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Rather than costly modifications to existing radars, a small, low cost radar warning receiver is used to monitor the RF environment. This add-on receiver can provide situational awareness including RF signal levels and angle of arrival, and recommend or provide antenna scanning synchronization, blanking inputs or gated reactionary outputs to or for the airborne radar. Utilization of this information can be used to reduce false alarms and improve system performance.

A system for the metering and delivery of small discrete volumes of liquid is comprised of a small or minimal number of inexpensive components. One such component is a movable member, such as a miniature precision reciprocating displacement pump head, which is driven by an actuator that comprises a shape memory alloy material. The operating mechanism of the system is of little or minimal complexity. The system facilitates the precise metering and delivery of the small discrete volumes of liquid. Potential applications for the system include subcutaneous, long-term, automated drug delivery, for example, the delivery of insulin to a person with diabetes. In such an application, the small, simple and inexpensive nature of the invention would allow for its use as both a portable and a disposable system.

In an electric vehicle inverter apparatus 100, a vehicle control controller 15 detects a switch open signal output from a collision detector 16 when the collision detector 16 is caused by a collision between electric vehicles to operate. Then, an inverter main circuit connection switch 10 of a high-voltage battery unit 8 is put into an open state. Thus, the direct-current power supply from a high-voltage battery 12 to a DC bus portion is interrupted. In addition, electric charges charged into a main circuit capacitor 7 are discharged by a forced discharge circuit portion 22b.

A communications system including an antenna array and electronics assembly that may be mounted on and in a vehicle. The communication system may generally comprise an external subassembly that is mounted on an exterior surface of the vehicle, and an internal subassembly that is located within the vehicle, the external and internal subassemblies being communicatively coupled to one another. The external subassembly may comprise the antenna array as well as mounting equipment and steering actuators to move the antenna array in azimuth, elevation and polarization (for example, to track a satellite or other signal source). The internal subassembly may comprise most of the electronics associated with the communication system.

The invention relates to a twin spool turbine engine comprising a high-pressure rotor and a low-pressure rotor, at least one accessory gearbox, a drive means, driving coaxial transmission shafts that transmit movement to the accessory gearbox, characterized in that the drive means comprises a high-pressure drive pinion secured to the high-pressure rotor near its upstream end, a low-pressure drive pinion secured to the low-pressure rotor upstream of the high-pressure rotor, and a power take-off module in direct mesh with the drive pinions, driving the transmission shafts.By virtue of the invention, the transmission shafts run coaxial with one another and therefore pass through a single arm. The use of a power take-off module simplifies the mechanism. The turbine engine is simpler to assemble.

The improved monitoring device includes a data acquisition device with an accelerometer inside a bendable tube. One end of the tube is connected to a pole that may be secured to the top of a sewer manhole, while the other end is submerged in a fluid flow. The tilt, oscillations, and pressure exerted upon the tube due to fluid flow are measured and recorded. An improved method includes installing several monitoring devices into sewer system manholes, recording fluid level and flow, reading the recorded data, and displaying the data in chart or map form. Data may be displayed in two or three dimensional maps that may be overlaid with information of topography, street maps, and single or multiple sewer systems. Data displayed on the maps may include fluid flow rates, fluid levels, derivatives and integrals of flow rates, and differences in fluid levels or flow between monitoring devices.

Marine seismic survey systems and methods are presented. One system comprises a source array, a tow vessel, one or more source tow members, one or more deflecting members operatively connected to the source array; one or more streamers connected to the tow vessel by a corresponding number of streamer tow members, one or more of the streamers positioned by corresponding one or more active or passive streamer deflectors, one or more source separation members connecting one or more source tow members to one or more streamer tow members, and optionally one or more streamer separation members connecting one or more streamer tow members. The one or more source separation members help position the source array in conjunction with the one or more. deflecting members. This abstract complies with rules requiring an abstract. It should not be used to limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

Marine seismic survey systems and methods are presented. One system comprises a source array, a tow vessel, one or more source tow members, one or more deflecting members operatively connected to the source array; one or more streamers connected to the tow vessel by a corresponding number of streamer tow members, one or more of the streamers positioned by corresponding one or more active or passive streamer deflectors, one or more source separation members connecting one or more source tow members to one or more streamer tow members, and optionally one or more streamer separation members connecting one or more streamer tow members. The one or more source separation members help position the source array in conjunction with the one or more. deflecting members. This abstract complies with rules requiring an abstract. It should not be used to limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

