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The field covers a multifunction warming device including a clinical garment with an elongate convective apparatus supported on the inside of the garment, transversely to the garment, running between its sleeves.
In this specification, use of the term “convective” to denote the transfer of heat from a device to a body ... | {
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Access control is required for secure communication in most prior art wireless radio communication systems. As an example, one simple access control scheme might comprise: (i) verifying the identity of a communicating party, and (ii) granting a level of access commensurate with the verified identity. Within the context... | {
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As an integrated circuit pattern has become a very narrow pattern, forming a circuit pattern of the narrower dimension than halves of the exposure wavelengths has to study in lithography technology field, where an integrated circuit pattern formed on the mask is printed onto a semiconductor wafer with ultra violet expo... | {
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The present invention relates to wind deflectors for vehicle sunroofs.
The sunroofs of vehicles, when open, produce significant noise levels which increase with the speed of the vehicle. Generally the noise is of a broadband nature due to pressure fluctuations resulting from the shear layer between the exterior air flo... | {
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Cutting boards for use in cutting and preparing various food items are generally known. Further, cutting board assemblies including various components that aid in the cutting and preparation process are also known. Examples of available cutting board assemblies include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,904,271 to Coll... | {
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An automated system can enable product manufacturing at greater speeds, lower cost and with a higher safety margin than is generally possible with a manually operated system. Many automated systems employ sensors to guide the movement of the various interworking parts that make up the system. Since the desire to lower ... | {
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This invention relates to a method for reassuring a nursing mother that her baby is receiving sufficient breast milk and therefore sufficient nutrition. The method uses an objective measurement indicative of the amount of breast milk swallowed by the baby.
Mothers of newborn babies have a strong need to understand how ... | {
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1. Statement of the Technical Field
The invention concerns a display system. More particularly, the invention concerns a system and method for visualizing a multi-screen workspace on a single display screen.
2. Background
There are many types of industrial plant control systems (IPCS) known in the art for controlling i... | {
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Sneeze guards have been used for many years to protect unpackaged prepared food and beverages, when they are displayed in a service line for customer viewing and selection, from certain contaminants. Indeed, state and local laws and regulations require all such food to be shielded from droplet contamination which may b... | {
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Home networks can include various types of devices communicating over various types of network interfaces and protocols. For example, home appliances may communicate over a low-rate wireless personal area network based on the IEEE 802.15.4-2003 standard, while computing devices may communicate over an IEEE 802.3 (Ether... | {
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The present invention relates to a fault detection system that detects a fault or deterioration in a semiconductor module, particularly in an inverter, and to the operation method of an inverter system with a plurality of inverters.
An inverter has been used widely, for example, to save energy in, and increase the func... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a cooking assembly, more particularly to a cooking assembly with a safety device for preventing insertion of a plug into a socket of a tray unit when the tray unit is disconnected from a base member and for preventing undesired removal of the tray unit from a base memb... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a direct-injection spark-ignition engine having an injector for injecting fuel directly into a combustion chamber, in which a stratified combustible mixture is produced around a spark plug using a tumble during operation by stratified charge combustion. More particularly, the ... | {
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The present invention relates to optical systems for controlling with propagation of light beams. Pointing and positioning systems are enabling components for most laser applications. Conventionally, this is accomplished using mirrors, scan wheels, optical wedges, and other two-axis gimbal arrangements as exemplified, ... | {
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A number of systems have been used in the past to detect and/or monitor the effects of an impact from an object, for example a projectile on a body. In a laboratory environment plastina clay has typically been used when trialling or testing the ballistic type effects of an impact from a projectile, such as a bullet for... | {
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The Internet provides access to various pieces of information, applications, services, and the like for publishing information. Today, the Internet has significantly changed the way we access and use information. The Internet allows users to quickly and easily access services such as banking, e-commerce, e-trading, and... | {
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Water vapor solid-state interactions are important in the pharmaceutical industry. These interactions are used to determine the “solid-state” stability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) or drug substances, finished products or drug products and raw material. Pharmaceutical solids may come in contact with water... | {
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Oil and gas wells may be completed by drilling a borehole in the earth and subsequently lining the borehole with a steel casing. In many applications, one or more sections of casing and one or more liners are used to complete the well. After the well has been drilled to a first depth, for example, a first section of ca... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a thermoelectric device configured in a manner that heat-absorbing-side electrodes are attached onto heat-absorbing surfaces of a plurality of thermoelectric elements, heat-radiating-side electrodes are attached onto heat-radiating surfaces of the respective th... | {
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Wood frame construction has long been the norm for the erection of buildings such as dwellings. The wood frame construction utilizes dimensional lumber to provide the framework and supporting structure in erecting a building.
