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Ablation catheter for setting a lesion

InactiveUS20070049924A1Simplified ablating is facilitatedCarry-out quicklySurgical instruments for heatingLesionCatheter device
Ablation catheter for setting a lesion, which catheter contains an ablation element that can be slid out of a catheter sleeve and has a looped section which, when said element is slid out, will self-expand into an automatically or manually imposed pre-specified shape corresponding to the actual shape of the area of tissue requiring to be ablated.
Owner:SIEMENS AG

Breathing mask and a sealing lip device for a breathing mask

A breathing mask includes an elastomeric cushion with a sealing lip having an outer engagement surface configured to sealingly abut against the patient's face. The sealing lip has a plurality of zones. A first zone has an elastomeric wall and comprises a portion of the elastomeric cushion adapted to abut against a bridge of a patient's nose. A second zone has an elastomeric wall and comprises a portion of the elastomeric cushion adapted to abut against the patient's face at a location opposite the first zone. A pair of intermediate zones comprise portions of the elastomeric cushion adapted to abut against the patient's face between the first and second zones and have relatively thick elastomeric walls compared to the elastic walls of the first and second zones so that the pair of intermediate zones has a higher load-bearing capability than the first and second zones.
Owner:RESMED HUMIDIFICATION TECH

Polymeric coatings and methods for forming them

The present invention relates to a controllable polymeric surface coating including a macromolecule, which is covalently bound to the surface of a substrate, the macromolecule including a plurality of polymerisation initiators and a plurality of surface binding groups; and pendant polymers grafted from at least some of the polymerisation initiators.
Owner:COMMONWEALTH SCI & IND RES ORG

Exhaust emission purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine

In an exhaust emission purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine, for adding a reducing agent for NOx to the exhaust gas to thereby purify NOx in the exhaust gas, the mixing of the reducing agent injected by an injection nozzle with the exhaust gas is accelerated. To this end, in the apparatus of the present invention, the injection nozzle for the urea water is disposed to be opposite to the flow of the exhaust gas, or to face upward in a vertical direction.
Owner:VOLVO LASTVAGNAR AB

Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle

A deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control on the vehicle by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a shift operation which shifts a transmission of the vehicle into a relatively low speed or speed ratio, performs the shift operation and the operation of the brake system such that a target deceleration set based on a curvature or curvature radius of a curve in a road ahead of the vehicle, a distance to the curve, and a vehicle speed, acts on the vehicle. As a result, a desired deceleration according to the distance to the curve is able to be applied to the vehicle.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Capacitive lock switch

A capacitive lock can include various circuits that allow it to operate more efficiently and with greater accuracy. For example, when a user continuously touches a door handle for a certain time duration, a sensor can be configured to retain a variation in capacitance. When the door handle is continuously touched, a time constant circuit (timer) can be provided inside the entry system and measures the contact time and unlocks a door on the assumption that the user has a will to unlock and / or operate the vehicle or other apparatus.
Owner:STANLEY ELECTRIC CO LTD

Apparatus and Method for Multi-Component Wellbore Electric Field Measurements Using Capacitive Sensors

A method and apparatus is provided for collecting reservoir data. The method includes providing one or more electromagnetic sources for generating an electromagnetic field in a reservoir and providing one or more electromagnetic sensors equipped with capacitive electrodes. The electromagnetic source is located separately from the electromagnetic sensor. The electromagnetic sensor may either be located within a well or at the surface, is capable of measuring the electromagnetic field in three dimensions, and may be isolated from the well fluids. The data collected by the electromagnetic sensors can be used to create a model of the oil reservoir, including the water saturation.
Owner:SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO

Environment recognition system

An environment recognition system includes image taking means for taking a pair of images of an object in a surrounding environment with a pair of cameras and outputting the pair of images, stereo matching means for conducting stereo matching on a plurality of pairs of images that are taken by different image taking methods or that are formed by subjecting the pair of taken images to different image processing methods and forming distance images respectively for the pairs of images, selection means for dividing the distance images into a plurality of sections, calculating representative parallaxes respectively for the sections, and selecting any of the representative parallaxes of the corresponding section as a representative parallax of the section, and detection means for detecting the object in the image on the basis of the representative parallaxes of the sections.
Owner:SUBARU CORP

Electronic device and production method thereof

An object is to provide an electronic device of a multilayer structure with high density and high reliability that can be reduced in size while incorporating an electronic component therein, and further provide a production method for easily producing such an electronic device. An electronic device of the present invention includes wiring layers and electrically insulating layers stacked on a core board and establishes predetermined electrical conduction between the wiring layers through upper-lower side conducting vias provided in the electrically insulating layers. An electronic component incorporating layer formed by directly forming a lower layer and insulating resin layer having a cutout portion for receiving an electronic component therein and upper-lower side conducting vias and by incorporating the electronic component in the cutout portion is provided at least between one of the wiring layers and one of the electrically insulating layers and / or between the core board and the electrically insulating layer. At least the uppermost-layer electronic component incorporating layer of electronic incorporating layers has a metal frame body surrounding the electronic component and the upper-lower side conducting vias, and a metal cap having a flange portion fixed to the metal frame body of the uppermost-layer electronic component incorporating layer is provided.
Owner:DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD

Automatic take-up device and in-line coupler

A tension connection for a building includes a first tension member, the first tension member being anchored at its distal end, a second tension member being anchored at its distal end; the first and second tension members being disposed in close proximity and connected by a coupler having a surrounding sleeve and a central bore with a thread, the coupler also being formed with a first rotational member being received in the central bore of the surrounding sleeve and operatively connected to the surrounding sleeve; the first rotational member is connected to the surrounding sleeve, such that the rotational member can rotate in relation to the surrounding sleeve. A torsion spring connects the first rotational member and the surrounding sleeve; the torsion spring biasing the first rotational member and the surrounding sleeve in opposite rotational directions such that the first rotational member can be drawn into the surrounding sleeve.
Owner:SIMPSON STRONG TIE

