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A case for a portable electronic device such as cell phones, cameras, MP3 players and PDAs wherein said case includes material at the corners to provide protection to the electronic device. To reduce bulk at the corners and allow the material forming the case to conform with the contours of the device, the protection at the corners includes strips of material defining apertures there between. The apertures provide reduction in bulk and allow the case to conform to the corners of the device therein. Alternately, the protection at the corners can be provided by other structures co-molded into the corners of the cases. Such structures include material that is of a reduced thickness than other material used in the case, or structures that are formed to conform to the corners of the case. Such structures can be joined to the material forming the panels of the case by co-molding.

The invention is directed to a foldable electric bicycle with power assist having a front portion attached to a rear portion via a central pivot post. The front portion maintains a steering column, handle bar system and a front wheel assembly having a front wheel and an electric power train. The rear portion includes a rear connecting arm to maintain the rear wheel. The central pivot post includes a first end that connects with the front portion and a second end which connects with the rear portion. A peddle assembly connects below the central pivot post and communicates with the rear wheel through a drive chain. A rechargeable battery capable of providing electricity to the electric power train is shaped to fit within a cavity and is located within the central pivot post. The rechargeable battery is positioned proximate the user so as to vertically align with the user's girth.

An engine equipped with a multistage exhaust turbocharger easily mountable in a narrow engine room of a vehicle is provided by simplifying in construction and reducing in bulk of the multistage exhaust turbocharger. The multistage exhaust turbocharger has a high-pressure stage turbocharger and a low-pressure stage turbocharger. A high-pressure compressor cover of the high-pressure stage turbocharger is composed such that it has a compressor inlet passage, a bypass inlet passage, a switching aperture between both the passages to be opened and closed by a valve body of the compressor bypass valve device, and a bypass outlet pipe part connecting to the bypass inlet passage to introduce bypass air passed through the aperture opened by the bypass valve to the compressor bypass channel which is to be connected to the bypass outlet pipe part. A high-pressure turbine housing is cast integral with the exhaust manifold, an exhaust gas guide member is attached to the high-pressure turbine housing, and a low-pressure turbine housing is attached to the exhaust gas guide member.

Receiver apparatus for use with an analyte sensor, and methods of operation and manufacturing. In one embodiment, the analyte sensor is an implanted/implantable blood glucose sensor, including oxygen-based detector elements. The receiver apparatus is a wireless-enabled small form-factor device with limited functionality that can be easily worn or kept with the user on a continual basis, thereby obviating the need for a more fully featured receiver or smartphone for extended periods of time (e.g., one week). The exemplary oxygen based analyte sensor, with high degree of stability over time, enables the user to divorce themselves from the more fully functioned receiver or smartphone, since no external calibration of the sensor is required during the extended period. In one variant, the device is a lightweight wristband. Other variants include e.g., pendants, finger-worn rings, arm or head bands, skin patches, and even dental, subcutaneous, or prosthetic implants.

A method of controlling inertial attitude of an artificial satellite in order to perform a navigation function and to maximize terrestrial coverage of the Earth by the satellite. The method includes deploying the artificial satellite in an orbit about the poles of the Earth; applying gyroscopic precession to the artificial satellite spin axis to precess and maintain the satellite near the ecliptic pole; deploying the artificial satellite so that the spin axis is initially perpendicular to or substantially perpendicular to sun lines; and applying gyroscopic precession to the artificial satellite spin axis to precess the spin axis away from an initial deployed attitude at a selectively-variable precession rate and to maintain the spin axis perpendicular to or substantially perpendicular to a the sun lines.

The invention aims to provide a natural color fluff pulp which is really healthy and environmentally friendly. The natural color fluff pulp is characterized by being prepared from one raw material or a plurality of raw materials through mixing, and has performance parameters meeting the fluff pulp national standard GB/T21331-2008. The materials adopted by the natural color fluff pulp are not blanched, not added with a brightener or a color developing agent during the production process; a natural color fluff pulp product does not contain cancerogenic substance such as dioxin or adsorptive organic halide, harm to the human body and pollution to the environment caused by chemicals used in the blanching or brightening process are eliminated, 100% natural color of plant fiber is kept; the natural color fluff pulp is applicable to the field of hygienic products; a manufactured hygienic product has excellent performances and improved practicability; the natural color fluff pulp is sanitary, safe and environmentally friendly, and has good protection property for physiological hygiene and physical and psychological health of the human body.

