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A hermetically sealed multi-pane window assembly comprises first and second windowpane sheets formed of transparent materials. A first sealing member has an inner edge and an outer edge, the inner edge being hermetically attached around the periphery of the first windowpane sheet by diffusion bonding. A second sealing member has an inner edge and an outer edge, the inner edge being hermetically attached around the periphery of the second windowpane sheet by diffusion bonding and the outer edge being hermetically attached to the outer edge of the first sealing member. A spacer assembly is disposed between the first and the second windowpane sheets for maintaining a gap therebetween, whereby a hermetically sealed cavity is defined between the first and the second windowpanes.

A piezoelectric thin film resonator having a stabilized temperature characteristic of resonant frequency, a method for manufacturing the same, and a communication apparatus using the piezoelectric thin film resonator are provided. The piezoelectric thin film resonator is provided with a substrate having an opening, first and second insulation films which are provided on one surface of the substrate while covering the opening and which primarily include SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively, Al2O3 having oxygen defect and being in an amorphous state, and a piezoelectric thin film which is provided on the second insulation film and is sandwiched between electrodes and which primarily includes ZnO.

Methods, systems and program products for providing real-time sales recommendations. A user selects a sales offering, and then batch or real-time data feeds of currently available sales offering pricing, availability, performance and data-mined analytics information are transmitted to a real-time data interface. The real-time data interface generates real-time sales recommendations based on the selected sales offering and data feeds. These real-time sales recommendations are determined by defining four distinct sell spaces that include an up-sell space, a down-sell space, and first and second alternative-sell spaces, whereby the real-time sales recommendations include up-sell, down-sell and alternative-sell recommendations. Business rules are used to determine which of the four distinct sell spaces these real-time sales recommendations will occupy. The real-time sales recommendations are continually refreshed and updated, and as such, may be tailored to a user's wants and needs.

A method for manufacturing a hermetically sealed window assembly. A first windowpane is provided, as is a first sealing member having inner and outer edges. The inner edge is positioned against the windowpane and pressed against it with sufficient force to produce a first contact pressure along a first junction. The junction is heated to produce a first temperature. The contact pressure and temperature are maintained until a diffusion bond is formed between the member and the windowpane. A second windowpane is provided, as is a second sealing member having inner and outer edges. The inner edge is positioned against the windowpane and pressed against it with sufficient force to produce a second contact pressure along a second junction. The junction is heated to produce a second temperature. The contact pressure and temperature are maintained until a diffusion bond is formed between the member and the windowpane. A spacer assembly is positioned between the first and second windowpanes for maintaining a gap therebetween. The outer ends of the sealing members are hermetically connected to one another, whereby a hermetically sealed cavity is defined between the windowpanes.

An endoscope connector device comprises: a first cable of an endoscope, including a light guide for supplying illumination light and an electric wire for obtaining video signals from an image pickup device; a light guide connector connected to the first cable; and a second cable of the endoscope, including the electric wire led out of the light guide connector, wherein the second cable is attached diagonally from the light guide connector at an angle θ within a range of 0°<θ<90° from a first cable side of an axial direction of the first cable.

A capacitance type moisture sensor having the capability of accurately detecting amounts of water is provided. This sensor has a sensor housing having an electrically-insulating wall, a pair of electrodes disposed on the sensor housing, and a circuit unit. An outer surface of the electrically-insulating wall faces a space where the amounts of water should be detected. On an inner surface of the electrically-insulating wall, at least one of the electrodes is formed. An electric field developed between the electrodes is defined as a moisture detecting region. The circuit unit includes a capacitance detecting circuit for detecting a capacitance value between the electrodes, which changes in response to the amounts of water in the moisture detecting region, and an output circuit for providing an electrical signal corresponding toe the amounts of water according the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detecting circuit.

A compressor casing with a volute-shaped flow duct is fastened by means of a rigid fixing arrangement to the bearing casing of the turbomachine, with simple and low-cost means in such a way that the emergence of fragments of a burst compressor impeller from the compressor casing can be prevented. The compressor casing has an outer spiral casing, which surrounds a duct section of the flow duct deflected towards the outside into the radial direction (B), and an inner casing insert piece, which is provided in the radial direction (B) between the spiral casing and the compressor impeller and whose inner contour, together with the outer contour of the hub of the compressor impeller, forms the duct section of the flow duct extending essentially in the axial direction (A). The spiral casing is configured with an inner cylinder at least partially surrounding the casing insert piece, on which inner cylinder the casing insert piece is attached by means of a fixing arrangement, which is flexible in the axial direction (A), to form a hollow space. The flexible fixing arrangement of the casing insert is less secure against fracture than the rigid fixing arrangement of the compressor casing on the bearing casing.

