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A method is disclosed for utilizing a deformable article of manufacture formed at least partly of a shape memory alloy. The method includes the steps of deforming the article from a first predetermined configuration to a second predetermined configuration while the shape memory alloy is, at least partially, in its stable martensitic state and at a first temperature. A resisting force is applied to the deformed article of manufacture using a restraining means and the article is heated from the first temperature to a second temperature in the presence of the resisting force. The stable martensitic state is transformed to a metastable stress-retained martensitic state. The resisting force is then removed allowing the alloy to transform to its austenitic state and the shape of the article to be restored substantially to its first configuration. Devices primarily medical devices operative by employing this method are also disclosed.

A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic element having faces and contacts, a flexible substrate overlying and spaced from a first face of the microelectronic element, and a plurality of conductive terminals exposed at a surface of the flexible substrate. The conductive terminals are electrically interconnected with the microelectronic element and the flexible substrate includes a gap extending at least partially around at least one of the conductive terminals. In certain embodiments, the package includes a support layer, such as a compliant layer, disposed between the first face of the microelectronic element and the flexible substrate. In other embodiments, the support layer includes at least one opening that is at least partially aligned with one of the conductive terminals.

A dirt container for a surface cleaning apparatus is constructed from an air impermeable material and exterior walls of sufficient rigidity to maintain the shape of the dirt container. The dirt container may be supplied in a disassembled condition and assembled by a consumer prior to use.

A stacked package formed by stacking semiconductor device packages and a method of manufacturing a stacked semiconductor package. Each package includes leads and connection terminals. A semiconductor chip is electrically connected to the connection terminals. A package body has the same thickness as that of the lead so as to expose the upper and the lower surfaces of the leads at a surface of the package body. Each of the packages is stacked on another package by electrically connecting the exposed surfaces of the leads. The manufacturing method includes preparing lead frames, including a plurality of leads, supporting a semiconductor chip in a chip receiving cavity between the leads, connecting the semiconductor chip to the connection terminals of the leads, forming a package body of a thickness such that a portion of surface of the leads are exposed, separating packages from the lead frame, and forming a stacked package by stacking a plurality of the packages.

The present invention discloses an improvement in coaxial compression connectors used in, inter alia, CATV, satellite, and home theater electronics. The present connectors accept a large range of cable sizes, allow replacement of the holding or compression element to accommodate a range of sizes, and allow the connector to be re-uesable. The connector comprises an attachment nut operable for electrically connecting the coaxial cable to another device, a tubular shank attached to the connector nut operable for accepting the dielectric layer of the coaxial cable therewithin, a body portion connecting the nut and tubular shank, a compression ring and an outer shell. In a first embodiment, the compression ring is a relatively short tubular member removably housed within the outer shell. The compression ring has an annular compression groove on the outer circumference thereof which causes a mid-portion of the ring to deform inwardly in response to a longitudinal force applied to opposing ends of the compression ring to securely hold the cable within the connector and create a 360 degree moisture seal. In a second embodiment, the body portion deforms inwardly. In both embodiments, a shoulder within the shell abuts the trailing end of the compressive member and exerts a longitudinal compression force thereon that causes the compressive member to circumferentially buckle inwardly against the cable.

Methods of fabricating a polymeric stent with improved fracture toughness including radial expansion of a polymer tube along its entire length at the same time and fabricating a stent from the expanded tube are disclosed herein.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing an electroacoustic transducer for, for instance, a hearing aid, with a diaphragm arranged in a housing. The diaphragm is attached onto a film or punched from a sheet of material, such that along the circumferential edge of the diaphragm, a free strip of film or a strip of material remains present, in a capillary space between the circumferential edge of the film and the inner wall of the housing, or in a capillary space between the diaphragm and the strip of material, a polymer of a low viscosity is provided to connect to diaphragm with the housing wall. Through the method, the production of the transducer is greatly simplified.

