855 results about "Curve shape" patented technology

Disclosed is an ultrasonic surgical instrument that combines end-effector geometry to best affect the multiple functions of a shears-type configuration. The shape of the blade is characterized by a radiused cut offset by some distance to form a curved geometry. The cut creates a curved surface with multiple asymmetries causing multiple imbalances within the blade. Imbalance due to the curve of the instrument is corrected by a non-functional asymmetry proximal to the functional asymmetry. Imbalance due to the asymmetric cross-section of the blade is corrected by the appropriate selection of the volume and location of material removed from a functional asymmetry. The shape of the blade in one embodiment of the present invention is characterized by two radiused cuts offset by some distance to form a curved and potentially tapered geometry. These two cuts create curved surfaces including a concave surface and a convex surface. The length of the radiused cuts affects, in part, the acoustic balancing of the transverse motion induced by the curved shape.

A catheter has a stylet formed of a shape-retentive and resilient material having a preformed curved shape at its distal end resulting in the catheter sheath having the preformed curved shape. The catheter sheath has a plurality of electrodes at its distal end for contacting selected biological tissue for imparting ablation energy thereto. The catheter sheath also has an axially mounted tendon for causing deflection of the distal end. The stylet material permits straightening the catheter sheath during insertion into the patient and advancing the electrodes to the target tissue. Upon removal of the straightening forces, such as by entry into a chamber of the heart, the stylet material resumes its preformed curved distal shape thereby forcing the catheter distal end with the electrodes into the same preformed curved shape. The operator may place the curved distal end into contact with the target tissue and axially move the tendon as desired to gain greater control over the bend in the distal end of the catheter sheath to adjust the radius of curvature of the distal end to obtain greater contact of the electrodes with the heart tissue. Preferably, the stylet is formed of nitinol.

A midsole structure for a shoe which improves a ride feeling and stability of the midfoot portion of the sole assembly during running. The sole assembly 1 of the shoe includes the upper plate 3 disposed on the upper side of the midfoot portion M and formed of a hard elastic member, the lower plate 4 disposed under the upper plate 3 to form the void S with the upper plate 3, formed of a hard elastic member, and having a downwardly convexedly curved shape, the midfoot outsole 6 attached on the bottom surface 4a of the lower plate 4, having the ground contact surface 6a, and provided discretely in the longitudinal direction from the outsole 5 of the heel portion H and the outsole 7 of the forefoot portion F of the sole assembly 1, and the connections 8, 9 provided on the front and rear ends of the midfoot portion M and interconnecting the upper plate 3 with the lower plate 4 in the vertical direction.

A curvilinear spinal access device for performing a procedure on a spine of a patient is disclosed. The device includes a working portal configured to be advanced toward a surgical site located at the spine of the patient. The working portal includes a distal end and a proximate end, a working portal housing having an open interior channel disposed between the distal end and the proximate end, an exterior channel disposed on an outside surface of the working portal housing and between the distal end and the proximate end. The distal end is configured to be disposed at the surgical site and the proximate end is disposed away from the surgical site. The housing has a curved shape defined between the proximate end and the distal end, wherein the proximate end is disposed with respect to the distal end. The working channel is configured to allow advancement of at least one surgical tool and/or at least one implant toward the surgical site.

A tube having a distal end portion made of a curved, flexible, shape retentive material such as superelastic, nickel-titanium memory metal alloy which has been heat-treated to retain a desired curved shape. The tube translates within and is constrained by a rigid sleeve, which may alternately be an instrument channel of an endoscope. When the distal end portion of the tube is extended from the sleeve, it returns to its original curved shape. Markings about the proximal and, or distal end portions of the tube enable the operator to know to what extent the distal end portion of the tube has been extended from the sleeve even when the distal end portion of the tube is not visible. The tube may be used for supporting and activating a cutting, abrading, coagulating, shrinking, or vaporizing device that is brought near or into contact with a tissue surface.

Disclosed is a method of displaying a hierarchical file structure. The method determines a visual arrangement (100) of containers (102) which reflects a hierarchical relationship of the file structure. A concentric curved shape is then formed representing each container in the file structure and files within the containers, the curved shape having a geometry and location according to the determined visual arrangement. A viewpoint (600) is then established for the curved shape which is substantially radial thereto and allows viewing from a root container of the file structure towards one or more child containers of the file structure. The curved shape is then rendered, relative to the viewpoint, to a display (2114). Desirably, the files within a container (102) are represented as a tower (104) in the curved shape.

