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The color image sensor generates a color image signal representing a subject and includes an optical substrate and a light sensor. The optical substrate includes spatially-separated imaging elements. Each of the imaging elements is configured to image light of a respective color. The light sensor includes regions of sensor elements disposed opposite respective ones of the imaging elements. The sensor elements in each of the regions are operable to generate a component of the color image signal in response to the light of the respective color incident on them.

A syringe includes a body and a plunger movably disposed within the body. The plunger includes a wall having an inner surface and one or more inwardly projecting flanges disposed on the inner surface of the wall. Preferably, the inner surface of the wall defines a retaining shoulder formed along an axial plane thereof and the inwardly projecting flanges are radially spaced along the interior surface of the wall and extend in a longitudinal direction proximal to the retaining shoulder. The syringe may be used with an injector including a drive member. The drive member preferably includes at least one retaining member adapted to engage the retaining shoulder of the syringe plunger to allow the drive member to retract the plunger with the body of the syringe. Further, the drive member preferably includes one or more outwardly extending flange members adapted to be engaged by the inwardly projecting flanges of the syringe plungers. The outwardly extending flange members are operably linked to the at least one retaining member such that, when the syringe body is rotated and the inwardly projecting flanges on the plunger engage and move the outwardly extending flange members on the drive member, the at least one retaining member on the drive member is retracted and disengaged from the retaining shoulder of the syringe plunger.

Embodiments of an injector, injector system, syringe, syringe interface, syringe adapter, and piston / plunger assembly for an injector (of contrast medium, for example) are described. Preferably, the syringe is adapted to engage a syringe interface mechanism such that the syringe may be seated within an injector without regard to any particular orientation of the syringe about its axis with respect to the injector.

A circuit and corresponding method for reducing standby power and improving no-load to full-load regulation for ringing choke converters by maintaining a reduced duty cycle, with longer off time at no-load, while maintaining the output voltage swing closer to the full-load level. This reduced duty cycle prevents the output voltage from swinging high with respect to the full-load level, thereby providing good no-load and full-load output regulation in open feedback loop systems. The circuit and method provides very low no-load switching frequency and duty cycle by increasing the off time of the main switch through use of a turn off transistor driven by a zener diode, thereby maintaining conduction even with a very small control current and prolonging the off time of the main switch. The circuit and method achieves the benefits preferably using only less costly basic discrete converter components instead of more costly integrated circuits.

An automotive electrical body system includes a plurality of electrical assemblies coupled to at least one automotive body component. Each of the assemblies includes a heating element for heating the at least one component, a motor for actuating the at least one component, or a switch configured to toggle the at least one component on and off. Each of the assemblies also includes a wireless communication module for receiving wireless signals, and, in response to the wireless signals, controlling operation of the heating element or motor. An electrical conductor interconnects each of the electrical assemblies and carries electrical power to each of the electrical assemblies.

A latch assembly includes a latch bolt having a power closure abutment, a first safety abutment and a closed abutment that is moveable between an open position, a first safety position and a closed position. The latch assembly includes a pawl including a pawl tooth having an engaged position defined by engagement between the pawl tooth and one of the first safety abutment and the closed abutment at which the pawl releaseably retains the latch bolt in one of the first safety position and the closed position, respectively, and a released position in which the latch bolt is free to move to the open position. The latch assembly also includes a closure element having a first abutment and a second abutment. The first abutment is releaseably engageable with the closure abutment. The closure element has a first position at which the closure element is disengaged from the closure abutment, a second position at which the first abutment of the closure element is engaged with the closure abutment and the latch bolt is in the first safety position, and a third position at which the first abutment of the closure element is engaged with the closure abutment and the latch bolt is in the closed position. When the closure element is in the first position and the latch bolt is in the first safety position, actuation of a power actuator causes the closure element to move through the second position to the third position, thereby closing the latch. During movement of the closure elements from the second position into the third position, the closure abutment is positioned generally between the first abutment and the second abutment.