A clip for engaging tissue includes a generally annular-shaped body defining a plane and disposed about a central axis extending normal to the plane. The body includes alternating inner and outer curved regions, defining a zigzag pattern about a periphery of the clip. The body is biased towards a planar configuration lying in the plane and deflectable towards a transverse configuration extending out of the plane. Tines extend from the inner curved regions, the tines being oriented towards the central axis in the planar configuration, and parallel to the central axis in the transverse configuration. The tines include primary tines and secondary tines that are shorter than the primary tines. The primary tines may be disposed on opposing inner curved regions and oriented towards one another. The primary tines are configured such that they are offset from the axes of symmetry of the curved regions from which they extend and are connected to the curved regions by curved or linear regions or are connected directly to the curved regions. The primary tines may overlap the body and may be of different lengths.

An acetabular cup assembly for a prosthetic hip joint includes an outer shell for attachment to the acetabulum. The outer shell has an inner surface receiving a bearing insert portion. Complimentary coupling features are provided on the inner surface of the outer shell and the outer surface of the bearing insert for coupling the bearing insert to the outer shell. A plurality of adaptors are provided having an outer surface for engaging an inner surface of the outer shell and having an inner surface for receiving the bearing insert. Each adaptor has at least one radial extending strap or flange for engaging the bone surrounding the acetabulum. The straps or flanges may be of different sizes and shapes and may be at different locations on the adapter. The inner surface of the adaptor includes the same coupling features as the shell so as to be able to receive a bearing insert.

A vehicle seat may include a seat back that has a back frame, a cushion pad attached to the back frame, and a massaging unit having a plurality of massaging elements. The cushion pad has a plurality of through bores that pass therethrough in the direction of thickness thereof. The massaging elements are constructed so as to be elastically deformed or compressed along moving axes and to be pneumatically expanded and contracted along the moving axes. The massaging elements are disposed in the through bores in a manner that the moving axes of the massaging elements extend along longitudinal axes of the through bores. The massaging elements have deformability or compressibility identical with or greater than the deformability or compressibility of the cushion pad when the massaging elements are not operated.

A clip for engaging tissue includes a generally annular-shaped body defining a plane and disposed about a central axis extending normal to the plane. The body includes alternating inner and outer curved regions, defining a zigzag pattern about a periphery of the clip. The body is biased towards a planar configuration lying in the plane and deflectable towards a transverse configuration extending out of the plane. Tines extend from the inner curved regions, the tines being oriented towards the central axis in the planar configuration, and parallel to the central axis in the transverse configuration. The tines include primary tines and secondary tines that are shorter than the primary tines. The primary tines may be disposed on opposing inner curved regions and oriented towards one another. The primary tines are configured such that they are offset from the axes of symmetry of the curved regions from which they extend and are connected to the curved regions by curved or linear regions or are connected directly to the curved regions. The primary tines may overlap the body and may be of different lengths.

The invention relates to a system for repairing a heart valve comprising a catheter, said catheter comprising an engagement member, the engagement member having at its distal end a hook capable of engaging with the surface of a prolapsed heart valve leaflet; and a fastener capable of deploying a fastening means to said leaflet.

A solder joint comprising a solder capture pad on a substrate having a circuit; and a lead free solder selected from the group comprising Sn—Ag—Cu solder and Sn—Ag solder adhered to the solder capture pad; the solder selected from the group comprising between 0.1 to 2.0% by weight Sb or Bi, and 0.5 to 3.0% Ag. Formation of voids at an interface between the solder and the solder capture pad is suppressed, by including Zn. Interlayer dielectric delamination is suppressed, and electromigration characteristics are greatly improved. Methods for forming solder joints using the solders.

