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A system for automated reward management for network-based contests includes one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors, where the memory stores program instructions executable by the processors to implement a contest manager. The contest manager is configured to collect an entry fee corresponding to each entry of a plurality of entries submitted for a contest over a network, and provide a prize to a winning entry of the contest based at least in part on a total amount of entry fees collected for the contest.

Disclosed is a method and apparatus of estimating a state of health (SOH) of a battery using internal resistance, which has been found to act as a parameter exerting the greatest influence on the SOH of the battery. The method comprises the steps of: storing an SOH estimation table constructing SOH values corresponding to various values of internal resistance according to temperature and a state of charge (SOC) in a memory; performing measurement of the temperature and estimation of the SOC of the battery when a request is made to estimate the SOH; detecting the internal resistance value of the battery; and reading the SOH values corresponding to the measured temperature, the estimated SOC of the battery, and the detected internal resistance value of the battery from the SOH estimation table.

A disposable diaper is provided such that the disposable diaper comprises at least one predetermined illustration displayed thereon and is folded into a predetermined shape. The illustration is provided in such a manner that at least a portion of the illustration is hidden when the disposable diaper is folded into the predetermined shape, and the hidden portion of the illustration is exposed as the disposable diaper is unfolded from the folded state. The burden of labor required for changing the diaper may be reduced by attracting a baby whose intellectual facilities are grown to a certain extent.

The invention relates to a method for the production of a sintered, microcrystalline α-Al2O3-based shaped body, which are used, for example, as abrasive bodies, wherein an α-Al2O3 powder is used as starting material, said powder having an average particle diameter of <2 μm, and processed with at least one binder and a solvent with the purpose of obtaining an extrudable material that is subsequently extruded. The extrudate is then further processed into a shaped body that is sintered at a temperature range of between 1300° C. and 1750° C.

A sealing disc and a film composite for a container closure is provided, for use on a container with an opening bounded by a peripheral edge. The film composite includes a plurality of layers. An adhesive layer is arranged at least over a joining surface between the upper layer and the underlying layer.

A control for a pressure fluid supply system is described, in particular for the high pressure in a fuel injection system, for example for an internal combustion Diesel engine, by means of which the pressure in a common high-pressure line supplied by a high-pressure pump, i.e. in the common rail, to which individual consumers are connected, is controlled in accordance with the instantaneous pressure fluid requirements. For adapting the pressure in the common high-pressure line to the pressure fluid requirements of the consumers, i.e. the injection nozzles, a device for limiting the amounts of fluids conveyed is associated with the high-pressure pump, which has at least on adjusting element which can be changed by means of an adjusting signal representing the instantaneous pressure fluid supply situation in the common rail. To avoid an elaborate pressure sensor device in the common rail and for the simultaneous improvement of the reaction behavior of the control, in particular when reducing the high pressure in the common rail, the adjusting signal is derived from the amount of fluid throughput in the delivery line of a pressure control valve connected to the common rail. The pre-conveying pressure or the pre-conveying amount available to the high-pressure pump is affected by means of this adjusting signal in the sense of a regulation of the pressure in the common rail.

A user enters a search query at interface 1 for performing a search on a computer network, such as the Internet. The search results are enhanced by adjusting their weightings to take into account previous searches carried out by members of a group, the membership of which is selected by the user. The group may be a user-defined co-user list, for example. Those previous search results that were of interest to members of the group are thus given greater prominence in the search results presented to the user at display 8. The user's behavior in considering the search results is monitored and the information gained used to update a database 5 holding group search information.

Disclosed herein is a preservation system for storage and logistic transport of nutritional substances. The preservation system obtains information about the nutritional substance to be preserved, senses and measures the external environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the internal environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the state of the nutritional substance, and stores such information throughout the period of preservation. Using this accumulated information, the preservation system can measure, or estimate, changes in nutritional content (usually degradation) during the period of preservation. Additionally, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize detrimental changes to the nutritional content of the nutritional substance, and in some cases actually improve the nutritional substance attributes.

The invention is directed toward a magnetic valve reader used as an indicator tool. The magnetic valve reader determines a location and an orientation for a magnetic indicator device to indicate a device setting of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device includes the magnetic indicator device coupled to a valve on the implantable medical device. External magnetic fields, specifically the Earth's magnetic field, may interfere with the compass and create an incorrect device setting indication. The electronic reader estimates the external magnetic fields to subtract the estimate from received data to minimize any influence that external magnetic field has on the accuracy of the device setting measurement.

