A lighting module includes a heat sink with a sidewall and a partition defining two cavities, a LED light source disposed in one cavity to emit light, a driver module disposed in the other cavity with driver circuitry to provide electrical power to the light source, and an optical assembly to provide a desired emission profile. The optical assembly is field-changeable and includes a cover lens with snap-fit connectors to facilitate removal and replacement. The optical assembly further includes either a reflector coupled to the cover lens or an optical lens coupled to the heat sink via an optic holder. In some examples, the driver circuitry facilitates dimming of the light source. The heat sink also dissipates heat generated by the light source and the driver circuitry to maintain desired operating temperatures and thereby facilitate increased light output.

A lighting fixture is a ubiquitous device that provides artificial lighting in various indoor and outdoor settings. Conventional lighting fixtures reliant on incandescent or compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) lighting have typically used replaceable bulbs where the bulb contains components to receive an electrical input and to emit light. More recently, light emitting diode (LED)-based lighting fixtures have utilized lighting modules that contain LEDs and corresponding driver electronics to manage and control electrical inputs received by the lighting fixture. In some instances, the lighting module is in the form of a bulb.

Lighting module having field-replaceable optics, improved cooling, and tool-less mounting features


A computer implemented method includes detecting an event in a multi-component information technology system. Multiple parties having an interest in the event are identifies. An interactive collaboration mechanism is created and access to the collaboration mechanism is provided to the identified multiple parties having an interest in the event.

Enterprise IT infrastructure today touches on multiple and diverse aspects of business and technology. No single IT management system can cover all these aspects at the same time. This creates a situation where each point of view is locked into disconnected systems that rarely communicate to each other directly. There have been numerous attempts to integrate these management systems so that all these points of view are aggregated together into a single user interface. The main idea of this approach is simple. If there is a single interface then a single decision maker can have access to the data available through a "single pane of glass," the integrated interface. However it is not practical because in vast majority of cases IT management decision is made by a group of people. It turns out that different groups of users are using only some parts of the "single pane of glass" interface and do not use others. It results in bloated and complicated user interfaces where only parts of the interface pertaining to the role and expertise of the decision maker are used and the rest is ignored.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Information technology system collaboration


A method of manufacturing complex optical surfaces in soft contact lenses includes a first step of defining the complex optical surfaces with a computer assisted drafting program using a mix of patient determined parameters and selected manufacturing process determined parameters to define a mathematical "meta lens". A machine code data set is then generated to machine a plurality of contact lens mold inserts to define a complex optical surface on each of the inserts. The machining step is conducted with a single point diamond lathe having submicron precision and repeatability. A first and second plurality of intermediate contact lens mold halves are then molded with said contact lens mold inserts to define said complex optical surfaces on said mold halves having micron range transitions between optical surfaces. The complex geometric forms and optical surfaces include bifocal lenses, aspheric lenses, and toric lenses wherein the lenses may include parabolic or elliptical geometry. The first plurality of mold halves is assembled with the second plurality of mold halves with a polymerizable monomer therebetween and polymerized to form a plurality of soft contact lenses having said complex optical surfaces defined thereon.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a method for molding front and back curve mold halves which are used for subsequent molding of a soft contact lens therebetween, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for creating and forming primary mold inserts having complex optical designs formed thereon and intermediate mold halves having the complex optical designs therein which are used to mold soft contact lenses therebetween.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 4,565,348 to Larsen discloses a typical prior art approach to manufacturing mold halves similar to the present invention. Pursuant to this prior art approach, the mold halves are molded as a set of eight mold halves carried on a frame in a 2.times.4 array. FIG. 3 of the Larsen patent illustrates a molded frame carrying a 2x4 array of concave front or female mold halves, while FIG. 5 therein shows a molded frame carrying a 2.times.4 array of convex back or male mold halves. The cluster assembly of the frame and molds is manufactured by injection molding the assembly as one piece with the molds being secured within an outer rectangular frame by small struts extending between the frame and the molds. The height of the frame is such that the surfaces of the molds are protected from scratching and mechanical damage during handling, and the frame in general has a shape facilitating stacking and handling. This prior art approach of molding such polystyrene mold halves in a cluster assembly typically takes approximately twenty-four (24) seconds, which is too long for the efficient production of such polystyrene mold halves. In contrast thereto, pursuant to the present invention, the molding of such polystyrene mold halves takes approximately three to six seconds, depending upon the wall thickness.
In this prior art approach, complementary sets of front and back mold halves are used in the production of hydrogel contact lenses by direct molding of a monomer mixture wherein the mixture is dissolved in a non-aqueous, water-displaceable solvent. After a dosing step in which the front concave mold halves are substantially filled with the polymerization mixture, the concave front mold halves are covered with the back mold halves in a manner in which no air bubbles are trapped beneath the back mold halves, which are brought to rest on the concave front mold halves properly aligned and without distortion. This is preferably performed with back mold halves which are put on as individual units on the pools of polymerizable mixture held in the front concave mold halves. Accordingly, prior to the mold covering step, the plurality of back mold halves are separated from the frame by breaking or cutting. The back mold members are preferably held by a mechanical device while they are separated from the frame and which thereafter is used to guide them down and place them all simultaneously on each of the concave front mold halves containing the polymerizable mixture. The monomer/solvent mixture is then subjected to conditions whereby the monomer(s) polymerize, such as irradiation with actinic visible or ultraviolet radiation, to thereby produce a polymer/solvent mixture in the shape of the reduced final size of the desired hydrogel lens.
After the polymerization process is completed, the two halves of the mold are separated (called demolding), typically leaving the contact lens in the front mold half, from which it is subsequently displaced. The front and back mold halves are used for only a single molding, after which they are disposed of. After the polymerization is complete, the solvent is displaced with water to produce a hydrated lens the final size and shape of which are quite similar to the size and shape of the original molded polymer/solvent article. The direct molding of hydrogel contact lenses is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,495,313 to Larsen, U.S. Pat. No. 4,680,336 to Larsen et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,565,348 to Larsen, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,640,489 to Larsen et al., the entire disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in this patent application.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,704,016 and 4,890,913 to John T. De Carle disclose a method of making zoned multi focal and bifocal contact lenses and teaches that the lenses may be formed as hard lenses or soft lenses. A methodology for moldings soft bifocal contact lenses is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,704,016.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,637,697 to Michael Freeman discloses multi focal contact lenses utilizing diffraction and refraction and discloses in column 10 thereof the direct cutting of the surface of the lens using a high precision lathe wherein the cutting point is a single point diamond.
An article published in the transactions of the BCLA conference, Birmingham, 1989 (England) entitled "A Refractive Multizone Bifocal" by John T. De Carle also discloses on page 70 the manufacture of the contact lens of De Carle patent 4,890,913 by direct cutting of the lens blank with a computer controlled lathe and discusses the difficulties encountered in the direct cutting of the optical surfaces on the concave side of the lens.

