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A45D
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7146985
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2006-12-12
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1. A method for protecting the scalp of a user from getting burned by a curling iron, comprising the steps of: a) forming a planar member having a first and second opposing end and a pair of opposing sides; b) forming a handle on the first end of the planar member to permit the shield to be grasped by a user; c) forming a straight edge on the second end of the planar member; d) forming the planar member of heat resisted material to permit the shield to be used with a curling iron; and e) forming the planar member of pliable material to permit the planar member to be deformed into a concave shape; and g) placing the straight edge between a curling iron and the scalp of a user; and g) placing the curling iron at least partially within the concave portion of the planar member.
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G05B
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6326971
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2001-12-04
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Installation for controlling a movable apparatus (1) resembling a living being, or a two-dimensional simulation thereof, which apparatus is provided with artificial limbs, with means (3) for receiving a control signal and with means (2) for generating drive signals for the artificial limbs, which installation comprises:a user interface (5) provided with input means (13) for the entering of commands by a user (4),a central processing unit (6) which is connected via a first communications line (11) to the user interface and comprises:first memory means (20) storing pre-recorded basic movement data of the apparatus (1);read means (8) to read data from said first memory means (20);editor means (7) to receive said data from said read means and to calculate transitional movements between subsequent basic movements and to move the apparatus accordingly, such that an orientation of an artificial limb at the end of a basic movement is equal to an orientation of said limb at the start of a subsequent transitional movement and that an orientation of an artificial limb at the end of said subsequent transitional movement is equal to an orientation of said limb at the start of a subsequent basic movement,characterized in that said editor means (7) are also arranged to calculate said transitional movements such that the speed of change of the acceleration of the limbs is selected to have a minimum value for a desired speed.
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A61K,A61P
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6274629
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2001-08-14
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A method of preventing or treating chronic rejection in a patient receiving an organ or tissue allo-or xeno- transplant, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR3##whereinR.sub.1 is an optionally substituted straight or branched carbon chain having 12 to 22 carbon atoms which may be optionally interrupted by an optionally substituted phenylene, andeach of R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 is independently H or lower alkyl.
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B60J
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6830279
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2004-12-14
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A mounting assembly mountable to a panel having an aperture, a distal surface, and a proximal surface, said assembly comprising:an elbow; an inner bracket defining a first opening within which said elbow is received, said elbow rotatable within said inner bracket; an outer bracket defining a second opening within which said inner bracket is received, said outer bracket further defining at least one third opening; and at least one panel catching member secured to said inner bracket, said panel catching member moveable by the panel or said outer bracket relative to said inner bracket between a radially outward position and a radially inward position, said panel catching member being biased toward said radially outward position through said third opening to resist withdrawal of the mounting assembly when installed in said panel aperture.
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G06T
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8217949
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2012-07-10
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1. A method of rendering an image including motion blur, the method comprising: setting a shutter time period for an image; determining at least one shutter opening time and at least one shutter closing time for the image; selecting a geometric element from three-dimensional scene data, wherein the geometric element moves relative to a camera viewpoint between the shutter opening time and the shutter closing time; determining a space-time projection of a geometric element, wherein the space-time projection geometrically represents three-dimensional space traversed by the geometric element relative to the camera viewpoint between the shutter opening time and the shutter closing time; selecting an image sample in the image, wherein the image sample is associated with a sample ray; determining a time interval within the shutter time period during which the sample ray intersects the space-time projection of the geometric element; determining an attribute value of the selected attribute; modifying the attribute value of the selected attribute of the geometric element based on the time interval; and determining a rendered image including the image sample, wherein the image sample includes an attribute value based at least in part on the modified attribute value of the geometric element; wherein determining the space-time projection of the geometric element comprises: determining a first position of a first edge at the shutter opening time; determining a second position of the first edge at the shutter closing time; and defining a first surface bounded by the first edge at the first and second positions.
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C08L,D01F,Y10T
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7985361
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2011-07-26
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1. A spinning composition useful for the dispersion spinning of non-melt-processible fluoropolymer fiber comprising: a mixture of an aqueous solution of a matrix polymer and an aqueous dispersion of non-melt-processible polytetrafluoroethylene or modified polytetrafluoroethylene particles having an SSG of less than about 2.40, said aqueous dispersion containing an aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant and containing less than about 0.5 weight % surfactants containing aromatic groups, said aliphatic alcohol ethoxylate having a 20% residuals temperature determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of less than about 290° C., and said dispersion having a fluorinated surfactant content of less than about 300 ppm.
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A61M,B01F,Y10S
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6387077
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2002-05-14
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An apparatus for providing a suspended agent from a container having an actuator for providing the suspended agent from the container, comprising:a rotary drive assembly having an axis, said rotary drive assembly operably connected to the container for rotating the container about said axis of the rotary drive; and an actuator drive assembly operably connected to the rotary drive assembly for transferring a force from said rotary drive assembly to the actuator of the container sufficient to operate the actuator as the container is rotated.
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H03H
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6593678
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2003-07-15
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An element of a surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter network, comprising:a first SAW resonator having a nominal bandwidth and a second SAW resonator having a nominal bandwidth non-transversely coupled in series with said first SAW resonator; and an extrinsic capacitor coupled in parallel with said first SAW resonator and said second SAW resonator, said extrinsic capacitor interacting with said first SAW resonator and said second SAW resonator to cause an anti-resonance frequency of said element to move toward a resonance frequency thereof and thereby decrease an overall operating bandwidth of said element.
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C10M,C10N
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9006156
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2015-04-14
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1. A method for lubricating an automatic transmission, comprising supplying thereto: (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity and (b) a composition comprising a condensation product of a hydroxy-polycarboxylic acid or mixtures thereof or a reactive equivalent thereof, with an N,N-di(hydrocarbyl) alkylenediamine; wherein the condensation product comprises a material represented by or mixtures thereof; wherein each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is independently an alkyl group of 1 to about 22 carbon atoms, provided that the total number of carbon atoms in R 1 and R 2 is at least about 13 and the total number of carbon atoms in R 3 and R 4 is at least about 13.
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F04B,F16J
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8814539
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2014-08-26
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1. A hermetic compressor comprising: a closed vessel storing lubricating oil; an electric-driving element; and a compressing element driven by the electric-driving element, the compressing element including: wherein a first oil groove is concavely formed on the outer circumference of the piston, and a second oil groove is concavely formed adjacent the first oil groove away from the compression chamber relative to the first oil groove, the second oil groove having a spatial volume not less than that of the first oil groove, wherein a uniform clearance portion where a clearance between the piston and the cylindrical hole portion is constant is provided in the cylindrical hole portion, so that the first oil groove is located at the uniform clearance portion when the piston is close to a top dead point, and an expanded clearance portion is provided to a side of the bottom dead end point relative to the uniform clearance portion, the expanded clearance portion being adjacent to the uniform clearance portion and broadening the clearance toward a bottom dead end point; and wherein a notched portion is further provided in the expanded clearance portion of the cylindrical hole portion, the first oil groove and the second oil groove being connected to inside the closed vessel via the notched portion when the piston is close to the bottom dead point.
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B60T
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7096775
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2006-08-29
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1. A pneumatic booster comprising: a shell body comprising a front shell and a rear shell; a power piston provided in the shell body; a rod extending through the power piston and connecting the front shell and the rear shell; a stud bolt formed on one end of the rod, the stud bolt extending through the shell body to the outside; a support member fitted around the stud bolt, the support member being engaged with the rod and abutted against an inner surface of the shell body; and a seal member provided in an annular groove formed in a surface of the support member, the seal member being adapted to seal a space between the shell body and the stud bolt, the support member having a projection formed on a surface thereof opposite to the surface in which the annular groove is formed, the projection having a protruding length greater than a thickness of the seal member, a distal end of the projection being adapted to abut against the shell body around the seal member when the support member is reversely mounted.
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G06F,G11B
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7143248
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2006-11-28
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1. A stand alone, dedicated function restoring device for changing a state of a long-term memory device controller and subsequently restoring said storage device controller to said storage device controller's original state comprising: an interface for connecting to a storage device; and memory to store critical data from the storage device; and a processor coupled to the interface and the memory, the processor issuing queries and commands to the storage device controller, the processor storing all or part of the response in the memory, upon command the processor issues commands to restore the storage device controller to its original state, wherein the storage device is operating system independent.
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F02M
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8869777
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2014-10-28
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1. A method of diagnosing failure of a fuel inlet access door condition sensor and preventing pressurization of a fuel tank of a vehicle after a refueling event, comprising: detecting that the sensor has not changed from a door closed to a door open indication; detecting that a fuel level inside the fuel tank has increased by more than a threshold amount; detecting that a vehicle engine has been restarted; and in response to the above conditions, inferring a failure of the sensor and preventing closing an isolation valve that, when closed, isolates the fuel tank from a vapor recovery canister.
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G06Q,G16H,G16Z
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8498880
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2013-07-30
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1. One or more non-transitory computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the process to perform for performing a method for defining a plurality of protocol orders, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of protocol orders, each protocol order of the plurality of protocol orders associated with a different patient; creating a batch by receiving user input associating two or more protocol orders of the plurality of protocol orders, the two or more protocol orders comprising a same series of steps, completion of the same series of steps producing a result for each of the two or more protocol orders; identifying a common data element shared by the two or more protocol orders; receiving input of a value for the common data element in association with a first protocol order of the two or more protocol orders associated with one another in the batch; and upon receiving the received value for the first protocol order of the two or more protocol orders, automatically associating the received value with each of the remaining protocol orders of the two or more protocol orders associated with one another in the batch.
