693 results about "Straight segment" patented technology

A gun sight reticle that has orthogonally intersecting center horizontal and center vertical straight hairlines is designed such that at least a portion of the vertical hairline located on a first side of the horizontal hairline is discontinuous such that discontinuities are disposed between straight segments of the vertical hairline. Sighting areas are disposed in at least some of the vertical hairline discontinuities, and the sighting areas are circumscribed by indicia that encloses the sighting area. In one example, the sighting areas are circular, and the indicia for each of the circumscribed sighting areas forms a circle.

A self-expanding cage for use in conjunction with an embolic filtering device includes one or more circumferential members adapted to expand from an unexpanded position to a expanded position within the patient's body vessel. At least one proximal strut and at least one distal strut are attached to the circumferential member to form the basket. The circumferential member may include a plurality of bending regions which enhance the ability of the circumferential member to move between the unexpanded and expanded positions. The proximal and distal struts can be attached to one of the bending regions. When two or more circumferential members are utilized, each member may be connected by a connecting strut which may be connected at a bending region. The connecting strut can be a straight segment or may have a non-linear shape to provide additional flexibility. The expandable cage can be mounted to a elongated member, such as a guide wire, and can be either permanently mounted or rotatably mounted thereto.

The present invention relates to the definition, in a flight plan, of the horizontal profile of an air route with vertical flight and speed profile prescribed on departure and/or on arrival, by a stringing together of check-points and/or turn points associated with local flight constraints and called “D-Fix” because they are not listed in a published navigation database like those called “Waypoints”. It consists in charting, on curvilinear distance maps, a direct curvilinear path joining the departure point to the destination point of the air route while complying with vertical flight and speed profiles prescribed on departure and/or on arrival and while guaranteeing a circumnavigation of the surrounding reliefs and compliance with regulated overfly zones, then in approximating the series of points of the direct curvilinear path by a sequence of straight segments complying with an arbitrary maximum deviation threshold relative to the points of the series and an arbitrary minimum lateral deviation threshold relative to the set of obstacles to be circumnavigated and in adopting as “D-Fix” points the points of the intermediate intersections of the rectilinear segments.

An alternator stator having cascaded end loop segments includes a multi-phase stator winding that is adapted to be placed in a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially-extending core slots in a surface of a stator core. The stator winding includes a plurality of straight segments alternately connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments to form the winding. The end loop segments include first and second sloped portions meeting at an apex portion. Each of the end loop segments includes a radial outward adjustment and a radial inward adjustment and forms a cascaded winding pattern.

An iso-truss structure (10) includes at least two helical components (30, 32) and at least one reverse helical component (34) attached thereto with opposing angular orientations. Each helical and reverse helical component preferably includes at least four elongate, straight segments (22) rigidly connected end to end in a helical configuration forming a single, substantially complete rotation about a common axis (14) forming a first square cross section. The structure may further include at least two rotated helical components (80, 92) and at least one rotated reverse helical component (98) which are rotated with respect to the helical and reverse helical components forming a second square cross section, rotated with respect to the first. The structure may be straight, curved, flexible, or form angles.

A flexible plastic fitment for providing spouts for pouches formed of sheet material. The fitment includes a pair of opposed side walls each having a center portion formed from diametrically opposed segments of a common cylinder and straight segments that blend respectively into the cylindrical segments on opposite sides of the common cylinder. The side walls are joined together at both ends thereof to form a canoe shape. A cover, which provides the only support for the side walls joins the top edges of the canoe shape and extends at both ends of the canoe shape between the cylindrical segments and the joined ends. A thin fin extends from each end of the joined side walls. A method of and apparatus for attaching the fitment by distending the side walls outwardly while urging the sheet material toward the side walls is also disclosed.

Syringes and methods of using are described which protect the syringe barrel cavity from contaminants. A first syringe is formed with a corrugated sheath or non-corrugated sheath which is positioned internal or external to the syringe barrel cavity. A second syringe is formed with a syringe barrel having a straight segment and a corrugated segment having the forward face of the plunger handle member molded to the rearward terminus of the corrugated segment of the syringe barrel. A third syringe is formed from mating syringe barrel and plunger member walls. The walls of the mating syringe barrel and plunger member are concentric and slide relative to each other while maintaining an enclosure around the plunger shaft. A fourth syringe is formed from inner and outer concentric syringe barrel walls mating with the walls of a plunger member. The mating walls are concentric and slide relative to each other while maintaining an enclosure around the plunger shaft. A fifth syringe is formed with an end cap contaminant shield having an extension wall that is mated with the inner wall surfaces of the syringe barrel cavity, or outer wall surfaces of the syringe barrel. Alternatively, the end cap contaminant shield can be provided with a flat design without the extending wall and is bonded or molded to the rearward end terminus of the syringe barrel. The end cap contaminant shield designs are provided with an opening defining the shape of the cross-section of the plunger shaft.