The invention discloses a dual channel microwave power detection system based on a microelectronic mechanical microwave power sensor and a preparation method thereof. The system has the advantages of simple structure, large measurement range and no direct current power consumption. The system is based on a gallium arsenide substrate. A coplanar waveguide transmission line (A), a thermoelectric MEMS microwave power sensor (B) and an MEMS clamped beam capacitor type microwave power sensor (C) are designed on the substrate. When the power of a microwave signal is small, the thermoelectric MEMS microwave power sensor carries out detection according to the one-to-one corresponding relationship between the thermopile output voltage and the microwave power. When the power of the microwave signal is large, the MEMS clamped beam capacitor type microwave power sensor carries out detection. A square mass block is designed on an MEMS clamped beam above the coplanar waveguide transmission line. The area with the coplanar waveguide transmission line is increased, and at the same time the weight of the center position of the MEMS clamped beam is increased. Static power is more likely to cause large deformation of the MEMS clamped beam, and the system sensitivity is improved.

A catheter assembly suitable for intermittent catheterization comprising a cylindrical casing composed of two telescopically moveable parts one of which is connectable to and moveable with a piston which is rigidly connected to a urinary catheter. The interior of the cylindrical casing is filled with a lubricating, anesthetic, antiseptic liquid, or the like, which during catheterization is injected into the urethra and urinary bladder through the catheter under the effect of movement of the piston simultaneously with the insertion of the catheter into the urethra. The device is provided with an anti-infective cap which is inserted into the first third of the urethra and is used as a guide for inserting the catheter into the urethra without physical contact with the part if the urethra which is a harbor of infections.

A method of printing a receiving material with hot melt ink using an intermediate element having a surface containing an elastomer with a surface tension in which the polar part thereof is less than or equal to 20 mN / m, wherein the receiving material is brought into contact with the intermediate element in such manner that the ink transfers from the intermediate element to the receiving material, and wherein the elastomer has a hardness of less than 80 Shore A, a thermal conductivity coefficient greater than 0.15 W / mK, and in absorption of less than 10%, and a tanδ of less than 0.3.

The invention discloses a dielectric-varied capacitive flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor. The dielectric-varied capacitive flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor is characterized in that a flexible printed circuit board is arranged, wherein a square common electrode and four identical rectangular induction electrodes which are located on the periphery of the edges of the common electrode in an equidistant mode are printed on the printed circuit board; the induction electrodes are in two-to-two symmetry with the center of the common electrode serving as the symmetry point; a composite multi-dielectric layer is fixed to the flexible printed circuit board; the composite multi-dielectric layer is formed by an inversely-concave PDMS dielectric layer and an air dielectric layer located in a groove of the PDMS dielectric layer; the composite multi-dielectric layer is buckled on the upper portion of the flexible printed circuit board, and the common electrode and the four induction electrodes are located in the air dielectric layer; a PDMS hemispheric contactor is arranged on the composite multi-dielectric layer. According to the dielectric-varied capacitive flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor, the common electrode and the induction electrodes are located on the same plane; compared with a traditional capacitive tactile sensor of an up-down electrode structure, the dielectric-varied capacitive flexible three-dimensional force tactile sensor has the advantages of being simple in manufacturing process and capable of being easily arrayed.

A three-dimensional knit fabric having front and back knit layers and a monofilament yarn connecting the knit layers to each other, characterized in that the curvature of the monofilament yarn in the three-dimensional knit fabric is in a range from 0.01 to 1.6, and the bending elongation of the monofilament is 20% or less when the three-dimensional knit fabric is compressed to 50%. The three-dimensional knit fabric has a cushioning property in springiness which does not deteriorate even if the fabric is repeatedly used many times or for a long time, and thus this fabric is excellent in terms of durability of the cushioning property. In particular, the fabric is suitable for use as a hammock type seat and exhibits a cushioning property having a favorable springy feeling as well as a good fit feel.