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A61G,B21D
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8789250
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2014-07-29
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1. A method of forming a portion of a sheet metal casket shell, the casket shell having a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, the portion of the casket shell being formed from a piece of sheet metal having a desired profile, opposite ends, and a length about equal to the combined length of one of the side walls and one of the end walls of the casket shell, the method comprising the steps of: supporting the piece of sheet metal on one side with a female die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions configured to pivot relative to the center die portion, supporting the piece of sheet metal on the opposite side with a male die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions, and pivoting the end die portions of the female die relative to the center die portion of the female die to cause the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal to fold around the end die portions of the male die, the resulting portion of the casket shell having a side wall, about half of one end wall at one end of the side wall, and about half of the other end wall at the other end of the side wall.
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A61P,C07B,C07C,C07D,C07F
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6765021
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2004-07-20
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A compound of formula I having the structure wherein:B and D are each, independently, halogen, or aryl; R1 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, —SO2Ph(OH)(CO2H), —CH(R2)W, —CH2CH2Y, or —CH2CH2CH2Y; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 6-12 carbon atoms, —CH2(1H-imidazol-4-yl), —CH2(3-1H-indolyl), —CH2CH2(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isolndol-2-yl), —CH2CH2(1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl), or —CH2(3-pyridyl); W is —CO2R3, —CONHOH, —CN, —CONHR3, aryl, heteroaryl, —CHO, —CH═NOR3, or —CH═NHNHR3; Y is —W, —OCH2CO2R3, aryl, heteroaryl, —C(═NOH)NH2, —OR3, —O(C═O)NR4R5, —NR3(C═O)OR3, —NR3(C═O)NR4R5, or —NR4R5; R3 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms; R4 and R5 are each, independently, hydrogen, or alkyl of 1-6 carbon atoms or R4 and R5 are, together, —(CH2)n—, or —CH2CH2XCH2CH2—; X is O, S, SO, SO2, NR3, or CH2; n is 2 to 5; C is —NR3CONR6R7, or NR3CO2R6, R6 and R7 are each, independently, hydrogen, alkyl of 1-18 carbon atoms, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl of 6-20 carbon atoms, heteroaralkyl of 6-20 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3-10 carbon atoms, —(CH2CH2O)nCH3, —(CH2)mA or R6 and R7 are, together, —(CH2)p—, —(CH2)2N(CH3)(CH2)4—, —(CH2)2N(R8)(CH2)2—, or —(CH2)2CH(R8)—(CH2)2—; R8 is hydrogen, alkyl of 1-18 carbon atoms, aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl of 6-20 carbon atoms, heteroaralkyl of 6-20 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 3-10 carbon atoms, —(CH2CH2O)nCH3, —(CH2CH2CH2O)nCH3, or —(CH2)mA; A is aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, arylthio, heteroarylthio, arylsulfoxy, heteroarylsulfoxy, arylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, —CHF2, —CH2F, —CF3, —(CH2CH2O)nCH3, —(CH2CH2CH2O)nCH3, —CO2R3, —O(C═O)NR6R7, aralkyloxy, or heteroaralkyloxy; m is 2 to 16 p is 2 to 12 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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H04L,H04N,H04W
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9066123
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2015-06-23
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1. A portable communication device, comprising: a memory that stores executable instructions; a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving from a remote server a pairing key that identifies a monetization model; executing a web server application in the portable communication device, wherein the web server application further causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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B63B
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6526904
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2003-03-04
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A hand portable inflatable boat for floating a person in water, comprising:a) a seat, positioned to support a person on the boat; and b) at least one float, positioned to support the seat above the water, having: i) a cavity formed within the float, designed to hold air; and ii) a wall, formed around the cavity, that has a shape memory in a form of a fully inflated float, wherein the wall substantially retains its inflated shape after being punctured and while at least partially submerged.
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C23C,H01J
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8080929
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2011-12-20
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1. A composite field emission source, being a nano structure film formed on a substrate, wherein the nano structure film comprises a petal-like structure composed of a plurality of nano graphite walls, and the nano structure film further comprising: a plurality of nano coral-like structures grown on the petal-like structure such that a height difference exists between the petal-like structure and the nano coral-like structures of the nano structure film at a micrometer level.
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H02K
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7898127
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2011-03-01
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1. A stator of a rotating electric machine, comprising: a stator iron core having a plurality of slots; a plurality of sets of first, second, fifth and sixth wire groups at an inner diameter side of the core, and a plurality of sets of eighth, seventh, fourth and third wire groups at an outer diameter side of the core, each of the plurality of sets of first, second, fifth, sixth, eighth, seventh, fourth and third wire groups being inserted into one of plurality of slots in four rows and two stages, projecting from both of the slot ends in an axial direction; a plurality of sets of first coolant flow members, each first coolant flow member forming a coolant flow path in an axial direction, each set of first coolant flow members being disposed between the first and second wire groups of one of the sets thereof and projecting axially shorter than projected ends of such first and second wire groups; a plurality of sets of second coolant flow members, each second coolant flow member forming a coolant flow path in an axial direction, each set of second coolant flow members being disposed between the third and fourth wire groups of one of the sets thereof and projecting axially shorter than projected ends of such third and fourth wire groups; a plurality of sets of third coolant flow members, each third coolant flow member forming a coolant flow path in an axial direction, each set of second coolant flow members being disposed between the fifth and sixth wire groups of one of the sets thereof and projecting axially shorter than projected ends of such fifth and sixth wire groups; a plurality of sets of fourth coolant flow members, each third coolant flow member forming a coolant flow path in an axial direction, each set of second coolant flow members being disposed between the seventh and eighth wire groups of one of the sets thereof and projecting axially shorter than projected ends of such seventh and eighth wire groups; a plurality of first connection conductors, each having first and second end portions; a plurality of second connection conductors, each having first and second end portions;
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B23B,Y10T
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6371705
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2002-04-16
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A tool holder for a rotary tool having an elongated cylindrical shank comprising:a body having a cylindrical bore with a predetermined inside diameter; an elongated cylindrical insert having a throughbore, said insert having an outer diameter larger than said inside diameter of said body cylindrical bore; means for removably and coaxially securing the tool shank to said insert within said insert throughbore; wherein the tool includes a non-circular section at its end positioned within said cylindrical throughbore and comprising means within said insert throughbore for engaging said non-circular tool section and preventing rotation of the tool shank relative to said insert; wherein said rotation preventing means comprises a boss having a non-circular outer periphery, said boss being axially slidably mounted in a like shaped channel at an inner end of said insert throughbore, said boss having a recess adapted to receive said non-circular end of the tool shank, and means for adjustably positioning said boss in said insert channel; and wherein said insert channel is internally dreaded and wherein said positioning means comprises an externally threaded fastener dimensioned to threadably engage said internal threads in said channel, and means for securing said fastener to said boss so that said boss is secured against axial movement relative to said fastener and so that said boss is rotatable relative to said fastener.
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H01R,H05K
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6674344
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2004-01-06
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An electronic device, comprising:a housing; a carrier substrate inserted in said housing and having an electrical conductor structure with a first conductor surface and a second conductor surface arranged so that at least a portion of said first conductor surface opposes at least a portion of said second conductor surface; an electronic module fitted on said carrier substrate and in electrical connection with said electrical conductor structure; and a filter device for improving the electromagnetic sensitivity of said electronic module, said filter device comprising said first and second conductor surfaces, wherein said filter device is formed within said carrier substrate and further comprises a first connection of said first conductor surface to an external first potential and a second connection of said second conductor surface to a second potential, and wherein each of said first and second connections comprises at least one of an electrical and a capacitive connection.
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A61P,C12N
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6413754
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2002-07-02
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An isolated Candida albicans protein kinase (CIV1), which lacks the motif GxGx (Y/F)GxV;wherein G is Glycine, x is any amino acid, Y/F is tyrosine or phenylalanine and v is valine; wherein said isolated protein kinase has non-cyclin dependent cdk-activating activity; and wherein said isolated protein kinase is not a Saccharomuces cerivisiae CIV1.
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F22B,F23C,F23M,Y02E
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6095096
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2000-08-01
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A package boiler comprising:a boiler housing having two sides, one side being a furnace side, a furnace side enclosure formed by water-cooled membrane tube walls, a floor and a ceiling;at least a pair of multiple firing rate zone burners extending from a first end of the furnace side toward a second end between the water-cooled membrane tube walls, the burners having an operating heat release rate which is substantially constant between the first and second ends of the furnace side; andat least one water-cooled wall of chill tubes extending between the floor and ceiling of the furnace side, each at least one water-cooled wall of chill tubes being located between adjacent ones of the at least a pair of multiple firing rate burners; andwherein the heat released by the multiple firing rate zone burners is balanced to the heat absorbed by the flue gas and the heat absorbed into the water-cooled furnace surfaces so that the furnace gas temperatures inside the boiler are held to a level below 2400.degree. F. the temperature at which thermal NO.sub.X forms.
