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This invention relates to a spinal osteosynthesis assembly comprising the head of an anchoring member consisting of at least one arm and a tool for fixing said head to a spinal osteosynthesis system. The inventive assembly is characterized in that the tool can hold the head by creating at least one lateral support on at least one lateral edge of the arm and an additional support on the head in the opposite direction of the lateral support.

The capillary for optical fiber has an inner hole allowing an optical fiber to be inserted and retained therein. Ra value of the surface roughness of the inner hole is 0.1 mum to 0.5 mum. The ferrule for optical connector is provided with a chamfered part on one end of the capillary for optical fiber for guiding it into a sleeve and a flared part on the other end of the capillary for optical fiber for guiding the optical fiber into the inner hole.

A television receiver 1 enables a decoder 5 to extract a closed caption signal of DTVCC method from a digital broadcasting signal received via an antenna 11. The closed caption signal of DTVCC method extracted here is analyzed and converted into the closed caption signal of Line 21 method. And in a DVE 6, the closed caption data of Line 21 method is inserted into the 21st scanning line of an analog picture signal converted by the decoder 5 for output.

A window shade comprises first and second rails, and a shading structure and a suspension cord connected between the first and second rails. The second rail includes a resistance balancing unit and a cord winding unit to which the suspension cord respectively connects. The resistance balancing unit comprises a housing having an abuttal surface, a pulley pivotally connected with the housing, and a torsion spring. The pulley has a winding portion around which the suspension cord is wrapped, and a shaft portion extending coaxial to the winding portion from a side thereof. The torsion spring is tightly mounted around the shaft portion and has at least one end. The pulley when rotating in one direction drives the end of the torsion spring to push against the abuttal surface of the housing, whereby the torsion spring loosens to allow rotation of the pulley relative to the torsion spring.

An engine includes an electronic controller which samples the pressure in the induction system once per rotation of the crankshaft. The controller is configured to determine the minimum voltage signal output by the pressure sensor. The controller then uses the minimum pressure sensed by the pressure sensor to control the fuel injection of the engine. The controller may include two and/or three dimensional maps for predicting the appropriate timing for sampling the pressure sensor. Optionally, the controller may include a bottom hold device for holding a minimum value of the signal output from the pressure sensor, thus corresponding to the minimum pressure sensed by the pressure sensor.

The invention concerns a fastening band (1) of the belt type or a wristband or bracelet for a portable device (40) for example, including fastening and length adjustment means (5). The fastening band includes an element (6, 42) for indicating the fastening tension thereof that has a specific visual appearance identifiable to the user in order to indicate to the latter when the fastening tension of the band is sufficient for a given application. The fastening band of the present invention is particularly interesting when it is implemented in the form of a wristband for a pulsometer worn on the wrist comprising optical type measuring means. In this application, a fastening tension value sufficient to guarantee proper measurement precision is predefined, the features of the indicator element being adapted to this value in order to indicate to the wearer that he has reached said value when the wristband is being fitted to his wrist.

An imaging apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a driver configured to drive the focus lens, a controller configured to control a supply of power to the driver, and a setting unit configured to set a power supply mode for specifying a method of supplying power to the driver. When a predetermined power supply mode is set, the controller determines according to a magnitude of a depth of field of the optical system during whether holding power for holding the state of the focus lens is supplied to the driver when the focus lens is stopped, and controls the supply of the holding power to the driver according to the result of the determination.

A method punches a damper out from a damper material that is detachably attached on a flexible exfoliative member through an attaching surface of the damper material with use of a hollow punch. The method includes steps of setting the damper material on a supporting surface, positioning a projection part between the exfoliative member and the supporting surface, and punching the damper out from the damper material by cutting the damper material around the projection part by the hollow punch without punching the exfoliative member.

A vehicle structure, comprising a front wheelhouse covering a front wheel, the front wheel comprising a rear face and a slant face which slants forward and inward from an inward end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of the rear face, a footrest, on which a passenger's foot is placed, the footrest being arranged near and on an inward side of the slant face of the front wheelhouse in a plan view of a vehicle, and a gusset connected to the rear face of the front wheelhouse and extending inward from a connection portion thereof to the rear face, wherein an inward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the gusset is arranged in the vicinity of a front-side portion of the footrest such that the footrest is restrained from moving forward by contacting the inward end portion of the gusset in a vehicle collision.

