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A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor fin on a top surface of a substrate, wherein the semiconductor fin includes a middle section having a first width; and a first and a second end section connected to opposite ends of the middle section, wherein the first and the second end sections each comprises at least a top portion having a second width greater than the first width. The semiconductor structure further includes a gate dielectric layer on a top surface and sidewalls of the middle section of the semiconductor fin; and a gate electrode on the gate dielectric layer.

The invention is directed to a catheter suitable for medical procedures such as cardiac ablation. The catheter includes a front-loaded catheter tip with an electrically active element. The catheter can include an elongate catheter shaft assembly having an inner shaft member with a distal end and a proximal end, and an outer shaft member with a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen between the distal end and the proximal end. The inner shaft member can be inserted into the lumen of the outer shaft member along a longitudinal direction. The inner shaft member can include, at the distal end, a catheter tip member having a lateral dimension that is larger than a lateral dimension of the lumen of the outer shaft member. The catheter tip member includes at least one electrically active element, and the proximal end of the inner shaft member has at least one electrode disposed on the external surface of the shaft member, such that when inserted into a handle, the electrode electrically contacts an electrical connector element.

The process and equipment, according to this invention, for manufacturing clear, solid ice of spherical and other shapes are capable of making clear ice balls and block ice of other shapes in the mold quickly, efficiently, and with effective energy utilization. This process is characterized in the steps of:a) preparing a mold for making ice balls and block ice of other shapes, which comprises an upper mold (24a) made of an insulating material and provided with a vertical injection hole (23) drilled therein and a water-injection nozzle (22) fitted in the hole; and a lower mold (24b) made of a water-freezing block (26) having coolant pipe (25) embedded therein;b) preparing for a domed lid (21a) or the lid of a different shape made of an insulating sheet, said lid (21a) having a shape that fits in with the surface shaped for the upper mold (24a) and being provided with a cylinder for being fitted into the vertical injection hole (23); and a shaped hemispherical cup (21b) of the same insulating sheet, which similarly fits in with the shaped surface of the lower mold (24b);c) assembling both halves of the mold (24) after the lid (21a) and the cup (21b) have been attached tightly to each other and placed in the mold;d) then, keeping the liquid to be frozen cooled at a predetermined temperature and spraying the liquid intermittently in the direction of the water-freezing block (26) that has been cooled to a predetermined freezing temperature;e) repeating the spraying operation to freeze the sprayed liquid in the container (21), layer by layer, until clear ice balls (20) or block ice of other shapes are formed; andf) disassembling the halves of the mold under the ice-releasing effect, which the ice container (21) has on the ice-making mold (24), and immediately taking out We shaped ice balls (20) or the block ice of a different shape.

Methods and systems are provided for leveraging engine skip-fire operation during an engine cold-start to expedite catalyst heating. Based on the heat flux required, the engine may be operated with a group of cylinders selectively deactivated, with spark retard on remaining active cylinders increased, and with engine speed increased to reduce NVH issues during the skip-fire operation. The combination of parameters may be adjusted based on changes in exhaust temperature and NVH limits of the engine.

The invention is directed to a catheter suitable for medical procedures such as cardiac ablation. The catheter includes a front-loaded catheter tip with an electrically active element. The catheter can include an elongate catheter shaft assembly having an inner shaft member with a distal end and a proximal end, and an outer shaft member with a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen between the distal end and the proximal end. The inner shaft member can be inserted into the lumen of the outer shaft member along a longitudinal direction. The inner shaft member can include, at the distal end, a catheter tip member having a lateral dimension that is larger than a lateral dimension of the lumen of the outer shaft member. The catheter tip member includes at least one electrically active element, and the proximal end of the inner shaft member has at least one electrode disposed on the external surface of the shaft member, such that when inserted into a handle, the electrode electrically contacts an electrical connector element.

A method and structure for protection against latch-up is provided. Integrated circuits manufactured in accordance with the present disclosure feature well and substrate contacts of varying periodicity. Such a strategy enables maximizing the design of an integrated circuit as to the suppression of latch-up while concurrently optimizing available area on the chip allocable to circuit design. This method and structure is particularly beneficial to protect against cable discharge events and other discharge occurrences prone to injecting large current densities into an integrated circuit.

An anchorage device comprising a mesh substrate coupled to an implantable medical device is disclosed, where the mesh substrate has a coating comprising a polymer, and the mesh further comprises at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient. The active pharmaceutical agent is designed to elute from the mesh over time. The mesh substrate can be configured to reduce the mass of the anchorage device such that tissue in-growth and / or scar tissue formation at the treatment site is reduced. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can be formed with a mesh having a low areal density. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can include one or more apertures or pores to reduce the mass of the substrate.

