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A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in the display. Errors in the selection of certain selected components for the communications network are identified by their attributes or frequency characteristics as well as by their interconnection compatability for a particular design. The effects of changes in frequency on component performance are modeled and the results are displayed to the design engineer. A bill of materials is automatically checked for faults and generated for the design system and provided to the design engineer. For ease of design, the design engineer can cluster several different preferred components into component kits, and then select these component kits for use in the design or deployment process.

A puncture instrument set is constituted by a puncture instrument which includes a cylindrical body, plural puncture needles to be held in a state where the puncture needles are connected in series in an axis direction, a puncture needle cartridge for linearly arranging the plural puncture needles in the body, a stopping member for stopping the puncture needle cartridge at a predetermined position in its axis direction, and an elastic biasing member for biasing the puncture needle cartridge in one direction; and a puncture needle replacement jig that enables, after puncturing by the puncture needle, setting of the puncture needle cartridge at the puncture position as well as disposal of the used puncture needle, for a subsequent puncture operation. Thereby, it is an object to provide a high-security puncture instrument set for puncturing the surface of a biologic body, which is provided with plural puncture needles, and is able to perform puncturing continuously by a simple operation.

A method and apparatus for designing or deploying a communications network is disclosed. A computerized model which represents a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed is provided. System components which may be used in the physical network as a part of the network having electrical characteristics or frequency specific information are identified. At least one component kit composed of at least two system components, wherein interconnectivity of the at least two system components without a fault is assured, is also identified. Using the computerized model, at least one performance characteristic for a part of the communications network is determined. At least one component kit in a part of the communications network together with a representation of a part of the physical environment is represented.

A rotary impact tool can be used continuously for fastening a plurality of fastening members such as screws, bolts or nuts in tight fastening mode. The rotary impact tool comprises a rotary driving mechanism including a motor for rotating a driving shaft, a hammer engaged with the driving shaft, an output shaft to which a driving force is applied by impact blow of the hammer, a main switch operated by a user for controlling fastening operation, and a controller for controlling on and off of the motor. The controller has a normal fastening mode and a tight fastening mode, and a tight fastening mode setting switch used for setting the tight fastening mode is further comprised. When the tight fastening mode setting switch is switched on, the controller continuously drives the rotary driving mechanism so as to perform tight fastening operation continuously.

A method of characterizing a signal path comprising (i) generating 102 a reference spread-spectrum signal; (ii) coupling 104 the reference spread-spectrum signal into the signal path while the signal path is carrying an operational signal; (iii) receiving 106 a reflected spread-spectrum signal from the signal path generated in response to the reference spread-spectrum signal; and (iv) correlating 108 the reflected spread-spectrum signal with the reference spread-spectrum signal to produce a correlation result corresponding to a characteristic of the signal path.

A deposition device provided with an evaporation source which is opposite to a substrate over which a film is deposited and is provided to be capable of moving in accordance with a surface of the substrate and a means for supplying an evaporation material to the evaporation source (evaporation material supply means). The evaporation source is held by a moving means capable of scanning one surface of a substrate over which a film is deposited. The evaporation material supply means uses a method of supplying a powder of an evaporation material by an airflow, a method of aerosolizing material liquid in which an evaporation material is dissolved or dispersed in a solvent to supply, or a method of supplying an evaporation material which is in a rod shape, a wire shape, a powdery form, and in a state of being attached to a flexible film by a mechanical mechanism.

A cold storage tank unit for a refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a cold storage heat exchanger having plural tubes and a pair of first and second tanks connected to longitudinal ends of the tubes, a cold storage material tank which accommodates at least the tubes of the cold storage heat exchanger, and a cold storage material filled in the cold storage material tank. The cold storage material is cold-stored by the refrigerant or is cold-released to cool gas refrigerant evaporated in the evaporator. Furthermore, the second tank has a lower end portion that is positioned lower than a lower end portion of the first tank, and the second tank has a tank capacity capable of storing a predetermined liquid refrigerant condensed by cold storage heat of the cold storage material. The cold storage tank unit can be located between an evaporator and a compressor in the refrigeration cycle apparatus.

