78 results about "Tail region" patented technology

An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing eviction of data. A cache write module stores data on a non-volatile storage device sequentially using a log-based storage structure having a head region and a tail region. A direct cache module caches data on the non-volatile storage device using the log-based storage structure. The data is associated with storage operations between a host and a backing store storage device. An eviction module evicts data of at least one region in succession from the log-based storage structure starting with the tail region and progressing toward the head region.

A tapered suture having a core region of a first diameter and at least one tail region of a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter. In one embodiment, the core region is in the center of the suture strand, between two ends of a smaller diameter. The diameter of the suture tapers from the core region to the tail region(s). The suture is made from a material having high strength, and the tapered ends facilitate loading of the suture into instruments intra-operatively.

A surgical construct having a flexible strand with a middle region and at least two opposing tail regions that are spliced to form a single tail. The middle region has a first diameter and the opposing tail regions have a second diameter, which is smaller than the first diameter. The tail regions may have similar or different diameters. Because of the thin spliced tail regions, the suturing construct of the present invention can be easily inserted into suture / tape passing and retrieving instruments and passed through soft tissue (such as a rotator cuff). Once the suturing construct has been passed through tissue, the splice may be cut to allow the suture / tape to have again individual tails.

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for analyzing measurements. The invention provides a method for separating and analyzing the components of a distribution, such as deterministic and random components. The method performs the steps of collecting data from a measurement apparatus, constructing a histogram based on the data such that the histogram defines a distribution, fitting tails regions wherein deterministic and random components and associated statistical confidence levels are estimated.

A digital television receiving system includes a frame encoder, a data randomizing and expanding unit, a group formatter, a block processor, a deinterleaver, and a multiplexer. The frame encoder encodes an enhanced data frame for error correction. The data randomizing and expanding unit randomizes the encoded enhanced data and expands the randomized enhanced data. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having head, body, and tail regions and inserts the expanded data and transmission parameters into the body region. The block processor codes the group of enhanced data, and the deinterleaver deinterleaves the coded enhanced data. The packet formatter formats the deinterleaved enhanced data into enhanced data packets.

The invention discloses a stamping molding process for an outer plate tail part of a head cover of an automotive covering part and a stamping mold. The process comprises the following steps: (11) in a previous procedure of tail part molding, reserving a product waste part of a tail region without trimming; (12) in a tail molding procedure, pressing a top region and a tail region of a blank; (13) carrying out side arranging and molding on a molding part; and (14) in a next procedure after tail molding, carrying out trimming operation by employing the edge of the final product of the tail part as a trimming line, and removing the waste part except the tail product of the head cover. Therefore, according to the stamping molding process for the outer plate tail part of the head cover of the automotive covering part, by virtue of a treatment scheme of simultaneously swaging at two ends, and secondary molding and work hardening in the middle, the molded plate part cannot easily rebound and deform; the accuracy easily reaches the standard; the debugging workload is reduced; meanwhile, the molded plate part becomes thin through secondary molding and extension; and the strength of the molded plate part is increased.

The present invention describes an implantable tissue lifting and fixation device. More particularly, the present invention describes a temporal brow lifting device comprises of a bio-absorbable supportive backing. The device has a shape of a curvilinear end and a tail end region. The curvilinear end region comprises a plurality of attachment points protruding from the supportive backing, and the tail region comprises of a plurality of cavities in order to secure the device at the desired elevated position in the deep temporal fascia. The plurality of attachment points distributes tension in a multi-vector direction over the contact area between the device and the tissue. The attachment points can be manufactured separately and attached, however, preferably, the attachment points are made integral with the temporal brow lifting device.

A secure-fitting and absorbent elongated hood for containing, managing, and drying wet hair and preventing water from dripping onto flooring or onto the wearer's clothing during the hair drying or hair setting process, requiring no leaning forward of the head for application. Such elongated hood generally comprises an absorbent concave form-fitting cap having a centering button located thereon, a triangular wing of fabric extending from each of the left and right sides of said form-fitting cap of said elongated hood, reciprocal hook-and-loop fabric strips sewn onto each left and right triangular wing, an elongated tail region being progressively tapered from said concave form-fitting cap to a rounded and concave distal end and having an elastic loop for fastening purposes, and concave petal-shaped protuberances of absorbent fabric at such concave distal end for catching, retaining, and absorbing water dripping from the wearer's hair.