A dynamotor capable of operating as either a motor or a generator is used with both the armature portion and the field portion thereof capable of being rotated. In the case where a pulley operatively interlocked with the output shaft of the prime mover is mounted on the rotary shaft of the armature portion, the drive shaft of the compressor is mounted on the rotating field portion. Once the dynamotor is operated in motor mode, the rotational speed of the compressor is increased to the sum of the input rotational speed and the rotational speed of the dynamotor. The compressor is stopped by disconnecting a power feed circuit. When the input rotational speed is too high, the dynamotor is operated in generator mode. In this way, the rotational speed is reduced in accordance with the generated electric energy.

A compact spotting scope includes a housing with an outer surface having a grasping region sized and shaped to fit in the palm of a user's hand so that the spotting scope can be held at eye level with one hand in an ergonomic arm and wrist position for steady support. An optical element positioned within the housing is adjusted by manually rotating a side-mounted adjustment knob that extends laterally from the outer surface of the housing opposite the grasping region. The side-mounted position of the adjustment knob allows the arm and wrist of the focusing hand to be maintained in an ergonomic position during manipulation of the adjustment knob, thereby further facilitating steady support. An internal support member of the spotting scope includes a frame portion and a generally tubular portion, which are preferably formed together of unitary one-piece construction for aligning optical elements of the spotting scope.

A galvanically isolated signal conditioning system includes a signal conditioning circuit on an integrated circuit chip; a flying capacitor; and a galvanically isolating MEMS switching device on an integrated circuit chip for selectively switching the flying capacitor from across a pair of input terminals in one state to across the input terminals of the signal conditioning circuit in another state.

In an electric vehicle inverter apparatus 100, a vehicle control controller 15 detects a switch open signal output from a collision detector 16 when the collision detector 16 is caused by a collision between electric vehicles to operate. Then, an inverter main circuit connection switch 10 of a high-voltage battery unit 8 is put into an open state. Thus, the direct-current power supply from a high-voltage battery 12 to a DC bus portion is interrupted. In addition, electric charges charged into a main circuit capacitor 7 are discharged by a forced discharge circuit portion 22b.

An exercise device comprises a tubular support with attached pivoting footboards. The footboards are biased such that pressing the footboards forward causes an exercise effect in the user's lower body. Resilient cords may be used that are attached to the device, such that pulling the handles attached to the resilient cords causes an exercise effect in the user's lower body. The tubular construction of the support allows the device to be constructed in such a manner as to reduce its weight and footprint, and increase its portability, over other exercise devices providing comparable exercise opportunities.

The invention relates to an combined navigation and photoelectric detection integrative system, which comprises an inertia measurement unit IMU, a GPS receiving system, an integrated computer and a photoelectric sight-stabilizing instrument, wherein the inertia measurement unit IMU comprises three gyroscopes and three accelerometers; the integrated computer acquires the output information of the inertia measurement unit IMU and the GPS receiving system to realize that (1) inertia and GPS combined navigation resolving is carried out by combining a strapdown inertial navigation resolving algorithm and a Kalman filtering algorithm to obtain the position, the speed and the attitude of a carrier, and meanwhile estimate the drift of the gyroscopes of the inertia measurement unit IMU; (2) the stable instruction angular speed of an optical axis is calculated and the photoelectric sight-stabilizing instrument is controlled to realize the stability of the optical axis, the gyroscope drift estimated by the combined navigation system is utilized to compensate the stable error of the optical axis to improve the stable precision of the optical axis of the photoelectric sight-stabilizing instrument; and (3) the target search instruction angle is calculated and the photoelectric sight-stabilizing instrument is controlled to rapidly search and lock a target by utilizing the position and the attitude information obtained by combined navigation resolving by combing the position information of the target. The invention greatly reduces the volume, the weight and the cost of the system and meanwhile improves the performance of subsystems.

