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G01V | 6292758 | 2001-09-18 | A method for computing magnetic field functions of a magnetic field source comprising the steps of:determining positions of a plurality of magnetic field sensors;hypothesizing an origin of the magnetic field source; andcomputing multipole magnetic field functions of the magnetic field source using said position determination and said origin hypothesis. |
G06F,G06Q,H04L | 9158851 | 2015-10-13 | 1. A method for allowing a user to participate in an online conversation for a head content, comprising: receiving a response from a user for the head content on a webpage, the head content selected from the webpage wherein the webpage includes a plurality of head contents from one or more sources, the response is provided as any one of rating, recommendation or comment; geo-tagging the response with a geo location associated with the user; updating a counter associated with the geo location to include the response from the user, the counter tracking number of responses received from a plurality of users at the geo location for the head content, wherein the counter is indicative of popularity of the respective geo locations with the plurality of users, for the head content; filtering responses received from the plurality of users for the head content to generate a subset of the responses related to the geo location of the user; and transmitting the subset of responses to the user along with an interactive tag cloud associated with the head content for rendering at a client device, wherein the responses within the subset are presented in a ranked order and the tag cloud identifies one or more geo locations that have received greatest number of responses for the head content from the plurality of users. |
B21B,B24B,C21D | 6301943 | 2001-10-16 | A method for finishing stainless steel comprising:temper rolling cold-rolled stainless steel;buffing the stainless steel to a predetermined surface quality which is less than the desired surface quality of the desired finished surface; andembossing a finish onto the stainless steel to the desired finished surface quality. |
A23D,A23G,A23L,A23V,A61K,A61P,Y10S | 6589982 | 2003-07-08 | A method for treating inflammatory skin diseases by promoting collagen-I or decorin synthesis in mammals by administering to the mammal in need thereof an effective amount of one or more flavones with a prenyl group substituted only in the 8 position. |
A01K | 6871615 | 2005-03-29 | 1. A Free-Reign Walking Machine for the training of animals along a defined training course, the machine comprising: a supporting structure having at least one fixed rail, the rail being arranged along the training course, at least one traveler moveably arranged on said rail, a drive system having a pulling element and a drive capable of moving the pulling element, and a number of Moving-Guide-Components adapted to guide the animals when moving, said Moving-Guide-Components being connected to the at least one traveler, and wherein the at least one traveler is connected to the pulling element, the pulling element is a chainlike element having a plurality of rigid chain links pivotally connected to each other with a limited longitudinal play in a pulling direction, and the drive system is adapted to move the traveler and the Moving-Guide-Components along the rail. |
A61K,C07K,G01N | 6284471 | 2001-09-04 | A chimeric antibody comprising at least part of a human immunoglobulin constant region and at least part of a non-human immunoglobulin variable region, said antibody capable of binding an epitope specific for human tumor necrosis factor TNF.alpha., wherein the non-human immunoglobulin variable region comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 5. |
C09K,Y02W | 6042748 | 2000-03-28 | A method for regenerating a fluorescent material wherein an extra fluorescent material produced in a coating step for the phosphor screen of an image receiving tube is recovered and regenerated, comprising the steps of:(a) a chemical washing step for decomposing impurities contained in a recovered phosphor slurry with the use of a hypochlorite and a periodate to remove the impurities;(b) a carbon removing step for adding aqueous ammonia to the phosphor slurry and agitating the admixture, then, allowing the same to stand thereby floating carbon in a supernatant liquid, and removing the carbon contained in the supernatant liquid;(c) an acid washing step for washing the phosphor slurry with hydrochloric acid or nitric acid; and(d) a heat treating step for heat-treating the phosphor slurry at a temperature of from 350 to 600.degree. C. after filtering and drying the phosphor slurry at need. |
G06F,H03K,H03L,H04L | 9203415 | 2015-12-01 | 1. A signal synchronization circuit comprising: at least one synchronizer comprising a number N of series connected clock delay elements, N being equal to or greater than unity the synchronizer being adapted to adapt an asynchronous signal originating from a first clock domain, to a second clock domain; a clock signal generator arranged for generating a modulated clock signal adapted to clock the N clocked delay elements of the at least one synchronizer, wherein the clock generator is arranged to receive a clock signal and at least one operating value and to generate the modulated clock signal from said clock signal modified based on said operating value; and a clock gate with an input and an output, said input being arranged to receive the clock signal and said output being adapted to output the modulated clock signal from the clock signal generator, the clock gate being controlled by a control signal generated by the clock signal generator based on said operating value, wherein the operating value is tied to a desired increase in a synchronization time shift introduced by the synchronizer. |
A61K,C07D | 7053118 | 2006-05-30 | 1. A method for inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, said method comprising administering to said cells an effective amount of a compound, wherein said compound has the structure shown below: wherein R |
B62B | 8172241 | 2012-05-08 | 1. A handcart, comprising: a platform having a rear portion and a forward portion, the platform having a left front corner, a right front corner, and a lower flange depending from the forward portion, the platform and the flange defining an load-carrying structure; a superstructure extending upward from the platform, the superstructure having a left front upright member extending upward from the left front corner of the platform and a right front upright member extending upward from the right front corner of the platform; a rear axle extending laterally across the superstructure and above a plane defined by the forward portion of the platform; large diameter, directionally fixed rear wheels extending from the rear axle, the rear wheels being disposed laterally outward from the platform; left and right arms extending from the left front and right front corners of the load-carrying structure, each of the arms having a distal end; a small diameter caster wheel depending from the distal end of each of the arms; and left and right substantially horizontal braces extending from each of the front upright members to the distal end of the corresponding one of the arms, respectively. |
G06F,G11B,H04M | 8823654 | 2014-09-02 | 1. A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen configured to display information; and a controller configured to: |
H01L,H01Q | 9118107 | 2015-08-25 | 1. An integrated circuit package comprising: a plurality of antenna elements disposed on a first side of an insulating material; a plurality of switching elements disposed on a side of the insulating material opposite to the first side and connected to the plurality of antenna elements through a plurality of vias, the switching elements being configured to selectively interconnect the plurality of antenna elements; and a circuit to control activation of one or more of the plurality of switching elements, wherein said circuit is coupled to said plurality of antenna elements through a plurality of solder balls, the plurality of switching elements and the plurality of vias. |
F41G | 8254746 | 2012-08-28 | 1. An optical sight comprising: a housing; a prism supported by said housing and including a surface defining a reticle pattern; an illumination device associated with said prism and selectively supplying said prism with light to illuminate said reticle pattern, said illumination device including a fiber associated with a first light source and an electroluminescent device; and a glass diffuser collecting light from at least one of said fiber and said electroluminescent device, said glass diffuser supplying said prism with light from at least one of said first light source and said electroluminescent device to illuminate said reticle pattern. |
C08K,C09K,H05K | 6143978 | 2000-11-07 | An enclosure for thermally protecting one or more heat sensitive devices from a high temperature environment, said enclosure comprising:an outer housing having interior surfaces defining an interior cavity, said interior cavity for containing said one or more heat sensitive devices;a composition comprising between about 10 percent and about 100 percent by weight of a bicarbonate compound;wherein said composition occupies at least a portion of said interior cavity and substantially encloses said one or more heat sensitive devices; andwherein said bicarbonate compound exhibits endothermic decomposition when said enclosure is subjected to said high temperature environment, and wherein said composition absorbs heat from said high temperature environment during said endothermic decomposition of said bicarbonate compound. |
G06F,G06Q,G06T,G11B,H04L,H04W | 7110984 | 2006-09-19 | 1. A method on an end user system for updating previously stored usage conditions to allow additional usages of previously received encrypted digital content without receiving additional copies of the encrypted digital content, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request from a user to acquire encrypted digital content with at least one usage right; receiving from an electronic store, a hash value, which uniquely identifies the encrypted digital content associated with the request to acquire the encrypted digital content; comparing the hash value received from the electronic store with a previously stored hash value corresponding to the previously received encrypted digital content; updating the usage conditions associated with the previously received encrypted digital content in response to the hash value received from the electronic store matching the previously stored hash value; and permitting at least one additional use of the previously received encrypted digital content without the need to re-receive the received encrypted digital content. |
H02G,Y10T | 7226022 | 2007-06-05 | 1. A cable duct coupler for coupling a first cable duct section to a second cable duct section, said cable duct coupler comprising: a first duct-receiving portion for receiving an end of said first cable duct section; a second duct-receiving portion for receiving an end of said second cable duct section; a barb for securing said coupler to at least one of said first and second cable duct sections, said barb extending from a first end to a second end, at least one of said ends comprising an edge positioned to engage a portion of at least one of said first and second cable duct sections when said first and second cable duct sections are positioned in said first and second duct-receiving portions; a cover overlying at least a portion of said barb, said cover comprising a fastener integral therewith for securing said barb to said coupler; and a mount positioned on said coupler, said mount defining an opening for receiving said fastener. |