A method of making shaped articles from highly condensed polyester melt and especially preforms for the blow molding of food and especially beverage containers. A melt is continuously withdrawn from the polycondensation reactor and is fed to the shape-imparting units, especially a multiplicity of injection-molding machines without solidification between the final reactor and the injection molders and without degassing between the final reactor and the injection molding machines.

A ultra-miniature, electro-mechanical, MEMS type safe and arming (S&A) device for medium- or large-artillery rounds, including, three sequenced S&A interlocks: a setback slider, which is positioned partially within and partially extending from an arming slider, such that, upon firing acceleration, the setback slider will compress into a channel within the arming slider (unlocking the 1st interlock); freeing the arming slider to move toward its arming position under urging of the round's spin; a stop and release mechanism formed by a flexible latch arm which impacts upon a safety catch located within the frame in which the arming slider is mounted, such that the arming slider is stopped until a release command signal is initiated by the fuze circuit, triggering a spot charge which generates an expanding gas wave that flexes the latch arm from contact with the safety catch (unlocking the 2nd interlock), thereby freeing the arming slider to continue its motion into an arming position (unlocking the 3rd interlock) and aligning the parts of the firetrain within the device, such that upon signal from the fuze circuit an output charge from the device will ignite the acceptor charge within the round.

This invention discloses a process for preparing a mixed electrolyzed water consisting of a cathodic and an anodic electrolyzed waters comprising the step of electrolyzing an aqueous solution of an organic electrolyte containing a water-soluble inorganic salt in less than 0.1 mM and an organic electrolyte in 1 to 50 mM which is fed into a non-diaphragm electrolytic bath comprising at least a pair of inactive electrodes separated from each other by an inter-electrode distance of 2 mm or less, wherein the aqueous solution of an organic electrolyte with pH equal to that of the mixed electrolyzed water prepared by electrolysis is neutralized with a titration volume less than that for the raw aqueous solution in neutralization titration with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide or has a higher dismutation activity to superoxide radical per mole than the raw aqueous solution.

An aircraft wing torsion box having a front associated with a leading portion of the wing torsion box and a rear associated with a trailing portion of the wing torsion box. The wing torsion box includes a support member having a front spar and a rear spar and a connecting portion between the front and rear spars, the connecting portion includes at least one interposing spar, at least one portion of upper wing skin; and at least one portion of lower wing skin, and at least one portion of the upper wing skin and at least one portion of the lower wing skin being supported by the support member.

A method involving the hot fill of foods in packaging containers constructed from a paperboard laminate comprises the food being filled in the packaging container with at least one component at a temperature of at least 80°, but below 100°, whereafter the packaging containers are closed and sealed and the packaging containers with their food contents are thereafter held hot during a predetermined period of time by contact with a heat holding medium at a temperature of at least 80°, but below 100°. The heat holding medium is present substantially in gas and / or vapour phase. An apparatus involving the hot fill of foods is also disclosed.

A method involving the hot fill of foods in packaging containers constructed from a paperboard laminate comprises the food being filled in the packaging container with at least one component at a temperature of at least 80° C., but below 100° C., whereafter the packaging containers are closed and sealed and the packaging containers with their food contents are thereafter held hot during a predetermined period of time by contact with a heat holding medium at a temperature of at least 80° C., but below 100° C. The heat holding medium is present substantially in gas and / or vapour phase. An apparatus involving the hot fill of foods Information Disclosure Statement also disclosed.

Data related to a subscriber in a communications network is to be retrieved. A first Generic User Profile (GUP) server receives an incoming request for the subscriber related data from a data consumer in a first communication domain and determines that the data is located in a second communication domain. An outgoing request for the data is then transmitted to a second GUP server in the second communication domain via an interface. The second GUP server then retrieves the requested subscriber related data from a network repository and transmits the requested data to the first GUP server, which forwards the requested data to the data consumer. Service access to subscriber data located in other domains than the GUP Server is enabled, for example when the subscriber is roaming. The subscriber related data can also be distributed in both the first and second communication domain.