A laser peening method and system allows the work piece to be fixed, while moving and directing the laser beam. A laser energy delivery system includes a relay imaging system. Input optics arranged to receive the laser energy, a transmitting mirror having adjustable angle of incidence relative to the input optics, and a robot mounted processing head including an optical assembly are configured to direct laser energy toward the movable target image plane. The laser energy follows an optical path including an essentially straight segment from the transmitting mirror to the receiving mirror, having a variable length and a variable angle relative to the input optics. Diagnostics on the processing head facilitate operation.

Disclosed herein is a tubular endovascular stent comprising a plurality of annular segments connected by one or more bridging elements. Each annular segment takes forms of periodic wavelets with a plurality of alternating symmetric peaks and valleys, preferably consisting of circular arc segments of large radii connected tangentially with straight segments to minimize stress concentration when the stent undergoes radial deformation, transverse to the longitudinal axis of the stent. The points of connection between the bridging elements and adjacent annular segments are so designed that deformations of the bridging elements remain negligible as the stent deforms radially, namely, the longitudinal dimension of the stent does not vary during the radial expansion or contraction of the stent. Hence, the radial strength and the longitudinal flexibility of the stent made according to the principles disclosed by the present invention can be independently controlled by the design parameters for the annular segments and bridging elements, without compromising the longitudinal dimensional stability of the stent. Since stress concentration and deformation in the stent can lead to restenosis, stent made from the invention disclosed here can reduce the probability of restenosis.

A method for making a stator assembly includes forming several continuous conductors with generally-coplanar parallel-spaced straight segments interconnected by end loop segments, as by winding each of several conductors on a peg board, and then pressing the conductors to form either one, two, or three generally-orthogonal “jogs” in a given end loop segment. The conductors are interpositioned with their straight segments staggered and with a first leg of each subsequent conductor's end loop segments generally overlying a second leg of the immediately-prior conductor's end loop segments, except for the two end loop segments following the first conductor's “nth” straight segment, and multiples thereof, where the stacking order is reversed (“n” being equal to the number of stator core slots divided by the number of conductors that will form a given winding layer). The resulting preform is inserted into the core slots over multiple revolutions to thereby obtain a multilayer cascaded stator winding with interleaved transitions.

A method for creating a tapered spiral welded conical structure where the overall shape of the cone is first graphically slit axially and unwrapped, and then a series of construction arcs and lines are created to form the edge lines of a strip that can then be wrapped (rolled) to form a tapered conical structure. The edges of the spirally wound strip can be welded together, and a very large conical structure can thus be achieved. Various construction options are presented from a constant width strip to strip made from straight segments. Equations are given for the formation of the strips to enable those skilled in the art of spiral welded tubing to practice the invention.

A guide for a video pipe inspection system that includes a camera head and a tubular coil spring having a central axis. A guide member with radially extending fins is configured to surround the tubular spring. At least one pin is removably engageable with the guide member and the tubular coil spring to retain the guide member in position with respect to the tubular coil spring. The straight segments of a pair of opposing U-shaped pins can be inserted into grooves in the guide member so that they extend between adjacent coils of the tubular coil spring. In alternate form, the guide member may include an inner capture ring assembly that receives the pins. An outer yoke assembly surrounds, and is freely rotatable about, the inner capture ring assembly and includes a pair of axles for rotatably supporting a pair of wheels that engage an interior wall of the pipe.

This is a dust mop handle and method in which the handle has a plurality of arcuate and straight segments including means to attach a dust mop to one end; unique hand holding means providing for bi-planar holding and movement of the dust mop handle in such manner that the effective force being applied to the dust mop is multiplied and enhanced and strain on the user is reduced.

A steel sawing wire (302) with a helicoidal shape, wherein straight segments alternate with outwardly oriented bends is described. The shape of the sawing wire (302) is configured so as to have a good cooperation with the abrasive particles the wire is used with in the following way: when the wire (302) is used gaps form at the segments between the bends and the circumscribed semi-cylinder formed by the workpiece that is being cut. The gaps have a maximum gapsize that is from 0.25 to 2 times the median diameter of the abrasive particles used. In this way at the gaps active, large particles are pushed against the workpiece while worn abrasive debris escapes through the gaps. Additionally several manufacturing methods are described which result in such kind of wire (302).