B60C | 6696936 | 2004-02-24 | An air pressure detecting device for detecting air pressure of a wheel of a vehicle which has a tire tube disposed in a tire, the air pressure detecting device being disposed between the tire tube and a rim of the wheel for detecting the air pressure of the tire tube comprising:an annular seat fixed against said tire tube and mounted adjacent to an opening defined in said tire tube; a lid member held in removably fitting engagement with the seat; a detecting and transmitting unit integrally mounted in the lid member for detecting air pressure in said tire tube and transmitting pressure information out of the detecting and transmitting unit. |
H01L,Y10T | 6646880 | 2003-11-11 | A clip adapted to cooperate with a mounting frame to attach a heat sink to an electronic device, the clip comprising:two side plates, a first handle arranged at upper portions of each of the side plates, a pair of second handles arranged at opposite ends of each of the side plates, and at least one hook arranged at a bottom of each of the side plates for engaging with the mounting frame; and at least one pressing portion connecting between the two side plates for pressing the heat sink to the electronic device. |
G21C,G21D,Y02E | 8995601 | 2015-03-31 | 1. An axial power distribution prediction device, comprising: an axial offset calculation unit that calculates an axial offset of a current power distribution (AO P P P P based on a relative power (P T ) in the upper half of the nuclear reactor core and a relative power (P B ) in the lower half of the nuclear reactor core; a parameter calculating unit that calculates a xenon parameter represented by using a difference between AO a trajectory display unit that acquires the xenon parameter and the iodine parameter calculated by the parameter calculating unit, and generates an ellipse-shaped plot trajectory by setting the xenon parameter as x-coordinate and the iodine parameter as y-coordinate in a Cartesian coordinate system on a display unit; and an axial offset determining unit that predicts whether a core axial offset of the power distribution after a current time is increased or decreased, by drawing a major axis in the ellipse-shaped plot trajectory and generating a plot point using a xenon parameter and an iodine parameter at the current time, wherein the core axial offset of the power distribution after the current time is determined to be decreased when the plot point is located above the major axis and the core axial offset of the power distribution after the current time is determined to be increased when the plot point is located below the major axis. |
H03M | 9065464 | 2015-06-23 | 1. A device comprising: a clock path having a clock path timing calibration circuit that comprises: a data path having a data path timing calibration circuit that comprises: coordinated control of the data path timing circuit and the clock path timing circuit to calibrate timing of the device; wherein the first, second and third resolutions are different. |
B81B,B81C,H01L | 8941152 | 2015-01-27 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device comprising: forming a base wafer comprising a first chip package portion, a second chip package portion, and a third chip package portion; forming a capping wafer comprising a plurality of isolation trenches, each of the plurality of isolation trenches being configured to substantially align with one of the first chip package portion, the second chip package portion or the third chip package portion; eutectic bonding the capping wafer and the base wafer to form a wafer package; dicing the wafer package to separate the wafer package into a first chip package configured to perform a first operation, a second chip package configured to perform a second operation, and a third chip package configured to perform a third operation, the first chip package comprising the first chip package portion, the second chip package comprising the second chip package portion, and the third chip package comprising the third chip package portion; and placing the first chip package, the second chip package, and the third chip package onto a substrate. |
A01N,A61K,A61P,C07D,C07K | 6399771 | 2002-06-04 | A compound of the formula (V) whereinn represents 1, 2 or 3, m represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4, R1 represents halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, —S(O)0R6 or —NR7R8, R2 and R3 independently of one another each represent hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, —S(O)0R6 or —NR7R8, R5-1 represents hydrogen, fluorine, cyano, nitro, alkyl, alkoxy, halogenoalkyl, halogenoalkoxy, alkoxyalkoxy or —SR6, o represents 0, 1 or 2, R6 represents alkyl or hologenoalkyl, R7 and R8 independently of one another each represent hydrogen, alkyl, or together represent alkylene, and X1 represents bromine, iodine or —OSO2CF3, with the proviso that is n is 1, X1 is not bromine or iodine. |
G06Q,G07C | 8892451 | 2014-11-18 | 1. A system that determines a future cost of insurance based upon monitoring vehicle sensors, recording vehicle data, and communicating the vehicle data to a central processing system, where the cost of insurance is adjustable based on driving characteristics of a human operator controlled vehicle, comprising: an on-board in-vehicle computer and recorder programmed to: a second computing system programmed to compute the future cost of insurance by assigning a level of risk to an operation of the vehicle based on an evaluation of the selected data elements retained in the memory device against data that assesses risk; where the data that assesses risk is based on actuarial information that groups other human operators that have similar risk characteristics and represents actual driving characteristics of other monitored vehicles. |
A61B,A61F,B08B,Y10T | 8741069 | 2014-06-03 | 1. Apparatus for cleaning surgical instruments, said instruments having a body with a first end and a second end, an internal passageway, a housing formed at said first end, an actuating mechanism assembled at said housing, said housing having at least one end port communicating with said passageway, said passageway having an outlet at said second end, said apparatus comprising: a first plug, said first plug having a hollow flush cavity, means inside said first plug for gripping said first end and said actuating mechanism in a liquid-tight fit, said first plug having an inlet port communicating with said flush cavity, said flush cavity communicating with said at least one end port when said first plug grips said housing, whereby flush liquid injected into said inlet port enters said at least one end port, passes through said passageway in a flowpath away from said inlet port and exits said instrument through said passageway outlet, whereby contaminants in said instrument are flushed in a direction away from said housing. |
A61L,B67D | 6308749 | 2001-10-30 | A process for transferring sterile products between a transport container and a sterile isolator, comprising the steps of:docking the container onto the isolator;sterilizing an enclosed volume formed between closers provided on the container and the isolator; andopening said closers before starting to transfer the products;wherein the container is docked onto a lock connected on an outside of the isolator and normally separated from the isolator by said isolator's closer, said lock including sterilization means and delimiting the enclosed volume. |
G16C | 8793078 | 2014-07-29 | 1. A method for constructing a database of atomic fingerprint descriptors by a processor for predicting a reaction rate for a cytochrome P450-mediated reaction on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing an atomic fingerprint descriptor of a substrate, which is obtained by characterizing one or more atomic positions of the substrate according to the following Equation 1: wherein X is the chemical symbol of an atom; a is a bond indicator noting the number of atoms bonded; b is a ring indicator noting whether the atom is part of a ring; and c is an aromatic indicator noting whether the atom is an aromatic atom; (ii) calculating an activation energy for the one or more atomic positions of step (i) based on two or more atomic descriptors which valuate atomic interactions at said atomic position, wherein the two or more atomic descriptors are selected from the group consisting of [δ [δ H ], and [mean (α alpha )]; (iii) predicting a reaction rate for a cytochrome P450-mediated reaction by introducing the calculated activation energy obtained in step (ii) into an Arrhenius equation; (iv) performing a statistical correlation which relates the predicted reaction rate of step (iii) with an experimental reaction rate; and (v) storing the predicted reaction rate, the experimental reaction rate, and the statistical correlation for each atomic fingerprint descriptor of the substrate, into a database of atomic fingerprint descriptors for predicting reaction rates for cytochrome P450-mediated reactions of a substrate. |
G01F,H05K | 6708834 | 2004-03-23 | A measuring device comprising:a housing body comprising: a cavity formed in said body; at least one aperture formed in an exterior of said housing body; and at least one groove formed in said housing body; at least one cap corresponding to said at least one aperture, with said at least one cap comprising: one or more sidewalls; an endwall; and at least one pin protruding from said cap and corresponding to said at least one groove formed in said housing body; wherein said at least one cap substantially seals said cavity of said housing body when said at least one cap is assembled to said housing body; at least one seal configured to fit between said housing body and said at least one cap, with said at least one seal substantially, sealing said at least one cap to said housing body when said measuring device is assembled; and flowmeter electronics configured to mount within said cavity of said housing body, wherein said electronics are substantially sealed within said cavity when said at least one cap is assembled to said housing body and when said at least one pin of said at least one cap engages said at least one groove of said housing body. |
H01J,H02K | 9093890 | 2015-07-28 | 1. A linear motor comprising: a stator including a first yoke made of ferromagnetic substance and having an open face and two rows of permanent magnets linearly arrayed inside the first yoke so that S-poles and N-poles are alternate; and a moveable element arranged between the two rows of permanent magnets and linearly movable in a moving direction; the stator is constructed by connecting a plurality of separated stators along with the moving direction of the movable element; the two rows of permanent magnets are provided from an opening face of the open face of the first yoke and spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable element; a second yoke made of ferromagnetic substance and in a form of two stick-shaped members and/or a plate member in a square shape surrounding an entire periphery of an open end of the first yoke and provided along the connecting direction of the separated stators, wherein the stick members and/or the plate member and the two rows of permanent magnets are provided to face each other at the open end of the first yoke selectively to provide a smaller opening space than the opening space of the open face of the first yoke, in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the movable element, wherein the first yoke and the second yoke are connected by an adhesive connecting member, or a magnetic force from each other. |
