations. In a particular configuration, inverter power settings are performed for multiple solar panel stations.
2. Background
Solar photovoltaic systems produce electrical power. Electrical power is the product... | A group of solar power stations with inverters are adjusted in order to achieve optimum power output in accordance with maximum power-point tracking (MPPT). The MPPT data is used to perform adjustments. Power measurement factors, including Maximum Power Points (MPPs) are established to represent a bus-voltage setting t... | 8 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present embodiments relate generally to communication devices, and specifically to amplifiers within communication devices that may amplify a signal while reducing harmonic distortion.
BACKGROUND OF RELATED ART
Communication devices may transmit and receive communication data throu... | A method and apparatus are disclosed for a configurable amplifier. When operating in a first operating mode, the configurable amplifier may amplify a communication signal and may cancel or attenuate a second harmonic component associated with the communication signal. When operating in a second operating mode, the conf... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a multi-function optical system for forward lighting that utilizes a shared exit optic. The system is high efficiency and maintains a consistent lit appearance between functions and smooth on-road trans... | A light for a vehicle. Two or more light guides each project a sheet of light to a common projection lens, but in different directions. Each light guide is selectively actuable by the driver. The projection lens receives the sheets of light, expands them in the horizontal direction, and projects them in the same genera... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to electroluminescent displays, and more particularly to an electroluminescent display having reversible polarity for creating images on an electroluminescent panel.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Electroluminescent displa... | An electroluminescent display having reversible polarity and a method for reducing latent images in the electroluminescent panel is provided. The electroluminescent display includes a waveform generator for supplying voltage pulses to illuminate pixels within the electroluminescent panel. The electroluminescent display... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a wheel suspension system for automobiles, and particularly to an improvement in a wheel suspension system which comprises a pair of upper and lower control arms connected at their leading ends to a knuckle which carries ... | A wheel suspension system for automobiles, which comprises a pair of upper and lower control arms connected at their leading ends to a knuckle for carrying a wheel and having base ends each of which is vertically swingably pivoted respectively at front and rear spaced positions to a vehicle body, wherein a pair of uppe... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved apparatus and method of analyzing the chemical structure of a specimen utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance ("NMR") techniques. A resonance domain having a selectable size is moved in a discrete cross sectional grid pattern with respect to the ... | An improved apparatus and method for analyzing the chemical and structural composition of a specimen including whole-body specimens which may include, for example, living mammals, utilizing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. A magnetic field space necessary to obtain an NMR signal characteristic of the chemic... | 0 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Art
[0002] The present invention relates to a process for preparing N-methylated melamines characterized by heating melamine (2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triamine) with methylamine (monomethylamine) in the presence of an acid catalyst under press... | The present invention provides a process for preparing N-methylated melamines in simple steps by using inexpensive raw materials in such a manner that the proportion of mono-type, bis-type and tris-type of the N-methylated melamines as prepared can be controlled. The process comprises reacting by heating melamine with ... | 2 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based on Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/683,584, filed on May 23, 2005, and claims priority therefrom. The provisional application is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally... | The invention is directed to tissue cutting members and biopsy devices with such tissue cutting member for separating a tissue specimen from a patient's body at a target site. The tissue cutting member is slidably disposed within an inner lumen of an elongated probe member of the biopsy device to cut a tissue speci... | 0 |
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/130937, filed Aug. 7, 1998, pending.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is related to mechanical pumps for moving or pumping metal such as aluminum or zinc in a bath of molten metal, and more particularly to such a pump in which a m... | Apparatus for moving a stream of molten metal in a bath of molten metal, includes a pump disposed in the met. The pump has a lower inlet opening with a strainer and a slinger rib to prevent the entry of debris that exceeds a predetermined diameter from passing through the pump. | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation application of PCT application serial number PCT/EP2010/001302 entitled “Lubricant for Powder Metallurgy” filed on Mar. 3, 2010 which claims priority to German patent application number 10 2009 013 021.7 filed on Mar. 16, 2009.... | A lubricant for use in a powder mixture is disclosed. This lubricant contains carnauba wax and at least one plant- or animal-based fat. A powder mixture using this lubricant can be used to compact green parts have higher densities and helps to improve the life of the tools compacting the powder. | 2 |
[0001] This application is a Divisional of co-pending application No. 11/935,994 filed on Nov. 6, 2007, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference and for which priority is claimed under 35 U.S.C. §120.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
