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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/131,624, filed Apr. 18, 2016, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/179,889, filed Feb. 13, 2014, and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/764,281,... | A light member includes a housing having a top side and a bottom side. The top side faces away from a space to be lit, and the bottom side faces the space to be lit. A lighting control region is disposed on the bottom side of the housing that illuminates the space and has a first control channel, a second control chann... | big_patent |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of thermal machines. It relates in particular to a cooled flow deflection apparatus for a fluid-flow machine which operates at high temperatures, as claimed in the precharacterizing clause of claim 1 .
[0002] Such a flow de... | Apparatus is disclosed for providing cooling channels in the interior of a gas turbine rotor blade. The cooling channels are formed by metallic inserts which extend from adjacent the root of the blade toward the tip. The inserts are substantially flat and are secured in the interior of the airfoil section by means of r... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of fuel delivery devices, and more particularly, is directed to a system and method for effecting either automatic or manual control of a fuel delivery system for delivering a variable quantity of fuel to the engine of a power delive... | What is disclosed is a system and method for effecting either automatic or manual control of a fuel delivery system for delivering a variable quantity of fuel to the engine of a power delivery system. Switching between automatic control and manual control does not occur until a smooth transition between control modes i... | big_patent |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 885,377, filed Mar. 10, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,177,740.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains to methods and apparatus for generating heat from particulate-laden gas or directly from waste fuels such as woo... | A combustion method in which heat is generated from particulate laden combustible gas containing mineral matter created from gasifying waste wood, coke or other combustible material in which the waste is fed into a pile, under-fire combustion air dries and gasifies the waste, oxidizing the fixed carbon in a first chamb... | big_patent |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 601,873, filed Aug. 4, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,023,949.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The field of art to which the invention pertains includes the field of air conditioning, more specifically the field of evaporative refrigeration.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMAR... | Air is evaporatively cooled by water in which the evaporating water is kept separate from the useful air (cooled air stream) by means of a heat exchanger so that cooling is performed without the addition of water vapor to the useful air, and in which the working air, absorbing the water vapor, is drawn from the load. A... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. patent application 62/055,020, filed Sep. 25, 2014, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD
[0002] This application relates to pumps, in particular to pumps for pum... | A fluid pump having at least two pump heads in series permits pumping fluid at both high pressure and high volumetric rate. Each pump head has at least two fluid conduits in fluid communication with a housing, the housing containing an impeller for drawing fluid through an inlet in the housing and moving the fluid thro... | big_patent |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] This invention relates generally to engine compression release brakes, and more particularly to engines having engine compression release brakes for less than all engine cylinders.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Traditional engine compression release brake systems typica... | Traditional engine compression release brake systems include an engine brake that is associated with each cylinder of the engine. However, if the maximum braking horsepower required by the engine is less than that produced using all engine cylinders, the engine includes excess components. In an effort to reduce the num... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] The present invention relates generally to support structures, and more particularly to a mounting link between an engine structure and an attached structure such as an auxiliary gearbox.
[0002] Aircraft gas turbine auxiliary gearboxes are expected to withstand a variety of loa... | A link assembly between an engine and a gearbox includes a male link coupled to the engine or the gearbox, a female link coupled to the engine or the gearbox, wherein the female link receives the male link to allow translation of the male link relative to the female link and to form a radial interface, wherein the radi... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to archery equipment and particularly to apparatus and methods for attaching arrow points and nocks to arrow shafts and for balancing arrow shafts.
The end adaptor apparatus and balance pin apparatus of the present invention are an improvement over prior ar... | An arrow end adaptor and a balance pin for an arrow and a method for making the same. The arrow comprising a ferrule having a large enough inner diameter to be placed over the arrow shaft, and further having an exterior threaded end whose diameter is smaller than the diameter of the arrow shaft. The point cap is design... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to military weapons and particularly to apparatus for simulating the sound and flash thereof. More particularly, the present invention may be described as an electronically controlled pyrotechnic sound and flash simulator fo... | A small arms firing effects simulator utilizes a modular construction to egrate with the magazine of a weapon such as a rifle. The modular design resembles the ammunition clip and houses an expendable plastic coated plurality of pyrotechnic charges. An electrical control circuit is also housed within the module and se... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an air intake device of an internal combustion engine.
2. Description of the Prior Arts
An air intake device of an internal combustion engine that utilizes the dynamic effects of the air flow to improve the vo... | An air intake device of an internal combustion engine having an intake passage comprises a tank which extends along the intake passage. A first pipe interconnects the tank with the intake passage and a valve disposed therein is actuated in response to the engine speed for improving the engine performance. A narrow seco... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a bracket for use in mounting speakers or other equipment to a pole, flat surface, or other structure. In particular, the invention relates to a two-part bracket that allows simple mounting of the equipment to the mounting surfac... | A mounting bracket assembly has a stationary bracket to be mounted on a pole or other surface, and an adjustable bracket to be attached to the object to be mounted. The adjustable bracket is then positioned on the stationary bracket to mount the object on the surface or pole. The adjustable bracket is first mounted on ... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present disclosure relates to combustion apparatus, and more particularly, to a burner which may be part of a system including a plurality of interchangeable or modular heat utilizing appliances.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Fuel burners are used to ... | A burner for burning fuels and modular heat utilizing appliances therefor. The burner includes a fuel holder, an outer wall surrounding the fuel holder and defining a combustion chamber, and optionally, a second wall surrounding the outer wall. Air is inducted from an inlet which may be an ash pan pivotally coupled to ... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Although rotary internal combustion engines have reached a degree of commercial acceptance, considerable interest is now being devoted to improving fuel economy and durability of such engines. The water cooling system for such an engine is particularly relevant to attaining these two g... | A rotary internal combustion engine is disclosed having circumferential type cooling circuit for the rotor housing and a plurality of spark plugs extending through the trochoid wall of the rotor housing at a vertically rising zone of said circuit. The plugs are contained by bosses extending through the coolant flow pas... | big_patent |
[0001] The present invention relates to turbines, and, in particular, to a method of minimizing flow disturbance caused by the closing and reopening of turbine control valves during periodic operational testing, and specifically, to using control valve positions as feedback to minimize such flow disturbance.