F01P,F04B,F04D | 8376714 | 2013-02-19 | 1. A variable water pump control apparatus, comprising: a detecting portion detecting engine speed, operation of an idle stop and go system (ISG), coolant temperature, operation of a blower, and outside temperature; a variable water pump selectively circulating a coolant through an engine; and a control portion controlling the variable water pump according to the detected information including operating conditions and outside environmental factors; wherein the control portion engages a clutch of the variable water pump so as to forcibly circulate the coolant regardless of a vehicle condition, when a diagnosis device connected to a Hi-scan terminal makes the variable water pump operate. |
H02M,H05B,Y02B | 9173256 | 2015-10-27 | 1. A driver circuit operable to provide power to a load from a direct current (DC) power rail, said driver circuit comprising: a self-oscillating, current-fed parallel resonant inverter configured to connect to the DC power rail, receive DC power from the DC power rail, and provide an alternating current (AC) output signal; a current limiting circuit connected to the self-oscillating current fed parallel resonant inverter, wherein the current limiting circuit is configured to receive the AC output signal from the self-oscillating current fed parallel resonant inverter and provide an AC current signal as a function of a DC current provided to the load by the driver circuit; and a rectifier connected to the current limiting circuit, wherein the rectifier is operable to receive the AC current signal from the current limiting circuit and provide a DC current to the load. |
G02F,G09G | 8300165 | 2012-10-30 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a pixel group including a first pixel having a first thin film transistor and a second pixel having a second thin film transistor; a gate line applying a driving signal to a gate of the first and second thin film transistors; a first storage capacitor line arranged adjacent to one side of the first pixel and arranged substantially parallel with the gate line; a second storage capacitor line arranged adjacent to an opposite side of the first pixel, opposite to the one side of the first pixel, and arranged substantially parallel with the gate line; a first storage capacitor arranged in the first pixel and connected between the first thin film transistor and the first storage capacitor line; and a second storage capacitor arranged in the second pixel and connected between the second thin film transistor and the second storage capacitor line, wherein the first storage capacitor is formed in a border area between the first pixel and the second pixel that is adjacent to a right side of the first pixel, and the second storage capacitor is formed in a border area between the second pixel and the first pixel that is adjacent to a right side of the second pixel. |
G01B,G03F | 6867867 | 2005-03-15 | 1. Apparatus comprising: an interferometery system including an interferometer configured to direct at least one beam to contact a mirror and measure a relative position of the mirror as it moves with respect to the interferometer, the one beam having a diameter d, wherein the interferometry system stores information about a topography of the mirror along a region where the beam contacts the mirror and uses the topography information to correct the position measurement, and wherein the topography information has a spatial resolution on the order of the beam diameter d. |
A47G | 8356735 | 2013-01-22 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first subsection having a first top end and a second top end; a second subsection having a first top end and a second top end; wherein there is a first line from the first top end of the first subsection to the second top end of the first subsection; wherein there is a second line from the first top end of the second subsection to the second top end of the second subsection; and wherein the first line is at a first angle with respect to the second line; wherein the second top end of the first subsection is fixed to the first top end of the second subsection; further comprising a first hollow tube; and a device for moving the first hollow tube along the first subsection and the second subsection; and wherein the first hollow tube, the first subsection, and the second subsection are configured so that at least a portion of a foot of a leg of a person, including toes of the foot of the of the leg of a person, can be placed on the second subsection, while an ankle portion of the leg of the person is at the same time placed on the first subsection and while at the same time a portion of the leg of the person lies inside of the first hollow tube. |
B25J,G05B,Y02P | 7069112 | 2006-06-27 | 1. A method for the synchronous control of a plurality of handling devices, wherein a control command to be performed by controls of handling devices participating in a synchronization is initiated on one of the controls, initiating control, which checks current, control-relevant states of all the controls and wherein the command processing takes place after positive state checking, but does not take place in the case of negative state checking. |
A01N,A61K,A61L,A61Q,B08B,C11D | 7470652 | 2008-12-30 | 1. A cleaning implement comprising: a. a handle and a gripping mechanism for engagement to a removable cleaning pad; b. wherein the gripping mechanism is an integral part of the handle of the cleaning implement; b. the removable cleaning pad having a rigid plastic fitment for attachment to the gripping mechanism of the cleaning implement and the removable cleaning pad additionally comprising: |
G06Q,G07F | 8666902 | 2014-03-04 | 1. A utility meter incorporating data structures including security data table parameters, the utility meter comprising: a memory storing the security data table parameters including one or more passwords, the security data table parameters associating a first read or write operation with a first password; a processing circuit disposed within the utility meter; wherein the processing circuit, when executing software instructions, is configured to: perform the first read or write operation responsive to receiving the first password from an external device; generate a security key; receive an externally generated access key without receiving the first password; generate an internal access key from the security key; determine whether the externally generated access key is the same as the internal access key; and in response to said determination and without having received the first password, perform the first read or write operation prior to expiration of a predetermined time period. |
G01S | 6459409 | 2002-10-01 | A source location estimation device, comprising:an array antenna including two sub-arrays, each sub-array having at least three elements with at least one unshared element; a first sampler for sampling elements of one sub-array; a second sampler for sampling elements of the other sub-array; a direction-of-arrival estimator for using samples from the samplers to make a separate direction-of-arrival estimate for each sub-array for direction of arrival of a signal from a source; a source location estimator for estimating distances from the source to each element based on the separate direction-of-arrival estimates from the direction-of-arrival estimator; and a sampling adjuster for adjusting timing of sampling performed by the samplers based on the distances from the source location estimator. |
E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T | 7267380 | 2007-09-11 | 1. A rotary latch comprising: a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a first lateral wall and a first transverse wall extending substantially perpendicular from the first lateral wall in a first direction, the first transverse wall having a first terminal edge and defining a first projection extending from the first terminal edge in the first direction, the second portion comprising a second lateral wall spaced apart from the first lateral wall in the first direction so as to form a gap therebetween, and a second transverse wall extending substantially perpendicular from the second lateral wall in a second direction opposite the first direction, the second transverse wall having a second terminal edge and defining a recess extending from the second terminal edge in the first direction, wherein the first projection is received in the recess with the first and second terminal edges abutting such that the first and second transverse walls bridge the gap formed between the first and second lateral walls, and wherein the first projection and the recess are shaped to form a dovetail joint; a rotary pawl disposed at least partly within the housing between the first and second lateral walls; and a rotary jaw disposed at least partly within the housing between the first and second lateral walls. |
A01M | 7506815 | 2009-03-24 | 1. An animal repellent, comprising: a) a source of concentrated light and a splitter having an input to receive light from said source and a plurality of secondary light outputs; b) said source being mounted adjacent a space; c) a sensor for sensing movement of an animal within said space; d) a controller receiving signals responsive to said movement and, in response thereto, activating said source. |
A47K,B05B,Y10T | 7735686 | 2010-06-15 | 1. A dispenser for dispensing fluids comprising: a pump mechanism operative for pumping fluid from a chamber out of an outlet thereby creating vacuum conditions below atmospheric in the chamber, at least two collapsible fluid containing reservoirs enclosed but for each having an outlet passageway in communication with the chamber, a primary one-way valve for each reservoir permitting flow of fluid from each reservoir through the passageway to the chamber when certain vacuum conditions exist in the chamber relative the reservoir, each one-way valve being in an initial sealed condition preventing flow from its respective reservoir until a threshold vacuum for that valve is exceeded in the chamber by operation of the pump mechanism, the threshold vacuum for each valve being different than the threshold vacuum of all the other valves, wherein after the threshold vacuum of one of the valves is exceeded by operation of the pump mechanism, that valve permitting flow of fluid from its reservoir by further operation of the pump mechanism to create vacuum conditions less than the threshold value of that valve and the other valves until its reservoir is substantially emptied whereafter further operation of the pump mechanism creates a vacuum in the chamber which exceeds the threshold vacuum for another of the valves after which such other of the valves permitting flow of fluid from its reservoir by operation of the pump mechanism. |
