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A surgical stapling and severing instrument particularly suited to endoscopic procedures incorporates a handle that produces separate closing and firing motions to actuate an end effector. In particular, the handle produces multiple firing strokes in order to reduce the required amount of force required to fire (i.e., staple and sever) the end effector. A linked transmission reduces the required handle longitudinal length, yet achieves a rigid, strong configuration when straightened for firing. A traction biased firing mechanism avoids binding in driving this straightened linked rack in cooperation with an anti-backup mechanism, with a lockout mechanism that prevents releasing the closure trigger during firing. Furthermore, an external indicator gives feedback to the surgeon as to how far firing has progressed, as well as providing a manual retraction capability.

Disclosed herein is a method of cleaning oxide from a surface in the fabrication of an integrated device using reducing radicals and UV radiation. For silicon surfaces, the cleaning may be performed at a temperature at which a hydrogen-terminated passivated surface is stable, such that the surface remains protected after loading into the chamber until the cleaning is performed. Performing the cleaning at a lower temperature also consumes a reduced portion of the thermal budget of a semiconductor device. Epitaxial deposition can then be performed over the cleaned surface.

A hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a generator connected with an output shaft extending from the internal combustion engine, an electric motor axially aligned with the output shaft, an output gear assembly connected to an output shaft driven by the rotor of the electric motor and positioned between the generator and the electric motor, a clutch adapted to connect and disconnect the generator to / from the output gear assembly, a differential gear unit, and a counter shaft oriented in parallel the output shaft driven by the rotor.

A catheter having a sensor at a distal end thereof, useable to detect and create signals from an electromagnetic field. The sensor is constructed and arranged to leave a lumen of the catheter open such that it may be used to pass instruments therethrough once a target location has been reached.

A flat wide-angle objective of the invention consists of a first sub-unit that is located on the object side of the objective and comprises an assembly of two conventional aspheric negative, e.g., aspheric piano-concave lenses, and a second sub-unit in the form of a set of four microlens arrays arranged on the image-receiving side of the objective. The microlenses of all microlens arrays have the same arrangement of microlenses in all the arrays. A diaphragm array with restricting openings can be sandwiched between a pair of the microlens arrays. The objective of the invention can be realized into an optimal design only with predetermined relationships between the parameters of the optical system that forms the objective. The invention makes it possible to drastically reduce longitudinal dimension of the objective. In operation, the first sub-unit creates an imaginary image of the object in its focal plane, which is located on object side of the objective, while the second sub-unit creates an actual image of the object in the image plane on the image-receiving side of the objective. In this case, the function of the object plane is fulfilled by the aforementioned focal plane of the first sub-unit that contains the imaginary image of the real object.

The invention provides a foundation-based atmosphere profile microwave detector. The detector is characterized by comprising an antenna feeder unit, a radiometer receiving unit and a scanning mechanism unit, wherein the antenna feeder unit comprises two independent antenna feeder sub-units for two wavebands and is provided with two-frequency independent reflective surfaces; the two independent antenna reflective surfaces are arranged at two ends of the output shaft of a scanning motor respectively, can realize beam scanning through motor rotation, and are used for receiving microwave radiation of atmosphere and an internal calibration reference source; the radiometer receiving unit comprises a directional coupler, a radio amplifier, a power divider, a band pass filter, a square law detector, an integrator and a video amplifier, and is used for realizing intermediate frequency detection of a received signal; the scanning mechanism unit comprises a scanning shaft, a scanning step motor, two front ends and a sub-miniature type A (SMA) connector; and driven by the scanning motor, the scanning shaft drives the two reflective surfaces to circumferentially scan so as to realize observation on sky in different incident angles and measurement on an internal calibration blackbody and acquire data which is acquired in a measurement and periodic internal calibration unit.

The invention discloses a full-duplex active phased filter antenna array surface, and aims at providing an antenna array surface with high-isolation array transmitting and receiving and good filter characteristic. A transmitting antenna array surface of a transmitting array antenna and a receiving antenna array surface of a receiving array antenna consist of a plurality of arrayed radiation units;a multi-layer printed board integrally integrating a radiation circuit, a feed switching circuit and a filter circuit achieves connection between different circuits by vertical interconnection structures of metallized via holes; a metal upper cavity body of a transmitting-receiving component serves as a metal ground; a metal upper cavity body base of a metal floor is consubstantially connected byradio-frequency fuzz button connectors; and then a radiation unit and transmitting-receiving component integrated box-type submatrix module filter antenna unit is formed. With the adoption of the full-duplex active phased filter antenna array surface, high-isolation array transmitting and receiving can be achieved; insertion losses of array transmitting and receiving can be reduced; and high-precision amplitude and phase control can be achieved.