The wood frame construction, as its name implies, is in effect an assembly of frames. Walls, c... | {
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The present invention relates to a traction and alignment arm particularly for motor vehicle body repair benches.
Conventional special repair benches are used to repair the body of motor vehicles damaged by accidents; the damaged body is placed on these benches and fixed thereto. The body is then repaired by applying f... | {
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Microlithography (also called photolithography or simply lithography) is a technology for the fabrication of integrated circuits, liquid crystal displays and other microstructured devices. More particularly, the process of microlithography, in conjunction with the process of etching, is used to pattern features in thin... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information reproducing system, and more particularly to an information reproducing system which can play back successively a plurality of recording mediums such as CDs (Compact Disks), LVDs (Laser Vision Disks), or the like.
2. Prior Art
There are known CD ... | {
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The sodium salt of (S)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid is a commercially available anti-inflammatory agent with the generic name of naproxen sodium.
A process used for the production of naproxen sodium involves reacting (S)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid dissolved in toluene with an aqueous sodium hydrox... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a shifting mechanism for an automotive vehicle and more particularly to shift forks utilized therein.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 4 shows a prior art shifting mechanism for an automotive transmission with parts removed to better illustrate t... | {
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The present invention relates to methods of treating isolated pancreatic cells and microencapsulated pancreatic cells, in order to prepare the cells for transplantation. Media containing an antibiotic, an anti-oxidant, an anti-cytokine, or an anti-endotoxin, or combinations thereof, are utilized.
Glycemic control in di... | {
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A table saw can be used for cutting materials such as porcelain tile, ceramic tile, and so on. As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional table saw mainly comprises a base 11, a work table 12 supported on the base 11, a tank 13 arranged below the work table 12 for accommodating a cooling liquid, a blade 14 driven by a motor, a... | {
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The disclosure relates to an image pixel apparatus for detecting electromagnetic radiation, a sensor array for detecting electromagnetic radiation and a method for detecting electromagnetic radiation by means of an image pixel apparatus.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,552,344 B1 describes an infrared detector and a method for produci... | {
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There is known a suspension of a vehicle seat (cf., SU, A, No. 662,384) in which protection against vibration is ensured by adjusting the dynamic rigidity of resilient elements of the shock absorber. The resilient elements are made of lengths of a multicore cable having ends thereof secured between a support base and a... | {
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The present invention relates to an assembly including a casing that supports a liner constructed from a plurality of arcuate segments, which segments, when in situ, surround a stage of turbine blades in close spaced relationship therewith. The segments are moveable relative to the blades, so as to cater for variations... | {
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The present invention relates to an optical recording medium for recording and reproducing data by using a laser beam and more particularly to an optical recording medium in which an address area is intermittently arranged in a radial direction and the storage capacity of an optical disc is improved by a technique, tha... | {
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This invention relates to the manufacture of semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a method for manufacturing insulated gate field effect transistor devices having extremely shallow source and drain regions and reduced overlap capacitances between the gate and the source and drain regions.