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A62C,E04B,E04G,F16L,H02G
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9074367
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2015-07-07
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1. An assembly for a line conduit, the assembly comprising: a positioning module configured to allow the assembly to be fastened to a structure; a casting sheath; and a fire protection module comprising an intumescent fire protection element having an upper face and a lower face; wherein the upper face includes an upper annular slot configured to receive a lower end of the casting sheath; wherein the lower face includes a lower annular slot configured to receive an upper end of the positioning module; and wherein the positioning module, the fire protection module and the casting sheath are configured to form a line passage when the lower end of the casting sheath is received by the upper annular slot of the intumescent fire protection element and the upper end of the positioning module is received by the lower annular slot of the intumescent fire protection element.
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C01F,C01P,C09C
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8048217
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2011-11-01
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1. Powdery composition which includes as a first component a calcic compound complying with formula I in which A is a ═(OH) x and y are molar fractions where 0<x<1 and 0<y<1, and which includes as a second component in the powdery composition a quantity of a mineral solid flow agent in the form of particles having a size greater than 90 μm, said quantity of mineral solid flow agent being greater than zero and less than 5% by weight of the powdery composition; wherein the calcic compound which is included as the first component of the powdery composition has a particle size less than 250 μm; and characterized in that the mineral solid flow agent is attapulgite.
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H01L,H04N
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8575662
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2013-11-05
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1. A solid state imaging device including one or multiple pixels, each of the pixels comprising: a first semiconductor layer formed on a substrate, a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, a first insulating film formed on a lower side of the second semiconductor layer, a gate conductor layer formed on the lower side of the second semiconductor layer via the first insulating film, a third semiconductor layer formed in an upper side of the second semiconductor layer, a fourth semiconductor layer formed on a side of the third semiconductor layer that is not facing a side of the second semiconductor layer, and a fifth semiconductor layer formed on top of the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, the fifth semiconductor layer electrically connected to the fourth semiconductor layer, wherein at least the third semiconductor layer, the upper region of the second semiconductor layer where the third semiconductor layer is formed, the fourth semiconductor layer, and the fifth semiconductor layer are formed in an island, a diode comprises the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, a junction transistor comprises the diode serving as a gate thereof and the second semiconductor layer serving as a channel thereof, the channel being between the first semiconductor layer and the fifth semiconductor layer, a MOS transistor comprises the gate semiconductor layer serving as a gate thereof and the second semiconductor layer serving as a channel thereof, the channel being between the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer, a signal charge generated by an electromagnetic energy wave is accumulated in the diode, current flowing to the junction transistor and changing in accordance with amount of the signal charge accumulated in the diode is detected as a signal, the signal charge accumulated in the diode is removed at the first semiconductor layer through the MOS transistor channel, the fourth semiconductor layer and the fifth semiconductor layer have same voltage.
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F03D,F05B,Y02E
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8779620
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2014-07-15
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1. A rotary windmill power generator comprising: a rotatable member; a plurality of iso-grid panels interconnected in pairs, with each pair forming a panel assembly of two foldable iso-grid panels with one panel assembly connected to the rotatable member at a first end thereof and a corresponding panel assembly connected to the rotatable member at another end thereof spaced apart from the first end; a hollow upright tower; a turbine assembly representing the power generator disposed in the upright tower adjacent an end of the tower nearest the plurality of iso-grid panels with the turbine assembly in engagement with said rotatable member for converting energy from each iso-grid panel assembly into electrical power and a drive gear assembly connected to each iso-grid panel assembly at each spaced apart end of the rotatable member for controlling an opening and closing of each iso-grid panel assembly relative one another in synchronism with the rotation of the rotatable member such that when one iso-grid panel assembly is open the opposite iso-grid panel assembly is closed and vice versa, wherein each iso-grid panel in each iso-grid panel assembly comprises; a multiplicity of deep pockets in a honeycomb arrangement with each pocket defining a cavity of predetermined dimension and volume for collecting wind.
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A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N,Y02A
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8383365
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2013-02-26
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1. A method of making a modified human FGF-21 polypeptide comprising a non-naturally encoded amino acid, wherein the non-naturally encoded amino acid is a phenylalanine derivative and is at a position selected from the group consisting of residues 72, 77, 86, 87, 91, 108, 110, 126, 131, and 146 of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the corresponding amino acid position in another human FGF-21 polypeptide; and wherein the non-naturally encoded amino acid is linked to a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule, the method comprising ribosomally synthesizing a modified human FGF-21 polypeptide, which comprises a non-naturally encoded amino acid, and contacting the modified human FGF-21 polypeptide with a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule comprising a moiety that reacts with the non-naturally encoded amino acid of the modified human FGF-21 polypeptide.
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G06N,G06Q
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8380579
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2013-02-19
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1. An adaptive commerce system, comprising: a plurality of captured usage behaviors associated with one or more users of a computer-implemented system; an inventory level; and a function implemented on a processor-based computing device that generates a recommendation of one or more products based, at least in part, on an inference of a non-explicitly indicated preference derived from the plurality of usage behaviors and the inventory level .
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A01H
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9072240
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2015-07-07
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1. A plant of corn variety CV991653, wherein a sample of seed of corn variety CV991653 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121224.
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G02B,H04N
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6788354
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2004-09-07
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A method for making a color separator configured for an image display apparatus, comprising the acts of:providing a substrate; establishing phosphor-based red, green, and blue subpixels on the substrate; covering the subpixels with at least one refraction layer; and printing a color selection mask layer onto the refraction layer to shield the blue and green subpixels from a first beam, shield the red and green subpixels from a second beam, and shield the red and blue subpixels from a third beam.
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F25C,F25D
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8800316
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2014-08-12
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1. An icemaker, comprising: a tray rotatably installed on a door, the tray having an open top; a driver that rotates the tray; a frame to which the tray is rotatably coupled; and a water overflowing preventing member provided at one side of the tray to prevent water in the tray from overflowing, wherein the water overflowing preventing member extends in a longitudinal direction at the open top of the tray such that the water overflowing preventing member does not block the open top of the tray, wherein the water overflowing preventing member comprises: a panel that extends in a longitudinal direction at the open top so as not to block the open top, the panel comprising:
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H01M,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T
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8841020
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2014-09-23
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1. A battery comprising: a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure; an electrode stack within the enclosure, the electrode stack including a first set of plate electrodes and a second set of plate electrodes, the plate electrodes in the second set alternating with the plate electrodes in the first set within the electrode stack and one or more separators positioned between each pair of adjacent plate electrodes in the first and second set of plate electrodes, wherein the first set of plate electrodes combine with the second set of plate electrodes to form at least one voltaic cell, the first set of plate electrodes forming a cathode of the voltaic cell and the second set of plate electrodes forming an anode of the voltaic cell, wherein the plate electrodes in the first and second sets of plate electrodes each includes a conductive substrate serving as a current collector, and an electrode material disposed over the current collector, wherein the conductive substrate includes a conductive tab that does have the electrode material coating, wherein the electrode stack includes a first set of one or more spacers are positioned between each adjacent tab of the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes, wherein the electrode stack further includes a second set of one or more spacers are positioned between each adjacent tab of the in the first set of plate electrodes; wherein the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers are aligned to form a first coincident aperture that extends through the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers are aligned to form a second coincident aperture that extends through the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers are further aligned to form a third coincident aperture that extends through the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers are further aligned to form a fourth coincident aperture that extends through the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers; and a first feedthrough including a first feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through the first coincident aperture, wherein the first feedthrough pin serves as a positive terminal for the battery; and a second feedthrough including a second feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through the second coincident aperture, wherein the second feedthrough pin serves as a negative terminal for the battery, wherein the first coincident aperture and the third coincident aperture combine to facilitate alignment of the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the spacers in the first set of spacers during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the second coincident aperture and the fourth coincident aperture combine to facilitate alignment of the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the spacers in the second set of spacers during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the third coincident aperture and the first coincident aperture are orientated differently in the plate electrodes of the first set of plate electrodes than the fourth coincident aperture and the second coincident aperture in the plate electrodes of the second set of plate electrodes to prevent interchanging plate electrodes of the first set of plate electrodes with plate electrodes of the second set of plate electrodes within the electrode stack during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the spacers in the first set of spacers are interchangeable with the spacers in the second set of spacers for assembly of the electrode stack.
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A61G
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8112836
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2012-02-14
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1. A positioning mechanism of a bed comprising at least three height adjustable lifters arranged in a distance from each other that are mounted on an undercarriage frame at one side and connected to a patient surface frame at an opposite side, wherein a first lifter is arranged in such a way that its axis intersects the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame and the first lifter is connected to the patient surface frame in a swinging way around the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame and in a sliding way in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame while a second lifter and a third lifter are interconnected with an arm, oriented transversally to the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame and the arm is connected to the patient surface frame in a swinging way while the arm is connected at one end to the second lifter both in a swinging way around an axis, which is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame and in a sliding way transversally to the patient surface frame and at the other end the arm is connected to the third lifter, in a swinging way around an axis, which is parallel with the longitudinal axis of the patient surface frame, and wherein the first lifter at its top end carries at least one horizontal first guide in which a first slider is mounted in a sliding way and the first slider is connected to a yoke in a swinging way while the yoke is connected to the patient surface frame in a swinging way whereas the second lifter carries at its top end at least one horizontal second guide in which at least one second slider is mounted in a sliding way that is connected with a pin to one end of the arm while the third lifter is connected to an opposite end of the arm with another pin.
