212 results about "Cross sectional geometry" patented technology

The dissolution of dissolvable components in plural component polymer fibers is achieved by providing a polymer fiber including at least two sections, where at least one fiber section includes a dissolvable component. The rate at which at least part of the fiber dissolves is controlled by at least one of a fiber section having a non-round cross-sectional geometry, and at least two fiber sections including two different dissolvable components. In an exemplary embodiment, island-in-the-sea fibers are formed with non-round and elongated cross-sectional geometries. In another embodiment, sheath-core fibers are formed in which the sheath and core include different dissolvable components.

The invention relates to a device for producing products having individual geometries, comprising a substrate carrier device, a material application device for applying material, preferably above the substrate carrier device, which material application device can be moved relative to the substrate carrier device, and a control device which is coupled to the material application device for signaling. According to the invention, the material application device is coupled to an input interface for signaling and for selection of a first or a second application mode, the control device and the application device being designed such as to produce, in the first application mode, a three-dimensional product on the surface of a substrate plate by way of an additive production method, said substrate plate being connected to the substrate carrier device. According to the additive production method, a curable material is applied in consecutive layers, one or more predetermined regions are selectively cured after or during each application of a layer, the predetermined regions being bonded to one or more regions of the underlying layer. The predetermined region(s) is / are predetermined by a cross-section geometry of the product in the respective layer and is / are stored in the control device, and the curable material is applied in a plurality of consecutive layers to produce the three-dimensional product. The control device and the application device are further designed such that in the second mode of application one or more colors are applied to predetermined regions of a print substrate material connected to the substrate carrier device to produce a monochrome or polychrome print.

Composite fiber optic cables having exposed, conductive traces external to the cable jacket enable non-invasive, wireless electrical tone tracing of fiber optic cables. The cross sectional geometry of the fiber optic cable prevents conductive traces from short circuiting when abutting other cables or grounded conductive elements. Moreover, the structure allows convenient electrical contact to the conductive traces at any location along the longitudinal extent of the cable without requiring penetration of the cable jacket or removal of fiber optic connectors. Traceable fiber optic cables of various types are disclosed, including simplex, duplex and ribbon cables. Systems of traceable cables utilizing connectors with integrated electrical antenna elements attached to the conductive elements of cable and RFID tags for remote connector port identification are further disclosed.

A multicore fiber comprises a plurality of cores extending along the length of a fiber body. Each of the cores is surrounded by a cladding. The plurality of cores and surrounding cladding provide respective index variations, so as to form a respective plurality of waveguides for conducting parallel data transmissions from a first end of the fiber to a second end. The plurality of cores has a cross-sectional geometry in which the plurality of cores is configured in a polygonal array, in which at least some of the cores are positioned at the vertices of the array. The polygonal array is configured such that neighboring cores in the array are separated from each other by a distance that is sufficient to prevent crosstalk therebetween.

Apparatus for sensing and characterizing particles (e.g., blood cells or ceramic powders) suspended in a liquid medium comprises a conduit through which the particle suspension is caused to pass simultaneously with an electrical current. According to the invention, the interior wall of the conduit effectively varies in resistivity along the length of the conduit to define a delimited central region of high electrical resistivity which is smoothly contiguous on its opposing boundaries to uninsulated distal elements of lesser electrical resistivity. The delimited central region of the conduit functions as a Coulter volumeter conduit. The uninsulated distal elements of the conduit are made to have a dimension along the conduit wall which is at least equal to the axial extent of the effective ambit electric fields of a traditional Coulter volumeter conduit having a cross-sectional geometry identical to that of the delimited central region of high resistivity in the improved volumeter conduit. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the delimited central region of the improved volumeter conduit is defined by a traditional Coulter conduit wafer, i.e., a dielectric wafer containing a central circular conduit, and the distal elements of lesser resistivity are defined by uninsulated, electrically conductive, circular collars attached to opposite sides of the conduit wafer. The conduit in the conduit wafer and the openings in the conductive collars collectively form a hydrodynamically smooth volumeter conduit, in which the electric and hydrodynamic fields of the traditional volumeter conduit are advantageously amended in the manner above noted.

The present invention provides a suture anchor that includes an elongate shank defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one engaging member for applying the suture anchor within the bone and securing the suture anchor in the bone once implanted formed thereon, and a drive head having a proximal end, a distal end and a radial cross-sectional geometry, where the drive head is mated to the elongate shank, includes at least one suture attachment element formed in a portion thereof and at least one anti-rotational member integral therewith, suture anchor kits utilizing the suture anchors and methods of attaching bone to gone.