A curved-surface display panel fabrication method for fabricating a curved display panel having a desired curved shape using a flat display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate, includes: paring partially outer surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate so as to reduce thicknesses thereof to a predetermined thickness; and attaching a reinforcing plate having the same shape with the desired curved shape and light transmitting characteristics to the display panel using an adhesive layer which is formed on at least a portion of edge portions of the display panel in a state that the pared flat display panel is bent to the desired curved shape.

A curved display panel manufacturing method for manufacturing a curved display panel having a curved shape using a flat display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate facing one another includes: paring partially outer portions of the first substrate and the second substrate so as to reduce thicknesses thereof to predetermined thicknesses; and forming fixing layers at edge areas which are not bent in a state of being bent to the desired curved shape among the edge areas of the first substrate and the second substrate.

A curved surface display device includes: a grayscale image projection device which projects a grayscale image; and a color filter disposed in front of the grayscale image projection device and having a desired curved shape. By disposing a color filter having a curved shape in front of a grayscale image projection device, a curved surface display device displaying color images can be realized through a simple structure.

Backlight with which the uniformity of brightness within a display area of a concavely curved liquid crystal display device is improved while fulfilling the demand for slimmer liquid-crystal display devices, as well as curved liquid-crystal display device including such a backlight. The shape of a frame, an optical sheet, and a scattering plate constituting the backlight unit is the same concavely curved shape as that of the concavely curved panel; and the liquid-crystal panel, the optical sheet, and cold-cathode luminescent lamps are arranged such that the concavely curved panel, the surface of a frame constituting the backlight unit that faces the concavely curved panel, an optical sheet surface, and a surface including the tube center axes of a plurality of cold-cathode luminescent lamps are parallel to each other.

A touchpad having capability of inducing sensation of tactile key comprises a deformable cover provided over a sensor, the deformable cover having a key region. The deformable cover is presented as a flat shape or curved shape. The key region is provided with a projecting structure, recessed structure, or flat structure. Preferably, the key region is provided thereon with a pattern representative of a key. Alternatively, the touchpad further comprises a support member provided between the deformable cover and the sensor. Preferably, the support member is provided underneath the key region with a recess.

An improved apparatus and a method of measuring and interpreting reliably, simply and accurately the information on continuous liquid level, liquid temperature and other liquid properties within a vessel. The apparatus could be made of a powered heater element and temperature sensors can be screen-printed, vacuum deposited, etched, welded, soldered or plated on one or both sides of a single rigid or a flexible substrate. The geometry of the heater determines the curve shape, such as steepness or shallowness of a temperature profile along a heater. Various parallel and serial configurations of thermocouples or temperature sensors can be used to measure the temperature along a heater. Simultaneous measurements from all the temperature sensors, before and after heat is applied, are used to generate accurate temperature profiles for the entire heater. Different features of the temperature profiles will determine accurately the liquid level, liquid temperature and other liquid properties. Apparatus of the invention may also be used to detect ice formation.

A windshield wiper installed, stick closely on the front, rear windshield to wipe out water and comprising an elastic slice, a buckle, a rubber cover and a wiper blade; the elastic slice is a metal slice in curve shape and is in one piece design, two rubber covers in “A” shape are inserted from right and left sides of the metal slice to have the rubber covers on top of the metal slice to increase the elasticity and tenacity of the metal slice, such design is strong and also lowers the manufacturing cost, the fastening indentation on center of the metal slice can allow wiper blade slide in for convenient installation and replacement, the wiper blade can be replaced along without replacing the whole set to reduce the waste.

A marine vibrator has a hollow body formed of one shell or of two opposed shells defining an inner space therein with vibrator apparatus within the hollow body. At least one shell has a curved shape, and the shell can have a streamlined shape with relatively low hydrodynamic drag. Certain embodiments include one or more exterior control members to facilitate positioning of the vibrator in water. Other than their mating ends, when two shells are used the two shells may be different in shape and volume or they may be identical. In preferred two-shell embodiments, there is a flexible seal between and connecting the two opposed shells. In certain aspects the inner space is filled with gas. A vibrator apparatus in one aspect applies equal and opposite forces to the shells of a two-shell vibrator or to opposed sides of a single shell vibrator.

An implant for a bone connector includes an implant body, a hook portion, a fixing clamp and a movable clamp. The fixing clamp has a curved shape and supports a vertebral arch of a vertebra by grasping the vertebral arch. The implant body is provided on an upper portion of the fixing clamp. The hook portion over which a connecting member is hooked is provided on an upper portion of the implant body. Further, the movable clamp, which has a curved shape and grasps the vertebral arch, is provided on the upper portion of the implant body and is disposed to be opposed to the fixing clamp.