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B60W,F16H,Y10T
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6052638
|
2000-04-18
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A method for controlling a vehicular powertrain system (10) comprising a fuel-controlled engine (12) drivingly connected to a vehicular drivetrain system (11) including a multiple-ratio, change-gear transmission (14) and a drive axle (19), said engine having a maximum output torque and an engine controller responsive to command signals to control fueling of the engine and, in at least one mode of operation, effective to limit gross engine torque, said drivetrain having a predetermined maximum torque loading capacity, said drivetrain configured such that an expected torque loading on said drivetrain under a predetermined set of drivetrain operating conditions defined by an engine output torque equal to or less than said maximum engine torque and transmission engaged ratio will exceed said predetermined maximum torque loading capacity, said method comprising:determining as a function of gross engine torque a value of a control parameter indicative of engine flywheel torque;sensing the value of a control parameter indicative of transmission engaged ratio; andcausing said engine controller to limit gross engine torque to a value corresponding to an engine flywheel torque value determined as a function of transmission engaged gear ratio.
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B66F,F15B
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6220027
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2001-04-24
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A stacker control of a shelf stacker comprising a swing-shift fork, in particular a stacker for high storage racks, said fork being turnable about at least one vertical axis by a first hydraulic motor and being horizontally movable by a second hydraulic motor with said motors controlled by magnetically operated directional control valves connected to a common electrically operated hydraulic pump, a three-way pressure balance valve provided between said pump and said directional control valves for preferring said first of said hydraulic motors, said three-way pressure balance valve being controlled by control pressures tapped upstream and downstream of said directional control valve of said preferred first hydraulic motor, at least said directional control valve of said preferred first hydraulic motor being designed with a zero position which is open towards a tank, said three-way pressure balance valve being a part of a neutral circulation circuit extending from said pump via said directional control valve of said second hydraulic motor to said tank, said directional control valve of said preferred first hydraulic motor connecting in its zero position to said tank and blocking a pressure line extending from said three-way pressure balance valve towards said directional control valve, wherein said directional control valve of said second hydraulic motor is a magnetically operated directional control valve and is connected to said three-way pressure balance valve via a pressure line containing a three-way flow regulator connected to said tank, said three-way flow regulator being adjustable by a proportional magnet.
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F04D,F16D,Y10T
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6222292
|
2001-04-24
|
A shaft adapter for use with an outer drive magnet assembly having an internal bore adapted to receive an output shaft of a motor, said shaft adapter comprising:a cylindrical member having an axially aligned cylindrical aperture therein adapted to receive the output shaft of the motor, and wherein said cylindrical member has an outer diameter sized to correspond with the internal bore of the outer drive magnet assembly;first means for rotationally engaging the output shaft of the motor disposed within said cylindrical aperture and attached to said cylindrical member; andsecond means for rotationally engaging the outer drive magnet assembly attached to said cylindrical member, said second means being disposed on and attached to the lateral surface of said cylindrical member.
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G06F,G06Q,H04M,H04W,Y02D
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8805441
|
2014-08-12
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1. A mobile system comprising: a mobile device including at least one processing element and at least one memory element operably connected to the processing element; a plurality of displays; and a programmable management system; wherein said processing element coordinates the operation of said mobile system; wherein computational functionalities of said mobile system are performed by said processing element; wherein said displays are capable of solely performing input and output functionality, and communicating with the mobile device through a wired or wireless connection; wherein said programmable management system establishes level of access to data, functionality and services on said mobile device for each of said display units and for each authorized user of each said display unit; wherein at least one display of the plurality of displays is a detachable display having i) display electronics for controlling the display, ii) a wired or wireless connection operably connecting the display electronics to the mobile device, and iii) input capability to capture input and transmit said input to the mobile device through the wired or wireless connection; wherein said mobile device is simultaneously shared by a plurality of users with at least one user using a separate detached display; wherein said programmable management system establishes security measures, allowing other compatible display units to be interchangeable with said user's detached display; wherein said input functionality includes data capture capability including one or more of audio, video, still photo, sensory and direct user entry including motion, gesture or touch; and wherein said output functionality includes one or more of visual display, audio output, sensory output capability.
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B60W,Y02T,Y10S
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8930053
|
2015-01-06
|
1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle including, as a drive power source, a hybrid system that has an engine and a motor, the control apparatus comprising an electronic control unit configured to reduce an output of the hybrid system and maintain or increase an engine rotation speed when a driver performs an accelerator operation and a brake operation simultaneously while the hybrid vehicle is in motion.
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C07C
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8173844
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2012-05-08
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1. A process for preparing O-benzylated amino alcohols of the formula (I): the process comprising:
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A45D
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8146264
|
2012-04-03
|
1. A cordless hair dryer device, said device comprising: a housing having an air intake end and a cone shaped air nozzle that tapers toward an air outlet distal from said air intake end; a blower fan supported in said housing; a motor, supported in said housing, for rotating said blower fan; a removable and rechargeable battery pack mountable to said housing and electrically communicated with said motor and said heater; said air intake end defining a battery mount projecting outward from a back end of said housing for supporting said battery pack and electrically communicating said battery pack with said motor and said heater; said battery pack defining a ring including a plurality of battery cells connected in series wherein said ring defines an central opening aligned with said air intake end and said ring fits around said battery mount; means for controlling the speed of said motor; and means for controlling the temperature of said heater.
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B82Y,H01L,H01S,Y10S
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8324004
|
2012-12-04
|
1. A method for fabricating a light-emitting device, the method comprising: (a) sequentially forming a first compound semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second compound semiconductor layer, for inducing light emission, on a high-resistant substrate; (b) forming a light-transmitting conductive layer on the second compound semiconductor layer; (c) forming at least a via hole by dry etching a part of the high-resistant substrate and the first compound semiconductor layer using a reaction gas comprising at least Cl wherein the depth of the via hole is shallower than a sum of the thickness of the high-resistant substrate and the first compound semiconductor layer; and (d) forming a light-shielding conductive layer to cover the exposed region of the first compound semiconductor layer, such that the light-shielding conductive layer reflects the light emitted from the active layer upwardly, wherein the dry etching of portions of the high-resistant substrate and the first compound semiconductor layer is performed in a single process.
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F25D
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6675590
|
2004-01-13
|
A cooling device, comprising:a cooling space wall and a door defining a cooling space; a compressor having an electrical drive motor; a rotational speed controller operatively connected for controlling said electrical drive motor; a cooling medium circuit having a condensor, an evaporator and an expansion device arranged between said condenser and said evaporator; a temperature control for controlling a temperature of said cooling space; and a constructional unit in which both said rotational speed controller and said temperature control are arranged.
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C09J,Y10T
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6168829
|
2001-01-02
|
A method of making a double sided tape comprising the steps of: (a) applying a first adhesive coat to an elongated tape substrate first face; (b) applying a second adhesive coat to the substrate second face; (c) at least one of steps (a) and (b) being practiced to apply a repositional adhesive; (d) applying a release liner to the first adhesive to provide a tape, the release liner being the only release liner associated with the tape; and then (e) rolling the substrate into a roll with the second adhesive engaging the release liner; and wherein one of steps (a) and (b) is practiced to apply a permanent adhesive.
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A61K,A61N,G21G
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6503186
|
2003-01-07
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A radioactive seed for use in radiation therapy, the radioactive seed comprising:a sealed housing having an internal cavity; at least one carrier body disposed within the cavity for maintaining a radioisotope, as a radiation source, in a distribution along a length of the cavity; and a plurality of X-ray detectable markers distributed along the length of the cavity, at least two of the X-ray detectable markers being laterally separated from one another by at least one carrier body, wherein the distribution of the plurality of X-ray markers reveals a seed treatment characteristic when the seed is exposed to an X-ray photography, said seed characteristic selected from the type of radioisotope maintained by the carrier body and the dosage level of the radioactive seed.
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A61K,A61P
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7807711
|
2010-10-05
|
1. A method for relieving pain, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a plant extract including tetrahydrocannabinolic acid as an active ingredient in an amount of at least about 10 mg/g based on the dry weight of the plant extract, to an animal in need of pain relief, wherein the plant extract includes between 0 to 2 wt % tetrahydrocannabinol.
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B08B,F22B
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7743777
|
2010-06-29
|
1. A water vapor cleaning system for use with an existing plumbing system, the cleaning system comprising: a vapor-producing chamber in communication with a water source in the existing plumbing system, said vapor-producing chamber having a vapor exit, wherein said vapor-producing chamber includes a pressure release valve to relieve excess pressure inside said vapor-producing chamber; a nozzle having an inlet, an outlet, a valve allowing communication between said nozzle inlet and said nozzle outlet when at a first configuration and denying communication between said nozzle inlet and said nozzle outlet when at a second configuration, and an actuator for moving said nozzle valve between said first and second configurations; tubing connecting said vapor exit to said nozzle inlet; a vacuum device coupled to said tubing for selectively suctioning items through and blowing air out said nozzle outlet; wherein said nozzle includes a soap reservoir that selectively dispenses soap through said nozzle outlet without said soap passing through said vapor-producing chamber; means for dispensing water through said nozzle outlet and bypassing said vapor-producing chamber; and wherein said nozzle includes a selector device for choosing between a steaming mode, a vacuuming mode, a blowing mode, a soaping mode, and a rinsing mode.
