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Much has been written about the incorporation of digital broadcasting receivers into mobile handheld terminals, such as mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptop computers and the like.
A system has been proposed in which data services are transmitted on a time-sliced, or time-multiplexed, basis all... | {
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This invention relates to a brake lathe for drum and disc rotor brakes for grinding the inside cylindrical surface of a brake drum and for machining the opposite parallel surfaces of a disc rotor and, more particularly, to a brake lathe for use in automotive repair shops.
Brakes lathes for resurfacing brake drums and d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to novel guanidinobenzene derivatives, a process for the production thereof, and an antiviral agent comprising a guanidinobenzene derivative. These derivatives are useful for the treatment for various viral-related diseases.
2. Description of the Related Art
Japan... | {
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This invention is generally directed to a carrier device which is used to secure containers together to form a package having novel zip strips for allowing the quick and easy removal of the containers from the carrier device one at a time or in rapid succession.
Currently, several types of carrier devices can be found ... | {
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Drug addiction remains a scourge of all societies, whether supplier or consumer. The predominant drugs used today are cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine in the order of their usage. There is no present antagonist for cocaine, as there is for heroin. Cocaine acts in an entirely different way from heroin in blocking the... | {
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Thermography is an imaging technique based on infrared emission by an object at a particular temperature (grey body radiation). Thermography may include passive thermography or active thermography. Active thermography involves applying a stimulus to a target to cause the target to heat or cool in such a way as to allow... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The application relates generally to strontium titanate (SrTiO3), and more particularly to forming strontium titanate with large single crystal domains.
2. Description of the Related Art
Crystalline strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is an interesting material as a building block for functional oxide... | {
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Most vehicles have a door latch assembly that is a combination of a mechanical system and an electrical system. The primary function of the mechanical system is to keep the vehicle door closed and locked while also providing a means for opening or unlocking the door. The primary function of the electrical system in the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to umbrellas and more particularly to an improved spring mechanism for large umbrella so as to provide an optimal expansible force while automatically opening the umbrella.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a large umbrella means an umbrella having a l... | {
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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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There is a recognized need to convert undrinkable water to potable water and to have the ability to cleanse liquids in general. Many inventions have been created to attend to this need. A list of such inventions includes the following.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,064,505 (Borgten) PA1 U.S. Pat. No. 4,770,748 (Cellini) PA1 U.S. Pat... | {
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Non-volatile data storage devices, such as universal serial bus (USB) flash memory devices or removable storage cards, have allowed for increased portability of data and software applications. Flash memory devices can enhance data storage density by storing multiple bits in each flash memory cell. For example, multi-le... | {
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Gastric myoelectrical activity comprises slow waves or pacesetter potentials and, action potential activity. Patients with unexplained dyspepsia symptoms or unexplained nausea and vomiting often have no obvious cause for these symptoms when no peptic ulcer disease, reflux disease or gallbladder abnormalities are found.... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present application relates to a method for making a field emitter, and particularly to a method for making a carbon nanotube based field emitter.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Many potential applications have been proposed for carbon nanotubes, including conductive and high-strength composites, e... | {
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Modern communications systems are increasing in bandwidth requirements, causing greater needs for broadband antennas. Nature, in the present physics may impose fundamental limitations on instantaneous gain bandwidth relative to antenna size and shape. The thin ½ wave wire dipole antenna can have 3 dB gain bandwidth of ... | {
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A drill bit is a rotating cutting tool for drilling steel products and the like. FIG. 1 shows an exemplary structure of a conventional twist drill bit. The twist drill bit is formed by a cutting portion 1 which is applied to drilling, and a shank 2 which is adapted to discharge chips and is held in a chuck etc. of a cu... | {
