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1. Field of the Invention The present invention is related to entertainments systems to be mounted in the passenger compartment of an automobile. 2. Background Art Over time, motor vehicles have evolved in complexity with consumer expectations demanding the inclusion of modern electronic devices that are not necessaril...
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The design of bus controllers has evolved over the years as performance requirements and customer needs have driven computer architectures to become more sophisticated and efficient. Specifically, the desire for higher performance has necessitated that a bus controller be able to operate with both a local bus and a sys...
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FIG. 7 shows an external view structure of a conventional food fryer, and FIG. 8 shows a sectional view of an oil layer area and a water layer area in the conventional food fryer: 1 is the oil layer area for storing food frying oil; 2 is the water layer area; 3 is a heat source such as a heating burner; ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit device. In particular, the present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit device having a non-volatile semiconductor memory device. 2. Description of the Related Art In a non-volatile semiconductor memory devi...
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Unless otherwise indicated herein, the description in this section is not prior art to the claims in this application and is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section. A typical image forming apparatus such as a copier and a printer includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image transferred on a pape...
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This invention relates generally to enzymes that convert sucrose to isomaltulose. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel sucrose isomerases, to polynucleotides encoding these enzymes, to methods for isolating such polynucleotides and to nucleic acid constructs that express these polynucleotides. The ...
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Windows used in motor vehicles often have a latch assembly securing a windowpane to the motor vehicle. Flip windows are used, for example, as side windows on minivans. Known latch assemblies, particularly those used for flip windows in motor vehicles, allow the windowpane to pivot out or up to a fixed distance. This al...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for driving a plasma display panel (PDP) used as a flat plasma display device such as a television, computer or a like, its driving circuit and a plasma display device having the driving circuit and more particularly to the method for an alternating cu...
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The present invention relates to a synthetic silica glass article used in the process of dopant diffusion in semiconductors. More particularly, the invention relates to an article used in the process of dopant diffusion in semiconductors made from synthetic silica glass having a very high purity and exhibiting outstand...
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The invention relates to an internal combustion engine comprising an engine unit support elastically suspended in a crankcase and an oil pump driven by the crankshaft of the engine.
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The present invention relates to a biological heart pacemaker, and more importantly to an implantation in the heart of a biological pacemaker that is molecularly determined. Throughout this application, various publications are referenced to by numbers. Full citations for these publications may be found at the end of t...
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The inference problem in databases (and in social networks too, in a slightly different guise) occurs when sensitive information is disclosed indirectly, via a series of ostensibly secure answers to queries. Even though each individual query answer may be properly authorized for disclosure (i.e., the user's clearance l...
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Polypropylene is a popular thermoplastic resin because it is lightweight, yet stiff, resistant to chemicals and heat, and can withstand repeated flexing. Equally important, polypropylene is less expensive than many other thermoplastics. As manufacturers look to new materials, polypropylene remains a front runner in the...
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In modern processors, execution of instructions occurs, in general, in the following sequential order: the processor reads an instruction, a decoder in the processor decodes the instruction, and, then, the processor executes the instruction. In older processors the clock speed of the processor was generally slow enough...
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1. Field of the Disclosure Scan architectures are commonly used to test digital circuitry in integrated circuits. The present disclosure describes a method of adapting conventional scan architectures into a low power scan architecture. The low power scan architecture maintains the test time of conventional scan archite...
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During residential construction and/or remodeling operations, it is typical for a contractor to provide a separate standing toilet structure for use by workmen on the job site. Such structures are well known and are offered, for example, by Port-O-Let™, Gulfport, Miss. Such structures are typically constructed of a rig...
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Most conventional sales systems have been implemented in a limited manner and are typically directed solely to a particular event, task or small subset of tasks in the sales process. Such systems are constructed by examining a particular sales event and by developing an automated tool to assist the salesperson confront...
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The present invention is generally directed to nanoscale computing and memory circuits, and, more particularly, to the formation of nanowires for device applications. With the constantly decreasing feature sizes of integrated-circuit devices, the need for increasingly fine, lithographically-defined patterning is limiti...
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to analog-to-digital converters and, more particularly, to meters employing analog-to-digital converters for a plurality of alternating current power lines. The invention also relates to a method of analog-to-digital conversion and, more particularly, to such a method tha...
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Wind energy installations are also erected at sites at risk of icing. In the USA, for example, approximately 65% of the wind energy installations are situated at sites at which icing is possible. Different meteorological phenomena may result in ice building up on the rotor blades of wind energy installations. This some...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to dollies and other devices used to move heavy or awkward loads by hand, and more particularly to dollies that are used to carry or move heavy or awkward objects within trucks or other confined areas. 2. Description of the Related Art Dollies, hand trucks, and...