A bone plate is dimensioned for securing the rotated cut segment of an upper tibia to the lower portion of the tibia as part of a tibial leveling osteotomy procedure for an animal. The bone plate includes an elongated shaft, a head portion pre-bent with respect to the elongated shaft, and a transition between the elongated shaft and head portion including opposing concave sidewalls. The elongated shaft has a centerline and the pre-bent head portion has a centerline angled with respect to the centerline of the elongated shaft to dispose the elongated shaft collinear or approximately collinear with respect to the lower portion of the tibia and to better fit the head portion to the rotated cut segment of the upper tibia.

A voltage regulator for regulating a voltage level of a virtual power rail supplying power to logic circuitry in a low power data retention mode is disclosed. The voltage regulator comprises: switching circuitry having a transistor for coupling said virtual power rail to a power supply having a supply voltage level; control circuitry responsive to a signal indicating the logic circuitry is to enter the low data power retention mode to control the switching circuitry to switch to a conductive state in which the transistor is operating in a saturation region of operation and supplying a saturation current from the power supply via the virtual power rail to the logic circuitry; and a leakage power controller for adjusting a voltage level of the virtual power rail to control leakage power. The leakage power controller is configured to supply a bias voltage to the well in which the switching circuitry is formed, the saturation current of the switching circuitry being dependent on a value of the well bias voltage. The leakage power controller is configured to adjust the well bias voltage of the switching circuitry thereby varying the saturation current and the voltage level of the virtual power rail.

A tool for removing insulation from coaxial cable includes a fixed double-edged cutting blade mounted on the tool body and a planar cutting blade that is mounted on a cassette to move perpendicular to the axis of the cable between a cutting position and a non-cutting position. The double-edged cutting blade includes a transverse cutting edge and a longitudinal cutting edge, the transverse cutting edge lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to an axis of the cable and the longitudinal cutting edge lying in a plane substantially parallel to the axis of the cable. The planar cutting blade has a cutting edge lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the cable. The blades may be mounted on the same end of the tool, requiring that the coaxial cable be inserted only once into the tool, or on opposite ends of the tool.

The proposed technique relates to cash register implemented by means of a tablet type digital touchpad device (400). The digital touchpad device (400) is fixed to a main module (100) that comprises:

a central unit (102);

an interchangeable support (107) adapted to maintaining said digital touchpad device (400);

a hinged arm (110), of which one of the extremities, called a first extremity, is linked by a first pivot link (111) to said central unit (102), and of which the other extremity, called a second extremity, is linked by a second pivot link (112) to a receiving plate to which said interchangeable support (107) is fixed.

The proposed cash register is modular, and it optionally comprises an optical reader module and/or a payment module on which a payment terminal is positioned.

A sprinkler assembly includes a sprinkler housing including at least one fluidic- circuit-receiving port carrying a fluidic insert configured to receive irrigation fluid and project the irrigation fluid in a desired spray pattern. The fluidic insert is held precisely in place by a retention ring adapted for insertion into the housing's interior lumen to provide a snap or friction fit within the housing while engaging and retaining the fluidic insert against impact forces from inrushing fluid surge. The retention ring fits entirely within the sprinkler assembly's housing or package, and is economically molded as a one-piece component, and does not have any effect on external appearance of the sprinkler assembly or any adverse effect on the fluidic insert's spray pattern.

A clip to hold the film has a clip body, a flapper, a press slider and a rail mount. A pair of the press sliders is located in both sides of the flapper. A coil spring presses the press slider upward. A pair of entrance side film release members, provided in the tenter entrance, presses the press slider downward to press the lateral edge portions of the film by the press sliders. At the film hold position, the flapper rotates from a release position to a hold position to hold the film, and the flapper is kept at the hold position by a torsion spring. The flapper holds the film 26 after the press slider holds the lateral edge portions of the film, so the flapper can hold the film even when the lateral edge portions of the film are curled.