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An enterprise serving web pages to a user may wish to provide the user with an easier and quicker access to information the user is looking for. The services of the enterprise may aim to increase the user's satisfaction by decreasing the amount of time the user spends finding the relevant information. As the user searc...
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The present invention relates to a method and system that enables taking a precautionary action in a vehicle, such as providing a warning to a vehicle driver about a potentially difficult or hazardous driving condition on the road network. Advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”), including active safety and fuel ec...
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The present invention pertains to a process for biologically utilizing carbon dioxide and heat that are generated in exothermic aerobic fermentation processes in which carbon dioxide is formed for the growth of chlorophyllose plants in greenhouses. It is known that, in exothermic aerobic fermentation processes, especia...
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The present embodiments relate to a lifting drive for a radiation filter in a mammography device. The present embodiments also relate to a mammography device with a lifting drive. Mammography devices may be used for fluoroscopy of an object to be examined, for example, a female breast. Mammography devices may feature a...
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This invention relates to a machine for making liquid or semi-liquid products and to a method for making liquid or semi-liquid products implemented by the machine. For shops and businesses which sell specific food products, especially liquid or semi-liquid products, made on the premises, such as, for example, patisseri...
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The invention relates to an atrial fibrillation RF treatment device and method, and more particularly, the invention relates to a device and method for creating a narrow transmural lesion or discontinuity in tissue, such as heart tissue or other body organs or tissues. Atrial fibrillation is a condition of the heart in...
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In a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) time division duplex (TDD) system, a wireless frame has a length of 10 ms, and contains 10 sub-frames. Each sub-frame has a length of 1 ms. A network side device may configure the sub-frame to transmit downlink data or uplink data. The LTE TDD sys...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention pertains to safety medical syringes and, in particular, to syringes including a needle that retracts and is limited to a single use. 2. Description of the Related Art Retractable syringes have become extremely increasingly important and desirable for use in hospitals and ...
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Antennas are a critical component in communications, radar and direction finding systems, interfacing between the RF circuitry and the environment. RF circuitry is often manufactured using printed circuit board (PCB) technology, and numerous engineering and commercial advantages are realized by integrating the RF anten...
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There are a variety of known computer input devices. The most popular and commonly used computer input device is the keyboard. The recent development and increased use of graphical user interface products, however, have served to highlight the inherent limitations of the conventional computer keyboard as an input devic...
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Programmable logic devices (PLDs) are a well-known type of integrated circuit that may be programmed by a circuit designer to perform user-specified logic functions. One type of PLD, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), typically includes elements such as configurable logic blocks (CLBs), input/output blocks (IOBs),...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a CDMA receiver, and more particularly to a method of measuring a delay profile, detecting a plurality of paths with high signal power within the measured range, and allocating the plurality of paths to finger receivers. 2. Description of the Related Art DS-CDM...
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Rotorcraft, such as helicopters, tiltrotors, and autogyros, have at least one rotor for providing lift force. These rotors typically have an engine that rotates a mast coupled to a hub, and at least two airfoil rotor blades coupled to the hub. Rotor blades may be detachably coupled, allowing a rotor blade to be removed...
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(1) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prepreg, a multilayer printed wiring board and a process for producing a multilayer printed wiring board. More particularly, the present invention relates to a prepreg which has high flexibility at room temperature, causes neither chipping nor peeling of res...
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As shown in FIG. 1, alternating current (AC) chopping is one of the best techniques to achieve voltage regulating of commercial power. If an inductive load is connected to an AC chopping, because of an effect of inductive reactance, a freewheeling must be proceeding when the chopping switch is off. Currently, the commo...
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The present invention relates to electrically conductive, hermetic vias and the formation of such vias in hermetically sealed IC chip packages and the like. There are a wide array of high temperature applications for electronic components. Such applications include deep well drilling sensors and engine control units. T...