Composite fiber optic cables having exposed, conductive traces external to the cable jacket enable non-invasive, wireless electrical tone tracing of fiber optic cables. The cross sectional geometry of the fiber optic cable prevents conductive traces from short circuiting when abutting other cables or grounded conductive elements. Moreover, the structure allows convenient electrical contact to the conductive traces at any location along the longitudinal extent of the cable without requiring penetration of the cable jacket or removal of fiber optic connectors. Traceable fiber optic cables of various types are disclosed, including simplex, duplex and ribbon cables. Systems of traceable cables utilizing connectors with integrated electrical antenna elements attached to the conductive elements of cable and RFID tags for remote connector port identification are further disclosed.

A bulb is adapted to fit over and around a light-emitting diode emitting a light of a first hue in a generally Lambertian radiation pattern. The bulb has a generally spherical shape and a substantially circular external cross-sectional geometry, and further defines an inner cavity with a substantially circular cross-sectional geometry for housing the light-emitting diode. The bulb is composed of a light-transmitting material and a light color-converting material, with the light color-converting material converting the light of the first hue into a light of a desired hue, which is then viewed along an external surface of said bulb.

A lighting device with a throw forward reflector includes a body, at least one light source coupled to the body, and a reflector with an asymmetric cross sectional geometry coupled to the body and at least partially about the light source to project light from the light source at an angle that is non-perpendicular to a plane of the body. A throw forward reflector includes an elongated reflector body formed from a sheet of material and has an asymmetric cross sectional profile, the profile comprising a compound radius having a first curved segment defined by a first radius and a second curved segment defined by a second radius that is greater than the first radius, and a crease extending at least partially along the length of the reflector body and defining an interface between the first curved segment and the second curved segment.

The invention relates to a device for producing products having individual geometries, comprising a substrate carrier device, a material application device for applying material, preferably above the substrate carrier device, which material application device can be moved relative to the substrate carrier device, and a control device which is coupled to the material application device for signaling. According to the invention, the material application device is coupled to an input interface for signaling and for selection of a first or a second application mode, the control device and the application device being designed such as to produce, in the first application mode, a three-dimensional product on the surface of a substrate plate by way of an additive production method, said substrate plate being connected to the substrate carrier device. According to the additive production method, a curable material is applied in consecutive layers, one or more predetermined regions are selectively cured after or during each application of a layer, the predetermined regions being bonded to one or more regions of the underlying layer. The predetermined region(s) is / are predetermined by a cross-section geometry of the product in the respective layer and is / are stored in the control device, and the curable material is applied in a plurality of consecutive layers to produce the three-dimensional product. The control device and the application device are further designed such that in the second mode of application one or more colors are applied to predetermined regions of a print substrate material connected to the substrate carrier device to produce a monochrome or polychrome print.

The invention relates to a device (10) for the additive manufacture of a component (12), comprising at least one coating device (14) for producing a powder layer (16) on a construction platform (18); at least one radiation source (20), in particular a laser, for producing a high-energy beam (24), by means of which the powder layer (16) in a construction surface area (22) can be melted and / or sintered locally to form a component layer (30); at least one deflection device (26), by means of which the high-energy beam (24) can be deflected onto different regions of the powder layer (16) and can be focused on the construction surface area (22); at least one measurement system (28), by means of which a cross-sectional geometry of the high-energy beam (24) on the powder layer (16) and / or the component layer (30) can be determined; and at least one equilibration device (32).

An eyeglass frame system includes a lens frame, a planar side extension pivotally attached at opposite ends of the lens frame, and an integrated earpiece and temple frame, an end opposite to the earpiece portion including an elongate longitudinal channel complemental in cross-sectional geometry to that of the planar side pivotally attached to the lens frame. The temple and earpiece frame may be selectably inserted over the side extension.

A fitment for use in the discharge of pourable contents from a container wherein the constancy of uniform flow of contents from the container is minimally, if at all, adversely affected by the need for accommodating inflow of ambient air into the container as the contents are discharged from the container, the fitment including a conduit an exit end having an ellipsoidal cross-sectional geometry including a minor portion and an major portion, the geometry of the conduit exit being oriented uppermost toward (topwise of) the top end of the container. A method is disclosed.

Additive manufacturing techniques may be utilized to construct effusion plates. Such additive manufacturing techniques may include defining a configuration for an effusion plate having one or more internal cooling channels. The manufacturing techniques may further include depositing a powder into a chamber, applying an energy source to the deposited powder, and consolidating the powder into a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the defined configuration. Such methods may be implemented to construct an effusion plate having one or more channels with a curved cross-sectional geometry.