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(1). Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a protective covering for open electrical equipment and computer server racks. In particular, the present invention relates to a shield or canopy to prevent water damage to server computers and other electrical equipment mounted in open equipment racks. (2). ...
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This invention relates generally to chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and more specifically to an apparatus and method for preventing the premature mixture of reactant gas constituents in CVD and PECVD reactions before such mixture is desired in the reaction chamber....
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to valves with improved sealing properties, particularly to valves for high-pressure of high-vacuum applications for which improved sealing is an important property. 2. FIG. 1--Description of Prior Art Valves for high-vacuum or high-pressure applications are widely used ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing technique, and more particularly, relates to a method and system for expanding a document set as a search data source in the enterprise search field. 2. Description of the Related Art Today's enterprises have increasing types of electronic...
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1. Field This invention generally relates to oxygen generating devices and particularly to electrochemical oxygen generating devices using metal oxide, oxygen ion conducting electrolyte. 2. Prior Art Electrochemical devices which employ oxygen ion conducting electrolytes are well known. Such devices are used as sensors...
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The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for mixing fluent material in which vessels are agitated eccentrically to produce a vortex mixing action. In particular, the mixer of the present invention is intended for use in laboratories and the like to agitate vessels, such as test tubes. Laboratory mixers a...
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a) Field of the Invention The invention is directed to a radiation source for generating extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation based on a hot, dense plasma generated by gas discharge, particularly for generating high average EUV radiation outputs. b) Description of the Related Art In the last 35 years, semiconductor chip...
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Today's high speed optical network systems use optical fiber connectors to connect optical fiber ends together. These connectors have highly polished endfaces that are required to meet certain industry standards for performance and intermateability. One standard, Telcordia GR326-CORE issue 3, states that optical fiber ...
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Most devices today, which may be integrated circuit (IC) devices or embedded core devices within an IC, include an IEEE standard 1149.1 (JTAG) Test Access Port (TAP) architecture to access target circuits within the devices. The TAP includes an interface which comprises a test data input (TDI) signal, a test clock (TCK...
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Co-browsing enables two or more individuals, usually remotely located, to use a web browser to interact with web pages together, while seeing the same view in a synchronized manner. Co-browsing of websites can be very effective in various scenarios, for example in support and sale interactions between company represent...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light emitting diode and a method of fabricating the same, and more particularly, to a light emitting diode having a thermal conductive is substrate and a method of fabricating the same. 2. Discussion of the Background A light emitting diode (LED) is an elect...
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The printing process is one small part of the total quality control procedure for a MICR printing system user. Quality and accuracy of the check documents must be closely controlled during printing to prevent problems from occurring when the document is processed off-site. The MICR line is the line of machine readable ...
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The present invention relates generally to vehicles for the handling of material or articles, which are self-loading or unloading and includes successive handling means, and, more particularly, to a tailgate control system for a round bale wagon that maintains bales on the wagon until the load bed has been adequately r...
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In a modulated signal subjected to voltage conversion, in particular, a modulated signal subjected to multi-level modulation, such as QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), linear operation is required in a high-frequency power amplifier for transmitting power to an antenna. Hence, class A or class AB has been used as ...
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It is common practice to load a quantity of individual packages of consumer products into corrugated paperboard shipping containers for bulk shipment of the packages to a point of sale. At the point of sale, the individual packages may be removed from the shipping container and placed on a shelf for display and sale to...
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Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are systems which are developed using thin film technology and which include both electrical and micro mechanical components. MEMS devices are used in a variety of applications such as optical display systems, pressure sensors, flow sensors, and charge control actuators. MEMS devi...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to water-based hydraulic fluids and metalworking compositions. 2. Prior Art In the technology of hydraulic power transmission, mechanical power is imparted to a fluid called "a hydraulic fluid" in the form of pressure by means of a hydraulic pump. Power is utilized where...
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Substations in high and medium-voltage electric power networks include primary devices such as electrical cables, lines, bus bars, switches, power transformers and instrument transformers, which can be arranged in switch yards and/or bays. These primary devices are operated in an automated way via a Substation Automati...
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Lignite having high moisture content has been treated by immersion in steam or hot water under pressure and had its moisture content reduced to from 16% to 20%. Lignite so treated does not slack, but has never been used in blast furnaces to produce pig iron, it has only been used in a single water gas plant in Europe.