Method of manufacturing complex optical designs in soft contact lenses


A lubricated gear coupling for transmitting torque between an input shaft and an output shaft, comprising a first hub connected to the input shaft, the first hub comprising at least one gear tooth and a first raised edge, a second hub non-rotatably connected to the output shaft, the second hub comprising at least one gear tooth and a second raised edge, a sleeve gear comprising at least one gear tooth, wherein the first hub and the second hub are arranged within the sleeve gear, the gear tooth of the first hub and second hub corresponding with the gear tooth of the sleeve gear, wherein torque is transmitted from the input shaft to the output shaft with axial, radial, and angular movement occurring between the first hub and the second hub and, a draining means arranged on the sleeve gear, wherein the lubricant can flow through.

Couplings are used to transmit torque and rotational movement between two machines, where the input and output shafts are misaligned axially, radially, angularly, or a combination of the aforementioned. Different types of couplings have different characteristics and are used in different applications.
Gear couplings have high torque, high misalignment, and moderate speed capability with high torsional stiffness. Gear couplings are usually lubricated by grease, which tends to remain in a cylindrical shape around the outside of the sleeve gear away from the sealing devices. Grease lubricated gear couplings with low misalignment may use contact seals outboard of the gear teeth, while high misalignment couplings may have lips on the end plates extending under the hub gear teeth. However, it is sometimes advantageous to use a lubricant that has low viscosity such as oil where it is difficult or expensive to dismantle the associated machines, to enable the lubricant to be replaced by draining and refilling the coupling using suitable plugs. However, the use of a low viscous lubricant creates sealing problems, in particular, where the couplings are subject to frequent starting and stopping applications.
One embodiment of a lubricated gear coupling is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,171,197 (Boucquey) which discloses a coupling that allows angular and radial misalignment as well as axial displacement between two shafts. The coupling comprises two hubs, a sleeve tube, stop means to prevent excessive displacement, and sealing rings. Boucquey fails to disclose or teach, however, a lubricated gear coupling with plugs that can be removed and replaced in order to drain and fill lubricant. Boucquey also fails to disclose a channel between sealing rings which aids in preventing any contaminant from entering the chamber containing the lubricant. Instead, Boucquey teaches a lubricated gear coupling with a sealing ring that experiences negligible radial displacement when misalignment occurs and is the sole means for preventing any contamination of the lubricant.
Another embodiment of a lubricated gear coupling is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,524,191 (Tennies) which discloses an inverted coupling for transmitting power between the shafts of an electric motor and a gear box pinion. The coupling has a shaft hub mounted on the motor shaft, a gearbox hub mounted on the gearbox shaft, annular splines, sleeve ring gears, and a coupling member sleeve seal. Tennies fails to disclose or teach, however, a separate contaminant excluding seal in addition to the lubricant retaining seal. Tennies also fails to disclose a channel between sealing rings which aids in preventing any contaminant from entering the chamber containing the lubricant.
Yet another embodiment of a lubricated gear coupling is disclosed in United States Application Publication No. 2011/0012314 (Nakamura) which discloses an apparatus having a first member, a second member, a first sealing body, and a second sealing body. The lubricant is sealed between the first member and the second member by the first sealing body. The second sealing body is disposed adjacent to the first sealing body opposite the lubricant and slides from a reserve position to a sealing position in the event that the first sealing body is compromised. Each sealing body includes an oil seal and a dust seal. Nakamura fails to disclose or teach, however, a lubricated gear coupling that has individual seals for retaining lubricant and excluding contaminant. Additionally, Nakamura fails to disclose plugs that can be removed and replaced in order to drain and fill the lubricant. Instead, Nakamura teaches a sealing body that has the second sealing body in a reserve position and only functions as a seal when moved into a sealing position after the first sealing body has become compromised.
Thus, there exists a long felt need for a lubricated gear coupling that contains two separate seals for retaining lubricant and excluding contaminant from the lubricant, a means for easily draining the lubricant without completely dismantling the gear coupling, and having features within the gear coupling to minimize the amount of lubricant that migrates towards the lubricant seal.