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The present invention relates to a novel braking mechanism for a rotatable core support for paving fabric which is held to a roll. Paving fabric has been used as a laminate between asphalt coatings applied to vehicular surfaces. It has been found that plastic sheeting extends the life of the pavement by preventing refl...
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In LTE, the user entity can be in three states: DETACHED, ECM-IDLE and ECM-CONNECTED. In ECM-IDLE state the position of the user entity is known to be within a so called traffic area corresponding to a plurality of cells. In ECM-CONNECTED state the position of the user entity is known to be within a given cell of an eN...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a micro-lens array, and more particularly, to a method of precisely manufacturing a micro-lens array including a micro-lens having a high numerical aperture. 2. Description of the Related Art A micro-lens may be manufactured by a metho...
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The present invention relates to an impact-absorbing, load-limiting connection device, especially for connecting components or modules of a rotary-wing aircraft, as well as to a rotary-wing aircraft having such a connection device. Over the past 30 years, major efforts have been made in automotive as well as aviation t...
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1. Field of Invention The present invention relates to a plate for planographic printing with which direct plate formation, in which a plate can be formed directly by scanning an infrared laser based on digital signals from a computer or the like, is possible. Specifically, the present invention relates to an infrared-...
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Opto-electronic devices that make use of organic materials are becoming increasingly desirable for a number of reasons. Many of the materials used to make such devices are relatively inexpensive, so organic opto-electronic devices have the potential for cost advantages over inorganic devices. In addition, the inherent ...
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The invention relates to a method for stunning an animal for slaughter, e.g. a pig, comprising the steps of: (a) providing the animal for slaughter; PA1 (b) conveying said animal by means of conveying means in the direction of stunning means; PA1 (c) causing a first current pulse to flow through the neck- and/or head-r...
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The demand for hydrocarbons remains a growth industry. The uses of hydrocarbons include the development of better fuels, as well as useful precursors for detergents, and for polymers. In particular, the production of kerosene is important for numerous products, including motor fuels, and the production of detergents. T...
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The goal of plant breeding is to combine in a single variety/hybrid various desirable traits of the parental lines. For field crops, these traits may include resistance to diseases and insects, tolerance to heat and drought, reducing the time to crop maturity, greater yield, and better agronomic quality. With mechanica...
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This invention relates to a method of, and apparatus for, extracting energy from waves on a liquid. Wave energy offers a potential source of power, and several differing apparatus and methods have already been devised in an attempt to produce from wave energy an economic alternative source of power to that provided by ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ground bus, and more particularly to a ground bus for use with an electrical connector and having a plurality of fingers arranged so as to keep adequate spacing between terminal portions of the signal contacts of the connector. 2. Description of Related Art T...
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In the modern society where throughput of the computer has improved exponentially and information runs about the world in an instant, the optical communications including also short distance communication are becoming important. Actually, researches and developments of optical interconnection for performing information...
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The invention relates to refrigeration systems and, more particularly, to a refrigeration apparatus that is effective to significantly improve the operating efficiency of a system that includes an ejector operatively connected to move refrigerant between a heat exchanger and a precooler vessel. The invention is particu...
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The present invention relates to air-quality conditioning devices, and more particularly, to an air-quality conditioning device, which can be used in combination with a small-scale air conditioner or used singly for effectively controlling carbon dioxide concentration in an enclosed space, so as to maintain good air qu...
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The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a magnetic dispersion for a magnetic coating with magnetic particles having a coercive force of more than 120 kA/m, a relative residual induction Mr/Mm of at least about 0.9 and an orientation ratio of at least 2.7 by means of a single-shaft blade-type k...
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Telecommunications systems are used to provide telecommunications services between two or more user interfaces. User interfaces may include telephone handsets, facsimile machines, computers and other equipment, and may be connected to the switching system by fixed land-based conductors or wireless services. Telecommuni...