... | The present invention is a method of minimizing steam boiler pressure changes or turbine power changes during turbine control valve operational safety test stroking. The method of the present invention uses control valve positions as feedback into a compensation algorithm to minimize flow disturbance caused by the clos... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to mixing valves for combining fluids from two separate sources into one mixture, and more specifically to a mixing valve for an aircraft cleaning apparatus having two inlets A and B, and one outlet, wherein the outlet mixture comprises a solution rang... | A valve system for mixing two pressurized liquids, A and B, in varying proportions ranging from 0% liquid A, 100% liquid B to 100% liquid A, 0% liquid B comprises two liquid inlet passages, a mixture outlet passage, and a spool valve disposed therebetween for directing the desired proportions of liquid to the outlet pa... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of compressing gas in a compressor station for a gas pipe line, particularly in permanent frost areas. The method includes compressing the gas delivered in the pipeline with an entry pressure in a compression pro... | A method and an arrangement for compressing gas in a compressor station for a gas pipeline, especially in areas of permanent frost, wherein the gas is supplied in the gas pipeline to the compressor station at an entry pressure and the gas is returned to the pipeline for further transportation in the pipeline at a desir... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
When electronic components operate, they produce heat. In some, low power, applications, this heat can be adequately removed using free convection cooling. However, in many applications, free convection cooling (the un-aided movement of air) does not provide sufficient cooling to prevent overheating (a... | A mounting system for mounting a rotary member to a stationary member. The mounting system includes a carrier adapted to engage the rotary member, wherein the carrier includes a mounting leg portion which terminates into a pair of resilient leg portions. The carrier may also further include a spring member adapted to e... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not Applicable
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
Not Applicable
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Spacecraft structures require the use of advanced lightweight and stiff composite materials in their design to meet the projecte... | A damped instrument kinematic mount providing novel damping features to protect instruments from damaging flight loads. The mounting scheme utilizes any number of identical strut elements to greatly reduce manufacturing complexity and costs. Improved kinematic mount performance is achieved by arranging the six strut co... | big_patent |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 849,858, filed Nov. 9, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,223,774.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to clutch units of the oil shear type, and particularly to units having interleaved clutch plates and discs which a... | A clutch unit especially adapted for accurately controlling the transmission of high rotary forces with minimum residual drag. A servo control valve supplied with hydraulic fluid by a pump controls a first stage fluid amplifier supplied by a separate pump, this amplifier in turn controlling a second stage amplifier sup... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The application is a continuation application of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 12/568,034, filed on Sep. 28, 2009, and which claims the benefit of: (1) U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/173,355, which was filed on Apr. 28, 2009, (2) U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/166,260,... | Downstream expansion cylinders are associated with a combustion cylinder such that an overall surface area and displacement volume of the expansion cylinder is sufficient to lower the temperature of fluids associated with the combined engine to such an extent that a radiator can be eliminated in an associated vehicle, ... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/070,132, filed Nov. 1, 2013 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/311,731 filed on Dec. 6, 2011 which are continuations of U.S. Pat. No. 8,614,008 issued on Dec. 24, 2013, which is a national stage application ... | A method of forming a steel part is provided. The method includes the steps of coating a first steel plate to obtain a first precoat upon the first steel plate so as to define a first base, a first intermetallic alloy layer on the first base and a first metal alloy layer on the first intermetallic alloy layer. On a fir... | big_patent |
The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/942,576, filed Nov. 19, 2007, entitled, “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System for Energy Extracting Vessel Navigation,” the contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE... | A Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) system guides navigation of a vessel enabled to extract energy from wind and/or water currents primarily in offshore marine environments. An exemplary SCADA system could embody server and client software applications running on microprocessor systems at a remote contro... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention relates to a rolling body guide cage which is produced as such under the influence of forming production steps from at least one ring element and several guide structures arranged in succession in the circumferential direction and in each case provided to guide rol... | A rolling element guide cage having a ring element which is made from a sheet material and has an axial profiling produced using forming techniques and forms a plurality of successive rolling element guide structures in the circumferential direction. The ring element is composed of at least two flat material ring segme... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/445,861 filed May 27, 2003, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/032,853 filed Oct. 25, 2001 and now U.S. Pat. No. 6,772,064.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Fi... | Methods and systems are provided for obtaining information related to a customer service location and directions for routing a service technician from one customer service location to another. One embodiment includes requesting at least one set of coordinates associated with the customer service location; accessing a t... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) of German Patent Application No. 10 2009 024 826.9-32, filed Jun. 13, 2009, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field ... | A system for compensating electromagnetic interfering fields is provided that includes two triaxial magnetic field sensors for outputting real sensor signals; six compensation coils, which are arranged as a cage around an object to be protected, and may individually be actuated; a control unit having six inputs, and si... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is the U.S. national phase of International Application No. PCT/EP2014/075901 filed Nov. 28, 2014, which claims priority of German Application No. 10 2013 224 412.6 filed Nov. 28, 2013, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by refe... | A method for investigating a sample ( 1 ), derived from a biological source, using CARS microscopy is proposed, in which method a resonance signal generated by coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering by excitation of at least one resonance site ( 5 ) of the sample ( 1 ) by means of laser irradiation is sensed in image-pr... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCED TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application 61/057,554 filed May 30, 2008 and hereby incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Medical equipment for radiation therapy treats tumorous tissue with high-energy radiatio... | Segmentations used to describe structures to be treated by radiotherapy are evaluated by converting the segmentations into volume models and examining volume elements that are extra or missing in the volume model of the second segmentation with respect to the volume model of the first segmentation. This characterizatio... | big_patent |
RELATED U.S. PATENT APPLICATIONS
The following U.S. Patent applications are related to the present invention.