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Opening/closing bodies for vehicles typically include a handle unit for opening or closing the opening/closing bodies. As disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, a door handle of a sliding door generally includes a movable part, which is a handgrip, and is capable of releasing restraint (fully closed lock) of the ... | {
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As the price of digital cameras continues to decrease, they are becoming ever more popular. Many digital still cameras have the capability of recording audio signals as well as a digital image. The recording of audio sounds, e.g., music at a wedding, is often optional. When audio signals are recorded, they are normally... | {
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There is a method, called secure computation, for obtaining computational results without decrypting encrypted numerical values (see Non-patent literature 1, for example). In the method in Non-patent literature 1, encryption is performed that distributes pieces of a numerical value are distributed among three secure co... | {
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The feeding of power and communication cables across floors has long presented a problem in high-traffic environments such as production areas, warehouses, retail spaces and office complexes. Commercially available floor raceways are unable to accommodate the number and or bundled diameters of the cables that need to b... | {
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To promote the safety of aircraft occupants, aircraft must meet certain head injury criteria (HIC) requirements. To meet HIC requirements, the head movements of an aircraft occupant in an HIC event should result in a minimal or below-threshold head injury. For example, aircraft certification in the United States requir... | {
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The distribution of electronic media data (e.g., music, videos, movies, and television shows) may be accomplished using various methodologies. For example, entire media data files may be transferred from a media data server to a client electronic device. Alternatively, a media data stream may be established between the... | {
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It is known that the motor vehicles are generally equipped with a device for fuel charging, located on the outer skin of the rear side portion of the bodywork, and formed by a metal part, or a rubber part, which defines a housing for the fuel filler and for the relating sealing cap, and is welded, or otherways fastened... | {
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Keratin fibers including human hair may be colored (dyed) by the oxidative condensation reaction of a dyeing composition, particularly oxidative dyeing composition. In general, as described in Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0757028 or the like, such a dyeing composition comprises a first part containing an oxidative ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a technical field for a hydraulic brake boosting system for boosting the force for depressing a brake pedal of, for example, an automobile, with power realized by hydraulic pressure of operating fluid so that braking force is enlarged. More particularly, the pr... | {
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Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to loudspeaker systems generally, and more particularly to a subwoofer system for producing frequencies in the low or bass range of the audio frequency spectrum.
Subwoofer systems designed to produce frequencies in the lower bass frequency range (generally below 200 ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a device, and more particularly to an adapter device.
2. The Related Art
With the development of electronic sciences and technologies, tablet computers are more and more popular, in order to be applicable to different usage environments, more and more... | {
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The present invention relates to steam traps and in particular to a float-type steam trap having an improved temperature responsive control arrangement.
Float-type steam traps are well known and are effective in applications where the trap is in constant use. In these traps a float controls a flow of water from a float... | {
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Electrochemical energy conversion devices include fuel cell systems as well as hydrogen generators and other electrolysers, such as forco-electrolysing water and CO2.
Fuel cells convert gaseous fuels (such as hydrogen, natural gas and gasified coal) via an electrochemical process directly into electricity. A fuel cell ... | {
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Passenger cars can have a roof rack system on their roof in the form of a roof rack or a roof rail. These roof rack systems consist specifically of two retaining fixtures located parallel to one another, where under the present patent application a roof rack is understood to mean a system with feet at the lateral ends ... | {
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Methods, arrangements and structures related to the above-mentioned technical area or field and character are known earlier in a plurality of different embodiments.
Electrically driven vehicles may to advantage be categorized as “railbound vehicles” or “non-railbound vehicles”.
“Railbound vehicles” are conveyed along t... | {
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The market for electronic devices continually demands higher performance at lower costs. In order to meet these requirements the components which comprise various electronic devices need to be made more efficiently and to closer tolerances.
