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Patent App Num. |
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 Yarn storage feed device | 20130119177 | 20130516 |
 A storage feed device for a yarn which unwinds from a corresponding bobbin and is fed to a textile machine. The device includes a rotary or fixed drum and an optical sensor member arranged to sense the movement of the yarn towards the textile machine. The optical sensor includes a plurality of emitters and receivers between which a light beam is generated and is interrupted by the yarn during its movement. The optical sensor includes a first fixed part and a second fixed part which includes the emitter and receiver elements, the first part being coaxial with the rotary member, the second being annular and surrounding the first part, the yarn moving between the parts.
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| Cell separation using microchannel having patterned posts | 20130121895 | 20130516 |
 A micro flow device (11, 71) for separating or isolating cells from a bodily fluid or other liquid sample uses a flow path where straight-line flow is interrupted by a pattern of transverse posts (23, 81). The posts are spaced across the width of an expanded collection chamber region (17, 75) in the flow path, extending between the upper and lower surfaces thereof; they have rectilinear surfaces, being curved in cross-sections, e.g. circular or tear-drop shaped, and are randomly arranged so as to disrupt streamlined flow. The device is oriented so that its lower surface is aligned at about 45° to the horizontal. Sequestering agents, such as Abs, which are attached to surfaces of the collection region via a hydrophilic coating, preferably a permeable hydrogel containing... |
| Method and device for communication | 20130122887 | 20130516 |
 The present invention relates to a method for processing a channel conflict between services and a communication device. The method includes: when a service channel required by a first service initiated by a user is occupied, saving information required for processing the first service; and when the service channel is released, processing the first service according to the saved information required for processing the first service. By using the method or device, the case where a service is directly interrupted when a service channel is occupied is prevented, and user experience is enhanced.
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| Method and apparatus for checking a main memory of a processor | 20130124925 | 20130516 |
 A method and an apparatus for checking a main memory of a processor, which includes a cache memory and a plurality of registers. Before the memory test is carried out, a boot-up sequence which may be running at that time is interrupted, temporary data required for the memory test is written to at least one register and is held there, and the access from the cache memory to the main memory is activated. The main memory is accessed via the cache memory such that bit patterns are written to the cache memory and from there to the main memory, and are read out again from the main memory via the cache memory and are compared. The area of the main memory to be tested is larger... |
| Electrical disconnect with push-in connectors having a busbar | 20130115797 | 20130509 |
 An electrical disconnect includes a male housing having an enclosed contact and a female housing similarly having an enclosed contact. The contact in at least one of the housings includes a busbar to electrically couple a plurality of wires. Upon joining the disconnect, the contacts in the two housing engage to form as releasable connection. By including a busbar, multiple conductors in one of the housings may be coupled to a single conductor in the second housing. Additionally, by disconnecting the housing, each load in the circuit may be simultaneously interrupted as desired.
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| Connector for a fluid transport line of a medical device | 20130116629 | 20130509 |
| A connector for a fluid transport line of a medical device including: a first body having a first access port, a second access port, and a first fluid path extending through the first body and directly connecting, for fluid transport, the first access port and second access port; a second body, mountable to the first body, having a third access port, the second body being movable with respect to the first body between (i) a main operating position in which the first fluid path is interrupted and in which a second fluid path is defined and enabled from the first access port to the third access port, and (ii) an auxiliary operating position in which the first fluid path is enabled and in which the second... |
| Method for manufacturing mechanical components made of particularly wear-resistant austempered spheroidal cast iron | 20130105047 | 20130502 |
| performing a thermal treatment for interrupted quenching in a salt bath, comprising a step of cooling the mechanical components in a salt bath at a cooling rate that is higher than the critical rate and an isothermal holding step at a temperature comprised between 250° C. and 320° C. for a time comprised between 10 minutes and 60 minutes in order to obtain a matrix comprising metastable unsaturated austenite in a percentage comprised between 40% and 90% of the total.
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| Computer-readable storage medium, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method | 20130111093 | 20130502 |
| During a period from a time when an input coordinate is interrupted to a time when an interruption compensation period, which is set on the basis of a moving speed of the input coordinate, elapses, an example information processing apparatus determines that an operator continues an input operation, and performs coordinate complementation. Specifically, as the moving speed of the input coordinate increases, the interruption compensation period increases. Then, when the interruption compensation period elapses, the information processing apparatus determines that the operator has ended the input operation.
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| Conditioning agents for personal care compositions | 20130101541 | 20130425 |
| R3═CO(CH)2COOH or CO(CH2)2COOH.
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| Mild anionic surfactants suitable for personal care compositions | 20130102803 | 20130425 |
| wherein X and X1 are the same or different, and each is selected from NH4+, an alkali metal, or an H atom.
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| Elevator | 20130092479 | 20130418 |
| A car for an elevator, which is movable in an elevator shaft, has a car roof projecting at least partly beyond a drive unit. Arranged on the car roof in the region of the side facing the drive unit is a balustrade which has a handrail interrupted centrally in a drive receiving region. The balustrade has in the drive receiving region a bar which is arranged to be offset downwardly and inwardly relative to the handrail.
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| Dc-dc converter | 20130093407 | 20130418 |
| Disclosed is a DC-DC converter, including: a switch unit configured to generate output voltage for driving a load; an output voltage monitoring unit including a reference voltage generator generating reference voltage and a reference voltage capacitor maintaining the reference voltage when power of the reference voltage generator is interrupted and configured to generate a signal for setting the output voltage as the reference voltage; a switch controlling unit configured to control the switch unit by being operated in a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode or a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode by using the signal of the output voltage monitoring unit; and a mode determining and power interrupting unit configured to set an operating mode of the switch controlling unit as the PWM mode or the... |
| Method for load torque limitation of a working vehicle comprising a jib | 20130087522 | 20130411 |
| The invention relates to a method for the load torque limitation of a work vehicle comprising a jib, in particular a mobile crane comprising a multi-part, preferably hydraulically movable jib or telescoping jib, wherein on the basis of captured operating parameters of the work vehicle such as pressure, angle, length, configuration and the like from at least one multi-dimensional characteristic map a load value is determined and compared to a load limit value which is determined depending upon the captured operating parameters, wherein a warning is issued and/or the operation of the work vehicle is automatically interrupted when the actual load value exceeds the load limit value, wherein depending upon the captured operating parameters a value for a potential total energy of the work vehicle is... |
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| Dental materials with improved hydrolysis stability based on phthalic acid monomers | 20130090404 | 20130411 |
| with R1═H, methyl or a C1-C5 alkyl residue; R2═H, a phenyl, benzyl or C1-C8 alkyl residue; Q1=is absent or is a C1-C15 alkylene residue, wherein the carbon chain can be interrupted by O or S; Q2=is absent or a (n+1)-valent aliphatic C1-C20 residue, wherein the carbon chain can be interrupted by O or S and wherein Q1 and Q2 cannot be absent simultaneously; X=is absent, is O, S or (—CO—NR4—)—, wherein R4 is H, CH3 or C2H5; Y=is absent, is O, S or (—CO—NR5—)—, wherein R5 is H, CH3 or C2H5; n, m=independently of one another in each case mean 1, 2 or 3; R3═H, CH3, C2H5, Cl, Br or OCH3, and wherein the two carboxyl groups of the benzene ring can together form an anhydride... |
| Catalytic process for phospho-halogenation of fluorinated alcohols | 20130090489 | 20130411 |
| A process for manufacturing a polyfluroalkanoyl phosphorodichloridate comprising reacting a polyfluoroalkanol having the general formula Rf—CH2—OH, wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl group optionally interrupted by O, with at least 4 moles of POCl3 per mole of Rf—CH2—OH in the presence of 0.1 to 0.2 moles of LiCl catalyst per mole of Rf—CH2—OH at a temperature between 95° C. and 110° C. to form a phosphorodichloridate of the general formula Rf—CH2—O—P(O)Cl2.
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| Hybrid hydrodynamic and hydrostatic bearing bushing and lubrication system for rolling mill | 20130081438 | 20130404 |
| Rolling mill bearings incorporate bearing bushings with pluralities of hydrostatic pad recesses, that are preferably in conjunction hydrodynamic bearings also formed within the bushing. Each recess has an isolated lubricant passage that is adapted for coupling to a separate isolated source of pressurized lubricant. In some embodiments herein, the isolated pressurized lubricant source is supplied by a dedicated outlet of a pressure pump. In this manner each hydrostatic pad recess has a dedicated pressurized lubricant supply that is not interrupted by loss of lubricant pressure events in other bearing pads or elsewhere within the rolling mill lubrication system.
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| Method of achieving trip microstructure in steels by means of deformation heat | 20130081741 | 20130404 |
| In a first step of the method of achieving TRIP microstructure in steels by deformation heat, steel feedstock is heated to a temperature below the temperature at which austenite begins to form in the steel in question, i.e. below AC1. In a next step, the feedstock is formed into a final product, using applied severe plastic deformation whereby deformation energy causes the temperature of the material to increase to the final temperature between AC1 and AC3, and whereupon the ferrite-pearlite microstructure transforms into austenite. In a third or last process step, the final product is cooled down from the final temperature to the temperature of the bainite nose of the material (B). The cooling is then interrupted and the material is held at the temperature of... |
| Polymerizable compositions containing (meth)acrylate monomers having sulfide linkages | 20130082220 | 20130404 |
| In Formula (A), Y is O or S. Also in Formula (I), L2 is independently for each n a divalent optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group optionally interrupted with at least one of —O— and —S—, R1 is independently selected for each n from hydrogen and methyl, and n is from 2 to 6. The polymerizable compositions also may include a polymerization moderator. Also provided are polymerizates including photochromic articles and optical elements prepared from such polymerizable compositions.
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| Method and apparatus for recovering unicast traffic during ethernet ring failover | 20130083647 | 20130404 |
| The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for recovering unicast traffic during an Ethernet ring failover, solves the problem of interruption of the unicast traffic during the Ethernet ring failover. In embodiments of the present invention, because a network switch sets the broadcast flags of the ports in the loop of the Ethernet ring to the set state before completion of flushing of the MAC address table, if the broadcast flag of the destination port corresponding to the destination address in a unicast packet received by the network switch is in the set state, the network switch broadcasts the unicast packet. Therefore, the network switch in the loop of the Ethernet ring can recover the interrupted unicast traffic without waiting for completion of flushing... |
| Image forming apparatus capable of determining a condition of cartridge assembled therein | 20130084081 | 20130404 |
| An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a cartridge, and a CPU. The main casing includes a detection electrode. The cartridge accommodating therein toner is attachable to and detachable from the main casing, and has a cartridge electrode electrically connectable to the detection electrode, and a moving member supported to the cartridge electrode. The moving member is movable from a first position where an electrical connection between the cartridge electrode and the detection electrode is interrupted to a third position where the electrical connection is interrupted via a second position where the electrical connection is established. The CPU is configured to judge whether or not the assembled cartridge is a new cartridge. The CPU determines that the assembled cartridge is new when the electrical connection... |
| Portable electronic apparatus with antenna structure | 20130076575 | 20130328 |
| A portable electronic apparatus with antenna structure is disclosed. The portable electronic apparatus includes an apparatus casing, an antenna structure, and an electronic component. The apparatus casing has an accommodating space and an appearance casing. The antenna structure is disposed adjacent to the appearance casing. The electronic component is disposed in the accommodating space and leaks electromagnetic wave during operation. Thereby, even though the electronic component leaks electromagnetic wave toward the antenna structure, the invention can reduce the influence on the antenna structure by the leaked electromagnetic wave by disposing the antenna structure as away from the electronic component as possible. Therefore, the antenna structure still can work normally during the operation of the electronic component, which solves the problem that an antenna structure of a... |
| Pin bone remover | 20130078898 | 20130328 |
| A pin bone removing apparatus for removing pin bones from fish fillets includes a drive train and a rotatable cylinder head coupled to the drive train. The apparatus includes a torque limiter, which for a preset torque value will uncouple the rotatable cylinder head from the drive train. A method is also provided for removing pin bones from fish fillets, by pinching the pin bone in question between a rotating cylinder with recesses and a resilient tongue in contact with the cylinder. During the pinching, the pulling force is applied to the fish pin bone until the force reaches a preset level, at which the pulling is interrupted for a short period of time, unless the pin bone immediately comes loose, and if it does not... |
| Spinning machine and method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine | 20130067880 | 20130321 |
| A method for interrupting yarn production on a spinning machine is provided. The spinning machine has a spinning point having an inlet for a fiber material and an outlet for the yarn made from the fiber material, as well as a delivery device for feeding the fiber material into the spinning point, a take-off device for drawing off the yarn out of the spinning point, a winding device for winding up the produced yarn, and a yarn monitoring unit for monitoring at least one yarn parameter. The yarn production is interrupted upon detecting a defined deviation of the monitored yarn parameter from a target value, upon changing bobbins at the winding device, and/or prior to switching off the spinning machine. The feed speeds of the delivery... |
| Micro electro mechanical systems component | 20130068022 | 20130321 |
| Disclosed herein is a MEMS component. The MEMS component according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a plate-shaped membrane 110; a post 130 disposed under an edge 115 of the membrane 110; a stopper 140 disposed under the membrane 110 and disposed more inwardly than the post 130 so as to form a space 143 between the stopper 140 and the post 130; and a cap 150 disposed under the post 130 so as to cover the post 130, whereby the influence of disturbance or noise occurring from external environments or interference from surrounding sensors can be interrupted by using a predetermined region 145 of the membrane 110 disposed above the space 143.
