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The locking nail for the repair of femur shaft fractures, also in connection with trochanteric femur fractures, comprises a proximal nail section (2) and a distal nail section (3) adjoining the latter, with the nail sections (2, 3) having bores (2e, 2f, 2h, 2i, 3a, 3b, 3c) for the reception of bone screws, and with the distal nail section (3) having a curvature extending in an anterior-posterior plane (apE) and corresponding substantially to the antecurvature of the femur, with the proximal nail section (2) having at least over a partial section (2a, 2b) a continuous curvature, in particular with constant radius of curvature (R2), extending in a lateral-medial plane (lmE).

A user inputs an evaluation of a content over an EPG, and specifies on a screen a search condition to search for a content. Based on the input, a content selection device evaluates contents, displays a content which is to be recommended by giving the content, which is to be recommended, a different indication in the EPG, and displays a list of contents which are to be recommended. By this, the present invention is able to offer a content, which is to be recommended, matching a preference of the user without burdening the user.

The head-mounted display 1 has a rear arm 2, an accommodating part 3 that is attached to the rear arm 2, a display arm 4 that is held in the accommodating part 3 so that this display arm 4 can be accommodated, a display part 5 which is attached to the tip end of the display arm 4 so that this display part 5 can pivot, and headphones 6 which are disposed on both end parts of the rear arm 2, as main parts. A flat cable 12 which supplies a power source and signals to the image display device 7 is led into the accommodating part 3 via a wiring attachment part 13, and is fastened to the accommodating part 3 by the wiring attachment part 13. In the accommodating part 3, the intermediate part of the flat cable 12 is fastened by a wiring retainer 14. Then, this flat cable 12 enters the display arm 4 from the rear end part of the display arm 4, and is further conducted to the image display device 7 inside the display part 5 via a spherical-surface coupling 10. As a result, a head-mounted display can be obtained in which there is no interference with human activity by the wiring, and in which no feeling of bother is created.

A mechanism for disintegrating breakable materials, such as wood, pipes, bricks, etc. includes a rotary drum having striker bars mounted thereon which disintegrate the breakable materials. Each striker bar has a notched cutting edge formed by a row of carbide tips sintered to an edge of a steel body. The cutting edge can be of serrated shape and / or scallop-shape.

An articulated robot is provided with first, second and third arms respectively having effective lengths substantially equal to each other and capable of turning respectively about first, second and third pivotal axes. The second and the third arm are interlocked by an interlocking mechanism such that the third arm turns about a third pivotal axis relative to the second arm in one of opposite directions through an angle twice as large as an angle through which the second arm turns about a second pivotal axis relative to the first arm in the other direction. The second arm 25 and the third arm 26 are moved in either of first and second working areas respectively extending on the opposite sides of an imaginary plane including a reference line and the first pivotal axis to move hand units along the reference line. Since the second and the third arm are necessarily only in one of the first and the second working region, the articulated robot is capable of operating in a narrow working area.

A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.

A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, the cover sliding between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed and in the second position the camera is exposed. The body-mountable image capture device comprises activation means operable to initiate the camera when the cover is in the second position and the camera is exposed. The orientation of the camera is adjustable with respect to that of the device body such that the orientation of the camera can be maintained. The orientation of the camera may be automatically adjusted to keep the field of view generally horizontal. The camera may automatically rotate left and right in a horizontal plane responsive to movement of a head mounted sensor to thereby track a user's head movements.

A process and apparatus for producing sub-micron fibers, and more specifically a process and apparatus for effecting formation of sub-micron fibers by fibrillation of polymer films, and nonwoven materials and articles incorporating them.

A cable lock device includes a body 204, 616 and a frictional shoe 208, 608 operable to engage a Bowden cable 120, wherein, in a first mode, the Bowden cable 120 moves freely in first and second opposing directions 304, 308 and, in a second mode, the shoe inhibits the Bowden cable from moving in the first direction 304 while allowing the Bowden cable to move freely in the second direction 308.

A, preferably external, storage device is provided with a button or other user input which, when activated, causes a launch of an application such as a backup of data from the host device onto the external storage device. Preferably, the external storage device includes a hard disk drive. Communication with the host device can be made using USB, IEEE 1394, Ethernet, wireless links or other links. The external device is configured to allow the host to become aware of a button press, e.g., by a notification or interrupt technique, or by a polling technique.

