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An in vivo imaging device including one or more components for example an imager, a transmitter and a circuit board having rigid sections and flexible sections According to some embodiments, the in vivo imaging device components may be electrically joined and/or stacked together using three-dimensional (3D) chip scale packaging solutions.

A power controller for flourescent lamp dimming is disclosed, using all digital internal and external programmable controls. A specific ASIC is described. A gate array and microcomputer share parallel functions with fast sub-functions carried out by the gate array and slower sub-functions carried out by a micro-processor. Circuits are provided for automatic shut down when a high frequency ground fault is detected; for connecting the filaments of gas discharge lamps in a series/parallel circuit; for driving the load as close to resonance as possible but in an inductive mode; and for developing a dead time between high side and low side switches which is related to transformer current, switch current, bridge voltage or bridge voltage dv/dt.

A linear-motion telescopic mechanism according to the present invention includes a plurality of block members (22) by which an arbitrary arm length is achieved in such a manner that the plurality of block member (22) are rigidly connected to each other so as to elongate a linear-motion telescopic joint (J3). On the other hand, by separating the plurality of block members (22) one by one from a rigid alignment of the plurality of block members (22), the linear-motion telescopic joint (J3) is contracted. The block members (22) unfixed from the rigid alignment are still serially connected but not in a rigid manner. That is, the block members (22) thus unfixed can be flexed in any directions, and therefore can be housed inside a support member (1) in a compact manner. This arrangement can provide a linear-motion telescopic mechanism (i) which enhances safety by eliminating such a risk, inevitable for a typical robot arm having an elbow joint, that an object around the robot arm gets caught between arm sections when the elbow joint is closed, and (ii) which can reduce a space to be occupied by the robot arm.

A headrest assembly for a seat includes a body portion having at least one padded surface positioned in substantial alignment with a seated occupant's head; and an active material in operative communication with the at least one padded surface of the body portion, the active material being operative to change at least one attribute in response to an activation signal, wherein a space between the occupant's head and the at least one padded surface decreases with the change in the at least one attribute of the active material.

A method and device to help an aircraft change altitude in case of reduced separations is disclosed. The device, embarked on board the airplane, comprises means for determining a performing time range during which the altitude change maneuver within reduced spacings being desired by the pilots is able to be performed.

A file server having a redundant data elimination store responds to requests from clients for copies of space-reduced files. For reduced storage requirements and reduced processing time, a baseline version of unshared data blocks is created in the file server, and then the baseline version is space reduced by conversion to a stub version of shared data blocks, and then the file server responds to a request from a client for creation of one or more space-reduced copies by cloning the stub version. The file server may also respond to a request for creation of a modified space-reduced copy having specified data written at a specified offset. For example, the file server creates a respective modified copy of a virtual server image file for use by each client of the file server.

The invention is an inflatable mailer having a liner that can be inflated at the point of use. The liner includes a series of inflatable chambers that are in fluid communication with a common channel. A controlled volume of gas is disposed in the liner. The gas is sufficient to inflate the common channel but is not sufficient to appreciably inflate the inflatable chambers. As a result, the inflatable mailer is in a relatively compact state. The invention includes an apparatus for inflating the mailer. The apparatus includes a nip for moving the controlled volume of gas into the common channel; an inflation nozzle adapted to pierce the inflated common channel and introduce a second portion of gas into the liner until the liner is inflated to a desired level; and a sealing device to seal the inflated liner.

A battery block for vehicle use which includes a shock absorbing member for absorbing impact force of a crash is provided without increasing the entire size of the battery module.

The battery block for vehicle use which includes an accommodation section accommodating a plurality of cells serving as secondary batteries, and an exhaust passage including space allowing a flow of gas generated from at least one of the cells includes a shock absorbing member, wherein when impact of a vehicle crash is exerted on the battery block, the shock absorbing member deforms to reduce the space of the exhaust passage so as to absorb the impact.

The invention discloses a ceramic large plate of an anhydrous glaze line all-digital jet printing process. The large plate comprises a bottom blank layer and a surface pattern layer; the surface pattern layer consists of a jet printing bottoming layer, a jet printing pattern layer, a jet printing protection layer/or a jet printing glue layer bonded with a dry particle layer in sequence from bottomto top; and the bottoming layer, the pattern layer, the protection layer/or the glue layer are formed by digital jet printing through a ceramic ink jet printer. The ceramic large plate and a manufacturing method thereof on a glaze line hardly need manual operation in the whole process for all-digital jet printing of the ceramic large plate and a sheet thereof; the texture is rich; the yield is increased; and anhydrous scene production environment is more accordant with modern green and intelligent manufacturing.