To provide a turbofan jet engine which is capable of increasing the bypass ratio without increasing the fan diameter, and of reducing air resistance acting on the engine, a front fan duct that discharges air compressed by a front fan to the atmosphere and an aft fan duct that introduces air into an aft fan are disposed such as to change cross-sectional shapes thereof by rotating around a core engine in a counterclockwise direction, so that the cross-sectional geometric relationship between the front fan duct and the aft fan duct at a position immediately posterior to the front fan and a cross-sectional geometric relationship between the front fan duct and the aft fan duct at a position immediately anterior to the aft fan are inverted.

A device and method for joining and tacking several individual components independently of shape and / or size to form inherently rigid, transportable sections for transportation vehicles, such as an aircraft is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, the individual components may be spatially positioned relative to each other independently of shape and / or size. The spatial positions of the individual components may be determined by a measuring device, such as a laser measuring device, and varied via several positioning devices until a preset spatial position of the individual components has been reached in which the individual component are tacked together to form a section. In another embodiment, the positioning devices may be designed as base positioners, a first lateral positioner, a second lateral positioner, an upper positioner as well as an inner positioner. Joining and tacking of several individual components 1 may form varying sections such as sections with varying cross sectional geometries and / or cross sectional dimensions and / or linear dimensions for different types of aircraft or for derivatives of the same aircraft types. In addition, the sections may have two working platforms on either side of the section.

Cross-sectional geometries of filter elements for soot particle filters are described, allowing uniform loading of the filter element with soot. Starting with hexagonal cell shapes, other polygonal shapes are arranged around them. All the cross-sectional geometries have in common the fact that the cross-sectional area of all inlet channels is larger than the cross-sectional area of all outlet channels.

Disclosed is a fluid, namely stormwater, management system employing a chamber having an overall substantially constant curve cross-sectional geometry, with an a-semicircular constant curve cross-sectional geometry preferred. This chamber, which preferably follows both AASHTO standard specifications for Highway Bridges, Section 18, and Corrugated Polyethylene Pipe Association (CCPA) specifications, can further comprise corregations, support members and / or connecting elements to further add structural integrity.

The invention provides a technique of monitoring the void formation in a damascene interconnection process. According to the invention, a test structure is provided that includes at least two damascene structures that have at least one different cross-sectional geometric parameter. To monitor the void formation, the test structure is cut to expose a cross-sectional view to the damascene structures. The cross-sectional view is then inspected and the void formation is investigated in each of the damascene structures. The invention is particularly applicable to multi-level copper-based dual-damascene interconnection processes to monitor the voiding at the interface between barrier layers and bottom metal trenches. The invention allows monitoring of the void formation by locating only one structure on the chip and performing only one cut.

This invention provides processing steps, methods and materials strategies for making patterns of structures for integrated electronic devices and systems. Processing methods of the present invention are capable of making micro-and nano-scale structures, such as Dual Damascene profiles, recessed features and interconnect structures, having non-uniform cross-sectional geometries useful for establishing electrical contact between device components of an electronic device. The present invention provides device fabrication methods and processing strategies using sub pixel-voting lithographic patterning of a single layer of photoresist useful for fabricating and integrating multilevel interconnect structures for high performance electronic or opto-electronic devices, particularly useful for Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) and Ultra large Scale Integrated (ULSI) devices. Processing methods of the present invention are complementary to conventional microfabrication and nanofabrication methods for making integrated electronics, and can be effectively integrated into existing photolithographic, etching, and thin film deposition patterning systems, processes and infrastructure.

A cured-concrete-cutting saw which is sufficiently mobile as facilitates its transport to a work site located within a building, and between work sites within a building, for example, and which is useful in cutting block-out grooves for expansion joints between adjacent sides of adjacent concrete slabs and / or troughs in the surface of such slabs. The saw includes a housing, a blade assembly comprising a plurality of circular blades disposed in spaced apart parallel relationship to one another on the outboard end of a driven shaft that is mounted on the bottom of the housing. A motor provides power for rotation of the shaft and its blade assembly. Optionally, the motor provides power for propelling the saw over the top surface of a concrete slab. A mechanism is provided for operator adjustment of the depth of cut of the blades of the blade assembly from a position adjacent the aft end of the saw. Through the means of selecting different diameter blades for the blade assembly, the saw may be employed to cut a variety of block-outs or troughs of different cross-sectional geometries, in the top surface of a concrete slab. A method is disclosed for the formation of an elongated block-out or trough in the top surface of a cured concrete slab for the preparation of adjacent side margins of adjacent sides of adjacent concrete slabs and for the installation of an expansion strip in the space between these adjacent sides.

