533 results about "Single support" patented technology

The present invention provides a cardiac valve support device adapted for endovascular delivery to a cardiac valve, wherein said support device comprises either a single support element with valve leaflets connected thereto or two interconnected support elements having valve leaflets connected to one of said two elements. The invention further encompasses a two-stage method for implanting a replacement cardiac valve, wherein the first stage comprises delivering a valve support device fitted with one or more valve leaflets to a location near a subject's cardiac valve, such that said valve leaflets fulfill the function previously fulfilled by the native valve.

A keyboard mechanism for a low-travel keyboard and methods of fabrication are described. The low-travel keyboard is suitable for a thin-profile computing device, such as a laptop computer, netbook computer, desktop computer, etc. The keyboard includes a key cap that can be formed of a variety of materials in the form of a flat slab. The key cap is attached to one end of a support lever that supports it from underneath. In one embodiment, the support lever is formed of a rigid material and is pivotally coupled with a substrate on the other end. In another embodiment, the support lever is formed of a flexible material and is fixedly attached to the substrate on the other end. The portion of the support lever that is attached to the key cap is positioned over a metal dome that can be deformed to activate the switch circuitry of the membrane on printed circuit board underneath the dome.

A gravel packing method and apparatus are described where to set the packer; a ball is dropped to a seat that it isolated from the effects of formation pressures when trying to set the packer. This is accomplished by isolation of the gravel pack outlet port when setting the packer and locating the ball seat in a position where the effects of formation pressure are irrelevant. Additionally, by positioning the evacuation ports above a seal bore in the screen extension during circulation or squeeze to deposit gravel and further putting check valves in the evacuation ports, the evacuation step after circulation or squeeze can be accomplished without having to reposition the crossover. The crossover is supported from the packer and movement of the crossover away and back to the support from the packer operates a valve to allow squeezing when the valve is closed and circulating and reversing out when the valve is open. Thus, the gravel pack method and apparatus facilitates circulation, squeeze and reverse circulation in a single supported position.

A combined PET and X-Ray CT tomograph for acquiring CT and PET images sequentially in a single device, overcoming alignment problems due to internal organ movement, variations in scanner bed profile, and positioning of the patient for the scan. In order to achieve good signal-to-noise (SNR) for imaging any region of the body, an improvement to both the CT-based attenuation correction procedure and the uniformity of the noise structure in the PET emission scan is provided. The PET / CT scanner includes an X-ray CT and two arrays of PET detectors mounted on a single support within the same gantry, and rotate the support to acquire a full projection data set for both imaging modalities. The tomograph acquires functional and anatomical images which are accurately co-registered, without the use of external markers or internal landmarks.

A keyboard mechanism for a low-travel keyboard and methods of fabrication are described. The low-travel keyboard is suitable for a thin-profile computing device, such as a laptop computer, netbook computer, desktop computer, etc. The keyboard includes a key cap that can be formed of a variety of materials in the form of a flat slab. The key cap is attached to one end of a support lever that supports it from underneath. In one embodiment, the support lever is formed of a rigid material and is pivotally coupled with a substrate on the other end. In another embodiment, the support lever is formed of a flexible material and is fixedly attached to the substrate on the other end. The portion of the support lever that is attached to the key cap is positioned over a metal dome that can be deformed to activate the switch circuitry of the membrane on printed circuit board underneath the dome.

An exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a wiper blade assembly structure which has a space unit formed in a certain area of a support frame, to which a main arm of the wiper is coupled, and allows a replaceable adaptor to be detachably attached to the space unit to thereby enable various types of main arms to be coupled to a single support frame together with the replaceable adaptor.

A random rebound sports training device is provided which includes a pair of misaligned or offset net structures disposed on a frame that enable a projectile striking the net structures to rebound in a random manner. The structures are secured to a support frame such that the openings formed in the net structure, which are larger than normally utilized, are offset from one another. The offset of each of the net structures greatly reduces the potential for a projectile striking the device from contacting the same portions of the net structures, thereby causing the projectile to rebound in a random manner from the device. The frame on which the net structures are mounted can be easily configured between a use configuration and a storage configuration. Further, each of the net structures can be secured to a single support frame, or can extend from separate frames onto a target frame to provide multiple use sections on the device.