The present invention is a substantially purified sortase-transamidase enzyme from Gram-positive bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus. The enzyme having a molecular weight of about 23,539 or about 29,076 daltons and catalyzing a reaction that covalently cross-links the carboxyl terminus of a protein having a sorting signal to the peptidoglycan of a Gram-positive bacterium, the sorting signal having: (1) a motif of LPX3X4G therein; (2) a substantially hydrophobic domain of at least 31 amino acids carboxyl to the motif; and (3) a charged tail region with at least two positively charged residues carboxyl to the substantially hydrophobic domain, at least one of the two positively charged residues being arginine, the two positively charged residues being located at residues 31-33 from the motif, wherein X3 is any of the twenty naturally-occurring L-amino acids and X4 is selected from the group consisting of alanine, serine, and threonine, and wherein sorting occurs by cleavage between the fourth and fifth residues of the LPX3X4G motif. Variants of the enzyme, methods for cloning the gene encoding the enzyme and expressing the cloned gene, and methods of use of the enzyme, including for screening for antibiotics and for display of proteins or peptides on the surfaces of Gram-positive bacteria, are also disclosed.

A secure-fitting and absorbent elongated hood for containing, managing, and drying wet hair and preventing water from dripping onto flooring or onto the wearer's clothing during the hair drying or hair setting process, requiring no leaning forward of the head for application. Such elongated hood generally comprises an absorbent concave form-fitting cap having a centering button located thereon, a triangular wing of fabric extending from each of the left and right sides of said form-fitting cap of said elongated hood, reciprocal hook-and-loop fabric strips sewn onto each left and right triangular wing, an elongated tail region being progressively tapered from said concave form-fitting cap to a rounded and concave distal end and having an elastic loop for fastening purposes, and concave petal-shaped protuberances of absorbent fabric at such concave distal end for catching, retaining, and absorbing water dripping from the wearer's hair.

The invention is applied to the technical field of detection, and provides a method and a system for detecting a false capacity memory. The method comprises the following steps of: writing preset test data in a high address data area of a memory; reading data corresponding to the high address data area of the memory; determining that the memory is the false capacity memory of a false writing type when the read data corresponding to the high address data area of the memory is different from the written test data, and completing a detection flow; and writing the preset test data in a plurality of sectors of a tail region and a middle region of the memory when the read data corresponding to the high address area of the memory is the same as the written test data; and comparing test identifiers of read sector data from an address 0 sector of the memory, and judging whether the memory is the false capacity memory of a circulated writing type. The invention is high in detection speed and convenient.

The present invention is directed to a fall away arrow rest system for use with a bow. The arrow rest system includes a launcher that is adapted to support a shaft of an arrow prior to the firing of the arrow. Upon the firing of the arrow, the launcher rotates from an upright position to a lowered position in order to move out of the way by the time the tail region of the arrow passes by the launcher. The arrow rest includes a activator body with a locking component to releasably secure the launcher in a lowered position in order to substantially eliminate any bounce back of the launcher and possibility that it may contact the arrow after the arrow is fired.

A coiled-sheet stent includes a tubular body having a longitudinal axis and a circumference, and a plurality of cylindrical bands formed in the tubular body, each band having a zig-zag pattern including a series of sequential diagonal elements connected to one another and extending about the circumference. A plurality of longitudinal connectors extend between and connect adjacent bands. The diagonal elements have an arcuate shape, all diagonal elements in each band being oriented in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction about the circumference. The tubular body is expandable between contracted and enlarged conditions, and the zig-zag pattern is expandable between unstretched and unstretched conditions, the zig-zag pattern being biased towards the stretched condition above a transition temperature, thereby at least partially defining the enlarged condition. A multi-cellular stent structure is also provided that includes a plurality of bat shaped cells formed in a tubular body, each cell defining a head region, a tail region and opposing curved wing regions, and a plurality of connectors extending between and connecting adjacent cells. The head and tail regions of adjacent cells are directly connected to one another, and connectors extend between adjacent wing regions of adjacent cells.