... | The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a printed wiring board (PWB) of the type depicted in FIG. 1, and to the resulting PWB. Such a PWB comprises a first substrate and alternating layers of a second substrate and a metal layer. The layer 2 metallization of the PWB is a thick layer of a composite ... | 7 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Municipal sewage waste imposes significant environmental and handling costs, including damage to water and air quality. This problem has intensified with population growth and suburbanization. Significant time and energy inputs may be needed to process water and solids to (... | A device and method that removes moisture from human, animal, vegetable, and plant materials, yielding clear discharge water that can be returned to a sewage treatment plant. Some wastes can also yield fertilizer and an energy positive fuel source. | 8 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a continuation of U.S. Prov. No. 60/841,270 and claims a priority benefit to its Aug. 31, 2006 priority date. This application incorporates all the subject matter disclosed in ('279) as if it is fully rewritten herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field ... | The present invention generally relates to a pet toy and, more specifically, to a pet toy that is removably secured to a home fixture such that a retraction mechanism delivers an opposing force that reels the toy inward, thus interactively challenging the pet. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the inve... | 0 |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 494,346, filed May 13, 1983, now abandoned.
This invention relates to insulating shades for windows and more particularly comprises a new and improved insulating shade with a removable cover fabric which enables the owner to change or clean the ... | An insulating window shade assembly includes a first roller carrying an insulating shade and a second roller carrying a cover fabric. The shade and cover fabric are supported in essentially face to face relationship, and their bottoms are secured together by a Velcro-type fastener. The cover fabric conceals the insulat... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention concerns a luminaire that has a plate-shaped optical waveguide, and first illuminants arranged on one or more narrow sides of the optical waveguide and designed to couple light into the plate-shaped optical waveguide, the light coupled int... | The present invention relates to a luminaire, which comprises a plate-shaped light guide, and first lamps disposed on one or more narrow sides of the light guide and configured to couple light into the plate-shaped light guide, wherein the light coupled into the light guide is emitted via a flat side of the light guide... | 5 |
BACKGROUND
When electrical wire circuits are to be extended and/or connected in installation locations, where portable hand held, manipulated, and operated crimping tools are utilized to secure insulated butt splices to join two electrical wire ends, and/or to secure insulated ring tongue terminals to stripped el... | A hand held compressed air powered crimping tool is used both to secure ring tongue terminals to stripped electrical wire ends, and to secure butt splices that join together two electrical wire ends. The dies used, their locations, their retention, and their movements are similar to existing "T" head crimping t... | 8 |
[0001] This patent application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/857,768, filed Jun. 11, 2002, which is the National Phase of International Application PCT/US99/29987 filed Dec. 17, 1999, which claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/113,064, filed Dec. 21, 1998. The contents of these applica... | A hollow, reinforced, molded automotive hard top is made using a sheet of thermoplastic material with nanoparticles dispersed therein. The particles comprise less than 15% of total volume of the plastic sheet, at least 50% of the particles have a thickness less than about 20 layers, and at least 99% of the particles ha... | 8 |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the Korean Patent Application Nos. 10-2005-0057968 and 10-2005-0057970 filed on Jun. 30, 2005, which are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] ... | A method for controlling a course of a washing machine is disclosed, to remove bacilli as well as protein contaminants from a washing tub and the laundry, which includes (a) selecting an anti-yellow course of a washing stroke, so as to set washing conditions which is suitable for activating deposition of protein in the... | 3 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to chemical vapor deposition methods and apparatus.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Chemical vapor deposition involves directing one or more gases containing chemical species onto a surface of a substrate so that the ... | A chemical vapor deposition reactor and method. Reactive gases, such as gases including a Group III metal source and a Group V metal source, are introduced into a rotating-disc reactor and directed downwardly onto a wafer carrier and substrates which are maintained at an elevated substrate temperature, typically above ... | 7 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is related to electrical connectors and more particularly to connectors adapted to interconnect a daughter card to a mother board.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Certain electrical connectors contain an array of electrical contacts having pin sections coextend... | A connector (10) for interconnecting a daughter card to a mother board using a flexible circuit element (64) joining the connector contacts (54) to the daughter card traces (76), while pin sections (56) of the contacts depend from the connector for insertion into mother board through-holes. A plate (82) of dielectric m... | 8 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Application No. Ser. 09/734,528, filed Dec. 11, 2000, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/170,173, filed Dec. 10, 1999.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for obtaining measurements of induced resistivity of objects from spaces such as within a down-hole hydrocarbon production well. The invention also relates to measuring the location or direction of objects based upon measured responses from objects engaged or impi... | 6 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to shuttleless weaving looms of the double layer type in which weft inserters, and especially weft-inserting needles located at two different levels, introduce the weft threads into the two superposed sheds and withdraw them from these latter.