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| Method for the double-side polishing of a semiconductor wafer | 20130072091 | 20130321 |
| A method of simultaneous double-side polishing of a front side and a rear side of at least one wafer composed of semiconductor material includes disposing each wafer in a respective suitably dimensioned cutout in a carrier plate. The at least one wafer is polished on the front side and on the rear side between an upper polishing plate covered with a first polishing pad and a lower polishing plate covered with a second polishing pad while supplying a polishing agent. A respective surface of each of the first and second polishing pads is interrupted by at least one respective channel-shaped depression running spirally from a center to an edge of the respective pad.
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| Antibacterial agents | 20130072520 | 20130321 |
| wherein R represents hydrogen or 1, 2 or 3 optional substituents; W is ═C(R1)— or ═N—; R1 is hydrogen or an optional substituent and R2 is hydrogen, methyl, or fluorine; or R1 and R2 taken together are —CH2—, —CH2CH2—, —O—, or, in either orientation, —O—CH2— or —OCH2CH2—; R3 is a radical of formula -(Alk1)m-(Z)p-(Alk2)n-Q wherein m, p and n are independently 0 or 1, provided that at least one of m, p and n is 1, Z is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, —S(O2)—, —NH—, —N(CH3)—, —N(CH2CH3)—, —C(═O)—, —O—(C═O)—, —C(═O)—O—, or an optionally substituted divalent monocyclic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radical having 3 to 6 ring atoms; or an optionally substituted divalent bicyclic heterocyclic radical having 5 to 10 ring atoms; Alk1 and Alk2 are optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylene,... |
| Energy-saving base station in a cellular telecommunication network | 20130064157 | 20130314 |
| An energy-saving base station in a telecommunication system. The base station includes a transceiver, a control processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable memory for storing an algorithm for controlling an energy-saving mode. The transceiver is configured to transmit a series of frame-structured signals in a cell served by the base station, each signal having a frame structure comprising a data region and an overhead part carrying at least synchronization or system information. In a normal mode, the signals are separated by a normal interval. When the base station enters the energy-saving mode, an interval between a first frame-structured signal and a next second frame-structured signal is increased from the normal interval to a longer energy-saving interval. The base station interrupts transmission of one or more third frame-structured... |
| System and method for recovering from an interrupted encryption and decryption operation performed on a volume | 20130067210 | 20130314 |
| Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with traditional approaches to encryption and decryption of data are provided. An information handling system may include a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The computer-readable medium may have instructions stored thereon, the instructions configured to, when executed by the processor: (i) periodically store, during an encryption or decryption operation performed on the computer-readable medium, one or more variables indicative of an encryption status of a volume of the computer-readable medium; (ii) determine, based on the one or more variables, whether the volume is in a partially encrypted or decrypted state; and (iii) in response to a determination that the volume is in a partially encrypted... |
| Printing system, control method of printing system, and storage medium | 20130057607 | 20130307 |
| When printing is to be performed on sheets by switching a plurality of sheet storage units and feeding the sheets, a user confirms, before the designated number of sheets is printed, whether the sheet matches a designated sheet type, and then instructs printing to be continued. Two or more sheet storage units among the plurality of sheet storage units are set as one group, and one sheet is conveyed from each of the two or more sheet storage units set as one group. An image is printed on the conveyed sheets which are then discharged to a sheet discharge unit, and printing is interrupted. If an instruction to continue the interrupted printing is received, control is performed to resume the interrupted printing.
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| Time-synchronized tdlas measurements of pressure and temperature in a gas turbine engine | 20130057864 | 20130307 |
| A method of absorption spectroscopy to determine a rapidly variable gas parameter. The method includes transmitting light from a synchronization light source to a synchronization detector. The transmitted light is periodically interrupted by a moving mechanical part between the synchronization light source and synchronization detector. The output from the synchronization detector is used to generate a repeating time signal having variable phase delay. This signal is used to control the timing of laser spectroscopy wavelength scans. Multiple spectroscopic scans may be repeated at multiple selected time signal phase delay and the results averaged for each phase. Apparatus for implementing the above methods are also disclosed.
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| Door opening or closing detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus | 20110013963 | 20110120 |
| A door opening or closing detecting device and an image forming apparatus including a shaft member which is provided to a housing slidably along one end of a door, and urged to be brought into pressure contact with a pressing member through a pressure contact member, the shaft member being slid by the pressing member which moves with opening/closing of the door. The opening/closing of the door is detected by a detecting portion according to sliding of the shaft member, and a power supply is interrupted by a switch portion. The door opening or closing detecting apparatus and the image forming apparatus are capable of reliably detecting the opening/closing of the door and appropriately interrupting the power supply while achieving space saving and reduction in size... |
| Protocol coexistence | 20110013612 | 20110120 |
| A communication device having: a first communication unit for transmitting and/or receiving by a first protocol acknowledgements for data received by the device; a second communication unit for transmitting data units of a second protocol, the first and second protocols being such that the data units of the second protocol can interfere with the acknowledgements of the first protocol; and a controller configured to control the device such that, when a data unit of the second protocol is being transmitted by the second communication unit and the first communication unit is to transmit or receive an acknowledgement of the first protocol: the second communication unit interrupts the transmission of the data unit of the second protocol, the first communication unit transmits or receives the acknowledgement of... |
| System and method for providing a stable and tamper proof communication between a vehicle, a vehicle related unit, and a remote system | 20110013510 | 20110120 |
| Systems and methods for providing a stable communication between a vehicle's on-board connectivity layer include at least one vehicle located communication node and at least one vehicle associatable communication node, and an off-board connectivity layer including at least one remote system located communication node, wherein each communication node communicates with at least one other communication node over a communication connection, and in case the communication connection to the at least one communication node is disturbed or interrupted, a communication connection to another communication node is established.
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| Apparatus, system and method for image processing | 20110013216 | 20110120 |
| The system according to the present invention includes: a portable storage medium which can store data and job data regarding a job to be executed by the image processing apparatus; an information processing apparatus which can record and read the job data in the portable storage medium to be executed by the image processing apparatus; and at least one image processing apparatus which can read and update the job data stored in the portable storage medium. The image processing apparatus reads the job data stored in the portable storage medium and executes image processing based on the job data. In addition, when the job data is interrupted during its execution, the image processing apparatus can add data which indicates that the job is interrupted in the... |
| Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method | 20110013215 | 20110120 |
| A printer includes a communicating unit that receives a print job being a unit of execution of a printing process of a first printing protocol and a second printing protocol. The first printing protocol contains a series of process instructions and print data that allow the printing process to be performed from an interrupted point when the printing process is resumed after being interrupted. The printer also includes a print processing unit that performs the printing process by executing the print job, and a priority processing unit that preferentially selects a print job of the first printing protocol related to the interrupted printing process when receiving a print job of the first printing protocol related to the interrupted printing process and a print job of the... |
| Semiconductor integrated circuit | 20110012656 | 20110120 |
| During a period of preparation for actual operation, a reference clock is supplied to both a comparison clock input portion and a feedback clock input portion of a phase comparator while a feedback loop of a PLL (phase-locked loop) is interrupted, and a delay of a reset signal within the phase comparator is adjusted so as to reduce a detection dead zone of phase differences in the phase comparator.
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| Drenching showerhead | 20110011953 | 20110120 |
| A showerhead with multiple modes of operation may include a first turbine and a second turbine, each disposed within a unique flow channel. The first and second turbines may interrupt water flow through their respective flow channels, thereby providing at least one pulsating water spray emanating from the showerhead. The showerhead may include a third flow channel having no turbine disposed therein, such that water flowing through the third flow channel is not interrupted and thus emitted from the showerhead as a drenching spray.
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| Tension-activated fluid bypass device | 20110011588 | 20110120 |
| A fluid bypass tool that can be incorporated into a fishing arrangement between a fluid-operated latching tool and a fluid-operated jarring tool. The latching tool is actuated with fluid from the surface to be latched to and unlatched from a stuck tool in the wellbore. The bypass tool permits fluid flow to the latching tool to be interrupted so that the jarring tool may be operated without risk of inadvertently causing the latching tool to unlatch from the stuck tool.
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| Method for re-establishment of multimedia content | 20110010743 | 20110113 |
| The invention concerns a method for recording and reestablishing a multimedia content including the following steps: transmission of a multimedia content to a mobile terminal (107) is interrupted at a given time, a terminal (107, 108, 109) transmits to a server (110) a request for reestablishment of the content, the server (110) transmits in return to the terminal (107, 108, 109) the multimedia content based on the time of interruption of the transmission of the content.
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| Resuming a previously interrupted peer-to-peer synchronization operation | 20110010467 | 20110113 |
| A method of synchronizing data between two devices can include starting, in a first device, a first synchronization operation comprising transmitting a first data set to be received by a second device, the first data set comprising changes to multiple different data elements in the first device that have occurred since a prior successful synchronization operation between the first device and the second device; receiving at least one of separate acknowledgements for each of the multiple different data elements, each such acknowledgement indicating that a change to one of the multiple different data elements in the first device has been applied to a corresponding data element in the second device; and when the first synchronization operation is interrupted, initiating a second synchronization operation to synchronize the... |
| Robot control system | 20110010006 | 20110113 |
| A robot control system has a portable operating device TP and a robot control device RC. The portable operating device TP is actuated by a rechargeable secondary battery and used to operate a robot R. The robot control device RC is capable of wireless communication with the portable operating device TP and performs automatic operation of the robot R based on teaching data provided by the portable operating device TP. The robot control system causes an emergency stop of the robot R when the wireless communication between the portable operating device TP and the robot control device RC is interrupted. The robot control system further includes a charging device CU, a connection monitoring section 12, and an automatic operation continuing section 11. The charging device CU... |
| Process for the preparation of 1-alkyl glycerol ethers | 20110009676 | 20110113 |
| in which R is an unbranched or branched C1- to C24-alkyl group, where the alkyl group may be substituted with one or more hydroxy and/or C1- to C4-alkoxy group(s) and/or the alkyl chain may be interrupted by up to four oxygen atoms, is added to: (x) a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms; (y) an ester of a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms; and/or (z) an anhydride of a carboxylic acid having 1-10 carbon atoms. The low-water reaction mixture containing a catalytic amount of a strong acid is reacted at a temperature of more than 40° C. to give an acylated alkyl glycerol ether; and (b) the acylated alkyl glycerol ether is reacted in order to obtain the alkyl glycerol ether of the formula (I).