Apparatus and Method for Execution of Floating Point Operations, invented by Sridhar Samudrala, Victor Peng and Nachum M. Gavrielov, having Ser. No. 06/879,337, filed June 27, 1986 and assigned to t... | The arithmetic operations performed for floating point format numbers involve procedures having a multiplicity of major steps. In the performance of the effective subtraction operation, the determination of absolute value of the difference between the operand exponent arguments must be obtained in order to determine th... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/089,989, filed Aug. 19, 2008, which is incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the coll... | In a method of tracking a specimen acquired from a patient, machine-readable codes present on a patient identification (ID), an order to obtain a specimen from the patient, and on a specimen-taker ID means, respectively, are stored in a computer storage. A specimen container having a fourth machine-readable code preapp... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. provisional patent applications Ser. No. 60/679,525, filed May 10, 2005, and 60/756,259, filed Jan. 4, 2006.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not Applicable.
TECHN... | A voice activated device for annunciating a message indicative of a distance of the device spaced from another location is disclosed. The device comprises a voice sensor for receiving a voice command requesting annunciation of a message indicative of the distance of the device spaced from the other location, converting... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] The present application claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/278,672 filed Mar. 20, 2001, which is also incorporated by reference herein.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to the field of sem... | An improved system and method is disclosed for performing a design rule check on a proposed integrated circuit (IC) layout, and for creating customized design rule check command files. The individual layers of the IC (a system on chip—SOC) are separated into different regions having different kinds of features (i.e., m... | big_patent |
This invention was made with Government support under contract F300606-88-D-0025 awarded by Rome Air Development Center, Department of the Air Force. The Government has certain rights in this invention.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 07/790,516 filed Nov. ... | A waveguide hologram illumination system is based on thin substrate waveguides bearing a hologram on the surface through which light is diffracted out. A light source is optically coupled to the waveguide such that light emitted from the source is caused to propagate along the waveguide, being diffracted out at interse... | big_patent |
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 860,240, filed May 6, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,801,877.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the field of testing rotors of dynamoelectric machines, such as electric motors and generators, and more particularly to a method and appa... | A method and apparatus for testing dynamoelectric machine rotors, particularly squirrel cage rotors for induction motors, to obtain resistance, reactance, and effective skew values to permit identification of rotor defects. The rotor is rotated in an alternating magnetic field and pick-up coils are used to sense the vo... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] As the computing power of mobile devices increase more sophisticated applications can be developed to utilize these resources. Typically a provider of such a mobile device may want to protect the device from attackers that try and obtain digital rights management keys or device keys. One wa... | Disclosed is a code verification service that detects malformed data in an automated process and rejects submission and distribution if any malicious code is found. Once the submission is verified it may be packaged in container. The container may then be deployed to a mobile device, and the public key may be used to v... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to an improved identification card. More specifically, this invention relates to an identification card containing an internal antenna and integrated circuit chip laminated between two protective, non-rigid layers onto which artwork may be printed, ... | An identification card is prepared by attaching an antenna and integrated circuit chip onto a core layer of polyolefin, attaching a bottom sheet to the core layer thus encasing the antenna and integrated circuit chip, providing an image-receiving layer on one or both outer surfaces of the resulting sandwich, and lamina... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates generally to the implementation of a memory. More specifically, the invention relates to the implementation of a queue, particularly a FIFO-type queue (First In First Out), in a memory. The solution in accordance with the invention is intended fo... | The invention relates to a method for implementing a queue, particularly a FIFO queue, in a memory (MEM) and to a memory arrangement. In order to enable reducing the amount of copying particularly in a functional environment, at least part of the queue is formed with a tree-shaped data structure (A, B) known per se, ha... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to electrically programmable random access memory (EPROM) devices, and more particularly to embedded EPROM devices manufactured by existing integrated circuit (IC) technologies.