Using observable market factors which reflect a current share price, a given share price, volatility in given share price, expected debt recovery fraction, and percentage standard deviation in the expected debt recovery fraction, the instant invention provides probability estimates for no default by a company within a given future time horizon. The invention has applications in the field of bond and company rating and calculation of credit spreads. The invention also provides a relationship between credit spreads, equity prices and volatility, useful as a price discovery tool in determining fair market price of the credit risk, on a name basis for credits that have public equity.

1. Field of the Invention
The instant invention relates to the field of credit and financing instruments, and more particularly to the field of determining company default probabilities using observable market information.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the credit market, there is considerable concern with and interest in understanding and predicting the risk for a given credit transaction. One of the risks is a default by the borrower, and subsequent loss of all or a part of the credit "investment". When extending credit, there is also an interest in comparing the relative risk for different borrowers, where one of the risks includes a risk of future default.
Understanding and providing a measure for the risk of a company's default has been attempted in a number of different ways. Most of those techniques use very complicated market factors, relationships and subjective judgement about the borrowers and market trends. Few of the known systems use a straight-forward, understandable, repeatable and dependable process.
What is needed is a system and method to provide a prediction or probability of a company's default, which uses primarily observable market factors and historic trends.

Method and system for determining a company's probability of no default


A crawler pad to be mounted on a tread surface of a crawler plate forming a crawler for forming an elastic tread for protecting a road surface, comprises an elastic member forming the tread of the crawler pad, a reinforcement supporting the elastic member, a fixed hook member integrally formed with the reinforcement for engaging with one edge of the crawler plate, a detachable hook member detachably secured at the other end of the reinforcement for engaging with the other edge of the crawler plate, and a fastening member for firmly securing the detachable hook to the other end of the reinforcement, the fastening member having an outer end placed at an inwardly shifted position relative to the outer end portion of the detachable hook member.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a crawler pad. More specifically, the invention relates to a crawler pad to be fitted on the tread side of crawler plates of a dry field crawler to be employed in a caterpillar type vehicle, such as a bulldozer, shoveldozer, power-shovel and so forth.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, for the purpose of protection of a road surface from a crawler, pads are fitted on the tread side of respective crawler plates forming a crawler.
Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication (Kokai) No. 3-24485 discloses a typical example of such type of crawler pads.
The conventional crawler pad is illustrated in FIG. 71. As shown, the conventional crawler pad comprises a pad body A formed of a hard rubber material into an essentially rectangular cross-section and hooking members c, c removably secured on longitudinal ends of the pad body a by means of fastening members, such as fastener bolts b, which hooking members c, c are adapted to engage with the edges of the crawler plate. The pad body A is formed with a groove d for engaging with a grouser of the crawler plate on the bottom surface thereof. The crawler pad is mounted on the crawler plate with engaging the groove d with the grouser of the crawler plate and engaging the hooking members c, c with the edges of the crawler plate so that the crawler pad will not cause displacing during traveling of the vehicle.
However, in the conventional crawler pad as set forth above, since the fastening bolts for securing the hooking members onto the pad body project from both sides of the pad, they may contact with bump or other matters on the traveling path to damage the bolts per se as well as the hooking members to loose off.
Also, in the prior art, since prevention of displacement of the pad relative to the crawler plate in the running direction of the crawler is realized by engaging the groove d formed in the pad body a with the grouser of the crawler plate, it is not applicable for the crawler plate having the grouser at an appropriate position, such as the intermediate position in the running direction of the crawler plate or for the crawler plate having relatively high grouser, such as for bulldozer crawler plate for dry ground. This limits applicable models of the vehicles.
Furthermore, the conventional crawler pad is formed into a solid block of hard rubber in overall thickness while a metal core insert is provided so that the back side thereof will directly contact with the tread surface of the crawler plate. This clearly requires relatively large amount of hard rubber to result in high cost.
In addition, since the allowable wearing of the pad body is limited to the equal height to the height of the hooking members c, c, the remaining rubber pad after wearing up to the allowable limit has been simply disposed. Since the hard rubber is relatively expensive, disposing of worn pad body is wasteful.
Also, in the prior art, since a reinforcement, such as the metal core, is inserted within the hard rubber, it is difficult to remove the metal core for recycling upon disposing the rubber pad. Furthermore, the presence of the metal core in the disposed pad makes the disposing process difficult.
As set forth above, in the prior art, the crawler pad is mounted on the crawler plate by means of the hooking members c, c at both ends. This requires installation of the hooking members c, c for respective sides of the crawler pads to degrade workability.