The present invention realizes a naked eye three-dimensional video image display device that alleviates a jump point. In the naked eye three-dimensional video image display device of the invention, a slit of a parallax barrier is arranged in a zigzag or curved shape and the edge of the slit has a shape of an elliptic arc, so that a moderate view mix is generated to alleviate the jump point. Since a perforated parallax barrier is designed after an area to be viewed on a pixel arrangement surface is determined, the parallax barrier can be appropriately provided with an effect of the viewmix.

An optical waveguide grating coupler for coupling light between a planar waveguide and an optical element such as an optical fiber. The optical waveguide grating coupler includes a grating comprising a plurality of elongate scattering elements. The optical waveguide grating coupler is preferably flared, and in various embodiments has hyperbolically shaped sidewalls. The elongate scattering elements are preferably curved, and in some embodiments, the scattering elements have elliptically curved shapes. Preferably, the elongated scattering elements have grating widths selected to accommodate the desired optical intensity distribution.

A thin laminated high transmission electro-optical lens populated with a plurality of apertures in communication with its laminates used to improve the collection, focusing, and selection of ions generated from atmospheric pressure sources, such as electrospray, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization, inductively coupled plasma, discharge, photoionization and atmospheric pressure matrix assisted laser desorption ionization. The laminated lens is made of alternating layers of electrically insulating and metal laminates. The geometry of the lens may be planar or shaped into various curve shapes, any of which act to optimize both the direct current (DC) and alternate current (AC) electric field geometries and strengths across the lens for transferring virtually all the ions from the ion source into an ion-focusing region adjacent and upstream of a high pressure or atmospheric pressure interface to a mass spectrometer, ion mobility analyzer, or combination thereof. Embodiments of this invention are methods and devices for improving sensitivity of mass spectrometry when coupled to high pressure or atmospheric pressure ionization sources.

The present invention describes the design and fabrication of Multi-Material-Blades used as active regenerative regenerators in active regenerative magneto-caloric or electro-caloric engines. The blades consist of a plurality of elements (2) that divide the blade body along its length. Each element (2) is made of a different magneto-caloric or electro-caloric material selected appropriately, and a plurality of dedicated channels (3) penetrates the blade body (1) and extends along the length of the blade. The dedicated channels (3) can be provided with fluid mixing structures, porous layers or hydrophobic coatings to reduce the HE loss in an active regenerative engine. The Multi-Material-Blades are obtainable by ink jet printing techniques to reduce costs. The Multi-Material-Blades can further have a curved shape to form an involute blade body (1). All measures can improve the performance of active regenerative magneto-caloric or electro-caloric engines, and lay the basis for commercial solutions.

A liquid crystal display device includes a frame-shaped first frame having an opening to expose an effective display area, the first frame having a curved shape having a predetermined curvature in one direction; a liquid crystal display panel including a pair of light-transmitting substrates that encapsulate liquid crystal molecules, each of the light-transmitting substrates having a pixel selection electrode on the inner surface thereof, the liquid crystal display panel disposed on the backside of the first frame so that the liquid crystal display panel faces the opening; a backlight disposed on the backside of the liquid crystal display panel and irradiating the backside of the liquid crystal display panel with light-source light, the backlight including a light guide plate, an optical compensation laminate, a frame-shaped resin frame, and at least one light source; and a second frame disposed on the backside of the backlight, the second frame having a curved shape having a curvature comparable to the curvature of the first frame. The liquid crystal display panel and the backlight are sandwiched between the first frame and the second frame and held and secured along the curved shape.

A curved-surface display panel fabrication method for fabricating a curved-surface display panel using a flat display panel having a first substrate and a second substrate includes: paring partially outer surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate so as to reduce thicknesses thereof to a predetermined thickness; bending the pared flat display panel to a desired curved shape; attaching a first guide member which has a shape corresponding to the desired curved shape to the first substrate with a predetermined gap from the pared outer surface thereof and attaching a second guide member with has a shape corresponding to the desired curved shape to the second substrate with a predetermined gap from the pared outer surface thereof; and forming light transmitting reinforcing layers respectively in a space between the first guide member and the first substrate and a space between the second guide member and the second substrate.

An implantable medical device having opposed major sidewalls of contoured shape closely fits the curved shape of a body. The contoured major sidewalls can have a curved shape of a continuous radius with the major sidewalls deflecting in a similar direction. Alternatively, the major sidewalls can have a curved shape corresponding to more than one radius. The device housing is either deep drawn or includes two clam shells that are secured together.