Current art EPROM devices are manufactured by special technologies that ... | The present invention provides novel electrically programmable read only memory (EPROM) devices for embedded applications. EPROM devices of the present invention utilize existing circuit elements without complicating existing manufacture technologies. The novel EPROM device can be manufactured by applying the manufactu... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a technique of easily and quickly determining the optimum value of feedback gain used for calculating correction amount in feedback control.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Feedback control is frequently adopted for,... | A feedback gain determination method permits optimum values of such feedback gains as P, I and D gains to be determined easily, quickly, reliably, and irrespective of the kind of the subject of control. The method comprises a first step of provisionally determining a predetermined value of a feedback gain, a second ste... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to zoom lenses and, more particularly, to zoom lenses of increased relative aperture with good optical performance over the entire zooming range, while still permitting the physical size to me minimized with the total length shorte... | A zoom lens comprising a positive first lens unit for focusing, a negative second lens unit as the variator, a negative third lens unit as the compensator, a positive fourth lens unit for making afocal the diverging light beam from the third unit in travelling thereacross, and an image forming or fifth lens unit having... | big_patent |
[0001] This is a national stage of PCT/AT2011/000461 filed Nov. 15, 2011 and published in German, which has a priority of Austria, no. A 1897/2010 filed Nov. 17, 2010, hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to a method for detecting e... | Provision is made in a method and a device for detecting elementary particles such as for example protons, ions, electrons, neutrons, photons or the like in a detector, wherein a charge pulse is generated in the detector when a particle passes through the detector and every charge pulse is subsequently converted into a... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to gauging fixtures and in particular to an apparatus for automatically spin checking driven disc assemblies adapted for use in friction clutches.
Clutches are well known devices which are frequently employed in vehicles to selectively connect a ... | An apparatus for automatically spin checking a driven disc assembly for warpage includes a stationary ring and a movable ring. A torque motor is provided with an output shaft connected to a splined hub, upon which the driven disc assembly is mounted for rotation between the two rings. A servo motor and ball srew mechan... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/744,917, filed on Oct. 5, 2012, and titled “Contourlet Appearance Model”, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST
Su... | Age-estimation of a face of an individual is represented in image data. In one embodiment, age-estimation techniques involves combining a Contourlet Appearance Model (CAM) for facial-age feature extraction and Support Vector Regression (SVR) for learning aging rules in order to improve the accuracy of age-estimation ov... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority to foreign French patent application No. FR 10 58684, filed on Oct. 22, 2010, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
FIELD OF THE DISCLOSED SUBJECT MATTER
[0002] The present invent... | A matrix display device with a definition determined by a plurality of pixels, the matrix display device including at least one controller suitable for producing display light intensity signals for each of the pixels; and a matrix of pixels organized in a mosaic of a plurality of identical arrangements of a determined ... | big_patent |
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The invention relates to a mobile identification transmitter for the purpose of activating a security system of a motor vehicle, particularly an access and/or ignition control system, having a housing in which electronics and a communication means are arranged, wherein the communicatio... | A mobile identification transmitter for activating a security system of a motor vehicle, particularly an access and/or ignition control system, having a housing in which electronics and a communication means are arranged, wherein the communication means can be brought into communication with a communication means of th... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] An imaging device, such as a xerographic machine, becomes inactive when not in use. When the imaging device becomes inactive for a long period of time, the device is often put into a “sleep mode” in which most of the electric power is cut off to save energy. When the imaging device “wakes u... | A method and apparatus for charging toner for an imaging device includes an inactivity determining section that determines one or more periods of inactivity of the printing machine, a measuring section that measures a charge of the toner, and a charging section that charges the toner to a predetermined level based on a... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of controlling with high precision the recording and reproduction of signals by plural heads, and more particularly to a recording/reproducing apparatus in which a recording/regenerative integrated circuit with plural... | A recording/reproducing apparatus capable of switching over among a plurality of heads with high precision, wherein the apparatus is provided with: a recording/reproducing unit for recording/ reproducing signals onto/from a recording medium with a plurality of heads; a generating unit for generating control data for co... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention is concerned with locating and tracing concealed elongated conductive objects, such as pipes or cables, and is more particularly concerned with improved locating and tracing of a first object when a second object is adjacent to the first.