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G06F,G10L
|
8996384
|
2015-03-31
|
1. A method of converting components of a web page, having a plurality of HTML components, to voice prompts for a user, comprising: using an identifier and selecting a voice attribute file from a plurality of existing voice attribute files to be associated with a particular web page, the voice attribute file containing a plurality of voice attribute components that may be selectively enabled, the enabled voice attribute components in the selected voice attribute file determining which specific HTML components of the plurality of HTML components of a web page associated with the file are to be transformed for voice prompts; selecting at least one specific HTML component of the web page that is to be transformed by determining that at least one voice attribute component from the selected voice attribute file is enabled and determining that there is a specific HTML component that is associated with the enabled voice attribute component; transforming the at least one selected HTML component into parameterized data using the enabled voice attribute component, the parameterized data including at least a portion of data associated with the HTML component and also includes data from the at least one enabled voice attribute component that is associated with the HTML component, the parameterized data being in a form for the mobile system to use to generate voice prompts; and forwarding the parameterized data to the mobile system, the mobile system configured to play a speech dialog using voice prompts based upon the parameterized data.
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H02K,Y10T
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6952943
|
2005-10-11
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1. A method of manufacture of rotor elements involving the use of a die assembly to successively punch from strip material rotor elements having a pole portion and a body portion, part at least of the pole portion of the rotor element being produced by a first die member and part at least of the body portion being produced by a second die member, characterized by the steps of effecting relative movement between the first and second die members between successive punching operations to change the position of the entire body portion relative to the pole portion between successively manufactured rotor elements.
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F16D,F16L,Y10T
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8033536
|
2011-10-11
|
1. A coupling for securing a first element to a second element, the coupling comprising: an actuation bolt which comprises a longitudinal axis; a clamping jaw which is mounted on the first element and which comprises a bore having a first part which defines a nut that threadedly engages the actuation bolt and a second part within which the actuation bolt extends; and torque limitation means positioned between the actuation bolt and the second part of the bore for transmitting the rotational movement of the actuation bolt directly to the clamping jaw to thereby rotate the clamping jaw about the axis; wherein when an external force acting on the clamping jaw is greater that the force generated against the bore by the torque limitation means, rotation of the actuation bolt will result in translation of the clamping jaw along the axis; and wherein when the external force acting on the clamping jaw is less than the force generated against the bore by the torque limitation means, rotation of the actuation bolt will rotate the clamping jaw about the axis.
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B60T
|
8489301
|
2013-07-16
|
1. A device for controlling a brake pressure in a brake system, with the aid of a pressure-limiting valve that limits the brake pressure to a predefined threshold value, and is driven by an electronic device in accordance with a valve characteristic curve, comprising: an estimating unit having an estimating algorithm for estimating the brake pressure based on at least one of a brake pump operating time, a brake pump rotational speed, and a brake fluid temperature; a sensor system for measuring the brake pressure in a brake circuit; a unit for determining a pressure difference between the measured pressure and the estimated pressure; and a controller unit for correcting the valve characteristic curve as a function of the pressure difference.
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A61P,C07H
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6596696
|
2003-07-22
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Maltoligosaccharide derivatives represented by the general formula: (wherein n is an integer of 0 to 3, and X is a hydrogen atom or a hydrophobic group) or their hydrates or physiologically acceptable salts.
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A61K,A61P,C08B
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8518909
|
2013-08-27
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1. An isolated and purified oligosaccharide of formula (I): wherein the wavy lines denote bonds situated either below or above the plane of the pyranose rings, in its acid form or in the form of any one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
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F02D,Y02T
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7000599
|
2006-02-21
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1. A supplemental fuel injector trigger circuit comprising: a resistor having a first end adapted to be connected to both a voltage output port of an Engine Control Unit and a first end of a fuel injector coil, said resistor also having a second end adapted to be connected to a fuel injector control port of an Engine Control Unit; and a diode having a cathode adapted to be connected to both said fuel injector control port of said Engine Control Unit and said second end of said resistor, said diode also having an anode adapted to be connected to both a second end of said fuel injector coil and to an Auxiliary Fuel Injector Controller.
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G01R,H04B
|
8983796
|
2015-03-17
|
1. A method for measuring a group delay time (τ G ), which is caused by a device under test to be measured, with the use of a network analyzer, comprising the following methods steps: generating within the network analyzer of an excitation signal (x exciting of the device under test with the excitation signal (x determining of a phase difference (Δφ
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B02C,G06Q,H04N
|
8123153
|
2012-02-28
|
1. A sheet destruction and discarding apparatus for destroying and discarding a sheet, comprising: a destruction and discarding unit that destroys and discards the sheet based on a determination whether or not the sheet is allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; a notification unit that notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and a reason why the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded when the determination indicates that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; an insert sensor that detects whether or not the sheet is taken off, wherein, after the notification unit notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and the reason, a state of the insert sensor changes to an off state and then a state of the sheet destruction and discarding apparatus changes to a standby state.
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G11B,H04N
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8024376
|
2011-09-20
|
1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a storing device which stores in advance attribute information indicative of specific attribute set in advance as attribute to be provided by input information, the input information being inputted from the outside and including a change of specific mode set in advance and a moving image, a detecting device which detects a change of the input information inputted, and a linking device which, based on the change as detected and the attribute information as stored, in a case where the change as detected is a change of the specific mode, links the attribute information indicative of the specific attribute corresponding to a change of the specific mode, to the input information having a change of the specific mode, wherein the change of the specific mode is a change having being included in the moving image through a pre-set specific movement of an image-capturing device itself having being executed at time of an image-capturing of the moving image with the image-capturing device, the change of the specific mode is a change becoming distinguishably independent of the input information just before and just after of the change of the specific mode in the moving image, and wherein the pre-set specific movement is given to the image-capturing device by an operator who handles the image-capturing device and the pre-set specific movement indicates at least an evaluation to the input information by said operator.
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B63H
|
8376794
|
2013-02-19
|
1. A steering system for a marine vessel, comprising: (A) a steering vane that extends into the water in the vicinity of a steering device for the vessel; (B) an electromechanical drive unit that drives the steering vane to pivot; (C) an actuator assembly that energizes the drive unit, the actuator assembly including wherein the actuator assembly further comprises a biasing assembly that resists movement of the actuator to create a force threshold that must be overcome by the actuator to engage the switch.
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B60L,Y02E,Y02T,Y04S
|
7777434
|
2010-08-17
|
1. A method of operating an electrical supply network, comprising: coupling a vehicle to the supply network; receiving a specification of a time period selected by a user of the vehicle for discharge of the electrical energy; receiving a trigger to cause a partial discharge of electrical energy from an electrical energy storage device of the vehicle into an electric power network based on the specified time period that has been received from the user; and discharging electrical energy into the electric power network from the vehicle in response to receiving the trigger.
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A63B,B22C,B22D
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8939192
|
2015-01-27
|
1. A method of manufacturing a golf club head, the method comprising: creating a mold of the golf club head; forming two or more portions of a model of the golf club head using the mold, each of the two or more portions of the model include a part of a body of the golf club head and at least one first alignment mechanism; assembling the model of the golf club head using the at least one first alignment mechanism of each of the two or more portions of the model to align together the two or more portions of the model, the model comprises the body of the golf club head and a joined alignment mechanism, the joined alignment mechanism comprises the at least one first alignment mechanism of each of the two or more portions of the model; using the model of the golf club head to create a cast for the golf club head; removing the model of the golf club head from the cast; using the cast of the golf club head to create the golf club head with the joined alignment mechanism; and removing the joined alignment mechanism from the golf club head.
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A61M,B42D,B42P,G09F
|
7779569
|
2010-08-24
|
1. A business form including a sheet with a separable wristband die cut therein, said sheet comprising a lamination ply and a face stock ply, the face stock ply having a die cut defining a wristband print area, the lamination ply having a die cut defining a wristband laminating portion, said laminating portion comprising a pair of offset panels with a pair of straps extending to their sides, at least one of said panels having an asymmetrical transition between it and the other of said panels, and the strap adjacent the asymmetrical transition tapering to a smaller end.
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G06F,H04W,Y02D
|
8188782
|
2012-05-29
|
1. A clock system, comprising: a clock signal generating circuit, for generating a primary clock signal and a reference clock signal both derived from an oscillating signal of the clock signal generating circuit; and a controlling circuit, coupled to the clock signal generating circuit, for receiving the primary clock signal under a normal mode, and for compensating a timing information generated from the primary clock signal according to the reference clock signal when the clock system exits a power saving mode; wherein the primary clock signal is de-activated when the clock system enters the power saving mode and is activated when the clock system exits the power saving mode.