This invention provides processing steps, methods and materials strategies for making patterns of structures for electronic, optical and optoelectronic devices. Processing methods of the present invention are capable of making micro- and nano-scale electronic structures, such as T-gates, gamma gates, and shifted T-gates, having a selected non-uniform cross-sectional geometry. The present invention provides lithographic processing strategies for sub-pixel patterning in a single layer of photoresist useful for making and integrating device components comprising dielectric, conducting, metal or semiconductor structures having non-uniform cross-sectional geometries. Processing methods of the present invention are complementary to conventional microfabrication and nanofabrication platforms, and can be effectively integrated into existing photolithographic, etching and thin film deposition patterning strategies, systems and infrastructure.

A configurable clamp assembly for retaining pipe, conduit, cable bundles, waveguides and fiber optic cable that is designed for rapid installation without the need of pre-drilled holes or other mounting surface preparation. The clamp is formed by a saddle structure with integral rectangular flat base plate that receives interchangeable mounting pads and either a securing fastener or adhesive layer that secures the clamp to a mounting surface. A clamping yoke is hingedly secured to the saddle structure that is adapted to fold about the hinge to enclose and retain pipes, conduits or a Collar that engages an interchangeable Insert. The clamping yoke is fastened with a locknut that engages a threaded retaining post, locking the yoke to the saddle. The Insert is provided with various cross section geometries to secure waveguides, fiber optic cables and specially shaped tubing and is designed for insertion into the Collar for special applications.

A modular compressor assembly comprises a common motor assembly, an impeller, a blower housing and an engagement mechanism. The common motor assembly includes a stator housing containing a stator assembly and having a rotor magnet rotatably disposed therewithin. The impeller is mounted to and rotatable with the rotor magnet. The blower housing is selectable from among a plurality of blower housings each having a different cross-sectional geometry. The engagement mechanism is formed on the stator housing and / or the blower housing and allows interchangeable mounting of different blower housing configurations to the common motor assembly in order to achieve varying flow characteristics of the compressor assembly.

A surface gravity wave generator and wave pool is disclosed. A wave pool is formed of opposing side walls and a center channel of water. The channel includes a bottom contour with a depth that runs from a deep end to a shoal or beach. One or more three-dimensional foils are vertically arranged along at least one side wall, and moved against the water in the channel. Each foil has a curvilinear cross-sectional geometry that defines a leading surface that is adapted to generate a wave in water moving past the leading surface, and a trailing surface configured for flow recovery to avoid separation of the flow of water in the wave and to mitigate drag from the foil from the water moving past the leading surface.

A skylight with displacement absorber and interlocking telescoping tubes is provided. The displacement absorber may be expandable, compressible, and bendable. The displacement absorber may absorb thermal expansion and contraction displacement between the skylight assembly relative to the building in which it is installed, as well as mechanical compression displacement from forces upon the building roof. The interlocking telescoping tubes may provide for telescopic adjustment of the length of the tube assembly. Also provided is a collar for securement to the building roof, the collar optionally including a condensation collection gutter. The skylight may also include a top elbow, adjustable for angular orientation of the light tubes depending from it. A lower adaptor box is also provided, for adapting from the cross-sectional geometry of the displacement absorber to desired cross-sectional geometries of interior ceiling diffusers.

An assembly for a fuel cell including an electrically conductive fluid distribution element including a flow field disposed on a surface of the element, wherein the flow field includes a plurality of channels for carrying the gaseous reactants of the fuel cell. The assembly also includes an electrically conductive member disposed at the surface of the element to serve as a gas diffusion media. The channels of the element include a plurality of sidewalls formed in various orientations, and the orientations of the side-walls form a cross-sectional geometry of the channel such that water collection regions are formed at an interface of the electrically conductive fluid distribution element and the electrically conductive member, and at a bottom portion of the channel.

A free-standing post supported target mechanism has a support post of a defined cross-sectional geometry. A baseplate defines a post opening receiving the support post and has a first orientation permitting movement of the baseplate along the length of the support post and a second orientation establishing a gripping relation with the support post. A spall plate defines a post opening receiving the support post and has a first orientation permitting movement of the spall plate along the length of the support post and a second orientation establishing a gripping relation of the spall plate with the support post. A target plate engages the baseplate and the spall plate and is secured by a locking member. A target base defines a receptacle receiving and supporting the support post and establishes a weight-forward condition that offsets the rearward forces of bullet impact.