In the prior art, there ar... | Locating and tracing of a concealed, elongated, conductive object, such as a buried pipe or cable, is enhanced, when a second such object is adjacent to the first, by employing a transmitter having a pair of antennae that induce distinguishable currents in the respective objects. A receiver movable with respect to the ... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application contains subject matter related to subject matter disclosed in U.S. Patent application Ser. No. 388,133, filed on this date and assigned to the assignee of the instant invention. Claims directed to the embodiment of FIG. 3 are contained in one application in... | An apparatus for interfacing a speaker phone with a telephone network includes switch means for selectively connecting said interfacing apparatus with a telephone network to permit either conventional or automatic answering. A coupler, responsive to ringing signals on the telephone lines discharges a charging capacitor... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of optical fiber communications, and more particularly to system network design and incorporation of branch powered amplification within such networks.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The emergence, development, and maturation of a practica... | The specification relates to a repeaterless branch powered fiber optic communications system. The system comprises an optical fiber cable trunk, configured in ring topology, with one or more telecommunications hub, and one or more branching unit serially interconnected therein. Branching units are provided as convenien... | big_patent |
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/182,910 filed on Jan. 14, 1994, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention is directed to the field of installing wiring devices to ganged boxes mounted in building walls and more particularly to the pr... | A cover plate device for covering a wall mounted wiring device having no visible fasteners when installed. An attachment plate is attached over and to a wiring device which has been mounted in and to a ganged box mounted adjacent an aperture in a wall. Latch pawls are arranged at the opposite longitudinal ends of the a... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a collapsible light-shielding device for a screen. With this invention, a wide range of applications is intended, such as television sets, monitors, etc.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A known shielding device of this kind is disclosed in U.S. Pat. ... | Collapsible light-shielding device (3) for a displaying screen (2), having a number of annular strips (5', 5) concentrically nested and essentially enclosing one another in a tight manner, which strips are suitable to be fixed in front of a displaying screen and in that case surround the screen. Furthermore, the st... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] the present invention relates to automated speech technologies and, more particularly, to automatically providing an indication to a speaker when that speaker's rate of speech is likely to be greater than a rate that a listener is able to co... | The present invention discloses a solution that automatically informs a speaker to decrease his or her speaking rate, when that rate likely exceeds a rate that a listener can understand. This can be accomplished by determining a speaking rate for the speaker, which is compared against a speaking rate threshold. The spe... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a device for the optical recording of rapid processes with a TV camera, which comprises means for deviating and suppressing the beam, in order to make the scanning beam run successively and cyclically over N lines of a picture plane on which the processes are o... | The invention relates to a device for the optical recording of rapid proceses with a TV camera, which comprises means for deviating and suppressing the beam, in order to make the scanning beam run successively and cyclically over N lines of a picture plane on which the processes are projected.
A cyclic line count... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to multimedia communications, and, in particular, relates to a particular technique for handling multimedia calls with clients having legacy phones and services.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The world of telecommuni... | A communications system that supports multimedia components is easily adapted to existing network elements. Voice components arriving at or coming from a user having multimedia capabilities are referred from a telephony server serving the user to a multimedia server. A determination is made as to whether the other part... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present invention is related to concurrently filed, commonly assigned, application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket No. 10018268-1], entitled Smart Phonebook Search; and application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket No. 10018267-1], entitled Smart Content Information Merge and... | A content synchronization method for connected devices comprises accepting, by a central reference point, context from a connected client device, constructing, by the central reference point, at least one response in a semantic compatible with the connected device and compatible with a user of the connected device the ... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/602,491 filed Nov. 21, 2006, which in turn claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. provisional patent application No. 60/597,297 filed Nov. 21, 2005. Each application is inco... | A method and system of facilitating communication between a finder of an article and an owner of the article including providing a unique ID to the owner and allowing the owner to register an association between the ID and owner contact information, allowing the owner to associate the ID and a virtual locale with the a... | big_patent |
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERAL RIGHTS
This invention was made with government support under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-36 awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy. The government has certain rights in the invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to electron multipliers and, more... | An apparatus for electron multiplication by transmission that is designed with at least one foil having a front side for receiving incident particles and a back side for transmitting secondary electrons that are produced from the incident particles transiting through the foil. The foil thickness enables the incident pa... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATION DATA
[0001] This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/664,369 filed on Mar. 23, 2005, and is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/054,607 filed on Jan. 22, 2002, that also claims priority of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/263,498 filed on ... | This invention discloses a 3-D Phenomenoscope through which any 2-dimensional motion picture with passages of horizontal screen movement can be viewed with a 3-dimensional visual effect. The 3-dimensional visual effect is produced by the 3-D Phenomenoscope regardless of whether the motion picture was shot on regular or... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the dicing of semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for the dicing of semiconductor wafers using pressure to mechanically separate the individual die from the wafer.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Semiconductor... | A method and apparatus for the dicing of semiconductor wafers using pressure to mechanically separate the individual die from the wafer without the use of a wafer saw. The method includes forming trenches along the scribe lines on a semiconductor wafer and then applying a mechanical pressure to the semiconductor wafer.... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention generally relates to field emission display panels or devices, and more particularly, relates to a field emission display device having at least one reduction plate or electrode which deflects ionic emission gas away fr... | A novel protection structure for protecting field emission elements in a field emission display device from burnout damage due to electrical current surges induced to the device cathode by ionized gases in the device. The protection structure includes one or multiple reduction plates or electrodes which are typically p... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image sensor, and more particularly, to an image sensor which includes multiple imaging planes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Typical charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensors are formed on flat, circular... | An image sensor is disclosed which comprises a plurality of image sensor elements arranged in rows and columns. Each of the image sesnor elements includes a a CCD. In order to provide an image sensor which can be used to image in different image formats, the image sensor includes imaging planes on edge surfaces as well... | big_patent |
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/664,620, filed Mar. 22, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates ge... | A method, in accordance with one embodiment, of managing power consumption in a network, comprising receiving an instruction for a first device in an active power state and serving as a network master node to enter into a power management state, the network master node adapted to perform a network administrative functi... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to arrangements of antenna elements to measure the direction of propagation of electromagnetic radiation.
2. Related Art
The directional properties of antennae and the processing of phase and amplitude information from s... | An antenna array for radio interferometry uses three equi-spaced triplets set vertically above the ground with different respective spacings, the center antenna of each triplet being at a different height. Signal processing circuits provide for each triplet a signal which is a function of the elevation angle θ but is i... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the field of high intensity, thermal, efficient incandescent lamps, subminiature lamps, lamp assemblies, and a lamp system and method of making an efficient high intensity bulb and sleeve system having a liquid tight seal.