A roller assembly facilitates travel of a watercraft hull on a floating dock having a longitudinal, keel-receiving valley with a pair of flanking ridges supporting opposite sides of the hull during docking and launching of the craft. Pockets in the ridges contain wheels mounted on circumferential planes parallel to the ridges for rotation on axles seated in the pockets. The upper portions of the wheels protrude above the crests of the ridges and the axle end bearing portions cooperate with the seats in the pockets to list the circumferential planes toward the valley and approximately perpendicular to the hull sides. For optimal performance, two or more roller assemblies can be arranged in-line and spaced apart longitudinally in each of the ridges. A brake stops the docking motion of the watercraft onto the dock. Multiple docks can be serially connected without use of special tools or underwater assembly steps.

An ultraviolet lamp assembly includes an elongate lamp bulb, a central reflector mounted above the bulb and side reflector panels mounted on opposite sides of the central reflector panel. A first air gap is located between the first side reflector panel and the central reflector panel when the first and second side reflector panels are in the open position. A second air gap is located between the second side reflector panel and the central reflector panel when the first and second side reflector panels are in the open position. An air moving device is configured to direct cooling air downwardly through the perforations at the upper portion of the bulb and downwardly through the first and second air gaps at the lower portion of the bulb.

This progressing cavity pump including a helical rotor (2) mounted to turn inside a helical stator (3), said stator (3) and said rotor (2) being disposed such that the cavities (4) formed between said rotor (2) and said stator (3) move from the inlet (5) towards the outlet (6), is characterized by the fact that hydraulic regulation (HR) means are provided for obtaining internal recirculation of the pumped fluid between at least two of said cavities (4) under conditions capable of performing at least one function selected from: achieving the desired pressure distribution along the pump, stabilizing the temperatures, controlling the leakage flow rates, and compensating for the volumes of compressed gas.

A hearing protective earplug for insertion into the human ear canal of a user where the human ear canal has sidewalls and a typical curved portion. A soft resilient body has a main body element with a front end for insertion in the human ear canal. An elongated stem has two ends with one end attached to the main body element. The stem extends outward from the main body element and away from the front end. The other end of the stem forms a handle portion of the stem. The stem is sufficiently stiff as to allow manipulation of the main body element into the ear canal of the user. The stem member has a crooked or wavy configuration within the ear canal as it extends outward from the main body to the handle portion of the stem. As the front end of the main body element is inserted into the ear canal, the stem member is rotated during insertion with the handle portion to fit around the typical curved portion in the human ear canal. This seats the main body to acoustically block the ear canal while at the same time spaces the stem member within the typical curved portion of the ear canal to minimize contact with the sidewalls of the ear canal.

The invention belongs to the technical field of micro and nano fibers prepared by electrostatic spinning, and relates to a method for preparing a conductive polymer micro and nano fiber array of an ordered coaxial structure by adopting a rotary disk collecting electrostatic spinning technology, in particular to a method for preparing ordered coaxial structural micro and nano fibers. The method comprises the following steps of: covering a flexible plastic substrate with a rectangular slit shape on a collector of a rotary disk type electrostatic spinning device, and obtaining ordered micro and nano fibers by using transverse relative motion of the collector and high-speed moving electro-spun fibers; and treating the ordered micro and nano fibers serving as a template by a chemical wet method, wrapping a layer of conductive polymer on the surface of the fiber template by in-situ polymerization, and thus obtaining the conductive polymer micro and nano composite fibers of the ordered coaxial structure. The method is high in ordered arrangement degree of the fibers, simple in process, reliable in principle and easy to operate; and the fibers have high electric conductivity and wide application range.

The invention discloses a porous silicon / graphite composite electrode material with low expansion rate and a preparation method thereof. The porous silicon / graphite composite electrode material is characterized in that porous silicon is prepared by a dealloying technology, so as to prepare nanometer silicon at low cost; by utilizing carbon coating, the conductivity and stability of the porous silicon are improved; the porous silicon is uniformly mixed with a graphite anode material according to a certain ratio, so as to prepare and design the porous silicon / graphite composite anode material. The porous silicon / graphite composite electrode material has the advantages that the space in the porous silicon can provide enough space for the expansion of silicon, so as to realize the low expansion rate of whole silicon and carbon anode, and ensure the low expansion rate of the electrode and the safety of a battery; the silicon is coated with carbon, and the carbon comprises graphite, amorphous cracking carbon and the like, so that the conductivity and stability of the porous silicon are improved; by adopting the low-cost dealloying method, the costs of silicon and whole composite anode are low.

