92 results about "Atops" patented technology

An over shoe for use with electrosurgical instruments having a pair of juxtaposed jaw members pivotably associated with one another, at least one of which includes an electrically conductive surface disposed thereon which is in electrical engagement with an electrosurgical energy source. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the over shoe includes a tissue contacting wall configured and dimensioned to selectively and substantially overlie the electrically conductive surface of the electrosurgical instrument. The tissue contacting wall is fabricated from a non-conductive material and includes a plurality of apertures formed therethrough. In another embodiment, the tissue contacting wall is electrically conductive and is configured for selective engagement atop on of the jaw members.

In a battery charger cradle, a battery incorporated in a battery built-in device is charged by electric power induced to an induction coil. The cradle includes a primary coil inducing electromotive force to the induction coil, a casing having a top plate atop of which the battery built-in device is placed, a movement mechanism moving the primary coil along an inner surface of the top plate, and a position detection controller detecting a position of the battery built-in device placed on the top plate and controlling the movement mechanism to bring the primary coil closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device. When the battery built-in device is placed on the top plate, the position detection controller detects the position of the battery built-in device, and the movement mechanism moves the primary coil to be brought closer to the induction coil in the battery built-in device.

The present invention provides a device and system for high-efficiency and low-noise detection of single photons within the visible and infrared spectrum. In certain embodiments, the device of the invention can be integrated within photonic circuits to provide on-chip photon detection. The device comprises a traveling wave design comprising a waveguide layer and a superconducting nanowire atop of the waveguide.

A system for modular furniture is provided, consisting of a plurality of modules, each having a front wall, a back wall, a left wall, a right wall, a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall having a recess and the bottom wall having at least one projection corresponding to and operable to fit within and securely engage the recess when a first of the modules is vertically stacked atop of a second of the modules. The modules can be interengagingly and securely stacked either directly atop other modules or staggered atop two or more others to provide a desired configuration. A number of adapters can be used with the modules to provide a number of customized solutions.

The lighter-than-air vehicle for shading is an airborne, movable system that provides shade from the sun for an open area. The vehicle is a substantially flat flying device having upper and lower surfaces, and which is filled with a lighter-than-air gas or gases, such as helium or hydrogen. The vehicle may be tethered to the ground through control wires, or may be fully autonomous and controlled by propeller fans. The required power may be provided by wire from ground, or through a portable power source, such as solar cells, mounted atop of vehicle. The vehicle has sun sensors that allow it to track the sun, and provides around the clock shaded area underneath its surface. The vehicle can also have pressure sensors and altitude sensors that may trigger an alarm in case of an emergency descent to the ground.

The spray paint can spraying accessory attaches onto an existing can of spray paint, and which is able to direct paint inwardly around a focal point in order to paint a cylindrical or circular object. The spray paint can accessory includes a nozzle housing that attaches atop of a spray paint can, and a can nozzle that attaches onto the outlet tube of the existing spray paint can. A spray gun hose connects with the can nozzle to direct paint to a spray gun having a plurality of paint nozzles positioned along an assembly, and which direct paint inwardly around a focal point. The assembly and paint nozzles include an opening to enable ingress and egress of the object to be painted. The can nozzle housing includes a threaded member that upon rotation engages the can nozzle downwardly thereby operating the outlet tube of the spray paint can.

A vibratory cleaning / polishing head secured to manually operated handle includes a detachable cleaning / polishing pad secured to the head, and a rechargeable battery and vibratory unit including a motor. In one embodiment, the vibratory unit and battery are substantially contained within the head housing. In another embodiment the vibratory unit and battery are situated atop of the housing.The motor contains a driveshaft to which an eccentric element is secured. The driveshaft extends substantially parallel to the horizontal upper surface of the head, wherein vibration of the head in a vertical plane is induced for enhancing efficacy of cleaning / polishing.In one embodiment, the device has two vibratory units secured to the head, each spaced from the other on laterally opposed sides of attachment yoke. The units operate in the 2,500 to 8,000 RPM range.

The spring-loaded dog toy includes a self-supporting stand composed of a generally vertical tube resting atop a flat base, and from which a generally horizontal extends atop said vertical tube to support a dog toy there from. The dog toy is usually a ball that attaches to a first spring, which is separated from a second spring via a ring stop. The second string traverses across the length of the horizontal tube and attaches at a rear end. The ring stop creates a biasing force upon the second spring. Upon pulling the dog toy and subsequent release, both the first spring and the second spring generate wild and random movement of the dog toy, which entertains and amuses a pet.