In certain electronic devices a silicon substrate is bonded or otherwise couple... | {
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As an example of a conventional art using a distributed power source, such as fuel cells, a solar power generation system, or the like, upon interruption of electric service, there has been known a technique disclosed in JP,A 9-121457. According to this patent document, once a large-scale interruption of electric servi... | {
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This invention relates generally to a mask and an exposure method using the same. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a mask and an exposure method which can be suitably used in the manufacture of various devices such as semiconductor chips (e.g., ICs or LSIs), display devices (e.g., liquid crystal panel... | {
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The present invention relates generally to accessing a memory by a processor, and more specifically, to accessing a block of data in a memory atomically or block concurrently by a processor.
Scalar code expects that a central processing unit (CPU) executing the code will access all of the bytes of a software variable t... | {
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Product development management involves, in part, planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of a project with respect to specific goals and objectives. Project managers can manage resources using, for example, agile development approaches, which are characterized by ... | {
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This application claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 2002-0044442 filed on Jul. 27, 2002.
The present invention pertains, in general, to fabrication methods of UBM (under bump metallurgy) for flip chip interconnections of semiconductor devices, and in particular, to a method of fabricating the desired UB... | {
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This invention relates to protective coatings. More specifically, it relates to coatings for preventing high temperature oxidation of the graphite electrodes of electric arc steelmaking furnaces.
Steelmaking by the electric arc furnace accounts for a considerable portion of the world' s steel production, especially of ... | {
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The invention relates to an electrochemical gas sensor in a closed casing with gas openings for measuring gases in gas mixtures.
A variety of methods are known for measuring the concentration of individual gases in gas mixtures. For example, DE-B 1190698 discloses a method for the determination of hydrogen or oxygen in... | {
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The present invention generally relates to an improvement to a computer system, particularly a gateway used in an Internet of Things (IoT) setting by facilitating accessing a management console of the gateway.
As IoT grows and numerous devices are connected to one or more IoT cloud servers, the functionality of an IoT ... | {
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While lithium metal has a wide variety of uses in present-day industry, one use which is substantially increasing at the present time is the use of lithium as an anode in non-aqueous batteries. These "lithium" batteries have extremely long life and high energy, and are therefore valuable additions to the battery art. L... | {
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The present invention relates in general to household and kitchen utensils. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved device which may be used as a measuring cup, a funnel, and a strainer.
Numerous household tasks, including cooking, often required that certain basic acts. Among these are measuring ma... | {
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Motor vehicles include seat assemblies for supporting occupants above a floor in a passenger compartment of the vehicle. It is known to provide seat assemblies that are selectively movable or adjustable in a generally horizontal direction along an upper surface of the floor to accommodate occupants of varying heights o... | {
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A large majority of toilets in present use include a tank that can hold considerable water (e.g. five gallons) between flushings, and a flush valve at the bottom of the tank which is lifted to release water to the toilet bowl. Recent government regulations generally limit the amount of water used in each flushing to ab... | {
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Semiconductor devices, such as diodes and transistors are essential components for electronic devices. A continuing demand exists for new, alternative, less expensive and/or improved manufacturing processes for their production.
Currently, a particular interest exists in processes for the production of flexible electro... | {
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U.S. Pat. No. 7,682,117 B2 discusses an isolating holder for connecting a fuel distributor rail of a fuel injection system for the direct injection of fuel into an internal combustion engine, in order to reduce the transmission of noise and structure-borne noise from the fuel distributor rail to the engine structure, b... | {
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A diesel particulate filter (hereinafter referred to as “DPF”), for example, is known as a filter for collecting particulate matter (hereinafter referred to as “PM”) contained in exhaust gas emitted from a diesel engine.
The DPF can only collect a limited amount of PM. Thus, so-called forced regenerations need to be pe... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a drive circuit that is connected between an electric power source and an electric load and a method of applying a high voltage test on the drive circuit.
2. Description of the Related Art
JP-A-2001-160748 or U.S. Pat. No. 6,392,463 B1, which is a counterpart o... | {
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Imaging devices are used in various types of systems and perform a variety of functions. Some imaging devices may be used for applications involving manufacturing, assembly, image analyses, and depth sensing, among others. Over time, the manner in which these imaging systems operate is becoming more robust, efficient, ... | {
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The present invention relates to a method for bit error rate measurements in a cell-based telecommunication system.