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1. Field of the Invention In one aspect this invention relates to fuel controls. In yet a further aspect, this invention relates to hand controls for use on fuel powered vehicles. 2. Prior Art Many small gasoline powered vehicles have hand controls for the fuel supply. Such systems frequently involve the use of cables ...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vertical actuator mechanism for the legs of a walking machine and, more particularly, to a vertical actuator mechanism for a pantograph leg mechanisms for a walking machine which achieves isolation between the vertical and horizontal actuator mechanisms in a ...
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As is generally known, food and beverages are offered and served to air passengers during flights. The food service items are generally cold-stored in catering transport containers, i.e. so-called trolleys, from which the food items are usually also served. Except during the actual service periods, the food service tro...
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The invention relates to methods of generating THz (terahertz) radiation, in particular by irradiating a conversion crystal device with optical input radiation providing and generating the THz radiation by an optical-to-THz-conversion process. Furthermore, the invention relates to a THz source apparatus, being adapted ...
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The bread baking industry utilizes metal baking pans to put bread dough into for baking the bread in. The baking process typically consists of using automated conveyor systems to move the pans through the baking process. The bread pans are required to undergo severe handling during this process, under high heat conditi...
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Field of the Invention The invention relates to an electronic control unit for a motor vehicle which has a driving engine, a clutch, a transmission, at least one driven wheel, an engine rpm transducer, and at least one speed transducer, in particular for ascertaining a vehicle speed or a power take off rpm of the trans...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to lipid dispersible color compositions for food products and to lipid-based edible compositions, including artificial chocolate, incorporating said color compositions. 2. Description of the Prior Art Cocoa, coffee, maple, cinnamon, walnut, pecan and other natural produc...
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A liquid crystal display device is widely utilized for a display of a personal computer, a television and so forth. The device utilizes optical anisotropy, dielectric anisotropy or the like of a liquid crystal compound. As an operating mode of the liquid crystal display device, various modes are known, such as a phase ...
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The invention relates to 8.alpha.-acylaminoergolines, their production and use as pharmaceutical agents, and intermediate compounds for the production of 8.alpha.-acylaminoergolines. 8.alpha.-acylaminoergolines described in DOS35 00 251 show prolactin secretion inhibitory effect. If long-chain alkyl radicals are presen...
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A number of mobile applications may be installed on a mobile computing device. For example, consider a scenario where a user of a mobile device searches for a given application to install the application on the mobile device. Further, the user may select the application possibly from a number of other applications avai...
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Such press-pack semiconductor devices may be used in high-power converter applications such as high-current rectifiers or medium-voltage drives. In these systems, fault situations may occur in which a device loses its blocking capability and may be subject to an excessive fault current in the reverse direction. The loc...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to boats and, more specifically, to an adjustable wake-forming apparatus attachable to a boat stern providing means for generating waves of a particular form for water sport activities. The attachment is comprised of a pair of blades fastened to the tran...
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When controlling a robotic device (or more simply, a robot), there are a wide variety of functions that a user can perform. For example, depending on the robot's capabilities, the user may be able to operate controls to drive the robot's drive train, control its head movements, determine how the robot's outputs signal ...
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Patrons of certain businesses are often in need of services to accommodate their needs and desires. For example, in a casino, players at slot machines (or other types of casino gaming machines) are often in need of services from service attendants, for example to pay out jackpots, correct a problem with the machine, or...
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This invention is related generally to the field of aerosolization of liquids, and in particular to the aerosolization of liquids using an aerosol generator that operates at ultrasonic vibrational frequencies. More specifically, the invention relates to techniques for vibrationally isolating an aerosol generator that i...
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1. Field Aspects of the invention relate to a vehicle door trim for a motor vehicle with a head impact protection device and a method for the manufacture thereof. 2. Discussion of Related Art Side impact protection devices (often referred to as side airbags) are used in motor vehicles. When actuated by sensor control, ...
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Clock and data recovery (CDR) operations are performed in many communications circuits. Digital communication receivers must sample an analog waveform and then detect the sampled data reliably. The phase of the analog waveform is typically unknown and there may be a frequency offset between the frequency at which the o...
