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Two recent events have driven home to me the importance of "coaching for character." One was joyful, one painful, but both were powerful, especially for the parents in attendance.
The first event occurred when a few of us parents recently found ourselves at an impromptu gathering of some of our daughters who grew up playing rec soccer together. For nine years, from kindergarten to eighth grade, the Rapids were a raggedy crew of pigtailed athletes. A couple of weeks ago, we parents noticed that our little girls, now seniors in high school, have grown into strong, confident young women.
How did that happen? In the early years, the snacks were all that mattered. As the girls moved toward middle school, they started keeping score. Eventually, the Rapids learned to pass and dribble and throw and hustle. They learned to win and lose with grace and humility. They nursed hurt limbs and hurt feelings, and they became a team. In short, they developed character—as human beings as well as athletes.
The Rapids players knew that they had created not an athletic juggernaut, but a complex and rugged web of friendship, toughness, and joy. The parents beamed with pride as we watched our daughters grow from giggling small fry to strong, fierce competitors who cared about the game, and one another. Still, we knew that our team was not unique. There are millions of boys and girls chasing a ball all across America, having fun, and learning what it means to be a person of character and courage.
The Rapids reminded me that the old verities are still true. Love and effort and joy and friendship are really all that matter. Sacrificing for a team, for something bigger than oneself, is still virtuous (even if it means playing goalie!). And the girls learned that sometimes even dads can get choked up, as I did when I told my team at the end of 8th grade that coaching them was one of the greatest privileges of my life.
The Rapids who gathered last week attend four different high schools, and will move on to half a dozen colleges. But the steel that they forged in the crucible of rec soccer will forever make them one team, and will bind them as friends.
An even more poignant example of the ways that sports can shape character also occurred in the past fortnight. A Jesuit dad who had battled cancer heroically finally succumbed a couple of weeks ago. His oldest son Connor, a member of the JHS class of 2012, was at home, but a number of his pals had already left for college.
At the funeral, I was proud to see a whole lot of JHS students and parents in attendance. But I was especially moved to witness the way that Connor's former teammates from his grade school CYO basketball team rallied around him. Two of them drove from college in Montana to be there for the funeral, and the others didn't think twice—they had to have Connor's back, because they were teammates.
It did not seem to matter whether these young men had been in touch with Connor recently or not. It did not matter that they had graduated from Jesuit and Central Catholic and Lake Oswego. The bond they had, the lessons they had learned about loyalty and about what really matters (not wins and losses, but friendship and fidelity), led them instinctively to their friend's side when he needed them most. That is what one might call character, and it can be shaped powerfully by the emotional cauldron that is competitive athletics.
As I hope you know, "Coaching for Character" is the topic of the conference we are co-hosting with Central Catholic and UP at Jesuit on Saturday, October 4. All parents are invited, whether you are or ever were the coach of a team. If you are a parent, you are a coach, guiding your child(ren) through the treacherous terrain of adolescence.
So, come learn from folks who do this for a living how to help your student grow into people of competence, conscience, and compassion. You can register at www.jesuitportland.org/manresa.
As students and staff jumped from the lazy pace of summer in Oregon to the full-speed rush of the start of school, images swirl: confident upperclassmen greeting each other with bearhugs and laughter at Registration; excited but slightly-lost freshmen looking hopefully around corners for their next classroom, anxious to beat the bell; students gathering in class meetings to learn about their new iPads and the ancient traditions of Mass at Jesuit; raucous cheers shaking down the thunder from the Knight Gym at the Welcome Back Assembly on Friday, August 29.
Amidst the delirium of week 1 at Jesuit, a note of grace was introduced by Theology teacher Cindy White. At the campus ministry meetings and the Welcome Back assembly on Friday, Sept 29, students and staff took the opportunity to write a note to and say a prayer for the student body of Reynolds High School, thanks to Mrs. White's thoughtful suggestion.
As Mrs. White explains, "Jesuit's prayers will contribute to a campaign started by Susan Bowker, the grandmother of a Reynolds student. Susan would like to share 'Happy Thought Post Cards' with the students and staff at Reynolds on the first day of school on Thursday, Sept. 4 These postcards provide words of encouragement for the year ahead after the shooting tragedy last June."
This year we launched the good ship Jesuit with iPads and digital textbooks aboard. Regardless of the tools we use to deliver instruction, however, at our core we remain a Jesuit, Catholic school in the Ignatian tradition. That means we remember that the blessings we have been given are not for us alone, but to share. One of the greatest gifts we have is the gift of prayer.
Our sisters and brothers at Reynolds ended their school year with a nightmare no school wants to face. Now, it is a new morning in Troutdale, and we want Reynolds' students and faculty to know that we are with them as they begin anew.
Yes, we have lots going on—classes, ballgames, tryouts, club meetings—but we always will take a moment to pray for our friends, for peace, for the world, for the right of students everywhere to go to school in safety and with grace amidst the turbulence that is high school in America.
Our theme for this year comes from Pope Francis's first homily as Pontiff: "My wish is that all of us have the courage to walk in the presence of the Lord." This week and next, we pray that our sisters and brothers at Reynolds know the peace that comes from walking with courage in God's presence.
Peace to all of you as well. Thanks for your prayers for Reynolds, for Jesuit and for the young people of Portland and the world.
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WHEN bathroom fitter Leigh Smith decided he wanted to do something different for charity he decided on a really hair-brained idea - a lizard haircut.
But the 33-year-old's new look has been so popular he has already raised nearly £200 as part of Macmillan Cancer Support's Shave or Style campaign.
Leigh, from Dixon Close, Enfield, chose the charity after losing members of the family and the dad of a close friend to cancer.
The scaley design was the first lizard hairdresser Amy Fisher had tackled but she was delighted with the finished product - even though it needed Leigh to sit still for two
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"It's totally different to the normal cuts that I do and it was quite fun," Amy said. "It was a one-off though - there will certainly be no more lizards."
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Thursday, Dec 5, 2013 10:00a to 5:00p
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Since the invention of photography in the early 19th century, we have come to rely on the camera's ability to record an accurate account of the appearance of the world around us. Unfamiliar Realities however, provides an opportunity for viewers to explore the ways in which photographers have exploited the particular characteristics of the medium to reframe, manipulate, or reimagine the world as captured by the lens.
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Company sues Armstrong to recover $12M bonus
Lance Armstrong listens as he is interviewed by talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (Courtesy of Harpo Studios, Inc., George Burns)
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Published Thursday, February 7, 2013 5:12PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas -- A Dallas promotions company sued Lance Armstrong on Thursday, demanding he repay $12 million in bonuses and fees it paid him for winning the Tour de France.