BACKGROUND OF THE ... | In a shuttleless weaving loom of the double layer type, the position of the heald eyes and the relative displacement of the harness shafts which carry the eyes are such that, in the bottom position of the lower layers, the center-lines of the segments of the two layers, which are located between the rearmost position o... | 3 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to improvements in feeders for headed fasteners such as rivets, and to riveting machines incorporating such feeders.
(2) Brief Description of the Prior Art
Our Australian Pat. Nos. 488189 and 504196 (and corresponding ... | A feeder for headed fasteners, such as rivets (43), driven at equal intervals through a tape (44), is applicable to a riveting machine (10) and includes a plunger (25) advanced and retracted through a guide bush (29) and with a punch (37) at its leading end. When the plunger (25) advances the punch (37) is driven throu... | 1 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of data decoding. More particularly, the invention relates to a method for efficiently decoding a number of data channels.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] As of today, TV channels, or digital media content servic... | The present invention relates to a method for efficiently decoding a plurality of ciphertexts comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at least one cipher key associated with said ciphertexts; (b) expanding said at least one cipher key for producing its corresponding subkeys; (c) storing said subkeys in a memory; (d) loa... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This application is a continuation (and claims the benefit of priority under 35 USC 120) of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/751,891, filed Jan. 28, 2013; which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 12/791,691, filed Jun. 1, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,359,843; which is a continuati... | An exhaust manifold cooling jacket has internal passages for the circulation of liquid coolant and encloses an exhaust manifold such that a gap is created between the exhaust manifold and cooling jacket. Flowing coolant through the jacket regulates outer jacket temperature while enabling high intra-manifold exhaust gas... | 5 |
This is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 07/414,868 filed on Sep. 29, 1989, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to optical storage, and more particularly to a detection system for magneto-optical storage.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Optica... | A magneto-optical (M-O) storage detection channel which includes optical means for detecting edge transitions between magneto-optical domains. The beam returning from the storage medium is analyzed both spatially and in polarization. When a transition is centered under the read laser beam, the spatial reversal in the s... | 6 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to an electric connector configured such that first and second connectors are fitted to each other in a direction approximately perpendicular to a multipolar arrangement direction of conductive ... | Such a configuration is achieved that shell connecting portion which is a contact portion of conductive shells of first and second connectors fitted to each other in a direction approximately perpendicular to multipolar arrangement is disposed opposite to a terminal connecting portion which is a contact portion of cond... | 7 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/043,665 filed Aug. 29, 2014, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Embodime... | A device, system, and method are provided for blending multiple fuels in multiple states and optimizing the blended fuel for parameters including cost, energy content, pressure, etc. In a primary fuel/supplemental fuel system, the present invention allows a user to consume as much primary fuel as possible even if the p... | 8 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an actuator for controlling a steering angle or a steering angle ratio of rear wheels relative to front wheels in a front and rear wheel steering device for a vehicle which variably controls the steering angle of the rear wheels according to certain conditions.