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a two-shaft gas turbine in which a high-pressure turbine for driving a compressor and a low-pressure turbine for power output are configured to have respective different shafts. The two-shaft gas turbine is applied to a gas turbine system having an increased am...
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The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for An treating and preventing alopecia in a a patient in need thereof. Hair growth is not continuous, but comprises alternating periods of growth (xe2x80x9canagenxe2x80x9d), regression (xe2x80x9ccategenxe2x80x9d) and rest (xe2x80x9ctelogenxe2x80x...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to the field of geophysical prospecting. More particularly, the invention relates to the field of imaging marine seismic streamer data. 2. Description of the Related Art In the oil and gas industry, geophysical prospecting is commonly used to aid in the search ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fuel manifold, and more particularly to a coupling for such a fuel manifold which provides drainage of leaked fuel to a safe environment. 2. Description of the Prior Art Gas turbine engines include fuel lines and in particular fuel manifolds which surround a ...
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Telephone call monitoring systems are used in a variety of contexts, including emergency dispatch centers and commercial call centers. In many currently available call monitoring systems, a multitude of audio input sources (“channels”) are monitored and recorded by a single hardware unit, and the audio recordings are s...
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Aqueous cleaning compositions are useful for removing dirt and other soils from a variety of surfaces including hard surfaces such as floors, walls, countertops, and furniture. Many commercially-available aqueous cleaners include an organic solvent combined with water and optional ingredients such as surfactants, color...
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Serving food outdoors is a great American tradition. However, containers of open food are often an invitation to annoying insects which light upon the food and render it unappetizing to unsanitary. Also, the wind can dry out many foods, particularly breads and cakes, rendering them hard or unappetizing. At picnics, tab...
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The present invention relates to the use of a polymer in a method of treatment in which it is introduced into a body cavity under conditions whereby insoluble polymer is deposited in the body cavity. In the invention polymer having pendant zwitterionic groups is used, whereby biocompatibility is optimised. The current ...
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1. Field of the Invention Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to systems and methods for processing hydrocarbons. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for regenerating spent catalyst. 2. Description of the Related Art Fluid catalytic crackers (“FCC”) ar...
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A liquid crystal display comprises pixel units designed in a matrix form, and a driving circuit for driving these pixel units. The deflection of liquid crystal molecules is achieved by means of change in the electric field in the liquid crystal cell, thereby achieving the display effect. TFT-LCD is an active semiconduc...
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This invention relates to a particle analysis method for analyzing particles on a sample which has a simple pattern surface. Since speedy observation of an entire surface with particle analysis equipment is not impossible, after speedy observation of an entire surface is effected at first with particle detection equipm...
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It is well known that a vehicle engine may stall under driving conditions that impose a heavy load on the engine. For example, engine stall may occur while driving the air conditioner compressor, the radiator fan, the power steering pump and the alternator for generating electric power to operate accessories such as ca...
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The present invention relates to a developing electrode for use in developing an electrostatic latent image. The electrostatic latent image is usually formed by utilizing an electronic photographic method or by applying pulses of high voltage level to a stylus electrode provided adjacent to the surface of a dielectric ...
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Internet streaming is the art of transmitting digital media in such a way that the media can be played at the receiver side as it is being received, without the requirement of saving a media file to disk. Streaming enables live broadcast in the digital world, similar to radio and television broadcasts in the analog wor...
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A device, system, platform, or operating environment may include more than one processor or a processor having more than one core (i.e., a multi-core processor). The security, reliability, and efficient operation of such a device, system, platform, or operating environment may be enhanced by the inclusion and use of th...
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In the process of manufacturing semiconductors or liquid crystals, thin substrates, which are substances to be processed like liquid crystal substrates or wafers, are stored in a storage cassette, and they are transferred between processing devices in the respective steps. The storage cassette is a box-like container t...
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Conventional vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are wind turbines that comprise multiple rotor blades that can rotate, when impinged upon by wind, about a vertical axial rotor shaft. One configuration that VAWTs can take is the conventional “egg-beater” Darrieus-type VAWT described in U.S. Pat. No. 1,835,018. VAWTs ha...
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With an advance of recent wide variety of mobile communication standards, the technical demand for more accurate and more efficient control of output power from the mobile transmitter system has emerged. The control of output power is required from various reasons such as a) to prevent one cell from interfering with th...
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This invention relates to a turn off circuit for a multiphase motor, and is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No.: 073,646 filed on Sept. 10, 1979 which is turn, is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No.: 933,656 filed on Aug. 14, 1978 now patent No. 4,214,196. The above two pri...