An improved method and apparatus for producing a rolled snack piece using an extruder having typically a plurality of orifices through which an extrudate exits the extruder. Each of these orifices is spiral shaped. When a desired length of extrudate stream or rope protrudes from an orifice, it is cut at its base, thus producing individual snack pieces that appear to have been rolled after being sheeted.

An improved tape applicator for apply a tape to close a case or box is provided that uses a wiper system that better seals the tape to the box, provides an improved cut-off system wherein the action of the cut-off blade which partially cuts and then tears the tape is across the tape path at an improved angle. Also included is an improved system for adjusting tab length on the lead end of the case, providing a stiffened free end portion of the tape to engage an on-coming case, for controlling the rotation of large tape rolls by applying pressure to the side of a large roll and locking the tape roll to the mounting hub on the machine by penetrating the tape roll core with locking elements.

A printhead IC for an inkjet printer, the inkjet printer having a PEC for sending print data to the printhead IC in accordance with a predetermined data transmission protocol, the printhead IC comprising: an array of nozzles for ejecting drops of printing fluid onto a media substrate; and, drive circuitry for driving the array of nozzles; wherein, the circuitry is configured to receive print data in any one of a plurality of different data transmission protocols.

The present invention relates to a method for distinguishing a first group of wires from other wires of a multi-wire cable, i.e. a method for identifying those wires of a multi-wire cable which belong to one group. Moreover, the present invention relates to a test connector for use in the method referred to before. Finally the present invention relates to a kit including a multi-wire cable with a connector and a mating test connector for performing the identification method.

This progressing cavity pump includes a helical rotor (2) mounted to turn inside a helical stator (3). The stator (3) and the rotor (2) are disposed such that the cavities (4) formed therebetween move from the inlet (5) towards the outlet (6). In this cavity pump, hydraulic regulation (HR) means are provided for obtaining internal recirculation of the pumped fluid between at least two of the cavities (4) under conditions capable of performing at least one function selected from: achieving the desired pressure distribution along the pump, stabilizing the temperatures, controlling the leakage flow rates, and compensating for the volumes of compressed gas.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a urethane (meth)acrylate safely with good productivity, and for achieving the object, the invention provides a process for continuously producing a urethane (meth)acrylate, containing causing a mixed liquid of a compound (A) having a hydroxyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group and a compound (B) having an isocyanate group to pass continuously and densely through a tubular microchannel formed in a heat-conducting reaction device, and reacting the hydroxyl group of the compound (A) with the isocyanate group of the compound (B), in which the tubular microchannel in the reaction device has a space size making a fluid cross-sectional area, through which the mixed liquid passes densely, of from 0.1 to 4.0 mm2, and the process contains heating the heat-conducting reaction device to a temperature of from 100 to 250° C., reacting the mixed liquid to provide a Reynolds number of a reaction liquid passing through the tubular microchannel in a range of from 0.2 to 300, and after completing reaction, cooling continuously a reaction product discharged from the heat-conducting reaction device.

A semiconductor laser device includes a semiconductor laser element, a lead having an element disposing section where elements are disposed and a resin bonded to the lead. The lead has a thick portion and a thin portion with the thick portion being formed to extend at least in the direction of the width of the resin to cover a region having a length equal to or greater then the width of the resin. A semiconductor laser device has a semiconductor laser element, a lead having an element mount portion on which the semiconductor laser element is mounted and a resin maintained in intimate contact with the lead. The lead has a thicker portion and a thinner portion. The thicker portion is formed to extend in the direction of the width of the resin over a width equal to or greater than the width of the resin.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing an epoxy (meth)acrylate safely with good productivity, and the invention provides a process for continuously producing an epoxy (meth)acrylate, containing causing a mixed liquid of a compound (A) having a carboxyl group and a (meth)acryloyl group and a compound (B) having an epoxy group to pass continuously and densely through a tubular microchannel formed in a heat-conducting reaction device, and reacting the carboxyl group of the compound (A) with the epoxy group of the compound (B), in which the tubular microchannel in the reaction device has a space size making a fluid cross-sectional area, through which the mixed liquid passes densely, of from 0.1 to 4.0 mm2, and the process contains heating the heat-conducting reaction device to a temperature of from 150 to 260° C., reacting the mixed liquid to provide a Reynolds number of a reaction liquid passing through the tubular microchannel in a range of from 0.4 to 100, and after completing reaction, cooling continuously a reaction product discharged from the heat-conducting reaction device.

Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst that combines reduction of pressure loss and enhancement of purification performance. This invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a wall-flow-type substrate and first and second catalytic layers. The first catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an entrance cell, from an exhaust inlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L1 less than Lw. The second catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an exit cell, from an exhaust outlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L2 less than Lw. An internal portion of partition wall in contact with entrance cell has a substrate-exposing segment near the exhaust outlet-side end.