F41H | 7239655 | 2007-07-03 | 1. A compact high power laser dazzling device comprises: at least one heat sink; a plurality of laser resonators, each of the laser resonators extending axially from a first end, fixedly mounted to the at least one heat sink, to a second end, the second end of each laser resonator emitting an individual laser beam along a light path; an optical head disposed adjacent to the second ends of the laser resonators, the optical head including an optical transmission assembly optically directing the individual laser beams of the laser resonators to define a region of overlap at a remote point a predetermined distance from the optical head; and a laser beam intensity adjuster assembly disposed at an output end of the optical head, the laser beam intensity adjuster assembly including: wherein the optical head defines an axis and the front face is rotatable with respect to the axis of the optical head, from a first position to a second position, wherein the at least one of the apertures having the optically clear window element or no optical element mounted therein is aligned in the light oath of a one of the individual laser beams when the front face is in the first position and the at least one of the apertures having the holographic diffuser mounted therein is aligned in the light path of one of the individual laser beams when the front face is in the second position. |
B23K,H01L,H05K | 6601752 | 2003-08-05 | An electronic part mounting method comprising the steps of:disposing a conductive jointing material on a portion of a surface of a substrate, the substrate having a first wiring on the surface thereof; mounting an electronic part on the portion of the substrate through the conductive jointing material; wire-bonding the electronic part to the first wiring through a wire; and prior to the disposing of the conductive jointing material, disposing a metal pad on an area of the first wiring where the wire is bonding. |
G06F,G16B | 6438496 | 2002-08-20 | A method of expressing a characteristic in alphanumeric data comprising at least a first alphanumeric data representation and a second alphanumeric data representation, the method comprising:using a computer processor to: (i) convert a single linear sequence of the alphanumeric data into at least a first matrix of alphanumeric data, a second matrix of alphanumeric data and a third matrix of alphanumeric data, the first matrix having X columns, the second matrix having Y columns and the third matrix having Z columns, wherein X, Y, Z are integers that are equal or greater than 2 and X, Y and Z are each different integers, (ii) assign a first color to the first alphanumeric data representation and (iii) assign a second color to the second alphanumeric data representation, wherein the first color and the second color are different from each other, and visually displaying the first, second and third matrices of colors in a proximal relationship. |
C11D | 6352968 | 2002-03-05 | A detergent composition comprising from 5% to 60% by weight of one or more surfactants and from 0.001% to 10% by weight of a compound which is selected from the group consisting of peptides, antibodies, and pepiodmimics and binds specifically to a coloured substance which may occur as stains on fabrics,wherein the compound has a chemical equilibrium constant for binding to the coloured substance of less than 1*10−5, said coloured substance being selected from the group consisting of porphyrin derived structures, tannins, polyphenols, carotenoids, anthocyanins and maillard reaction products, said binding taking place during a wash cycle that includes agitation. |
H04J,H04L | 7760724 | 2010-07-20 | 1. A method for applying a stamp to an Ethernet frame, comprising steps of: processing by an Ethernet controller in a RAW mode whereby no MAC destination address filtering is performed; and entering the stamp in the MAC destination address of the Ethernet frame, wherein the MAC destination address has six bytes, four bytes of the six-byte MAC destination address are provided for the stamp and remaining two bytes encode the original MAC destination address, and wherein the stamp indicates a time of reception of an Ethernet telegram. |
H01M,Y02E | 8771876 | 2014-07-08 | 1. A positive electrode active material comprising: a lithium complex oxide particle; and a coating layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the lithium complex oxide particle, wherein the lithium complex oxide particle is composed mainly of nickel, the coating layer contains an oxo acid and/or an oxo acid compound, an acidity of the surface of the lithium complex oxide particle is increased by the coating layer, the acidity is determined based on a pH of a supernatant of water in a state where after 1.0 part by weight of the lithium complex oxide particle and having a coating layer formed thereon is dispersed in 50 parts by weight of water, the lithium complex oxide particle sediments, and the pH is less than 8.0. |
C07H | 7423133 | 2008-09-09 | 1. A fluorescent nucleoside analog comprising a sugar moiety and an aromatic hydrocarbon group attached to the C1 position of the sugar moiety, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon group is oxoperylene, phenylporphyrin, or quinacridone. |
H03M,H04L | 6671851 | 2003-12-30 | A rate matching circuit for adjusting the number of bits in a data block, the data block comprising a plurality of interleaved words generated by the action of an interleaving circuit on a coded output generated by the action of a coding circuit on a digital input, the coded output having a greater number of bits than the digital input, the rate matching circuit having means for adjusting the number of bits in the data block using a rate matching pattern to provide data bits for transmission during respective frames of a transmission channel, and means for selecting the rate matching pattern as a function of an interleaving depth, a bit deletion/repetition rate and said digital input, wherein a bit deletion/repetition pattern is selected to ensure that the deleted or repeated bits are not required to enable all bits from the digital input to be reconstructed. |
F16C | 7927022 | 2011-04-19 | 1. A thrust roller bearing comprising: a ring shaped cage provided with rectangular shaped pockets being long in respective radial directions, in a plurality of places around the circumferential direction, and a plurality of rollers each rotatably provided in a respective pocket, the cage being made with first and second cage elements overlapped in the axial direction, and the first cage element comprising: a first ring portion provided with rectangular shaped first through holes, being long in respective radial directions in a plurality of places around the circumferential direction, for constructing the pockets, a first inside cylindrical portion formed on the inner circumference of the first ring portion, and a first outside cylindrical portion formed on the outer circumference of the first ring portion, and the second cage element comprising: a second ring portion provided with rectangular shaped second through holes, being long in respective radial directions at the same pitch as that of the first though holes in relation to the circumferential direction, for constructing the pockets, a second inside cylindrical portion formed on the inner circumference of the second ring portion, and a second outside cylindrical portion formed on the outer circumference of the second ring portion, and for the first and second cage elements, the second outside cylindrical portion is fitted into the radial inside of the first outside cylindrical portion, and the second inside cylindrical portion is fitted onto the radial outside of the first inside cylindrical portion, in a condition with the first through holes and the second through holes matched with each other in relation to the axial direction, wherein of the axial end surfaces of each roller, at least the outside end surface which is on the radial outside of the cage, in a condition in which the roller is fitted into the pocket, is a convex surface in which a center part of the outside end surface projects furthest in the axial direction, and wherein a part, being one part of the second outside cylindrical portion, around the circumferential direction, positioned at the outside end part of each pocket, is removed, and the surfaces of the axial opposite end surfaces of the rollers retained in the pockets, which become the outside end surfaces on the radial outside of the cage, are faced to the inner peripheral surface of the first outside cylindrical portion, and wherein the dimensions of the cage and the rollers are regulated so that in a condition where the rollers in the pockets are displaced to the outermost side in relation to the radial direction of the cage, the center part of the outside end surface, and the inner peripheral surface of the first outside cylindrical portion are in contact with each other. |
A61K,A61P,C07D,Y02A | 8383825 | 2013-02-26 | 1. A method of treating an ocular condition of an eye of a patient, comprising the step of placing a biodegradable intraocular implant in an eye of the patient, the implant comprising a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a biodegradable polymer matrix, wherein the implant degrades at a rate effective to sustain release of an amount of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor from the implant effective to treat the ocular condition, wherein said ocular condition is diabetic retinopathy, and wherein the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is a compound of formula I or a prodrug, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, racemic mixture or enantiomer of said compound, wherein: X is CR Y is CR R′ is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, OR R R R A is selected from the group consisting of C≡C, CH═CH, CH B is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl and alkyloxyalkyl or B may be a 5 or 6 membered carbocyclic aryl or heterocyclic aryl group; E is a 5 or 6 membered carbocyclic aryl or heterocyclic aryl group; E′ is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, CF R R R a is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 5; b is an integer of from 2 to 5; c is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 4; d is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 5; and e is 0 or an integer of from 1 to 2. |
A47J,B65B | 6871676 | 2005-03-29 | 1. An automated device for packaging cooked French fries into an individual portion-sized French fry container comprising: a French fry dispensing chute to contain and discharge cooked French fries, said French fry dispensing chute having a discharge location; an automated French fry container holding device for holding the individual portion-sized French fry container in position to receive French fries from the discharge location of the dispensing chute; and wherein said container holding device is capable of moving the French fry container up and down. |
C07D | 7514068 | 2009-04-07 | 1. A compound selected from a compound of Formula II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: each Y each Y |
A61B,A61M,F04B,Y10T | 8337175 | 2012-12-25 | 1. A coupling system for receiving a push rod, the coupling system comprising: a housing defining an internal channel having a sloped wall; and a piston received within the internal channel, the piston including at least one flexible member arranged within the channel to be acted upon by the sloped wall to engage the push rod: wherein the internal channel includes a region within which the piston is configured to reciprocate while the flexible member is engaged with the push rod. |