The invention belongs to the field of intersection of computer technologies and medical images, and particularly relates to a method for automatic computerized segmentation and analysis on the thickness uniformity of an intima media of a carotid artery blood wall in a sonographic image. The method comprises the following steps of: loading an original blood wall sonographic image; selecting a rectangular region of interest (ROI) containing carotid artery intima media of a far side blood wall; artificially defining or automatically detecting an original contour line by a computer; calculating aone-way edge map; performing binarization and segmentation; detecting two straight segments PLi and SLi serving as partial and correction connection of a lumen intima interface (LII) and a media adventitia interface (MAI) on a sub-image through Hough transformation; obtaining an intima media boundary contour line by adopting double-Snake model evolution; and calculating the thickness uniformity on the basis of two boundaries obtained from segmentation. By the method, problems of noise and discontinuous boundaries in the images can be effectively solved, the purpose of accurate segmentation ofthe intima media boundary is fulfilled and workloads of a doctor can be reduced. Moreover, thickness uniformity parameters obtained on the basis of the method can provide more information for early analysis on atherosclerosis.

A relocation system for influencing an anatomical structure in relation to an internal surgical site. The system is composed of an elongated member constructed and arranged for insertion into a patient. The elongated member is composed of a plurality of segments interconnected by a plurality of control lines. The plurality of segments having one or more straight segments, one or more deflection segments, which are used to shape and steer the elongated member upon manipulation of at least one of the control lines. This causes the elongated member to deform into any desired shape capable of influencing the anatomical structure.

An active laser energy delivery system includes a relay imaging system. Input optics arranged to receive the laser energy, a transmitting mirror having adjustable angle of incidence relative to the input optics, and a robot mounted processing head including an optical assembly are configured to direct laser energy toward the movable target image plane. The laser energy follows an optical path including an essentially straight segment from the transmitting mirror to the receiving mirror, having a variable length and a variable angle relative to the input optics. Diagnostics on the processing head facilitate operation.

A communication connector includes an outer casing and a plurality of transmission wafers inserted into the outer casing. The transmission wafers are provided for receiving a mating connector along an inserting direction. Each communication wafer includes at least two terminals in coplanar arrangement, and each terminal has a straight segment. The straight segments of the terminals are respectively arranged in a first acute angle and a second acute angle with respective to the inserting direction, in which the first acute angle is smaller than the second acute angle. Two virtual lines, which are respectively defined by extending from the straight segments along the longitudinal directions thereof, are intersecting to form an angle. The angle is the difference of the first and second acute angles. Thus, the communication connector provided by the instant disclosure is produced easily.

The invention discloses a dynamic measurement method for train wheel diameter. The dynamic measurement method comprises the following steps of: symmetrically arranging line-structured light vision sensors along a train track and acquiring light bar images of fracture surface contours of a train wheel and an axle; determining an inner side surface equation of a rim through the light bar of the fracture surface contour of the wheel and a straight segment corresponding to the inner side of the rim, determining an axis equation of the axle through the light bar of the fracture surface contour of the axle, and calculating projection coordinates of the inner side surface of the center of a vertex circle of a wheel flange through the intersection of the axis and the inner side surface of the rim; calculating the diameter of the vertex circle of the wheel flange through projection coordinates of the center of the vertex circle of the wheel flange and the vertex of the wheel flange in the inner side surface of the rim; recovering complete fracture surface contour of the wheel through the light bars of the local contours of the inner side and the outer side of fracture surface of the wheel, and calculating the height of the wheel flange; and subtracting the height of the wheel flange twice from the diameter of the vertex circle of the wheel flange to obtain the diameter of the wheel. The invention discloses a dynamic measurement system for the train wheel diameter simultaneously. The dynamic measurement method and the dynamic measurement system provided by the invention can be adopted for non-contact high-precision dynamic measurement of the train wheel diameter.

The invention discloses a transitional track planning method for a welding robot. The transitional track is used for fusing a straight segment welding line and an arc segment welding line, geometric constraint conditions of adjacent fused straight segment welding line and fused arc segment welding line of a workpiece to be welded are imported into a robot path planning module to generate a transitional segment arc welding line track, and by controlling the arc radius of the transitional segment track, welding constraint conditions and robot welding system dynamic constraint conditions are metwhen the robot welds the transitional segment. The track planning method is suitable for switching different segments of tracks and planning transitional tracks, and solves the problem of smoothness of transiting from the straight segment welding line to the arc segment welding line when the robot performs arc welding.