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A double clutch transmission is described that ideally changes torque received from an engine and a motor by providing an optimal layout in power transmission scheme and motor location. Such a double clutch transmission is optimally adapted to a hybrid electric vehicle, and an optimal operation method for such a double clutch transmission is also provided, overcoming inefficiency in application of a conventional CVT to an HEV.

The surface of a material is textured and by exposing the surface to pulses from an ultrafast laser. The laser treatment causes pillars to form on the treated surface. These pillars provide for greater light absorption. Texturing and crystallization can be carried out as a single step process. The crystallization of the material provides for higher electric conductivity and changes in optical and electronic properties of the material. The method may be performed in vacuum or a gaseous environment. The gaseous environment may aid in texturing and/or modifying physical and chemical properties of the surfaces. This method may be used on various material surfaces, such as semiconductors, metals and their alloys, ceramics, polymers, glasses, composites, as well as crystalline, nanocrystalline, polycrystalline, microcrystalline, and amorphous phases.

The modular personal defense device is a hard, rigid, elongate baton that is capable of imparting impact force to an assailant or threat. The exterior may include a series of strengthening ribs, which may also impart further damage to an assailant. The interior is an essentially hollow cylinder configured to accept one of a series of modules. The modules are essentially externally physically identical, but include different electronic circuitry and mechanisms to provide different functions. A silicone controlled rectifier (SCR) electronic stun circuit is provided by one module, for imparting a stunning electrical shock and dissuading an assailant(s) due to the electrical arc produced. Another module produces an extremely bright light either continuously or in rapid pulses, to blind and disorient an assailant. Yet another module produces a piercing sound, while still other modules may be fitted axially or radially to the device to transmit an irritant spray.

A high pressure fluid jetting system generally includes a fluid cylinder pump, a drive assembly, a pressurized liquid supply and an applicator gun. The drive assembly includes a diesel engine or electric powered motor which drives a rotatable drive shaft. The drive shaft drives a triple plunger which are reciprocally driven. A valve seat assembly and a cylindrical cartridge seal assembly define a cartridge which contains a reciprocating plunger shaft. The primary high wear parts are located therein. The cartridge is retained within the manifold cartridge opening yet is readily accessible by removal of the manifold. The pump output is primarily determined by the diameter of the plunger the length of the stroke, the number of cylinders, and the speed of the pump. A specific cartridge allows replacement of all the components which interface with a plunger shaft of a predetermined diameter such that a change in pump output or repair is readily achieved by straightforward cartridge replacement.

The present invention is directed toward a series of polyesters with tunable ascetics and skin conditioning properties for use in cosmetic formulation, specifically sun screening formulations in which the performance is improved by a synergistic effect between the sunscreening actives and the polyester. These novel polyglycerol polyesters are designed to be multidimensional. The physical properties and aesthetics of the current invention can be tuned rapidly by controlling the ratio of fatty groups, as well as the cross-linker used. The resulting polyglycerol polyesters have outstanding aesthetics and physical properties.

An intra ocular implant consisting of optical elements, adapted to forming images on the retina, especially useful in treating presbyopic patients, patients with AMD, patients with other diseases of the retina, and patients in which future development of retinal disorders may occur. An intra ocular implant wherein at least one mirror is operationally connected to the action of the ciliary muscle or its effect on the zonules and capsule of the natural lens; and wherein the mirror is adapted to change curvature, position or optical properties, such that bringing a plurality of objects at different distances into focus is facilitated in presbyopic patients. A lens assembly comprising an intra ocular lens and, an adjustable external or contact lens comprising at least in part of light polarizing material; the assembly at least partially polarizes at least part of the central visual field, at least part of the peripheral visual field or both in any angle.

The present invention relates to a pipe for transporting fuel, the pipe comprising an inner tube and an outer tube that are coaxial with a space being maintained between them by spacer means, the outer tube comprising an outer layer and an inner layer, the inner layer being helically corrugated and free relative to the inner tube so as to form the spacer means. The invention also provides a method of fabricating said pipe.

An apparatus and method to allocate memory in a storage system. Firmware running the method uses an iterative approach to find the best optimal memory configuration for a particular storage system given a variety of configuration data parameters stored as persistent data in non-volatile flash memory. The configuration data relates to resources in the environment that the storage system is found in, such as the number of virtual ports, targets and initiators supported by a storage system IOC. The configuration data is alterable, to allow flexibility in updating and changing parameters, and is employed at runtime when the storage system powers on, to enable the most flexible resource allocation. In a preferred method of determining the most optimal memory configuration for a given set of parameters corresponding to a given set of resources, an iterative method is employed to decrement parameter values from their maximum values, taking into account the minimums, and then testing the configuration by performing a memory allocation. If the allocation fails, because for example the wrong type memory or size of memory for any of the resources found, then the firmware resets the memory areas back to predetermined Start of Day (SOD) parameter values, decrements the values until a successful configuration of memory is found for the given set of parameters, and tries again, or until the firmware is caused to fault, whichever comes first.

A multifunction camera assembly for a computer is provided, which includes a computer video camera and a computer peripheral. The computer peripheral is pivotally connected to the computer video camera, which may be rotated to change its angle and position relative to the computer video camera. Thus the computer video camera and the computer peripheral change their arrangement relationship according to the requirement of a user, to achieve a desirable operation mode.

A method for displaying a value on a display device of a vehicle in which a circular dial with a predetermined range of values in a first angle range of a full or partial circle and an indicator pointing to the value of the circular dial to be indicated are graphically depicted. The scaling of the circular dial is altered and the circular dial is then displayed in a second angle range smaller than the first angle range, in keeping with the changed scaling. This provides additional space for displaying other information.