A method and apparatus for allocating a Unicast Access Terminal Identifier (UATI) to an access terminal in a 1× Evolution Data Only (1×EV-DO) system serving as a high-speed data dedicated system. In order that a temporary identifier is allocated to an access terminal (AT) moving from a source subnet to a destination subnet in a high-speed data dedicated system, the AT transmits a temporary-identifier allocation completion message to the destination subnet when the AT moves to the destination subnet while performing a temporary-identifier allocation procedure with the source subnet. Upon receiving the temporary-identifier allocation completion message from the AT, the destination subnet transmits a temporary-identifier allocation completion request message to the source subnet. The source subnet transmits a temporary-identifier allocation completion response message to the destination subnet in response to the temporary-identifier allocation completion request message. The destination subnet allocates a new temporary identifier for the AT in response to the temporary-identifier allocation completion response message, and transmits a temporary-identifier allocation completion acknowledgement message to the AT. Therefore, while the AT moves between the subnets, the UATI allocation procedure can be stably performed.

A system or method for controlling a multiple cylinder internal combustion engine operable in a reduced displacement mode with at least one valve or cylinder selectively deactivated include monitoring valve operation by analyzing camshaft position to detect valve operation inconsistent with a current cylinder state (activated or deactivated) and controlling the engine in response to detecting the inconsistent operation. The camshaft position may be used to produce a surrogate signal indicative of intake/exhaust valve lift generated using camshaft sensor tooth deviation relative to an expected or reference tooth position for a corresponding crankshaft position and compared to a corresponding threshold. The surrogate signal indicative of valve lift may also be generated by pattern matching or correlation of one or more reference tooth position patterns to a measured or inferred tooth position pattern.

A complex fluid machine has an expansion-compressor device, a pump, and a motor generator, wherein the expansion-compressor device, the pump, and the motor generator are operatively connected and arranged in series, and a power transmitting device for disconnecting the pump from the motor generator, when the expansion-compressor device is driven by the motor generator so as to be operated as a compressor device.

In an air lock for continuous introduction into and/or removal of workpieces from spaces (1,4) separated atmospherically, the individual substrates (3,13) are transported through a transfer channel (24). At least one lock chamber (7a-7m) serving to accommodate the substrates (3,13) is arranged movably in the transfer channel (24). During the substrate transport in the transfer channel (24), the lock chamber (7a-7m) is atmospherically separated both from the exterior (1) having normal pressure and from the coating chamber (4). The air lock (2) includes a carrousel lock which has a carrousel housing (24) and a lock chamber wheel (10). On the periphery in the lock chamber wheel (10) individual lock chambers (7a-7m) are provided, in which the workpieces (3,13) to be brought into the chamber to be loaded (4) are inserted freely accessible on the normal pressure side. By turning the lock chamber wheel (10), the substrates (3,13) in the lock chambers (7a-7m) are transported from the coating station (A) to the transfer station (B) into the treatment chamber (4) diametrically opposite the normal pressure side. In the transfer station (B) the substrates (3,13) are removed from the transfer channels (7a-7m) by means of a transfer device (17') and are available for further treatment in the treatment chamber (4). The treatment chamber (4) includes, for instance, of a vacuum-coating chamber in which the workpieces (3,13) as the substrates to be coated are coated by a vacuum-supported coating method.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a lithium ion battery silicon-carbon anode material. The preparation method comprises following steps: 1, raw material silicon powder is subjected to ball milling so as to obtain nanoscale silicon powder; 2, the nanoscale silicon powder is mixed with a conductive agent via solid phase material mixing; 3, liquid phase coating is adopted so as to formamorphous carbon coating layers on the surfaces of the nanoscale silicon powder and the conductive agent; 4, an obtained coated material is subjected to high temperature sintering in a furnace under inert gas protection; 5, mechanical ball milling is adopted to prepare a silicon-carbon material with an appropriate particle size; and 6, the silicon-carbon material is mixed with commercial graphiteso as to obtain the lithium ion battery silicon-carbon anode material. The preparation method is capable of increasing the primary coulombic efficiency and the cycling performance of the lithium ion battery silicon-carbon anode material, the process is simple, efficiency is high, the preparation method is friendly to the environment, and is beneficial for large scale production of silicon-carbon anode materials.

An information processing apparatus includes: a playback means for requesting an information providing apparatus to transmit a content playback of which has been instructed by a user, receiving the content transmitted in response to the request and playing back the content; and a control means for stopping playback of the content by the playback means as well as transmitting an instruction for continuous playback preparation including a continuous playback position which is a playback stop position of the content to another information processing apparatus when the continuous playback preparation is instructed by the user.