A computer-implemented method performed by a device connected to a light and at least a first sensor is disclosed. The method includes: setting a first condition for activating the light; setting a second condition for deactivating the light; transmitting a first signal to the light to activate the light when the first condition is met; transmitting the second signal to the light to deactivate the light when the second condition is met; setting a third condition for activating the first sensor; receiving a signal from the first sensor; if the light is deactivated and the third condition is met, activating the light; and if the light is activated and the third condition is met, keep the light activated.

The background description includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
All publications herein are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication or patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. Where a definition or use of a term in an incorporated reference is inconsistent or contrary to the definition of that term provided herein, the definition of that term provided herein applies and the definition of that term in the reference does not apply.
Landscape lighting systems are well known in the art. Such systems typically comprise one or more lighting fixtures wired to a power supply such as a low-voltage transformer and a controller for programming on/off cycles and run times. U.S. Pat. No. 9,345,155 for example, describes a controller for an irrigation and lighting system that is removable from its housing. The controller can be mechanically and electrically disconnected from the housing and has a battery that allows a user to walk around the landscape site "to enable more convenient and intuitive programming of the ON and OFF times for the lighting fixtures." Column 4, lines 58-60. However, it appears the controller does not have the ability to wirelessly communicate with the housing and must be plugged back into the housing to execute the new on/off programming.
U.S. Pat. No. 9,526,152 describes a lighting fixture with an AC-to-DC power conversion unit and a controller built into the housing of the lighting fixture. The controller can wirelessly receive instructions from a remote unit or computing device via an RF signal to execute a pre-programmed on/off cycle. While advantageous in some respects, this approach requires that each lighting fixture have expensive electrical components such as the controller and AC-to-DC power conversion unit, which can increase costs significantly for larger landscape lighting systems that require numerous lighting fixtures.
U.S. Pat. No. 10,299,342 describes systems and methods for retrofitting a mechanical time clock-based lighting control system with a more feature-rich digital control system. Column 2, lines 65-67. This approach provides individually controllable relays coupled to the low voltage side of the power transformer. Column 3, lines 30-31. However, U.S. Pat. No. 10,299,342 fails to describe how the connection leads L1 and L2 are installed into an existing lighting system. It would be advantageous to provide a connector that facilitates installation of a wireless controller into an existing wired lighting system.
Thus, there remains a need for improved systems and methods to retrofit a wired lighting systems with wireless controllers.