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In the manufacture of glass containers, a defect that is sometimes found which is difficult to detect comprises a generally horizontal check or mirror-like flaw in the wall of the container. It is essential that such defects or flaws be detected even though they be few in number, with respect to the total number of con...
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1. Field Various embodiments disclosed herein relate to doorbells. Certain embodiments relate to doorbell communication systems. 2. Description of Related Art Doorbells can enable a person located outside of an entry point, such as a door, to alert a person inside of an entry point that someone outside would like to ta...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to tool accessories and more particularly to an attachment system for hand-held tools. 2. Description of the Prior Art Lanyards, tethers, hooks, and similar restraints are used to prevent accidental dropping of tools. These restraints are particularly us...
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1. The Field of the Invention The invention is in the field of compositions and methods for sealing a root canal during an endodontic procedure. More particularly, the invention involves compositions having enhanced adhesion to hydrophilic dental tissues found within root canals which assists their ability to effective...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology adapted for generating a test pattern for detecting faults in an electronic circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). 2. Description of the Related Art Detection of manufacturing failure of electronic circuits, such as LSI (Large Scale Inte...
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Legacy policy management systems generate network policies based on static network policies. Static network policies are generally defined by network operators to satisfy business and network objectives. With the growth of broadband services, static policies may be insufficient to manage communication networks.
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This invention relates to a biosensor. More specifically, it relates to a glucose biosensor having glucose oxidase immobilized thereon or a biosensor having an oxidoreductase immobilized thereon.
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Variable valve timing (VVT) systems are commonly used with internal combustion engines—such as those found in automobiles—for controlling intake and exhaust valve opening and closing. The VVT systems can help improve fuel economy, reduce exhaust emissions, and enhance engine performance. One type of VVT system employs ...
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In recent years, smart devices (i.e., tablet terminals and smartphones) as well as desktop type personal computers (PCs) and notebook type PCs have been used as terminals (web clients) that enable users to browse information acquired over the Internet. The smart devices are generally different from the desktop type PCs...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thermal printer control and a computer readable medium for printing an image on a printable medium such as a thermal paper by heat generated from a thermal printer head, and particularly relates to a thermal printer control and a computer readable medium by w...
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In a refrigerant compressor wherein a piston slidably received in a cylinder bore is operable on refrigerant gas for compression and the compressed gas is discharged through an outlet port while pushing, or springing out a flexible reed valve normally closed over the port, the pressure built up in the cylinder bore dur...
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The present invention relates to a method for detecting a short circuit of a resolver signal line of the sine or cosine receiver coil to ground or to the operating voltage, and a circuit for implementing this method. Resolvers are used for ascertaining the angular position of a rotating object, for example, the drive s...
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Rebeccamycin (FIG. 1, A) is a natural product of Saccharothrix aerocolonigenes ATCC39243, a Gram-positive bacterium of the actinomycetes group (Bush et al. J. Antibiot. 40: 668-678, 1987). Actinomycetes are natural soil inhabitants with great industrial and biotechnological interest, especially the Streptomyces genus, ...
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Technological Field The present application relates to a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for data backup, storage, and retrieval. Particularly, enhanced features are provided by using metadata to create a catalog of the stored data. Description of the Related Art People conventionally store documen...
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Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a semiconductor device comprising of a fin-type gate, and more specifically, to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same that can effectively reduce the resistance of a source and drain of an active region. Due to the high integration of sem...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to optical attenuator and optical power meter calibration systems with an optical-pulse conversion and averaging In addition, the present invention relates to an optical attenuation calibration method and apparatus, and an optical power meter calibration apparatus...
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As microprocessors computer memory, communications interfaces and other devices increase in speed, the connections between these discrete devices, via a high-speed communication bus also must increase in speed and throughput. As with most components, for high speed parallel bus transmission, power consumption and trans...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to or food products which comprise encapsulated meat soup or juice. These foods with meat soup capsules can be usefully applied to the production of a variety of foods such as jiaozi (Chinese meat dumplings), shaomai (steamed meat dumplings), wonton (Chinese Meat-...