The electrical cord organization box includes a lid that secures atop said box. The box includes an array of helical cones that have a curvature ideal for winding and unwinding cables or wires thereon, which prevents unwanted tangling or slipping. The box includes along the front surface and the rear surface a plurality of slots that are aligned adjacent each helical cone, and which have a curvature that secures the respective wire or cable to the surface of the box. The box is placed adjacent a plurality of electrical devices so as to provide a means to organize and store excess cable or wire lengths associated with the electrical devices.

The present disclosure provides methods for forming horizontal gate-all-around (hGAA) structure devices. In one example, a method includes selectively and laterally etching a first group of sidewalls of a first layer in a multi-material layer, wherein the multi-material layer comprises repeating pairs of the first layer and a second layer, the first and the second layers having the first group and a second group of sidewalls respectively, the first group of sidewalls from the first layer exposed through openings defined in the multi-material layer and a group of inner spacers formed atop of the second group of sidewalls from the second layer, forming a recess from the first group of sidewalls of the first layer and defining a vertical wall inward from an outer vertical surface of the inner spacer formed atop of the second layers, and forming an epi-silicon layer from the recess of the first layer.

A system comprises a blower for moving a volume of air. A motor is operable for controlling the blower. A cooling unit is operable for cooling bearings of the blower during operation. An intake conduit is configured for passing heated air from a plenum space atop of a paint spray booth enclosure to the blower. A delivery conduit delivers the heated air to a plurality of locations within the paint spray booth enclosure. A plurality of air knifes are joined to the delivery conduit at the plurality of locations to deliver a laminar flow of the heated air into the paint spray booth. A plurality of comb devices, each joined to a one of the plurality of air knifes, are configured to disrupt the laminar flow to produce a turbulent flow in which an object within the paint spray booth enclosure is surrounded by the turbulent flow of heated air.

Methods including providing resin double-coated proppant comprising proppant coated with a first resin and thereafter coated with a second resin atop of the first resin; wherein the first resin is curable by a first curing agent and wherein the second resin is curable by a second curing agent that is different than the first curing agent; curing the second resin by exposing it to the second curing agent; introducing the resin double-coated proppant into at least a portion of a fracture within a subterranean formation; breaking the cured second resin to expose the first resin; introducing the first curing agent into the portion of the fracture where the resin double-coated proppant was placed; and curing the first resin by exposing it to the first curing agent to form a proppant pack.

An electronic throttle control apparatus can detect a motor open-circuit failure without detecting a motor current. A throttle opening sensor detects an actual throttle opening position (ATOP) of a throttle valve, and a throttle actuator serves to drive the throttle valve and hold the throttle valve at an intermediate opening stopper position (IOSP) during non-energization of the motor. The throttle actuator is feedback controlled such that the ATOP coincides with a target throttle opening position (TTOP). When the throttle valve continues, for a predetermined time, a state in which the absolute value of an opening position deviation between the ATOP and the IOSP is less than or equal to a first predetermined value, and in which the absolute value of a control deviation between the TTOP and the ATOP is larger than or equal to a second predetermined value, it is determined that the motor is in an open-circuit failure.

The invention provides a cleaning device for fluff on a fabric surface. According to the invention, a static interference in a cleaning area can be eliminated; and residual fluff that is adhered to a fabric surface can be cleaned up to ensure a quality of a fabric finished product. The device comprises a guide roller of a cloth-tightening device and a conveyer mesh belt. The device is characterized in that: the device also comprises a blower fan and an air channel; a filter screen is arranged at an air inlet of the blower fan; an air outlet of the blower fan is communicated with the air channel; the air channel falls into an upper way air channel and a lower way air channel; the lower way air channel is a soft material air channel and an air outlet end of the lower way air channel is at atop of a front end of the conveyer mesh belt; an air outlet end of the upper way air channel is vertical to and directly faces an upper surface of the conveyer mesh belt; and the guide roller of the cloth-tightening device is at a front portion of an air outlet end of the blower fan.