An auxiliary power generation circuit adopted for use on a filter power circuit includes a first voltage stabilization capacitor and a second voltage stabilization capacitor connecting to the first voltage stabilization capacitor via a first diode. The first and second voltage stabilization capacitors form a capacitor voltage division circuit. The first voltage stabilization capacitor and first diode are bridged by a first connection point which is connected to a short circuit element and a second diode with a set on current opposite to the short circuit element. The short circuit element has a control end connecting to a first Zener diode which is connected to a first resistor with a desired resistance. The first resistor is connected to a second connection point between the second voltage stabilization capacitor and first diode.

An ultra-miniature, electro-mechanical, MEMS type safe and arming (S&A) device for medium- or large-artillery rounds, including, three sequenced S&A interlocks: a setback slider which provides a 1st interlock with respect to an arming slider which moves due to the round's spin; a stop and release mechanism that holds the arming slider until a release command signal is initiated by the fuze circuit, triggering a spot charge which generates an expanding gas wave that flexes the latch arm from contact with the safety catch, unlocking the 2nd interlock, thereby freeing the arming slider to continue its motion into an arming position, unlocking the 3rd interlock, and aligning the parts of the firetrain within the device, such that upon signal from the fuze circuit to an output charge, the device will ignite the acceptor charge within the round.

An optical device which includes a GI-type photonic crystal slab which includes: a first member which has a distribution of refractive indexes reduced in both directions from an optical axis of incident light as to a first direction vertical to the optical axis; and a second member periodically placed in substance among the first members as to a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the distribution of refractive indexes of the first member which relates to the first direction, a thickness which relates to the first direction of the GI-type photonic crystal slab, a wavelength of the incident light and an incident end beam spot radius ω1 which relates to the first direction inside an incident end of the GI-type photonic crystal slab entered by the light of the incident light are determined to have the incident light substantially confined inside the GI-type photonic crystal slab as to the first direction.

The invention relates to a method for determining angle of incidence for a projectile in the path of the projectile from launcher to target, which projectile is guidable and substantially or partially roll-stable and comprises a control system and at least two actuators with associated control members, in which the following steps are included: determination of applied force for pitch control by evaluation of the moment upon the actuators of the projectile, determination of applied force for yaw control by evaluation of the moment upon the actuators of the projectile, calculation of the pitch component α of the angle of incidence and of the yaw component β of the angle of incidence, based on comparison between the evaluated moments and reference data for moments. The invention also relates to a GNC system.

An improved gear shift mechanism for an auger gear drive which uses a hydraulic cylinder or other linear force means to push on one end of a rocker arm. This moves the rocker arm and the gear train between a first gear set and a second gear set. A biasing means is applied directly to the rocker arm by a spring or other device. The design eliminates adjustable linkages and the need adjustments in the field and allows for use of a simpler hydraulic cylinder than found in the prior art.

In a method for operating a screw assembly, having a spindle, which is rotatably supported on at least one end, and a nut, which is drivable by the spindle in a forward-feed direction, the nut being braced transversely to the forward-feed direction on a primary subassembly, and the spindle rpm is selected as a function of the position of the nut such that this rpm is just below a position-dependent limit rpm, in order to attain the shortest possible travel time.

A communications system includes a target receiver having a passband and configured to receive an intended signal within the passband. The communications system also includes a jammer configured to jam the target receiver from receiving the intended signal. The jammer has at least one antenna, a jammer receiver coupled to the at least one antenna, a jammer transmitter coupled to the at least one antenna, and a controller configured to cooperate with the jammer receiver. The controller is configured to detect the intended signal and to generate an interfering signal comprising a continuous phase modulation (CPM) waveform having a constant envelope so that the interfering signal at least partially overlaps the passband of the target receiver.