Connectors and wireless controllers for wired lighting systems


A recording apparatus for recording by using a recording head having a plurality of recording elements comprises a generation circuit for generating an enable signal for enabling the drive of the recording elements, and a supply circuit for sequentially supplying the generated enable signals to recording element groups each including one or a plurality of adjacent recording elements. The supply circuit supplies the enable signals to the adjacent recording element groups in partially overlapped manner whereby the enable signals partially overlap.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to recording apparatus and method, and more particularly to ink jet recording apparatus and method for discharging fine ink droplets toward a recording medium such as a sheet to record characters or images thereon, and further particularly to recording apparatus and method which use as many nozzles as the number corresponding to a recording width of the recording medium.
2. Related Background Art
An ink jet recording apparatus for discharging fine ink droplets to record data has been known. This recording apparatus has many advantages over other recording apparatuses such as high recording speed, ease of colorization, plain paper recording, low noise and high recording quality.
Such an ink jet recording apparatus has a recording head which comprises discharge ports (or outlets) for discharging inks, nozzles connected to the discharge ports and energy generation means arranged at portions of the nozzles to generate energy to discharge the inks in the nozzles. The recording head selectively discharges ink droplets from the discharge ports in accordance with input record information to form characters and images on the recording medium.
However, in such a prior art ink jet recording head, since a plurality of nozzles communicate with a single common liquid chamber, nozzles mutually interfere with each other and a discharge characteristic of the ink droplets is deteriorated.
The mutual interference means an affect of the first discharge to the second discharge from the recording head when
1 ink is discharged from a particular nozzle at the first discharge, and
2 ink is discharged from a nozzle adjacent to the nozzle of 1 at the second discharge. Namely, it means a phenomena in which the quantity of discharge of the ink or the velocity of discharge of the ink at the second discharge changes between the operation 2 immediately after the operation 1 and the operation 2 without the operation 1 or sufficiently long interval after the operation 1.
The deterioration of the discharge characteristic means that a change in the quantity of discharge of the ink or the velocity of discharge is large so that the quality of the characters or images is deteriorated. The change in the quality of discharge of the ink has a great affect to the quality. The larger the number of nozzles which concurrently discharge the ink in the operations 1 and 2 is and the shorter a distance between a rear end of a separation wall of the nozzles and a rear surface of the common liquid chamber in the structure of the recording head is, the more remarkably does the phenomenon occur.
The causes of the mutual interference are explained with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B which illustrate the structure of the recording head and FIGS. 4A to 4C which illustrate the mutual interference between the nozzles. FIGS. 3A and 3B show an ink jet (bubble jet) recording head. Numeral 300 denotes a resistor which is an energy generator, numeral 301 denotes a nozzle, numeral 302 denotes a discharge port, numeral 303 denotes a common liquid chamber, numeral 304 denotes a filter, numeral 305 denotes a silicon (Si) substrate, numeral 306 denotes an aluminum (A1) substrate, numeral 307 denotes an ink supply tube, numeral 308 denotes a flexible cable and numeral 309 denotes a nozzle separation wall. FIG. 4A shows a timing t=0 to conduct a first discharge of the operation 1 by a first pulse P1 and a timing t=t.sub.s to conduct a second discharge of the operation 2 by a second pulse P2. Each of P1 and P2 has a pulse width of 10 .mu.sec and a voltage applied to the resistor is 30V. FIG. 4B shows a portion of FIG. 3B and illustrates the propagation of an ink pressure at a time immediately before the drive of the heat generators of the nozzles No. 5 to No. 8 by the first pulse P1.
By the heat generated by the heat generators #1 to #4 (or No. 1 to No. 4), bubbles 321 are generated and the ink is discharged in the direction C. At the same time, a small amount of ink flows back to the common liquid chamber 303 as shown by an arrow D. By this phenomenon, a small amount of ink extends in the direction of discharge, although the ink is not fully discharged in the direction E, from the discharge ports 302 of the nozzles #5 et seq. Namely, as shown in FIG. 4C, a meniscus 322 which is an interface between the ink and atmosphere exhibits slightly convex. Thereafter, the nozzles #1 to #4 normally discharge the ink.
However, when the pulse P2 is applied at t=t.sub.s =13 .mu.sec to discharge the ink from the nozzles #5 to #8, the discharge is conducted while the meniscus 322 is convex, and the volume of discharge of the ink from the nozzles #5 to #8 is larger by .DELTA.V than that when the pulse P2 is applied without the pulse P1. Namely, larger ink droplets are discharged.
It has been known that when the quantity of discharge of the ink of the adjacent recording point changes approximately 10%, the deterioration of the record quality can be visually recognized.
It is difficult to precisely measure the increment of the quantity of discharge of the ink from the nozzle #5, it is estimated as follows by approximation calculation. In the condition of FIG. 4B, the extension of the meniscus 322 from the nozzle #5 is 10 .mu.m. The actual nozzle sectional size is 20 .mu.m.times.25 .mu.m but it is approximated by a cylinder having a diameter of 25 .mu.m. Further, since the extension of the meniscus 322 is approximated to a portion of a sphere as shown in FIG. 4C by the microscope observation, the increment by the extension of the meniscus 322 is given by EQU .DELTA.V1=2.98 (pico liters)
Under the non-discharge condition of the ink, the meniscus 322 is set to be slightly convex and recessed by 2 .mu.m. A distance (or difference) to the tip end of the nozzle is given by EQU .DELTA.V2=0.16 (pico liters)
Thus, the increment of the quantity of discharge of the ink is given by EQU .DELTA.V=.DELTA.V1+.DELTA.V2=3.14 (pico liters)
Since the normal quantity of discharge of the ink is approximately V=28 (pico liters), the change of the ink droplets is EQU .DELTA.V/V=11.2 (%)
and the recording quality is deteriorated.
In the above description, it is assumed that the position of the meniscus 322 of the nozzle #5 changes with time and the pulse P2 is applied at the most extended timing. However, it has been proved that the change in the quantity of the ink droplets is larger when the pulse P2 is applied at a slightly earlier timing. This is considered because there is a time lag from the application of the voltage to the heat generator to the generation of the bubbles on the heat generator and the force which the ink receives in the direction of discharge is larger when the meniscus 322 moves toward the extension than when the meniscus 322 is at the most extended state.
When the pulse P2 is applied around t=40 .mu.sec, the change in the quantity of the ink droplets is negative as opposed to the above case. This is considered because the meniscus 322 which has once been convex recovers by a surface tension of the ink and becomes concave rather than the normal state by a kinetic energy, and the arrows D and E in FIG. 4B are of opposite direction at the timing of the extinguishment of the bubbles generated at the nozzles #1 to #4.
One solution to those problems is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,578,687. In this method, an atmosphere opening for the ink is provided at a portion of the recording head to divert the change in the pressure in the common liquid chamber to the atmosphere when a particular nozzle discharges the ink to prevent the interference to other nozzles. This method, however, has disadvantages of introduction of fine dusts from the atmosphere opening, the inducement of non-discharge of the ink due to the change of material property by the evaporation of the ink, and the inability of the discharge due to the adhesion of the ink. In order to avoid those problems, the apparatus should be very complex.
Means for retaining bubbles for the interference of the pressure of a portion of the common liquid chamber is disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open patent application Ser. No. 1-285356 but it is difficult to always retain a constant volume of bubbles.
As an approach to minimize the occurrence of the problem due to the mutual interference, it has been proposed to make a length d from a rear of the energy generator 300 shown in FIG. 3B to a rear of the common liquid chamber 303 sufficiently long. In an experiment, the mutual interference was minimized by setting the length d longer than 6.0 mm. However, this method is against a desire to reduce the size of the recording head to make the recording apparatus compact. Further, since the Si substrate is an expensive component, the increase of the size of the recording head leads to the increase of the cost of the apparatus.
As a method for preventing the mutual interference by the vibration of the meniscus of the non-discharge nozzle, a method of simultaneously driving all nozzles has been proposed. However, in this method, the larger the number of nozzles is, the larger is the capacity of the driving power for the resistor which is the energy generator. As a result, the size of the apparatus increases and the cost of the apparatus increases.
The mutual interference may also be prevented by providing a time interval after the discharge from one nozzle to the discharge timing of the adjacent block which is long enough for the meniscus to return to the normal state rather than convex or concave. However, this method is in contrast to the requirement of high recording speed and a step appears prominently in the recorded characters and images due to the lag in the discharge timing and the recording quality is deteriorated.