SCA Promotions had tried in a 2005 legal dispute over the bonuses to prove Armstrong cheated to win before it ultimately settled and paid him.
Armstrong recently acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in 2012 detailed a sophisticated doping program by his Armstrong's teams. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France victories and given a lifetime ban from sports.
Now, the company contends in its lawsuit, Armstrong and agent Bill Stapleton lied and conspired to cheat SCA out of millions. The lawsuit notes that Armstrong repeatedly testified under oath in the 2005 dispute that he did not use steroids, other drugs or blood doping methods to win, all of which he now admits to doing.
"It is time now for Mr. Armstrong to face the consequences of his actions," said the lawsuit, which demands a jury trial. "He admits he doped; he admits he bullied people; he admits he lied."
Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999-2005. The SCA lawsuit seeks to recover $9.5 million in bonus money for winning the race from 2002-2004 and another $2.5 million paid to Armstrong for other costs and fees.
The lawsuit names Armstrong, Stapleton and Tailwind Sports, Inc., the team's management entity, as defendants.
Tim Herman, an attorney for Armstrong and Stapleton, did not immediately return telephone messages. Herman has previously noted that SCA previously settled its case with Armstrong and said it should not be allowed to reopen the matter.
An Armstrong spokesman referred to the original settlement signed in February 2006 by SCA President Robert Hamman and Stapleton, both for himself and Armstrong, that states "No party may challenge, appeal or attempt to set aside" the agreement, which is "fully and forever binding."
SCA counters that the case can be reopened because Armstrong's repeated lies under oath prevented it from proving he doped.
"Had SCA -- or the Arbitration Panel -- known the truth, the arbitration award and settlement never would have occurred," the lawsuit said.
According to the lawsuit, Stapleton and Herman both said in the original dispute that if Armstrong was to be stripped of his titles by official action, SCA would have no obligation to pay or could come after its money.
The 35-page filing also goes after Armstrong's televised interview with Oprah Winfrey last month in which he tearfully recounted having to tell his 13-year-old son the doping allegations were true.
In 2006, Armstrong told the arbitration panel that he didn't dope because he wouldn't want his son to someday follow him into a dirty sport.
"So how could I put my son into this completely dark, dirty underworld of deceit and deception would make no sense to me. I would never do that," Armstrong said, according to the lawsuit.
Separately, USADA chief executive Travis Tygart said Wednesday the agency has been in contact with him Armstrong and is giving him more time to decide if he wants to co-operate with its investigators and tell more about what he knows of doping in cycling.
USADA extended its original Wednesday deadline to Feb. 20 to work out an interview with investigators under oath.
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The agency has said co-operating in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports is to be reduced.
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ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, won orders worth $180 million in 2013 to deliver complete electrical power plants and propulsion systems for six new cruise liners that include its latest-generation Azipod XO units. The orders make 2013 the best-ever year for ABB in cruise liners with the Azipod system.
The six ships include two for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), two for Royal Caribbean International and one each for Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines, all leading brands in the cruise market. The orders were booked over the course of the year, with about $30 million in the first quarter, about $90 million in the second, about $30 million in the third, and the remaining $30 million in the fourth.
Azipod is an electric propulsion unit, which is housed in a submerged pod outside the ship hull. The pod contains a variable-speed electric motor which drives a fixed-pitch propeller, and can be rotated around its vertical axis to provide propulsion thrust freely in any direction. The Azipod propulsion system eliminates the need for rudders, stern transversal thrusters or long shaft lines inside the ship's hull. Since its introduction 20 years ago, the Azipod system has found favor among builders of cruise liners and ice-going ships.
"This is a remarkable run of orders for our cruise-ship power and propulsion systems, confirming ABB's leading position in this high-end market," said Veli-Matti Reinikkala, head of ABB's Process Automation division. "Since the launch of the Azipod XO, nearly all of the ships ordered will be equipped with this new generation unit."
The two ships for NCL are Breakaway Plus class vessels and include complete electrical systems, each with two Azipod XO propulsion units and three bow thrusters. Each has163,000 gross tonnage (gt) with capacity for4,200 passengers and are due for delivery from German shipyard Meyer Werft GmbH in October 2015 and spring 2017 respectively. ABB will supply Azipod XO units with combined propulsion power of almost 40 MW, plus generators, transformers, frequency converters and related power system equipment. The installation includes ABB's new "Intelligent Maneuvering Interface" (IMI), which is equipped with the 'red dot' design award-winning ABB Azimuth lever and the Azipod Dynamic Optimizing system which can enable fuel savings of up to two percent.
The ships for the Holland America Line and Carnival Cruise Lines are under construction at Fincantieri yards in Italy. For the former, ABB will supply the complete electrical power plant and propulsion system, with 28 MW of power, for a 99,500 gt, 2,660-passenger capacity liner, due for delivery at the start of 2016. The latter liner, 133,500 gt, 4,000-passenger capacity, named Carnival Vista, will feature ABB power plant and propulsion systems, augmented by generators, main switchboards, a remote control system and distribution transformers.
One of the liners for Royal Caribbean International is the Oasis 3, due for delivery from STX France in the second quarter of 2016, equipped with three 20 MW Azipod XO units from ABB. The 225,282 gt, 5,400 passenger-capacity ship will also be equipped with ABB propulsion transformers, propulsion drives and remote control systems. The other, being built by Meyer Werft GmbH, will feature two 20,5 MW Azipod XO propulsion systems as well as generators, main switchboard, a remote control system, bow thruster motors and set of transformers. The ship will be delivered in April 2016.
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Well not quite everything, but almost everything will look a little different this week. FX and Kidventure will be joining together for an Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing night.
Kids will still bring their parents.
There is still going to be a lot of fun.
There will still be a family meal at 5:00 p.m.
AND the worlds greatest Scottish rapper will be making a video appearance!!!
But the rest is a bit different.
We will start at 6:15 instead of 6:30.
Instead of hanging out in the Worship Center, we are going to gather for about 15 minutes and then head out purchase items for an Operation Christmas Child packing night.
Then we'll come back together for a few minutes at the end of the night.
This is a great opportunity for us, as families, to be a blessing together. If you remember, the three practices of being a follower of Jesus we are all working to take steps in around PLC are Learn, Include, and Bless. Learn happens every week as we dig into the Bible and apply it to our lives through life apps. FX is also a great opportunity to open the door to including others in our lives...it's an invite step for us with our friends and neighbors. But Bless is one of those areas that can be hard to all jump in together an do. We are excited for this chance to gather our families and demonstrate God's loves with no strings attached.
See you Wednesday. Get there early, and get ready to have some fun while you Bless!


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Q. Who is Mr. Smarty Plants?