The invention relates to a surface electrification simulation test system and a method for satellite tail regions, and belongs to the test field. The system comprises a medium and low energy electronic gun, a three-dimensional transmission mechanism, a surface potentiometer, lamp filaments, a plasma diagnostic system, a Kaufmann ion source, a vacuum-pumping system, a vacuum chamber and a personal computer (PC). The method comprises that a satellite component is placed in the vacuum chamber to vacuumize the vacuum chamber; the Kaufmann ion source and the medium and low energy electronic gun are opened, and grid accelerating voltages, ion beams and electronic beams of the Kaufmann ion source and beam density and energy of the medium and low energy electronic gun are set; the plasma diagnostic system is used for diagnosing produced plasma environments; and the three-dimensional transmission mechanism drives the surface potentiometer to measure surface charging potentials in the satellite tail region. By means of the surface electrification simulation test system and the method for satellite tail regions, plasma environment simulation can be performed on satellite tail region environments, and the charging simulation test of the satellite component tail region can be performed.

A digital television receiving system includes a frame encoder, a data randomizing and expanding unit, a group formatter, a block processor, a deinterleaver, and a multiplexer. The frame encoder encodes an enhanced data frame for error correction. The data randomizing and expanding unit randomizes the encoded enhanced data and expands the randomized enhanced data. The group formatter forms a group of enhanced data having head, body, and tail regions and inserts the expanded data and transmission parameters into the body region. The block processor codes the group of enhanced data, and the deinterleaver deinterleaves the coded enhanced data. The packet formatter formats the deinterleaved enhanced data into enhanced data packets.

The invention relates to a training projectile (1) for short-range use, in particular less than 100 meters, comprising a front region (2), which extends along a central axis (M) and which comprises a projectile tip (3), and comprising a tail region (4), which adjoins the front region (2) in the direction of the central axis (M) and which comprises a projectile end (5). The tail region (4) is designed for receiving the projectile (1) in a cartridge case (6). The projectile (1) comprises a projectile core (7) made of metal and a jacket (8) which surrounds the projectile core (7), determines the outer shape of the projectile (1), and is made of plastics.

Gun ammunition having a propellant is provided. The ammunition being for loading from a closed ammunition hold into the loading chamber of a gun. The ammunition has a tail region and an oxygen-releasing substance arranged in the tail region. The oxygen-releasing substance is for releasing oxygen after ignition of the propellant in the loading chamber of the gun, the release of the oxygen being for oxidizing carbon monoxide that forms during the firing in the loading chamber into carbon dioxide.

The invention discloses an elastic contact element with a concentric locating function, which comprises a head region (1), a tail region (3), and an arrangement region (2) arranged between the head region (1) and the tail region (3), wherein the head region (1) is provided with a locating component fixed in a base hole (40); the locating component is a locating detent (11) ends of which expand outwards; the expanding capacity of the locating detent (11) is larger than the hole diameter of the base hole (40); the head region (1) is provided with at least two reeds (12); the ends of the reeds (12) lean towards an axis; the plurality of reeds (12) are evenly distributed; and the locating component is arranged between two adjacent reeds (12). The elastic contact element disclosed by the invention has good concentricity with the base hole (40), and has stable and reliable connection performance. Besides, the coordinating relationship of the arrangement region (2) and a base has small influence on the concentricity.

The invention provides a charging effect simulation method at a tail region of a spacecraft. The method comprises the following steps: establishing a fitting expression of a polar region precipitated electron spectrum, which is the relation for the variation of aurora electron flux phi with energy E, wherein the relation is expressed through superposition of power law distribution phip (E), maxwellian distribution phim (E) and Gaussian distribution phiG (E), and fitting the polar region precipitated electron spectrum; establishing an ion distribution characteristic spectrum in a background plasma environment; testing secondary electron emission spectrums of different surface materials of the spacecraft; performing process simulation of the charging effect at the tail region of the spacecraft by using a Particle-In-Cell (PIC) method based on the three-category spectrum. The method has the advantages that the simulation process is clear, the simulation result conforms to the actual monitored charging situation and the like.

The invention discloses a deep diving operation supporting ship which comprises a bulbous bow, a working deck, a fully-rotating propelling plant, a lifting system, a saturation diving system, an air diving system and a remote control detection working system, wherein the bulbous bow is arranged on a ship foremost region, the working deck is arranged on a ship midship region and a ship tail region, the fully-rotating propelling plant is arranged on the ship tail region, the lifting system is arranged on the ship midship region through stand columns, the saturation diving system is arranged between the ship foremost region and the ship midship region, the air diving system is arranged on a ship side region, and the remote control detection working system is arranged on the ship side region. According to the deep diving operation supporting ship, the fully-rotating propelling plant can be arranged reasonably through the tail shaped line design, and the deep diving operation supporting ship has the advantages that all function regions are compact in structural layout and high in integration level.

