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A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the frequency or power. In another aspect, the ablating element delivers focused ultrasound which is focused in at least one dimension. The ablating device may also have a number of ablating elements with different characteristics such as focal length.

A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the frequency or power. In another aspect, the ablating element delivers focused ultrasound which is focused in at least one dimension. The ablating device may also have a number of ablating elements with different characteristics such as focal length.

An inductance device has a hollow center coil around which a conducting wire is wound so that a hollow portion is formed along a center axis line of the hollow center coil, a filler which is filled into the hollow portion of the hollow center coil, and includes magnetic powder or a compound including the magnetic powder, and an accommodation case which accommodates the hollow core coil and has a bottom, wherein the filler is filled into the accommodation case.

An implantable microphone for a hearing prosthesis. The microphone comprises: a housing having a diaphragm chamber formed therein, and an aperture extending from the exterior surface of the housing to the chamber; a diaphragm disposed on the exterior of the housing so as to seal the aperture, and configured to vibrate in response to sound signals; a sensor positioned adjacent an end of the chamber opposing the diaphragm, and configured to detect vibration of the diaphragm, and to generate electrical signals based thereon; and a stiffening material substantially filling the regions of the housing external to the sensor and the diaphragm such that that air gaps within the filled regions of the housing are substantially eliminated, wherein the stiffening material has an elastic modulus that enables the housing to substantially resist deformation there of in response to body-noise.

A method for attaching imagers to color-separation prisms includes the steps of: arranging three solid-state array image sensor integrated circuits behind and in close proximity to the output faces of a color-separating prism having substantially equal optical path lengths for the three paths, the three solid-state array image sensor integrated circuits each having a solid-state array image sensor and bonding pads for electrical connections disposed on a top face thereof; aligning the three sensors such that the images traversing the three paths are coincident within a pixel dimension of the image sensors; filling the space between each output face of the prism and the top face of the corresponding image sensor with index-matched adhesive; and causing the index-matched adhesive to become rigid while maintaining the alignment of the three image sensors.

A control system alters one or more characteristics of an ablating element to ablate tissue. In one aspect, the control system delivers energy nearer to the surface of the tissue by changing the frequency or power. In another aspect, the ablating element delivers focused ultrasound which is focused in at least one dimension. The ablating device may also have a number of ablating elements with different characteristics such as focal length.

In an image capture system for use in vehicles as well as an optical system for use in the automotive sector, the image capture system has at least one image sensor element having a plurality of image sensors situated in an image plane and at least one micro-lens system having a plurality of micro-lenses. Optionally, at least one aperture mask having a plurality of openings is situated between the micro-lens system and the at least one image sensor element. One image sensor, one micro-lens and one opening respectively define a pick-up direction of the image sensor. The totality of the pick-up directions defines a main viewing direction, which together with the image plane encloses an angle α of less than 80°.

A passive fire protection system for a power facility having a fire resistant wrap enclosing cable joints and adjacent power cables; a fire resistant sheet carried between the power cables and the control cables defining a fire barrier to resist fire from the power cables damaging the control cables; a fire resistant wrap on a cable drop section of the control cables so that the cable drop section is protected from burning power cables; a radiant heat shield carried on a bottom side of a hatchway cover leading from the room containing the power cables to deflect heat from passing through the hatchway cover into a floor above the basement; and, a fire penetration seal in each cable penetration opening to resist fire and heat from passing upward into adjacent floors of the power facility.

A passive fire protection system for a power facility having a fire resistant wrap enclosing cable joints and adjacent power cables; a fire resistant sheet carried between the power cables and the control cables defining a fire barrier to resist fire from the power cables damaging the control cables; a fire resistant wrap on a cable drop section of the control cables so that the cable drop section is protected from burning power cables; a radiant heat shield carried on a bottom side of a hatchway cover leading from the room containing the power cables to deflect heat from passing through the hatchway cover into a floor above the basement; and, a fire penetration seal in each cable penetration opening to resist fire and heat from passing upward into adjacent floors of the power facility.