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B60G,F16F
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7866681
|
2011-01-11
|
1. An air spring assembly comprising: an air spring piston; a pedestal defining an internal cavity and having one end to be mounted to a suspension component at a first mount interface, said pedestal having a platform to which said air spring piston is fixed; a flexible bellows having a first portion attached to said air spring piston and a second portion to be fixed to a vehicle structure at a second mount interface; and a linear moveable member having a first end fixed to said second portion of said flexible bellows and a second end slidingly received within said internal cavity of said pedestal such that said first and said second portions of said flexible bellows articulate linearly with respect to each other.
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G06T
|
7626584
|
2009-12-01
|
1. A method for determining a three-dimensional surface of an object using a computer, the method comprising: defining coordinates of a plurality of points on the surface of the object; defining a three-dimensional matrix of cells that contains the object, each cell of the three-dimensional matrix of cells having a center, and a value being able to be associated with each cell of the three-dimensional matrix of cells; determining a distance between the center of each cell of the three-dimensional matrix of cells and a closest point of the plurality of points on the surface of the object; setting the value associated with each of a first portion of cells of the three-dimensional matrix of cells to a first preset value; determining the value associated with each cell of the three-dimensional matrix of cells using the computer, with the exception of the first portion of cells, by means of the following formula where F( v w represents a second preset value, and j indicates a neighbourhood of cells of the i_th cell; determining a sum in modulus of a variation of the value associated with each cell between the time t and the time t+1; and repeating said determining the value associated with each cell of the three-dimensional matrix of cells if the sum in modulus is greater than a third preset value.
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A01N,C07C,C07D
|
9061967
|
2015-06-23
|
1. A substituted diphenylamine compound having general formula I: wherein: R R R R R R but R R R or the salts of the compounds having general formula I.
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B60R,Y10S
|
8025196
|
2011-09-27
|
1. A bicycle carrier rack for mounting to a vehicle, said rack having an arm extending away from said vehicle for carrying a bicycle, said arm comprising an attachment member on an underside of said arm having a locking portion suspended a distance from said arm and extending in the same longitudinal direction of said arm; an anti-sway member removably attachable to said locking portion of said member, said anti-sway member having a contact portion for abutting against a bicycle installed in said bicycle carrier and an attachment portion on one end of said anti-sway member, said anti-sway member having an engaged position wherein said anti-sway member prevents sway of said bicycle; said attachment portion enclosing a central aperture and having an opening in a side of said attachment portion to said central aperture; said locking portion being sized to receive said opening of said anti-sway member when said anti-sway member is in a non-engaged position, and wherein said locking portion is sized to prevent passage through said opening when anti-sway member is in said engaged position, said anti-sway member being rotatable between said engaged and non-engaged positions.
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B60R,H04M
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7817436
|
2010-10-19
|
1. An electronic device holding system comprising: an electronic device having a substantially rectangular shape defined by longitudinal sides and transverse sides, wherein a length of the longitudinal sides is greater than a length of the transverse sides, said electronic device comprising at least one interface on a longitudinal side thereof; a holding apparatus comprising
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E04G
|
7828263
|
2010-11-09
|
1. A brace for securing concrete forms to a base, comprising: first and second confronting sidewalls, each sidewall having a generally triangular shape, first and second adjacent side edges defining an included angle of approximately 90 degrees therebetween, and a third side edge disposed opposite said angle between said first and second side edges; a back wall extending between said third side edges of said first and second sidewalls, said back wall having a first end proximate said first side edges of said sidewalls and a second end proximate said second side edges of said sidewalls; said first and second confronting sidewalls and said back wall defining a generally empty cavity substantially enclosing at least one rib extending between said first and second sidewalls, wherein said brace is principally hollow; and a flange portion extending outwardly from a periphery defined by said first and second side edges of said sidewalls and said first and second ends of said back wall, said flange portion including enlarged areas extending further outwardly from the intersections of said side edges and said ends of said back wall, said enlarged areas including at least one aperture for receiving a fastener therein.
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A45C,F25D
|
6182466
|
2001-02-06
|
A method for cooling and carrying beverage comprising:(a) providing an apparatus comprising:a first compartment including an area constructed for receiving a beverage and a heat sink, and including a door for selective access to the first compartment, and wherein the first compartment includes insulation for decreasing the rate of heat transfer into the first compartment, and a sack constructed for receiving and holding the heat sink; anda second compartment for receiving drinking containers, wherein the second compartment includes cushioning material; anda strap attached to the apparatus for carrying the apparatus;(b) cooling the heat sink to a temperature of less than about 33.degree. F.; and(c) placing the heat sink within the sack in the first compartment.
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A61K,A61P,C07D,C09B,G01N
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8173692
|
2012-05-08
|
1. In a method of detecting cells or particles by flow cytometry, wherein said cells or particles are labeled with a detectable luminescent compound, the improvement comprising utilizing a bacteriochlorin as the luminescent compound, wherein said bacteriochlorin is a compound of Formula I: wherein: M is a metal or is absent; X is NH; R R R R
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A63F,B67C,G07F
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6047963
|
2000-04-11
|
A Pachinko bonus game for an underlying game machine played by a player, said underlying game machine having a credit meter, said Pachinko bonus game comprising:a playing field, said playing field having a plurality of deflection devices;a play piece;a launch mechanism, said launch mechanism propelling said play piece onto said playing field when an initiate condition occurs during the play of said underlying game;lanes on said playing field, said play piece after traversing said plurality of deflection devices in said playing field traveling through one of said lanes;randomly selected bonus payoff values;a bonus payoff display at each of said plurality of lanes on said playing field for displaying one of said randomly selected bonus payoff values;said credit meter at said underlying game to be incremented by the amount of the bonus payoff value on said bonus payoff display at said lane said play piece traveled through.
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B22F,C22C,F42B
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6916354
|
2005-07-12
|
1. A composite comprising: tungsten powder having a mean particle size of 0.5-50 μm; another metal powder having a mean particle size of 1-50 μm and having a packing density of 62 vol % or greater, and, a thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group consisting of polyether block amides, polyester elastomers, melt processible rubber, chlorinated polyethylene, ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber, polyamide elastomers, polyolefin elastomers, thermoplastic polyurethanes and blends thereof.
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B28B,C04B,C25D
|
8216439
|
2012-07-10
|
1. A hybrid slip casting—Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) process comprising a process as set forth in FIG. 2 , wherein the process is practiced in a product of manufacture for hybrid slip casting—Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) comprising a system as set forth in wherein the system comprises a deposition cell comprising a deposition electrode and a counter electrode, and a deposition bath in the deposition cell, and a porous mold introduced into the deposition bath between the deposition and the counter electrodes, and optionally the a porous mold is a porous plaster mold.
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G05B,G08C,H04L
|
8121109
|
2012-02-21
|
1. A method of remote control of at least one appliance, including the steps of: detecting a user's mobile communications terminal one of entering and leaving a radio detection perimeter of a control device; sending, by the control device, a message over a telecommunications network to inform a management device of said detection; receiving, at the control device, a command in return to be sent and an identifier of the at least one appliance to which said command is to be sent; and sending, by the control device, said command to the at least one appliance identified by said identifier.
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H05B
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8994280
|
2015-03-31
|
1. A driving circuit, comprising: a first PWM driving module, generating a first square-wave signal to drive a first illumination unit according to a first data signal of a data stream, wherein the first square-wave signal represents an illumination period of the first illumination unit in a display cycle, and a rising edge of the first square-wave signal is located at the beginning of the display cycle, wherein a first register unit receives the first data signal and outputs the first data signal to the first PWM driving module; and a second PWM driving module, generating a second square-wave signal to drive a second illumination unit according to a second data signal of the data stream, wherein the second square-wave signal represents an illumination period of the second illumination unit in the display cycle, and a falling edge of the second square-wave signal is located at the end of the display cycle, and wherein a rising edge of the second square-wave signal is behind the rising edge of the first square-wave signal, wherein a second register unit receives the second data signal and outputs the second data signal to the second PWM driving module.
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H02K
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8994238
|
2015-03-31
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1. An energy conversion apparatus for executing conversion from one to another of electrical energy and mechanical energy, comprising: a magnet ring, a direction of central axis of which is vertical, the magnet ring including: a ring-shaped magnet holder in which a plurality of magnet boxes an upper part of which is opened is formed; at least one permanent magnet that is housed in each of the plurality of magnet boxes of the magnet holder, each of the at least one permanent magnet being magnetized along a circumferential direction of the magnet holder; a cover that is formed in a ring shape having a width wider than that of the magnet holder, and that is attached to an upper surface of the magnet holder so as to have a same center as that of the magnet holder, and that has an extension part extending in a radial direction of the magnet holder from the magnet holder; a gear that is fixed onto the cover and the magnet holder so as to have a same center as those of the magnet holder and the cover, and each of an at least one adjacent permanent magnet is arranged in such a manner that both of same polarities face each other in a corresponding magnet holder of the magnet holder, in case that a number of the at least one permanent magnet is plural, the energy conversion apparatus further comprising: a ring-shaped case, a central axis of which is common with the central axis of the magnet ring, that houses the magnet ring and in which a window part for exposing part of the gear to an outside is formed; a plurality of wheels that are arranged between an internal surface of the case and the magnet holder so as to be contacted with a bottom surface of the case and the extension part of the cover; a defining member through which each axis of rotation of the plurality of wheels is passed and that defines a relative distance between the plurality of wheels; and at least one coil that is wound around the case.