G01N,G01R,H01L | 7420669 | 2008-09-02 | 1. A wafer characterization system, comprising: a chamber; a wafer rotation mechanism operable to rotate a wafer within the chamber; an optical probe including laser focusing optics operable to focus laser light on a surface of the wafer and a laser light detection mechanism operable to detect laser light reflected from the surface of the wafer; and a probe translation mechanism operable to move the optical probe adjacent the surface of the wafer; and wherein the laser light detection mechanism includes: a diffuse light detector and a diffuse light director directing only diffuse reflected laser light from the surface of the wafer to the diffuse light detector; a near specular light detector and a near-specular light director directing only near-specular reflected laser light from the surface of the wafer to the near-specular light detector; and a specular light detector and a specular light director directing only specular reflected laser light from the surface of the wafer to the specular light detector. |
H04B,H04L | 8036320 | 2011-10-11 | 1. A pulse receiving circuit which receives a receiving signal from the outside, comprising: a template pulse generating circuit which generates a first pulse signal and a second pulse signal having phase different from that of the first pulse signal based on a pulse position timing signal; a first multiplying circuit which multiplies the receiving signal by the first pulse signal and outputs a first multiplication signal; a second multiplying circuit which multiplies the receiving signal by the second pulse signal and outputs a second multiplication signal; a first low band pass filtering circuit which extracts low frequency component from frequency components of the first multiplication signal and outputs a first low frequency signal; a second low band pass filtering circuit which extracts low frequency component from frequency components of the second multiplication signal and outputs a second low frequency signal; and an envelope detection circuit which performs envelope calculation by using the first low frequency signal and the second low frequency signal and outputs a detection signal. |
B25B,F16B | 8591211 | 2013-11-26 | 1. A glass repairer, including: a support base, having a seat and an arm, the seat being adapted for being fixed to a glass surface temporally, the arm extending from the seat, a free end of the arm forming a threaded hole; a fluid-receiving tube, having a first section, a second section, and a third section, the second section connecting the first section and the third section therebetween, the first section having internal threads, the second section having external threads, an internal diameter of the third section being smaller than an internal diameter of the second section, the fluid-receiving tube being inserted through and screwed with the threaded hole, the third section further including an annular stepped portion, an inner tube, and an outer tube, the stepped portion being connected with the second section, the inner tube and the outer tube being connected with the stepped portion respectively, the inner tube being located in the outer tube, an annular room being enclosed by the stepped portion, the inner tube, and the outer tube, the annular room being separated from the second section and having a reduced section close to the second section and a widened section away from the second section, the reduced section having an internal diameter smaller than an internal diameter of the widened section so that a first stepped face is formed between the reduced section and the widened section, the inner tube having a length equal to a length of the outer tube so that the inner tube communicates with the annular room in the outer tube; a pressing rod, having external threads, a driving head being formed at an end of the pressing rod, a fixing portion being formed at an opposite end of the pressing rod, the fixing portion being inserted into the fluid-receiving tube, the pressing rod being screwed with the first section; a rubber head, being received in the second section of the fluid-receiving tube, the rubber head being engaged with the fixing portion so as to move with the pressing rod; a rubber cover, having a widened portion and a reduced portion at opposite two ends, the widened portion having a larger external diameter than an external diameter of the reduced portion, a second stepped face being formed between the widened portion and the reduced portion, the rubber cover further forming a through hole axially penetrating the reduced portion and the widened portion, the through hole having an internal diameter larger than or equal to an external diameter of the inner tube, an end of the rubber cover having the reduced portion being inserted into the annular room so that the reduced portion is located in the reduced section, that the widened portion is located in the widened section, that the inner tube is received in the through hole, and that the second stepped face abuts against the first stepped face, the rubber cover further having a bottom portion having an external diameter larger than the internal diameter of the widened section of the annular room, the bottom portion being located at an end of the widened portion away from the reduced portion and abutting against the third section of the fluid-receiving tube; wherein the pressing rod moves along the fluid-receiving tube when being rotated so that the rubber head is able to move toward the third section to squeeze fluid in the second and the third sections outward via the third section. |
B29C,B29K,B29L,F16H,H01L,H05K,Y10T | 7073410 | 2006-07-11 | 1. A hydraulic motor vehicle gearbox control device comprising: a plastic hydraulic distribution plate having a metal base plate integrated therein, the metal base plate adapted for receipt of an electronic control unit for a hydraulic motor vehicle gearbox, the hydraulic distribution plate having channels therethrough for the distribution of hydraulic fluid to contact the metal base plate to cool circuit electronics of the electronic control unit housed on said metal base plate; the hydraulic distribution plate having electric conductors embedded therein. |
A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N | 6025330 | 2000-02-15 | A polypeptide having the following amino acid sequenceNH.sub.2 -Lys-Leu-Leu-Pro-Cys-Lys-Glu-Y-His-Gln-Gly-Ile-Pro-Asn-Pro-Arg-wherein Y represents any amino acid residue; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or truncated form thereof of substantially similar activity (sequence ID No: 1). |
F21W,H04N,H05B | 6331756 | 2001-12-18 | A lighting system comprising:a first digital communications system;a first controller connected to the first digital communications system;a second digital communications system;a first plurality of multi-parameter light fixtures interconnected by the first digital communications system; anda second plurality of multi-parameter light fixtures interconnected by the second digital communications system;wherein the first and second plurality of light fixtures includes at least one gateway-capable light fixture that is interconnected in both the first and second digital communications systems. |
A61K,C07K | 6743898 | 2004-06-01 | Monoclonal antibody 8D6, wherein said monoclonal antibody has an ATCC deposit number designated as PTA-3231. |
B01L,G01N | 8863594 | 2014-10-21 | 1. A sample container and filtration apparatus comprising: a sample collection portion having at least one wall defining an interior volume of the sample container and a fluid path passing through a bottom wall; a valve casing moveably connected to the sample collection portion, the sample collection portion and valve casing being moveable relative to one another between a first position and a second position; a valve secured to and stationary with respect to the valve casing, the valve located within and closing the fluid path of the sample collection portion when the valve casing is in the first position and configured to move into the interior volume of the sample container to open the fluid path when the valve casing is in the second position; a vacuum base coupling portion located below the valve casing such that the valve casing is between the sample collection portion and the vacuum base, the vacuum base coupling portion including a filter membrane support surface; and a filter membrane supported by the filter membrane support surface, the filter membrane configured to filter a sample collected within the sample collection portion. |
F41A | 7096619 | 2006-08-29 | 1. A system for authorizing the operation of equipment comprising: a motion sensor for sensing a motion said equipment; a processor connected to an output of said motion sensor, said processor having an energy-conserving state and an active state; an energy supply subsystem connected to said motion sensor and said processor; an operation enablement subsystem; a switch; and means for deactivating said system; wherein, said energy supply subsystem periodically applies energy to said processor when said processor is in said energy-conserving state, and when said energy is applied said processor determines whether an activation sequence is beginning based upon a state of said switch and an output of said motion sensor. |
B63H | 8506338 | 2013-08-13 | 1. A connecting piece ( 1 ) for insertion into a hull of a boat, the connecting piece ( 1 ) having an opening ( 2 ) for passage of a pivoted boat drive unit, the connecting piece ( the connecting piece ( the sandwich structure comprising an inner steel plate and an outer steel plate which are aligned across from each other with respect to the hull and are arranged such that the hull of the boat is sandwiched between the inner steel plate and the outer steel plate, and a sealing member being entirely arranged between the inner steel plate and the hull on a side of the hull opposite the outer steel plate, wherein the edge area ( the O-ring directly contacts the inner steel plate and is spaced from the hull. |
G06K,H04N | 9141862 | 2015-09-22 | 1. A surveillance device comprising: a housing; a video camera associated with the housing to capture surveillance video; an image processor carried by the housing and cooperating with the video camera a wireless transmitter associated with the image processor to transmit the surveillance information packet to a surveillance monitoring station. |
B65D | 6536619 | 2003-03-25 | A blow molded plastic container comprising a neck finish, a shoulder portion, a sidewall, a base and a web integrally formed with one another, said web located within said container extending between opposing portions of said sidewall, a plurality of generally downwardly extending support feet intended to contact a support surface and support said container thereon, said support feet being formed at spaced apart locations circumferentially around said base, at least two of said support feet having a first height and the remainder of said support feet having a second height, said first and second heights being measured from a common horizontal datum through said container, said first height being less than said second height, wherein said support feet having said first height move, establishing a third height substantially equal to said second height such that all of said support feet contact said support surface when said container is pressurized. |