The present invention relates to a vertical seamless steel pipe hollow pipe billet continuous casting machine. It is characterized by that it utilizes combination of internal crystallizer and external crystallizer to produce hollow pipe billets with various specification. Said continuous casting machine consists of internal crystallizer, external crystallizer, carryover pinch roll, dummy ingot cutting car and turnover roller way equipment. Said invention also provides their connection mode and concrete operation method of said continuous casting machine.

The invention provides a flexible display device. The flexible display device comprises a display panel, a light source module and an optical structure film, wherein the display panel is provided with a light entering surface; the light source module and the display panel are parallelly arranged, and the light source module comprises a light guide plate with an light emitting surface; the light emitting surface faces the light entering surface, and light rays generated by the light source module are projected to the light entering surface from the light emitting surface; the optical structure film is arranged between the display panel and the light source module and is provided with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a plurality of platform-shaped optical structures with platform top surfaces are formed on the first surface; and a first translucent glue layer and a second translucent glue layer are formed on the light entering surface and the light emitting surface respectively, the platform top surfaces are glued with one translucent glue, and the second surface is glued with the other translucent glue layer. The structure strengthens the joint between the display panel and the light source module, ensures the excellent flexibility of the whole display device, removes air gaps between the display panel and the light source module and improves the light energy utilization rate.

A sensor package and method of making the same is disclosed in which the sensor package includes a sensor component for electromagnetic sensing having a sensor body with a sensor tip at one end. A sensor housing having a cavity for receiving the sensor component is disposed in a substrate and is aligned with an object to be sensed. The housing further includes a snap-fit interface with the sensor component that is configured to admit and secure the sensor tip during assembly thereof. A bracket is mechanically fixable to the substrate at a first end and is in operable communication with the sensor tip at a second end. The bracket is configured to bias the sensor tip towards the object to be sensed for elimination of an internal air gap between the sensor tip and housing formed during assembly thereof.

The invention provides a circuit board heat conduction optimization design structure for an onboard aviation product. A heat-conductive board is arranged between a high-power highly-heat-radiating device and a PCB. The heat-conductive board is directly and additionally arranged on the PCB, so that the heat dissipation area is greatly increased; meanwhile, a soft silica gel heat-conductive fin is additionally arranged between the high-power highly-heat-radiating device and a heat-conductive aluminum plate so that an air gap can be eliminated, thermal contact resistance between the device and the heat-conductive aluminum plate can be reduced, and heat generated by the device can be rapidly conducted to the heat-conductive aluminum plate. A T-shaped structure of a heat-conductive and radiation heat exchange face is additionally arranged at the top of the heat-conductive aluminum plate. After the soft silica gel heat-conductive fin is additionally arranged on the upper end face of the T-shaped structure, the T-shaped structure is connected with a box body sealing cover into a whole, so that heat is effectively conducted to the surface of a box body, and the heat dissipation area is increased. A wedge-shaped pressing mechanism is adopted, so that the contact area between the heat-conductive aluminum plate and the box body is increased, heat conduction is effectively achieved, the temperature of the surface of an electronic device is rapidly lowered, and the service life of the product is prolonged.

The present invention relates to a stainless steel seamless composite hollow pipe billet continuous casting machine. Said continuous casting machine consists of the following five portions: internal crystallizer, upper crystallizer, lower crystallizer, dummy ingot cutting car and turnover roller way. Said invention also provides the connection mode of all the above-mentioned five portion, and provides the working principle of said continuous casting machine and its concrete operation method.

A busway system includes a plurality of busbars arranged in a flat stacked configuration. The system further includes at least one uninsulated stab having a base in direct contact with one of the busbars at a first length portion of the busbars. The stab also has a tip extending away from the base and angled at the length of the busbars such that the tip is positioned at least in part at a second length portion of the busbars. The stab is insulated from other stabs via one or more of a MYLAR® sheet and a wall of a plug-in opening base.