In the manufacture ... | {
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While the present invention is often described herein with reference to a digital video disc distribution system, an application to which the present invention is advantageously suited, it will be readily apparent that the present invention is not limited to that application and can be employed in vending systems used ... | {
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A known ignition interlock mechanism for a column-mounted shift control assembly is disclosed in Dzioba U.S. Pat. No. 4,821,605. This mechanism includes a latch plate pivotally mounted on an end of an arcuate shaped detent plate. The latch plate has a locking surface which is selectively positioned via the interaction ... | {
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Mobile devices may be equipped with various sensors, such as an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetic field sensor, among others. The sensors are often fabricated to be small in size, so as to fit inside the small package provided by the mobile device. The sensors, at least from a functionality standpoint, may be ... | {
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The present disclosure relates to an X-ray tube, and more particularly, to an X-ray tube generating an X-ray, having a simple structure from which a element necessary for focusing an electron beam, such as a magnetic lens, is removed, and having a nanometer-scale focal spot.
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that utilize or comprise tetrac (3,3xe2x80x2,5,5xe2x80x2-tetraiodothyroacetic acid), a natural metabolite of the thyroid hormone T4 (L-thyroxine). Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are capabl... | {
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This invention relates to photographic apparatus for use with transmission electron microscopes (TEM). More particularly, it concerns such apparatus which is adaptable to presently existing TEM machinery designs without modification of that machinery and which makes possible TEM exposure and immediate processing of ins... | {
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The catalytic epoxidation of olefins using a silver-based catalyst has been known for a long time. Conventional silver-based catalysts have provided the olefin oxides notoriously in a low selectivity. For example, when using conventional catalysts in the epoxidation of ethylene, the selectivity towards ethylene oxide, ... | {
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To ensure device reliability, normally burn-in tests are conducted in burn-in testing systems once the devices are manufactured. A burn-in test is to apply an elevated voltage higher than the operating voltage to the control gate of a transistor of memory for a long period of time at an elevated temperature, usually 85... | {
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As technology progresses, the sizes of electrical interconnections become smaller. Concurrent and related to these size reductions, electronic components are becoming more compact, occupying new, smaller shapes. Electronic components of reduced size, having new shapes, require new methods and structures.
One electronic... | {
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1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for analysing material such as coal, ore, or similar substances (hereinafter referred to as "coal", by bombardment of the material with neutrons and the detection of gamma rays emitted. It also relates to a gamma ray detector suitable for (but not excl... | {
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1. Field
This invention relates to a method for anaerobically fermenting biologically degradable organic material, whereby this material is mixed with a quantity of already fermented material as an inoculum for the active anaerobic fermentation, and whereby this mixture is introduced at the top into a fermentation cham... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to novel polynucleotides identified and sequenced which encode a carboxylesterase enzyme, polypeptides encoded by these polynucleotides and vectors and host cells comprising these vectors which express the enzyme. This enzyme is capable of metabolizing chemotherapeutic p... | {
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The present invention relates to an axial piston machine in general, and more particularly to an axial plunger pump for use in a high-pressure cleaning device.
European Pat No. 02 42 550 describes a high-pressure cleaning device which includes an axial plunger pump with a wobble drive. The wobble drive has a wobble mem... | {
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection and more particularly to ESD protection within a radio frequency integrated circuits.
2. Description of Related Art
As is known, integrated circuits (IC) provide a high degree of functionality in a very smal... | {
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In a typical enterprise environment, the amount of data that is maintained and processed is enormous and rapidly increasing. Information technology (IT) departments to have to deal with many millions or even billions of files, in dozens of formats. Moreover, the existing number tends to grow at a significant (e.g., dou... | {
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In general, this invention relates to nucleic acid and amino acid sequences involved in fat metabolism regulation and the use of these sequences as targets for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of obesity and obesity-related diseases. In addition, the invention relates to screening methods for identifying modula... | {
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1. The Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a connector for terminating, joining, and splicing light transmitting fiber cables having at least one optical fiber therein, and in particular, to an accurately formed connector and its method of manufacture.