Recording apparatus and method for driving recording head element groups in a partially overlapped manner


A method and apparatus to analyze real-time data transmissions across a network is described. The method may comprise transmitting a sample data stream between source and destination endpoints across a test data path which includes network devices. The method may then compare a measured quality of the received sample data stream with pre-defined quality criteria associated with the network. If the measured quality fails to meet the pre-defined quality criteria, the network devices in the test data path may be identified, device performance data may be obtained, and a network report may be generated based on the device performance data. The device performance data may comprise processor utilization, memory utilization, bandwidth over subscription, buffer over run, and/or a number of non-error packets that are discarded at the network device.

Popularity of IP (Internet Protocol) telephony (e.g. VoIP, video calls, etc) is increasing, and deployments of IP Telephony are correspondingly increasing in terms of number of subscribers and size of networks. The increasing number of subscribers using IP telephony for their day to day communication places increased load on network infrastructure, which leads to poorer voice quality owing to inadequate capacity or faulty infrastructure.
IP telephony places strict requirements on IP packet loss, packet delay, and delay variation (or jitter). In multi-site complex customer networks, there may be many WAN edge routers that interconnect many branches of an enterprise or of many small businesses managed by a service provider.
Probable causes of poor voice quality at the WAN edge router are Codec conversions, mismatched link speeds, and bandwidth oversubscription owing to number of users, number of links, and/or link speed. Each of these causes results in buffer overruns, leading to packet discards, which in turn degrades the quality of voice or service.

Method and system to identify a network device associated with poor QoS


A floating point (FP) shifter for use with FP adders providing a shifted FP operand as a power of the exponent base (usually two) multiplied by a FP operand. First arithmetic processor using at least one FP shifter with FP adder. FP adder for N FP operands creating FP result, where N is at least three. Second arithmetic processor including at least one FP adder for N operands. Descriptions of FP shifter and FP adder for implementing their operational methods. Implementations of FP shifter and FP adder.