A: There are those who suspect Wildflower Center volunteers are the culpable and capable culprits. Yet, others think staff members play some, albeit small, role. You can torture us with your plant questions, but we will never reveal the Green Guru's secret identity.
Did you know you can access the Native Plant Information Network with your web-enabled smartphone?
Ask Mr. Smarty Plants is a free service provided by the staff and volunteers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
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From: Austin, TX
Region: Southwest
Topic: Pests, Medicinal Plants
Title: Possibility of native plants as natural mosquito repellants
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:I live in Austin Texas and have what I would consider a mosquito infestation in my garden for most of the year. Are there native plants to this region that are proven to be naturally mosquito repellant?
If you are looking for plants that repel mosquitoes from living in your garden, I am afraid you are out of luck. Ads for a plant called Citrosa (Pelargonium citrosum), described as a genetically engineered plant, claimed it was "guaranteed to repel" mosquitoes. It was found that simply as a plant growing in the ground it does not repel mosquitoes. It does offer some repellency (about 30-40% of that of the chemical repellent, DEET) if the leaves are crushed. Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is also thought to be effective against mosquitoes; but again, it is the oil from the crushed leaves that does the job. Additionally, neither of these plants is native to Central Texas or North America. There is one plant native to far western Texas (El Paso and Hudspeth counties) called the Mosquito Plant (Agastache cana) that is said to repel mosquitoes; but once more, it is the oil of the plant rubbed on the skin that is an effective repellent.
Your best bet for ridding your garden of mosquitoes is to consider one of their breeding requirements—availability of water in which to lay their eggs—and follow the recommendations for ridding your garden of mosquito breeding sites in Mosquito Control in Your Neighborhood from the City of Austin Health and Human Services Department and Solid Waste Services Department.
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Ben Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|BLOCKING ARRANGEMENT OF ELEVATING DEVICE FOR CARPENTRY WORK - A blocking arrangement for preventing the elevating table from moving includes a platform with four threaded stems extending downwardly from the underside of the platform. Each threaded stem has a threaded member and a chain wheel screwed thereon. A chain is trained about the four chain wheels so as to drive the chain wheels and the threaded members to elevate the elevating table. A brake wheel is securely mounted to the chain wheel of one of the threaded stems. The blocking arrangement includes a stop block which is movably connected beneath the elevating table so as to be in contact with the brake wheel to set the predetermined height of the elevating table to prevent any movement due to vibration.
|Woodworking Machine with Rapid Positioning Apparatus - A woodworking machine for a work piece includes a base frame, a work platform, a driving unit, a rotary cutter unit, a supporting panel movably provided on the work platform for biasing against a work piece when the cutting procedure is performed on the work piece, and a rapid positioning apparatus. The rapid positioning apparatus includes a first guiding member and a second guiding member spacedly extended from the supporting panel, wherein the first guiding member and the second guiding member are arranged to restrict a movement of the supporting panel on the work platform at a transverse direction of the first guiding member and the second guiding member such that the supporting panel is only capable of moving on the work platform along a predetermined direction which is substantially parallel to the first guiding member and the second guiding member.
Chai-Long Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|ALUMINUM-BASED MATERIAL MELTING APPARATUS - An aluminum-based material melting apparatus includes: a furnace; a melt-discharging conduit having an inner portion disposed in the furnace; a driving mechanism mounted on the furnace; a transmission mechanism connected to the driving mechanism; and a scoop member suspended in the furnace and driven by the driving mechanism through the transmission mechanism so as to be movable in the furnace between upper and lower positions and so as to be rotatable relative to the furnace about an axis between scooping and pouring positions.
Chao-Ming Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|BIOCELLULOSE DRESSING AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - A biocellulose dressing contains a high content of a humectant with superior absorbency and promotes wound healing. The biocellulose dressing contains 10-20% (w/w) of water, 5-30% (w/w) of a microbial cellulose and 50-80% (w/w) of a humectant. A method for preparing dressing is also disclosed.
Chao-Wei Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|OPTICAL MODULE PACKAGE STRUCTURE - An optical module package structure includes a light-emitting chip and a light sensor chip respectively installed in a first cavity and a second cavity in a substrate, a reflective layer coated on the periphery of the first cavity, two packaging adhesive structures respectively molded in the first cavity and the second cavity to encapsulate the light-emitting chip and the light sensor chip respectively, and a lid integrally formed on the substrate to enhance the airtightness of the whole optical module package structure.
Cheng-Feng Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|MAGNETIC PAPER-FEEDING ROLLER ASSEMBLY - A magnetic paper-feeding roller assembly is adapted to feed a piece of paper in a machine that requires paper-feeding and that includes a casing. The magnetic paper-feeding roller assembly includes a first roller and a second roller, both of which are adapted to be pivotably mounted in the casing. The first roller is made of a magnetically attractive material. The second roller produces a magnetic force to magnetically attract the first roller toward the second roller so as to maintain a predetermined gap between the first roller and the second roller.
Chen-Ren Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|AUTOMATIC FOCUS SYSTEM OF PROJECTOR - An automatic focus system of a projector includes a projecting module, an image catching module, a memory, a micro processor, and a focusing module. The projecting module has an image light source to provide image light, and a projecting lens to project the image light on a screen. The image catching module senses an image on the screen. The microprocessor calculates the sensed image to have a definition value of the image and save the definition value in the memory. The focusing module may move the projecting lens is moved along an optical axis under a control of microprocessor. The microprocessor compares the definition values to control the focusing module to move the cam to a position where the projector may project a clear image on the screen.
Chih-Chieh Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|NANO-LAMINATED FILM WITH TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE PROPERTY AND WATER-VAPOR RESISTANCE FUNCTION AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a nano-laminated film with transparent conductive property and water-vapor resistance function and method thereof. The nano-laminated film comprises a plurality of first metal oxide layers and a plurality of second metal oxide layers. Wherein, the first metal layers and the second metal layers are made of different materials, and there is a spinel phase formed between the first metal layers and the second metal layers.
Chih-Yung Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Footwear and Production Method Thereof - A method of producing a foamed footwear includes the steps of wearing around a footwear last with an inner covering housing, coating a first partition layer made of mixed rubber material on an outer surface of the inner covering housing, covering on a foaming raw material and an outer decorating fabric, attaching to the bottom side of the footwear last with a footwear sole, attaching to an outer surface of the outer decorating fabric with necessary reinforcing elements and necessary decorating elements, and heating in a vulcanization reactor. The foaming raw material undergoes a foaming reaction process, so that the footwear sole, the necessary reinforcing elements, and the necessary decorating element undergo a vulcanizing reaction process to enhance rubber properties thereof. Both of the inner surface and outer surface of the footwear has an aesthetic appearance. The production efficiency is increased and unnecessary waste of raw material is avoid.