Methods and apparatus utilizing a stepped floating gate structure to facilitate reduced spacing between adjacent cells without significantly impacting parasitic capacitance. The stepped structure results in a reduced surface area of a first floating gate in close proximity to an adjacent floating gate with substantially no reduction in coupling area, thus facilitating a reduction in parasitic capacitance leading to improved gate coupling characteristics. Also, because of the reduced surface area exposed to adjacent floating gates, the floating gates may be formed with reduced spacing, thus further leading to improved gate coupling characteristics.

The invention discloses a stamping die for forming a punching scrap and a peripheral flanging simultaneously. The stamping die comprises an upper die and a lower die which are guided and fixed throughan inner guide pillar arranged on the upper die and an inner guide sleeve arranged on the lower die, wherein the upper die is provided with a punching terrace die and a bending terrace die; the punching terrace die is fixed on a terrace die fixed plate through an upper die screw; the bending terrace die is a movable member and is located in the terrace die fixed plate; the lower die is provided with a bending female die and a punching female die; and the punching terrace die and the bending terrace die of the upper die respectively correspond to the punching female die and the bending femaledie of the lower die. The invention reduces the procedure, personnel, stamping devices, containers of semi-finished products, sites and the like so that the use ratio of materials is higher. At the same time, the invention realizes the automatic production, increases the efficiency by nearly seven times, thereby improving the labor efficiency and the precision of products, reducing the unit priceof parts and improving the market competitiveness of products.

A piezoelectric device including an IC chip mounted on an inner bottom surface of a package, and a piezoelectric vibrating reed electrically and mechanically connected onto a TAB tape in which a lead is provided on a surface of a resin tape. The TAB tape to which the piezoelectric vibrating reed has been joined is mounted in the package, whereby the piezoelectric vibrating reed is arranged above the IC chip.

Methods and systems for improving imaging quality and power efficiency of scanning beam display systems using fluorescent screens are disclosed. In various embodiments, beam shaping mechanisms for maximizing overlap between the beam cross-section and the florescent element corresponding to each color sub-pixel of the screen, as well as pulse width and timing adjustments, are introduced to reduce imaging noise and improve power efficiency of the display system.

A low-vibration/noise brushless motor capable of limiting the height of coil ends, and a low-current-leak hermetic compressor includes the brushless motor. This brushless motor is of a three-phase full-pitch-winding type including a stator having coils (20) inserted in slots in a one coil per one slot manner. Coil ends (21) of the coils (20) are arranged such that the first coil (201) is arranged outside the second and third coils (202, 203) in a place (A) where the second and third coils (202, 203) are inserted in a pair of slots adjacent to each other, the second coil (202) is arranged from inside of the first coil (201) to outside of the third coil (203) in a place (B) where the first and third coils are inserted in another pair of slots adjacent, and the third coil (203) is arranged inside the first and second coils (201, 202) in a place (C) where the first and second coils (201, 202) are inserted in still another pair of adjacent slots. The coil ends (21) are shaped in the axial direction.

In one embodiment of the invention, a method for electronic circuit design is disclosed. The method includes analyzing a hierarchy of a netlist of a circuit to determine primary inputs and primary outputs of the circuit at an upper level, and internal vertices of the circuit at lower levels between the primary inputs and the primary outputs; forming a timing graph of the circuit including a plurality of timing delay edges representing timing delay between the primary inputs, the internal vertices and the primary outputs to form a plurality of paths of a path space from the primary inputs to the primary outputs; and in response to the timing delay of the plurality of timing delay edges, dynamically pruning paths of the plurality of paths using branch and bound techniques on bounds of timing delay that are a function of one or more circuit parameters to reduce the path space down to one or more critical timing paths of the circuit with a worse case metric of timing delay between the primary inputs and the primary outputs. Additionally or alternatively, timing in the circuit may be analyzed to determine a bound of timing delay of the circuit for one or more parameter corners in a parameter space and if the bound of timing delay is worse than a threshold time delay then one or more parameter corners may be pruned from the parameter space using branch and bound techniques.