BACKGROUND O... | A subminiature lamp assembly utilizes a high temperature polymer which directly surrounds and is cemented to the glass envelope. The polymer may preferably derive support from a metal base. The polymeric material is somewhat rigid and can be manually handled and used to manipulate the subminiature lamp as a handle to f... | big_patent |
This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 13/447,415, filed Apr. 16, 2012, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 12/401,711, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,175,189 filed Mar. 11, 2009, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relate... | A technique is used to realize a generalized decision feedback equalizer (GDFE) Precoder for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems, which significantly reduces the computational cost while resulting in no capacity loss. The technique is suitable for improving the performance of various MU-MIMO wir... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a heat-dissipating device and a housing thereof, and more particularly to an axial fan having an increased intake airflow rate without modifying the assembling conditions with other elements so as to greatly enhance the heat-dissipat... | A heat-dissipating device and a housing thereof. The housing includes a passage for guiding an air stream flowing from an opening to another opening, wherein an sidewall of the passage at least one of the opening sides extends radially outwards with a rotational axis of the heat-dissipating device or the passage so as ... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is based upon and claims benefit of priority of Japanese Patent Applications No. Hei-9-160293 filed on Jun. 17, 1997 and No. Hei-10-146236 filed on May 27, 1998, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
... | An electroluminescent display panel which is able to selectively display different colors by changing a voltage level imposed thereon is made in a simple structure. A first luminescent layer (4) emitting green light, for example, and a second luminescent layer (5) emitting orange light, for example, are directly lamina... | big_patent |
[0001] This application is a continuation of, and claims priority to each of, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/081,830, filed on Nov. 15, 2013, and entitled “A COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INTERNET/NETWORK TELEPHONY,” which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/360,574, fi... | A communication terminal for Internet telephony is provided that handles and control communication of data in accordance with a standardized network protocol and exchanges data with a connecting unit connected to the Internet where the resulting data exchanged between the terminal and a connecting unit consist of packe... | big_patent |
This is a continuation, of application Ser. No. 07/876,930, filed May 5, 1992, now abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An arrangement of layers with an oxide between a conducting layers and another conductor or semiconductor is usable as a portion of many of the structures used in semiconductor... | This is a method for fabricating a structure useful in semiconductor circuitry. The method comprises: growing a buffer layer of non-Pb/Bi-containing high-dielectric constant oxide layer directly or indirectly on a semiconductor substrate; and depositing a Pb/Bi-containing high-dielectric constant oxide on the buffer la... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Receiver input circuits comprising a preamplifier arrangement followed by a mixer arrangement which are connected to one another by adjustable selection means and whose total amplification is controlled and regulated in dependence upon signal input are used, for example, in input circu... | A receiver input circuit comprising a control loop for amplification control, wherein the control signal for the control loop is derived from the intermediate frequency signal and supplied to the part of the circuit preceding the mixer stage. The receiver input circuit furthermore comprises a second amplification contr... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to network implemented shared workspace environments, and more specifically to an apparatus and method for spontaneously setting up, between physically distant individuals, a collaborative work-sharing environment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
We... | A collaborative computer telephony system, comprising a communication network; a plurality of integrated computer telephony devices connected to the network and identified by unique IP addresses, at least two of the integrated computer telephony devices supporting collaboration application programs; an indicator on at ... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to the insertion of clips or advertising sequences into a sequence of video pictures.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] With the arrival of the distribution of video content over the Internet, advertising is considered by the pla... | The present invention relates to a method for processing pictures intended to insert an advertising clip at a point, called insertion, between two pictures of a sequence of video pictures, called video sequence, comprising the following steps:
generating a salience map representing the salience of the video sequ... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to the use of a recessed mask structure to prevent localized high electrical fields at intersections with resulting lower electrical breakdown, in very small dimension semiconductor devices such as would be encountered in high speed and high density int... | A metal plus low dielectric constant (low-k) interconnect structure is provided for a semiconductor device wherein adjacent regions in a surface separated by a dielectric have dimensions in width and spacing in the sub 250 nanometer range, and in which reduced lateral leakage current between adjacent metal lines, and a... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of designing radio receivers using digital signal processing techniques.
2. Prior Art
The following references are relevant to the present invention:
[1] F. de Jager, "Delta modulation--a m... | A simple down converting A/D converter utilizing predictive coding principles. By placing the sampler inside the predictive loop, the predictive loop filter can be implemented using DSP techniques, thus eliminating the complexities introduced by use of discrete-time analog circuitry. Then, by re-mapping the output of t... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates generally to active solid state devices, specifically to apparatus and method for making and using sensors with nanodimensional features that are responsive to molecular compounds, organisms or gas ... | An array of sensor devices, each sensor including a set of semiconducting nanotraces having a width less than about 100 nm is provided. Method for fabricating the arrays is disclosed, providing a top-down approach for large arrays with multiple copies of the detection device in a single processing step. Nanodimensional... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/378,776, filed Aug. 31, 2010, entitled “SINGULATION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH PLATING ON SIDE OF CONNECTORS” and to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/412,183, filed Nov. 10, 2010... | A method of singulating semiconductor packages, the method comprising: providing a plurality of semiconductor dies coupled to a single common leadframe, wherein a molding compound at least partially encases the semiconductor dies and the leadframe; singulating the plurality of semiconductor dies, wherein the leadframe ... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a dual mode mobile terminal and, more particularly, to a connecting method for selectively connecting to a wireless wide area network and a wireless local network.