A patient transport apparatus for transport between a patient bed and a bathtub is disclosed that includes: a base with caster wheels, a double scissor truss, mounted on the base, retracted and extended vertically by the operation of a base crank handle, and a hoisting assembly positioned atop of a support frame member. The hoisting member further includes winch handles connected to a set of pulleys which are connected to cables and a fabric sling for supporting a patient. The hoisting assembly is configured to move along the support frame member by means of wheels installed on the bottom side of the frame member so that the fabric sling can reach out to the patient. A telescoping support pole, connected to the front of the support frame member, designed to freely rotated and to lean against either the bed or the bathtub in order to provide balance to the apparatus when transporting the patient from the bed to the bathtub and vice versa.

The exercising skateboard is a wheeled apparatus capable of use in connection with a plurality of exercises involving kneeling, standing, or sitting. The skateboard is mounted atop of a plurality of caster wheels, which may be capable of rotational movement. A detachable seat back may be secured at different locations along a top surface of the exercising skateboard, and used in conjunction with riding the skateboard. The exercising skateboard further includes a pair of knee pads adjacent foot straps such that the exercising skateboard can be ridden in a standing or kneeling position. The foot straps may be further used in conjunction with the performance of sit-ups by an end user. A pair of attachable handles each extends upwardly from a pivot point, and provide handles for use in conjunction with propelling or riding of the exercising skateboard.

An aquarium filtration system comprises an aquarium; a hollow ornament filtration device disposed adjacent to an inner bottom surface of the aquarium; and an aquarium support, capable of supporting the aquarium atop. The hollow ornament filtration device includes a main portion including a filter therein and a base including a magnetic impeller. In operation, the impeller draws a portion of water through a top opening of the main portion of the hollow ornament filtration device, through the filter, and out of at least one lateral opening of the base. The impeller is magnetically driven by magnets spun by an electric motor disposed in the aquarium support. In an embodiment, the filter is a replaceable filter cartridge including filtration media to provide mechanical and chemical filtration. Advantageously, all of the elements of the filtration system are hidden providing a more aesthetically pleasing experience.

The invention discloses a clamp for assembling an automobile brake disc assembly. The clamp for assembling the automobile brake disc assembly comprises an operating platform, wherein supporting legs are mounted at four corners of the bottom of the operating platform separately; a control panel is mounted on the outer sides of a group of supporting legs, and a servo motor is mounted at the middle position of the bottom of the operating platform; a motor bin is arranged on the outer side of the servo motor, and four sets of sliding grooves are uniformly formed in the top of the operating platform; and guide tracks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the inside of each sliding groove, a sliding plate is arranged in each sliding groove, and each sliding plate is matched with the corresponding guide tracks. According to the clamp for assembling the automobile brake disc assembly, through cooperation of the servo motor, a rotating shaft, a curved rod, the sliding plates, an L-shaped supporting plate and a clamping block, a wheel hub is clamped firmly, assembling of operators is facilitated, the wheel hub is convenient to take subsequently, by cooperation of a pressure spring and atop plate, downward pressure on the wheel hub is buffered, and the clamp is stable to operate.

Described herein is an apparatus and method for providing an inerting gas during the application of soldering to a work piece. In one aspect, there is provided an apparatus that is placed atop of a solder reservoir and comprises a plurality of porous tubes that are in fluid communication with an inerting gas. In another aspect, there is provided a method for providing an inerting gas to a wave soldering apparatus comprising the steps of, among other things, placing an apparatus atop at least one edge of the solder reservoir wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of tubes comprising one or more openings in fluid communication with an inerting gas source. In a further aspect, at least one of the tubes comprises a non-stick coating or is comprised of a porous non-stick material such as a sleeve.

The invention discloses a rock joint ultrasonic experimental apparatus under complex stress and a control system thereof; the apparatus comprises a rigid frame, an experimental space is provided in the rigid frame, a horizontal sliding bearing plate is slidably disposed at the bottom of the rigid frame, a dynamometer, an axial ultrasonic vibration transducer, a tangential ultrasonic vibration transducer and an axial loading block are rigidly connected in sequence on the horizontal sliding bearing plate, an axial hydraulic driver is mounted atop of the rigid frame, the piston end of the axial hydraulic driver is in sequential rigid connection to the dynamometer, the axial ultrasonic vibration transducer, the tangential ultrasonic vibration transducer and the axial loading block, four tangential hydraulic drivers are horizontally mounted at the front, back, front and left of the rigid frame respectively, the piston ends of the tangential hydraulic drivers are each connected to a tangential loading piston, and the other ends of the tangential loading pistons are in sequential rigid connection to the dynamometer and the tangential loading block. The rock joint ultrasonic experimental apparatus under complex stress and the control system thereof allow stress field state of a joint face in underground rock to be simulated for ultrasonic dynamic experiment.