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| Systems, methods, and devices for policy-based control and monitoring of use of mobile devices by vehicle operators | 20110009107 | 20110113 |
| Systems, methods, and devices for controlling and limiting use of functions, such as calling, texting, chatting, emailing, Internet surfing, and similar applications, on a mobile device when the mobile device is in a moving vehicle, includes use of an on-board computer installed within the vehicle, a transmitter in electronic communication with the on-board computer that periodically transmits speed data of the vehicle to a receiver installed on the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes suitable software and a rules-based policy that define and control when and which functions of the mobile device are disabled or interrupted by the software when the vehicle is in motion above a minimum threshold speed. Policies are set by default but may be customized for particular individuals, devices, or circumstances.... |
| Power node switching center with active feedback control of power switches | 20110007432 | 20110113 |
| A circuit fault detector and interrupter which consists of parallel current conduction paths, including a path through a mechanical contactor and a path through a power electronics switch having active feedback control. A fault can be detected by a fault detection circuit within 50 microseconds of the occurrence of the fault, causing the mechanical contactor to be opened and the fault current to be commutated via a laminated, low-inductance bus through the power electronics switch. The power electronics switch is thereafter turned off as soon as possible, interrupting the fault current and absorbing the inductive energy in the circuit. The fault current can be interrupted within 200 microseconds of the occurrence of the fault, and the device reduces or eliminates arcing when the mechanical contactor is... |
| Wake-up receiver and wake-up method using duty cycling and power off technique | 20110006824 | 20110113 |
| Provided is a low-power wake-up receiver that is sensitive to electric waves, by which power consumed by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver of a sensor node in a ubiquitous sensor network (USN) is minimized. A wake-up receiver waking up a main transceiver includes a duty cycle signal generation unit controlling a duty cycle of a duty cycle signal; a burst signal detection unit receiving an input signal including a burst signal and a data signal based on the duty cycle signal, amplifying the input signal, and, if the amplified input signal is the burst signal, outputting a control signal; and a data signal detection unit re-amplifying the amplified input signal based on the control signal, and, if the re-amplified input signal is the data signal, outputting... |
| Control device and control method for control valve | 20110006233 | 20110113 |
| A control device includes an opening detecting means 17 which detects the opening of a control valve 9 driven by an electric actuator 11. A control element 21 sets the target opening of the control valve 9, thereby to control the electric actuator 11 in accordance with a deviation between the target opening and the detected opening. In the case where a predetermined necessary condition containing at least a condition for the absolute value of the deviation to be smaller than a predetermined value is satisfied, power to the electric actuator 11 is interrupted to prevent the electric actuator 11 from generating a driving force. This reduces situations where the driving force to be applied from the electric actuator to the control valve fluctuates finely to... |
| Method and apparatus for the disconnection of a fuel cell | 20110003220 | 20110106 |
| The invention relates to a method for the disconnection of a fuel cell (1) with a plurality of cells (11) connected in series, wherein at least two reaction gases are supplied during operation, and the supply of at least one reaction gas is interrupted after operation, and the reaction gas remaining at least in one of the cells (11) is consumed by the current generated by the reaction gases in the cell (11) being dissipated via at least one consumer (13), and to an apparatus for implementing the method. For the complete and controlled consumption of the reaction gases remaining in the individual cells (11), the invention provides that at least one consumer (13) is connected via at least one switching element (14) per cell (11)... |
| Wicking layer for managing moisture distribution in a fuel cell | 20110003217 | 20110106 |
| An exemplary device for managing moisture content within a fuel cell includes a reactant distribution plate having a plurality of members that establish reactant flow channels that are open on at least one side of the plate. A wicking layer is against the one side of the plate. The wicking layer includes a first portion that is uninterrupted and covers over at least some of the channels. A second portion of the wicking layer extends along ends of at least some of the members such that sections of the channels coextensive with the second portion are open toward the one side.
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| Centrifugal pump for de-watering | 20110002769 | 20110106 |
| A method of de-watering during intermittent dry running periods with a self-priming centrifugal pump is presented. Centrifugal pumps, as opposed to diaphragm pumps, are advantageous because they are less expensive and can provide greater capacity. The shaft seals are sensitive, however, to frictional heating when water flow is interrupted. In some situations, this fractional heating may desiccate self-priming. The inventive concept provides a continuous stream of pressurized water moving through the pump to cool the seal and sustain priming capability without substantially impairing the ability of the pump to resume wet operation.
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| Wireless receiver | 20110002427 | 20110106 |
| A wireless receiver including receiving antennas, frequency-space transformers, noise wave removers, a back-end signal processor, a pattern detector, a broadcast interruption detector, and a back-end controller. The frequency-space transformers convert signals received by the antennas into frequency-space signals. The noise wave removers each at least perform the calculation of a transmission line coefficient matrix and the calculation of an inter-antenna covariance matrix on the frequency-space signals. A controller controls the back-end signal processor to operate when the multicarrier transmission waves have been detected to be interrupted. The noise wave removers each perform the calculation of the inter-antenna covariance matrix when a broadcast interruption detector has detected the interruption of the multicarrier airwaves. Thus, the wireless receiver removes noise generated within it, thereby having high reception sensitivity.
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| Printing apparatus and control method of executing check printing | 20110002001 | 20110106 |
| A printing apparatus that facilitate a checking operation of printed matter during printing and can avoid deterioration of quality of the printed matter. A printer unit executes a printing process according to an inputted print job. A determination unit determines, when the print job is interrupted during the printing process of the printer unit, whether the interruption requires a check printing. A control unit controls the printer unit to execute the check printing after removing the interruption of the print job using print data of the print job when the determination unit determines that the interruption requires the check printing.
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| Method and apparatus for recovering sessions | 20100332836 | 20101230 |
| A method for recovering sessions includes storing, by a client, session information after a session is established between the server and the client. When the session needs to be recovered upon interruption, the client sends all state information before interruption of the session and the session information to the server, and the server recovers the session upon the received session information and all state information before interruption of the session. After a session is interrupted, the server does not need to store any session-related information, thus saving the resources of the server, and all information about the previous session can be recovered completely.
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| Immuno inhibitory pyrazolone compounds | 20100331342 | 20101230 |
| Compounds of formula (IA) or (IB) are inhibitors of CD80 and useful in immunomodulation therapy: wherein Ar represents an optionally substituted monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic group having from 5 to 10 ring atoms; R1 and R2 independently represent H, or C1-C6 alkyl; R3 represents H; F; Cl; Br; —NO2; —CN; C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted by F or CI; or C1-C6 alkoxy optionally substituted by F; R4 represents a carboxylic acid group (—COOH) or an ester thereof, or —C(═O)NR6R7, —NR7C(═O)R6, —NHC(═O)NR7R6 or —NHC(═S)NR7R6 wherein R6 represents H, or a radical of formula -(Alk)m-Q wherein m is 0 or 1, Alk is an optionally substituted divalent straight or branched C1-C12 alkylene, or C2-C12 alkenylene, or C2-C12 alkynylene radical or a divalent C3-C12 carbocyclic radical, any of... |
| Process for the stable gene interruption in clostridia | 20100330678 | 20101230 |
| The present invention is related to a new method for interrupting multiple DNA sequences in Clostridia, even in genes recognized to be essential for the optimal growth of Clostridii by using a counter-selectable marker that would pinpoint the cells that have lost the plasmid and acquired a modified function that permits survival without the interrupted gene. This method is easy to perform and applicable at an industrial level. This method is useful to modify several genetic loci in Clostridia in a routine manner. This method is based on a replicative vector carrying at least two marker genes.
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| Developing unit having guide that stably supports toner cartridge | 20100329734 | 20101230 |
| A developing device includes a developer cartridge and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a first guide and a second guide. The second is movable with respect to the developing frame between a first position where the second guide is in continuous with the first guide and a second position where a continuous state of the second guide with the first guide is interrupted. The developer cartridge includes a developer frame that accommodates a developer and a first guided member movable with respect to the developer frame. The first guide and the second guide at the first position guide the first guided member in the course of attaching the developer cartridge to the developing unit. When an attachment of the developer cartridge to the developing... |
| Switchboard with ups and horizontal busbars | 20100328851 | 20101230 |
| A switchboard including at least four conductors of horizontal configuration, the conductors secured to the switchboard to maintain the horizontal configuration, wherein at least one of the four conductors of horizontal configuration is an AC PEN (23) and at least one of the four conductors of horizontal configuration is a DC ground; at least one uninterrupted power supply and battery mounted in the switchboard and operatively connected to the DC ground (23); and at least one uninterrupted power supply and battery mounted in the switchboard and operatively connected to the AC ground (23).
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| Electric circuit breaker apparatus for vehicle | 20100328014 | 20101230 |
| An electric circuit breaker apparatus is used in a vehicle including an electric circuit having a converter and a storage battery. The electric circuit breaker apparatus interrupts power supply from the storage battery to the converter when a collision of the vehicle is detected. The electric circuit breaker apparatus includes a power supply circuit breaker driven by a low explosive type actuator, which is actuated when a collision of the vehicle is detected. Actuation of the power supply circuit breaker interrupts a power supply path connecting a positive terminal of the storage battery to the converter and grounds a portion of the power supply path closer to the converter than the interrupted portion.
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| Panel for a motor vehicle | 20100327621 | 20101230 |
| A panel, preferably made of plastic, for a vehicle, in particular for a motor vehicle comprises a U-shaped passage for the reception of a seal which has a first sealing lip which contacts a first limb of the U-shaped passage in an uninterrupted manner and comprises a second sealing lip which contacts the second limb of the U-shaped passage. To improve the sealing effect, the second sealing lip contacts the second limb of the U-shaped passage in an uninterrupted manner.
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| Brake pedal simulator and brake system | 20100326778 | 20101230 |
| A brake pedal simulator for a brake system of a motor vehicle has a chamber with hydraulic fluid which is limited by a first piston coupled to a brake pedal, a second piston having restoring means for producing a restoring force, and a third piston driving a pressure transducer. The first and second pistons are functionally connected together by the hydraulic fluid when a first valve is open to transmit the restoring force to the first piston upon movement against the hydraulic fluid. This first functional connection is interrupted when the first valve is closed. The first and second pistons are functionally connected together by the hydraulic fluid when a second valve is open to transmit movement of the first piston to the third piston. This... |
| Method for automatically engaging a parking lock of an automatic or automated gearbox of a motor vehicle | 20100326148 | 20101230 |
| A method of automatically engaging a parking lock or an automatic or automated gearbox of a motor vehicle, which can be engaged depending on a drive position selected by the driver of the motor vehicle, by way of a selector device and depending on other operating parameters. In order to achieve as little restriction of the drivability of the motor vehicle as possible, without neglecting the safety of the driver and surroundings, two different complex embodiments of an Auto_P function for automatically engaging the parking lock are proposed, if the motor vehicle is at least approximately stopped and, at the same time, an ignition circuit acting on the drive motor of the motor vehicle is electrically interrupted.
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| Rotor for use in a wind turbine, and method for making the rotor | 20090324412 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a rotor for use in a wind turbine with two or more fibre-reinforced plastic vanes and a hub which can rotate about an axis of rotation, the rotatable hub and the plastic vanes being combined to form a component which is composed of walls made from fibre-reinforced plastic. It is preferable for the walls, in any cross section, to be provided with uninterrupted, continuous reinforcing fibres. The invention also comprises a method for making the rotor.
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| Asynchronous data fifo that provides uninterrupted data flow | 20090323728 | 20091231 |
| An asynchronous FIFO is provided that determines whether its buffer is primed with at least one data element during a data transfer across clock domains in order to eliminate metastability issues that cause data stalls and interruptions in data flow.
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| Interrupting use of frequency layer convergence scheme | 20090323624 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is directed to interrupting use of a frequency layer convergence scheme that favors selection of a cell on a preferred frequency of a joined point-to-multipoint service. Specifically, a mobile terminal that has joined a point-to-multipoint service having a preferred frequency uses a frequency layer convergence scheme for selecting a cell. The frequency layer convergence scheme favors the selection of a cell on the preferred frequency layer. However, use of the frequency layer convergence scheme is interrupted upon an occurrence of a trigger.
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| Apparatus and method for connecting interrupted recording | 20090323489 | 20091231 |
| An optical recording device records data on an optical storage medium. The device generates a data-interrupted address and reconnects the interrupted data from a data-reconnecting address so as to enable further correct reading of the interrupted data. The device comprises an addressing module for providing a reference address on the storage medium as a reference address; a recording-interrupted generator for detecting a recording-interrupted condition and generating a recording-interrupted signal; a data recording module for recording and suspending recording the data according to the recording-interrupted signal, and reconnecting the data according to a data-reconnecting address and the reference address; a data-interrupted address generator for generating the data-interrupted address; a data-reconnecting address generator for generating the data-reconnecting address.
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| Plug-in housing module | 20090323255 | 20091231 |
| A plug-in housing module for forming an especially explosion-proof switchgear/distribution panel with a number of plug-in points contacts electrical connection devices when occupying its plugged-in position, and is detachably fixed to carrier rails or the like of a frame of the switchgear/distribution panel in the plugged-in position. The aim of the invention is to improve such a plug-in housing module in such a way that, without switching the entire panel off circuit, a plug-in housing module can be easily inserted into a corresponding plug-in point or removed therefrom even by an untrained person. To this end, the plug-in housing module comprises at least one switching device which is accessible from the outside for switching between a locking position and a release position and which, in the... |
| Dental handpiece performance sensor | 20090322541 | 20091231 |
| Operation of a handpiece is sensed, such as by detecting temperature and/or vibration associated with one or more of the bearing rings supporting the turbine in the handpiece. When operation exceeds a threshold, a visual or audible indication is provided, and power to the turbine may be interrupted. The sensor(s) may be built into the handpiece, or be part of a removable girdle placed on the handpiece. Typically, the handpiece is used for dental or medical applications.