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A61M,B05B
|
6626328
|
2003-09-30
|
A media dispenser comprising:a base having a first base part and a second base part, being movable relative to each other; a pump assembly disposed on said second base part and movable relative to said second base part, said pump assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being provided with a piercing member; a reservoir housed in said base and having a first medium chamber and a second medium chamber, for containing first and second media, respectively, said reservoir also having a first piston and a second piston, the first medium chamber being bounded by the first piston and the second piston, both of said first piston and said second piston being arranged to be shifted in said reservoir, and the second medium chamber being bounded by the second piston and a diaphragm arranged to be pierced by said piercing member on a shifting and piercing stroke in order to connect the second chamber with the pump assembly; a valve, disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, said valve being opened upon shifting of the second piston, thereby opening a flow path between the first chamber and the second chamber and allowing mixing of the first and second media; and interlocking members positioned on the first base part and the second base part to engage and secure the first base part and the second base part to each other upon completion of a shifting and mixing stroke of the first base part relative to the second base part which causes the opening of the valve and the mixing of media from the first medium chamber and the second medium chamber.
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A01J,B01F
|
8926165
|
2015-01-06
|
1. An agitation mixing apparatus comprising: a casing having a flow path in which a fluid flows; an agitator which is disposed inside the casing and includes a shaft and a vane mounted around the shaft; and a drive source, connected to the shaft, for vibrating the agitator in an axial direction, wherein grooves are provided on an inner wall surface of the casing at predetermined intervals in the axial direction, an amplitude of the vibration of the agitator produced by the drive source is larger than a width of the grooves, and recessed portions and projecting portions are provided on a surface of the vane.
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E02F,F16L
|
8814474
|
2014-08-26
|
1. A pitch plow, comprising: a frame; a shank pivotally mounted to said frame at a pitch pivot, said shank defining a cutting edge, wherein an orientation of said shank relative to earth causing a change in the elevation of said cutting edge such that depth of the pitch plow is controlled by pitch with rotation in a first direction at the pitch pivot increasing depth of the pitch plow and rotation in a second direction opposite of the first direction at the pitch pivot decreasing depth of the pitch plow; and a boot extending generally along said shank, said boot having an in-feed at an upper portion thereof and a discharge at a lower portion thereof, wherein said boot includes a generally straight central portion extending downwardly and forwardly and a curve portion between said straight central portion and said discharge, wherein the curved portion extends downwardly and rearwardly from the generally straight central portion; wherein in a depth decreasing position, said discharge is positioned such that a vertical axis, said vertical axis perpendicular with earth horizontal, passing through said pitch pivot and said generally straight central portion of the boot is rearward of the discharge when the shank is pivoted to decrease depth of the pitch plow; wherein in a depth increasing position, said discharge is positioned such that the vertical axis passing through said pitch pivot and said generally straight central portion of the boot is forward of the discharge when the shank is pivoted to increase depth of the pitch plow.
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C03C,Y02A,Y02B
|
7414090
|
2008-08-19
|
1. A moisture curable sealant composition comprising: silane-functional amorphous poly-α-olefin; from 10% by weight to about 40% by weight butyl rubber; polyisobutylene; and tackifying agent, the composition exhibiting a needle penetration from about 3.5 mm to less than 8.0 mm.
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A61F,C09K,F24V
|
7625464
|
2009-12-01
|
1. A process of producing a heat generating molded article, which comprises: making an intermediate shaped product by a papermaking process from a raw material composition comprising at least incorporating an electrolyte into the resulting intermediate product, and fabricating a heat generating molded article.
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C08G
|
9096718
|
2015-08-04
|
1. A method for preparing a polypropylene carbonate resin with improved thermal stability, comprising: reacting a polypropylene carbonate resin having a hydroxyl group on at least one end thereof with alkyl monoisocyanates or through reactive extrusion.
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G09G
|
7379038
|
2008-05-27
|
1. A driving circuit for a flat panel display, the flat panel display including the driving circuit and a display panel being driven by the driving circuit to display an image, the driving circuit comprising: a latch unit to which a control signal is applied from a shift register to sample at least one digital picture signal and to store the digital picture signal, the latch unit simultaneously outputting the sampled picture signal by a line pass signal; and a voltage to current converting unit supplying current of a plurality of levels to a data line of the display panel according to logical combinations of the sampled picture signal from the latch unit, using a current mirror method, wherein the voltage to current converting unit includes a plurality of poly-crystalline switching units formed on the display panel.
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B23K,G01S,H04N
|
7321114
|
2008-01-22
|
1. An apparatus for maintaining a desired position of a laser beam comprising: an optical system including first, second, and third prismatic wedges positioned in a path of said beam in spaced-apart relation, the position of said beam being responsive to movement of one or both of said first and second prismatic wedges; said first prismatic wedge movable along the beam path and having a first, light receiving face and a second face opposite the first face, said first face disposed transverse to the beam path and the first prismatic wedge being tapered in a first direction perpendicular to the beam path; said second prismatic wedge movable along the beam path and having a first, light receiving face and a second face opposite the first face, said second wedge second face disposed transverse to the beam path path and the second prismatic wedge being tapered in a second direction perpendicular to the beam path and said first direction; said third prismatic wedge disposed between the first and second wedges and having a first, light receiving face and a second face opposite the first face, wherein the third wedge first face is facing and aligned with the first wedge second face and wherein the third wedge second face is facing and aligned with the second wedge first face; detector means for detecting an actual position of the beam; comparison means for comparing the actual position of the beam with the desired position of the beam and generating an error signal representative of the difference between the detected actual position of the beam and the desired position of the beam; means for moving said first and second prismatic wedges, whereby the optical path of the beam is altered responsive to said moving; and a position controller responsive to the error signal received from the comparison means and for generating an output signal to said means for moving at least one of said first and second prismatic wedges so that the beam is shifted to the desired beam position.
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F02M
|
7273037
|
2007-09-25
|
1. The wire harness mounting structure for a fuel distributor pipe having a fuel distribution passage formed inside along the longitudinal axis thereof and injection valve support holes provided toward to the fuel distribution passage for fuel injection valves being inserted and retained therein, comprising; a first guide claw which has a bottom portion positioned at a first side spaced from a vertical line passing through a center axis of the fuel distribution passage and a first wire harness support groove with an opening opened towards a second side spaced from said vertical line; a second guide claw which has a bottom portion positioned at the second side spaced from the vertical line passing through the center axis of the fuel distribution passage and a second wire harness support groove with an opening opened towards the first side spaced from said vertical line, the first and second guide claws being provided on an outer periphery of the fuel distributor pipe so as to oppose each other and being spaced from each other along a longitudinal axis of the fuel distribution passage; and a wire harness which extends from a female type connector engagedly connected to a male type connector of the fuel injection valve, the wire harness being inserted and retained in the first wire harness support groove via the opening of the first guide claw from the second side, and also being inserted and retained in the second wire harness support groove via the opening of the second guide claw from the first side.
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A61M
|
6379328
|
2002-04-30
|
A disposable syringe comprising a hollow cylindrical tube with a forward end narrowed at its outlet including attaching means for fitting a detachable hollow needle, said hollow cylindrical tube defines a rear opening through which a piston with a rubber bulb fitted in its end is fitted;said piston comprises an elongated hollow body with a forward and rear end capable of contained therein a liquid to be injected to a patient, said forward end includes a fluid communication orifice and coupling means in which said rubber bulb is rotatably fitted, said rubber bulb includes a longitudinal orifice and both coupling means and said rubber bulb having restricting means capable of restricting piston rotating movement wherein said rubber bulb includes an inner rubber sleeve surrounding its longitudinal orifice, said sleeve defines an inner tube extending from a front to a rear face of said rubber bulb.
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A61K,A61P,C07K
|
8075887
|
2011-12-13
|
1. A method of treating asthma, said method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof which specifically binds to a human interleukin-4 receptor, wherein said antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region (HCVR) comprising the three heavy chain CDRs (HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR3) from SEQ ID NO:162, and a light chain variable region (LCVR) comprising the three light chain CDRs (LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3) from SEQ ID NO:164.
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B01F
|
6387301
|
2002-05-14
|
A method of producing solid fatty microspheres, comprising the following steps:heating oils and fats having a high melting point to a temperature greater than the melting point thereof to liquify same, holding said oils and fats in a liquid state and forming a dispersed phase of the liquid oils and fats; pressurizing the dispersed phase and forming emulsions by dispersing said dispersed phase into a continuous phase via a plurality of microchannels having a predetermined width; producing solid microspheres of said oils and fats in suspension by cooling and thus solidifying said emulsions; and isolating said solid microspheres by removing said continuous phase from said suspension.
