372 results about "Configuration design" patented technology

Disclosed is a sleep stage determination apparatus which comprises respiratory-signal detection means for detecting a variation of a respiratory signal from the body of a human subject, and sleep-stage determination means for determining a plurality of sleep stages using only the respiratory-signal variation. The sleep stage determination apparatus of the present invention can eliminate the need for detecting a plurality of biological signals and have simplified sensor and circuit configurations designed to detect only the respiratory signal variation which is relatively easily detectable. This makes it possible to reduce a detection error and achieve enhanced determination accuracy or creditability.

Designs for a battery-powered, all-electric locomotive and related locomotive and train configurations are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a locomotive may be driven by a plurality of traction motors powered exclusively by a battery assembly which preferably comprises rechargeable batteries or other energy storage means. The locomotive carries no internal combustion engine on board and receives no power during operation from any power source external to the locomotive. A battery management system monitors and equalizes the batteries to maintain a desired state of charge (SOC) and depth of discharge (DOD) for each battery. A brake system may be configured to prioritize a regenerative braking mechanism over an air braking mechanism so that substantial brake energy can be recovered to recharge the battery assembly. Many locomotive or train configurations involving battery-powered or battery-toting locomotive(s) may be implemented. In one embodiment, a battery-toting locomotive is directly coupled with and positioned between two diesel-electric locomotives, wherein the batteries recover energy from regenerative braking and/or supply power to drive traction motors.

Streamlined, towable, marine seismic energy vibrator for creating intense swept-frequency and pulse-coded seismic signals in a body of water has a sleek, fish-like configuration designed for towing with minimum drag. The vibrator has a streamlined hollow towing head and a streamlined hollow tail head mounted onto front and rear of a long cylindrical tubular wall which is modular, comprising cylinder sections joined in end-to-end axial alignment. Within this long tubular cylinder wall is an axially vibratable multi-piston assembly having a plurality of pistons on a long piston rod. One piston is positioned in each of the cylinder chambers. These chambers hive multiple ports opening out through the long cylindrical wall. An elongated circular cylindrical elastomeric bladder forms a water-filled bladder chamber encircling the wall. An actuator piston is vibrated by a remotely controllably hydraulic circuit, thereby vibrating the multi-piston assembly for vibrating water out and in through multiple ports communicating with the water-filled bladder chamber for vibrating the exterior of the bladder shown having diameter "D" of 18 inches and length "L" of 118.5 inches, providing a 6,700 square inch vibration area contacting the ambient water. A multi-piston position sensor enables synchronization of the vibrator with companion sources being towed. An axial passage in the long piston rod feeds low-pressure compressed air into the cylinder chambers forming air cushions behind the pistons vibrating water in these cylinder chambers.

Designs for a battery-powered, all-electric locomotive and related locomotive and train configurations are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, a locomotive may be driven by a plurality of traction motors powered exclusively by a battery assembly which preferably comprises rechargeable batteries or other energy storage means. The locomotive carries no internal combustion engine on board and receives no power during operation from any power source external to the locomotive. A battery management system monitors and equalizes the batteries to maintain a desired state of charge (SOC) and depth of discharge (DOD) for each battery. A brake system may be configured to prioritize a regenerative braking mechanism over an air braking mechanism so that substantial brake energy can be recovered to recharge the battery assembly. Many locomotive or train configurations involving battery-powered or battery-toting locomotive(s) may be implemented. In one embodiment, a battery-toting locomotive is directly coupled with and positioned between two diesel-electric locomotives, wherein the batteries recover energy from regenerative braking and/or supply power to drive traction motors.

A specialized obturator that has a curved configuration designed specifically for entry through the anterior joint and out the back of the knee in the ideal position for a posterior portal. The curved obturator is shaped to avoid intact knee ligaments and femoral condyles. The obturator is provided with an eyelet located at the tip and may be employed with a cannula similar to a PassPort™ Button cannula, but with one or more sutures placed through the “neck” behind the collar. A standard “inside-out” cannula may be used as well, but dimensioned for the specialized obturator.

A bi-directional wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical communications network that includes components for automatically detecting a fault along a primary optical waveguide in a link forming part of a bi-directional WDM communication network and switching the transmission path of the optical signals propagated along that link from that waveguide to a second standby waveguide whenever a fault is detected in the first waveguide using 1×2 optical switches, optical filters, photodetectors and electronics in a configuration designed to avoid silent event failures. Replacing the 1×2 optical switches with 2×2 optical switches in conjunction with other equipment can allow either the constant monitoring of the standby waveguide, provide back up for optical transmitters, receivers and couplers on the path containing the primary waveguide and/or allow carriage of low priority traffic on the standby waveguide as long as it is in standby mode. No handshaking mechanism is required between the opposite ends of the waveguides for the switchover protection.

A cleaning apparatus includes a combing unit including a series of spaced protrusions or teeth extending into a cleaning roller for preventing build up and removing debris (such as hair, string, and the like). The protrusions extend along a substantial portion of the cleaning roller and extend partially into the cleaning roller to intercept the debris as it passes around the roller. The protrusions have angled leading edges that are not aligned with a rotation center of the cleaning roller and are directed into or against a direction of rotation of the cleaning roller. The combing unit and protrusions have a shape and configuration designed to facilitate debris removal from the cleaning roller with minimal impact on the operation of the cleaning apparatus. The cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head of an upright vacuum cleaner or sweeper or a robotic vacuum cleaner.