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| Electromagnetic machine with magnetic gap channels | 20090322173 | 20091231 |
| An electromagnetic machine has a moving component, a stationary component, and a support component coupling the moving and stationary components in physical and electromagnetic proximity. The stationary component is a wound coil of insulated, electrically conductive tape defining a side face which has a plurality of spaced apart channels in it. The coil carries an electric current so that its opposite faces are north and south electromagnet pole faces and these pole faces are interrupted with spaced apart channels. The moving component is made up of a plurality of permanent magnets arranged in north-to-south pole alignment sequence and spaced apart. Non-magnetic pole surfaces of the magnets are positioned in close mutual proximity to the coil pole face. Electromotive forces are produced by electromagnetic interaction between the... |
| Bolometer and method of producing a bolometer | 20090321644 | 20091231 |
| A bolometer includes a membrane, a first spacer and a second spacer, the membrane including resistive and contact layers. At a side facing a foundation, the contact layer has a first contact region at which the first spacer electrically contacts the contact layer, and a second contact region at which the second spacer electrically contacts the contact layer. In this manner, the membrane is kept at a predetermined distance to the foundation. The contact layer is laterally interrupted by a gap, so that the contact layer is subdivided at least into two parts, the first part including the first contact region, and the second part including the second contact region, and no direct connection existing within the contact layer from the first contact region to the... |
| Rail arrangement for guiding a fitting inside guiding rails particularly in aircrafts | 20090321606 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a rail arrangement for coupling a displaceable element to a support structure, wherein the rail arrangement comprises a guiding rail and a fitting. In this arrangement the fitting is connectable to the displaceable element, and the guiding rail is connectable to the support structure. The fitting is arranged in the guiding rail in such a way that the fitting can be displaced in longitudinal direction of the guiding rail; wherein the guiding rail is formed as an open-top hollow profile with a rail base. In this arrangement the rail base comprises at least one elevation that extends upwards (i.e. towards the open-top). The fitting comprises a bottom surface which in longitudinal direction is interrupted by a continuous groove, wherein the form of... |
| Architecture for local programming of quantum processor elements using latching qubits | 20090319757 | 20091224 |
| An architecture for a quantum processor may include a set of superconducting flux qubits operated as computation qubits and a set of superconducting flux qubits operated as latching qubits. Latching qubits may include a first closed superconducting loop with serially coupled superconducting inductors, interrupted by a split junction loop with at least two Josephson junctions; and a clock signal input structure configured to couple clock signals to the split junction loop. Flux-based superconducting shift registers may be formed from latching qubits and sets of dummy latching qubits. The devices may include clock lines to clock signals to latch the latching qubits. Thus, latching qubits may be used to program and configure computation qubits in a quantum processor.
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| Method and system for managing port statuses of a network device and relay device | 20090316572 | 20091224 |
| A method, a system for managing port status of a network device, and a relay device are provided in the field of network management. The method includes the following steps. A relay device detects working status of ports in a logic group, and the ports are mounted on the relay device and connected to an upstream/downstream device. When it is detected that the working status of a port in the logic group is Down, the relay device sets the working status of the other ports in the logic group as Down, so that the upstream/downstream device of the relay device switches a terminal service to a standby link according to the ports' Down status in the logic group being detected. The relay device includes a detecting... |
| Reading method, image forming method, computer program product | 20090316233 | 20091224 |
| An image reading apparatus is configured to stop a scanning unit and a feeding unit when reading is interrupted, move a reading position of the scanning unit from a home position in a sub-scanning direction and stop it, read an original for a predetermined area including an acceleration distance while the reading position of the scanning unit is moved in a direction opposite to the sub-scanning direction, move the reading position of the scanning unit in the sub-scanning direction and return the scanning unit to the home position after the reading is finished, and activate the feeding unit to start reading the original when the reading is restarted.
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| Image formation apparatus and method, and recording medium | 20090316179 | 20091224 |
| The present invention relates to an image formation apparatus that discards a job on elapse of an auto clear time. In the case a job is interrupted due to an insufficient balance to pay the fee for the job, the image formation apparatus judges whether the cause of the interruption can be eliminated in a short time or it takes a long time to be eliminated. If the cause takes a long time to be eliminated, the image formation apparatus extends the auto clear time to prevent the job from being discarded for the reason that the user does not have enough time to pay an additional fee.
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| Display device | 20090316090 | 20091224 |
| A light-blocking film is formed by a resin, is formed on a surface of a first substrate that is closer to a second substrate continuously without being interrupted along a side edge of the first substrate, and is formed extending from an outer edge of a display region to the side edge of the first substrate. The first substrate is formed to be thinner than the second substrate. A region having a uniform surface height is formed on the surface of the first substrate that is closer to the second substrate along the side edge of the first substrate.
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| Transfer device for a transport system | 20090314610 | 20091224 |
| The invention relates to a transfer system (12) for a transport system (1) having at least one conveyor track (3, 4, 5) for objects to be conveyed (2), with a base frame (15), with a transfer device (16) comprising a lifting frame (17), a drive mechanism (18) retained on it as well as at least one conveyor means (19) and at least one lifting mechanism (20). The lifting mechanism (20) comprises a lifting rocker (22), which is mounted so as to be reversibly displaceable on the base frame (15) relative to an axis (23) from a non-operating position into a retaining position. The lifting rocker (22) has a rocker track (24), which is disposed at a different distance (25) from it in the direction perpendicular to... |
| Failover enabled telemetry systems | 20090313497 | 20091217 |
| The present invention discloses several techniques for providing failover in telemetry systems. The invention allows the continuous and uninterrupted connection between gathering units and a central data collection server, thereby ensuring the proper operation of telemetry systems.
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| Method for controlling the operation of a device for dispensing hot liquid | 20090312879 | 20091217 |
| A beverage maker (1) for making a hot beverage comprises a boiler (30) for heating a quantity of water, and a pump (40). When the beverage maker (1) is operated, a heating element (32) of the boiler (30) is activated, and the water inside the boiler (30) is heated. When the temperature of the water has reached a predetermined value, a thermostat (63) which is arranged in an electronics circuit (41) for energizing the pump (40) is closed, and a pumping action is started. As a result, water exits the boiler (30), and passes a thermostat (62) which is arranged downstream of the boiler (30), and which is arranged in an electronics circuit (34) for energizing the heating element (32). Under the influence of the hot... |
| Compact transmission preventing a vehicle from moving backward on a slope | 20090312133 | 20091217 |
| A compact transmission includes a clutch unit for controlling power transmitted from a bevel gear unit coupled to an output shaft of an engine. The clutch unit includes a subsidiary forward clutch part including friction plates coupled to an inner peripheral surface of an axle housing of the clutch unit; a subsidiary coupling coupled to a backward coupling through a one-way bearing; friction disks coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the subsidiary coupling, the friction plates and the friction disks being arranged alternately; and a piston disposed on one side of the friction plates and the friction disks. When a vehicle moves backwardly on an upward slope, an application of hydraulic pressure to a forward clutch part is interrupted and hydraulic pressure is applied to... |
| Apparatus and method for monitoring at least one fluorescent lamp | 20090309518 | 20091217 |
| An apparatus for monitoring at least one fluorescent lamp, in particular in an explosion-hazard area, which fluorescent lamp has a lamp tube with electrodes arranged at its ends in the form of filaments, and has a ballast, is improved in order to avoid an excessive temperature increase while maintaining the appropriate explosion protection in that the monitoring apparatus has at least one temperature measurement device, associated with a filament, and an electronic interruption device, by means of which interruption device the power supply can be interrupted by means of the ballast on reaching a predetermined critical temperature. The invention likewise relates to a corresponding method for monitoring at least one fluorescent lamp, in particular in an explosion-hazard area. In this method, the temperature is first of... |
| Flexible pipe having integrated end fittings | 20090309356 | 20091217 |
| A flexible pipe comprising a flexible cylindrical tubular pipe body connected at each of its ends to a rigid connector end fitting in the form of a sleeve. The wall of the pipe body is mechanically reinforced by at least one traction layer of filaments of small thickness, presenting high traction strength, that are wound helically about the longitudinal axis of the pipe. The traction layer is composed of an array of uninterrupted filaments interconnecting the two end fittings alternately in one direction and then in the other direction, while being fastened on the end fittings.
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| Gasket, particularly for the burner of a boiler | 20090309315 | 20091217 |
| A gasket, particularly for a burner of a boiler, comprising at least one conductor, which extends along the entire gasket and is connected to a control unit, which comprises means for generating a flow of electric current in the conductor and control means adapted to emit a signal if the flow is interrupted, the conductor being made of a material that melts in case of a rise in temperature caused by a leak of the gas contained in the boiler.
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| Diverter | 20090308713 | 20091217 |
| A diverter (1) for the selective connection of three guide means for the guided movement of at least one object (50) includes a first, a second and a third guide-means section (10, 20, 30) having in each case at least one guide surface (12, 13, 22, 23, 32, 33), and an actuating means (40) which can assume at least two positions. The actuating means (40) includes at least one actuating element (42, 42′) which can be moved between a first position and a second position perpendicularly with respect to the transport plane (T) which is defined by the guide-means sections (10, 20, 30). In the first position, an at least largely uninterrupted connection exists between at least one guide surface (12, 13, 22, 23) of the... |
| Cover for modules of fibrous material | 20090308510 | 20091217 |
| A cover for a module of fibrous material consists of a top member; a first side wall member with a first gap at its midpoint; a second side wall member with a second gap at its midpoint; first and second end wall members; a channel running along the bottom edge of the wall members and interrupted by the firs and second gaps; a first support strap at the midpoint of the first side wall member and within the first gap; a second support strap at the midpoint of the second side wall member and within the second gap; a securing strap having first and second ends and running through the channel, said securing strap supported by the first and second support straps as it passes through... |
| Trench process and structure for backside contact solar cells with polysilicon doped regions | 20090308438 | 20091217 |
| A solar cell includes polysilicon P-type and N-type doped regions on a backside of a substrate, such as a silicon wafer. An interrupted trench structure separates the P-type doped region from the N-type doped region in some locations but allows the P-type doped region and the N-type doped region to touch in other locations. Each of the P-type and N-type doped regions may be formed over a thin dielectric layer. Among other advantages, the resulting solar cell structure allows for increased efficiency while having a relatively low reverse breakdown voltage.
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| Rollover car wash for large vehicles | 20090308417 | 20091217 |
| A vehicle washer of the rollover type especially suitable for washing large vehicles such as buses and trucks. The washer includes an overhead carriage moving along an overhead guide rail structure and including opposed L-shaped spray arms adapted to wash top and side surfaces of the vehicle as the carriage moves along the guide rail and move in butterfly fashion as the carriage reaches a respective end of the vehicle whereby to wash that end of the vehicle. A recirculating arrangement insures that the hot water arriving at the carriage from the equipment room is at a predetermined hot temperature; a flexible carrier folds and unfolds in a trough along the rail structure and threadably receives the various supply conduits to provide effective transport of the... |
| Laundry dryer and method for controlling the same | 20090307921 | 20091217 |
| A laundry dryer and a method for controlling the same capable of removing or preventing wrinkles or creases of clothes and the like are disclosed. The laundry dryer includes a selectively rotatable drum, a hot air heater which heats air to supply hot air having a high temperature into the drum, a steam generator which generates steam to supply the steam into the drum, and a safety valve which discharges the steam to an outside when steam flow is interrupted.
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| Communication device provided with arp function | 20090307371 | 20091210 |
| A communication device includes: an address administration unit that manages data link layer addresses; and an ARP processing unit that processes an ARP protocol. The ARP processing unit includes an ARP receiving unit, an ARP transmitting unit, a duplication detecting unit, a duplication notification generating unit and an update GARP generating unit. The update GARP generating unit transmits a GARP and thereby updates the ARP tables of the communication devices on the same network, in order to solve a problem in which communication is interrupted.
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| Stream complexity mapping | 20090307368 | 20091210 |
| Stream complexity mapping enables substantially uninterrupted transmission of a highest compatible bit rate of a stream of media to a client via a network connection. Stream complexity data may include complexity information for each period of a stream of media. The stream complexity data may be associated with the stream of media. The stream complexity data may be analyzed to enable a preemptive transition to a new stream of media having a new bit rate and/or expanding a buffer capacity to provide uninterrupted streaming media for complex portions of a variable bit rate stream of media.
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| Client side stream switching | 20090307367 | 20091210 |
| Client side stream switching enables substantially uninterrupted transmission of a highest compatible bit rate of a stream of media to a client via a network connection. The client may include one or more buffers for receiving the stream of media. Attributes including the buffer activity and a bandwidth of the network connection may be monitored by a streaming module to determine an alternative bit rate of the stream of media. The stream of media may be transitioned from the first bit rate to the alternative bit rate without an interruption of the stream of media to provide the client with the highest compatible bit rate based on the monitored attributes.
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| Fault tolerance in a client side pre-boot execution | 20090307340 | 20091210 |
| A mechanism for uninterrupted booting of a client computer coupled to a pre-boot execution server computer over a network is provided. The client computer has at least two or more network interface cards. A network bootstrap file is downloaded from the server computer to the client computer. The network bootstrap file is configured to monitor the booting process of the client computer. On detection that the network interface card has failed to transmit or receive packets, the network bootstrap file is configured to switch over to the next available network interface card on the client system thereby providing uninterrupted execution of the booting process.