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B62M
|
7938420
|
2011-05-10
|
1. A drive mechanism for a bicycle having a front wheel, a rear wheel having a wheel sprocket, and a seat support, comprising: a) a frame on each of two sides of the bicycle including a lever arm bracket having a rear connection point, a drive sprocket support, and a drive gear support outside the drive sprocket support forming a space between the drive sprocket support and the drive gear support; b) a pedal leverage arm on each side of the bicycle, each pedal leverage arm connected to the rear connection point and having a pedal mounted on a forward end of the pedal leverage arm; c) a drive sprocket spindle on each side of the bicycle; d) a drive sprocket on each side of the bicycle; e) a drive gear on each side of the bicycle; f) a vertical gear on each side of the bicycle, attached to the pedal leverage arm on that side of the bicycle so that the vertical gear can mesh with the drive gear on that side of the bicycle; and g) a chain on each side of the bicycle extending around the drive sprocket and the wheel sprocket; wherein the drive sprocket spindle on each side of the bicycle extends from the drive gear support, through the drive gear, through the drive sprocket support to the drive sprocket on that side of the bicycle; and wherein downward movement of a pedal leverage arm causes the attached vertical gear to move downward, causing the meshed drive gear to turn, which causes the drive sprocket spindle on that side of the bicycle to turn, which causes the chain that goes around the drive sprocket on that side of the bicycle to turn, which causes the wheel sprocket and rear wheel to turn, due to permanent attachment of both the drive sprocket and drive gear to the drive sprocket spindle.
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H04L,Y10S
|
7010548
|
2006-03-07
|
1. A method of tracking data transmitted from a source device to a receiving device over a communication medium, comprising: receiving a data packet; reading a first sequence number from the received data packet; determining whether the first sequence number is contiguous with a sequence number range contained in a first preexisting node of a tree data structure, wherein the tree data structure is stored in a memory coupled to the receiving device; if the new sequence number is not contiguous with the sequence number range, creating a new node that contains the new sequence number; if the new sequence number is contiguous with the sequence number range, updating the first preexisting node such that the new sequence number becomes a new boundary value for the sequence number range contained in the first preexisting node; determining if the first preexisting node, after it has been updated, contains a sequence number range that is contiguous with a sequence number range of a second preexisting node; and if the sequence number range contained in the first preexisting node, after it has been updated, is contiguous with the sequence number range of the second preexisting node, merging the first and second preexisting nodes into a single node that represents a new contiguous range that includes the previous ranges represented by the first and second preexisting nodes prior to their merger.
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F23L,F23N,F23R
|
8061117
|
2011-11-22
|
1. An apparatus sustaining flame stability and countering flame-out in transient conditions in a gas turbine combustion system having a main control system, wherein: said gas turbine comprises: a diluent source, a diluent flow rate control unit receiving diluent from said diluent source and delivering diluent at a controlled rate, a fuel source, and a diluent-fuel mixer receiving diluent through said diluent flow rate control unit and fuel from said fuel source, said mixer being configured to homogenously mix the received diluent and fuel to thereby provide a homogeneous mixture thereof, a combustor having a flame zone, and a coupling between said mixer and said combustor configured to introduce said mixture into said flame zone for combustion; and said apparatus sustaining flame stability and countering flame-out comprise the following elements operable autonomously of the gas turbine combustion system main controls: one or more measuring elements configured to measure parameters of said diluent and said fuel prior to and after the mixing thereof by said mixer; a programmed, computer-implemented dynamic control unit communicating with said one or more measuring elements and with said diluent flow rate control unit, said dynamic control unit being configured to accept measurements from said measuring elements as inputs; said programmed, computer-implemented dynamic control unit being further configured to use said measurements to respond to transient conditions through dynamically changing diluent-to-fuel ratios to thereby maintain diluent-to-fuel ratios countering flame-out by: (a) during shutdown procedures and prior to complete shutdown of the gas turbine combustion system, gradually decreasing the diluent flow mixing with said fuel until there is no diluent flow into the gas turbine combustion system, and thereafter following a time delay to complete the shutdown procedures of the combustion system; and (b) during startup procedures of the gas turbine combustion system, to delay the flow of said diluent into the gas turbine combustion system and then gradually increase the flow of diluent into the combustion system and thereby stabilize the combustion process until the combustion system reaches steady-state operation with; said programmed, computer-implemented dynamic control unit being still further configured to control the flow of diluent to the combustion zone in steady-state operation of said gas turbine to maintain a diluent-to-fuel ratio of said homogenized mixture producing NO
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G06F,G06Q,H04L
|
8886734
|
2014-11-11
|
1. A computer-implemented method of managing an email mailbox, the method comprising: presenting, by a computer, a user interface image including an email received from a first email address and a rule-creation interface object displayed with the email; receiving, by the computer, an instruction to establish a rule to take an action on each email message received from a first email address, wherein receiving the instruction includes receiving a single user input indicating that the user has selected the rule-creation interface object; determining, by the computer, that the first email address is associated with contact data; determining, by the computer, that the contact data is associated with a sender name and a second email address; applying, by the computer, the rule to take the action on each of a plurality of email messages, the plurality of email messages including at least one email message received from the first email address and at least one email message received from the second email address, wherein applying the rule to an email message includes adding the email message to a listing of email messages sent from the sender name; and presenting, by the computer, a user interface control that incorporates the sender name, the user interface control being operable to instruct the computer to present the listing of email messages sent from the sender name.
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F15B,Y10T
|
9121418
|
2015-09-01
|
1. A transmission servo rod receivable by a transmission-housing bore, the rod comprising: an aperture disposed along an exterior surface of the rod configured to receive transmission fluid from a port within the transmission housing bore; a first recessed groove in the exterior surface of the rod disposed above the aperture; a second recessed groove in the exterior surface of the rod disposed below the aperture; first and second resilient sealing members received within the first and second recessed grooves, respectively, the first and second resilient sealing members configured to engage an inner surface of the transmission housing bore; and an assembly sleeve surrounding a portion of the exterior surface of the rod above the first recessed groove, wherein the assembly sleeve comprises an external chamfer on an external diameter on one end of the assembly sleeve and an internal chamfer on an internal diameter on the opposite end of the assembly sleeve, wherein the internal chamfer is operable to resize at least one of the first and second resilient sealing members upon installation onto the rod, and wherein the first and second resilient sealing members are configured to predominately provide a fluid seal for a non-symmetrical wear of the transmission housing bore.
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C08K
|
8865841
|
2014-10-21
|
1. A thiol-containing liquid rubber composition comprising: (A) a styrene-butadiene copolymer which is liquid at 25° C.; and (B) a polythiol derived from mercaptocarboxylic acid, wherein the styrene-butadiene copolymer (A) is a random copolymer and has a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 3200 to 17200, and wherein the rubber composition is thermally curable.
|
E05D,E05Y,Y10T
|
8544151
|
2013-10-01
|
1. A mirror assembly having a pivoting detent joint, comprising: a carrier base for mounting to a vehicle; a support arm carrying a mirror head and being pivotally mounted to said carrier base; an arm detent ring carried by said support arm; said arm detent ring defined by a continuous circular arrangement of a combination of arm locking teeth and alignment teeth, wherein any one of said alignment teeth occupies a larger portion of said arm detent ring than any one of said arm locking teeth; a base detent ring carried by said carrier base; and, said base detent ring having a complementary arrangement to said arm detent ring and defined by a continuous circular arrangement of a combination of base locking teeth and alignment channels, wherein any one of said alignment channels defines a portion of said base detent ring able to receive at least any one of said alignment teeth; whereby said arm locking teeth of said arm detent ring engage said base locking teeth of said base detent ring in a releasable interlocking engagement only when all of said alignment teeth are received into a complementary alignment channel so that positioning of said support arm relative to said carrier base is limited to specific orientations.
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A01G,C02F,D04H,Y02W
|
7087161
|
2006-08-08
|
1. A resin cultivating base serving as seedling beds for vegetation and partially immersed in a river, lake, marsh, ponds, or waterway drawing water from them, wherein the resin cultivating base is a three-dimensional structure constituted by long and/or short filaments of thermoplastic resin; adjacent long and short filaments are curled or looped at random, and contacted, entwined and gathered, thereby forming a low density portion and a high density portion; the low density portion has 80% to 99% voids which is a higher void rate than the void rate of the high density portion; and vegetation is planted on the low density portion.
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E21B,G01K,H01B
|
7290601
|
2007-11-06
|
1. A method, comprising the steps of: providing multiple thermocouple cables; braiding or winding the thermocouple cables; covering the braided or wound thermocouple cables with protective armour to form a braided bundle consisting solely of the thermocouple cables; and inserting the braided bundle into a well using wireline techniques.
|
A01G,B60B,B60C
|
9090121
|
2015-07-28
|
1. A wheel assembly comprising: a rigid wheel including a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements extending radially outwardly from the wheel; and an airless flexible tire mounted on the wheel and engaging the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure, the tire including a plurality of traction lugs extending radially outwardly from an outer side of the tire, the traction lugs being spaced circumferentially around the tire between the mounting elements such that the traction lugs move inwardly with the portions of the tire configured to flex inwardly when subject to ground engaging pressure.
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D06B,D06P,H01F
|
8182712
|
2012-05-22
|
1. A method for dyeing material, the method comprising: providing a material to be dyed; providing a magnetorheological fluid onto a contacting surface, wherein the magnetorheological fluid comprises at least one coloring agent and magnetic particles; applying a magnetic field to the magnetorheological fluid to increase viscosity of the magnetorheological fluid; and contacting the material with the magnetorheological fluid on the contacting surface to produce a dyed material, wherein contacting the material with the magnetorheological fluid comprises positioning the material and the magnetorheological fluid between a pair of opposing rollers, wherein at least one of the rollers comprises the contacting surface.
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