A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.

Small anechoic chambers for evaluating a wireless device under test (DUT) are characterized by a set of antennas to which a test signal is applied and for which excitation coefficients are applied such that the test signal approximates a single plane wave or a preselected superposition of plane waves in the near field of the antennas. The test-equipment antennas in the chamber may be as close as one wavelength from the boundary of a test zone in which the DUT is disposed. Hence, the test zone can be in the near field of the test-equipment antennas and the test zone can be less than a wavelength from the chamber walls. Consequently, it is possible to perform tests in a small anechoic chamber that previously required a large anechoic chamber, e.g., advanced spatial channel-model tests and antenna-pattern measurements.

Embodiments of a compact camera for imaging the ocular fundus are described. In some embodiments, the camera is a light, handheld camera that acquires a plurality of images of the fundus. The camera can be configured to acquire images manually or automatically. A movable imaging lens or movable image detector provides the images in a series to obtain an image with optimal focus. The camera can acquire a series of images and allow selection of an optimal image either manually, or automatically. In some embodiments, the camera is part of an imaging system that includes a base station. The base station exchanges data with the camera and can receive image data generated by the image detector of the camera. The base can further include networking capability, such that image data can be distributed over a network or to other communication or computing devices.

The present invention concerns a peripheral display device for a portable contactless object such as a smart card (10) enabling information associated with the use of this portable object to be displayed. This peripheral device includes at least one chip, a display means (16) and a means for receiving energy and information (18), not connected by an ohmic contact to the portable object. This receiving means is a flat coil which plays the role of the secondary of a transformer, the primary of which is formed by the antenna (14) of the portable object, when the latter receives energy and information from a portable object reader via electromagnetic coupling.

An oil pump system for a vehicle includes: a vane pump having a plurality of vanes which respectively project retractably from a plurality of vane accommodating grooves provided in a rotor so as to be brought into sliding contact with a cam surface, the vane pump being adapted to supply a hydraulic fluid to an automatic transmission; an electric power-driven oil pump for assisting the hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic fluid during an idling stop of the automobile; and an ECU for controlling its operation. During an idling stop, the hydraulic fluid is fed to the automatic transmission by the operation of the electric power-driven oil pump to assist the hydraulic pressure, while the hydraulic fluid is fed with pressure also to the vane accommodating grooves to press the vanes against the cam surface.

A vehicle seat suspension comprises a scissors assembly connecting lower and upper housings and permitting vertical movement of the upper housing; reciprocating means; an elongated guide member; and guide engaging rollers. Laterally extending front and rear cross members engage upper ends of the scissor links. The reciprocating means allows the upper housing to move fore and aft, and includes horizontally disposed rollers supported by the scissors assembly and received within side tracks forming part of the upper housing. The guide member is mounted to the upper housing and oriented parallel to the fore and aft travel path. Two vertically disposed guide engaging rollers are mounted to the scissors assembly cross members. The guide engaging rollers cooperate with the guide member at spaced locations to stabilize the upper housing in a direction generally perpendicular to its fore and aft travel path.

In a method of operating a gas turbine and steam turbine installation with a gas turbine which can be operated with both gas and oil, a partial flow of heated feed water is injected into the cold condensate when a change is made from gas operation to oil operation. For this purpose, the installation comprises a mixing device, in which at least one spray head connected to a hot-water main, is arranged for the supply of the partial flow.

A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.

A stopper portion has a minute protrusion on part of an outer peripheral face except a side face in the length direction of a fastener tape. This protrusion is a rib-like protrusion extended linearly in the length direction of the fastener tape formed on a vertex of the surface of a bent portion, a protrusion extended so as to be expanded in a curved shape in the length direction of the fastener tape or a rib-like protrusion protruded along a boundary portion between the bent portion of the stopper portion and a bottom face thereof. Existence of this protrusion not only reduces a sliding resistance when the slider is started but also eliminates prickly feeling and feeling of disharmony originating from a shape of an upper stopper which is a kind of the conventional stopper portion.