A medication filling apparatus for filling a predetermined container with medications, such as tablets, provide improved assemblability and maintainability, and permits safe and reliable filling operations, while maintaining a compact size. The medication filling apparatus is equipped with a plurality of tablet cases for accommodating medications of respective types, a plurality of hoppers provided side by side below the respective tablet cases in a corresponding manner to receive the medications dispensed therefrom, and charging means for guiding the medications dispensed from a dispensing port formed at the bottommost portion of each hopper to a predetermined container and for charging them, and is further equipped with retaining members on which the hoppers are hung, wherein the hoppers are detachably installed to the retaining members.

A cable end connector includes a dielectric housing (10), a terminal (30) received in the housing, a shell (50) enclosing the housing, and a retainer (60) attached to the shell for holding a coaxial cable (70) therein. An inner conductor (71) of the coaxial cable is directly soldered to a lower surface of a bottom portion (31) of the terminal. Two locking tabs (63) of the retainer achieves two functions: keeping integrity of the cable end connector and grounding a braiding layer (73) of the coaxial cable.

A thinner shoe mounted receptacle results from a thin cleat attachment flange received in a shallow receptacle cavity. An angled interface between the cleat and receptacle provide a friction fit engagement to minimize inadvertent disengagement of the cleat and receptacle. Rotational locking occurring inside or outside the cavity further prevents inadvertent cleat rotation. Multiple positionally synchronized angular stops positively define the final angular orientation of the cleat in the receptacle.

The invention provides a preparation method of a graphene flash memory. According to the method, a single-layer or multi-layer continuous graphene thin film replaces a polysilicon gate or nitric oxide to store electric charges, the storage capacity of the electric charges is improved within a limited physical space, and as the graphene is relatively thin, the influence of capacity coupling in a device is eliminated while the longitudinal dimension of the device is diminished, so that the problem of crosstalk of adjacent storage units in work is effectively avoided. The graphene flash memory is simple in process and convenient in operation, and the data of the graphene flash memory are rapidly written, erased and read at the low power consumption.

End-of-travel device (10) for roller blind actuating systems, comprising a member (22) displaceable as far as an end-of-travel position (26), coupling means (20) in engagement with the displaceable member (22) and rotationally actuated by a motor, and lever means (40) for converting the displacement of the displaceable member (22) into activation of an end-of-travel switch (60). The lever means (40) comprise a movable member (50) pivotably hinged on a frame and engageable with pressure by the displaceable member (22) when its reaches the end-of-travel position (26). The member (50) can be engaged with an actuating member (58) of the switch (60) where an actuating member of the switch (60) is positioned radially with respect to the axis of displacement of the member (22).

A check valve of a cleaning device of a vehicle lamp is provided with a cleaning liquid influx portion, a valve disposing portion, and a cleaning liquid efflux portion which are arranged in series in a sliding direction of the piston. A valve body is disposed in the valve disposing portion. The valve body opens and closes a space between the cleaning liquid influx portion and the cleaning liquid efflux portion, when at least a portion of the valve body moves in a direction substantially perpendicular to a sliding direction of a piston.

The related Si-base parallel MOS capacitor-structure high-speed electro-optical modulator comprises: the SOI substrate, some electrodes to form cross structure on modulation area surface, a dual-grid oxide layer clamped between the Si layers as n-p-n doping, a multi-crystal-Si waveguide layer, and a SiO2 layer, wherein the positive and negative electrodes form parallel capacitor structure as the source area, and it uses external voltage to control the range and quantity of free carrier concentration. This invention has high efficiency and compatible to traditional technology.

A brushless motor has a first coupler comprising a molded body including an annular member and a plug integrally combined with a peripheral side wall of the annular member. The plug houses terminal rods therein. Bridges project radially inward from an inner peripheral wall surface of the annular member. Connectors joined to respective leads that extend from an electromagnetic coil are mounted on radial inner ends of the bridges. The bridges are provided in pairs of adjacent bridges. In each of such pairs, the bridges project in parallel with each other from an inner peripheral wall surface of the annular member.