A method for merchandising products in fillable containers is disclosed. The method employs a container having a digital storage media affixed to the container, which is displayed to the consumer to affect the consumers buying decision. Container and digital media systems useful in the invention also are disclosed.

The invention is directed toward a magnetic valve reader used as an indicator tool. The magnetic valve reader determines a location and an orientation for a magnetic indicator device to indicate a device setting of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device includes the magnetic indicator device coupled to a valve on the implantable medical device. External magnetic fields, specifically the Earth's magnetic field, may interfere with the compass and create an incorrect device setting indication. The electronic reader estimates the external magnetic fields to subtract the estimate from received data to minimize any influence that external magnetic field has on the accuracy of the device setting measurement.

In an apparatus for fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing, the fibre bundle is supplied to a fibre-sorting device, clamping devices are provided, which clamp the fibre bundle at a distance from its free end, and mechanical device is present, which generates a combing action from the clamping site to the free end of the fibre bundle. To increase productivity in a simple manner and obtain an improved combed sliver downstream of the supply device there are at least two rotatably mounted rollers rotating rapidly without interruption, the combing device are associated with a said roller, and an arrangement for optimum feed and / or positioning of the fibre material to be combed is associated with the combing device.

The invention relates to a screw fastener comprising a threaded shank having a force application means for torque transmission and a screw fastener point. The threaded shank consists of a shank core and a self-tapping thread, and the thread is designed as a prominence which runs helically over the shank core, is defined by two flanks meeting in an outer thread edge and has a radial height (H). The outer thread edge, at least in a section of the thread, runs in a wavelike manner in the radial direction with an amplitude between wave crests having the height (H) and wave troughs having a height (h) reduced by the amplitude. The thread, at least in the region of one of its flanks, has niches in the region of the wave troughs of the thread edge, which niches interrupt the surface of the flank and their outer boundary is the thread edge, the thread in each case having a certain first apex angle (α), formed between the flanks, in those regions of the wave crests of the thread edge which are not interrupted by niches and a second apex angle (α′) in the deepest regions of the wave troughs of the thread edge. The first apex angle (α) between the flanks is approximately within the range of 30° to 35°, the second apex angle (α′) being 30° up to at most 58°.

An apparatus for pre-processing and subsequent plastification or agglomeration of synthetic plastic materials, in particular thermoplastic waste plastics for recycling purposes, has a receptacle (1) in which at least one comminuting tool (6) circulates. The housing (7) of a screw (8) is connected to the receptacle (1). The diameter (D) of the receptacle (1) has the following relationship to the screw diameter (d):D=10.{square root over (K.d2)}, wherein D is the inner diameter of the receptacle in mm,d is the screw diameter in mm andK is a dimension-less constant which amounts to at least 190.Thereby the dwell times of the synthetic plastic material within the receptacle (1) are kept at optimal values.

System and method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery of an implantable medical device. The implantable medical device has a battery producing a current and having a remaining battery capacity, the implantable medical device being configured to utilize a relatively low amount of the current and, in specific instances, a relatively large pulse of the current. The processor is coupled to the battery and configured to calculate an estimate of the remaining battery capacity based, at least in part, on a measured battery parameter and occurrences of the specific instances of delivery of the relatively large pulse of the current.

Metal halide lamp includes a discharge vessel having a ceramic wall with an internal diameter Di and enclosing two electrodes whose tips are a distance EA apart, wherein EA / Di>5. The vessel has a filling comprising Hg, CeI, and LiI.

In an apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of fibre material which is supplied by means of a supply device to a fibre-sorting device, and a mechanical device is present which generates a combing action to remove non-clamped constituents such as short fibres, a clamping element is present. Downstream of the supply device there are arranged at least two rotatably mounted rollers with clamping devices for the fibre bundles, and the device for generating a combing action is associated with a said roller, wherein for the suction of the supplied fibre bundles, at least one suction device is associated with the clamping devices in the region of the transfer of the fibre bundle from the supply device to the first roller and / or in the region of the transfer of the fibre material from the first roller to the second roller.

Disclosed herein is a preservation system for storage and logistic transport of nutritional substances. The preservation system obtains information about the nutritional substance to be preserved, senses and measures the external environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the internal environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the state of the nutritional substance, and stores such information throughout the period of preservation. Using this accumulated information, the preservation system can measure, or estimate, changes in nutritional content (usually degradation) during the period of preservation. Additionally, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize detrimental changes to the nutritional content of the nutritional substance, and in some cases actually improve the nutritional substance attributes.