The invention discloses a p-type gate enhanced transistor based on the oxidation self-stop technology and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps that a heterojunctionincluding a first semiconductor and a second semiconductor is provided, and two-dimensional electron gas is formed in the heterojunction; a third semiconductor and a fourth semiconductor are grown and formed on the heterojunction in turn; a mask film is arranged on the fourth semiconductor and the fourth semiconductor exposed out of the mask film is oxidized to form the oxide, and the oxidation reaction is enabled to self-atop when reaching the third semiconductor through the advantage that the oxidation rate of the fourth semiconductor is far greater than that of the third semiconductor under the same condition; and a source electrode, a drain electrode and a gate electrode are manufactured so that the gate electrode and the fourth semiconductor reserved in the area under the gate are enabled to be connected, wherein the fourth semiconductor reserved in the area under the gate is used for enabling the two-dimensional electron gas distributed in the area below the gate to be exhausted. The interface state produced by secondary epitaxy can be avoided, quasi-in-situ passivation is realized through formation of the oxide, the current collapse can be suppressed and the device performance can be enhanced.

The fan assembly having multiple centrifugal fans in mechanical connection with a planetary gear system is a novel improvement to the field of fans, and which includes at least two centrifugal fans that are in mechanical connection with a single drive source. A planetary gear system connects the centrifugal fans to the single drive source such that all centrifugal fans work in concert. The assembly includes a housing that is constructed of a first portion positioned atop and able to rotate with respect to a second portion. The ability of the first portion to rotate with respect to the second portion enables the first portion where the centrifugal fans to rotate 360 degrees. The first portion includes partitions, which isolate each centrifugal fans from one another.

The present invention is a structure of radiator. More specifically, it is a radiator in which an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder are correspondingly sheathed, and appropriate space is kept between inner cylinder and an outer cylinder to accept the flow of liquid. A spiral guide is installed inside the said space to guide the continuous flow of liquid in spiral channel. Further, at the inside wall of inner cylinder and outside wall of outer cylinder, multiple dissipation fins are formed. Through the enforced thermal dissipation of an additional fan installed atop, the radiator can accordingly perform an excellent effect of thermal dissipation.

A material handling cart for transporting a load of materials is provided. The material handling cart includes a base frame, a support frame coupled to the base frame, and a shelf coupled to at least one of the support frame and the base frame, the shelf pivotable between a raised position in which the shelf is adjacent the support frame and a lowered position in which the shelf is seated atop of the base frame, the shelf configured to receive the load of materials. The material handling cart also includes a flexible restraining member removably coupled to the support frame, the flexible restraining member configured to be adjustably tensioned about the load of materials to secure the load of materials to the base frame and the support frame during transport.

The door knob security alarm is a door alarm that is uniquely adapted to rest upon a top half of a door knob, and upon movement of the door knob the security alarm shell fall off of the door knob, and emit an alarm upon impacting the ground. An alarm housing includes a concave portion along a bottom portion of said alarm housing, which is uniquely adapted for placement atop of a portion of a door handle or door knob. A motion sensor detects impact of the alarm housing with a ground surface, and shall generate an alarm that is audible. The security alarm includes the use of at least one speaker that emits an audible alarm. The alarm housing includes at least one switch on a top surface, which enables operation of the security alarm.

The invention is about a carcass for a printing blanket, to be used for instance in offset printing, comprising: a fabric stack substrate comprising at least one fabric ply; a first compressible layer deposed atop said substrate, said first compressible layer comprising a moisture cured thermoset polymer matrix having a plurality of closed cells distributed substantially uniformly therein such that said first compressible layer has substantially uniform compression characteristics; a separation layer made of either natural or synthetic fibers, or of a mix of the two; a second compressible layer deposed atop said separation layer, of structure and thickness similar but not necessarily the same as those of the first compressible layer; and a top fabric stack deposed atop said second compressible layer comprising at least one fabric ply. The invention is also about a complete printing blanket, comprising the carcass described above and an elastomeric printing face.