A body-implantable lead suitable for use in conjunction with implantable cardiac devices and method for assembling a body-implantable lead suitable for use in conjunction with implantable cardiac devices. The body-implantable lead includes a lead body having at least one inner lumen and at least one elongated conductor cable residing within the inner lumen. An end portion of the conductor cable is joined by an aligned weld joint directly to an end portion of a lead component. Exemplary lead components include, but are not limited to, an electrode member, an elongated conductive connector pin of a proximal connector, a conductor extending from a proximal end of a distal tip of the lead, and a second elongated conductor cable residing within a second inner lumen of the lead body.

The invention relates to a device for the insulation of the stator slots of an electric machine that has a stator having a plurality of stator poles and stator slots located between the stator poles, comprising an insulating body that has moldings adapted to the shape of the stator slots and can be slid onto the stator in an axial direction, and a cover piece that can be connected to an end face of the insulating body, in order after the windings have been applied to the insulating body, to carry the windings (36) at the end face of the stator and to cover them.

The invention provides a crystallizer online width-adjusting system which is characterized in that the crystallizer online width-adjusting system comprises two crystallizers which are arranged facing to each other, a plurality of sets of driving devices which are arranged at the external sides of the two crystallizers and receive control signals so as to adjust the width between the two crystallizers, an absolute value encoder circuit, and a PLC which receives the actual value and the externally input object value and outputs the control signals to the driving device according to the object value and the actual value. The crystallizer online width-adjusting method comprises the steps of: 1) comparing the current actual value and the final object value of the two crystallizers, and judging whether the width-adjusting or narrowness-adjusting is required; if the width-adjusting is required, step 2) is carried out; if the narrowness-adjusting is required, step 3) is carried out; 2) translation; 3) cone adjusting; 4) amplitude adjusting; 5) cone adjusting; and 6) ending the adjusting when the actual value is equal to the final object value, otherwise, the step 1) is carried out. The crystallizer online width-adjusting system can carry out the resetting of the crystallizer and can quickly adjust the crystallizer to the pouring width; furthermore, the crystallizer online width-adjusting system leads the online width-adjusting to be safer and more reliable and have quick and exact response.

An exemplary general lighting fixture includes an assembly forming an optical integrating volume for receiving and optically integrating light from one or more solid state light emitters and for emitting integrated light. The assembly includes a reflector having a diffusely reflective interior surface defining a substantial portion of a perimeter of the integrating volume. A light transmissive solid fills at least a substantial portion of the optical integrating volume. A light emitter interface region of the solid, for each solid state light emitter, closely conforms to the light emitting region of the respective emitter. A surface of the transmissive solid conforms closely to and is in proximity with the interior surface of the reflector. The transmissive solid also provides a light emission surface, at least a portion of which forms a transmissive optical passage for emission of integrated light, from the volume, in a direction facilitating a general lighting application.

A silicone grease composition includes approximately 5 to 50% by weight of liquid organopolysiloxane, 45 to 94.9% by weight of a thermally conductive filler, and 0.1 to 5% by weight of a coupling agent chosen from at least one of a titanate-based coupling agent and an aluminate-based coupling agent. Due to the presence of the coupling agent, the silicone grease composition has a relatively lower viscosity and thus is capable of containing a larger amount of the filler whereby the thermally conductive efficiency of the composition is accordingly improved.

An optical fiber connector has a center component provided with opposite first and second ends into which first and second connector inserts holding ends of respective optical fiber bundles are to be inserted, an optical core element mounted in the center component having opposite ends against which the ends of the respective optical fiber bundles in the first and second connector inserts are to be abutted in alignment, and fastener elements provided with the first and second ends for securely holding the first and second connector inserts in abutting contact with the respective opposite ends of the optical core element.