The fuel cut off valve comprises a casing, a float that rises and falls with increases and decreases in the buoyant force depending on the fuel liquid level within a valve chamber, and a valve mechanism that opens and closes a connecting passage through the rising or falling of the float, equipped on the upper part of the float. The valve mechanism comprises a supported part, and when the supported part is supported by a support part of the float, the center of gravity is provided below the support portion, so that the supported part is balanced on a single support portion. The fuel cut off valve can provide excellent seal performance when a vehicle is at an angle, and that can be miniaturized.

In an embodiment of the present invention there is provided a micro-electromechanical (MEMS) accelerometer, including a substrate, a first sensor and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to measure an acceleration along a first axis parallel to a plane of the substrate. The second sensor is configured to measure an acceleration along an axis perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. The second sensor comprises a first beam, a second beam and a single support structure. The single support structure supports the first and second beams relative to the substrate, wherein the first and second beams circumscribe the first sensor.

A power steering system for a vehicle includes a power assist unit composed of a unitized combination of a torque sensor, an electric motor and a power transmission mechanism. The power assist unit is mounted to a cross member provided on the vehicle body side, to enable a reduction in the number of component parts and realization of a compact design. A steering shaft is rotatably supported on only a single support case mounted to a cross member. At least an electric motor of a power assist unit is mounted to the cross member through the support case.

A scanner has a plurality of cameras positioned around an object to be scanned. The object is illuminated by unstructured light and the object is covered by a textured surface. The cameras can be arranged as pairs and each camera pair is supported on a single support. The scanned object can be a foot, among other things, and the scanner is positioned at a predetermined incline so that the foot is evenly supported. A positioning system, either visual or automatic, is included on the scanner platform. If automatic, a sensor array is affixed to the platform such that a scan will only initiate when certain sensors or combinations of sensors are ON. Method for attaching the camera pairs on the support, method for calibrating the camera pairs and method of scanning the foot to provide shoe sizes and shoe lasts are also disclosed.

A system for dispensing a granular product. The system includes a refillable, sealable receptacle, having a neck at its lower end, a rotatable and flexible impeller within the neck, with the shape and size of the impeller conforming generally to the shape and size of the neck, providing sealing for maintaining the freshness of the granular product. Preferably the impeller comprises a hollow central core, and a shaft extends through the hollow core into at least one through-hole formed in the neck. A handle is present for turning the shaft to rotate the impeller. A base is provided with a retaining arm for removably receiving the receptacle. The system is capable of easy disassembly for cleaning, by removal of the receptacle and impeller from within the receptacle. Also provided is a multi-system for dispensing a plurality of products; having several receptacles and associated dispensing mechanisms mounted on a single support.

Turbomachine fan duct comprising two coaxial cylindrical walls (60, 68), these being an internal wall and an external wall, respectively, the internal wall (68) consisting of a framework (70) to which panels (72) are removably attached, and the external wall (60) consisting of a single support structure (62) comprising openings (64) closed by removable panels (66), the openings (64) in the external wall having dimensions that allow the panels (72) of the internal wall to pass and allow these panels to be fitted onto and removed from the framework (70) of the internal wall.

A support for the lower ends of elongated articles stored in an upright position, such as the lower ends of firearms contained within a storage cabinet. The support includes a base, and one or more support members are releasably engageable with the base. Each support member receives and secures the lower end of a firearm relative to the base. Each support member is releasably engaged with the base via one or more releasable fasteners that extend through openings in the base and the support member. The base may include a series of slots, within which the fasteners are movable to adjust the position of the support members on the base. The one or more support members may be a single support member that supports the lower end of each firearm, and a series of support members are mounted along the length of the base to support the lower end of a series of articles. Alternatively, the one or more support members may be a pair of support members that cooperate to define the upwardly facing recess within which the lower end of the firearm is received, and which may be moved together and apart in the slots to accommodate differently dimensioned firearms.

