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A cooled electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical device having at least one electrode for applying electrical energy to tissue. In one embodiment, the electrode includes an internal cavity in which a cooling medium such as water is contained. The internal cavity is closed at both ends of the device such that the cooling medium is contained within the electrode at the surgical site such that the cooling medium does not contact the tissue being treated. The electrosurgical device has an electrode and a heat pipe to conduct heat from the electrodes where substantially all heat conducted from the electrode through the heat pipe is dissipated along the length of the heat pipe. The heat pipe can have a thermal time constant less than 60 seconds and preferably less than 30 seconds.

Post-interventional neointimal hyperplasia in arteries is treated by the application of ultrasonic energy. Usually, an intravascular catheter having an interface surface is positioned at a target site in the artery which has previously been treated. The interface surface is vibrationally excited to apply energy to the arterial wall in a manner which inhibits smooth muscle cell proliferation in the neointimal layer.

The present invention relates to a surface modified overhead conductor with a coating that allows the conductor to operate at lower temperatures. The coating is an inorganic, non-white coating having durable heat and wet aging characteristics. The coating preferably contains a heat radiating agent with desirable properties, and an appropriate binder/suspension agent. In a preferred embodiment, the coating has L* value of less than 80, a heat emissivity of greater than or equal to 0.5, and/or a solar absorptivity coefficient of greater than 0.3.

A flexible lighting device includes an elongated flexible tube with a translucent tube shell and opposed tube ends and a flexible circuit board set in the tube so that it extends between the tube ends. The flexible circuit board has opposed interior and exterior surfaces. Electrical circuitry is mounted to the circuit board and connected to an external input source and an output source of electrical power. The circuit board defines a number of cut-outs, preferably those of a generally diamond shape. The device is described in two embodiments: one with inwardly directed LEDs on the circuit board directed into the tube and one with outwardly directed LEDs on the circuit board directed out of the tube. The method of making the flexible lighting device is also described.

A flexible lighting device, comprising an elongated flexible tube including a translucent tubular shell with opposed tube ends, a flexible helical circuit board positioned in said tube extending between said opposed tube ends, said flexible helical circuit board having an exterior surface spaced from said tubular shell. Electrical circuitry is mounted to the circuit board and is connected to an external input source and an output source of electrical power. A plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is mounted to the exterior surface of the helical circuit board and is electrically connected to the electrical circuitry. The LEDs are positioned adjacent to the tubular wall. The invention includes a method of making the flexible lighting device including providing a parallelogram-shaped flat circuit board having long edges and short edges with acute angles and obtuse angles and further including a stiffening member embedded with said flat circuit board. Electrical circuitry mounted to the flat circuit board and LEDs mounted to the flat circuit board and to the electrical circuitry thereon, are all rolled and extended into a flexible cylindrical circuit board having spaced spirals and gaps that hold the LEDs, and then inserted into the flexible tubular housing. Power input and power output connectors are added to the electrical circuitry of the flexible helical circuit board, and connector end caps are secured to the opposed ends of the tubular housing.

A method for supplying power to a remote load includes coupling a gas turbine engine to a vessel that is not used to provide propulsion for the vessel, coupling a generator to the gas turbine engine, coupling an intercooler system downstream from a first compressor such that compressed air discharged from the first compressor is channeled therethrough, the intercooler system includes an intercooler and a first heat exchanger, channeling a first working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of air discharged from the intercooler to a second compressor, channeling a second working fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger to extract energy from the first working fluid to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of the first working fluid, and operating the gas turbine engine and generator to supply power to a load that is located remotely from the vessel.

A wound field synchronous machine includes direct oil cooling along a conductive sleeve with elongated semi-arcuate shaped channels which alternate with damper bar channels containing tie-rod supports structures. With a reduction in sleeve thickness permitted by the direct cooling, the overall weight of the machine is reduced.

Adsorbents and methods for the adsorptive separation of para-xylene from a mixture containing at least one other C₈ aromatic hydrocarbon (e.g., a mixture of ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene, and ethylbenzene) are described. Suitable adsorbents comprise nano-size zeolite X having an average crystallite size of less than about 500 nanometers. The adsorbents provide both improved capacity and mass transfer, which is especially advantageous for improving productivity in low temperature, low cycle time adsorptive separation operations in a simulated moving bed mode.