Chuan-Ying Yu, Taichung City TW
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|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ERASE SUSPEND OPERATION - Various aspects of a nonvolatile memory have an improved erase suspend procedure. A bias arrangement is applied to word lines of an erase sector undergoing an erase procedure interrupted by an erase suspend procedure. As a result, another operation performed during erase suspend, such as a read operation or program operation, has more accurate results due to decreased leakage current from any over-erased nonvolatile memory cells of the erase sector.
Chun-Lin Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|Intelligent Transmission Element - An intelligent transmission element includes a first element formed in a strip shape and disposed with a slot therein; a second element disposed with a containing space for placing the first element, wherein the inner side of the containing space is disposed with a tank corresponding to the plurality of slots, the tank and the plurality of slots forms a loading path for disposing a plurality of rolling elements and a silencing element. The silencing element is placed between the plurality of rolling elements and contains a dye container for a dye. When the silencing element is damaged due to an external force, the dye inside the dye container of the silencing element would color the transmission element to let the user notice that the silencing element is damaged.
Dragon Hl. Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|Circuit Board Assembly, Electronic Device Having the Same, and Lifting and Lowering Apparatus Thereof - A circuit board assembly is provided. The circuit board assembly includes: a first circuit board; a second circuit board; a bracket for supporting the second circuit board; and an interconnect apparatus for a connection and a disconnection of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the interconnect apparatus includes a first connector disposed on the first circuit board and a second connector disposed on the second circuit board (one is a male connector and the other is a female connector). The circuit board assembly includes a lifting and lowering apparatus for vertically lifting or lowering the bracket so that after the connection the second connector is vertically disconnected from the first connector and after the disconnection the second connector is vertically connected to the first connector. An electronic device having the circuit board assembly is further provided.
Feng-An Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SPORT ACTIVITIES - An approach is provided for a system for managing sport activities, which comprises at least one identifier, multiple transceivers and a server. The identifier is configured for inspecting each player in a sport activity, and has a serial number. The transceivers are located in specific spots of the sport activity, and each transceiver comprises a short-range radio signal receiver being configure for reading the serial number of the identifier, and a long-range radio signal transmitter the serial number of identifier and a timestamp when the serial number is obtained. The server is located distant from the sport activity, receives the timestamp and serial number from the transceiver, and uploads the timestamps with the corresponded player.
Feng-Yih Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|Monoclonal Antibody Specific to Ochratoxin A - This invention provides a monoclonal antibody specific to ochratoxin A and methods of assaying the level of ochratoxin A in food and feed.
Hao-Hsiang Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|FOOD PROCESSOR WITH PHONETIC RECOGNITION ABILITY - A food processor with phonetic recognition ability is disclosed, which comprises: a phonetic recognition module and a food processing module. The phonetic recognition module is capable of receiving sound signals so as to identify a content of characters containing in the received sound signals. The food processing module is capable of producing food products containing characters corresponding to the phonetic recognition result of the phonetic recognition module.
|Food Processor with Recognition Ability of Emotion-Related Information and Emotional Signals - A food processor with recognition ability of emotion-related information and emotional signals is disclosed, which comprises: an emotion recognition module and a food processing module. The emotion recognition module is capable of receiving sound signals so as to identify an emotion containing in the received sound signals. The food processing module is capable of producing food products with a taste corresponding to the emotion recognition result of the emotion recognition module.
Henry Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|LAMP - A lamp includes a dichroic filter, a light emitting diode, and a lampshade. The light emitting diode emits light towards the dichroic filter. One portion of the light within a predetermined frequency range passes through the dichroic filter. The other portion of the light is refracted by the dichroic filter. The lampshade is used for shading the light. Therefore, the lampshade shows two colors of light.
Hui-Chun Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|STOVE STRUCTURE - A stove structure includes a stove body. The stove body has a heat source portion and a wall portion. The wall portion has an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall and the outer wall are connected by a plurality of cross-section conducting members. Between the inner wall, the outer wall and the cross-section conducting members is provided with a low conductivity coefficient member. The cross-section conducting members extend the heat conduction distance and decrease the contact area of heat conduction. The lower conductivity coefficient member and the cross-section conducting members lower the heat conduction rate. The temperature of the outer wall is lowered to a second temperature and the temperature in the heating portion of the stove body is kept at the first high temperature.
Hui-Ju Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - A liquid crystal composition includes a liquid crystal compound having a formula (I), where R
Jen-Feng Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|ANODE ON A PRETREATED SUBSTRATE FOR IMPROVING REDOX-STABILITY OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND THE FABRICATION METHOD THEROF - The disclosure provides a double-layer anode structure on a pretreated porous metal substrate and a method for fabricating the same, for improving the redox stability and decreasing the anode polarization resistance of a SOFC. The anode structure comprises: a porous metal substrate of high gas permeability; a first porous anode functional layer, formed on the porous metal substrate by a high-voltage high-enthalpy Ar—He—H
|POROUS METAL SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - The disclosure provides a porous metal substrate structure with high gas permeability and redox stability for a SOFC and the fabrication process thereof, the porous metal substrate structure comprising: a porous metal plate composed of first metal particles; and a porous metal film composed of second metal particles and formed on the porous metal plate; wherein the porous metal plate has a thickness more than the porous metal film, and the first metal particle has a size more than the second metal particle. Further, a porous shell containing Fe is formed on the surface of each metal particle by impregnating a solution containing Fe in a high temperature sintering process of reducing or vacuum atmosphere, and the oxidation and reduction processes. The substrate uses the porous shells containing Fe particles to absorb the leakage oxygen.
Kuo-Jui Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CLOCK SIGNALS - An apparatus and a method of controlling clock signals for a master device and a slave device are disclosed. The controlling apparatus includes: a first connection port coupled to a first clock line of the master device; a second connection port coupled to a second clock line of the slave device; and a control module receiving a first clock signal from the master device via the first connection port, producing a second clock signal according to the first clock signal, and transmitting the second clock signal to the slave device via the second connection port; wherein when the first clock signal is switched from a first logic level to a second logic level, the control module controls the first connection port to maintain the second logic level in a time interval.