[0003] 2. Description of t... | The invention provides a mobile terminal having a first network module for connecting to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a second network module for connecting to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The WWAN includes a plurality of first base stations. The WLAN includes a second base station. The second base ... | big_patent |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 797,193, filed Apr. 16, 1977 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,183,074.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates generally to the production of multilayered components, and more particularly concerns process and apparatus to produce multilayered electrical co... | A method for fabricating electrical component assemblies includes the steps: (a) providing a first electrode and a first electrical component and locating the electrode in a recess formed by the component to produce a first laminate subassembly, (b) providing a second electrode and a second electrical component and loc... | big_patent |
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/038,227, filed on Mar. 20, 2008, entitled “Cellular Lattice Structures with Multiplicity of Cell Sizes and Related Method of Use,” the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorpor... | A sandwich panel core that may be comprised of a lattice structure utilizing a network of hierarchical trusses, synergistically arranged, to provide support and other functionalities disclosed herein. Since this design results in a generally hollow core, the resulting structure maintains a low weight while providing hi... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national stage application under 35 U.S.C. 371 of PCT Application No. PCT/IB2008/050456 having an international filing date of 8 Feb. 2008, which designated the United States, which PCT application claimed the benefit of U.S. Application No. 60/900,935... | A process ( 10 ) for co-producing power and hydrocarbons includes in a wet gasification stage ( 70 ), gasifying coal to produce a combustion gas ( 86 ) at elevated pressure comprising at least H 2 and CO; enriching ( 72 ) a first portion of the combustion gas with H 2 to produce an H 2 -enriched gas ( 88 ); and gener... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a solid device for use as an oxide superconducting material, and more particularly to a method for preparing a solid device, the surface of which is utilized for oxide superconducting material where... | A method for manufacturing a superconducting device comprises the steps of forming a passivation film by photo chemical vapor deposition on the surface of an oxide superconducting material; and then adding oxygen into the oxide superconducting material by ion injection.
This patent application is related to the c... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the manufacture of foam sheet stock used in a wide variety of applications, such as for example containers, meat trays, packaging materials and antifriction place mats for airlines food service.
During the manufacture of foam sheet stock from mate... | A device for aiding in the preparation of very thin slices of foam sheet material that is to be examined under a microscope. The device has a clamp arrangement for holding a sample of foam sheet material. A screw feed arrangement permits the foam sheet material to be advanced past a planar surface where a very thin sli... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to seismometers, especially those designed to operate on the ocean floor, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for determining the angle of inclination with respect to the vertical assumed by such a unit during its operation and for leveling the seismi... | A geophone is hung from a ball bearing in a pendular fashion so that it is free to swing in any direction. Because it is weighted, it will assume the correct positioning for operation. A clamp, carried with the pendular geophone in a seismometer designed for use on the ocean floor, fixes the geophone in a rigid positio... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Various types of humidity sensing elements, or so-called humidity elements, have been used as the tranducers of hygrometers for quantitatively sensing the water vapor content of gaseous atmospheres. Paper, or horsehair, sensing elements which respond by relatively slow changes in lengt... | A doped capacitance humidity sensing element and method of manufacture thereof is provided. The element has a response time in the order of one second and has one electrode formed by an anodizable metal, an anodized layer thereon, conductive, metal atoms deposited in non-short-circuiting mutual relation in the intersti... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This non-provisional patent application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) from Patent Application No. 200810142381.1 filed in The People's Republic of China on Aug. 15, 2008.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a ... | A motor assembly includes a motor, a force transmission structure comprising a drive plate and a shaft, and a gear train connecting the motor to the drive plate for transmitting rotation of the motor to the drive plate. The drive plate has a mounting hole with at least three sections interconnected with one another at ... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of and priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/275,032, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Multipath Signal Detection, Identification, and Monitoring for WCDMA Systems,” filed Mar. 12, 2001, which is incorporated herein ... | Methods to generate a mobile time reference are provided. A representative method includes providing a high frequency clock, providing a low frequency clock, generating a mobile time reference using the high frequency clock, maintaining the mobile time reference using the low frequency clock when the high frequency clo... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Protective helmets having hard outer shells for use in various military, industrial or other applications are well known in the art. In such helmets, it is generally desirable to provide a resilient liner assembly between the outer shell and the wearer's head to help absorb shock. ... | An individually fitted helmet liner includes a plurality of superposed contacting layers, each of which consists of a thermoplastic sheet formed with an array of pockets which are open and unfilled to allow their deformation in response to compressive contact with an adjacent layer. The liner is fitted to an individual... | big_patent |
This is a division of application Ser. No. 796,953, filed May 16, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,127,234.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention related to multiorifice structures and a method of fabrication and, more particularly, to a multiorifice structure spray di... | The invention is a multiorifice structure and method of manufacuture. The structure comprises a plurality of triangularly shaped orifices angularly disposed with respect to a common axis. The structure is formed by fusing together concentric alternating layers of cylindrical members and parallel rods angularly disposed... | big_patent |
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 07/120,444 filed Nov. 13, 1987, now abandoned, which is a Divisional of application Ser. No. 06/768,374 filed on Aug. 22, 1985, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,727,038.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semic... | A method of fabricating a MOS field effect semiconductor device having an LLD structure is described in which an insulating film is formed on a gate electrode and a layer of polycrystalline silicon, oxide, high melting point metal or a silicide of a high melting point metal is formed on a wafer and etched away by aniso... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to Internet telephony, and more particularly to an improved end-user interface for Internet-protocol (IP) telephone communication.