Brightness expression without solid white pattern is enabled, and video expression with an improved black level is achieved. A distortion module (5) reduces the luminance of a backlight source according to the histogram of the video signal so that the contrast may be a predetermined target one. A configuration design unit (13) sets the gain according to the luminance level (BL_reduced) of the backlight source selected by the distortion module (5). When setting the gain, the luminance level (BL_ref) for reference of the backlight source preset according to the video feature value is referenced. If the video feature value meets a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified with the gain. If not, depending on the relation between the BL_reduced and the BL_ref, the input video signal is amplified or not.

The present invention provides a method and system for an innovative design of the automatic stabilization and pointing control of a device based on the MEMS technology, which is small enough and has acceptable accuracy to be integrated into many application systems, such as, laser pointing systems, telescopic systems, imaging systems, and optical communication systems. The stabilization mechanism configuration design is based on utilization of AGNC commercial products, the coremicro IMU and the coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit. The coremicro AHRS/INS/GPS Integration Unit is used as the processing platform core for the design of the MEMS coremicro IMU based stabilization mechanism.

A design system of product configuration comprises man-machine boundary and master control module. It is featured as setting product sample bank module, standard parts bank module, product structure module, mixed inference mode correlated with product structure module configuration inference module, design sample parameter correlated to configuration inference module and configuration evaluation module in said master control module.

A mask with a three-dimensional structure provides a one-piece structure with an upper portion, the middle portion, and a lower portion. A molded notch is located at both nasal bridge of the upper portion and chin of the lower portion. The upper portion and lower portion are reversely folded so as to form a pleat for supporting the middle portion as a three-dimensional structure mask. The three-dimensional structure mask meets the facial configuration design for accommodating to different facial shapes. Furthermore, the mask with a three-dimensional structure has a normal range of elasticity to conform to certain facial contours, therefore, decreases leakage occurrence, and increases filtration rate in a high pollution environment. More, the upper portion and the lower portion of the mask are folded in a reverse direction for avoiding a contacting pollution from touching the inner surface.

A fuel injector is mounting in a cylinder head assembly. The cylinder head assembly includes a mounting bore that extends into a recess wall that forms a portion of a combustion chamber. A sleeve is placed within the mounting bore. The fuel injector is secured with a nozzle portion extending through the sleeve. The fuel injector and sleeve interface is sealed by a heat resistant sealing member. The sleeve has any of a number of configurations designed to reduce the temperature of the nozzle. In addition, the nozzle can be recessed within the sleeve to reduce the direct exposure of the nozzle to flames propagated within the combustion chamber.

The invention relates to a method for determining the sheltering of a solar cell array during the in-orbit running of a satellite and the application of the method. The method comprises the following steps of: making researches on solar illumination angle annual average change rules of a satellite orbit and the conditions of change of solar elevation along with the latitude during the in-orbit running of the satellite, judging whether the solar cell array of the satellite is sheltered or not by star, combining the configuration characteristics of the satellite, calculating a sheltered area, and obtaining the change trends of the sheltered area within one orbit and a year, so that the problem of abnormal charging array current caused by the sheltering of the solar cell array during the in-orbit running of the satellite can be solved according to results, and the problem of the optimal design of a cell distribution mode for solar cells of the satellite is also solved. The configuration design rationality of a spacecraft such as the satellite adopting the solar cell array as a main energy supply is improved, the utilization efficiency of the solar cells is improved, and good effects are achieved. The application has the advantages of lowering the cost of the cells of the spacecraft, improving the effective power supply capability of the spacecraft, improving the performance of the spacecraft, and the like.

A device for protecting a gutter having a rear wall, front wall and a bottom wall, the walls defining a trough there between, the device comprising a guard member having generally planar central portion with one side thereof having an inverted U-shaped configuration designed to fit over an upper marginal edge of the rear wall of the gutter while at the other side, there is provided an overflow wall. The guard and gutter are attached directly to a supporting structure by means of screws or other mechanical fastening devices.

The invention discloses a multi-ship collaborative navigation formation configuration method based on underwater acoustic communication. The method comprises the steps as follows: a system state equation and a measurement equation are established according to a collaborative navigation system model; a nonlinear system Lee derivative observability theory is used for performing observability analysis on the equations; an underwater acoustic communication blind zone model is established according to wake flows generated by propellers at the tails of ships; a safety zone model is determined according to safety distances among the ships; and finally, an unmanned ship formation configuration design scheme is obtained on the basis that the observability, the wake flow communication blind zone and the safety distance zones among the ships are comprehensively considered. According to the method, collaborative navigation system formation configuration optimization design is realized, and the method is applicable to formation configuration designs under multi-ship collaborative navigation conditions. According to the method, the formation configuration layout obtained without consideration of wake flow influences has a high practical value on the collaborative navigation system formation configuration design.