Kuo-Pin Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|BICYCLE FRONT FORK - A bicycle front fork includes an upright tube and an inverted U-shaped body having a crown and two blades downwardly and respectively extending from two ends of the crown. The crown includes a top wall through which the upright tube penetrates, a bottom wall abuttedly connected with a bottom end of the upright tube, a front wall connected between the top wall and the bottom wall and spaced from the upright tube, and a rear wall connected between the top wall and the bottom wall and spaced from the upright tube. The blades each have a tubular shape with an intermediate rib therein. By this way, the amount of fiber fabric prepreg used at the joint between the upright tube and the inverted U-shaped body for structure reinforcement can be reduced, such that the bicycle front fork is light in weight and strong in structural strength.
|WEIGHT CHANGEABLE RACKET - A racket capable of being changed in its weight includes handle, a main body, at least one nut embedded in the main body, and at least one bolt threadedly engaged with the nut. The main body has a frame and a connection portion connected between the frame and the handle. Because bolts having different weights can be selectively used to be threaded into the nuts, the user can adjust the overall weight of the racket according to his/her need so as to have a suitable racket.
|RACKET WITH REPLACEABLE GRIP SLEEVE - A racket includes a main body, a replaceable grip sleeve, a nut and a bolt. The main body has a frame, a handle having at least one hole, and a bridge connected between the frame and the handle. The replaceable grip sleeve is sleeved onto the handle and provided with at least one through hole aimed at the hole of the handle. The bolt is inserted through the through hole of the replaceable grip sleeve and screwingly engaged with the nut disposed in the hole of the handle. The user can replace the replaceable grip sleeve of a predetermined size to meet his/her need.
|REINFORCED BICYCLE FRAME - A reinforced bicycle frame is made from a fiber-reinforced material. The reinforced bicycle frame includes a head tube, a top tube extending from the head tube, a down tube extending from the head tube beneath the top tube, and at least one rib. The insides of the head, top and down tubes are communicated with each other in a way that the head, top and down tubes combinedly form a frame head having an inner surface defining a chamber. The rib has a connection end connected with the inner surface of the frame head and a free end located in the chamber, thereby enhancing the structural strength of the bicycle frame.
|REINFORCED BICYCLE FRAME - A reinforced bicycle frame is made from a fiber-reinforced material. The reinforced bicycle frame includes a bottom bracket shell, a seat tube upwardly extending from the bottom bracket shell, a down tube forwardly extending from the bottom bracket shell, two chain stays backwardly and respectively extending from the bottom bracket shell, and a rib. The bottom bracket shell has a periphery wall defining a chamber and having two opposite lateral sides, each of which is provided with a round tube portion. The rib extends toward the round tube portions from one of a first junction between the seat tube and the down tube and a second junction between the seat tube and the chain stays so as to enhance the structural rigidity of the bottom bracket shell.
|WEIGHTING DEVICE AND RACKET EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A weighting device for use with a racket includes at least one frame strip, at least one weight, and at least one screw. The frame strip is adapted for being mounted on an outer circumference of a racket frame and has a dovetail groove extending along a longitudinal direction thereof, and a plurality of through holes provided at a bottom wall of the dovetail groove. The weight has a threaded through hole and is slidably engaged in the dovetail groove. The screw is threadedly engaged with the threaded through hole of the weight and provided with an end stoppable against the bottom wall of the dovetail groove for holding the weight stationarily. Therefore, the weight can be firmly positioned and the balance of a racket using the weighting device can be quickly adjusted by adjusting the position of the weight.
|SHOCK-ABSORBABLE BICYCLE FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A shock-absorbable bicycle frame includes a tubular member formed of an internal tube and an external tube sleeved onto at least one part of the internal tube. None of any gap is formed between the internal and external tubes. The internal tube is made of fiber reinforced thermosetting plastic. The external tube is made of fiber reinforced thermoplastic plastic. The method of manufacturing the shock-absorbable bicycle frame includes the steps of putting a fiber fabric impregnated with thermoplastic resin into a mold and heating it up to 230-250° C. to form an external tube, and inserting a fiber fabric impregnated with thermosetting resin into the external tube and heating it up to 140-160° C. to form an internal tube inside the external tube. In light of this, the bicycle frame is not only lightweight and preferably shock-absorbable but simple in fabrication with high yield rate.
|Shock-Absorbing Seat Stay for Bicycle - A shock-absorbing seat stay for a bicycle includes a seat tube coupler having two branches each having a first joint portion, two extended parts each having a second joint portion corresponding to one of the first joint portions, two shock-absorption members made of elastic materials and each held between the corresponsive first and second joint portions, and at least two fastener units. Each of the first joint portions has at least one first through hole. Each of the second joint portions has at least one second through hole. Each of the shock-absorption members includes at least one third through hole. Each of the at least two fastener units is mounted to one set of the at least one first, second, and third through holes to further interconnect the corresponsive first joint portion, second joint portion, and shock-absorption member.
|SHOCK-ABSORBING SEAT STAY FOR BICYCLE - A shock-absorbing seat stay for a bicycle includes a seat tube connecting mount having a first coupling portion with a first through hole, an extension member, a shock-absorbing member and a fastening unit. The extension member has a second coupling portion with two connecting lugs each having a second through hole in alignment with the first through hole. The shock-absorbing member is made of elastic material and clamped between the first and second coupling portions. The shock-absorbing member is a U-shaped member having two arms each having a third through hole. The fastening unit is inserted in the first through hole, the second though holes and the third through holes to connect the first coupling portion, the second coupling portion and the shock-absorbing member together. The seat stay is light weight and has a proper shock-absorbing function.
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Meng-Chiu Yu, Taichung City TW
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|MOTOR REAR COVER - The present invention relates to a motor rear case, which is mounted on a motor case with a connecting bore. The motor rear case includes a main body and a plurality of protrusions. The main body has an annular plug, on which the protrusions are provided. The annular plug is inserted into the connecting bore and the protrusions make an interference fitness that provides a firm connection between the motor rear cover and the motor case.
|CARBON BRUSH ASSEMBLY OF SLIP RING - The present invention relates to a carbon brush assembly of a slip ring, wherein the slip ring further has a conductive ring. The carbon brush assembly includes a base having two tilted rails, and on each of which a carbon brush is movably mounted for reciprocation. Two biasing members are mounted on the base to urge the carbon brushes toward a conductive ring for keeping the carbon brushes in contact with the conductive ring.
|COMBINATIVE TYPE SLIP RING - A slip ring includes a spindle and a plurality of insulating rings and conductive rings alternately fitted to the spindle. Each conductive ring is connected with a wire, and the wire extends out of the slip ring through a wire hole of the spindle. The insulating rings engage the spindle so that the insulating rings are unable to rotate relative to the spindle. The conductive rings engage the spindle or the neighboring insulating ring so that conductive rings are unable to rotate relative to the insulating ring. The number and size of the insulating rings and conductive rings are selectable to be fitted to the spindle.