The invention particularly relates to a presplitting blasting method for water holes close to high and steep slopes, which adopts a reversing hole distribution mode to distribute holes according to a profile map of a slope face. The technical parameters are that coefficient of not coupling of water hole presplitting hole (5) is 1.5-4.5, pitch of the water hole presplitting hole (5) is 1.5-3mm, space between rows of the water hole presplitting hole (5) and cushion hole (6) is 2.5-3m, thread stitching density of the water hole presplitting hole (5) is 1.5-3.5 kg/m, and the hole net parameter ofa main armament hole (7) is 4x4-6x5m2. Explosive charges (4) are filled in the bottoms of the water hole presplitting hole (5), and then a detonating cord (2) is filled in the water hole presplittinghole (5). Each of the 1-8 times of explosive charges is carried out according to the sequence of repeatedly enabling a spacer (3) to be filled in and enabling the explosive charges (4) to be filled in until completion of filling. After the water hole presplitting hole (5) is plugged, the detonating cord (2) and a non-conductivity booster detonator (1) are connected outside the water hole presplitting hole (5) to make preparation for detonation, and advance detonation time of the water hole presplitting hole (5) is 80-100ms. The presplitting blasting method has the advantages of reducing basalrate, reducing large blocks and being high in efficiency and low in consumption.

Integrated pointing device and integrated keyboard inputs are accepted at a microcontroller that formats the inputs to the HID protocol and embeds the HID formatted inputs into SMBus messages for transfer over an SMBus to processing components of an information handling system. A state machine at the information handling system motherboard extracts the HID packets from the SMBus messages and provides the HID packets to HID registers for use by processing components. Keyboard and pointing device inputs communicated from integrated devices through an SMBus may be treated as trusted data separate from non-trusted inputs through external devices and buses.

A self-driven device to resurface an ice rink. The device includes a rotating brush to sweep the ice anterior to a blade used to the scrape the ice. Collected snow is moved into a hot water tank where it is melted and moved to a warm water tank for redeposit onto the skating surface.

The invention relates to elastic material for preparing elastic and flexible toys, and particularly relates to elastic flexible glue. The elastic flexible glue comprises the following components by weight percentage: simethicone, super fine calcium carbonate, boric acid, TPR (thermal plastic rubber), zinc stearate, silicon resin, bentonite, barium carbonate, linseed oil and erucyl amide. The elastic flexible glue provided by the invention has good elasticity and proper bulking intensity; the surface of the elastic flexible glue is smooth, good in hand feel, adhesive, and tough, and has good aging resistance, high stability and long service life that is from 13 to 15 months; and the elastic and flexible toys made of the elastic flexible glue have high quality, and are playable and durable.

An axle mounted on a vehicle chassis includes a central box section, a first support arm connected to a first wheel and slideably mounted inside the central box section, and a second support arm connected to a second wheel and capable of longitudinal translational movement inside the first support arm, a guiding box section fixed to the central box section, including a rectangular tube and defining an external annular volume included between the central box section and the tube, and an internal volume included inside the tube, the first support arm being housed inside the external annular volume and able to be guided by the guiding box section along a first longitudinal translational path, the second support arm being housed inside the internal volume and able to be guided by the guiding box section on a second longitudinal translational path. A vehicle equipped with such an axle is described.

The invention provides a pod-type water jet propulsion unit, which comprises an installation platform, a pod propeller bracket arranged at the lower end of the installation platform, a pod propeller cabin body arranged at the lower end of the pod propeller bracket, a pod propeller cabin body arranged at the pod propulsion The motor base in the cabin body, the motor installed on the motor base, the transmission shaft connected to the output end of the motor, the water jet propulsion pump installed on the transmission axis, the lower end of the pod propeller cabin is provided with an inlet, a side A spout is provided, a flow channel is formed between the inlet and the spout, and the spout is set facing the water jet propulsion pump, and the upper end of the installation platform is provided with a data transmitter and a hydraulic steering device. The present invention is on the basis of maintaining the advantages of the original water jet propeller, adding the bracket, cabin body, electric propulsion system and steering device of the pod propeller, thereby reducing the complicated mechanical transmission mechanism and reversing device of the water jet propeller, further The propulsion efficiency and operational performance of the thrusters are improved, the noise is reduced and the stealth performance is enhanced.

The invention discloses a wind driven generator of a wind driven generator. The wind driven generator comprises a machine shell. First rolling bearings are fixedly connected with the middle of the right side of the inner wall of the machine shell. A hollow spindle is movably connected into the first rolling bearings. The right end of the hollow spindle sequentially penetrates through the first rolling beating and the machine shell from left to right, and extends out of the machine shell to be fixedly connected with a wind wheel. A push rod is arranged on the right side of the wind wheel and corresponds to the position of the hollow spindle. Through mutual cooperation of the hollow spindle, the wind wheel, the push rod, a triangular block, a baffle, a reset spring, second rolling bearings,a threaded rod, a threaded sleeve, a pulley, a positive and negative motor, a positive and negative rotating shaft, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear, fixing plates, bearing seats, rotating blocks and inserting rods, excellent propeller varying effect is achieved, synchronous propeller varying of each blade is achieved. Stability and electric generating efficiency of the wind driven generator are improved, and the service life of the wind driven generator is prolonged.