... | An actuator for steering the rear wheels in front and rear steering device for a vehicle in which the steering angle of the rear wheels can be manually neutralized should the actuator fail with the rear wheels steered to a certain angle. The actuator may be a type which either directly steers the rear wheels following ... | 1 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to washing machine agitators and more particularly pertains to a new washing machine scrubbing enhancement device for improving the cleaning efficiency of washing machines.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use... | A washing machine scrubbing enhancement device for improving the cleaning efficiency of washing machines. The washing machine scrubbing enhancement device includes a scrubber attachment comprising a channel member with side walls connected by a base wall forming a channel for gripping the sides of the agitator fins, an... | 3 |
This is a National Phase Application filed under 35 U.S.C. 371 as a national stage of PCT/EP2012/068142, filed Sep. 14, 2012, and claims priority benefit from European Application No. 11181618.7, filed Sep. 16, 2011, the content of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
TECHNICAL FIELD... | A device ( 10 ) for collecting and temporarily storing fluids ( 16 ) escaping from an underwater source ( 12, 64 ) and having lower density than surrounding water includes a collector ( 18 ) placed over the underwater source for collecting the escaping fluids, a riser tube ( 20 ) for transferring the collected fluids t... | 4 |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 334,655, filed Dec. 28, 1981 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention deals with coke ovens and, in particular, with coke oven charging hole ... | A coke oven charging hole cover which includes a cylindrical wall section and a lower horizontal layer of a cast-in-place castable refractory material which is relatively dense and which contains a random dispersion of fine stainless steel fibers or similar fibers. A layer of an insulating material such as insulation b... | 2 |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to secondary loop refrigeration, and in particular, to a method and apparatus using secondary loop cooling for controlling temperature in a series circuit of refrigeration devices having differing operating temperature requirements.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVE... | A secondary loop refrigeration system includes plural refrigeration zones serially connected in a secondary cooling loop using a liquid refrigerant in increasing order of operating temperatures, the secondary cooling loop being in heat exchange relationship with a primary cooling loop using direct expansion refrigerant... | 5 |
This application is a continuation of and claims priority to abandoned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/935,879, entitled “High Stiffness Flexure,” filed on Sep. 8, 2004 now abandoned.
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to flexures, and more particularly to a high stiffness flexure and a process of m... | The present invention relates to the design and fabrication of flexures used to guide motion in mechanical systems. A high specific stiffness flexure includes two narrow and thin flexing sections separated by a longer stiffened section. The present invention provides designs and processes for making flexures and flexur... | 5 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for communicating between nodes in a communications network, particularly, but not exclusively, an asynchronous transfer mode network for communicating delay sensitive low rate isochronous services such as... | A method and apparatus for communicating over a communications network includes determining a time delay between transmission and reception of data block between nodes in the network and controlling the amount of data transmitted in the data blocks according to the determined time delay, the time delay produced by asse... | 7 |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to hybrid composite silicon/organic field effect devices wherein the gate charge is induced by electrical as well as environmental elements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
[0002] The use of gas sensors and sensor arrays for odor analysis ha... | A four terminal field effect device comprises a silicon field effect device with a silicon N-type semiconductor channel and an N+ source and drain region. An insulator is deposited over the N-type semiconductor channel. An organic semiconductor material is deposited over the insulator gate forming a organic semiconduct... | 7 |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/577,028, filed Dec. 18, 2011, and entitled “The Klein solar thermal receiver”; which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
... | A volumetric receiver vessel for heating a fluid with concentrated solar radiation which includes: an external housing having an aperture at the front end; an internal housing separating fluid entering the vessel from fluid exiting thereof; a window covering the aperture of the vessel, where the window closes and seals... | 5 |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a divisional of co-pending U.S. divisional patent application Serial No. 10/163,814, filed Jun. 6, 2002, which claims benefit of U.S. Pat. No. 6,427,776, issued Aug. 6, 2002. Each of the aforementioned related patent applications is herein i... | The present invention provides a simple debris removal apparatus for use in a wellbore. In one aspect of the invention a modular, interchangeable venturi is provided which can be retrofit into an existing debris bailer having a filter and a debris collection container. In another aspect of the invention, a venturi is u... | 4 |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a regolith container for use with a structure on an extraterrestrial mass. The filled container provides a measure of protection for the structure against radiation and space debris. The structure can be a solid, semi-sol... | A regolith container for use with regolith on an extraterrestrial mass is disclosed. The filled container covers a portion of a spacecraft to provide the spacecraft with a measure of protection against space debris and radiation. The container can be compartmentalized to reduce the loss of regolith should from the cont... | 4 |
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