Electronic device and production method thereof

An object is to provide an electronic device of a multilayer structure with high density and high reliability that can be reduced in size while incorporating an electronic component therein, and further provide a production method for easily producing such an electronic device. An electronic device of the present invention includes wiring layers and electrically insulating layers stacked on a core board and establishes predetermined electrical conduction between the wiring layers through upper-lower side conducting vias provided in the electrically insulating layers. An electronic component incorporating layer formed by directly forming on a lower layer an insulating resin layer having a cutout portion for receiving an electronic component therein and upper-lower side conducting vias and by incorporating the electronic component in the cutout portion is provided at least between one of the wiring layers and one of the electrically insulating layers and / or between the core board and the electrically insulating layer. At least the uppermost-layer electronic component incorporating layer of electronic component incorporating layers has a metal frame body surrounding the electronic component and the upper-lower side conducting vias, and a metal cap having a flange portion fixed to the metal frame body of the uppermost-layer electronic component incorporating layer is provided.
Owner:DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD

In-vehicle engine control device and control method thereof

In an inductive element which is intermittently excited by a boosting opening and closing element and charges a high-voltage capacitor to a high voltage, an inductive element current proportional to a voltage across both ends of a current detection resistor and a boosted detection voltage which is a divided voltage of the high-voltage capacitor are input to a boosting control circuit portion via a high-speed A / D converter provided in an arithmetic and control circuit unit. The boosting control circuit portion adjusts the inductive element current so as to be suitable for the time from the present rapid excitation to the next rapid excitation, and controls opening and closing of the boosting opening and closing element so as to obtain a targeted boosted high voltage which is variably set by a microprocessor of an arithmetic and control circuit unit.
Owner:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Vehicle Detecting System

A vehicle detecting system includes image taking means for taking an image of the surroundings of a subject vehicle, vehicle detecting means for detecting a vehicle from the taken image, and lateral-position detecting means for detecting a lateral position of the vehicle in the taken image. The lateral-position detecting means vertically divides, into a plurality of sections, a region set in a portion of the taken image in which an image of the vehicle is included or is presumed to be included. The lateral-position detecting means calculates average brightnesses of pixels belonging to pixel columns vertically extending in the sections and having a width corresponding to one pixel or a plurality of number of pixels. The lateral-position detecting means calculates differences in average brightness between pixel columns adjacent in a lateral direction, and detects the lateral position of the vehicle on the basis of absolute values of the differences.
Owner:SUBARU CORP

Control device for a UV-disinfecting system with broadband UV emitters

A device for monitoring and controlling water disinfecting systems having at least one broadband UV emitter arranged in a channel, wherein the device has at least one sensor, which is arranged in the water at a distance from the broadband UV emitter, and wherein the sensor is connected to a control unit, which is set up to control the output of the broadband UV emitter or the volumetric flow of water through the channel, wherein the sensor has a maximum sensitivity to UV radiation in a wavelength range between 200 nm and 240 nm.
Owner:XYLEM IP HLDG

Deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle

A deceleration control apparatus and method for a vehicle, which performs deceleration control on the vehicle by an operation of a brake system which applies a braking force to the vehicle and a shift operation which shifts a transmission of the vehicle into a relatively low speed or speed ratio, performs the shift operation and the operation of the brake system such that a target deceleration set based on a curvature or curvature radius of a curve in a road ahead of the vehicle, a distance to the curve, and a vehicle speed, acts on the vehicle. As a result, a desired deceleration according to the distance to the curve is able to be applied to the vehicle.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Aerial digital camera and method of controlling the same

An aerial digital camera comprises a housing 15, a lens, a frame 45, an image sensor 35 mounted on the frame, at least three flexure bearings 51 connecting the frame and the housing, the flexure bearings allowing a displacement of the frame relative to the housing in a displacement direction 67 parallel to a light receiving surface of the image sensor, a spring 69 providing a biasing force between the housing and the frame oriented in the displacement direction; and an actuator 71 for displacing the frame relative to the housing against the biasing force of the spring.
Owner:TRIMBLE GERMANY

Control apparatus for an internal combustion engine and method for controlling the same

In a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a valve timing control portion controlling the timing opening and closing of an intake valve disposed in an intake port communicating with a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, when the internal combustion engine is being started from a cold condition, multi-stroke operation is set, in which one combustion cycle of the internal combustion engine includes two or more intake and compression strokes, formed by a first intake stroke and the first compression stroke and a second intake stroke and compression stroke, followed by a combustion stroke and an exhaust stroke. The valve timing control portion controls a lift of the intake valve during the first intake stroke and the first compression stroke to a low lift amount, which is smaller than the normal lift amount required for intake of a requested intake air amount, and controls the lift of the intake valve in a second intake and a second compression stroke to the normal lift amount.
Owner:TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK

Chemical heat accumulator

A chemical heat accumulator includes first- to Mth-stage heat storage units and a condensing part. Each heat storage unit includes a reaction vessel housing first reactant, a container housing second reactant, and a connection passage connecting the reaction vessel and the container for guiding the second reactant from the container to the reaction vessel. The connection passage is provided with an opening / closing member for opening and closing the connection passage. The reaction vessel of the Mth-stage heat storage unit is thermally connected with an object to be heated. The reaction vessel of a (N−1)th-stage heat storage unit is thermally connected with the container of an Nth-stage heat storage unit. M is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and N is an integer equal to or greater than 2 and equal to or less than M.
Owner:DENSO CORP
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