A light-emitting system that utilizes light guides for edge lighting and back lighting applications is disclosed. A process of making the light-emitting system is also disclosed. An edge-lit thin light-emitting system can include a light guide sheet disposed between a reflector sheet and a diffuser lens sheet, at least one strip of LED arrays embedded in the optically clear material, the at least one strip is disposed on the edges of the light guide sheet with the light-emission side of LEDs facing the light guide; and, optionally, a frame disposed around the perimeter of the sheets; wherein the at least one strip of LED arrays is attached to the light guide sheet such that an air gap between the LEDs and the light guide is eliminated.

An implantable microphone for a hearing prosthesis. The microphone comprises: a housing having a diaphragm chamber formed therein, and an aperture extending from the exterior surface of the housing to the chamber; a diaphragm disposed on the exterior of the housing so as to seal the aperture, and configured to vibrate in response to sound signals; a sensor positioned adjacent an end of the chamber opposing the diaphragm, and configured to detect vibration of the diaphragm, and to generate electrical signals based thereon; and a stiffening material substantially filling the regions of the housing external to the sensor and the diaphragm such that that air gaps within the filled regions of the housing are substantially eliminated, wherein the stiffening material has an elastic modulus that enables the housing to substantially resist deformation there of in response to body-noise.

A toroidal brachytherapy balloon is provided that fits over any brachytherapy applicator and reproducibly positions the applicator on every use.

The invention discloses an active liquid crystal polarized optical grating structure with a one-sided orientation mode and a preparing method thereof, belongs to the technical field of non-mechanicallight beam deflection in driving optoelectronic systems, and mainly aims at solving the problems in the prior art that the number of active liquid crystal polarized optical grating substrates is large, the energy loss is large, and the light leakage problem is serious. The preparing method of the active liquid crystal polarized optical grating structure breaks the traditional sequence of box formation and exposure orientation, and the one-sided orientation mode of firstly conducting substrate exposure orientation and then conducting pressing box formation is adopted. By means of the active liquid crystal polarized optical grating structure and the preparing method thereof, the box formation uniformity of active liquid crystal polarized optical gratings can be improved, the light leakage isreduced, and the contrast ratio is increased. By means of the method, liquid crystal polarized optical grating and wave plate combination and integration box formation technology also becomes reality.

A microwave plasma processing device comprising a chamber housing therein a material to be processed, a processing gas supplying means for supplying processing gas into the chamber, a microwave generating source for generating microwave forming the processing gas plasma in the chamber, a wave guiding means for guiding microwave generated in the microwave generating source toward the chamber, a flat antenna consisting of a conductor having a plurality of microwave radiating holes for radiating microwave guided by the wave guiding means toward the chamber, a microwave transmitting plate constituting the top wall of the chamber, transmitting microwave passed through the microwave radiating holes of the flat antenna and consisting of a dielectrics, and a delay plate provided on the opposite side of the microwave transmitting plate of the flat antenna, having a function of shortening the wavelength of microwave reaching the flat antenna and consisting of a dielectrics. The flat antenna and the microwave transmitting plate are substantially in close contact with each other with no air therebetween, the delay plate and the microwave transmitting plate are formed of the same material, and the delay plate, the flat antenna, the microwave transmitting plate and an equivalent circuit formed by the processing gas plasma formed in the chamber satisfy a resonance condition.

In a memory module, a gap filler for eliminating an air gap may be formed on an end of a PCB where a tab may be formed. The gap filler may be formed on a surface of a socket receiving the memory module. A grease may be coated on the tab to provide a heat conduction path away from the memory module.

A magnetic latching solenoid comprises a housing, a moveable magnetically permeable member, a stationary magnetic assembly, a counter flux generator; and, a spring. A substantially equal extent of the moveable magnetically permeable member and stationary magnetic assembly along results in an air gap interface being essentially mid-way between the opposite axial extremities of the moveable magnetically permeable member and stationary magnetic assembly, thereby enhancing an attracting force of a permanent magnet that comprises the stationary magnetic assembly. In an example embodiment, the stationary magnetic assembly comprises a pole member which is adjustably positionable to minimize air gaps.