Michael Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|Method for forming high-drain-voltage tolerance MOSFET transistor in a CMOS process flow with double well dose approach - A method for forming a high-voltage drain metal-oxide-semiconductor (HVD-MOS) device includes providing a semiconductor substrate; forming a well region of a first conductivity type; and forming an embedded well region in the semiconductor substrate and only on a drain side of the HVD-MOS device, wherein the embedded region is of a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The step of forming the embedded well region includes simultaneously doping the embedded well region and a well region of a core regular MOS device, and simultaneously doping the embedded well region and a well region of an I/O regular MOS device, wherein the core and I/O regular MOS devices are of the first conductivity type. The method further includes forming a gate stack extending from over the embedded well region to over the well region.
Min-Chi Yu, Taichung City TW
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|CHAIN ASSEMBLING-DISASSEMBLING STRUCTURE - A chain assembling-disassembling structure includes an assembling base, a first clamping component, a second clamping component, a penetrating shaft and a driving shaft. The assembling base has a fixing portion and the fixing portion has a concave edge for receiving a bushing of the chain section. And, the assembling base includes a first portion and a second portion vertically formed at two opposite ends thereof for respectively engaging with the first and second clamping components. Here, the first and second clamping components together clamp and restrict the chain. The second clamping component has a tubular shape for being inserted by the penetrating shaft, and then, the driving shaft can further be locked into the second clamping component. By turning the driving shaft, the penetrating shaft can be forced to push out a pin, which is used for jointing the inner and outer link plates of the chain.
|BEARING PULLER - A bearing puller for holding and disassembling a bearing which is tightly engaged with a machine part includes a fixing portion, a disassembling portion, a binding ring, and a sleeve, wherein the fixing portion has the binding ring sleeved on one end thereof. The sleeve is screwed on the fixing portion to compress the binding ring to reduce an inner diameter thereof, so as to grab and hold the bearing. Furthermore, the disassembling portion which is mounted on the fixing portion can have a displacement relative to the fixing portion to reject against the machine part or can hit the fixing portion to produce a momentum, thereby causing a relative movement between the machine part and the bearing to disassemble the bearing. Therefore, the bearing can be disassembled rapidly without damage, and thus, the reusing possibility of the bearing also can be increased for saving the cost.
Ming-Chi Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Brush assembly for cleaning motorcycle chain - A brush assembly includes a base and a cover which is mounted on the base. A plurality of first brushes are removably received in the base and a plurality of second brushes are connected to an under side of the cover. An extension pipe is connected to the underside of the cover and a plurality of outlet tubes extend from the extension pipe. An inlet pipe is connected to the cover and communicates with the extension pipe so as to intrusion detergent into the extension pipe and spread from the outlet pipes to which the second brushes are connected.
Ming-Han Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Method for Modifying Probe Tip - A method for modifying the probe tip of a microscope, including the following steps of providing a substrate, providing a metal precursor solution with fluoride ion on the substrate, using the probe tip to dip into the metal precursor solution with fluoride ion on the substrate in order to form a nano-metal particle on the probe tip by the reduction reaction of at least one metal ion in the metal precursor solution. As the result, the probe tip having the nano-metal particle thereon can increase the spatial-resolution of the measuring performance of the field sensitive scanning probe microscope due to the great reduction of stray field effects.
Ming-Hsin Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Diodes with Embedded Dummy Gate Electrodes - A circuit structure includes a first isolation region, and a first dummy gate electrode over and vertically overlapping the first isolation region. First pickup regions of a diode are formed on opposite sides of the first isolation region, wherein sidewalls of the first pickup regions contact opposite sidewalls of the first isolation region. Second pickup regions of the diode are formed on opposite sides of a combined region of the first pickup regions and the first isolation region, wherein the first and the second pickup regions are of opposite conductive types. A well region is under the first and the second pickup regions and the first isolation region, wherein the well region is of a same conductivity type as the second pickup regions.
|3X INPUT VOLTAGE TOLERANT DEVICE AND CIRCUIT - A voltage tolerant input/output circuit coupled to an input/output pad, and is able to support a voltage overdrive operation of approximately twice an operational voltage, and have an input tolerance of approximately three times the operational voltage. The circuit includes a pull-up driver, a P-shield, an N-shield, a pull-down driver and a cross-control circuit. The pull-up driver is coupled to a power supply. The P-shield has an N-well and is coupled to the pull-up driver at a node C, and coupled to the input/output pad. An N-shield is also coupled to the input/output pad. A pull-down driver is coupled between ground and the N-shield at a node A. A cross-control circuit is configured to detect voltage at: the node A, the node C, and the input/output pad. The cross-control circuit is configured to output control signals to the P-shield and the N-shield based on the detected voltages.
|Overdrive Circuits and Related Method - An overdrive circuit includes a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The pull-down circuit includes first, second and third transistors electrically connected in cascode between an output node and a low voltage supply node. A capacitor is electrically connected from a gate electrode of the third transistor to a gate electrode of the first transistor. A first mono-directional bias device is electrically connected from a drain electrode of the first transistor to a gate electrode of the first transistor. A second mono-directional bias device is electrically connected from the gate electrode of the first transistor to a source electrode of the first transistor.
Patent applications by Ming-Hsin Yu, Taichung City TW
Mu-Tsun Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Motorized Drain Snake - A motorized drain snake includes a flexible member and a coupling. The flexible member has a first end provided with a hollow threaded portion and a second end provided with a tip portion. The coupling has a first end provided with a threaded connecting portion screwed into the threaded portion of the flexible member and a second end provided with a plurality of engaging slots for being connected with a powered tool. When in use, the powered tool is started to rotate the flexible member so that the tip portion of the flexible member is turned and extended deeply into a U-shaped channel of a toilet so as to pick and clear the clog, blockage or stoppage in the U-shaped channel.
|Motorized Drain Snake - A motorized drain snake includes a shank and a coiled member connected with the shank. The shank has a first end provided with a bushing which has an interior provided with a shaft hole for mounting the coiled member. The bushing of the shank is made of soft iron material. The bushing of the shank has an end face provided with a plurality of ramps. The coiled member is hollow, bendable and flexible. The coiled member is made of a metallic wire that is wound successively. The coiled member has a first end securely mounted in the shaft hole of the bushing of the shank and a second end provided with a drilling portion.