Today, Internet telephony is an emerging competitor to conventional telephony as long distance calls are carried over t... | An enhanced radio telephone providing both wireless communication and Internet-protocol (IP) telephone communication. In addition to transmitting and receiving digitized and coded speech signals in a wireless fashion using a radio transceiver, the enhanced radio telephone can also exchange coded speech data with a comp... | big_patent |
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0001] This invention relates to devices for producing electrical power, pressurized water or other useful work from surface waves on a water body.
[0002] More particularly, this invention relates to wave energy converters wherein either all or a substantial portion of the ene... | An ocean wave energy device uses large gas filled and surface vented or partially evacuated flexible containers each having rigid movable ends and rigid fixed depth ends connected by flexible bellows, suitably reinforced against external hydrostatic pressure, submerged to a depth below anticipated wave troughs. One or ... | big_patent |
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention pertains to the field of scraped surface heat exchangers. More particularly, the invention pertains to the mounting of blades for a scraped surface heat exchanger onto the central drive shaft.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Scraped surfa... | A blade for mounting to a scraped surface heat exchanger drive shaft by pivotal connection with a mounting pin has a blade body having a first side and a second side, and a scraper edge and a hinge edge. At least one mounting hole extends through the blade body generally proximate at the hinge edge. An L-shaped locking... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a process and an apparatus for detecting, and to a process and an apparatus for eliminating, defective and/or incorrectly positioned, in particular transversely located, cigarettes in the cigarette magazine of a cigarette-production and/or cigarette-packaging m... | A process and an apparatus for detecting and eliminating, defective and/or incorrectly positioned, in particular transversely located, cigarettes in the cigarette magazine of a cigarette-production and/or a cigarette-packaging machine. Thus, the avoidance of disruptions in the cigarette magazine is improved. For detect... | big_patent |
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/737,546 filed on Dec. 12, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,908,332 issued Jun. 1, 1999, which was a International Application PCT/EP95/03710 filed on Sep. 21, 1995 and which designated the U.S.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
... | The present invention aims to obtain a simplified connection system for high voltage power cables having ratings up to 400 KV and above. There is obtained a common cable connection system for all accessories and interconnection. The connection system uses a generally applicable interface (4, 5, 6; 13, 14, 15; 30, 40) f... | big_patent |
THE FIELD OF INVENTION
The invention relates to a fixing mechanism for a tool for treatment of a material, such as machining, wherein the fixing mechanism comprises a combination of a tool, its frame and tool holder in the frame of a machine tool.
The fixing mechanism according to the invention can be appli... | The invention relates to a fixing mechanism for a tool for treatment of a material, such as machining. The fixing mechanism comprises a combination of a tool (1), its frame (2) and tool holder (3) in the frame of a machine tool. At least one of the connecting surfaces (r, 7) in the tool frame (2) and in the tool holder... | big_patent |
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of copending, commonly-assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/004,591, filed Dec. 21, 2007, which is fully incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This relates to switching c... | Methods and apparatus are provided for generating low EMI display driver power supply. The methods and apparatus include switching circuits that utilize two groups of parallel circuit traces, each of which is coupled to one end of a switching device. The two groups of traces are configured to be interleaved with each o... | big_patent |
BACKGROUND
[0001] Vehicle battery rebalancing is performed to correct cell voltage imbalance conditions. For example, the voltage of each of the cells is measured and the cell having the minimum voltage identified. All other cells are bled down via resistive circuitry associated with each cell until the othe... | A vehicle may include an electric machine that generates motive power for the vehicle, a plurality of cells that store energy for the electric machine, and at least one controller. The at least one controller may cause the cells to receive current for a period of time and, during the period of time, cause at least some... | big_patent |
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of application Ser. No. 11/204,307 filed on Aug. 15, 2005.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] The invention is an AC-to-DC converter as lamp power supply that converts an AC input voltage to a constant DC voltage at predetermined value set b... | An AC-to-DC voltage converter as power supply for lamp converts an AC input voltage to a constant DC voltage at predetermined value set by potentiometer. The converter includes input power supply 210, input protection circuit 201, EMI filter 202, rectifier 203, filter 204, converter 206, output filter 214,... | big_patent |
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/804,881, filed Mar. 19, 2004, in the name of Dragan Veskovic and entitled SYSTEM TO CONTROL DAYLIGHT AND ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION AND SUN GLARE IN A SPACE, which application claims the benefit and prio... | An illumination maintenance system for maintaining a desired illumination profile in a space throughout at least a portion of a day, the space being illuminable by both daylight and electric light, the system comprising a sensor for sensing an illumination level in at least a portion of the space; a plurality of dimmab... | big_patent |
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