An insulating window shade has a compressible fill container having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the compressible fill container is configured to be moveable between an expanded position and a compressed position. A fill material is disposed substantially uniformly within the compressible fill container, wherein the fill material is capable of being repeatedly compressed and expanded as the compressible fill container is moved between the expanded position and the compressed position. The fill material forms a thermal boundary for trapping gas, reducing convection and contribute to aesthetic properties of the window shade. A divider control and coordination system enables movement of the divider, thereby changing the aesthetic and/or insulating properties of the insulating window panel. In the compressed position, the length of the compressible fill container is approximately 25% or less than the length of the compressible fill container in the expanded position.

Complexes of organic ligands with a metal ion exhibit unique conformation and spectroscopic properties upon changes in oxidation state of the metal ion. The metal is a redox-active metal ion and may possess additional ligands bonded to it. The organic ligand has three “arms” that are linked together at a central atom; each arm contains atoms that may also coordinate to the metal ion. At least two of the arms possess chromophoric properties. At least one arm contains two different groups that may coordinate to the metal ion. In one oxidation state, a first atom binds to the metal. In a second oxidation state, a second atom binds to the metal. This change in coordination of the metal ion results in a rotation of one of the arms, which changes the orientation of another group, which inverses the orientation of the two chromophoric species with respect to one another.

A watch comprises a body and a strap with a first through hole. A decorating substrate with a second through hole_is provided on an upper surface of the strap and a snap ring is provided below a lower surface of the strap, in which the decorating substrate and the snap ring are attached correspondingly with the first through hole. The body is installed into the first and second through holes. An upper surface of the body comprises an extending edge which is attached on an upper edge of the second through hole in the decorating substrate. The body further comprises a bottom end extending through the first through hole. The bottom end of the body is provided with an external thread. The snap ring forms a thread connection with the bottom end and is attached below a lower edge of the first through hole in the strap.

A user directed verbal interactive method and system for requesting a evaluation and obtaining a customized verbal therapy routine based on the evaluation obtained. The method and system allow users to interact with an artificial intelligence agent by answering a series of system directed questions that guides the users through evaluation and treatment of physical pain using a customized verbal interaction and delivery regimen. Users verbally engage with the artificial intelligence agent to create respective profiles. The system develops therapies based on their current physiological state and profile. The users are then delivered verbal therapy prompts through the system to implement the developed therapy routines.

An optical network system is disclosed by which flexible wavelength path setting can be performed in accordance with tree-shaped and star-shaped network topology. A central node includes a multiplexing section for multiplexing optical signals transmitted from user nodes and inputted thereto, and a central node side branching section for branching the optical signal multiplexed by the multiplexing section and supplying the branched optical signals to the user nodes. Each of the user nodes includes a transmission section capable of outputting an optical signal to which transmission wavelengths different from those of the other user nodes are set, and a reception section for extracting selected optical wavelength components from the branched light supplied thereto from the central node side branching section and extracting optical signals from the extracted optical wavelength components.

The invention discloses a coal mine surrounding rock control method based on chemical modification. Firstly, a rock mass required to be modified (hard rock stratum or fractured surrounding rock) is subjected to drilling construction, and then chemical reagents (softeners or hydrochloric acid and sodium carbonate are combined) are injected into a borehole, so that the hardness and integrity of therock mass is changed, namely that the rock mass is weakened or hardened; the situation that the hard rock stratum forms a large unsupported roof behind a working face is avoided; the first roof weighting pace and the periodic roof weighting pace is reduced, so that the accidents of air impact and roof impact caused by instantaneous caving of a hard roof behind the working face are avoided; the problems of accumulative energy release and stress transfer of a tunnel roof, and a coal seam hard roof required to be weakened near other tunnels are solved, and meanwhile the problems of loose and fractured surrounding rock mass strengthening are solved; and thus, the subsequent safe mining of a coal roadway is ensured effectively. In addition, the method is simple, low in cost, easy to use, and high in practicability.

A signal selecting device according to the present invention has two input/output ports, a plurality of resonating parts, a plurality of impedance transforming parts, and a controlling part. The resonating parts have a ring conductor having a length equal to one wavelength at a resonant frequency or an integral multiple thereof and a plurality of switches each of which is connected to a different part of the ring conductor at one end and to a ground conductor at the other end. The controlling part controls the state of the switches. The resonating parts are disposed in series between the two input/output ports. The impedance transforming parts are disposed between the input/output ports in such a manner that the impedance transforming parts at the both ends are disposed between the input/output port and the resonating part and the remaining impedance transforming parts are disposed between the resonating parts.

A game call tone selector that allows the user to change the tone, pitch and volume of a game call. A movable cap is disposed over the rim of a game calls sound chamber. Openings in the cap's lip and the sound chamber's rim may be aligned and fully open, partially aligned and partially open, or unaligned and fully closed, altering the tone, pitch and volume of the call. The game call further discloses a flexible call pipe that may be retracted within a larger bugle tube, thereby providing a game call that is compact, easy to carry, and can be used hands-free while deploying a gun or bow.

A character display apparatus of the present invention is a character display apparatus for displaying a character on a screen based on stroke data containing character information, comprising a control section for setting a color element level for a subpixel overlapping a basic portion of the character, based on both or either a distance between a center of the subpixel and at least one dot contained in a stroke or a line width set for the stroke. According to the present invention, the resolution of subpixels can be apparently improved and the line width of a character can be freely changed without a large amount of working memory.