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Typically, an electronic exchange provides an automatic matching process between traders, or more specifically, between buyers and sellers. Traders are connected to an electronic exchange by way of a communication link to facilitate electronic messaging between themselves and the exchange. Market information, which is ...
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Sheeting materials having a graphic image or other mark have been widely used, particularly as labels for authenticating an article or document. For example, sheetings such as those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,154,872; 3,801,183; 4,082,426; and 4,099,838 have been used as validation stickers for vehicle license plate...
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This invention relates to a method of cutting outline fonts into strokes and parts. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of cutting a character into strokes and cutting the strokes into parts efficiently in an outline font technique of the type which cuts the outline of a character into parts, defines t...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to oxidative desulfurization and more particularly to a process and system for integrated oxidative desulfurization and fluid catalytic cracking of liquid hydrocarbon feedstocks. 2. Description of Related Art In conventional oil refinery operations, various processes occ...
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As consumer demand for digital content increases, digital content providers strive to meet that demand. One approach for meeting the demand includes increasing network bandwidth of the content providers to directly handle more content delivery. However, such bandwidth is expensive for the digital content providers.
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1. Field of the Invention The invention relates to a technique for updating software modules respectively embedded in an in-vehicle device and a mobile terminal that are connected so as to be able to cooperate with each other. 2. Description of Related Art Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004=326689 (JP 200...
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The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for use in performing spinal surgery and, in particular, to polyaxial bone screws for use in spinal surgery. Such screws have a head that can swivel about a shank of the bone screw, allowing the head to be positioned in any of a number of angular configurations r...
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In recent years, in order to conduct an inter-vehicular distance maintenance control and the like, a device that estimates a radius of curvature of a travel route of one's own vehicle is mounted on a vehicle. As methods for estimating the radius of curvature of the travel route of the own-vehicle, there are two methods...
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This invention generally relates to data processing systems, and more specifically, the invention relates to data processing systems including hardware accelerators. Accelerators are special hardware functional units designed to perform certain operations efficiently, as compared to a general purpose processor, and har...
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The present invention is related to a method for allocating keys used in encrypted communications to both a communication source terminal and a communication destination terminal, and also related to a key allocation system. In the case that both a communication source apparatus and a communication destination apparatu...
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There are equipments for the thermal containers structures such as those known from the document U.S. Pat. No. 4,196,817, granted to Moser D. Wescott, dated Apr. 8, 1980, consisting of a layered pliable couplings bag for creating a thermal environment wherein a container is housed, wherein ice may be provided there bet...
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A centrifugal fan also referred to as a blower fan or squirrel-cage fan is a mechanical device which brings a fluid, frequently air, into an inlet surrounding the axis of a fan wheel. The wheel forces the air out into the fan housing, creating increased pressure in the air. The air then exits though an outlet on the fa...
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Certain types of drills and drivers can produce enough torque through reduction gearing that manufacturers include an overdrive clutch between the tool spindle and the motor. This is done to avoid scenarios where the tool can overpower the user or a component in the transmission of the tool could be damaged. When a thr...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates broadly to medical devices and materials for reducing intraocular pressure. More particularly, this invention relates to medical devices and materials for diverting aqueous humor out of the anterior chamber through a surgically implanted duct passageway. 2. State of the ...
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Drugs are most conventionally administered either orally or by injection. Unfortunately, many medicaments are completely ineffective or have radically reduced efficacy when orally administered since they either are not absorbed or are adversely affected before entering the bloodstream and thus do not possess the desire...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to an electrographic apparatus comprising a photosensitive screen composed of an insulating layer, two electrically conductive layers coated on opposite sides of the insulating layer and a photosensitive layer coated on one of the electrically conductive layers, a corona...