A base station comprises table memory elements 104 for storing a priority data table 104A indicative of priorities of data set for every application, judge control elements 103 for judging priority of received data on the basis of the priority table and outputting data whose priorities are set to first buffer elements 105A and the data whose priorities are not set to second buffer elements 105B, beacon signal transmission elements for transmitting a beacon signal at a constant interval and transmission control elements 106 for transmitting the data buffered in the first buffer elements to a destination at a constant interval by using the beacon signal as a reference and, after the data buffered in the first buffer elements is transmitted, transmitting the data buffered in the second buffer elements to a destination.

A shelf assembly includes a shelf adapter bracket defined by a U-shaped shelf bracket member in legs of which are vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots. A shelf includes a pair of shelf support brackets each having a pin which move in the slideways and seats in the slots to effect selective vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf adapter bracket has hooks for engaging in slots of conventional refrigerator trackways. The shelf includes lateral stabilizing ribs, a lubricity block, and a stop nose which engages a stop in a bight wall of the shelf bracket member to prevent inadvertent / accidental downward shelf movement.

A capacitance type moisture sensor having the capability of accurately detecting amounts of water is provided. This sensor comprises a sensor housing having an electrically-insulating wall, a pair of electrodes disposed on the sensor housing, and a circuit unit. An outer surface of the electrically-insulating wall faces a space where the amounts of water should be detected. On an inner surface of the electrically-insulating wall, at least one of the electrodes is formed. An electric field developed between the electrodes is defined as a moisture detecting region. The circuit unit includes a capacitance detecting circuit for detecting a capacitance value between the electrodes, which changes in response to the amounts of water in the moisture detecting region, and an output circuit for providing an electrical signal corresponding to the amounts of water according to the capacitance value detected by the capacitance detecting circuit.

A shelf assembly includes a shelf adapter bracket defined by a U-shaped shelf bracket member in legs of which are vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots. A shelf includes a pair of shelf support brackets each having a pin which move in the slideways and seats in the slots to effect selective vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf adapter bracket has hooks for engaging in slots of conventional refrigerator trackways. The shelf includes lateral stabilizing ribs, a lubricity block, and a stop nose which engages a stop in a bight wall of the shelf bracket member to prevent inadvertent / accidental downward shelf movement.

A shelf assembly includes a pair of shelf adapter brackets each defined by first and second shelf bracket members, one of which includes vertically disposed opposing slideways into which open a plurality of vertically spaced slots and the other of which includes a plurality of supporting projections which move in the slideways and seat in the slots to effect selectively vertical adjustment of an associated shelf. The shelf may include shelf brackets having hooks for engaging in slots of one of the bracket members or can be integrally formed to define one of the first and second bracket members. Another embodiment includes a shelf having an injection molded rim with hooks at rear corners thereof for engaging one of the shelf support members. Each shelf assembly prevents inadvertent / accidental disengagement of an associated shelf from the adapter brackets.

A laryngeal mask tube has of a dual-airway tube, a mask with an inflatable bladder and an inflation indicator device. The dual-airway tube has a primary tube communicated with the mask to guide gas into the body of a patient and a secondary tube communicated between with the bladder and the inflation indicator device. Two ribs are formed in the mask to prevent blockage of the primary tube and a tongue is formed inside the bladder to prevent the bladder from folding. Improvements of the laryngeal mask are that the tongue further has an easing hole to reduce rigidity of the tongue and the mask further has a fusing portion to integrally combine the dual-tube and the bladder together to avoid breakage at the bladder. Whereby, the laryngeal mask airway eliminates feelings of discomfort to patients and is durable in use.

The present invention discloses a technology for a printed wiring board which uses a copper foil without roughening treatment. Therefore, electrodeposited copper foil with carrier foil which is sequentially constituted with carrier foil, bonding interface layer, electrodeposited copper foil with smooth surface on both side and a resin layer is employed. The resin composition constituting the resin layer is composed of 20 to 80 parts by weight of an epoxy resin which includes curing agent, 20 to 80 parts by weight of a solvent soluble aromatic polyamide resin polymer and curing accelerator in a suitable amount if required.