In cell-based telecommunication systems, the information is transferred by means of cells of fixed or variable byte-length. These cells typically have an overhead section wherein control, management and r... | {
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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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Drug delivery devices allowing for multiple dosing of a required dosage of a liquid medicament, such as liquid drugs, and further providing administration of the medicament to a patient, are as such well-known in the art. Generally, such devices have substantially the same purpose as that of an ordinary syringe.
Drug d... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to contacting apparatus for mass and heat transfer operations, and more particularly, to a liquid-gas, extended surface interphase fluid contact medium defined by multiple, shaped, tube-containing interlocking panels for distributing a falling liquid into a thin film in ... | {
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Dot-matrix printheads have an array of printing elements that are selectively turned on and off by a printer controller to form printed shapes that are recognizable as characters. If one of the printing elements is inoperative, then the characters produced by the printhead will have a gap where the inoperative printing... | {
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The statements in this section merely provide background information related to the present disclosure and may or may not constitute prior art.
A typical multi-speed transmission uses a combination of clutches and brakes or several dog clutch/synchronizers to achieve a plurality of forward or reverse gear ratios. Typic... | {
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The present invention relates to a wireless local area network (WLAN) and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for correlating a signal of a WLAN having an extended data rate.
A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a data communication system implemented as an extension of or alternative to a wired data commu... | {
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One standard procedure for removing lung tumors is surgical excision. Such operations require a thoracotomy and can require very major lung resections, depending on the position of the tumor in the lung and the size of the tumor. This puts a considerable strain on the patient.
As an alternative it has been proposed tha... | {
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Computing appliances, e.g., computer systems, servers, networking switches and routers, wireless communication devices, and the like are typically comprised of a number of disparate elements. Such elements often include a processor, system control logic, a memory system, input and output interfaces, and the like. To fa... | {
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1. Field of Invention
The invention relates generally to the field of computer-assisted data manipulation and analysis. Specifically, in one exemplary aspect, the invention relates to methods and apparatus for collection and classification of data regarding an audience in a content-based network such as a cable televis... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to new and useful improvements for liquid pumps and more particularly, to high pressure pumps for delivering a stream of water or other liquid at high velocity for jet washing or cleaning of surfaces.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Sergeant U.S. Pat. No. 745,298 d... | {
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Conventionally, networks were protected from intrusions by attackers using authentication systems. However, as attackers have become more sophisticated, authentication systems have proven ineffective. In response, systems have been created to provide continuous real-time detection of attackers through deception. In par... | {
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Telephone systems allow users to conduct real time two-way voice communication. Traditional land-line based telephone systems connect one telephone set to another through one or more switching centers, operated by one or more telephone companies, over a land-line based telephone network. Traditionally, a telephone conn... | {
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1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to exercise devices. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a bicycle trainer.
2. Description of Related Art
Living in the highly competitive society for 21st century, people often busy at work and then overlook the importance of health. In order to do som... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention concerns structure of a coupling for pipe or tubing, in general. More specifically, it relates to a special coupling structure that is particularly applicable to the situation encountered in deep well operations where no torque or rotation may be applied during connection of the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a hybrid vehicle in which the engine drives a generator so as to generate the electric power for a driving motor and the output of the engine drives an electrical appliance such as an air conditioning system. More particularly, the present invention relates to ... | {
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In the past, many water treatment methods and apparatuses have been designed and developed. Some are used for the treatment of waste water, to prevent damage to the environment and others are for the purification of raw water, for the safety and health of humans or animals consuming the water. Raw water in this sense m... | {
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1. Field of the Disclosure
This disclosure relates generally to apparatus and methods for determination of real-time hole cleaning and quantification of drilled cuttings during drilling of wellbores.