H01M,Y02E | 7276303 | 2007-10-02 | 1. A method of detecting an amount of liquid fuel remaining in a direct methanol fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell main body comprising an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte membrane provided between the anode and the cathode, and a feed tank containing a methanol-containing liquid fuel to be fed to the anode; a first liquid fuel storage tank which contains a methanol-containing liquid fuel having a higher methanol concentration than a methanol concentration of the methanol-containing liquid fuel contained in the feed tank; a second liquid fuel storage tank which is connected to the first liquid fuel storage tank and contains a methanol-containing liquid fuel having a higher methanol concentration than a methanol concentration of the methanol-containing liquid fuel contained in the feed tank; a pump provided between the first liquid fuel storage tank and the feed tank; and a liquid level change detecting mechanism which detects changes in the level of the methanol-containing liquid fuel stored in the first liquid fuel storage tank, said method comprising: determining that the methanol-containing liquid fuel is insufficient in the second liquid fuel storage tank, from changes in the methanol-containing level of the liquid fuel stored in the first liquid fuel storage tank. |
G01R,H03K | 7679458 | 2010-03-16 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first multiplexer with an output lead, a select input lead, a first data input lead and a second data input lead; and a second multiplexer with an output lead and a select input lead, wherein the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer have substantially identical structures, wherein the output lead of the second multiplexer is coupled to the select input lead of the first multiplexer, wherein an oscillating signal is present on the output lead of the second multiplexer, wherein the output lead of the first multiplexer is coupled to the select input lead of the second multiplexer, wherein a first logic level is constantly present on the first data input lead of the first multiplexer and a second logic level is constantly present on the second data input lead of the first multiplexer, and wherein the first and second multiplexers are powered by a supply voltage that can be set to a predetermined level to vary the supply voltage. |
A61H | 7060041 | 2006-06-13 | 1. Apparatus for applying compressions to the chest of a patient to stimulate blood circulation, comprising: an energized compressor assembly which includes an actuator and a source of pressured fluid; a torso wrap that couples to said actuator and that wraps to the back of the patient, so downward forces of the piston against the patient's chest are withstood by upward forces applied to the patient's back; said actuator includes a cylinder which has an inside surface and a piston with a plurality of telescoping piston parts that telescope in one another and that are exposed to pressured fluid in said cylinder, including an upper piston part that fits closely in said cylinder and a lowermost piston part, and including a pressing member on a lower end of said lowermost piston part for pressing against the patient's chest; said lowermost piston part having a lower piston inside surface which is exposed to said pressured fluid and which has at least half the diameter of said inside surface of said cylinder. |
B60C | 7026953 | 2006-04-11 | 1. A keyless entry device having a tire pressure monitoring function comprising a portable unit, tire pressure transmitters which are respectively mounted on a plurality of tires and a mainunit, wherein the mainunit includes a plurality of antennas which receive high frequency signals from the portable unit and the tire pressure transmitters, a high frequency receiver which reproduces data from the high frequency signals received by the plurality of antennas, an intermittent controller which changes over operation of the high frequency receiver between continuous operation and intermittent operation in an interlocking manner with turning on or off of an ignition key of an automobile, and a data processor which outputs the data as control signals, wherein when the ignition key is turned on, the intermittent controller changes over operation of the high frequency receiver to continuous operation and the data processor outputs control signals in response to data from the tire pressure transmitters and does not output control signals in response to data from the portable unit, wherein when the ignition key is turned off, the intermittent controller changes over operation of the high frequency receiver to intermittent operation and the data processor outputs control signals in response to data from the portable unit, wherein the mainunit further includes an antenna changeover part, wherein when the intermittent controller changes over operation of the high frequency receiver to continuous operation, the antenna changeover part changes over a plurality of respective antennas from an OFF state to an ON state in sequence, and wherein when the intermittent controller changes over the high frequency receiver to intermittent operation, the antenna changeover part intermittently and simultaneously turns the plurality of antennas to the ON state in synchronism with the intermittent operation of the high frequency receiver. |
G01T | 6714616 | 2004-03-30 | A neutron spectrometer monitor, comprising:a plurality of neutron detectors; said monitor is placed in proximity to a suspected concentration of neutron radiation; each of said plurality of neutron detectors further comprising a detector means stacked on a tantalum proton-absorbing layer, each of said proton-absorbing layers being stacked on a hydrogenous substrate; said hydrogenous substrate being composed of polyethylene and containing hydrogen atoms, said hydrogen atoms interacting with said suspected concentration of neutron radiation, said hydrogenous substrate converting said neutron radiation to a plurality of recoil protons that travel in straight lines through said proton-absorbing layer and said detector means, each of said detector means detecting said plurality of recoil protons and further comprising a depleted n/p diode; said hydrogenous substrate deflecting a plurality of scattered neutrons away from said hydrogenous substrate; each of said proton-absorbing layers having a different thickness, d, to absorb a plurality of neutron energies from 1 to 250 MeV; said plurality of neutron detectors being housed in a flat rectangular chamber composed of tantalum, said chamber having a polyethylene floor, a plurality of compartments for each of said detector means and a lid; each of said detector means, being coupled to a means for data processing, sends a separate count of recoil protons for each of said different thicknesses, d, to said data processing means; said data processing means providing said separate count of recoil protons to a means for proton distribution; and said means for proton distribution determines a proton distribution pattern to generate a neutron spectrum pattern that constructs an original neutron spectrum from said suspected concentration of neutron radiation. |
A63B | 9072950 | 2015-07-07 | 1. A fairway wood-type golf club, comprising: a fairway wood-type golf club head including: a club head body including a heel portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a rear portion, and a ball striking face having a variable face thickness, wherein the ball striking face is engaged with or integrally formed as part of the club head body extending from the toe portion to the heel portion, and further wherein the ball striking face has a central region having a first face thickness, a perimeter region having a second face thickness thinner than the first face thickness, and at least one transition region at least partially transitioning from the first face thickness to the second face thickness, wherein the transition region is located on an interior of the club head opposite the ball striking face and the transition region gradually slopes and transitions the face thickness between the thicker central region and the thinner perimeter region, wherein the club head body and the ball striking face define a volume, a shaft member engaged with the hosel member, wherein the ball striking face includes a loft angle defined as an angle of the ball striking face in relation to the shaft member, wherein the volume is in a range between 300 cc and 460 cc and the loft angle is in a range between 15 and 28 degrees, wherein the sole portion includes a front surface, a central surface, and a rear surface; wherein the front surface is angled upward toward the lower edge of the ball striking face, the central surface is generally horizontal, and the rear surface is angled upward toward the rear edge of the golf club body; wherein the sole has a low point near the central surface and angles upward from the low point in the heel direction and the toe direction. |
B81C | 7611919 | 2009-11-03 | 1. A method for making a cover for a micro-device package formed on a first substrate, the method for making the cover comprising forming a layer of silicon on a side of a transparent second substrate and selectively removing parts of the silicon layer to form a bonding ring and an alignment target on the side of the transparent second substrate each comprising a remaining part of the silicon layer, the bonding ring defining a cavity on the side of the transparent second substrate sized to accommodate the micro-device package when the cover is bonded to the first substrate. |
H01S | 6612719 | 2003-09-02 | An illumination apparatus, comprising:a semiconductor-laser providing light-output in first and second mutually perpendicular axes said light-output propagating in a direction mutually perpendicular to said first and second axes; an optical system including a plurality of lenses, said optical system being arranged cooperative with said semiconductor laser such that said light output is brought to an intermediate focus between two of said plurality of lenses in said second axis only, and such that said light-output is finally focused in said first and second axes at respectively first and second focal-points spaced apart in said propagation direction, said first focal point being closer to said optical system than said second focal point; and wherein at a plane intersecting said first focal point perpendicular to said direction of propagation, said focused semiconductor-laser light-output is formed into a line of light having a width in said first axis and a length in said second axis. |
F16F,F16M | 6176783 | 2001-01-23 | A rotary drag device having first and second members rotatable with respect to one another, the first member having a plurality of closely spaced, thin-walled flexible annular plates peripherally mounted thereon forming annular first running faces and a viscous fluid filling the spaces between the annular plates, the second member having a plurality of segmental elements forming part-annular second running faces interleaved with the annular plates to slide between the annular plates upon relative rotation between the first and second members, further comprising fluid release means permitting a release of viscous fluid from between the annular plates as a fluid pressure rises ahead of the segmental elements as a relative speed between the first and second members increases, wherein, when the relative speed between the first and second members is below a predetermined speed, the rotary drag device operates in a viscous coupling mode where a drag force rises proportionally with increasing speed up to the predetermined speed and where the annular plates flex to allow the annular plates to approach one another accommodating for a loss of viscous fluid from between the first and second running faces via the fluid release means and, when the relative speed is at least the predetermined speed, the rotary drag device operates in a boundary lubrication mode where the drag force is substantially constant with increasing speed over the predetermined speed and where a reduced amount of viscous fluid remaining between the annular plates provides boundary lubrication between the first and second running faces. |