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The present invention relates to an liquor-included body of ice and the process of producing the same. It is necessary to prepare some ice and mineral water, besides liquor, when making a glass of liquor with water or on the rocks. However, for example, when one wants to enjoy a couple of glasses of whisky with water, ...
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Photoconductive compounds which have so far been well known are inorganic materials including selenium, cadmium sulfide, zinc oxide, amorphous silicon and the like. These inorganic materials have an advantage of being endowed with satisfactory electrophotographic characteristics, namely very high photoconductivity and ...
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The background of the invention can be described most clearly, and hence the invention can be taught most effectively, by subdividing this section in three subsections. The first subsection will provide some general background regarding the role of crosslinked (and especially stiff and strong thermoset) particles in th...
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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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Various methods are presently known in the art for the delivery of a pharmaceutical composition to treat various medical conditions. The pharmaceutical composition may be provided to a human or veterinary patient in need of therapeutic treatment by a variety of routes such as, for example, subcutaneous, topical, oral, ...
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This invention relates to a lithium ion secondary battery employing a thin film solid electrolyte and a method for manufacturing the same. In the past, a non-aqueous electrolytic solution was generally used as an electrolytic solution for a lithium ion secondary battery. A lithium ion secondary battery employing a poly...
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The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor memory device, and particularly to the detection of a memory cell failure. Transistor elements are being miniaturized for high integration. In parallel with miniaturization, voltage scaling is needed from the viewpoint of transistor element reliability and power consump...
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Cyanide is widely regarded an archetypal poison. In the United States, industrial use exceeds 1 billion pounds yearly in diverse areas including electroplating, plastics and gold extraction. Dzomback, D. A., et al., Cyanide in Water and Soil: Chemistry, Risk and Management. CRC Press: Boca Raton, Fla., 2006. Cyanide sa...
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The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) represents a major advance in cellular technology and is the next step forward in cellular 3G services as a natural evolution of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). The LTE physical l...
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An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer using an organic photoconductive substance (an organic electrophotographic photosensitive member) can be produced more easily than an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer using an inorganic photoconductive subs...
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Cell signaling via 3′-phosphorylated phosphoinositides has been implicated in a variety of cellular processes, e.g., malignant transformation, growth factor signaling, inflammation, and immunity (see Rameh et al., J. Biol. Chern., 274:8347-8350 (1999) for a review). The enzyme responsible for generating these phosphory...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a drive unit for a hybrid vehicle. 2. Description of the Related Art Electrically driven vehicles conventionally have been provided with a drive unit including a drive motor, a generator-motor and an inverter unit. Further, in the inverter for the drive motor f...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to on-line operations and, more particularly, to operations pertaining to on-line forms and registrations. Description of the Related Art Today, the Internet has facilitated electronic transmission and filing of documents. Various business or legal forms and document...
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Waste and water companies and municipalities often install buried components accessible from roadways. Buried valves, pipes, and lines are often accessed via access pipes that extend downwardly from street surfaces. Removable debris caps at the ends of the access pipes protect the buried components from dirt, rocks, de...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flowmeter, and particularly to a flow-rate measurement apparatus that is favorably used as a part of the intake system of an automotive engine and used to measure the amount of intake air. 2. Description of the Related Art Various types of flow-rate measureme...
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1. Field of the Invention (Technical Field) The present invention relates to radiation curable nail treatment materials and methods of using the same. The invention is also applicable to treatment materials for keratin and proteinaceous surfaces on animals such as claws and hooves. 2. Background Art Note that the follo...
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The present invention relates to a laser control apparatus, more particularly, an apparatus which carries out power control of a semiconductor laser employed for an optical recording/reproducing apparatus, and can control the optical power stably even when an output light is modulated at high speed at the high-speed re...
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The field of the present invention is wheel assemblies. More specifically, the field of the present invention relates to wheel assemblies for video and motion picture camera dollies. In the motion picture or video filming procedures, cameras are often supported on dollies so that the camera positions, angles and elevat...
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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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The invention relates to a novel process for conditioning isocyanates. In the production and processing of isocyanates, organophosphorus aids and additives are occasionally used. These organophosphorus aids and additives as used or in the form of secondary products, can lead to problems in the later processing of the i...
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To realize an ultrafast light transmission system of 40 Gbits/s or higher, attention is paid to adoption of the polarization multiplexing technique. The polarization multiplexing technique is a method of, paying attention to the fact that a single wavelength has two polarization states which are orthogonal to each othe...
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The present invention relates to a method and a system for configuring a monitoring device for monitoring a spatial area, in particular for configuring a monitoring device for failsafely monitoring a working area of a machine or installation, which is operated in an automated manner. Working areas of machines or instal...