2. Background of the Art
Wellbores (also referred to herein as “wells” or “boreholes”) are drilled in subsurface formati... | {
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A conventional transistor may be employed as a capacitor. A plurality of such transistors may be coupled to form an array of capacitors. However, a large amount of circuitry and additional process complexity are required to maintain a state of the capacitor array. Further, such a conventional transistor may not provide... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image-capturing module, in particular, to an image-capturing module for simplifying optical component.
2. Description of Related Art
A personal fingerprint is a unique bio-feature different from those of others. When used as a personal secret code, it is ext... | {
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As is well known, a wide variety of locks are available for use on doors. However, most of these use a cylinder type bolt look operated by a key. Combination locks are in limited use in applications that do not require a finished appearance, such as on a warehouse door, for instance. Of the hidden type locks, the key t... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to process surveillance and more particularly to a distributed system for analyzing data collected by reviewing work documents, inspecting work areas and passively observing work in progress.
2. Description of the Related Art
Present process surveillance systems t... | {
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The methods and systems disclosed herein relate to an explicit control messaging protocol. More specifically, a low-cost and low-power explicit control signaling for Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB2) and similar protocols is disclosed.
In its present state, USB2 utilizes the Link Power Management (LPM) system to issue co... | {
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This invention relates to the coating of steel sheet with a corrosion resistant nonferrous alloy. It relates particularly to a electrodeposited coating of a steel sheet with a zinc-manganese alloy.
It is well-known that steel sheet can be protected from corrosion by a nonferrous metallic coating, such as aluminum, tin ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor device having a package structure, and more particularly, relates to a semiconductor device having a WCSP type structure.
2. Description of the Background Art
The high integration of a semiconductor device mounted in an electronic device and the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an on-vehicle equipment provided on a side of a vehicle in dedicated short-range communication in intelligent transport system, in particular, an on-vehicle equipment which can firmly fix a desirable receive channel with high efficiency.
2. Description of Backg... | {
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The formulation of conditioning shampoos has been difficult because of several reasons. One problem is that anionic surfactants, which are desired for their excellent cleaning ability, are incompatible with cationic surfactants, which are desired for their hair conditioning properties.
Another problem is that water-ins... | {
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Blood vessel occlusions are commonly treated by mechanically enhancing blood flow in the affected vessels, such as by employing a stent. Stents act as scaffolding, functioning to physically hold open and, if desired, to expand the wall of affected vessels. Typically stents are capable of being compressed, so that they ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a pickup frame made of a composite material including a synthetic resin and a metal, an optical pickup device including such a pickup frame, and an optical information recording/reproduction apparatus including such an optical pickup device.
2. Description of t... | {
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The present invention relates a body for a valve and a method for manufacturing the same.
Conventionally, a body for a valve provided therein with a valve hole for inserting a valve member therein slidably can be obtained by molding rough material for a body formed with a rough hole to be finished as the valve hole, fl... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present application relates to a semiconductor structure and a method of forming the same. More particularly, the present application relates to a FinFET device and a method for making the same.
2. Related Art
For more than three decades, the continued miniaturization of metal oxide semico... | {
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In known can lids with a lid ring and a closing membrane arranged thereon, the discharge opening extends up to the vicinity of the outer rim so that after removing the closing membrane, usually formed as a tear film, only a narrow ring surface remains radially adjacent on the inside to the outer rim. After removing (pe... | {
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Joint replacement surgery is quite common and it enables many individuals to function properly when they otherwise would not be possible to do so. Such patients of joint replacement surgery typically suffer from osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Artificial joints usually comprise metallic, ceramic and/or plastic ... | {
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This invention relates generally to gas turbine engines and, more particularly, to gas turbine engine blade assemblies.
A gas turbine engine typically includes a plurality of turbine blade assemblies. Each assembly includes a turbine airfoil that extends radially outwardly from a platform, a shank that extends radially... | {
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This invention relates generally to hydraulic circuits, and more particularly to a hydraulic circuit for a bottom dump front shovel which offers more rapid apron closing and repositioning of the bucket to the digging position.