Method of producing a photonic device including at least one light source and at least one photodetector on a structure including a waveguide layer, this method comprising the following steps: a) growing successively on a substrate (10), a photodetection structure (11) and a light source structure (12), the photodetection structure and the light source structure being made of a stack of layers, the light source layers being stacked on top of the photodetector layers and both structures sharing one of these layers. b) bonding the structure obtained by step a) to the said waveguide structure (2), the light source structure being in contact with the said waveguide structure (2), c) removing the substrate (10) from the structure obtained by step b), d) etching the structure (3) obtained by step c) to define the at least one photodetector (4), e) etching the structure obtained by step d) to define the at least one light source (5), f) forming electrodes (44, 43; 54, 53) on the least one photodetector (4) and on the least one light source (5).

A natural lighting system tracks natural light or sunlight, effectively draws the light, distributes the light to necessary places, and sequentially scans the light on the scanning area. The natural lighting system collects the sunlight and then reflects the collected sunlight to a target scanning area based on a sequential scanning mode, and includes at least one reflector disposed according to an optimum control angle for collecting the sunlight, and a sequential scanning drive continuously adjusting the reflector so as to allow the sunlight transferred from the reflector to be sequentially scanned on the target scanning area.

A sensor-carrier cap for a bearing of a wheel hub, the cap being made of plastic material and having a bottom wall arranged transversely to a central axis and providing a seat for accommodating a sensor, a cylindrical mounting wall extending axially from one side of the bottom wall around the axis; snap locking means projecting in a radially outer direction from the cylindrical wall, for locking the sensor-carrier cap on a tubular appendage of a wheel hub-bearing.

The present invention is concerned with providing security substrates, and documents made therefrom, such as banknotes, with features for visual inspection by members of the public. More specifically the invention relates to a novel security substrate containing at least two elongate security elements for the purposes of public and non-public verification. The security substrate comprises a substrate and at least two elongate security elements each having a width of less than or equal to 6 mm. The security elements are at least partially embedded within the substrate and running substantially parallel to each other with a gap therebetween of no greater than 10 mm. The total cross-directional width of a zone occupied by the two security elements and the gap is less than or equal to 18 mm.

A device and a method for generating a mist for camouflaging ships, vehicles, air vehicles and stationary objects within infrared and radar wavelengths. The device generates mist by a liquid, for instance water, being injected into a flow of air which is supplied from an air duct, through a nozzle directed towards the flow of air. The flow of air atomizes the liquid and spreads the atomized liquid as a mist.

The vehicle undercarriage cleaner is portable, lightweight, cost-effective, and is simple to use which makes it a new and improved way of cleaning the undercarriage of a vehicle. The device lay on the ground and is connected to a garden hose type connection via a connector. The connector is connected to the singular end of a t-connector which is connected to conduits at the second and third opposing ends of the t-connector. The conduits are connected to end caps at each respective end. The sprayers are connected to the conduits, end caps, and perhaps the t-connector and connector. When liquid is introduced it will run through the device and spray upward and outward through the sprayers. The consumer needs only to slowly drive a vehicle back and forth over the device to clean the undercarriage of the vehicle to satisfaction. Other embodiments are described.

The invention provides a magnetic tunnel junction having a tunneling barrier layer wherein said tunneling barrier layer comprises a diluted magnetic semiconductor with spin sensitivity. The magnetic tunnel junction may according to the invention comprise a bottom lead coupled to a bottom electrode which is coupled to a diluted magnetic semiconductor coupled to a top electrode being coupled to a top lead, wherein said bottom electrode is non magnetic. The invention further provides various components and a computer, exploiting the magnetic tunnel junction according to the invention.

Hemoglobin in a sample solution is quickly and reliably denatured; at the same time, quick and accurate measurement of hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative is realized. In a method for measuring hemoglobin and a hemoglobin derivative, and a reagent composition, a measurement kit, an analysis device, and an analysis system used in the method, a sample solution containing a blood component is treated with a nonionic surfactant, an oxidizing agent, and a metal salt to denature hemoglobin in the sample solution to measure the hemoglobin, and thereafter the amount of a hemoglobin derivative in the sample is measured by an immunological method using an antibody specifically binding to a denatured site of the denatured hemoglobin derivative.