Peng-Chih Yu, Taichung City TW
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|TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a touch region, a border region, a signal transmission device, and a light transmission pattern is provided. The border region is disposed on at least one side of the touch region. The signal transmission device is disposed in the border region. The light transmission pattern is disposed in the border region. The light transmission pattern partially overlaps the signal transmission device along a vertical projection direction. The signal transmission device includes at least one transparent conducting line. The transparent conducting line overlaps partial the light transmission pattern in the vertical projection direction.
|TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, a touch sensing electrode, and an optical compensation layer. The touch sensing electrode is disposed on the substrate. The optical compensation layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the touch sensing electrode. A refraction index of the optical compensation layer is smaller than or equal to a refraction index of the touch sensing electrode.
|TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate, a decoration layer, a touch sensing device, and at least one first insulation pattern. The substrate has a light transmissible region and a peripheral region. The decoration layer is disposed in the peripheral region. The touch sensing device includes a first patterned transparent sensing layer disposed at least in the light transmissible region. The first patterned transparent sensing layer extends to the peripheral region, partially overlapping the decoration layer. The first insulation pattern is disposed in the peripheral region and located between the first patterned transparent sensing layer and the decoration layer, so that the first patterned transparent sensing layer and the decoration layer are not in contact with each other.
|TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of sensing units, a decoration layer, first signal lines, second signal lines, and a conductive component is provided. The substrate has an operation region and a periphery region surrounding the operation region. The sensing units are located within the operation region for sensing a coordinate of a touch point. The decoration layer is located within the periphery region. The first and second signal lines and the conductive component are located within the periphery region and disposed on the decoration layer. The conductive component has a widen portion located between the first and second signal lines, and the widen portion has a line width greater than those of the other portions of the conductive component.
|TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel structure and a fabrication method thereof. The touch panel structure includes a substrate, a decoration layer, a touch unit and at least one first ink layer. The decoration layer and the touch unit are disposed on a side of the substrate, wherein the decoration layer is sandwiched between the touch unit and the substrate. The decoration layer includes a display region and at least one pattern disposition region, and the touch unit includes a transparent sensing unit extending over the pattern disposition region. The first ink layer is disposed on the touch unit and includes at least one pattern. The first ink layer corresponds to the pattern disposition region. The touch panel structure and related fabrication method have low cost and low productive hours.
Ping-Chou Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Bicycle Tooth Plate Rivet - The present invention provides an improved bicycle tooth plate rivet comprising a metal shaft; and wherein the metal shaft comprises a first shaft section and a second shaft section. The first shaft section is forged to form a rivet head and the second shaft section is attached to the bottom of the rivet head to form a rivet rod such that the hardness of the rivet head is advantageously greater than the one of the rivet rod.
Pin-Yuan Yu, Taichung City TW
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|VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR CHARGE STORAGE STRUCTURE - A vertical semiconductor charge storage structure includes a substrate, at least one lower electrode, a dielectric layer and an upper electrode. The lower electrode includes a lower conductor, and a first side conductor and a second side conductor connected to the lower conductor. The first side conductor and the second side conductor are parallel to each other and form an included angle with the lower conductor. A height of the first side conductor from the substrate is greater than a height of the second side conductor from the substrate. The dielectric layer and the upper electrode are sequentially formed on surfaces of the substrate and the lower electrode. Accordingly, by forming the first side conductor and the second side conductor at different heights, an aperture ratio is increased to reduce difficulty in filling or deposition in subsequent processes to further enhance an overall yield rate.
Sheng-Yu Yu, Taichung City TW
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|COMPLEX REDUCTION MECHANISM OF LINEAR ACTUATOR - A complex reduction mechanism of linear actuator includes a primary reducing unit and a secondary reducing unit arranged in an axial direction of the primary output shaft. The primary reducing unit includes a primary input shaft, a primary output shaft and a primary reducing set. The primary input shaft is rotationally drivingly coupled with a power output shaft of the power source for transmitting rotational power to the primary reducing set. The primary reducing set reduces the rotational speed and transmits the rotational power to the primary output shaft, which transmits the rotational power outward at lower rotational speed. The secondary reducing unit includes a secondary reducing set and a secondary output section. The secondary reducing set serves to reduce the rotational speed output from the primary output shaft and transmit the rotational power to the secondary output section for driving the actuation shaft to linearly axially reciprocally move.
Shyang-Lin Yu, Taichung City TW
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|WINDOW SWITCH SYSTEM - A system for switching an opened window in a computer system between a display state and a hide state includes a mouse and a window switch system. The mouse has a switch key and a signal control unit. The window control system includes a window recording unit, a display control module, a window state switch module and a signal processing unit. When the user presses the switch key to output a switch signal from the mouse to the window control system, the window state switch module changes the state of the opened window, and then, the display control module executes the altered result and outputs the result to the screen in the computer system, thereby achieving the purpose of switching the computer window between the display and the hide states, so as to prevent the information shown on the screen from being seen by unauthorized persons.
Ta-Jen Yu, Taichung City TW
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|SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - The invention provides a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a semiconductor package includes a substrate having a die attach surface. A die is mounted on die attach surface of the substrate via a conductive pillar bump. The die comprises a metal pad electrically coupling to the conductive pillar bump, wherein the metal pad has a first edge and a second edge substantially vertical to the first edge, wherein the length of the first edge is different from that of the second edge from a plan view.
|SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING BASE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - The invention provides a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating a base for a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a conductive trace embedded in a base. A semiconductor device is mounted on the conductive trace via a conductive structure.
|SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING BASE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - The invention provides a semiconductor package and a method for fabricating a base for a semiconductor package. The semiconductor package includes a conductive trace embedded in a base. A semiconductor device is mounted on the conductive trace via a conductive structure.
|SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING BASE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - In one configuration, a semiconductor package includes a conductive trace embedded in a base and a semiconductor device mounted on the conductive trace via a conductive structure, wherein the conductive structure is a bump structure and the width of the bump structure is bigger than the width of the conductive trace. In another configuration, a method for fabricating a semiconductor package includes providing a base, forming at least one conductive trace on the base, forming an additional insulation material on the base, and defining patterns upon the additional insulation material, wherein the pattern is formed on at least one conductive trace, wherein the conductive structure is a bump structure and the width of the bump structure is bigger than the width of the conductive trace.
Tsai Shun Yu, Taichung City TW
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|ADJUSTABLE WRENTCH WITH RATCHET FUNCTION - An adjustable wrench includes a fixed jaw, a movable jaw slidably disposed in the fixed jaw, a movable member disposed in the fixed jaw for driving the movable jaw to move, a handle pivoted on the fixed jaw for being pivoted back and forth relative to the fixed jaw, a stop pin and a switch post. The stop pin and the switch post are disposed on the handle, which allows the stop pin to move to a first position where the stop pin keeps the movable member from moving along an axial direction and a second position where the stop pin allows the movable member to move along the axial direction. The switch post is provided to control the movement of the handle. The adjustable wrench has a very small maximum clamping opening angle for turning the handle away from the fixed jaw when reversely operating the adjustable wrench.