2. The Prior Art
The best prior art available i... | {
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1. Art Field
The present invention relates generally to a fabrication system for fabricating an organic electroluminescent (hereinafter called organic EL for short) display device, and more specifically to a fabrication system for storing the substrate to be provided with a film, forming an organic material-containing ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a waterproof structure of an electronic device.
2. Description of Related Art
Recently, touch panels have been applied in many electronic devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, MP3, personal digital assistants (PDA), global positioning system (GPS),... | {
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The present invention relates to a cigarette having a modified burn rate. The modifications to the cigarette of the present invention include changes to the wrapper of the cigarette paper such that the tobacco column of the cigarette is adjacent to a strip wrap forming co-axial zones of high diffusion areas and co-axia... | {
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The present invention relates to a clamp for securing a grounding connector to a structural member, such as a beam. More particularly, the present invention relates to a beam clamp having one or more of the following features: (1) a split mount; (2) alternate mounting locations; (3) lug locators; and (4) reinforcing ri... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of electronic design. More specifically, the present invention relates to design creation tools for use by electronic designers to create designs for electronic components, including in particular, integrated electronic components.
2. Background Infor... | {
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This section introduces aspects that may help facilitate a better understanding of the invention. Accordingly, the statements of this section are to be read in this light and are not to be understood as admissions about what is prior art or what is not prior art.
Some wavelength selective switches devices are relativel... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for stacking a predetermined number of elongated tape-like articles, such as slide fasteners, in a stack ready to be bundled with a band or to be packed in a box.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,610,124, issued Sept... | {
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Many medical deficiencies and diseases result from the inability of cells to produce normal biologically active compounds. Many of these deficiencies can be remedied by implanting a source of the needed biologically active compounds and/or pharmaceutical agents into the individual having the deficiency. A well known di... | {
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In diabetes management, devices are available for diabetic patients to measure their blood glucose levels. One such type of devices includes blood glucose meters that analyze blood samples via enzyme-based test strips. Typically, the patient lances a finger or alternate body site to obtain a blood sample and applies th... | {
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In the prior art, single jet nozzles or arrays of jet nozzles which, for example, may be used in ink jet printers, are approximately tubular in shape. These nozzles are formed by drilling holes in plates by mechanical or electromechanical means, by the use of an electron beam or laser or the like. The plates, for examp... | {
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Many persons try to maintain a healthy life style by exercising regularly and/or following a regular diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. Unfortunately, in our fast-paced culture there are often times when the availability of fruits and vegetables is relatively limited. This can be particularly true on o... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to bracing devices and particularly to load stabilization devices capable of preventing the incidental and often injurious shifting of cargo within a freight-carrying car such as a truck trailer or train car.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Devices known as dunn... | {
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The present invention relates to the art of packaging semiconductor devices, and more particularly, to an improved silver-glass paste which is deposited in a viscous state between a die and a ceramic substrate and then fired to form a secure bond therebetween.
Silver-glass pastes have been used for a number of years to... | {
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Leukotrienes and prostaglandins are important mediators of inflammation. Leukotrienes recruit inflammatory cells such as neutrophils to an inflamed site, promote the extravasation of these cells and stimulate release of superoxide and proteases which damage the tissue. Leukotrienes also play a pathophysiological role i... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a label for a container, package or the like which has a removable portion having a temperature sensitive indicia thereon.
In the past, various attempts have been made to provide consumers with convenient methods of determining the temperature within a package or container. Th... | {
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Software download via the Internet is quickly replacing traditional brick-and-mortar avenues for software distribution. Broadband Internet access allows a customer to download software that would otherwise be distributed through multiple compact discs (CDs) or digital versatile discs (DVDs). Such downloads may be more ... | {
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1. Field
The disclosed and claimed concept pertains generally to handheld electronic devices and, more particularly, to handheld electronic devices including a first input component and a separate second touch sensitive input component. The disclosed and claimed concept also pertains to methods of outputting the select... | {
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Digital cameras have been popular for years, which convert subject light through a taking lens into an electrical signal using an image sensor, and produce image data from this electrical signal, and then store the image data in such a recording medium as a memory card.