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The present invention relates to the general field of cooling a turbomachine rotor disk that is located downstream from the cone for driving the disk in rotation. The invention relates more precisely to a device for cooling the slots in such a disk that have the blades mounted therein. One of the fields of application ...
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The flight path of an arrow is influenced by many factors. Some factors, such as air currents, cannot be controlled by the archer. The major influences, however, on arrow trajectory are the physical actions of the archer. Accordingly, it is important for an archer to command the physically controllable factors to facil...
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The invention relates to seals. More particularly, the invention relates to compression seals. A variety of metallic seal configurations exist. Many metallic seals are commonly held under compression between two opposed flanges of the elements being sealed to each other. Such metallic seals may be used in a variety of ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a honeycomb structure and an exhaust gas converter. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction) system, which reduces NOx to nitrogen and water using ammonia, is known as one of the systems for converting automobile...
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In the field of medical science and research, it is often necessary to seal and unseal the open ends of centrifuge tubes, test tubes, culture tubes and the like. Medical and research technicians use centrifuges for various purposes, but mainly for separating the compounds of a multi-component fluid. The tubes used for ...
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Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for recognizing a plurality of types of input operations. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been widely used touch input apparatuses that recognize a touch operation based on X and Y coordinate values of a position at which an ...
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U.S. Pat. No. 5,669,845 discloses a feedback control method of a speed ratio of a continuously variable transmission such as a V-belt continuously variable transmission or toroidal continuously variable transmission of a vehicle. Under this control, a controller calculates a final target speed ratio which is a final ta...
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The present invention relates to electronic bartering systems that allow users to trade or redeem reward points, such as those already accumulated in airline frequent flyer programs, into an account for redeeming products and services offered over the Internet. This would allow users to use their frequent flyer (or fre...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a direct spray fuel injector, and more particularly, a direct spray fuel injector that is capable of efficiently suppressing and preventing bounce generated in a valve needle of a bundle of opening/closing valves when a spray hole of an injector for injecting a...
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Many compounds having basic skeleton of pyridonecarboxylic acid are known to be useful synthetic antibacterials for their excellent antibacterial properties and wide antibacterial spectrum. Among such compounds, norfloxacin (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-141286), enoxacin (Japanese Patent Application Lai...
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Heating fluids, foods or other contents, or identifying relevant characteristics of the contents has been problematic for many individuals. Traditionally, heating or cooking foods or fluids have been performed on a stovetop. The food or fluid is placed in a pot and the pot is placed on a burner on a stove. The stove is...
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Field of the Invention This invention relates generally to digital imaging, and more particularly to high dynamic range (HDR) pixel arrays. Description of the Background Art Color sensitive digital imagers are well known. Typically color imagers are comprised of a plurality of image sensor pixels, each being sensitive ...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to a uniaxial horizontal sensor having a liquid and a bubble sealed inside a vessel for ascertaining levelness by detecting the position of the sealed bubble by means of an electrical signal, and is used in automatic leveling of machines and devices and in leveling devic...
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The present invention is for pharmaceutical compositions for transdermal delivery of N-[N-[5-[4-(aminoiminomethyl)phenyl-1-oxopentyl]-L-xcex1-aspartyl]-L-phenylalanine or its esters and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts which are useful as platelet aggregation inhibitors. N-[N-[5-[4-(aminoiminomethyl)phenyl]-1-ox...
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When printing with a laser printer, once the printer starts to move the paper, it cannot stop. Therefore, the image rendering computer in the laser printer must provide the raster information as fast as the laser needs the information to keep-up with the paper. This may pose a problem when a printer must print a comple...
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Currently, electrodeionization (EDI) systems are implemented with a multiplicity of alternating anion and cation selective membranes, and mixed bed ion exchange resins such as EDI systems described U.S. Pat. No. 2,815,320. For this system, EDI cells were exclusively used for high purity water generation. The developmen...
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1. Field of the Disclosure The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and particularly, to a mobile terminal having a display and a touch sensor. 2. Background of the Disclosure In general, a terminal may be classified into a mobile (portable) terminal and a stationary terminal according to a moveable state. ...
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The present invention relates a passenger airbag, which is filled with gas during an emergency situation such as, for example, a frontal or side impact.
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This invention relates generally to a lock arrangement for securing a pair of panels together, and more specifically relates to a lock means including a rotatable bolt held in a locked-position by a resilient means. Wall, panels and the like, were secured together, heretofore, by various means. For example, brackets at...
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