Tsai-Yun Yu, Taichung City TW
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|HANDLEBAR GRIP - A handlebar grip includes an outer tube, an inner tube extending inside the outer tube, and an annular space defined between the inner and outer tubes for receiving therein a bicycle handlebar. The inner tube has guide slots and an inner guide surface having a gradually decreased diameter. Through a threadedly connecting structure a wedge-shaped member is threaded with a bolt extending into the outer tube in a way that ribs of the wedge-shaped member are inserted in the guide slots of the inner tube respectively. When the bolt is gradually tightened up to drive the wedge-shaped member to move into the inner tube, a circumferential surface of the wedge-shaped member, which is configured to be matched with the inner guide surface of the inner tube, will squeeze the inner tube to expand outwardly so as to clamp the bicycle handlebar between the inner and outer tubes.
|BASE FOR A BICYCLE SADDLE - A base for a bicycle saddle comprises a load-bearing panel body and a rim surrounding the panel body. The rim includes a plurality of sections. One of said sections has a strip-shaped opening so that the section is more flexible than any other place of the rim.
Tzu-Yi Yu, Taichung City TW
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|METHOD FOR TREATING THE DISLOCATION IN A GAN-CONTAINING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER - A method for treating the threading dislocation within a GaN-containing semiconductor layer is provided. The method includes a substrate is provided. A GaN-containing semiconductor layer with the threading dislocation is formed on the substrate. An etching process with an etching gas is performed to remove the threading dislocation in the GaN-containing semiconductor layer so as to increase the efficiency for the light emitting device.
Vincent Yu, Taichung City TW
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|EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS - Provided is an exposure apparatus including a variable focusing device. The variable focusing device may include a transparent membrane that may be deformed in the presence of an electric field. The deformation of the transparent membrane may allow the focus length of a radiation beam to be modified. In an embodiment, the variable focusing device may be modulated such that a radiation beam having a first focus length is provided for a first position on an exposure target and a radiation beam having a second focus length is provided for a second position on the exposure target. A method and computer-readable medium are also provided.
Wei-Mei Yu, Taichung City TW
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|ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR SNARE WIRES - An adjustment assembly for snare wires includes an adjustment unit and a pressing unit respectively located on two opposite positions of the shell of a snare drum. The adjustment unit has a body with a slide slot. A shifting member is slidably connected to the body and driven by a driving member connected to the body. The shifting member has a wire carrier which is adjusted by rotating an adjusting bolt. The pressing unit includes another wire carrier which is controlled by another adjusting bolt. By adjustment of the two adjustment bolts, the tension of the snare wires can be adjusted.
Ya-Cing Yu, Taichung City TW
|Patent application number
|Novel reactive dyestuff with N,N-dialkylamino bridge group - The present invention relates to a novel reactive dyestuff with an N,N-dialkylamino bridge group, represented by the following formula (I):
Yi-Ching Yu, Taichung City TW
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|Hand Tool - A hand tool includes a shaft, at least one affecting portion, and a protection layer. The shaft is like a bar, and can be hold by a hand. The affecting portion connects with the shaft. The affecting portion can grip a specific part which a user wants to control. The protection layer is settled and/or covered on at least one portion of the hand tool surface. The protection layer is lumpy and rough. Because of the protection layer, the hand tool is shake-proof, wear-proof, slip-resistance, and electric insulation.
|Hand Tool - The invention proposes a hand tool comprising a handle, at least one operating portion, an elastic layer and a protective layer. The handle is a region for a user to hold and apply force. The at least one operating portion connected with the handle has different shapes based on different elements engaged with. The elastic layer set on at least a part of surface of the hand tool is used to absorb vibration and acting force when using the hand tool. The protective layer set on the elastic layer is flexible and contractible and therefore prevents components of the hand tool from loosening and being abraded. The protective layer is further provided with a texture surface comprising a convex surface and a concave surface to increase friction.
Yun-Chang Yu, Taichung City TW
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|WAVE POWER CONVERTING DEVICE - A wave power converting device includes a platform, a plurality of first and second fluid guide assemblies and floating assembly. The platform has a retaining post anchored to an underwater ground. The first and second fluid guide assemblies are disposed underwater so that the water could flow into the first and second fluid guide assemblies. The floating assembly could be moved up and down relative to the platform so as to press the water upwardly through the first and second fluid guide assemblies to a reservoir. Under this arrangement, the energy potential of the water in the reservoir can be converted into electrical power.
Zhi-Xuan Yu, Taichung City TW
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|WIND POWER GENERATION APPARATUS - A wind power generation apparatus includes a wind collecting hood, a rotary shaft, a rotary structure and a wind guiding structure. The wind collecting hood is a hollow circular barrel to form an airflow passage. The rotary shaft is located in the airflow passage of the wind collecting hood. The rotary structure is mounted onto the rotary shaft. The wind guiding structure is fastened to the wind collecting hood and located at the front end of the rotary structure. The wind guiding structure directs direction of airflow and accelerates the airflow to become swirling airflow to directly blow the rotary structure at optimal angles, thus capability of driving the rotary structure to rotate by wind is increased and starting wind power of the rotary structure is reduced. The rotary structure is still rotated at where the wind is smaller to provide electric power.


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Jerry Jones tamped down those expectations somewhat.
"DirecTV doesn't require new technology," he said. "I know firsthand the importance in selling to the DirecTV subscriber and audience how important our games are, so I continue to see that being very viable. We spend most of our [owners] meetings talking about technology … or the use of technology advances in presenting our games. …
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You know who would be national champions if close counted?
Utah State's football team.
Last week's three-point loss to USC in the Coliseum is just the latest in a string of narrow defeats.
The Aggies' won-loss records over the past two-plus seasons are 7-6, 11-2 and 2-2 (so far). But if not for fumbles, missed field goals, onside kicks, extra-point failures, blocked punts and more, they could very well be 29-1, or possibly, if you're really reaching, 30-0.
"That would be pretty sweet," said USU coach Matt Wells. "I didn't think about it like that. That's very interesting."
They've lost 10 games since 2011 and nine of them were by a touchdown or less (the other was by 10 points). They held the lead in the second half in nine of them. They held the lead in the fourth quarter in seven of them. They outgained their opponents in eight of them (the two losses to BYU being the exceptions). They have given up game-winning touchdowns in the final 42 seconds in four of them.
"You can't point your finger on one thing — offense, defense, special teams," says Wells. "It's been pretty consistent — it's a team game."
The good news: USU, one of the worst teams in the country only a few years ago, can go toe to toe with quality opponents. They've won 18 of their last 23 games, losing by deficits of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 3 points, respectively.
The bad news: They can't quite finish the job.
"USU has come a long way in the last 15 years," says Wells. "Those games used to be 40-point blowouts. Now we're going into Auburn and the Coliseum and Madison and Utah and BYU and playing for the win in the fourth quarter. It's still a burning desire to try to get it flipped and win some of those games. But to go play USC on the road against a top-10 defense and have the game go down to the last possession, I'll take it."
Here's a look at what might have been for USU.
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