The invention discloses a large cross-section weak surrounding rock tunnel three-step and six-part short-distance construction method, which comprises the steps as follows: (1) annularly excavating an upper step of an upper part arc pilot tunnel, transferring excavated earthwork of the upper step to a lower step; (2) excavating a left part of a middle step about 4.5-5 meters behind the upper step, and transferring excavated earthwork to the lower step; (3) excavating a right part of the middle step about 3-4 meters behind the left part of the middle step, and transferring excavated earthwork to the lower step;(4) excavating a left part of the lower step about 6-8 meters behind the left part of the middle step or about 3-4 meters behind the right part of the middle step, and conveying excavated earthwork of the left part of the lower step out of the tunnel; (5) excavating a right part of the lower step about 3-4 meters behind the left part of the lower step, and conveying excavated earthwork of the lower step out of the tunnel; and (6) excavating the rest part of the tunnel bottom about 20-25 meters behind the right part of the lower step, excavating continuously according to the steps in a circulating and interlacing manner, and finally realizing tunnel excavating construction. The method can be used for building a large cross-section tunnel in a safe, rapid and economic manner.

An iron club head includes a striking plate for striking a golf ball and a body. The body includes an elastically deformable thin wall. An opening is defined in a front side of the body and surrounded by the thin wall. The striking plate is bonded in the opening. The thin wall has a thickness smaller than that of the striking plate. When the iron club head hits a golf ball, a momentum of striking generated as a result of hitting the golf ball causes elastic deformation of the striking plate and the thin wall to increase an overall deformation of the iron club head.

A pneumatic radial tire includes three or less steel belt layers, wherein a first block and a second block extending in an outer side than the first block are alternately provided in a tire circumferential direction on a ground edge region of a tread part. An annular region extending in a circumferential direction is provided on the outer surface of an outer side than a maximum width position in a side wall part, and plural projections are provided side by side on the annular region. An outer thin wall part continuing along an outer circumferential edge of the annular region and an inner thin wall part continuing along an inner circumferential edge of the annular region are provided, and the outer thin wall part is arranged adjacent to an inner radius height and inside of the inner radius height.

A sole structure 1 for a shoe comprises an upper plate 2 having a heel region and disposed on the upper side of the structure 1, a first C-shaped portion 3 and a second C-shaped portion 4 each having a longitudinally flat, generally C-shape with an upwardly opening portion 3A, 4A, disposed alongside in the longitudinal direction under the upper plate 2, and each opening end of the upwardly opening portions 3A, 4A directly fixed to the upper plate 2, and a connecting portion 5 interposed between and connecting the first and second C-shaped portions 3. The C-shaped portions 3, 4 are formed of downwardly convexly curved surfaces 30, 40 and diagonally upwardly convexly curved surfaces 31, 41, respectively, which extend diagonally upwardly from the downwardly convexly curved surfaces 30, 40 toward the upper plate 2.

A liquid container includes a container body having a fluid channel forming portion for forming a fluid channel in which a liquid flows, a sensor member having a sensor and a film that is adapted to fix the sensor member to the container body. The fluid channel forming portion has a container side opening section opened so as to face the sensor member and an outer peripheral portion disposed so as to surround the container side opening section, the film is adapted to seal a portion between an outer edge portion of the sensor member and the outer peripheral portion of the fluid channel forming portion, and the outer peripheral portion has an elastically deformable portion that allows the sensor member to move in a direction away from the container side opening section.

A heat exchanger is provided in which second heat transfer plates (42) and first heat transfer plates (not illustrated) are alternately superimposed so as to form high pressure fluid passages (63) and low pressure fluid passages (not illustrated). The high pressure fluid passages (63) include inlet fluid passages (65a, 65b) defined by inlet ridges (50a to 50c) extending from a compressed air inlet (19), and main fluid passages (64) defined by a plurality of main ridges (49) extending parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the second heat transfer plates (42) so as to be perpendicular to the inlet fluid passages (65a, 65b). The two inlet fluid passages (65a, 65b) have different widths (Wa, Wb), and gaps (α, β) are formed between the downstream ends of the two inlet ridges (50b, 50c) and the upstream ends of the main ridges (49). A high pressure fluid can thereby be uniformly distributed into the main fluid passages (64) connected to the inlet fluid passages (65a, 65b) of the high pressure fluid passages (63) of the heat exchanger.