H03K,H03L | 8050148 | 2011-11-01 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a clock input; an event signal input; a time stamp output; a delay lock loop (DLL) that is coupled to the clock input, wherein the DLL includes a plurality of delay elements; a plurality of latches, wherein each delay element has an output that is coupled to a data input on a corresponding one of the plurality of latches, and wherein each of the plurality of latches includes an enable input that is coupled to the event signal input, and wherein each of the plurality of latches includes an output that is coupled to the time stamp output, and wherein the apparatus is adapted to produce a value on the time stamp output indicating a point at which the event signal input transitions between transitions on the clock input; and a detector that is coupled between the plurality of latch outputs and the time stamp output, wherein the detector includes a plurality of NOR gates, and wherein each of the plurality of NOR gates has a plurality of inputs coupled to a number of contiguous ones of the plurality of latches. |
A46B | 7325990 | 2008-02-05 | 1. A method of applying coating material to a generally planar deck or deck-like surface of the type having members having opposed surfaces separated by gaps, the method comprising the steps of: a) applying the coating material to the generally planar surface by delivering the coating material to a generally flat coating applicator pad through at least one delivery channel adjacent the applicator pad; and b) simultaneously applying the coating material to opposed surfaces of the members in the gap by delivering the coating material to the opposed surfaces using a plurality of bristles extending out of the planar surface. |
C12N | 8877496 | 2014-11-04 | 1. A method for culturing cells by stacking cells in layers, comprising: (a) providing a first hydrophobic cell culture container, a second hydrophobic cell culture container and a third hydrophobic cell culture container, wherein the first hydrophobic cell culture container, the second hydrophobic cell culture container and the third hydrophobic cell culture container comprise a bottom made of a hydrophobic material or a bottom made of a non-hydrophobic material coated with a hydrophobic material, respectively; (b) adding first carriers which are more hydrophilic than the first hydrophobic cell culture container and a first type of cells into the first hydrophobic cell culture container, adding second carriers which are more hydrophilic than the second hydrophobic cell culture container and a second type of cells into the second hydrophobic cell culture container, adding third carriers which are more hydrophilic than the third hydrophobic cell culture container and a third type of cells into the third hydrophobic cell culture container; (c) culturing the first type of cells, the second type of cells and the third type of cells, respectively, wherein the first type of cells attach to the first carriers and grow, the second type of cells attach to the second carriers and grow, and the third type of cells attach to the third carriers and grow; (d) providing another hydrophobic cell culture container, wherein the other hydrophobic cell culture container comprises a bottom made of the hydrophobic material or a bottom made of the non-hydrophobic material coated with the hydrophobic material; (e) adding the first type of cells attached on the first carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a first layer of cells on the bottom of the other hydrophobic cell culture container, then adding the second type of cells attached on the second carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a second layer of cells on the first layer of cells, and then adding the third type of cells attached on the third carriers into the other hydrophobic cell culture container to form a third layer of cells on the second layer of cells; and (f) culturing the first layer of cells, the second layer of cells and the third layer of cells to make the first type of cells, the second type of cells and the third type of cells connect to each other to form cells stacked layer by layer. |
C08F | 7262259 | 2007-08-28 | 1. A method to polymerize olefins comprising: contacting a solid titanium compound with a dry support, heating the solid titanium compound to cause at least 50 wt. % of the solid titanium compound titanium compound to sublime, and activating the support by oxidation, thereafter contacting the activated support with one or more olefin monomers, wherein the solid titanium compound is represented by the formula: where R |
A01N,C05G | 9029294 | 2015-05-12 | 1. A synergistic herbicidal composition comprising a synergistic effectively amount of penoxsulam and a second herbicide, wherein the second herbicide is dicamba, 2,4-D, mecoprop-P, or a mixture thereof. |
H03F | 8212612 | 2012-07-03 | 1. A closed-loop class-D amplifier comprising: a modulated reference signal generator to provide a modulated reference signal in a feed-forward path, said modulated reference signal corresponding to an input signal; a summer to generate an adjusted input signal by combining said input signal and a feedback signal; a comparator to generate a control signal based on a comparison of said modulated reference signal and a correction signal produced by filtering said adjusted input signal; and a pulse generator to generate a pulse-width-modulated signal to drive an output stage of said closed-loop class-D amplifier based on said control signal. |
A23G | 7618251 | 2009-11-17 | 1. A device for processing a consumable in the form of a viscous to pasty mass ( 1 ), in particular a consumable based on fat, such as chocolate, or a consumable based on water, such as ice cream, with a metering unit ( 2 ) for the metered supply of a specific volume of the mass ( 1 ) to molding units ( 13 ), wherein the metering unit ( 2 ) exhibits a chamber ( 3 ) with a sealable inlet opening ( 4 ) and a sealable outlet opening ( 5 ) for the mass ( 1 ) to be metered, as well as a sealed displacement body ( 6 ) that extends into the chamber ( 3 ) and can move around therein, which can move between a first setting, at which the outlet opening ( 5 ) is closed and the inlet opening ( 4 ) is open, and the cavity volume defined between the displacement body ( 6 ) and the chamber ( 3 ) has its greatest value, and a second setting, at which the inlet opening ( 4 ) is closed and the outlet opening ( 5 ) is open, and the cavity volume defined between the displacement body ( 6 ) and the chamber ( 3 ) has its smallest value, wherein the inlet opening ( 4 ) and the outlet opening ( 5 ) can be sealed by means of an inlet valve ( 4 , 6 ) or an outlet valve ( 5 , 6 ), wherein the inlet valve ( 7 ) and the outlet valve ( 8 ) are each formed by a partial area of the displacement body, which only blocks the outlet opening in the first setting, and only blocks the inlet opening in the second setting, and that, in the device, the motion of the displacement body ( 6 ) that determines the metering volume is effected by a servo drive ( 9 ), while the inlet valve ( 7 ) and the outlet valve ( 8 ) are each closed and opened via a pneumatic drive. |
B23P,F01D,F05D,Y10T | 7229253 | 2007-06-12 | 1. A metallic component bounded by at least one peripheral edge, said component comprising: (a) an elongated first treated zone and a supplemental treated zone, said first treated zone being spaced away at a first offset distance from said peripheral edge and said supplemental treated zone disposed generally parallel to and spaced apart at a supplemental offset distance, greater than said first offset distance, from said peripheral edge, wherein the entire thickness of said component within said first and supplemental treated zones is in a state of residual compressive stress, such that crack growth from said peripheral edge is resisted; and (b) an untreated zone disposed between the first and the supplemental zones. |
G01C,G06F | 8134538 | 2012-03-13 | 1. A touch panel input device for controlling processing corresponding to a touching or pressing of an operation key displayed on a touch panel screen, the touch panel input device comprising: a multiple key press detection unit for detecting that a plurality of operation keys are multiply pressed, wherein each operation key has a corresponding pre-assigned fixed priority value; a first processing execution control unit for controlling, if the plurality of operation keys were multiply pressed, execution of processing corresponding to the operation key having a highest priority value of operation keys multiply pressed; a waiting unit configured to set a standby state that waits until a user makes a selection instruction corresponding to the plurality of operation keys multiply pressed; a selection instruction accepting unit for accepting the selection instruction during the standby state; and a second processing execution control unit for controlling, if the selection instruction accepting unit accepts the selection instruction, execution of processing based on the selection instruction; and wherein if the user fails to make a selection during the standby state, the second processing execution control unit controls execution of processing corresponding to the operation key of the plurality of operation keys multiply pressed having the highest priority value. |
H01M,Y02B,Y02E | 8435698 | 2013-05-07 | 1. A fuel container comprising: a container main body in which a liquid fuel is housed and a fuel exhausting port to exhaust the liquid fuel to an outside is formed; a following auxiliary member which is solid, and situated on an end side of the liquid fuel in the container main body, the following auxiliary member moving to a side of the fuel exhausting port as the liquid fuel is exhausted; and a following body situated on the end side of the liquid fuel, and packed in a space between an inner peripheral surface of the container main body and an outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member, wherein the following body comprises one of a liquid, a sol, and a gel, and wherein the following body moves to the fuel exhausting port as the liquid fuel is exhausted, wherein at least one of the inner peripheral surface of the container main body and the outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member includes a concave portion and a projecting portion, and wherein the following body directly contacts with the inner peripheral surface of the container main body and the outer peripheral surface of the following auxiliary member. |
G06F,H03K,H05K | 9053257 | 2015-06-09 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: clock gating logic to selectively delay capturing of outputs of signal paths of the integrated circuit responsive to a level of an operational voltage used to power circuitry of the signal paths; an input to receive a first signal that is asserted responsive to the level of the operational voltage being at or above a first level; an input to receive a second signal that is asserted responsive to the level of the operational voltage being at or below a second level; wherein the clock gating logic is to delay capturing of an output of a first signal path of the integrated circuit responsive to an assertion of the first signal; and wherein the dock gating logic is to delay capturing of an output of a second signal path of the integrated circuit responsive to an assertion of the second signal. |