A multifunctional griddle having hinged top and bottom heating plate assemblies which receive reversible cooking plates or, alternatively, interchangeable cooking plates for cooking different types of foods such as waffles, pancakes, and hot sandwiches. In one embodiment the reversible cooking plates are nested in face-to-face contact with mating top and bottom heating plates to improve heat transfer to the cooking plates. This is accomplished by forming a mating waffle grid in the heating plates for receiving the waffle iron surfaces of the cooking plates in intermeshing engagement. The intermeshing engagement of the cooking plates with the heating plates also reduces the overall vertical height of the appliance providing a slimmer profile. In an alternative embodiment a set of interchangeable cooking plates is provided having a sliding interface with modified heating plates. In this embodiment the cooking plates are conveniently interchanged to vary the cooking configurations of the appliance.

An operational pedal support structure of an automotive vehicle comprises a fixed pedal support member on the side of a dash panel, a swing pedal support member, a pedal body supported at the swing pedal support member via a first pivotal axis, a downward-move restricting means to allow a downward move of the first pivotal axis only in case the rotational lever rotates, and a pressing portion provided at the rotational lever so as to press down the swing pedal support member. The pressing portion is positioned in front of the second pivotal axis. Accordingly, the operational pedal support structure of an automotive vehicle equipped with a means for compulsively moving down the pedal at the vehicle frontal collision, which can be made compact and simple with a high reliability, can be provided.

The invention discloses a miniature microstrip antenna, which comprises a microstrip patch, a grounding part, a medium substrate, a feeder line and a resonant cell. The medium substrate is positioned between the microstrip patch and the grounding part; the resonant cell is arranged in the medium substrate; and the feeder line is electrically connected with the resonant cell. In the technical scheme, compared with the common microstrip antenna, the microstrip antenna loaded with a small resonant ring has the advantages that: the longitudinal size of the common microstrip antenna is about half of the wavelength, and after the substrate is loaded with the small resonant ring, the longitudinal size of the microstrip antenna can be made smaller, so that the size of the microstrip antenna can be greatly reduced, and the bandwidth can be increased.

The invention relates to a plane unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power division network which comprises a plurality of equal-arm-length equal-power-division waveguide H-T power dividers and a plurality of equal-arm-length unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power dividers. Each equal-arm-length unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power divider comprises a waveguide input arm, a first waveguide output arm, a second waveguide output arm, a power distribution diaphragm, an impedance phase position adjusting block and an impedance tuning diaphragm, wherein the introduction of the impedance phase position adjusting blocks enables the equal-arm-length unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power dividers to be equal in arm length and enables the equal-arm-length unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power dividers to still meet requirements when the power division is large. The designed plane unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power division network is located in the same layer, the longitudinal dimension is small, therefore, the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low. The lateral dimension is compact, and therefore the plane unequal-power-division waveguide H-T power division network is suitable for occasions with the limited space.

A riding lawn mower comprises, a plurality of front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels; a vehicle body supported by the front wheels and the rear wheels, and supporting a driver's seat; an engine disposed in a rear position of the vehicle body; a hood housing the engine; a mower unit suspendible from the vehicle body; and a grass catcher for collecting grass clippings from the mower unit. The grass catcher includes a left side container portion; a right side container portion; and a center container portion communicating with the left and right side container portions in upper positions of the left and right side container portions, and having a planar bottom. When the grass catcher is in a collecting position, the bottom of the center container portion is located above and along the hood, and at least lower part of each of the left side container portion and the right side container portion is located laterally of the hood, the center container portion, the left side container portion and the right side container portion defining a recessed space extending over an entire fore and aft length thereof for accommodating at least part of the hood.

A powder inhaler comprising a powder container, an air channel, a metering member equipped with a dosing recess, an actuating means for the displacement of the metering member between the filling and the inhalation position, and a closure element for plugging the air channel in a substantially water-proof manner when the metering member is in the filling position and opening the air channel when the metering member is in the inhalation position. When the inhaler is not in use, the closure element prevents moisture and dirt from entering the sensitive parts of the device.