An electric impact tightening tool in which the rotation of an output section of an electric motor is transmitted to an impact generation section (P) and impact force generated in the impact generation section (P) causes a main shaft (107) to produce strong torque, where the electric motor is an outer rotor electric motor (M). The outer rotor electric motor (M) has low-speed, high-torque characteristics. In the tool, the impact generation section (P) and a rotor flange (61) at the forward end of the motor (M) are adapted to rotate integrally. The electric impact tightening tool is small sized and lightweight, produces low reaction force, and has durability.

An acquisition, pointing and tracking system for free space optical communications systems performs the pointing and tracking function internally by way of translating an internal optical fiber in the focal plane of the transceiver telescope with a reflecting mirror in the telescope focal plane of each linked transceiver. The beam reflected from the mirror records the exact direction of the reflected beam at the transmitting beam's transceiver terminal, providing the transmitting source to lock on to the receiving telescope, allowing for the link to be acquired.

The improved monitoring device includes a data acquisition device with an accelerometer inside a bendable tube. One end of the tube is connected to a pole that may be secured to the top of a sewer manhole, while the other end is submerged in a fluid flow. The tilt, oscillations, and pressure exerted upon the tube due to fluid flow are measured and recorded. An improved method includes installing several monitoring devices into sewer system manholes, recording fluid level and flow, reading the recorded data, and displaying the data in chart or map form. Data may be displayed in two or three dimensional maps that may be overlaid with information of topography, street maps, and single or multiple sewer systems. Data displayed on the maps may include fluid flow rates, fluid levels, derivatives and integrals of flow rates, and differences in fluid levels or flow between monitoring devices.

An audible medical emergency system for a patient comprising a bracelet which is battery operated and is worn on patient. The bracelet contains about 60 seconds of audible information about the wearer's health, including warnings about allergies to drugs, medical conditions, doctor's name and phone number, health insurance infomation, next of kin, etc. Information is loaded by computer onto a chip in the bracelet. When a button is pressed, a paramedic or doctor or anyone rendering assistance can listen to the information to aid in helping the wearer in an emergency. The information repeats by pushing the button again after it has played. The medical information is entered into a computer from information provided by the wearer and the computer loads the chip or disk in about two seconds. The audio is in a computer generated voice, so that the audio is quite clear.

Disclosed are an electro-magnetic force driving actuator and a circuit breaker comprising the actuator. The actuator comprises a hollow inner case made of magnetic material; an outer case made of magnetic material and being concentric with the inner case and radially mounted at an interval outwardly from the inner case; inner and outer permanent magnets abutting on an outer surface of the inner case and an inner surface of the outer case, respectively and positioned to maintain a predetermined gap between the magnets; a coil mounted to be linearly movable in an axial direction between the inner and outer permanent magnets; and a non-magnetic movable member having an end to which the coil is provided and linearly moving in the axial direction between the inner and outer permanent magnets with electromagnetic repulsive forces occurring due to magnetic fields by the inner and outer permanent magnets and a current density of the coil when current is supplied to the coil. The circuit breaker comprises the actuator and an insulation-actuating rod connected to another end of the movable member and linearly moving by the movable member to perform closing and opening operations.

A lighting apparatus usable with a mobile vehicle, which includes first and second housings which contain the power source, the switch mechanism and the light emitting elements therein. A pivoting mechanism allows relative pivotal movement between the two housings thereby allowing the user to manipulate the desired emission angle of illumination. The pivoting mechanism also permits electrical communication between the power source (rechargeable batteries) and the light emitting elements. The lighting apparatus includes an integral charging port for recharging the batteries, such as a micro USB port. The lighting apparatus is adapted to the mobile vehicle by a universal mounting assembly which is configured to be interchangeably attached and detached to fit on different configurations on a particular vehicle. The mounting assembly comprises of a rigid assembly, which attaches the lighting apparatus to the mounting assembly with a flexible fastener to attach the mount to the vehicle.