An audio message recording and playback system including a recorder-imprinter device, a self-contained voice module for playback of an audio message and a number of input devices for initially recording the audio message to the recorder-imprinter device. An internet web site is established for taking orders from customers, where customer data such as billing and shipping information is obtained. The web site further includes software that permits a user to create a voice recording to be delivered along with an accompanying product such as a greeting card, gift, flowers, or an ornament. The voice recording is accessed by a proprietor who confirms the billing and delivery information, and then transfers the voice recording to a recorder-imprinter that creates a transferable voice module for incorporation into the intended delivery. The voice recording can be made directly by the customer using a microphone and the software on the web site, or alternatively the voice recording can be created using a voice synthesizing program to create a voice message from text supplied by the customer via the web site.

An articulated robot is provided with first, second and third arms respectively having effective lengths substantially equal to each other and capable of turning respectively about first, second and third pivotal axes. The second and the third arm are interlocked by an interlocking mechanism such that the third arm turns about a third pivotal axis relative to the second arm in one of opposite directions through an angle twice as large as an angle through which the second arm turns about a second pivotal axis relative to the first arm in the other direction. The second arm 25 and the third arm 26 are moved in either of first and second working areas respectively extending on the opposite sides of an imaginary plane including a reference line and the first pivotal axis to move hand units along the reference line. Since the second and the third arm are necessarily only in one of the first and the second working region, the articulated robot is capable of operating in a narrow working area.

A packaging system utilizes two sides of a loading carousel, which reduces both the height and footprint of the packaging system. Mass and inertia are also reduced, allowing higher operational speeds. The loading carousel receives opened cartons on a first side and lowers them over product groups on a second side.

A metalized film capacitor includes a metal deposition electrode on a dielectric film. The metal deposition electrode includes slits provided and divided only at a side opposite to low resistance portions connected to a metalized contact, and fuses provided between the slits. In a laminated metalized film, slits provided at a central portion in a width direction of the metalized deposition electrode and extending in the longitudinal direction of the dielectric film do not overlap with each other.

A detection device installed to a vehicle to detect a gesture of a finger of an operator includes: a detection portion disposed to a steering column of the vehicle or in close proximity to the steering column to detect a space within a predetermined range toward a steering wheel; and a switch portion arranged behind the steering wheel and operated by the operator. The detection portion determines whether the input signal is inputted from the switch portion within a fixed time period after the detection portion detects the gesture of the finger of the operator. The gesture is made valid when the input signal fails to be inputted into the detection portion. The gesture is made invalid when the input signal is inputted into the detection portion.

An audio message recording and playback system including a recorder-imprinter device, a self-contained voice module for playback of an audio message and a number of input devices for initially recording the audio message to the recorder-imprinter device.

A metalized film capacitor includes a metal deposition electrode on a dielectric film. The metal deposition electrode includes slits provided and divided only at a side opposite to low resistance portions connected to a metalized contact, and fuses provided between the slits. In a laminated metalized film, slits provided at a central portion in a width direction of the metalized deposition electrode and extending in the longitudinal direction of the dielectric film do not overlap with each other.

A boat propelling system capable of determining an abnormality regarding steering of a propelling system main body includes an outboard engine main body, a steering section arranged to steer the outboard engine main body, a steering angle sensor arranged to detect a steering angle of the steering section, a pivot sensor arranged to detect an actual pivot angle of the outboard engine main body, and an ECU. The ECU calculates a target pivot angle change amount based on a target pivot angle derived from the steering angle and a baseline target pivot angle, calculates an actual pivot angle change amount based on the actual pivot angle and a baseline actual pivot angle, and obtains a gap amount between the target pivot angle change amount and the actual pivot angle change amount. Then, the ECU determines an abnormality regarding steering of the outboard engine main body based on a result of comparison between the gap amount and the first threshold value. Setting of the baseline target pivot angle and the baseline actual pivot angle is based on a result of a comparison between the gap amount and a second threshold value.

A device for extracting depth information according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a light outputting unit for outputting IR (InfraRed) light; a light inputting unit for inputting light reflected from an object after outputting from the light outputting unit; a light adjusting unit for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a first area including the object, and then for adjusting the angle of the light so as to radiate the light into a second area; and a controlling unit for estimating the motion of the object by using at least one of the lights between the light inputted to the first area and the light inputted to the second area.