A system and method for cooling electrical machines (e.g., generators), sub-systems (e.g., power electronics), and components (e.g., bearings) in an electrical generation system such as a compressed air storage (CAS) energy system or a thermal and compressed air storage (TACAS) energy system is provided. Cooling is derived from the thermal expansion of a compressed gas, which may be the same gas used to drive a turbine-generator of CAS or TACAS energy system.

The invention relates to an asphalt warm-mix agent, comprising the following components in percentage by weight: 1.0-2.0% of alkylamine type cationic surfactant, 3.0-5.0% of amide type cationic surfactant, 5.0-10.0% of ammonium salt type cationic surfactant, 1.01.5% of calcium chloride, and water with residual percentage. The invention also relates to an asphalt mixture with the pavement applicability basically same as the traditional hot-mix asphalt mixture and the mixing and construction temperature lower than 20-50 DEG C; the purposes of energy saving, emission reduction, longer construction season, asphalt aging reduction and easier compaction are realized by reducing the mixing temperature; the indexes of the compaction degree, the water stability, the high-temperature performance, the low-temperature performance and the like of the pavement after paving the asphalt are not lower than those of hot-mix asphalt mixture at the same stage; and the service life of the asphalt pavement is efficiently guaranteed.

The present the invention provides power circuitry for the charging and discharging of high-frequency devices.

The invention provides a novel high heat conduction and heat dissipation coating and a manufacturing method thereof. The coating is applied in the heat dissipation field of electronic products, and comprises basic resin and filler, wherein the basic resin is coating resin, and the filler comprises one or more of graphite, nanographite, flake graphite, graphene, pyrolytic carbon, pyrolytic graphite, graphite powder, carbon nano tube, carbon fiber, graphite fiber, ceramic fiber, quartz fiber, metal fiber, zirconia, boron nitride, silicon nitride, boron carbide, carborundum, magnesium oxide powder, metasilicic acid fiber, calcium silicate aluminum fiber, alumina fiber, and copper, aluminum, silver, tungsten and molybdenum metal powders. The coating prepared according to the material and the method disclosed by the invention is directly coated or sprayed on the surface of a heat dissipater, heat is transmitted onto the coating, and then the heat is dissipated to the space by the coating so as to accelerate the dissipation of heat generated by an electronic device and avoid the problems of performance reduction or instability, service life shortening and the like of the electronic device due to insufficient heat dissipation.

In a first aspect, a process for forming deodorant or antiperspirant sticks by continuously forming a mobile composition for dispensing into containers or molds at a rate matched with the rate at which it is dispensed, and in other aspects a process in which a mobile deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed by injection molding, i.e. a process in which the deodorant or antiperspirant composition is dispensed under pressure. The composition at the time of injection moulding is preferably either in the vicinity of its regular set temperature, particularly in the range of about 0-3° C. below the regular set temperature and/or partially structured at the time of its delivery it into a container or mold. The deodorant or antiperspirant composition is preferably continuously produced in a screw extruder, especially a twin screw extruder, which is controlled to deliver the composition in a substantially semi-solid state, at a temperature close to its regular set temperature and is injected into the container or barrel at a pressure at the point of injection that is often greater than 15 psi. and in many instances from 200 to 400 psi in the injection head. Apparatus for forming deodorant or antiperspirant sticks by injection molding is also described. The combined process offers benefits for incorporating sensitive ingredients and ameliorating sedimentation of particulates such as particulate antiperspirant actives.

A bearing system for a turbocharger shaft includes an elongated bearing carrier with two anti-friction ball bearings mounted in its ends and with a radially extending flange at one end that cooperates with stationary housing portions and carries thrust loads of the rotor in both directions. The elongated bearing carrier is supported within the housing by axially spaced elastic supports which permit the rotating assembly to rotate about its mass center and provide a shock and vibration cushion. The elongated bearing carrier and housing cooperate to provide a coolant cavity which communicates with the outside periphery of the elongated bearing carrier between the axially spaced elastic supports, which also act as coolant seals between the elongated bearing cavity and the bearing housing.