A dental articulating system to duplicate a patient's teeth for producing a dental prosthesis includes a pair of trays pivotally coupled together. A plurality of registration pins is disposable in a plurality of registration pin holes formed in at least one of the trays. A thin membrane is disposed across a registration pin hole to close off the registration pin hole and resist dental casting material from substantially filling the registration pin hole. The thin membrane is breakable by a registration pin inserted into the registration pin hole. A method for forming a dental model includes pressing a registration pin through a thin membrane extending across a registration pin hole on at least one of the trays of a dental articulator so that the registration pin breaks the thin membrane and extends through the thin membrane.

In an induction heating body 1 in which heat is generated by eddy current induced by a high-frequency magnetic field, when forming a radially-directed separation section 31 separated from the center to the outer periphery, one of end brim parts 31a1 is superimposed on the other end brim parts 31a2 or they are close to each other with the end surfaces thereof 31b1 and 31b2 being abutted.

A semiconductor chip (1100) assembled on a substrate (1110), the chip having bond pads (1102) and the substrate having contact pads (1111). Wires (1101) form arches to connect electrically the chip and the substrate, the wires forming first bonds (1103, e.g. ball bonds) on the chip bond pads and second bonds (1107, e.g. stitch bonds) on the substrate contact pads. The second (stitch) bonds have bendings (heels) 1106 with metal bulges (1106a) near the vertex of the bending.

The invention relates to a priori analysis based iterative method for segmenting characters of a licence plate. Method comprises the following steps of: firstly, preprocessing the image of the licence plate, segmenting the preprocessed image of the licence plate by utilizing the vertical projection method, calculating the parameter of each character block, and carrying out preliminary screening according to the parameters; secondly, carrying out binaryzation on the characters processed by preliminary screening by utilizing the threshold value iteration method, calculating the priori knowledgecontained by each character block according to the standard licence plate system, and obtaining the characters processed by secondary screening; and thirdly, calculating the quantity of blocks of thecharacters processed by secondary screening, calculating the width of characters of the licence plate and the mean width of all characters under the condition that set conditions are met, and determining whether ultimate characters can be obtained or not according to the two parameters, or carrying projection again when the set conditions are not met. The method reduces the requirement on positioning accuracy of the licence plate, overcomes the adverse effects due to a complex background, eliminates the common segmentation results of conglutination, breakage and the like of the other methods,and further improves the accuracy of segmentation.

An actuator is disclosed. The actuator includes two main assemblies: (1) a motor assembly; and (2) a gearbox assembly. The gearbox assembly includes multiple stages of gear reduction and a dividing plate. In some embodiments, the gearbox assembly has a single-lead worm, a worm gear with a right-hand helix tooth direction, and a worm gear with a left-hand helix tooth direction. The worm gears are driven by the single-lead worm. The single-lead worm has two ends, one end has a right-hand tooth helix direction, and the other end has a left hand helix direction.

The method produces a glass-ceramic article substantially in the form of a plate with improved high temperature difference resistance or strength. The glass-ceramic article contains keatite mixed crystals (KMK) or high quartz mixed crystals (HQMK) as well as the keatite mixed crystals (KMK). The method includes heating a glass-ceramic in a high quartz mixed crystal state to form the keatite mixed crystals with a heating rate of 20 K / min to 150 K / min, preferably more than 15 K / min, especially preferably more than 20 K / min. These high heating rates increase the temperature difference resistance.

A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sample tube is made of a polymeric material instead of glass. Such tubes are thinner than glass tubes, thus increasing the internal volume and sample size. Such tubes are also more closely matched to the magnetic susceptibility of specific solvents. Such tubes have greater mechanical stability, thus leading to less tube breakage during NMR processing. Such tubes also lend themselves to various concentric tubal arrangements which permit separation and mixing of samples to minimize subtraction artifacts in interacting systems.

The invention discloses a pneumatic high pressure regulating valve. The pneumatic high pressure regulating valve comprises an executing mechanism and a valve part which is arranged under the executing mechanism, wherein the valve part comprises a valve body; an inlet runner and an outlet runner are arranged in the valve body; and an angle formed between the inlet runner and the outlet runner is 120 degrees. The pneumatic high pressure regulating valve disclosed by the invention has the advantages as follows: as the plurality of special structural designs are adopted, applicable pressure difference of the valve is very high and cavitation phenomenon is completely eliminated; sensitive action and high response speed are obtained and the pneumatic high pressure regulating valve can be freely closed and opened and can be tightly closed when meeting very high fluid pressure difference; a side flange and a valve cage of the specially designed valve body can be also used for guiding fluid, buffering fluid pressure and protecting a valve core against being damaged by fluid ablation, flash evaporation and cavitation; meanwhile, noises can be also reduced; simple and rapid maintenance and low cost are also obtained; the service life is obviously prolonged; and the pneumatic high pressure regulating valve is especially suitable for automatically controlling high temperature and high pressure mediums with high pressure differences and is safe and reliable in use. The pneumatic high pressure regulating valve disclosed by the invention is especially incomparable with other valves in advantages when being used for places with high pressure urea and other easily crystallized mediums.