Floating point arithmetic has been built into many computing devices since the 1950's and has often been preferred for many scientific, engineering and financial calculations. In some ways, it has mimicked fixed point or integer arithmetic. The mathematical operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are well supported in traditional floating point literature. The literature is vast, and at this time, nearly static with little fundamental growth being reported.
Fixed point arithmetic has always had some operations which it did much better than floating point. It has long been possible to build fixed point adders of more than two fixed point numbers. It has long been possibly to multiply a fixed point number by a power of two in an adder, merely by shifting the bits of the fixed point number. Neither of these statements are true for floating point arithmetic processors. What is needed are floating point arithmetic processing elements which can add more than two floating point operands, and which can effectively multiply a floating point operand by a power of two, creating a shifted floating point operand.
The use of inexpensive shifting of fixed point numbers in fixed point adders has been used extensively in the development of wavelet filter banks. While fixed point arithmetic is not as good at preserving the precision of small values, it is cheap. New arithmetic processors are needed that are comparably capable of supporting wavelet filter banks.
While it is possible with multiple conventional, floating point adders to add more than two floating point operands together, this is done at a large cost in terms of control, communication, circuitry, power and heat dissipation. Floating point arithmetic processors are needed which minimize both the control and communication overhead for such operations using less circuitry, consuming less power, and dissipating less heat.

Apparatus and method for implementing floating point additive and shift operations


An improved decoding process as applied to MPEG AAC decoders of the type that use codebooks, reduces redundant traversing steps while finding the location of a specific binary stream codeword in the codebook. To this end, the codebooks are divided into a plurality of node-tables, each table corresponding to a node. From the number of bits “k” in a given node-table, the decimal value of the first “k” bits in a binary stream to be decoded is ascertained and compared with the decimal value of the maximum code word in the given node-table. The comparison is used for the identification of the location of the codeword in the node-tables to assist in decoding without unnecessary traversing of all the nodes in the codebook.

MPEG is associated with a family of standards used for coding audio-visual information (e.g., movies, video, and music) in a digital compressed format. The major advantage of MPEG compared to other video and audio coding formats is that MPEG files, because of the use of data compression, are much smaller for the same quality. This is because MPEG uses very sophisticated compression techniques that may be loss-less. By assigning smaller codes for more frequently used characters and larger codes for less frequently used characters, a file can be compressed considerably.
AAC is known as a useful state-of-the-art audio compression tool that provides a superior performance. An AAC audio format is known to be used in High Definition Transport Streams in Asia, in QuickTime (iTunes) and in MPEG 4 ISO formats. Currently, at least one commonly known implementation of an AAC decoder is by the Core Codec group.
AAC files can occur internal to Audio/Video formats such as AVI/OGM/Matroska, or as a stand alone Audio file (AAC/M4A). An AAC encoded stream contains spectral values that are quantized using the two parameters, i.e., quantized spectral lines, and scale factor. The scale factor defines the full scale range of the quantization, and the quantized line defines the precision within that scale. The entire frequency region is divided into frequency groups called "scale-factor bands". Each scale-factor band is associated with one scale factor, reflecting the psycho acoustic similarity of the grouped frequencies. The scale-factors are obtained through an iterative procedure in a bit allocation module, and reflect the magnitudes of the spectral coefficients in each scale-factor band. The bit allocation algorithm typically divides the available data bits among various scale-factor bands. Units with a large number of bits may have little quantization noise, and units with few or no bits may have significant amounts of noise. For good sound quality, it is preferred that a bit allocation algorithm should ensure that critical units have sufficient bits, and that the noise in non-critical units is not perceptually significant.
AAC takes advantage of such new tools as temporal noise shaping, backward adaptive linear prediction and enhanced joint stereo coding techniques. For example, AAC supports a wide range of sampling rates (8-96 kHz), bit rates (16-576 kbps) and from one to 48 audio channels. AAC in one form has the ability to use the coding tools already present in MP3, but implements them in a better way using a filter bank which may be a pure MDCT (modified discrete cosine transform) and not a hybrid filter bank, as for example in MP3. AAC in another form also introduces some new tools over previous coding schemes. One such tool is Temporal Noise Shaping (TNS) which is a tool designed to control the location, in time, of the quantization noise by transmission of filtering coefficients. Prediction may be used as a tool designed to enhance compressibility of stationary signals.
It is known that a Huffman binary tree is generated when the coding process is done. For decoding however, the process starts at the root of the Huffman binary tree. When a bit is reached, and depending on whether it is 0 or 1, the decoding process goes to the left or the right respectively. The decoding process may stop when a leaf node is encountered, which contains the symbol to decode.
A Huffman decoder, as known, is a variable length statistical coder. As a result, the encoder does not send the length of each codeword, but rather sends the Huffman tree to which a set of codewords belong to. This makes it very difficult for the decoder, as it has to step through each of the nodes of the Huffman tree, searching for the leaf node. Each node can in turn have multiple leaf nodes, which makes it even more MIPS intensive for the decoder to corner down to a single leaf node. Since the Huffman code length is not fixed, typically the decoder has to find out the length of each code while processing. In the known Huffman decoding approach, a codebook in the form of code tables including information about the nodes and codewords is generally used for search by traversing. Traversing each of the nodes of the Huffman tree or the codebook for decoding a given codeword is expensive and time consuming. In known decoding methods, there is still the need for too many iterations and traversing operations for decoding a codeword while using code tables.