A curable material delivery cannula device and method are disclosed. The device includes a cannula and a hub. The cannula includes an open proximal end, a deflectable segment forming a pre-set curve, a lumen, and side orifice(s) adjacent, and proximally spaced from, the distal end and fluidly connected to the lumen. When inserted within a guide cannula, the deflectable segment straightens. When distally extended from the guide cannula, the deflectable segment reverts to the curved shape, which may be used to create a void in the bone for receiving curable material. The distal end has a blunt tip for non-traumatic interface with bodily material. During use, curable material, such as bone cement, is delivered from the side orifice(s) in a radial direction relative to the lumen.

The invention discloses a five-axis numerical control polishing machine capable of changing grinding heads automatically. The five-axis numerical control polishing machine comprises a plurality of semi-axis grinding heads, a machine body frame, a controller, a polishing head, a grinding head supply mechanism, a spindle clamping device, a Z-axis drive mechanism, an X-axis drive mechanism, a Y-axis drive mechanism, an A-axis rotary workbench and a C-axis rotating mechanism. The polishing head, the grinding head supply mechanism, the spindle clamping device, the Z-axis drive mechanism, the X-axis drive mechanism, the Y-axis drive mechanism, the A-axis rotary workbench and the C-axis rotating mechanism are respectively connected with the controlled and controlled by the same. The five-axis numerical control polishing machine capable of changing grinding heads automatically has the advantages that the polishing machine is ingenious and reasonable in structural design, high in automation level, convenient and fast to operate, high in flexibility by the five-axis linkage structure, and widely applicable; multiple polishing procedures such as rough polishing, fine polishing and mirror polishing can be completed at one-step clamping, clamping time is saved, machining efficiency and precision are increased greatly, polishing effect is guaranteed, work efficiency is increased, labor intensity of workers is lowered, enterprise competitiveness is increased effectively, and polishing of surfaces of complex curve shapes can be achieved.

Provided are an airbag, an airbag device, and a method for sewing a lid member of an airbag that can make it easier to maintain the internal pressure until inflation and deployment of the airbag are completed and to quickly release gas after an occupant contacts the airbag. An airbag includes a vent hole for releasing gas supplied in the airbag, a lid member for making the vent hole openable and closable, and a tether for applying tension to the lid member. A seam formed by sewing the lid member to the airbag is disposed in a sewing region defined by a straight line shape spaced a predetermined distance from the vent hole, and a curved shape (most curved shape) formed by bringing both ends of the straight line shape close to a center line of the vent hole parallel to the straight line shape. The curvature of the seam can be regulated in view of the lap width between the lid member and the outer edge of the vent hole.

A device for protecting wireless communication devices having a two piece cover, a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover has a shaped body with a front cover lip; the rear cover has a shaped rear body with a rear cover lip. Each front and rear cover have sides that have a curved shape. Each front and rear cover have tops and bottoms that have a curved shape. The device further has at least one tab located on an edge of the front cover lip and at least one complementary tab detent located in the edge of the rear cover lip. The device further has at least one tab located on an edge of the rear cover lip and at least one complementary tab detent located in the edge of the front cover lip. The device further includes bumpers attached to at least one corner of the device.

A curved reinforcing fiber substrate having a curved planar shape comprising a plurality of reinforcing fiber yarns arranged parallel to a direction along a circumferential direction of the curved shape, and auxiliary weft yarns arranged in directions crossing the plurality of reinforcing fiber yarns each arranged in one direction of the circumferential direction.

A vehicular lamp installed in a sideview mirror housing 10 that has a laterally extending opening 12. The vehicular lamp has a horizontally curved shape and is installed in the housing 10 such that the entirety of its front lens 24 is substantially flush with and exposed through the opening 12. An LED 26 and a light guide inner lens 27 are installed inside a curved and laterally elongated lamp chamber space S which is defined by the lamp body 22 and the front lens 24. The LED 26 for illuminating the entire light guide inner lens is disposed on a curved wrap-around side of the lamp chamber space S so as to face the vehicle forward direction, and another LED 29 is provided in the vehicle width outward direction so that it distributes emitted light in a predetermined direction directly or via a reflector 34.

An electro-optical device is provided which includes an electro-optical panel; and a metal frame configured to accommodate the electro-optical panel therein. The metal frame includes a plurality of side walls and corner portions provided between the side walls. A distal end of at least a portion of at least one of the side walls has a folding portion having a structure that inner surfaces are opposed to each other. At least one of the corner portions adjacent to the side wall having the folding portion has a seamless curved shape.

A print apparatus includes a selection unit, a print unit and control unit. The selection unit categorizes a curve-shape of a print target surface into one specific shape pattern among a plurality of shape patterns having shapes whose degrees of curving are different from each other. The print unit has a recording head that applies ink on the print target surface. The control unit controls the print unit to set an ink amount to be applied at the edge parts of the print target surface to predetermined amount which is set corresponding to the specific shape pattern.