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| Ram for powered hammer | 20080313880 | 20081225 |
| A method of manufacturing a ram configured to be mounted for reciprocation in a guide tube section of a powered hammer. The ram includes an outer circumferential surface, a radially outwardly projecting sealing portion, and a helically shaped vent channel defined in the circumferential surface and running from a front end portion of the circumferential surface to a rear end portion of the circumferential surface and being interrupted by the sealing portion. The method includes forming the outer circumferential surface of the ram and the helically shaped vent channel in a single manufacturing operation. For example, the method includes rotating a blank on a machine tool, forming the outer circumferential surface of the ram by applying a first machine tool bit to the blank while the... |
| Method for determining current oxygen loading of a 3-way catalytic converter of a lambda-controlled internal combustion engine | 20080314023 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to a method for determining the actual oxygen load of a 3-path catalyst of a lambda-controlled internal combustion engine, whereby a value for the actual oxygen load is calculated from the signal of a pre-catalyst lambda probe and the measured air mass flow rate by integration over time, whereby the post-catalyst lambda probe is initialized when the signal is interrupted.
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| Water heater control | 20080314337 | 20081225 |
| A system and method of using a set-back or programmable thermostat for heating or cooling systems to also controlling a fast-recovery water heater such as a power-vented fossil fuel powered water heater such that the water heater is disabled during a set-back mode of the thermostat. The system sends a control signal to a relay module adjacent to the water heater, into which the water heater electrical power cord can be plugged into. The interlock mechanism of the water heater prevents operation of the water heater when power to the water heater is interrupted.
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| Melt filter for purifying plastic melts | 20080314815 | 20081225 |
| The invention relates to a melt filter (1) for purifying, in particular, plastic melts leaving extruders, comprising a filter disk (3), which is provided between two plates (5, 5′) that form a housing equipped with a filter element changing station (7), and which can be rotationally driven by means of a power-operated pawl-type drive (4). Said filter disk has recesses, which are separated by webs (11) along a circular path and which serve to accommodate filter elements (8) that, by means of perforated disks, are supported against the forces arising due to the drop in pressure occurring therein in the flowing direction of the plastic melt. The inventive melt filter also comprises a melt channel (9), which passes through the plates in the area of the... |
| Optical transmitter system | 20080317463 | 20081225 |
| An optical transmitter system supplies a plurality of different wavelength optical radiation components to a transmission element which, in operation, is connected to the transmitter system for conveying the different wavelength radiation components to a respective receiver. The supply of the wavelength components is interrupted, preferably in response to a loss of the wavelength components at the respective receiver. A timer provides respective restart times which differ one to another for the wavelength radiation components. The supply of the wavelength components is restarted, following an interruption, at the respective restart times provided by the timer.
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| Architecture and system for enterprise threat management | 20080320552 | 20081225 |
| Enterprise threat assessment and management provides both physical and logical security. Physical access control systems are configured to identify physical events in the physical domain, and logical access control systems are configured to identify logical events in the logical domain. Connectors establish uninterrupted coupling to the physical and logical access control systems. Event middleware is configured to selectively subscribe only to those events that correspond to defined policies. The policies define a correlation of the physical and logical events, actions are initiated depending upon the correlated physical and logical events defined by the policies.
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| Swimming pool cleaner | 20080307589 | 20081218 |
| The invention relates to a swimming pool cleaner with wheels driven by a turbine. The pool cleaner is intermittently turned from its path of travel along an underwater surface. A turning cam is provided inwardly of and adjacent to each of a pair of the side wheels. The cams are rotatably mounted on the turbine driven wheel axle which extends between said wheels. Each cam intermittently extends a gripping formation beyond the operatively supporting surface of the adjacent wheel. The cams will preferably comprise a disc with an integral annular internal ring gear formed. An inner gear is fixed for rotation with the axle and an outer gear is supported between the inner gear and the ring gear to rotate the cam. The inner gear is... |
| Electric razor | 20080307654 | 20081218 |
| An electric razor includes an actuator, an outer cutter and an inner cutter. The actuator has a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The outer cutter and the inner cutter are respectively supported at the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the cutters can slide against each other. The actuator vibrates the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the vibrators slide in reciprocation toward opposite directions to each other. Even though vibration of the first vibrator is interrupted by external force through the outer cutter, the second vibrator relatively vibrates so as to slide in reciprocation with respect to the first vibrator and therefore it is easy to meet specified shaving performance.
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| Closure mechanism for an identification medium adapted for receiving indicia forming material and dual closure means | 20080307685 | 20081218 |
| A closure mechanism receiving aperture presents a substantially contiguous, uninterrupted planar surface on a flexible medium, primarily for use with identification devices, i.e., wristbands. The aperture does not interrupt the printable area so that printer ink may be printed over the aperture without passing through. The inventive aperture also does not produce waster material or chads which can jam or foul-up a printer. An inventive wristband includes both snap closure and adhesive closure mechanisms that can be used at the same time.
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| Control circuit of semiconductor device having over-heat protecting function | 20080310068 | 20081218 |
| A control circuit of a semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor element which supplies an electric power to a load; an over-heat protecting unit having: a temperature detecting section which detects a rise in temperature; a latch section which holds an output of the temperature detecting section; and a gate interrupting section which interrupts an input to a gate of the semiconductor element in accordance with the output of the latch section; a control unit which supplies a PWM signal for turning on/off the semiconductor element; a driving electric power supply unit which supplies a driving electric power for driving the over-heat protecting unit; and a timer unit which allows the driving electric power supply unit to supply the driving electric power for a predetermined period when... |
| Broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access | 20080310436 | 20081218 |
| A broadband multi-drop local network, interface and method for multimedia access. A local network architecture include a wired bus coupleable directly to an external data network terminal and configured for carrying broadband packetized data traffic over a frequency spectrum uninterrupted by other defined data channels or services; and one or a plurality of network transceivers operable individually for coupling an addressable network device processing a defined class of information to the bus wherein each network appliance is configured for and further operable for providing communication interfacing of the class of information of each addressable network appliance with the packetized IP data traffic on the wired bus.
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| Method and device for readjusting a polarization drift | 20080310856 | 20081218 |
| For readjusting a polarization drift in the transmission of a polarization-encoded optical signal from a transmitter via a light guide to a receiver, optical auxiliary signals having the same wavelength as the polarization-encoded signal as well as different polarizations as in correspondence with a first base and a second base are fed into the light guide on the side of the transmitter while the transmission of the polarization-encoded signal is interrupted, and the optical auxiliary signals are picked up from the light guide and checked for shifts of the different polarizations by a polariometer on the side of the receiver, whereupon, in the event of the detection of polarization shifts, the different polarizations shifted during the transmission are displaced in the sense of the polarization set... |
| Fluorinated phosphate ester surfactant and fluorinated alcohol compositions | 20080311053 | 20081218 |
| Foaming compositions having high solvent content and compositions for foaming high solvent content formulations are disclosed having a fluorinated phosphate ester surfactant (“FPES”) of the formula (Ra—O)x—P(O)—(ORb)y in combination with a fluorinated alcohol (“FA”) of the formula RcOH, where x is 1 to 3, y is (3−x), Ra is a group R1-R2- with R1 being a fluorinated C6-18hydrocarbon optionally interrupted by groups of one or two non-fluorinated (or less fluorinated) carbons per interruption, and/or optionally interrupted by heteroatoms or functional groups, and Rb is selected from H and positively charged amines, and Rc is the same or different as Ra and if different is selected from the same group of Ra materials as well as from analogous groups to Ra except that they have only 1-3... |
| Shut-down procedure for a fuel cell fed with pure oxygen | 20080311439 | 20081218 |
| A shut-down procedure for an electricity delivery system comprising a fuel cell, the cell being fed with pure oxygen as oxidant and delivering an electrical voltage to an electrical power line. The electricity delivery system comprises a fuel gas circuit on the anode side, and a pure oxygen circuit on the cathode side. The shut-down procedure comprises the steps of an initial step during which the oxygen gas feed is interrupted, and an electrical consumption phase during which a hold current is drawn from the fuel cell until the pressure in the oxygen circuit reaches the water vapour pressure.
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| Secure tap | 20080302143 | 20081211 |
| My invention “Secure Tap” is a locking box designed to fit over the tap that cable companies use to distribute their services to their customers. The purpose or use for this invention is to stop the theft of cable service and protect cable provider customers of services being interrupted by theft. The secure tap has internal hinge placement to avoid tampering with the hinge to gain unlawfully entry, also the lock placement is out of reach with a double locking latch. Meaning if the box is pried or forced open it will not lock or close therefore revealing the theft of service.
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| Image processing apparatus and method for processing an image | 20080304104 | 20081211 |
| An image processing apparatus performs authentication of users. A first and second user inputs first and second user information, respectively, through an input section. A controller controls the authentication section to perform first authentication of the first user information, and controls the job execution section to execute the first job if the first authentication is successful. The controller controls the job execution section to halt execution of the first job upon an interrupt by the second user, and to execute the second job when the first job remains interrupted. A memory stores interrupt information indicative of a status of execution of the first job when the interrupt occurs. The controller controls the authentication section to perform second authentication of the first user information after the second... |
| Power supply control apparatus having a function supplying power supply voltage | 20080304194 | 20081211 |
| A microprocessor commonly receives at an A/D port the potentials of the power supplies output from a plurality of types of power supplies (a power supply for HDMI, a power supply for LSI, a power supply for an audio driver IC, and a power supply for a tuner). The A/D port receives the potential of the voltage on an output line of the power supply for HDMI that is divided. If that the potential of the divided voltage is lower than a set potential is detected, the output line is interrupted to interrupt power supply voltage supplied to external equipment.
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| Surgical cutting tool | 20080306482 | 20081211 |
| Surgical cutting tool for manufacturing of a recess in a firm body tissue, in particular in a bone and/or in a cartilage, with a milling range, which is rotatable around a central axis of rotation, with an outside lateral surface of the milling range and by an internal area, which is substantially defined by the lateral surface and turned away from the worked on body tissue, and the lateral surface is formed with at least two machining cutting edges in terms of a milling head, which proceed at the lateral surface from a machining center to a machining edge of the milling range and which are in particular spiral curved, and apertures are arranged adjacent to the cutting edges for the transport of the cutting splinters... |
| Disulfide dyes, composition comprising them and method of dyeing hair | 20080295260 | 20081204 |
| Formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 each independently from each other are a residue of an organic dye: Y1 and Y2 each independently from each other are unsubstituted or substituted, straightchain or branched, interrupted or uninterrupted —C1-C10alkylene-; —C5-C10cycloalkylene-; C5-C10arylene; or —C5-C10arylene-(C1C10alkylene)-; Z1 and Z2 independently from each other are Formula (II) are each independently from each other hydrogen; or unsubstituted or substituted, straight-chain or branched, monocyclic or polycyclic, interrupted or uninterrupted C1-C14alkyl; C2-C14alkenyl; C6-C10aryl; C6-C10aryl-C1-C10alkyl; or C5-C10alkyl(C5-C10aryl); r, q and n independently from each other are 0 or 1, if n is 0, Z3 is hydrogen; and if n is 1, Z3 is —S—; with the proviso that the method does not comprise treating the fiber with an enzyme of the type of a protein disulfidisomerase... |
| Liquid direct dye formulations | 20080295262 | 20081204 |
| based on the total weight of the aqueous liquid formulation, the sodium content of the liquid formulation not exceeding 0.3% by weight, and also their use for dyeing cellulose material especially paper.
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| Method and device for laminating essentially plate-shaped workpieces under the effect of pressure and heat | 20080295956 | 20081204 |
| A method and a device for laminating essentially plate-shaped workpieces 20, 21 with at least one adhesive layer 402 that can be heat activated and cured under the effect of pressure and heat is provided. A number of workpieces 20, 21 is inserted into a multiple-stage vacuum lamination press 200, in which the workpieces 20, 21 are laminated in press stages each with a vacuum chamber divided by a flexible pressure member 30b, 31b, 32b, 150, 151 into a product half 141 and a pressure half 131 under the effect of heat, wherein the product half 141 of the vacuum chamber, in which at least one workpiece 20, 21 is arranged, is evacuated and the pressure member presses the workpiece 20, 21 directly or indirectly against... |
| Application method and device operated by infrared sensing and sound | 20080297602 | 20081204 |
| An application device operated by infrared (IR) sensing is provided. The application device includes a camera module and an IR sensor. The camera module has a storage unit and is suitable for receiving an enable signal to activate a recording so as to produce an image data. The IR sensor is suitable for sensing whether an IR signal is interrupted, or sensing whether there is an IR radiation in a detecting area of the IR sensor. When the IR sensor senses the IR signal is interrupted or detects an IR radiation from the detecting area of the IR sensor, the IR sensor activates a switch to transmit an enable signal to the camera module so as to start recording image data into the storage unit.