Disclosed is a facial bone contouring device for use in facial bone contouring surgery and bone tumor and/or osteophyte removal. The facial bone contouring device comprises: a rasp (10), having a double tube structure, including a rod (11), and a cutter (13) provided with plural grooves (13c) for exhausting cut bone fragments, a saline solution feeding passage (15) and a bone fragment exhausting passage (14); a powered surgical handpiece (40) connected to the rasp (10) for providing linear reciprocating motion to the rasp (10); a saline solution feeding unit (30) for feeding saline solution to the saline solution feeding passage; and a suction unit (20) for sucking and exhausting the cut bone fragments, wherein bone cutting is performed under the condition that the saline solution is fed into the rasp, and the cut bone fragments are exhausted together with the saline solution so that the bone cutting is continuously performed.

A method for the manufacture of a valve having at least one valve opening surrounded by at least one valve seat and an elongated valve member able to be brought into different positions by pivoting. In order to adjust the switching stroke of the valve member the valve member is, for instance using a laser, locally and briefly heated until superficial plastification occurs so that in the direction of the pivoting movement performed in operation it experiences a permanent flexural deformation.

A liquid jet printing head includes a discharging outlet for discharging printing liquid, an energy generating element capable of generating an energy for discharging the liquid through the discharging outlet and a discharging outlet face at which the discharging outlet is arranged, characterized in that the discharging outlet face has a water repellent material layer with fine particles of an inorganic material distributed in a water repellent resin in a desired distribution state. A liquid jet printing apparatus is provided with the liquid jet printing head.The liquid jet printing head enables one to always perform stable ink discharging thereby providing high quality printed images.

The invention relates to a method for the optical three-dimensional measurement of a dental object, wherein a first region of the dental object is measured using a first optical three-dimensional measurement method, wherein the first optical three-dimensional measurement method is based on a triangulation method and on a fringe projection method. According to the invention, a powdering occurs at least on the first region, wherein first image data are generated. Using a less precise, second optical three-dimensional measurement method, a second region of the dental object is subsequently measured without previous powdering, wherein second image data are generated. Afterwards, the first image data are combined with the second image data to form an overlapping three-dimensional exposure.

There is provided an air conditioner, and more particularly, an apparatus and method for controlling a heating operation in a heat pump system, in which a continuous heating operation is provided. 1. The apparatus for controlling a heating operation in a heat pump system includes: at least one compressor for compressing a refrigerant into a high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant vapor; a passage switching unit for switching a refrigerant circulation passage depending on a heating mode or a cooling mode; an indoor heat exchanger for condensing the high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant vapor for a heating operation or a defrosting/heating operation of the heating mode; an expansion unit through which the condensed refrigerant passes during the defrosting/heating operation; an outdoor heat exchanger for defrosting at least one tube region by using the condensed refrigerant discharged from the expansion unit; and a defrosting control unit for expanding and decompressing the refrigerant that flows between the tube regions, or for bypassing the refrigerant.

In a pattern formation device 10, a mold 100 for forming a pattern on a substrate 200 is heated to a temperature T1 equal to or higher than the glass transition temperature Tg of the surface area of the substrate 200 and in this state, the mold 100 is pressed against the substrate 200 having a temperature equal to or lower than the glass transition temperature Tg to transfer the pattern of the mold 100. Then, a heater is turned off, the mold 100 is cooled by a cooling block, and the mold 100 is then separated from the substrate 200. A pattern forming system comprising a feeding device taking substrates 200 one by one from a magazine and feeds the same to the pattern formation device 10 is preferably formed.

The invention relates to a security box (100) for valuable objects (1) which can be received in a receiving element. Said security box comprises a protection device (110) for the valuable objects (1), which can be placed in different reinforcing modes according to different situations of the security box (100) and can be automatically released in at least one of the reinforcing modes, in order to devalue the valuable objects (1), and a receiving device (112) which is used to capture signals which influence parameters which respectively determine the necessary reinforcing mode. The receiving device comprises an optical capturing unit (112) which capture signals which are emitted by an optical emitter of the receiving element which contains the security box (100).

A grease filter, which includes a first channel having an inlet portion through which oil particles flow in, and a first guide unit configured to guide the oil particles flowing in through the inlet portion, and a second channel having an outlet portion through which the oil particles and air current flowing in through the inlet portion is discharged into the outside, and at least one second guide unit configured to guide the oil particles and air current to be discharged through the outlet portion. Here, the first channel and the second channel are detachably provided. The grease filter can be easily repaired and maintained, and collection efficiency can be improved due to such a configuration.