The invention provides wearable equipment, an air conditioner control device, an air conditioner control method and an air conditioner. The wearable equipment comprises a detection unit, a calculation unit, a conversion unit and a sending unit, wherein the detection unit is used for detecting the breathing frequency, body temperature and/or infrared heat generating amount of a user, the calculation unit is connected with the detection unit, and is used for converting the infrared heat generating amount into the heat radiating amount of the user, and calculating the difference between the heat radiating amount and the standard heat radiating amount, the conversion unit is connected with the detection unit and the calculation unit, and is used for converting the difference value into a heat radiating signal, and converting the breathing frequency and/or body temperature into a body function signal, and the sending unit is connected with the conversion unit, and is used for sending the heat radiating signal and/or the body function signal to the outside. By adopting the technical scheme, the running temperature of the air conditioner is adjusted according to the detected body condition information of the user, so the temperature adjusting of the air conditioner is more accurate, and then the temperature is suitable for different populations with different body conditions.

A laser diode system is disclosed in which a substrate made of a semiconductor material containing laser diodes is bonded to a substrate made from a metallic material without the use of any intermediate joining or soldering layers between the two substrates. The metal substrate acts as an electrode and/or heat sink for the laser diode semiconductor substrate. Microchannels may be included in the metal substrate to allow coolant fluid to pass through, thereby facilitating the removal of heat from the laser diode substrate. A second metal substrate including cooling fluid microchannels may also be bonded to the laser diode substrate to provide greater heat transfer from the laser diode substrate. The bonding of the substrates at low temperatures, combined with modifications to the substrate surfaces, enables the realization of a low electrical resistance interface and a low thermal resistance interface between the bonded substrates.

One or more heat pipes are connected between a component on a circuit card and the frame of a circuit card assembly for transfer of heat to the frame of the circuit card assembly. Circuit cards are typically held in place in channels in a chassis by an expansion type retention device. The circuit cards also include a heat frame for collecting the heat produced by the card components and channeling the heat from the card through the heat frame to the chassis. The retention device presses the heat frame in to thermal contact with one side of the channel. Heat collector can be attached to the heat generating components of a circuit card between the heat pipe and the component to provide improved thermal transfer. A number of heat collectors with pairs of heat pipes extending in opposite directions from the collector to the frame can be used to allow the heat pipes to effectively dissipate heat form the circuit card assembly regardless of the orientation of the circuit card assembly.

A protective cover for a hand-held electronic device includes a base having an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face. The base further includes at least one air guiding hole extending from the inner face through the outer face. A positioning member is provided along a periphery of the base. The positioning member and the base together define a receiving space. A cooling module is mounted in the receiving space. The cooling module includes a cooling fan and a flow guiding portion. The cooling fan and the flow guiding portion are fixed to the inner face of the base. The cooling fan includes an air outlet adjoining the flow guiding portion. The flow guiding portion includes a flow guiding face having at least one non-parallel face at a non-parallel angle to the inner face.

A blower for a furnace is provided where the blower has an impeller that is configured to create a primary air flow of combustion air into the blower housing and a secondary air flow of cooling air through the blower motor. The primary air flow of combustion air into the furnace generates hot exhaust gases for a heat exchanger in the furnace. The secondary air flow cools the blower motor. The secondary air flow is mixed with the hot exhaust gases in the blower housing and cools the exhaust gases before being discharged from the blower housing.

An electronic power supply for use with a personal computer exhibits a construction including an external power section located exterior to a personal computer and including a direct current voltage source in combination with a battery source for providing a load adjusted direct current voltage. A first supervisory computer is connected to the direct current voltage source and the battery source for controlling the load adjusted direct current voltage. An internal power section is located interior to the personal computer and in electrical contact with the external power section. The internal power section comprises a plurality of voltage output devices for providing a plurality of direct current output voltages. A second supervisory computer is connected to the plurality of voltage output devices for controlling the plurality of direct current output voltages distributed to the personal computer. A signal communication link exists between the second supervisory computer and the first supervisory computer.