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| Material and methods for nerve grafting | 20080299536 | 20081204 |
| The subject invention pertains to compositions and methods for promoting repair of damaged nerve tissue using nerve grafts and preparation of nerve grafts. The compositions and methods of the subject invention can be employed to restore the continuity of nerve interrupted by disease, traumatic events or surgical procedures. Compositions of the subject invention comprise one or more chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG)-degrading enzymes that promote axonal penetration into damaged nerve tissue and nerve graft. The invention also concerns methods for promoting repair of damaged nerve tissue using the present compositions and nerve tissue treated according to such methods. The invention also includes storage solutions for nerve tissue.
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| Methods of forming magnetic memory devices | 20080299680 | 20081204 |
| Methods for creating a memory device can include depositing a sense layer, patterning the sense layer to form a plurality of magnetic data cells, depositing a separation layer over the plurality of data cells, depositing a reference layer over the separation layer, and patterning the reference layer to form an elongated magnetic reference cell wherein the elongated magnetic reference cell extends uninterrupted along more than one of the plurality of magnetic data cells.
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| Automating the ablation procedure to minimize the need for manual intervention | 20080300588 | 20081204 |
| Cardiac ablation is automated to require minimal user intervention, to thereby reduce X-ray exposure to staff and patients, increase patient throughput, simplify ablation and make ablation more precise. Steering between ablation points on the heart is automatic by use of a localizer system (132) and a magnetic navigator (160). Ablation is performed, interrupted and detected as complete automatically by monitoring system parameters (S630, S670). Ablation path planning automatically takes into account particular heart morphology of the patient and specifications of the catheter system (S310, S330), and automatically saves to storage an optimal ablation path from which ablation points are then selected (S340, S350).
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| System and method for providing uninterrupted operation of a replication system during a software upgrade | 20080301663 | 20081204 |
| A software upgrade tool and procedure provide uninterrupted operation of a replication system during an upgrade of software components of the system. The replication system includes one or more user systems coupled to one or more target storage systems over a communications network, such as a computer network. Illustratively, each user system is embodied as a replication client, while each target storage system is embodied as a replication server. In addition, the replication system includes a management system embodied as a management server that manages configuration of the system, including during upgrade of the software components of the replication system. To that end, the software upgrade tool cooperates with the management server to query the configuration of “old” versions of the software components and to manage... |
| Microwave brazing process | 20080290137 | 20081127 |
| A process for heating a braze alloy by microwave radiation so that heating of the alloy is selective and sufficient to cause complete melting of the alloy and permit metallurgical bonding to a substrate on which the alloy is melted, but without excessively heating the substrate so as not to degrade the properties of the substrate. The process entails providing metallic powder particles having essentially the same metallic composition, with at least some of the particles being sufficiently small to be highly susceptible to microwave radiation. A mass of the particles is then applied to a surface of a substrate, after which the mass is subjected to microwave radiation so that the particles within the mass couple with the microwave radiation and sufficiently melt to metallurgically... |
| Coupling between two bodies comprising an elastically deformable cutting ring with a screw thread forming cutting lips | 20080290660 | 20081127 |
| The invention relates to a coupling between a first body (5) with a hole, and a cylindrical end zone of a second body (1) by means of tongues (8) which, when said end zone is arranged, scrape over the surface thereof, whereby the backward movement is blocked. The coupling has the feature that the tongues form part of an interrupted ring (3); the tongues are the windings of a helix; the tongues are inclined in the direction of arrangement; the end zone can displace along the helix during arrangement with elastic deformation of the ring; additional pressure forces occur between the tongues and the end zone when a force in opposite direction to the insertion direction is exerted between the ring and the second body; whereby,... |
| Semiconductor integrated circuit device | 20080290932 | 20081127 |
| A semiconductor integrated circuit device with reduced consumption current is provided. A first step-down circuit stationarily forms internal voltage lower than supply voltage supplied through an external terminal. A second step-down circuit is switched between first mode and second mode according to control signals. In first mode, the internal voltage is formed from the supply voltage supplied through the external terminal and is outputted through a second output terminal. In second mode, operating current for a control system that forms the internal voltage is interrupted and an output high impedance state is established. The first output terminal of the first step-down circuit and the second output terminal of the second step-down circuit are connected in common, and the internal voltage is supplied to internal circuits.
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| Lens shading compensation apparatus and method, and image processor using the same | 20080291302 | 20081127 |
| Disclosed are a lens shading compensation apparatus and a lens shading compensation method in an image sensor that compensate the difference in signal amplitude according to the position of pixels to preserve the quality of a primitive image. The lens shading compensation apparatus includes a pixel value analyzing part, an auto exposure value setting part, a central pixel detecting part, a table generating part, a pixel location calculating part, a mask image generating part and a compensation part. The above apparatus and method perform a color interpolation individually for red, green and blue, and then compensate a lens shading image for each color in accordance with its characteristics. Also the above apparatus and method can analyze and compensate a lens shading phenomenon without considering other colors... |
| Tempering methods and tempering device for the thermal treatment of small amounts of liquid | 20070295705 | 20071227 |
| Tempering methods are provided for performing a defined, particularly cyclical thermal treatment of small amounts of liquid on substrates. One or several amounts of liquid are applied to a substrate. The substrate is brought in thermal contact with heating apparatus that is started during heating phases of the thermal treatment. A thermally conductive element having thermal capacity greater than or equal to the sum of thermal capacities of the amounts of liquid, substrate and at least part of the heating apparatus in thermal contact with the substrate, is brought in thermal contact with the substrate or the heating apparatus during cooling phases of the thermal treatment. Thermal contact between the thermally conductive element and substrate is interrupted and the heating apparatus started during heating phases of... |
| Control method and control program for prober | 20070296430 | 20071227 |
| To provide a control method and a control program of a prober that are capable of enhancing throughput. Chips are tested in step S2. In step S3, when the counted number Y of conforming chips has reached a predetermined number of conforming chips X which constitutes conditions for testing, the process advances to step S10. In step S10, testing of wafers taking place at that time is interrupted, and this wafer is stored in an output cassette OC1. In a subsequent step S11, the subsequent wafer is tested, and stored in the output cassette OC2 (step S12). When all wafers have been tested, the process advances to step S14, and testing of the lot is completed. As a result, wafers that remain untested and wafers that... |
| conduit seat for an atomizing device | 20070297921 | 20071227 |
| A conduit seat for an atomizing device. The conduit seat is characterized in that one end face of the conduit seat has an water-in and water-out hole corresponding to that of a pump body, and one end face is provided with low pressure water-in tube and high pressure water-out tube, and the center top of the conduit seat has a hole connecting water-in and water-out tube and a separation board is sued to hold the valve seat such that the valve open is a through opening communication from the upper section to the lower section so as to allow the pressure stabilizing structure to seal the valve opening, the bottom section of the water-in tube is a through hole which is connected to the water-in passage... |
| Drill stop sleeve for a dental drill, dental drill device with a drill stop sleeve, and set containing several drill stop sleeves | 20070298375 | 20071227 |
| A dental drill (10) defining a bore diameter and a drill stop sleeve (22) which is transparent or translucent, thereby improving the view of the drilled hole formed by the drilling during the operation. The drill stop sleeve (22) comprises an uninterrupted circumferential lip (34), which interacts with a groove (24) formed in the shank part (16) of the dental drill (10) and thus fixes the drill stop sleeve (22) on the dental drill (10). The drill stop sleeves (22) of equal length are held in a blister of a set, the blister having, for each drill stop sleeve (22), a specific receiving recess that is closed in a sterile manner. Each blister comprises several drill stop sleeves with sleeve diameters corresponding to the bore diameters.
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| Segmented cdma searching | 20070298739 | 20071227 |
| Techniques for segmented CDMA searching are disclosed. In one aspect, a searcher comprises a plurality of storage elements selectable for performing a plurality of segmentable search tasks, each storage element operable for storage of and access to state information for one of the plurality of search tasks. In another aspect, a first search task is interrupted in progress, the state information for the first task is stored, a second search task is performed, and the first search task is continued using the stored state information. In yet another aspect, a search task is segmented into smaller search segments, sized to fit within contiguous available time in the searcher. Various other aspects of the invention are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of circuit area and... |
| Method for substantially uninterrupted cache readout | 20070300012 | 20071227 |
| A memory device capable of sequentially outputting multiple pages of cached data while mitigating any interruption typically caused by fetching and transferring operations. The memory device outputs cached data from a first page while data from a second page is fetched into sense amplifier circuitry. When the outputting of the first page reaches a predetermined transfer point, a portion of the fetched data from the second page is transferred into the cache at the same time the remainder of the cached first page is being output. The remainder of the second page is transferred into the cache after all of the data from the first page is output while the outputting of the first portion of the second page begins with little or no interruption.
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| Method for playing interactive shows in interactive system | 20070300251 | 20071227 |
| A method and system are provided to determine whether or not an interactive show shall be interrupted and switched to a next show by a predetermined rule with regard to a ballot of viewers at terminals in an interactive system.
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| Size for the treatment of glass fibers, and glass fibers provided with said sizes | 20070289494 | 20071220 |
| A size described for finishing glass fibers comprises merely a film-former, an adhesion promoter and also an acid for the purpose of adjusting the pH and water. The film-former used is preferably polyvinylpyrrolidone and the adhesion promoter, a γ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane hydrolyzed to the silanol. Acetic acid is preferred for acidifying. The glass fibers sized with this sizing composition are notable in particular for corrosion resistance and bear an uninterrupted layer of the film-former. The stiffness of the filaments thus sized is satisfactory. The fibers are very efficiently processsible as a dispersion by the wet-laying process and do not tend to agglomerate. The erasing fibers sized according to the invention are particularly useful.
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| Contactless card with membrane switch made of elasto-resistive material | 20070290051 | 20071220 |
| The card (1), such as a credit card or other similar card, comprises at least a RFID chip module (3) and an antenna (4). The antenna (4) is interrupted in an interruption zone with two separated contact ends (5′,5″) and a contacting material (10) is placed in said interruption zone in order to enable a contact between said two separated ends (5′,5″). Said contacting material (10) becomes conductive under pressure so that the antenna is functional only when the contacting material (10) is put under pressure by a user.
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| Liquid crystal display backlight inverter | 20070290723 | 20071220 |
| A LCD backlight inverter including: a dimming control unit comparing a level of a triangle wave with a level of a dimming control signal and controlling a dimming control current to be supplied or interrupted according to a comparison result; an error amplification unit having an input end to which a detection voltage corresponding to the dimming control current and a current flowing through a lamp are inputted, comparing the detection voltage with a predetermined reference voltage, and outputting an error voltage corresponding to a difference via an output end thereof, the output end working as a ground when the dimming control current is not inputted; and a time constant circuit unit comprising a resistor connected between the output end of the error amplification unit and... |
| Coach and player sports communication system | 20070290801 | 20071220 |
| A portable, wireless, bi-directional communication system for transmitting visual information about plays and instant messaging between a coach and players during a game comprises a notebook or palm sized computer device with transmitter and receiver, and a wrist sweat band viewing screen with transmitted and receiver, thereby creating an effective, continual flow of information uninterrupted by the difficulty in hearing over a noisy crowd.
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| Radio communication method, radio communication system and radio communication equipment | 20070291671 | 20071220 |
| Radio communication equipment by which reproduction of application data is not interrupted nor disabled even when the application data requiring a high throughput is transmitted by radio. In the equipment, an MCS deciding section (113) has, for example, an MCS setting table shown in table 1, selects an MCS having the best propagation path characteristics based on channel quality information inputted from a reception RF section (111) compares the delay time of the selected MCS with an application data allowable delay time informed from a delay time calculating part (112), and decides the MCS whose delay time is equal to the application data allowable delay time or shorter.
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| Methods and systems for uninterrupted media change | 20070294176 | 20071220 |
| Uninterrupted Media Change (UMC) is a solution for changing between input channels such that complete segments of content are observed in the output channel. UMC provides for seamless switching between concurrent, multi-segment, media data streams. Media data streams are input channels composed of discrete segments of information, which may include audio, images or video content. Segments are defined by points that mark the beginning and end of content within the input data stream. When a UMC event is selected by a user, the next segment beginning for the target input channel is detected and that target segment is buffered until the end of the current active segment is reached, at which point the buffered target segment is made the new active segment and presented to the... |
| Door opening or closing detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus | 20070283624 | 20071213 |
| A door opening or closing detecting device and an image forming apparatus including a shaft member which is provided to a housing slidably along one end of a door, and urged to be brought into pressure contact with a pressing member through a pressure contact member, the shaft member being slid by the pressing member which moves with opening/closing of the door. The opening/closing of the door is detected by a detecting portion according to sliding of the shaft member, and a power supply is interrupted by a switch portion. The door opening or closing detecting apparatus and the image forming apparatus are capable of reliably detecting the opening/closing of the door and appropriately interrupting the power supply while achieving space saving and reduction in size... |
| One-way bearing | 20070284209 | 20071213 |
| A one-way bearing, provided with a passive element on its outer periphery and connected with an axle rod with its inner periphery, comprises a collar, a lid and a plurality of braking blocks. The collar has thereon a plurality of spaced notches, and the braking blocks are respectively rotatably received in the notches of the collar. The braking blocks are provided each with a braking portion; when the axle rod rotates in one direction, the axle rod is linked up with the passive element; when the axle rod rotates in a contrary direction, the braking portions have no function, so that the power of the axle rod and the passive element will be interrupted.