A hermetically sealed multi-pane window assembly comprises first and second windowpane sheets formed of transparent materials. A first sealing member has an inner edge and an outer edge, the inner edge being hermetically attached around the periphery of the first windowpane sheet by diffusion bonding. A second sealing member has an inner edge and an outer edge, the inner edge being hermetically attached around the periphery of the second windowpane sheet by diffusion bonding and the outer edge being hermetically attached to the outer edge of the first sealing member. A spacer assembly is disposed between the first and the second windowpane sheets for maintaining a gap therebetween, whereby a hermetically sealed cavity is defined between the first and the second windowpanes.

A compressor casing with a volute-shaped flow duct is fastened by means of a rigid fixing arrangement to the bearing casing of the turbomachine, with simple and low-cost means in such a way that the emergence of fragments of a burst compressor impeller from the compressor casing can be prevented. The compressor casing has an outer spiral casing, which surrounds a duct section of the flow duct deflected towards the outside into the radial direction (B), and an inner casing insert piece, which is provided in the radial direction (B) between the spiral casing and the compressor impeller and whose inner contour, together with the outer contour of the hub of the compressor impeller, forms the duct section of the flow duct extending essentially in the axial direction (A). The spiral casing is configured with an inner cylinder at least partially surrounding the casing insert piece, on which inner cylinder the casing insert piece is attached by means of a fixing arrangement, which is flexible in the axial direction (A), to form a hollow space. The flexible fixing arrangement of the casing insert is less secure against fracture than the rigid fixing arrangement of the compressor casing on the bearing casing.

An adjustable refrigerator shelf assembly receives electrical power through a loosely draped conductor held within a pocket on one side of the shelf assembly. The shelf assembly may include a detent mechanism allowing adjustment of the shelf assembly upward and downward by successive lifting and lowering of the shelf without direct manipulation of a detent or a lock allowing both the detent mechanism and conductor to be wholly covered at all times.

A laryngeal mask tube has of a dual-airway tube, a mask with an inflatable bladder and an inflation indicator device. The dual-airway tube has a primary tube communicated with the mask to guide gas into the body of a patient and a secondary tube communicated between with the bladder and the inflation indicator device. Two ribs are formed in the mask to prevent blockage of the primary tube and a tongue is formed inside the bladder to prevent the bladder from folding. Improvements of the laryngeal mask are that the tongue further has an easing hole to reduce rigidity of the tongue and the mask further has a fusing portion to integrally combine the dual-tube and the bladder together to avoid breakage at the bladder. Whereby, the laryngeal mask airway eliminates feelings of discomfort to patients and is durable in use.

An endoscope connector device comprises: a first cable of an endoscope, including a light guide for supplying illumination light and an electric wire for obtaining video signals from an image pickup device; a light guide connector connected to the first cable; and a second cable of the endoscope, including the electric wire led out of the light guide connector, wherein the second cable is attached diagonally from the light guide connector at an angle θ within a range of 0°<θ<90° from a first cable side of an axial direction of the first cable.

An actuator for an automotive seat that includes two main assemblies: (1) a motor assembly; and (2) a gearbox assembly. The gearbox assembly includes multiple stages of gear reduction and a dividing plate. In some embodiments, the gearbox assembly has a single-lead worm, a worm gear with a right-hand helix tooth direction, and a worm gear with a left-hand helix tooth direction. The worm gears are driven by the single-lead worm. The single-lead worm has two ends, one end has a right-hand tooth helix direction, and the other end has a left hand helix direction.

A retractable curved air dam assembly is provided for improving the aerodynamic characteristics of a motor vehicle. The air dam assembly is segmented to include a plurality of panel members each adapted to pivotably attach to the underside of the front-end vehicle structure. The panel members are configured to selectively transition between a deployed position, in which the panel members are preferably in a generally vertical orientation, and a stowed position, in which the panel members are in a generally horizontal orientation. The panel members are shingled (i.e., partially overlapped) such that pivoting a center panel from the deployed position to the stowed position thereby pivots the side panels to the stowed position, and such that pivoting a side panel from the stowed position to the deployed position thereby pivots the center panels to the deployed position.