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The present invention relates to composition and use of novel antioxidant compounds, also referred herein as antioxidants. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel brain targeted low molecular weight, hydrophobic antioxidants and their use in treatment of central nervous system neurodegenerative disord...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vertical gallium-nitride (GaN)-based light emitting diode (LED), and more particularly, to a vertical GaN-based LED that can prevent the damage of an n-type GaN layer contacting an n-electrode. Thus, the vertical GaN-based LED can stably secure the contact re...
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Task lighting is lighting supplementary to general ambient lighting to provide additional illumination of a work area or surface, such as, for example, a desk top, work bench, or a counter top. Work surfaces located under cabinets or shelves will often have much of the ambient lighting, e.g., room lighting, at least pa...
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Glucan is a generic term referring to an oligo- or polysaccharide composed predominantly or wholly of the monosaccharide D-glucose. Glucans are widely distributed in nature with many thousands of forms possible as a result of the highly variable manner in which the individual glucose units can be joined (glucosidic lin...
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This invention relates to perforated return mailers that incorporate machine readable data. Perforated information mailers are known. Computer forms that might enclose additional forms and carbons, or forms adapted to act like carbons, are sealed about their periphery to define a mailing envelope. Perforations are prov...
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The invention relates to a method for eliminating speckles in the distant field of a projection surface illuminated by a laser for example in connection with a laser image projection on an image screen and devices for its performance. When using lasers for the illumination or image display on a projection surface, inte...
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1. Technical Field The disclosure generally relates to repair of metal components. 2. Description of the Related Art The manufacture, service and/or repair of metal components, such as gas turbine engines, oftentimes require localized heating of specified areas of the components. This can be done, for example, to allow...
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Traditional laser print cartridges comprise a drum, a primary charge roller, a toner roller, a recovery blade, a wiper blade, and a waste bin. In order to print, the drum is either positively or negatively charged by the primary charge roller. A laser assembly within the printer is then used to discharge select regions...
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Dynamic Random Access Memory devices in the present silicon based technology are volatile because periodic refresh of the stored information is necessary and the information is lost when the memory cells are no longer connected to a power supply. Flash memory provides the complementary functions in modern electronic sy...
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Electronic devices having touch screens are increasingly favored by consumers, for example, devices such as a smartphone, a tablet computer, and a personal digital assistant (PDA). Usually a user performs slide and touch operations on a touch screen to perform zooming processing on a browsed page. For multi-touch of a ...
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This invention relates to seating devices for passenger transport vehicles and, more specifically, to apparatus and methods that provide privacy between seats for passengers utilizing transport vehicles such as aircraft, trains, and buses. Fans often in the shape of a long triangle or of a semicircle, for waving lightl...
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This invention relates generally to nuclear reactors and more particularly to a system for controlling the environment of environmentally isolated areas in a nuclear reactor installation without the release of process gas or radioactivity to the external atmosphere. A nuclear reactor produces heat by fissioning of nucl...
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1. Field of the Invention This invention relates to cushioned insoles for shoes and other footwear. Such cushions are worn for orthopedic purposes or simply for comfort. 2. Prior Art The closest prior art known to applicant is Zente U.S. Pat. No. 3,922,801 issued Dec. 2, 1975. Additional prior art is cited in the Zente...
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The cloud computing environment is an enhancement to the predecessor grid environment, whereby multiple grids and other computation resources may be further abstracted by a cloud layer, thus making disparate devices appear to an end-consumer as a single pool of seamless resources. These resources may include such thing...
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This invention relates to audio amplifiers, particularly audio amplifiers where efficiency is important, such as battery-operated portable applications, for example portable amplifiers connected to headphones. Minimizing unnecessary amplifier power dissipation is important in portable applications, such as headphones w...
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Information handling devices (“devices”), for example smart phones, tablet devices, laptop computers, personal computers, and the like, may be capable of receiving and processing user command inputs, for example, input via an audio capture device, manual input device, and the like. Generally, for a voice command, a use...
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1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to an optical fiber doped with an alkali metal oxide and methods and apparatus for making same. 2. Technical Background Attenuation is a principal limiting attribute of optical fibers. Optical fiber loss, for example, plays an important role in setting t...
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