A firefighter pocket tool achieves its objectives by combining the functional features of several traditional tools (slip groove pliers of the curved jaw type, 6 in 1 screwdriver, spanner wrench, gas shut off tool and a striking tool) onto a shared single structure. The structure of the firefighter pocket tool comprises a pair of slip groove plier members each having a jaw portion, a joint portion and a handle portion, a pivotal bolt, nut and spring member. The upper jaw of the slip groove pliers is of the curved jaw type. Upon the “upper” rear portion of the pliers' “upper” jaw's head there is formed a protrusion that forms a striking surface and a hook and claw. The hook and claw is located so as to allow it to be used as a spanner for rocker lug type and similar fire hose couplings. As this same plier member crosses over the other plier member, it forms a plurality of arcuate adjustable channels with which the arcuate protuberance from the other plier member is engaged. Protruding from the top or rear handle (just above the gripping area) is another protrusion. This protrusion is of a rectangular shape. In the middle of this protrusion is a loop in the shape slightly larger than standard natural gas shut off valves. Two independently sized hexagonal open shafts that form the handles and nut-driver/bit holders. The spanner hook and claw could also be used to operate valves (such as smaller gas supply shut offs). The gas shut off loop can also be used as a guard for fingers when the tool is being used as a striking implement.

The invention relates to intraoral radiological dental image sensors, i.e. sensors placed in the mouth of a patient, an X-ray source being located outside the cheek of the patient in order to emit X-rays in the direction of the sensor. According to the invention, the image sensor is attached to a first end of a short electrical cable (22) of around 5 to 20 cm, a second end of which leaves the patient's mouth when the sensor is in the mouth, the second end carrying a light source (24) comprising light-emitting diodes that can be digitally modulated as a function of information coming from the sensor, the electrical cable being able to transmit an electrical control signal from the sensor to the diode for modulating the latter.

An improved game stand design providing an ergonomic seating position with seat and knee cushions which render both a more comfortable stand as well as a more versatile position, without sacrificing low weight and reduced bulk.

The invention discloses an ocean heat energy open circulation power generation system which comprises a flash evaporator, a warm seawater pipe, a warm seawater pump, a low-pressure steam pipe, a front-arranged small steam turbine, a steam compressor, a high-pressure steam pipe, a main steam turbine, a power generator, a steam exhaust pipe, a surface type condenser, a cold seawater pipe, a cold seawater pump, a steam pumping pipe and a heat exchange pipe bundle. Low-pressure steam is divided into two channels, one channel of low-pressure steam enters the front-arranged small steam turbine to do work to drive the steam compressor to work, the other channel of low-pressure steam is compressed by the steam compressor to become high-temperature high-pressure steam, the high-temperature high-pressure steam then enters the main steam turbine to do work to drive the power generator to generate power, part of steam is pumped from the main steam turbine to be used for heating seawater in the flash evaporator, and the amount of the steam generated by the flash evaporator is increased. According to the ocean heat energy open circulation power generation system, the size of the steam turbine in existing open circulation is effectively reduced, and the problem that the unit capacity is limited is solved; the ocean heat energy open circulation power generation system has the advantages of being high in system heat efficiency, high in water power utilizing rate, high in net power generated power and the like.

A collapsible wingback chair that includes a seat base portion and to which is secured a lower portion of a pair of side wings that include upper portions that are movable relative to a chair back that is pivotally mounted so as to be movable between an upright position when the chair is in use to a folded position in overlaying relationship with the base with the upper portions of the side wings also being folded relative to the base to thereby form a compact configuration for handling, shipping and storage. The side wings are selectively secured to the chair back when the back is in a raised position to thereby permit use of the chair in a conventional manner.

The invention relates to the technical field of medical equipment, in particular to a test tube scrubbing machine. The test tube scrubbing machine comprises a bearing table, a test tube frame, a scrubbing device and a lifting device; the test tube frame is mounted on the upper end surface of the bearing table; the bearing table is provided with multiple guide rods surrounding the test tube frame;the guide rods are vertically arranged; the scrubbing device sleeves the guide rods, and form sliding guide fit with the guide rods; the lifting device is fixed at the tops of all the guide rods, andforms transmission fit with the scrubbing device; and the lifting device is used for driving the scrubbing device to perform a linear reciprocating motion along the guide rods. The test tube frame cansynchronously place multiple test tubes for synchronous cleaning to shorten large-batch test tube cleaning time; an automatic cleaning mode is adopted in the whole process, so that the harm to humanbodies by liquid remained in the test tubes can be prevented, and the labor force is saved; and through a mode of scrubbing the inner walls of the test tubes up and down when rotating test tube brushes, the cleanness can be improved.