Since the image sensors are getting smaller and l... | {
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With the development of an electronic device (for example, a smart phone, or a tablet computer), applications (for example, a music application, a social network application, a news application or the like) can be configured to run on the electronic device. The applications which run on the electronic device result in ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an optical displacement sensor and an external force detecting device, and more particularly to an optical displacement sensor to sense a relative positional displacement between a reference segment and a measurement segment according to the displacement of the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a computing device and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for controlling a processor""s clock frequency.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is known that if no user activity has occurred for a period of time that a portable computer can be placed ... | {
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In decentralized networks, for example peer to peer overlay networks based on a distributed hash table, resources are distributed to the individual network nodes in a decentralized manner. It is possible in this process for each individual network node to search for corresponding resources with the aid of keywords. Che... | {
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Embodiments of the inventive concept are directed to an integrated circuit, and more particularly, to a computer-implemented method and a computing system for designing an integrated circuit by considering process variations of wires.
An integrated circuit can be designed based on standard cells. Specifically, a layout... | {
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The present invention relates to a closure for a missile launching tube and more particularly to a frangible missile tube closure.
Launch tube closures may be used as a sealing means in conjunction with an outer hatch for the launching of missiles from a submerged or underground missile launcher. The closures may also ... | {
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In the manufacture of pipe that has a welded seam, it is common to use multiple AC welding arcs at extremely high current levels, such as over 1,000–2,000 amperes. The less expensive power supply to create such ultra high welding currents is a transformer based welder having a sinusoidal output current. This power supp... | {
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The present invention generally relates to an automated delivery of physical mail packages, and more specifically, to a method, system and computer program product for automatically delivering and collecting physical mail to a first secure mailbox using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Mail package delivery and reception may ... | {
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A. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to computer networks, and more particularly, to resource management of server computers in a public network, such as the Internet.
B. Description of Related Art
Network computer servers, such as computers that transmit HTML (HyperText Markup Language) do... | {
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Home construction recently has been in a conversion from the use of wooden frame construction to the use of metal frame construction. Wooden studs, particularly 2×4 and 2×6 studs have been replaced with metal studs. When performing home construction numerous holes or openings are required to be machined into the wall s... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a stationery tool, and more particularly to a stationery tool having a rubber holding device for adjusting an extension length of a rubber and having an ease rubber changing capability.
2. Description of Related Art
Rubbers are mostly block or stick shaped indi... | {
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Painters working on large elevated areas customarily utilize long-handled tools which obtain their paint from trays or buckets placed on the floor or on a scaffold, or receive them through hoses. These are suitable and accepted techniques for painting large areas. Similarly, at or near ground or floor levels, these tec... | {
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A fiducial marker is an object placed in the field of view of an imaging system which appears in the image produced, for use as a point of reference or a measure. It may be either something placed into or on the imaging subject, or a mark or set of marks in the reticle of an optical instrument.
Several exemplary fiduci... | {
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The present invention refers to a silk-screen printing machine in simplified register.
As is known, in silk-screen printing machines equipped with a bearer structure and a printing head mobile on a silk-screen printing frame, the sheet is moved forward mechanically or manually until it reaches a predetermined position ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to modular housings and connectors, and relates more particularly to a modular telephone housing adapted for structurally and electrically coupling to other like modular telephone housings.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A wide range of telephone products are ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a digital terrestrial broadcasting, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting additional data in a digital terrestrial broadcasting system.