The present disclosure provides a composition with ultra sensitivity for detection of nucleic acid and the method of use thereof. The composition comprises a target probe capable of hybridizing to a target nucleic acid, at least one first bridge probe, at least one second bridge probe, and a label probe. The target probe includes a pre-bridge region having a first tail nucleotide sequence. The first bridge probe includes sequentially a first head region having a first head nucleotide sequence, a first gap region having a gap nucleotide sequence, and a first tail region having the first tail nucleotide sequence. The second bridge probe includes sequentially a second head region having a second head nucleotide sequence complementary to the first head nucleotide sequence, a second gap region having the gap nucleotide sequence, and a second tail region having a second tail nucleotide sequence complementary to the first tail nucleotide sequence. The label probe is capable of hybridizing to the first and the second gap nucleotide region.

The invention describes a system for handling wire ropes, anchor chains, cables, etc. (12) on a ship, comprising a plurality of winches ( 10), further comprising a plurality of towing pins (14) and shark clamps (16) mounted in the stern area of ​​the vessel and arranged to guide and / or hold all forces leading to or from said winch (10) Steel cables, anchor chains, etc. (12). The system also includes at least one centering device (18) disposed between the traction pin (14) and the shark jaw (16) and winch (10), preferably in conjunction with the traction The pin (14) is adjacent to the shark clamp (16), wherein said centering device (18) comprises at least two guide plates (20) which can be raised and lowered and arranged to guide and possibly Said steel cables, anchor chains etc. (12) are maintained.

A modular system in the form of a load-bearing frame to be arranged in a tail region of a motor vehicle. The modular components which are to be linked or are linked include at least one cast structure and at least two profiles, the cast structure comprising at least one node.

Electrical detection methods are used to identify and further characterize single-molecule target analytes such as proteins and nucleic acids. A composition including a probe region and a tail region is contacted with a target analyte. The probe region specifically binds to the target analyte. The tail region is coupled to the probe region, and includes a nucleic acid template for polynucleotide synthesis. When conditions are such that polynucleotide synthesis occurs along the tail region, one hydrogen ion is released for every nucleotide that is incorporated into the tail region. A transistor such as an ISFET detects and measures changes in ion concentration, and these measurements can be used to identify the tail region and thus characterize the corresponding target analyte.

An integrated lead flexure having a spring metal layer, a dielectric insulating layer on a side of the spring metal layer, a conductor layer on the side of the insulating layer opposite the spring metal layer and a coverlay on the side of the conductor layer opposite the insulating layer. The flexure further includes base region, a gimbal region extending from the base region, and a tail region extending from the base region opposite the gimbal region. The conductor layer includes terminal pads at the tail region and head bond pads at the gimbal region. Traces in the conductor layer extend between the terminal pads and the head bond pads across the tail, base and gimbal regions. One or more spring metal windows in the spring metal layer at the tail region are adjacent to substantial portions of at least some of the traces. One or more coverlay windows in the coverlay at the tail region are adjacent to substantial portions of the tail region spring metal windows.

An incendiary composition (14) for a fin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile (1), which can be arranged in the tail region of the projectile (1) and, upon impact with a target (13), penetrates the target (13) as a separate unit behind the penetrator (2) of the kinetic energy projectile (1). To reach the objective of a high destructive effect caused by the incendiary composition (14) within a target (13), despite a small volume and a low mass, and to ensure that the incendiary composition is ignited securely by the shock waves generated upon impact, according to the invention, a titanium sponge is used as the incendiary composition (14), with an epoxide resin or a polyester resin used as a binder.

An improved soft flexible fishing lure and a method of rigging same are provided by the present invention. More in particular, the invention provides a soft flexible fishing lure having an elongate lure body having a longitudinal axis, a top longitudinal surface, a bottom longitudinal surface, a left wall surface, a right wall surface, a head region forming the distal end, and a tail region forming the proximal end and a channel positioned along the longitudinal axis of the lure at the bottom longitudinal surface. The fishing lure of the invention is further provided with a tandem hook assembly that resides in part in the channel of the soft flexible lure body.