A biomagnetic field measurement apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a head part provided with SQUID sensors (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) for measuring a magnetocardiogram, the sensors being arranged in a row in a right and left direction at a lower end portion of the head part and being spaced apart by a predetermined space, and a non-magnetic liquid coolant container for cooling the SQUID sensors; an electronic circuitry part for controlling the SQUID sensors and measuring a signal; a signal processing software part for acquiring and storing the signal detected by the electronic circuitry part to a PC, calculating the signal and thus transforming the signal to a magnetic signal or a current signal, then mapping and displaying the transformed signal; and a bed part made of a non-magnetic material, mounted at a lower side of the head part to be spaced apart therefrom and provided with a platy sliding bed for measuring a magnetocardiogram by using the SQUID sensors of the head part at a state that a man to be measured is laid thereon, a sliding rail for allowing the sliding bed to move thereon in a front and rear direction, an up and down moving device for moving the sliding bed, for adjusting a measuring position of the man to be measured, in an up and down direction for adjusting the position of the SQUID sensors of the head part, a right and left moving device for moving the sliding bed in a right and left direction, and a front and rear moving device for moving the sliding bed in a front and rear direction by a predetermined space.

The biomagnetic field measurement apparatus according to the present invention has advantages that since SQUID sensors are arranged in a row and a magnetocardiogram is measured by moving the bed in a predetermined space, it is not necessary for the high-priced SQUID sensors to be provided a lot in comparison with a conventional biomagnetic field measurement apparatus, and thus the apparatus is inexpensive, structurally simple and able to be downsized, a space taken up can be reduced and maintenance thereof is facilitated.

An integrated thermal management of an electrochemical energy conversion device (e.g., a fuel cell) and an electronic device powered by the electrochemical energy conversion device is described. According to the present invention, an integrated thermal management interface may be used to intentionally manage and control the heat generated by both devices in a shared and efficient manner (e.g., in addition to natural heat dissipation). In particular, the interface may be a unified sub-system, which may be electrical or mechanical (or a combination of both), used to actively control the heat of the two distinct devices, i.e., the heat-generating portions of the two devices, by creating a thermally conductive path to a shared heat dissipation mechanism. In accordance with aspects of the present invention, the interface may be embodied as one or more shared thermally conductive paths, fans, air pumps, heat sinks, switches, etc.

The present invention discloses a hinge module for a foldable type device. One end of the first turning member is connected to a first supporting member, and another end of the first turning member has a first semi-circular space for pivoting a semi-circular hinge set, and the first turning member has a first turning space and a first limiting space for respectively limiting the first supporting part of the center of the first swinging member and another end of the first swinging member. The another end of the first swinging member presses against a first elastic member, and one end of the first swinging member is connected to the first turning member. The second turning member has a second turning space and a second limiting space for respectively limiting the second supporting part of the center of the second swinging member and another end of the second swinging member.

The thread cutting device of a sewing machine provides a first thread catching member having a first thread catching portion for catching a thread positioned between the horizontal shuttle and the needle hole and carrying out forward and backward movements below the throat plate while the first thread catching portion catches the thread, a second thread catching member having a second thread catching portion for catching the thread laid between the needle hole and the first thread catching portion and guiding the thread caught by the first thread catching member to a fixed blade and to cut the thread by the fixed blade

The invention relates to a measurement and control system comprehensive experimental device which comprises a programmable controller, a hydraulic system, a work drive motor, a loading motor, a analog-to-digital converter, a sensor, a contactor, an intermediate relay and a digital display board, wherein, the work drive motor is connected with a drive pump of the hydraulic system; the signal output terminal of the sensor arranged in the hydraulic system is connected with the input interface of the programmable controller by the analog-to-digital converter, the output interface of the programmable controller is connected with the loading motor by the intermediate relay and the contactor; and the output interface of the programmable controller is also connected with the digital display board. The invention combines experimental devices of three courses in the same set of device, thereby reducing the investment of the experimental device of single course to the utmost extent, improving the utilization rate of the device greatly and saving the cost and the space. In addition, the student does different experiments at the same experimental device repeatedly, thereby shortening the time for getting familiar with the experimental device, also taking effect of understanding the present by reviewing the past and also feeling the relation between different subjects.