The invention discloses a transceiving common-caliber phased array antenna. The antenna comprises a PCB multilayer board, the front surface of the PCB multilayer board is an antenna unit, a feed network and a welding multifunctional multi-channel chip are arranged on the back surface, the rest middle layers are radio frequency signals, chip feeding and control wiring, a plurality of transceiving dual-frequency antennas are arranged on the PCB multilayer board in an array manner, a transmitting single-frequency antenna is arranged in the middle of the plurality of transmitting-receiving double-frequency antennas on the PCB multilayer board, radio frequency transmitting antennas are arranged on the upper layers of the plurality of transceiving double-frequency antennas, and the PCB multilayer board is provided with an isolation cavity structure for isolating the transceiving double-frequency antennas and a transmitting single-frequency antenna. By means of the mode, the phased array antenna can solve the problem that a traditional satellite communication antenna cannot have the advantages of being low in profile, low in cost, easy to integrate, light in size and weight and rapid in beam scanning.

A converter building including at least one room having a solid room wall enclosing an interior space and an electrical active part contained in the interior space, the room wall having at least one opening, which is designed such that it allows a human to enter the interior space. The opening is sealable, the room wall encloses the interior space in a gas-tight manner when the opening is sealed, and the interior space contains a dielectric insulation medium including a dielectric insulation component other than air.

The invention relates to a process method for a sheath of a power transmission and transformation wire, in particular to a method for preparing an anti-freezing flame-retardant sheath. The method is characterized in that the anti-freezing flame-retardant sheath is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by weight: 50 portions of base material, 1 portion of vulcanizing agent, 40 portions of strengthened plasticizer, 2 portions of antiager, 2 portions of damp-proof and moisture-proof separant and 5 portions of flame retardant. The anti-freezing flame-retardant sheath is preparedfrom novel high molecular materials, can protect power transmission and transformation wires, and can achieve the anti-freezing and flame-retardant effect.

The present invention is directed to an integrated circuit device that includes a primary signal synthesizer configured to generate a free-running first digital frequency signal and at least one secondary signal synthesizer disposed in parallel with the primary signal synthesizer and configured to generate a free-running at least one second digital frequency signal. A switch element includes a first switch input coupled to the primary signal synthesizer and at least one second switch input coupled to the at least one secondary signal synthesizer. The switch element is configured to select a switch output that provides either the free-running first digital frequency signal or the free-running at least one second digital frequency signal based on a switch control input.

A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source device housing therein a radiation source for outputting a radiation, a cassette housing therein a radiation detector for detecting the radiation which is transmitted through a subject when the subject is irradiated with the radiation by the radiation source, and converting the detected radiation into a radiographic image, and a joining mechanism for selectively integrally joining the radiation source device and the cassette to each other and separating the radiation source device and the cassette from each other when the radiation source outputs the radiation.

A lightweight cassette system comprises a cassette for detecting radiation image and a control unit for communicating with a console, the control unit being connected to the cassette. The control unit, which includes electronic components such as an interface circuit, a cassette controller, and a communication unit, is separably connected to the cassette which includes a radiation detector by connectors and a cable.

In order to obtain a screw compressor which is small in size and weight and has ease of maintenance and high reliability, the screw compressor comprises a screw rotor, a low-pressure-side bearing and a high-pressure-side bearing which support the screw rotor, a motor which drives the screw rotor, a motor casing which accommodates the motor, a main casing which accommodates the screw rotor and the low-pressure-side bearing, and a discharge casing which accommodates the high-pressure-side bearing. The motor casing, the main casing, and the discharge casing are accommodated in a steel pipe chamber, and the steel pipe chamber includes a low-pressure-side chamber and a high-pressure-side chamber which are able to be divided in the axial direction. By using a flange provided on an inner surface of the steel pipe chamber, a flange provided in the main casing, and a sealing component provided between the flanges, the steel pipe chamber is divided into a low-pressure-side space and a high-pressure-side space.

An optical unit housing section and a light guide device are supported by a frame. Durability of sections having an optical function in an entire apparatus is maintained. The frame is arranged on a side closer to the nose of an observer than the optical unit housing section and reduced in size. Consequently, a virtual image display apparatus can give an impression that the virtual image display apparatus is small in size in appearance as a whole. Further, it is possible to attain a reduction in the weight of the entire virtual image forming apparatus. Compared with a structure in which the entire apparatus is covered with a case-like member, the virtual image display apparatus can be formed in a shape closer to a form of eyeglasses. It is possible to attain design with apparent voluminousness suppressed.