The invention relates to the field of radar communication, in particular, a low profile miniaturized phased array antenna is realized in a three-dimensional integrated manner, comprises an antenna TRmodule and a power supply and differentiator module, the high frequency signal interconnection between the antenna tr module and the power supply and differentiator module is implemented using radio frequency vertical interconnection, A low frequency interconnect is implement using a low frequency pin, the antenna TR module comprises an antenna TR module cavity, Antenna TR module printed circuit board and wave control PCB board, A printed circuit board of the antenna TR module and a waveform control PCB are respectively arranged on both sides of the cavity of the antenna TR module, As that microwave multilayer PCB board is use, the vertical interconnection between layers is realize, thereby realizing ultra-small longitudinal dimension integration, vertical interconnection blind insertion mode is adopted between the soft substrate part of the summer module and the prin circuit board of the antenna TR module, and the radio frequency traces are reduced by using the vertical interconnection between layers inside the microwave multilayer board.

A rotary-tillage, mulching and earthing machine comprises a frame, a rotary tiller, a shaping and compacting roller, a film suspension and a soil splitting board, wherein the rotary tiller is mounted below the front of the frame, the shaping and compacting roller is mounted at the rear of the rotary tiller, the film suspension is mounted below the rear of the frame, the soil splitting board is arranged above the film suspension, the rotary tiller is provided with a rotary blade shaft, and spoon-shaped rotary blades are disposed on the rotary blade shaft. When the rotary-tillage, mulching and earthing machine is operated, the rotary tiller crushes soil, and the spoon-shaped rotary blades take up the crushed soil. When the rotary blades rotate to a certain height, the soil in the spoon-shaped rotary blades is cast over the shaping and compacting roller to spikes welded on the sol splitting board and is crashed onto the spikes, and the soil is then evenly scattered to the surface of a mulching film spread on the film suspension, so that operations of rotary tillage, mulching and earthing are realized. A soil conveying mechanism between the rotary tiller and the soil splitting board of the machine is omitted, so that the longitudinal size and the overall weight of the rotary-tillage, mulching and earthing machine are reduced, and the problem that the rotary-tillage, mulching and earthing machine cannot be suspended to the rear of the mini-tiller due to the small rear space of the mini-tiller is solved.

The invention discloses a transversely-arranged double-power-source vehicle driving assembly. The transversely-arranged double-power-source vehicle driving assembly comprises a first power source, a second power source and an automatic transmission. The automatic transmission is provided with a first input shaft and a second input shaft. The power sources are connected with the two input shafts correspondingly. A first intermediate shaft, a second intermediate shaft and the second input shaft are arranged in the direction coaxial with the first input shaft. A third intermediate shaft is parallelly arranged with the first input shaft. A fourth intermediate shaft is arranged in the direction coaxial with the third intermediate shaft. A first gear on the first intermediate shaft is in engagement transmission with a second gear on the third intermediate shaft. A third gear on the second intermediate shaft is in engagement transmission with a fourth gear on the second intermediate shaft. A differential mechanism is provided with a fifth gear. The third gear is in engagement transmission with the fourth gear, and the fourth gear is in engagement transmission with the fifth gear at the same time. According to the transversely-arranged double-power-source vehicle driving assembly, on the one hand, the longitudinal size of the driving assembly is shortened, and the driving assembly is suitable for compact-structure vehicles, and on the other hand, the number of the used gears is small, so that the transmission structure is simplified.

The present invention provides a magnetic neutral line plasma discharge processing system that makes it no longer necessary to use an insulator wall in the vacuum chamber and metal such as stainless steel may alternatively be used, while maintaining the features including both time / space and space controllability relative to the size and the location of low pressure, low temperature and high density plasma to be generated. Thus, the cost of the system can be reduced remarkably. As a result, the scope of application of discharge plasma systems can be broadened. A magnetic neutral line plasma discharge processing system according to the invention comprises a magnetic field generating means for generating a magnetic neutral line formed by a succession of zero magnetic field positions existing continuously in the vacuum chamber and corresponding to the shape and the size of the object of processing and an electric field generating means for generating discharge plasma in a space containing the magnetic neutral line by applying a radio frequency electric field to the magnetic neutral line generated in the vacuum chamber by said magnetic field generating means at an inclined angle, said inclined angle possibly being rectangle.