A display device includes a display panel, a cover, a bonding member, a guide mold and at least one fastening member. The cover is above the display panel. The bonding member is on a surface of the cover and includes a plurality of non-recessed portions and a plurality of recessed portions between the plurality of non-recessed portions. The guide mold accommodates a light source below the display panel and includes a plurality of protruding portions protruding from a side surface thereof, each of the plurality of protruding portions respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of non-recessed portions. The at least one fastening member penetrates a corresponding one of the plurality of protruding portions of the guide mold to be fastened to a corresponding one of the plurality of recessed portions.

An active noise attenuation system (10) comprises a speaker (26) in communication with a flow body (78). The speaker (26) emits an output for attenuating noise from the flow body (78). A control unit (31) communicates with the speaker (26) and controls the output. A housing (14) has one volume (18) acting as a liquid storage chamber and another volume (22) acting as a speaker chamber.

A collapsible laundry rack is provided that can be formed from a pair of collapsible legs and a plurality of cross members extending between the legs. A connector is provided between the cross members and the legs to secure the cross members relative to the legs. The connector is configured to allow for sequential assembly and disassembly of the cross members relative to the legs in order to simply assembly and disassembly operations.

A shield cable includes: a first film member made of an insulating resin; a second film member made of an insulating resin; a laminated body including a center conductor surrounded by the first film member and the second film member; an easy-adhesion layer positioned around the laminated body; an outer conductor positioned around the easy-adhesion layer; and a protective film that covers around the outer conductor, wherein the shield cable is flat when viewed in cross section.

A rotary nozzle apparatus is disclosed which includes a cup shaped outer housing having a central axis, a wall portion and a bottom portion. A tubular inner housing is centered on the central axis within the outer housing engaging the wall portion of the outer housing. A distal end of an elongated tubular nozzle body carries a nozzle head extending through a passage out of the inner housing to an opening through the bottom portion of the outer housing. The nozzle body is configured to rotate around a conical inner wall portion of the inner housing in response to rotational fluid flow into the inner housing. The angle of the nozzle body with respect to the central axis, and hence fluid spray angle may be adjusted from a wide spray angle to an axial stream by changing spacing between the bottom portion of the outer housing and the inner housing.

The invention discloses a calculation method and device for a planned route. When an initial route is planned, first time for reaching each intersection is calculated by adopting the departure as a starting point according to road continuity, whether the first time for reaching each intersection is limited or not is judged, route calculation is performed by combination of the first time for reaching each intersection and limiting information corresponding to each intersection, and an original recommended route is provided; second time for reaching each intersection is calculated according to the current position of a user after advancing; whether the second time for reaching the same intersection is consistent with the limiting information corresponding to the first time is judged, so thatwhether the route is required to be re-planned or not is determined. According to the method, effective planned route calculation is performed by sufficiently utilizing the road restriction information, a more accurate planned route is provided for the user, and behaviors of violation of traffic rules, detouring and the like due to misguidance are effectively avoided.

A punch for forming opposite ends of a copper tube into a T includes a tapered or shovel-nose such that the spacing between the ends of the opposed punches is reduced, thereby reducing the excess copper remaining in the T once formed. A method of forming the fitting employs the shovel-nose punches in a hydro-forming process to accommodate such results.

A drive apparatus for an extruder with at least two co-rotating extruder screws having driveshafts includes a housing and a drive motor which is received in the housing and including a stator and a rotor. The rotor is operatively connected to driveshafts of the extruder screws and has arranged thereon a toothed surface in direct engagement with complementary toothed surfaces of at least two of the driveshafts of the extruder screws.

Sensor with a one-layer or multi-layer sensor element operating in a contact-free manner and a housing comprising an electric/electronic connection and, in given cases, electronic components, where the sensor element comprises a coil arrangement whose windings have a defined line width, line thickness, and line spacing per layer and whose layers have a defined layer thickness and, in given cases, a defined layer spacing, characterized in that the sensor element is built up from ceramic layers in the sense of multi-layer ceramics and that with respect to traditional coil arrangements the line width is reduced and the number of windings per cross-sectional surface area is increased.

A sealing element (100) for sealing a fluidic connection between a coupling element (258) and a tubular element (136) and thereby providing a sealed flow path through the tubular element (136) and between the coupling element (258) and the tubular element (136) in a longitudinal direction (104), the sealing element (100) comprising: a recess (102) extending in the longitudinal direction (104), the recess (102) being adapted for receiving the tubular element (136); a transverse wall (106) defining an extent of the recess (102) in the longitudinal direction (104), the transverse wall (106) having a through hole (108).