A scanner has a plurality of cameras positioned around an object to be scanned. The object is illuminated by unstructured light and the object is covered by a textured surface. The cameras can be arranged as pairs and each camera pair is supported on a single support. The scanned object can be a foot, among other things, and the scanner is positioned at a predetermined incline so that the foot is evenly supported. Method for attaching the camera pairs on the support, method for calibrating the camera pairs and method of scanning the foot to provide shoe sizes and shoe lasts are also disclosed.

A system for dispensing a granular product. The system includes a refillable, sealable receptacle, having a neck at its lower end, a rotatable and flexible impeller within the neck, with the shape and size of the impeller conforming generally to the shape and size of the neck, providing sealing for maintaining the freshness of the granular product. Preferably the impeller comprises a hollow central core, and a shaft extends through the hollow core into at least one through-hole formed in the neck. A handle is present for turning the shaft to rotate the impeller. A base is provided with a retaining arm for removably receiving the receptacle. The system is capable of easy disassembly for cleaning, by removal of the receptacle and impeller from within the receptacle. Also provided is a multi-system for dispensing a plurality of products; having several receptacles and associated dispensing mechanisms mounted on a single support.

A power steering system for a vehicle includes a power assist unit composed of a unitized combination of a torque sensor, an electric motor and a power transmission mechanism. The power assist unit is mounted to a cross member provided on the vehicle body side, to enable a reduction in the number of component parts and realization of a compact design. A steering shaft is rotatably supported on only a single support case mounted to a cross member. At least an electric motor of a power assist unit is mounted to the cross member through the support case.

Bimodal polyolefins having a reverse or partial reversed comonomer incorporation may be prepared in the presence of a dual catalyst on the same support wherein each catalyst has a different response to temperature, ethylene partial pressures, partial pressure of non-polymerizable hydrocarbons present in the reaction mixture and hydrogen partial pressure.

The invention relates to a construction method of a walling and filling combined gob-side entry retaining wall body. The construction method comprises the following steps of: closely following forward propulsion of a stope face, erecting dense single supports at a gob retaining side at the rear part of a fully mechanized mining bracket, so that a space of a tunnel at the rear part of the stope face is retained; walling a square template wall with concrete pier blocks under the mask of the dense single props; meanwhile, installing counter-pulled anchor rods which penetrate through the template wall bodies, and carrying out lateral reinforcing on the template wall bodies; carrying out grouting filling on a hollow part defined by the template walls through injected holes reserved on the template walls till the internal spaces of the template walls are filled with grout; carrying out uniform whitewashing treatment on the wall at one side of a gob retaining tunnel to form a concrete spray layer; and sequentially circulating the steps along with propulsion of the stope face till construction of the whole gob-side entry retaining wall body is finished. According to the construction method disclosed by the invention, a brickwork wall and a filling support are combined together, so that the construction method is simple and convenient and simple to operate and ensures that the wall body has high strength and can yield pressure suitably; and length of each walling of the wall body is consistent with the everyday propulsion degree of the stope face, and the construction method is flexibly suitable for actual mining.

The invention discloses a multi-motor joint vibration mode balancing method for a single support shafting steam turbine generator unit. At present, during on-site dynamic balancing of a single support shafting supercritical steam turbine generator unit, vibration information of two ends of rotors is not provided and shaft vibrations influence each other by coupling, so that a certain difficulty is brought into the on-site dynamic balancing of a shafting. According to the multi-rotor joint vibration mode balancing method, unbalanced types of the shafting are judged and calculated by calculating vibration vectors and vibration mode harmonic components and combining characteristics of a single supporting shafting structure according to shaft vibration magnitude values and shaft vibration phases of each rotor of the shafting at a critical rotating speed and a working rotating speed, and then a joint vibration mode of multiple rotors is identified; and a weight-increasing scheme of each plane is directly obtained according to a lag angle, mass-basis response coefficients and a first-time weight-increasing interval, and a group of increased weights are added to a related plane once. By the multi-motor joint vibration mode balancing method, the balancing efficiency and the accuracy of the single support shafting rotors are significantly increased.