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| Spark gap comprising an optically triggered power semiconductor component | 20070285858 | 20071213 |
| A surge protector (1) has a spark gap (2) that is provided with two opposite electrodes (3), a circuit (5) for triggering the spark gap (2), and a light source connected to a protective device (13) on ground potential in order to generate a triggering light which can be delivered with the aid of at least one optical waveguide (15) of a receiver unit of the triggering circuit (5), the spark gap (2) and the triggering circuit (5) being on a high voltage potential. In order to make the surge protector (1) reliable and inexpensive, the receiver unit is provided with at least one power semiconductor component (16) that can be moved, with the aid of the triggering light, from a locked position in which current... |
| Method and apparatus for handling disconnected call | 20070286377 | 20071213 |
| A method of handling an interrupted call on a communication terminal, which includes updating a task model table including a plurality of informational fields related to a task performed during a call placed on the terminal, and restarting the task at a location corresponding to where the task stopped executing when the call was interrupted using the informational fields in the task model table.
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| Communications device and method of operating a communications device that continues to connect local users after a link fails | 20070286385 | 20071213 |
| A next-generation network utilizes a three-tier, cascading fault approach to providing emergency stand-alone (ESA) switching in a circuit-to-packet (C2P) network. Calls that are placed to destination numbers which are connected to the same local network device are completed even when connectivity with a community network level has been interrupted, while calls that are placed to destination numbers which are connected to the same community are completed even when connectivity with a gateway media controller has been interrupted.
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| Personal visibility marker | 20070287342 | 20071213 |
| A personal visibility mark may increase the visibility of a person in the water to operators of watercraft or the like and may be used in combination with a personal floatation device. The personal visibility mark may include a housing including at least one intake opening. The housing may be removeably coupled to a personal floatation device or may be an integral component of the personal floatation device. A pump may be disposed within the housing and may be fluidly coupled to the intake opening and at least one nozzle for expelling a stream of water from the nozzle to increase the visibility of a user. The stream of water may include an interrupted stream. The interrupted stream may be provided by modulating the power to... |
| Dental materials based on ring-opening polymerizable acid monomers | 20070287792 | 20071213 |
| in which PG is a cyclic, ring-opening polymerizable group; X1 is absent, O, S, is an ester, amide or urethane group; X2 is absent with, O, S, is an ester, amide or urethane group; Y is absent, O, S, is an ester, amide or urethane group; R is an organic radical with a valency of (n+m), with 1 to 35 carbon atoms and 0 to 8 heteroatoms, the H atoms of which can be wholly or partially substituted by F atoms; R1 is absent or is a C1-C16 alkylene radical which can be interrupted by O atoms; R2 is absent or is a C1-C16 alkylene radical which can be interrupted by O atoms; n is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; m is 1, 2... |
| Vertebral fixation device and tool for assembling the device | 20070288004 | 20071213 |
| Constitutes a pedicle screw (1), a rosette (3) that fixes the pedicle screw (1) to a tulip (6), a bar that constitutes the link with other devices and a locking cap (9) associated to the closing screw (11) that is threaded on the inside of the tulip (6) and fixes the position of the bar. The locking cap (9) incorporates protuberances (12) that fit on the tulip (6), guiding the set formed by the locking cap (9) and the closing screw (11) during the positioning and threading of the closing screw (11) on the tulip (6) pressing the bar (8) against the rosette (3). The outer face of the tulip (6) and the locking cap (9) present an essentially circular configuration that is interrupted by two... |
| Exhaust gas purification device | 20070277515 | 20071206 |
| Disclosed is an exhaust emission control device in which adopted as a filter body 7 for capturing particulates is a heat-regenerative particulate filter 10 with electric heater, the captured particulates being burned by heating of the electric heater 9 to forcedly regenerate the particulate filter 10. A control unit 37 responsible for a series of control operations with respect to the forced regeneration of the particulate filter 10 is constructed such that the forced regeneration in an engine stopping status is conduced only when the voltage of the battery 34 is higher than a stipulated value, and is temporarily interrupted when engine starting operation is conducted during the forced regeneration in the engine stopping status.
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| Battery boosting apparatus and method | 20070278990 | 20071206 |
| A method of boosting a vehicle battery includes supplying a current to the battery, detecting an engine crank event, and, upon detecting the engine crank event, dynamically adjusting (i.e., first substantially increasing, and then decreasing) the current in response to battery voltage. The method may also include verifying a crank-ready condition in the battery by comparing one or more of battery voltage, battery current, and battery charge accumulation to respective crank thresholds. In certain embodiments, this verification step occurs only after a minimum charging time has elapsed, and may time out after a maximum charging time. Once the crank ready condition is detected, the operator may be so signaled. At the conclusion of the boost and crank cycle, the current to the battery may be interrupted... |
| Method of using intravaginal device with fluid transport plates | 20070282289 | 20071206 |
| A method of capturing bodily fluid in a mammalian body includes inserting the fluid management device into the mammalian body and transporting bodily fluid. The bodily fluid is transferred via at least one fluid transport element that is capable of interfacing with a mammalian body element to provide a substantially uninterrupted fluid conduit. The fluid conduit provides a fluid path between at least one fluid transport element and the storage element. A distal portion of the at least one fluid transport element is capable of extending away from the fluid storage element.
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| Method and apparatus for adapting external controls to a portal design | 20070283243 | 20071206 |
| A method and apparatus for adapting the looks of an at least one control developed in an environment to a portal developed in a different environment. The apparatus and method enable the preview of a component comprising the control without deploying the changes to the portal, so other users can continue using the component in an uninterrupted manner until deployment.
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| Systems and methods for establishing authenticity of electronic records in an archives system | 20070283417 | 20071206 |
| Systems and/or methods for establishing and maintaining authenticity of a plurality of records and/or documentary materials to be persisted in an electronic archives system are provided. Each record and/or documentary material may be safeguarded throughout its entire lifecycle by monitoring and recording both intended changes to each said record and/or documentary material and its corresponding status, as well as unintended changes to each said record and/or documentary material. Context and structure associated with each said record and/or documentary material may be extracted and preserved. Substantially uninterrupted proof-of-custody including at least a source may be established and preserved for each said record and/or documentary material throughout its entire lifecycle. Essential characteristics of each said record and/or documentary material may be captured and preserved throughout its lifecycle in... |
| Seat latch assembly for a rear row standing seat including a slotted inertial lock plate with resistive support in both design and upright positions | 20070273170 | 20071129 |
| A vehicle latch assembly including a stanchion support and a pivotally secured seat supporting bracket. A batwing shape sector is slaved to rotate with the bracket between the bracket and stanchion support. A sector bottom surface is interrupted by a shoulder projection and an arcuate interior channel is offset from a slaved rotating connection of the sector to the bracket. A pin extends through another channel defined in the stanchion and seats within the sector channel to bias the sector during travel along the interior channel. A pendulum is secured in sandwiching fashion between the bracket and stanchion and includes an upper edge configuration proximate a selected location of the bottom surface of the rotatable sector, depending upon a rotatable position established between the first seat... |
| Information processing apparatus, printing system, monitoring method, program, and storage medium | 20070273922 | 20071129 |
| A printing device monitoring method includes sequentially registering, in a monitored device queue, printing devices to which print jobs are to be output, monitoring the printing devices in accordance with the order of registration in the monitored device queue, determining if predetermined conditions are satisfied (S1803), interrupting monitoring of a printing device on the basis of the determination (S1806), and re-registering, in the monitored device queue, the printing device whose monitoring was interrupted.
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| Cable segment for communication infrastructure | 20070274627 | 20071129 |
| each pair (21) of optical fibres is interrupted at least once to form a tapping point (23) comprising two connection points (24a, 24b).
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| Amino- and hydroxysubstituted triphenyl-s-triazines as stabilizers | 20070274933 | 20071129 |
| The new triphenyltriazine compounds have improved absorption spectrum characteristics and superior resistance to exposure to UV light, relative to known triphenyltriazine compounds.
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| Method and device for purifying water | 20060289361 | 20061228 |
| A method and apparatus for using a combination of sonication and ozone to decontaminate pressurized water. The process includes pumping polluted water from a source, such as a creek, river, pond or the like. The water is transferred to a treatment container where it is dissolved air is removed via vacuum, sonication, or both. Ozone is then dissolved into the water to destroy or otherwise remove pollutants. Dissolved gasses are once again then removed from the water. The treated water may then be piped to a storage tank for subsequent use. The uninterrupted sequential transfer of water from the source, through a treatment container and to the storage tank may be accomplished automatically by way of electronic sensors, valves and pumps that are made to communicate... |
| Circuit arrangement and method for operating high-pressure discharge lamps | 20060290293 | 20061228 |
| High-pressure discharge lamps may explode at the end of their life. In order to be able to predict an explosion, the gradient of the operating voltage is evaluated. If a risk of explosion is detected, the lamp operation is interrupted.
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| Environment dependent network connection switching setting system and method | 20060291385 | 20061228 |
| An environment dependent network connection switching setting system and method thereof is provided, wherein the network connection is interrupted due to changes of the network environment of the user, the system is utilized to automatically detect a set of optimal current network setting parameters based on the network setting parameters previously set by the user, and proceed with network connection based on the optimal current network setting parameters, thus facilitating and expediting network connection in the changing network environments.
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| The method for the mobile terminal hand-off between the cdma system and the wlan | 20060291415 | 20061228 |
| A method for handing over a mobile station from wireless local area network to CDMA 20001X system, comprises the following steps of: when a mobile station detects that a signal of wireless local area network is fading, determining to hand over to CDMA 20001X system; first, initiating a call in CDMA 2000 1X system; after a base station permits the terminal to access, establishing, by a packet control function node, a R-P connection with a packet data service node; establishing data transmission channel to CDMA 20001X system for the terminal by the packet data service node; performing data transmission between the terminal and the packet data service node via the packet control function node, and disconnecting, by the packet data service node, the R-P connection established... |
| Application session resumption in mobile environments | 20060291481 | 20061228 |
| A session management system is provided for resumption of a previously interrupted session between an application client and an application server. The session management system includes: an application client and a session control agent residing on a mobile network device; and a session manager residing on a router of a home network associated with the mobile network device, such that messages to and from the mobile network device pass through the router. The session manager is able to intercept application information being exchanged between the application client and the application server and store a session state based upon the intercepted application information. The session control agent can subsequently interface with the session manager to restore the session state between the application client and the application server.
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| Call routing system and method of using the same | 20060291642 | 20061228 |
| A call routing system can be used to route calls. An action object identifier, a result identifier, and a reason identifier can be generated in response at least in part to a call. The call can be routed by the call routing system based at least in part on the action object identifier, the result identifier, and the reason identifier. The routing can be performed automatically without requiring an attendant. In another embodiment, an attendant can be used, if desired. In still another embodiment, the processing of the call can be interrupted by the caller, a data processing system used within the call routing system, or an attendant. In a particular embodiment, the call routing system can be used when authenticating a caller or determining an... |
| Image forming apparatus capable of counting consumable consumption amount, and control method and control program therefor | 20060291880 | 20061228 |
| An image forming apparatus which is capable of accurately performing a video count process based on image data and thus maintaining the quality of images even where DMA transfer processing is used. An image forming device performs a process using a consumable material. A first controller controls the image forming device. A transfer controller provides control to transfer externally input image data to the first controller. A second controller performs a count process for counting an amount of the consumable material to be consumed based on the image data transferred by the transfer controller. The second controller disables the count process without stopping the transfer by the transfer controller when the process performed by the image forming device is interrupted.
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| Device for preparation of plastic materials for recycling purposes | 20060292259 | 20061228 |
| A device for the preparation of plastics material for recycling purposes has a container (1) with an upper inlet opening (10) for the material. In the container (1), at least one tool (14) rotates about the vertical container axis. This tool feeds the treated material through an outlet opening (17) which is arranged at the bottom of the container (1) and to which the housing (19) of at least one screw (21, 22) is connected. That side wall (28) of the feed opening (18) at which the tool (14) discharges defines a widening (36) extending continuously towards the screw axis. This widening (36) extends over part of the circumference of the screw turns (30) so that the screw-side edge of this widening (36) forms an uninterrupted... |
| Diffused interrupted lateral flow immunoassay device and method | 20060292700 | 20061228 |
| A lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay rapid test device having an additional interrupting, porous, diffusive pad pretreated with a surfactant interposed between the conjugate pad and the reaction membrane. The diffusive pad causes improved mixing of the fluid to provide a more mixture of molecules in the fluid and a more uniformly dispersed fluid flow having a more uniformly high degree of first affinity binding and a more even fluid front to cross into the reaction membrane, thereby increasing the sensitivity and specificity of the second affinity binding at both test and control lines, and thereby providing an important advancement of the existing lateral flow rapid test technology.