Disclosed herein is preservation system for nutritional substances. The preservation system obtains information about the nutritional substance to be preserved, senses and measures the external environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the internal environment to the preservation system, senses and measures the state of the nutritional substance, and stores such information throughout the period of preservation. Using this accumulated information, the preservation system can measure, or estimate, changes in nutritional content (usually degradation) during the period of preservation. Additionally, the preservation system can use this information to dynamically modify the preservation system to minimize detrimental changes to the nutritional content of the nutritional substance, and in some cases actually improve the nutritional substance attributes.

In an optical disk recording device for projecting a recording light beam onto an optical disk to form 3T-11T pits in a land of the optical disk, timing to sample and hold a reflected light detection signal for tracking servo control is delayed behind timing to sample and hold the reflected light detection signal for wobble signal detection. Further, a sample-and-hold time period of the reflected light detection signal for tracking servo control is set to be shorter than a sample-and-hold time period of the reflected light detection signal for wobble signal detection. Such arrangements permit appropriate recording, even at high recording speeds, irrespective of residual optical axis deviations.

A rear region of a motor vehicle has an underbody with at least one air-guiding element that is adjustable from a rest position into various operative positions. One operative position increases negative lift and another operative position reduces aerodynamic drag. The air-guiding element is adjustable into the individual operative positions via a central, transversely arranged pivot axis.

The invention relates to sheet-metal elements made of flexibly rolled material strip having different thicknesses in the longitudinal direction of the strip. A solution according to the invention consists in a sheet-metal element reshaped about the longitudinal direction of the strip or reshaped transverse to the longitudinal direction of the strip from a flexibly rolled material strip having different thicknesses in the longitudinal direction of the strip to form a tube or profile body having an out-of-round cross-section and variable wall thickness over the length or over the circumference.

The invention relates to a screw fastener comprising a threaded shank having a force application means for torque transmission and a screw fastener point. The threaded shank consists of a shank core and a self-tapping thread, and the thread is designed as a prominence which runs helically over the shank core, is defined by two flanks meeting in an outer thread edge and has a radial height (H). The outer thread edge, at least in a section of the thread, runs in a wavelike manner in the radial direction with an amplitude between wave crests having the height (H) and wave troughs having a height (h) reduced by the amplitude. The thread, at least in the region of one of its flanks, has niches in the region of the wave troughs of the thread edge, which niches interrupt the surface of the flank and their outer boundary is the thread edge, the thread in each case having a certain first apex angle (α), formed between the flanks, in those regions of the wave crests of the thread edge which are not interrupted by niches and a second apex angle (α′) in the deepest regions of the wave troughs of the thread edge. The first apex angle (α) between the flanks is approximately within the range of 30° to 35°, the second apex angle (α′) being 30° up to at most 58°.

A vibration motor having a tubular case, a shaft protruding from a front end of the case, a weight eccentrically fixed to an end of the shaft, and a metallic holder surrounding the case, the holder being surface-mounted on a wiring board by reflow-soldering, wherein the holder has a planate bottom placed on the wiring board, a pair of forward tilting prevention portions that extends up to a position facing the weight is formed at the bottom, a notch is provided on a center line extending along the bottom between the forward tilting prevention portions, and the notch extends from the front end of the forward tilting prevention portions beyond the position facing the weight.

The invention concerns a windscreen wiper device (2; 28, 30; 74; 78) for a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle. The windscreen wiper device (2; 28, 30; 74; 78) comprises an elongate upper part (10) which is designed to be at least partially flexible. It further comprises an elongate lower part (12) which is designed to be at least partially flexible. Further present are a plurality of connection elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), the connection elements (18) being disposed at spacings from each other along a longitudinal extension (8) of the windscreen wiper device (2; 28, 30; 74; 78) and secured to the lower part (12) by means of swivel joints (20; 122, 130).

In a brake shoe (1) comprising a carrier plate (2) having arranged thereon first a dampening and noise-reducing intermediate layer (4) and then a friction lining (6), it is provided that the intermediate layer (4), on the side thereof facing towards the friction lining (6), comprises a three-dimensional surface structure, and that the friction lining (6) on the carrier-plate side is adapted to the surface contour (5) of the intermediate layer (4).