Hydraulic circuits incorporating interrupted series control valves have long been used in var... | {
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Rifamycins, which are a group of macrocylic hydroquinonequinone antibiotics having a close relationship to each other, are described in Antibiotics Annual, 262 (1959), Appl. Microbiol., 9, 325 (1961), and Progr. Ind. Microbiol, 6, 21 (1967).
Rifamycin derivatives have been prepared by the chemical conversion of rifamyc... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the “active implantable medical devices” as defined by the Jun. 20, 1990 Directive 90/385/EEC of the Council of European Communities, which includes implantable devices that continuously monitor the cardiac rhythm of a patient and deliver if and as necessary to the patient's h... | {
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Microwave devices such as electronically scanning antennas, phased array antennas, electronic down tilt antennas, electronically tunable filters, electronically tunable radar and tunable oscillators have been proposed for use, but their high costs have prevented widespread commercial implementation. The existence of lo... | {
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The present invention relates generally to monitoring inventory levels and, more particularly, to identifying types of products and determining a quantity of each of the types of products on a particular surface (e.g., hanging on a display hanger).
Typical inventory monitoring procedures may involve an employee using a... | {
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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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This invention relates in general to vehicle wheels and in particular to an improved method for producing a full face fabricated vehicle wheel.
A conventional fabricated vehicle wheel is typically of a two-piece construction and includes an inner disc and an outer xe2x80x9cfullxe2x80x9d rim. The disc can be cast, forge... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image reading device that employs a shading correction technique in an image reading operation, in particular shading correction performed in an image reading operation according to a sheet-through method, an image forming apparatus including the image readi... | {
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This application claims the priority of European patent document 09 005 827.2, filed Apr. 27, 2009, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.
The invention relates to a master clock generation unit for satellite navigation systems, and to a master clock generation system.
A master clock gen... | {
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The invention relates generally to lock assemblies, and more particularly to lock assemblies having an operating member recessed within the lock core.
Typically, a lock comprises a lock member, such as a latch for example, an operating member such as a handle, which is operable to release the latch, and an operating me... | {
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Electronic identification systems typically include two devices which are configured to communicate with one another. Preferred configurations of the electronic identification systems provide such communications via a wireless medium.
One such configuration is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/705,043, f... | {
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In a principal aspect the present invention relates to a tool for removal of a generally W-shaped drum brake spring by engagement and retraction of the spring from a drum brake shoe mounted in a brake housing of a vehicle.
The maintenance of drum brakes for vehicles typically requires that the drum brake pads be replac... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a pencil sharpener, and more particularly to an electric pencil sharpener.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional electric pencil sharpener includes a housing 1 having a partition 101, a cutting device 2 disposed in the housing 1, and a ... | {
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Computer networks are defined by their structure—bus, star, or some combination, and the organization of their bits—packets, continuous, or some combination.
Computer networks are almost always packet-based. That is because data is naturally bursty. A lot of data flows when a user opens a web page, but while he or she ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a heating apparatus which heats a substrate in a vacuum quickly, a heating method which employs the heating apparatus, and a semiconductor device manufacturing method employing the heating method.
2. Description of the Related Art
A semiconductor manufacturing ... | {
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A liquid crystal display device is classified, on the basis of an operation mode of liquid crystal, into PC (phase change), TN (twisted nematic), STN (super twisted nematic), BTN (bistable twisted nematic), ECB (electrically controlled birefringence), OCB (optically compensated bend), IPS (in-plane switching) and VA (v... | {
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In general, GaN based nitride semiconductor is applied to electronic devices that are high speed switching and high output devices such as blue and green light emitting diodes (LED), metal semiconductor field effect transistors (MESFET), and high electron mobility transistors (HEMT). In particular, the blue and green L... | {
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