2. Related Art
In accordance with the development of a digital broadcasting service, there is ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a semiconductor laser driving circuit for driving a semiconductor laser used for recording and reproducing in an optical recording and reproducing apparatus.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 6 shows a conventional semiconductor laser driving circuit. When effectin... | {
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Network software applications typically maintain a centralized network database for application and/or user data. In some cases, a device may download or replicate a subset of the central database from the network database, and then disconnect from the network. For example, a wireless handheld device may download calen... | {
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1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to transactions. Specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for facilitating purchases or other monetary transactions.
2. Description of the Related Art
Systems for facilitating purchases are employed in various demanding applications including credit... | {
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Nano-fabrication includes the fabrication of very small structures that have features on the order of 100 nanometers or smaller. One application in which nano-fabrication has had a sizeable impact is in the processing of integrated circuits. The semiconductor processing industry continues to strive for larger productio... | {
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This invention relates generally to transdermal administration of pharmacologically active agents, and more particularly relates to methods and compositions for transdermally administering steroid drugs, particularly progestins and estrogens.
The delivery of drugs through the skin provides many advantages; primarily, s... | {
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It is well known in the field of electrical connectors, for example, cable television connectors, that if the connector is not sufficiently secured such as by torquing to the cable jack, a loss or leakage of the signal will occur. One attempt of the prior art to deal with the aforementioned problem is disclosed in U.S.... | {
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There are many kinds of semiconductor sensors which have many uses. In particular, semiconductor sensors are widely used in imaging technologies such as video cameras, digital cameras, and optical navigation devices. Silicon is one example of a semiconductor that is widely used in such semiconductor sensors.
The respon... | {
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To meet the huge demand for data centric applications, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) systems and systems that employ one or more aspects of the specifications of the Fourth Generation (4G) standard for wireless communications will be extended to a Fifth Generation (5G) standard for wireless communications... | {
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1. Field of the Present Invention
The present invention is in the field of data processing systems and, more particularly, data processing systems and electronic devices that employ active heat dissipation devices.
2. History of Related Art
Notebook computers, personal data administrators (PDAs), cellular telephones an... | {
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A power conversion device which includes two serially-connected SW elements of an upper arm and a lower arm and supplies power to a load by converting a voltage and a current from a DC power supply is disclosed, for example, in JP2005-287267A (Patent Literature 1).
A power conversion device employed in a vehicle is req... | {
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1. Field
An embodiment of the present invention relates to an organic light emitting display and a method of driving the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
Various flat panel displays (FPD) that are lighter in weight and smaller in volume than comparable cathode ray tube (CRT) displays are being developed. Non-lim... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a curved pipe manufacturing method and an apparatus for carrying out the same in which a straight pipe of a stainless steel or the like is pressed into a fixed die having a curved cavity of a circular arc to form a curved pipe.
2. Description of the Prior Art
U... | {
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1. Field
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to application windows and more particularly relates to modifying application windows based on projection surface characteristics.
2. Description of the Related Art
Projection computing involves projecting the display of a computing device onto a nearby surface. Cert... | {
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The present invention relates to vehicle mounted spare tire carriers and, in particular, to a compound hinged carrier requiring reduced amounts of working free space and rotating over an approximate 270 degree arc between rear and side mount positions.
Pick-up truck, van and other recreational vehicle owners have long ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having an insulated gate type transistor and an insulated gate type capacitance and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device.
2. Description of the Background Art
In a transistor having a gate length of a subquarter micron or le... | {
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A variety of surgical procedures require the attachment of something relative to a surgical site. For example, in surgery relating to the skeletal system, it is often advantageous to attach soft tissue, suture, implants, and/or other items in or adjacent to a joint. For example, ligaments, tendons, fascia, other capsul... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention pertains in general to a system and method for processing residual gas and, more particularly, to a system and method for processing and disposing of residual toxic gas in a semiconductor manufacturing process.
2. Description of the Related Art
A variety of process gases are use... | {
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