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| Therapeutic peptides for the treatment of metastatic cancer | 20060293234 | 20061228 |
| Interaction between MUC1 and β-catenin can be interrupted using polypeptides or antibodies that specifically bind to the binding site on MUC1. Interruption provides the beneficial effect of inhibiting, reducing, and/or retarding invasiveness and metastasis. Fusion polypeptides and antibodies are provided to achieve a therapeutic effect.
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| Display apparatus and control method thereof and broadcast processing apparatus | 20060294539 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a display apparatus and a control method thereof which can more efficiently protect a user by originally interrupting a view limitation broadcast program by interrupting a broadcast in advance before the broadcast is interrupted by a view limitation function. A display apparatus includes a broadcast output part for outputting at least one of a video and a sound; a processor processing the broadcast signal to supply to the broadcast output part; a user input part for converting a channel; and a controller for controlling the processor so that a broadcast program of a converted channel is not output through the broadcast output part, during a predetermined determining time when it is determined whether the broadcast program based on the broadcast signal of... |
| Gas sensor array with electrochemical gas generator | 20060283707 | 20061221 |
| A compact gas sensor array, to which a test gas can be admitted without the use of mechanical components and whose readiness for measurement is interrupted during the calibration only briefly. The array includes a combination of an electrochemical gas sensor (3) and an electrochemical gas generator (2). A gas channel (1) is provided from the gas generator (2) to the measuring electrode (9) of the gas sensor (3). The measuring gas from the environment of the gas sensor (3) has free access to the measuring electrode (9).
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| Grown photonic crystals in semiconductor light emitting devices | 20060284187 | 20061221 |
| A photonic crystal is grown within a semiconductor structure, such as a III-nitride structure, which includes a light emitting region disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region. The photonic crystal may be multiple regions of semiconductor material separated by a material having a different refractive index than the semiconductor material. For example, the photonic crystal may be posts of semiconductor material grown in the structure and separated by air gaps or regions of masking material. Growing the photonic crystal, rather than etching a photonic crystal into an already-grown semiconductor layer, avoids damage caused by etching which may reduce efficiency, and provides uninterrupted, planar surfaces on which to form electric contacts.
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| Power supply interrupting apparatus | 20060284579 | 20061221 |
| This apparatus includes a one-push SW 30 for choosing an electric connection between a primary terminal 31 which is being fed and an output terminal 33 when an operating portion is operated and choosing an electric connection between a secondary terminal 32 and the output terminal 33 when the operation of the operating portion is released, a motor 61 adapted to be driven by a current outputted from the output terminal 33, an interlock SW 62 adapted to be driven to rotate by the motor to choose to have or not to have the secondary terminal 32 fed depending on a resultant rotational angle, and a contact unit 50 adapted to be driven to rotate by the motor 61 to switch the state of a current... |
| Dual tab lenses | 20060285218 | 20061221 |
| A stack of laminated transparent lenses consists of two alternating optically clear materials in intimate contact. The materials are a plastic lens and clear adhesive. The adhesive is uninterrupted. The lens and the adhesive have refraction mismatch of less than 0.2. A tab portion is part of each lens acts as an aid in peeling away the outermost lens after contamination of the lens layer during racing conditions. The lens stack can be mounted to the posts on the face shield or laminated directly to a windshield.
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| Electronic system redundant heat dissipating unit operability inspecting method and system | 20060285290 | 20061221 |
| An electronic system redundant heat dissipating unit operability inspecting method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with an electronic system equipped with a main heat dissipating unit and at least one redundant heat dissipating unit for providing the redundant heat dissipating unit with a periodic operability checking function; and which is characterized by the capability of periodically checking whether the redundant heat dissipating unit is in good operable state at predefined intervals, and if not, capable of generating an abnormal condition notification message in human-perceivable form for the purpose of notifying the system management personnel of the electronic system to take necessary maintenance tasks on the failed redundant heat dissipating unit. This feature ensures the electronic system to have an uninterrupted... |
| Non-glazing dressing wheel | 20060286911 | 20061221 |
| A non-glazing dressing wheel (10) suitable for dressing a grinding wheel surface to be used for maintaining a certain tolerance to assure reliability and quality control of ground parts during the grinding operation. The dressing wheel includes at least a first dressing wheel component (12) including at least one interrupted cutting outer surface, wherein the interrupted cutting surface is embodied in a cutting wheel (10) with a plurality of tips (12) extending outwardly from the outer surface. The plurality of tips (12) contact the grinding wheel during the grinding operation, thereby alleviating glazing and heat expansion of the grinding wheel while being dressed. Other preferred embodiments include sandwiching the interrupted cutting surface between two flat grinding surfaces, preferably being made of diamond or Borazon.
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| Integrated putting training and green speed measuring apparatus and method of use thereof | 20060287119 | 20061221 |
| An integrated stimp-putt meter for use with a golf ball, putter and distance measure, for assessing golf ball speed along a given path is provided. The stimp-putt meter comprises: at least two transmitter/receiver pairs, for transmission and reception of an electromagnetic beam; a microcontroller in electronic communication with the transmitter/receiver pairs; a display in electronic communication with the microcontroller; and a housing. The transmitter/receiver pairs are located along a given path, and the transmitter and receiver of each pair are separated by a predetermined distance sufficient for a golf ball to pass through and positioned such that each beam is interrupted by the passage of a golf ball.
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| Silicon compounds with microbiocidal activity | 20060287328 | 20061221 |
| Fungicidal compounds of formula (1): where X is O or S; RING is phenyl or thienyl; Het is a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring containing one to three heteroatoms, each independently selected from oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, the ring being substituted by one to four groups R4; R1 is hydrogen, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkyl, formyl, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkylC(═O), optionally substituted (C1-4)alkylC(═O)O, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkoxy(C1-4)alkyl, optionally substituted allyl, optionally substituted propargyl or optionally substituted allenyl; each R2 is, independently, halogen, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkyl, optionally substituted (C1-4)alkoxy or optionally substituted (C1-4)alkoxy(C1-4)alkyl; R3 is (CRaRb)m-Cy-(CRcRd)n—Y; each R4 is, independently, selected from halogen, C1-3 alkyl, C1-3 haloalkyl, C1-3alkoxy(C1-3)alkyl and cyano; Ra, Rb, Rc and Rd are each, independently, hydrogen or optionally substituted (C1-4)alkyl; Cy is an optionally substituted carbocyclic or heterocyclic... |
| System and method for performing an interface save/restore procedure | 20060288299 | 20061221 |
| A system and method for performing an interface save/restore procedure in an electronic device includes a processor that begins to execute a first task in conjunction with a host interface of a display processor. The processor subsequently receives an interrupt request for executing a second task that has a higher priority than the first task. A save/restore module responsively stores task states from the host interface into an interface states register. The task states correspond to an interrupted execution point in the first task. The processor temporarily stops the first task to execute the second task. The save/restore module restores the stored task states to the host interface after the second task is completed, and the processor may then efficiently resume the first task.
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| Endless wire container and method of using the same | 20060278747 | 20061214 |
| A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another container. The coil of welding wire, including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of wire extending from the coil near the coil top to a feeding end and a second extension of wire extending from the coil near the bottom to a transfer end. The transfer end of one container being joinable to the feeding end of another container. The container including an outer packaging having at least one vertically extending sidewall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for... |
| Robot controller having portable operating part | 20060279245 | 20061214 |
| A robot controller for avoiding an emergency stop of a robot due to shortage of the amount of charge of a secondary battery of a portable operating part during automatic operation of the robot. The robot controller includes a portable operating part having a secondary battery, a robot control part capable of communicating with the portable operating part and having a means for bringing the robot to an emergency stop when communication between the robot control part and the portable operating part is interrupted, a charging circuit for charging the secondary battery, and a cable for electrically connecting the charging circuit to the control part during automatic operation of the robot.
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| Method and apparatus for digital synthesis of microwaves | 20060279372 | 20061214 |
| Conductor segments are positioned within a two conductor transmission line in order to generate microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other of the transmission lines in parallel. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmission line by closing the switches in a controlled manner to discharge successive segments into the transmission lines. The induced waves travel uninterrupted along the transmission lines in a desired direction.
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| Control of circuit breakers in a multi-phase power system | 20060279884 | 20061214 |
| There is provided a method of controlling circuit breakers in a multi-phase power system. The method includes (a) recognizing a concurrent presence of a first fault in a first phase of the power system and a second fault in a second phase of the power system, where the power system includes a first circuit breaker situated to conduct a fault current between the first and second phases; and (b) controlling a second circuit breaker to open so that the fault current is interrupted, where the second circuit breaker, when closed, provides current to the first circuit breaker.
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| Television with disc loader, disc presence display device | 20060280487 | 20061214 |
| The present invention is directed to eliminate mistaken recognition of the presence of the disc even when displaying the presence of the disc with one light emitting element. In a television incorporating a slot-in type disc loader in which an LED emits light with a pulse signal output from an output terminal of the microcomputer when the power is turned OFF, which light of the LED is interrupted by the insertion of the disc thereby turning ON the power, the display control signal fixed to “L” is output from the output terminal when the pulse signal “L/H” is input to the input terminal of the microcomputer from the disc detecting section when the power is turned OFF and the disc is not inserted. The light emitting... |
| Video game program, video game device, and video game method | 20060281547 | 20061214 |
| A video game program includes a terminology storing function, a first running commentary function, a running commentary interrupting function, a second running commentary function, a running commentary returning function, and a running commentary continuing function. In the video game implemented with this program, if specific events occur while the video game is in progress and the play-by-play or commentary is interrupted, the system returns from the play-by-play or commentary related to the specific events to the interrupted play-by-play or commentary, after the play-by-play or commentary has been provided for the specific events, and the interrupted play-by-play or commentary is continued.
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| Method and system for substituting media content | 20060282319 | 20061214 |
| A business entity can replace original advertising content in which the business has little or no economic interest with alternative advertising content in which the business has more economic interest. A media program, such as a television show, can have associated original advertising content that can provide economic benefit to the program's producers, affiliates, or sponsors. The original advertising content can appear during a commercial break or a program intermission. A machine or a human can monitor the program to detect the commercial break or an occurrence of some other advertising event connected with presentation of the original advertising content. In response to detecting the commercial break, presentation of the original advertising content can be manually or automatically interrupted, suspended, or stopped. The alternative advertising content... |
| Multi-station block-texture modifying system and block-spacer | 20060272629 | 20061207 |
| Disclosed herein is a block-texture-modifying apparatus for modifying the surface texture of blocks. The apparatus comprises a support for supporting blocks thereon, a multi-station block-texture modifier for engaging blocks on the support, and a translational displacer for imparting translational displacement between blocks on the support and the multi-station block-texture-modifier. The multi-station block-texture modifier comprises a pressure-applying station for applying a sustained pressure to blocks engaged thereby, and an impacting station for applying interrupted impact on blocks engaged thereby. The multi-station block-texture modifier modifies the surface texture of blocks on said support during said translational displacement. Also disclosed herein is a method for modifying the surface texture of blocks.
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| Tractor | 20060272867 | 20061207 |
| The present invention aims at making a transmission casing compact. In the present invention, in the inside of a transmission casing, a traveling-system power transmission mechanism which is interposed between an engine and an axel, a PTO-system power transmission mechanism which is interposed between the engine and a PTO shaft, and a changeover mechanism which is interposed between both power transmission mechanisms are provided, wherein the power transmission of the PTO-system power transmission mechanism is interrupted at a middle portion thereof by the changeover mechanism and, at the same time, the changeover mechanism is allowed to perform a changeover manipulation to connect a downstream side portion of the PTO-system power transmission mechanism and a downstream side portion of the traveling-system power transmission mechanism. In this manner,... |
| Internally fed rotary screen manure separator | 20060273048 | 20061207 |
| Systems and methods for separating manure into a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, and optionally further separating the liquid fraction to capture a sand-rich second solid fraction and a second liquid fraction. Some separators have an adjustable inclination, forcing the manure passage to be slightly up hill, with an overflow box capturing and re-feeding excess manure inflow. One system includes an internally fed rotary screen separator having a perforated outer tube, the perforations being holes less than about 3/16 inch diameter. The outer tube can include spiral inner flights which may be interrupted near the discharge end to allow free fluid to flow back into the separator. The manure can be fed into an inlet conduit having an adjustable angle discharge slot. Some outer tubes... |