A24B | 6030462 | 2000-02-29 | A smoking article comprising one or more smokable materials having free amino acids contained therein, said smoking article being substantially free of exogenous non-sugar Maillard-functional carbonyl compounds and comprising at least one exogenous amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine, and analogs thereof, and said smoking article having a selectively enriched content of said at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of serine, threonine, and analogs thereof. |
H04M,H04Q,H04W | 8571563 | 2013-10-29 | 1. A method of routing a call made by a calling party to a fixed telephone number of a called party, the fixed telephone number being associated with a subscriber, the method comprising checking whether a first mobile terminal associated with the subscriber is available to receive the call in an area covered by a wireless access point, and |
C12N | 7897388 | 2011-03-01 | 1. A method of growing umbilical cord mononuclear cells into neural precursors comprising the steps of: selecting CD34+, CD45+ and CD133+ cells from the mononuclear fraction of umbilical cord blood, growing these selected cells in a neural proliferation media comprising cord blood serum, and further growing the proliferated cells in a neural differentiation medium comprising one or more growth factors selected from BDNF, GDNF, NGF and FGF and neural differentiation agents selected from retinoic acid, BHA and DMSO, and cord blood serum to provide neural precursor cells. |
A61K,A61Q,Y10S | 6805871 | 2004-10-19 | An oil-in water microemulsion comprising an oil phase and a water phase and:(a) at least one emulsifier (emulsifier A), chosen from the group consisting of emulsifiers having the following properties their lipophilicity is either dependent on the pH inasmuch as an increase or decrease in pH results in an increase or decrease in lipophilicity, it being unimportant which of the two possibilities of change in the lipophilicity is effected by the increase or the decrease in the pH, and/or their lipophilicity is dependent on the temperature inasmuch as the lipophilicity increases with increasing temperature and their hydrophilicity increases with decreasing temperature. (b) optionally further comprising substances which are soluble or dispersible in the oil phase or the water phase, (c) an effective amount of shea butter to reduce stickiness/greasiness of the oil-in-water emulsion which comprises 0.5% to 10% by weight of shea butter. |
F21V,F21W,F21Y | 7048411 | 2006-05-23 | 1. A lighting fixture, comprising: a light housing having two housing portions transversely extended at an adjacent angle less than 180 degrees to define a front angled opening; a reflector having two reflecting portions received in said two housing portions of said light housing respectively wherein each of said reflecting portions of said reflector has a reflecting surface formed at an inner wall of said respective housing portion of said light housing; and a light source arrangement comprising two light sources, which are adapted for electrically connecting to a power source, supported within said two housing portions of said light housing respectively wherein said two light sources are arranged for producing lights to reflect on said two reflecting surfaces of said reflector respectively so as to project to outside through said front angled opening of said light housing, wherein said two inner walls of said housing portions of said light housing are longitudinally extended to form a common line-edge where said two inner walls of said housing portions meet with each other so as to define said adjacent angle between said two inner walls of said housing portions of said light housing such that said two housing portions of said light housing are adapted to be communicated with each other. |
C25F,H01L | 9109296 | 2015-08-18 | 1. A method for etching a selected area of a conductive metal oxide layer deposited on a support, comprising removing said area via electrochemical route in the presence of a polarized microelectrode and an electrochemical solution, wherein the electrochemical solution comprises at least one chemical compound comprising at least one —COOH group and an ethylene unsaturation. |
A61B,A61N | 6679269 | 2004-01-20 | An electrophysiological method, comprising the steps of:transmitting an electrical energy pulse that temporarily renders a zone of tissue having a first predetermined depth electrically unresponsive for at least one second; and sensing an electrophysiological effect due to the transmitted pulse. |
G01R,Y10S | 7656154 | 2010-02-02 | 1. A magnetic field measuring system comprising: a biomagnetic measurement device including a detection coil and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) magnetometer; an optical pumping magnetometer configured to measure environmental magnetic noise in the biomagnetic measurement device, the optical pumping magnetometer including: magnetometers configured to measure environmental magnetic noise entering the vapor cell of the optical pumping magnetometer in directions except a direction of application of the static magnetic field; magnetometer drive circuits respectively connected to the magnetometers; current converters configured to respectively convert outputs from the magnetometer drive circuits into an amount of current; and output current from the current converter is inputted to magnetic field generating coils, the magnetic field generating coils being configured to apply a magnetic field to the vapor cell, the magnetic field being formed in an opposite phase to the environmental magnetic noise entering the vapor cell in the direction except the direction of application of the static magnetic field. |
A22C | 7997045 | 2011-08-16 | 1. An apparatus for filling packaging casings with a stuffing and subsequently closing the packaging casings section-by-section comprising a filling machine which, on a rotary plate, has at least one pivotable filling tube onto which can be drawn a packaging casing which has been shirred to form a strand, a closing device for closing the filled packaging casing section-by-section, and a magazine in which shined packaging casings are stored as individual strands, wherein a control device controls the removal of an individual strand from the magazine as and when required, and transporting devices, deflecting rollers and a feed path are provided for transporting the strand from the magazine to the filling-machine filling tube located in a receiving position, wherein the magazine comprises a hopper-like configuration with conically tapering side walls, and the side walls open out into an elongate gap-like outlet opening, the feed path runs between the outlet opening of the magazine and the free end of that filling tube which is located in its receiving position, in which a strand is drawn onto the filling tube, the feed path is an open tube section or a channel and the feed path is curved in arcuate fashion. |
H03K,H03L | 7233213 | 2007-06-19 | 1. An oscillator of a semiconductor memory device, the oscillator comprising: a reference voltage generator for generating a reference voltage in such a way that the reference voltage shifts corresponding to a shift in a power supply voltage, wherein the oscillator compares the reference voltage with a voltage generated according to a predetermined RC delay value, and generates a reference clock according to the comparison result, and the reference voltage generator is enabled by an enable bar signal. |
C03B | 7434420 | 2008-10-14 | 1. A process for molding glass material using a mold, comprising the steps of: gradually increasing a working temperature to a formation temperature T maintaining the formation temperature T |
A61N,H01R,Y10T | 8678843 | 2014-03-25 | 1. A connector ( 10 ) for a generator of an active implantable medical device, comprising a substantially cylindrical cavity ( 11 ) for receiving a multipolar lead for an active implantable medical device, said cavity comprising a stack ( 200 ) of annular elements ( 210 ) including a first number of annular electrical contacts and a second number of annular isolation elements ( 220 , 320 ), said annular isolation elements being interposed between said annular electrical contacts and isolating said electrical contact elements, wherein: Each isolation element ( |
G06K,G10L | 7506271 | 2009-03-17 | 1. A method comprising: receiving electronic ink input; generating a list of machine-generated text candidates based on the electronic ink input, the list including a first machine-generated text candidate and alternative machine-generated text candidates; converting the electronic ink input to the first machine-generated text candidate; displaying the first machine-generated text candidate; receiving speech input; converting the speech input to second machine-generated text, wherein the second machine-generated text is one of the alternative machine-generated text candidates and the list of machine-generated text candidates functions as a dictionary used for converting the speech input pursuant to a statistical language model, to generate for every instance of a spoken word d analyzing when the string similarity between d replacing the first machine-generated text candidate with the second machine-generated text. |
A61G,A61H,A61N,Y10S | 6050265 | 2000-04-18 | A therapeutic pillow comprising:a) a head section containing padding material and a plurality of magnets, resistance heating apparatus, and vibrating apparatus, said head section further including a re-closable opening for inserting or removing padding material, magnets, heating apparatus, and vibrating apparatus;b) a back section connected to said head section containing padding material, a plurality of magnets, resistance heating apparatus, and vibrating apparatus; andc) means for supplying electric power to said resistance heating and vibrating apparatus comprising a line cord for connection to a source of electrical power, a toggle switch mounted on said pillow for turning on said heating and vibrating apparatus, and electrical wiring extending from within said head section to within said back section for activating the heating and vibrating apparatus in both of said head and back sections. |
A01B | 6192993 | 2001-02-27 | A method of improving crop residue decay in a field, said method comprising:(a) providing a tillage implement having a frame and a plurality of tillage tool assemblies operably supported by said frame and adjacently spaced therealong, each of said tillage tool assemblies having first and second tillage tools arranged in an opposing angular orientation such that said first and second tillage tools of adjacently spaced tillage tool assemblies are angled outwardly toward one another;(b) engaging said tillage tools of the implement with the soil of the field and traversing the field with said implement prior to sowing crop seeds, such that as said implement traverses the field, adjacently spaced compost rows are formed by said adjacently spaced outwardly angled first and second tillage tools of adjacently spaced tillage tool assemblies mixing and throwing the soil and crop residue therebetween such that the crop residue is thoroughly mixed with the soil in these compost rows thereby improving crop residue decay. |
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