An object (postal matter) sorting system with single supporting track and adjustable speed is composed of an endless track, several carriages with a running mechanism including two rollers rolling on both lateral surfaces of said endless track, and joint connectors for connecting adjacent two carriages. Its advantages are high sorting speed and efficiency and low noise.

A support for the lower ends of elongated articles stored in an upright position, such as the lower ends of firearms contained within a storage cabinet. The support includes a base, and one or more support members are releasably engageable with the base. Each support member receives and secures the lower end of a firearm relative to the base. Each support member is releasably engaged with the base via one or more releasable fasteners that extend through openings in the base and the support member. The base may include a series of slots, within which the fasteners are movable to adjust the position of the support members on the base. The one or more support members may be a single support member that supports the lower end of each firearm, and a series of support members are mounted along the length of the base to support the lower end of a series of articles. Alternatively, the one or more support members may be a pair of support members that cooperate to define the upwardly facing recess within which the lower end of the firearm is received, and which may be moved together and apart in the slots to accommodate differently dimensioned firearms.

A single support dental flosser with improved maneuverability; to provide the user with increased leverage and dexterity to easily and thoroughly clean food, debris, and dental plaque so as to prevent proximal caries and periodontal disease. The dental flosser includes a handle section, an intermediate section, and an upstanding dental floss support section. In an embodiment of the invention, the dental flosser includes a preset strand of floss attached to the upstanding dental floss support section. In an other embodiment, the dental flosser includes a main body portion having a cylindrical shape for ease of handling. A hollow interior containing a metered floss dispenser, and a floss support containing a through hole to supply floss. The metered floss dispenser has a simplified construction and is especially designed to fit into a cylindrically shaped handle. The floss support is slender to deem the device suitable for use by orthodontic patients where the maneuverability is especially crucial to allow thorough cleaning under orthodontic appliances.

The invention provides a lens support device and a projection device. The lens support device comprises a pedestal; a first support member arranged on the pedestal, and capable of moving in a first direction; and a second support member arranged on the first support member, and capable of moving opposite to the first support member in a second direction, wherein the second direction is different from the first direction. When the second support member moves in the first direction, the second support member drives the first support member to move opposite to the pedestal in the first direction. Accordingly, the common difference of a projection lens support adjusting mechanism can be reduced, and the common difference accumulation formed by directly setting a single support adjusting mechanism and a driving mechanism on the pedestal can be avoided.

Bimodal polyolefins having a reverse or partial reversed comonomer incorporation may be prepared in the presence of a dual catalyst on the same support wherein each catalyst has a different response to temperature, ethylene partial pressures, partial pressure of non-polymerizable hydrocarbons present in the reaction mixture and hydrogen partial pressure.

A wheel board vehicle includes a frame having thereon a centrally mounted planar board on which a rider stands while riding the vehicle. At a front end of the frame a single support arm extends that has an outer end to which a front yoke is pivotably attached. The front yoke carries a front wheel. At a rear end, stationary support arms carry a rear wheel. A manually operated brake member is attached to the frame near the rear wheel adjacent a leg of the rider while the rider is riding the vehicle, and a stationary handle is attached to the frame and oriented generally vertically while the rider rides the vehicle.

A rack for holding a bicycle by either its front or back wheel in an upright position on a floor. The rack includes a bracket which is adapted to be fitted on an elongate support frame. A rotatable lower brace extends outwardly from the bracket and includes spaced-apart arms which terminate in a downwardly extending lip. An upper brace extends generally upwardly from the bracket and includes spaced-apart arms. A bicycle is held on the rack by rolling the bicycle wheel directly into the lip of the lower brace and into and between the arms of the upper and lower braces respectively. A plurality of racks can be slidingly fitted onto a single support frame for holding a plurality of bicycles in spaced-apart relationship.