Technique for implementing Huffman decoding


A gear box includes a gear box body of a reducer to which a motor is mounted. The gear box body includes a worm, wheel holding section where a worm wheel of the reducer is held, and a motor holding section, where a part of the motor is contained, the motor holding section having a motor mounting opening. The motor holding section is configured such that a bottom of the motor holding section is provided in a region between a line L1 and a line L2. Here, the line L1 passes through the center C of the worm wheel holding section and is perpendicular to the axis line X of a motor shaft. The line L2 is a tangent line passing through an outer edge portion located near a circular outer peripheral wall of the worm wheel holding section on a motor side and is perpendicular to the axis line X of the motor shaft.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a gear box, and more particularly to a gear box used for a motor reducer.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the conventional practice, small-sized direct-current (DC) motors are used in electrical equipment for use in vehicle and other various types of apparatuses and devices. Here, the electrical equipment for use in vehicle includes an opening-and-closing apparatus for a power window mechanism (power window switchgear), an automotive opening-and-closing apparatus for a door-locking mechanism (automotive door-locking switchgear), an electric mirror surface driving/retracting apparatus, and an air conditioner, for instance. A motor unit in which a reducer for regulating the torque and the rotational speed of a motor is formed integrally with the motor is used in such equipment.
For example, Japanese Patent No. 3568415 discloses a motor unit comprising a housing, which is integrally molded by a synthetic resin, a DC motor fixed to the housing, and a speed reduction mechanism held inside the housing. A plurality of electric terminals (hereinafter referred to as "terminals" also) with which the signal lines from an electronic control unit and the power wires from a battery power supply are connected to the DC motor or circuit board are insert-molded into a connector portion of this motor unit. Also, the connector portion thereof is integrally formed with the housing using the synthetic resin.
It is to be noted here that, in the above-described motor unit, the motor and the connector portion are provided opposite to each other with the housing for holding a worm wheel therein located between the motor and the connector portion. As a result, the total length of the motor unit gets longer.
Also, there are cases where a terminal functioning as a power feeding passage leading from the connector portion to the motor is provided within the housing. In such a case, conceivable is a method where the housing is manufactured before the terminal is placed at a predetermined position within the housing. However, it is not easy to accurately place and secure the terminal onto a positioning portion in the housing. Accordingly, there is room for improvement in the method of manufacturing the housing where the terminal is provided.

Gearbox, and method for manufacturing the same


In order to obtain a desired output characteristic in magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus, a proper range of magnetic tape wrap angles on a magnetic head are determined according to the following expressions, taking account of tension: EQU 0.5(.beta..sub.in -.gamma.) .ltoreq. (.beta..sub.out -.gamma.) .ltoreq. 2(.beta..sub.in -.gamma.) EQU and .beta..sub.in + .beta..sub.out .ltoreq. 2.gamma.+4.0.degree.. where. .gamma.= -0.2 (deg.multidot.mm/gf) .times. T(gf/mm) + 0.6.degree., PA1 .beta..sub.in is a wrap angle of an approaching magnetic tape and PA1 .beta..sub.out is a wrap angle of a leaving magnetic tape.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing signals of high density onto/from the magnetic tape at a high transfer rate by guiding a magnetic tape at high speed and, more particularly, relates to configurations of magnetic heads and magnetic tape wrap angles relative to the magnetic heads.
2. Description of the Related Art
In a field of magnetic recording/reproducing in which signals of high density are recorded/reproduced on/from a magnetic tape guided at high speed, one example of magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus was disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-49308, which is effective to maintain a good contact condition between a magnetic tape and a slide face of a magnetic head. What was disclosed in the patent will now be described with reference to FIG. 16.
There is a magnetic gap 100 at the top of a magnetic head 101 in the magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus. A magnetic tape 110 contacts with a magnetic head 101 on a slide face 102 in a sliding manner. In the figure, .alpha.'s represent angles between a direction of a chord joining both ends 104, 105 on slide face 102 and the directions of tangents at ends 104, 105, and .beta..sub.in, .beta..sub.out represent angles between the chordal direction above and the direction of magnetic tape 110 coming in and out of contact with the ends 104, 105 on slide face 102. The angles .beta..sub.in, .beta..sub.out will be hereinafter referred to as "tape wrap angles".
Tape wrap angle .beta..sub.in represents a tape wrap angle with which magnetic tape 110 approaches slide face 102 (the side of end 104) (therefore hereinafter referred to as approaching tape wrap angle), and .beta..sub.out represents a tape wrap angle with which magnetic tape 110 leaves slide face 102 (the side of end 105) (hereinafter referred to as leaving tape wrap angle). Tape wrap angles .beta..sub.in, .beta..sub.out are determined by positions of tape guides 108, 109, for example. Force restricting magnetic tape 110 is generated at both ends 104, 105 of slide face 102 by setting values of .beta..sub.in /.alpha., .beta..sub.out /.alpha. to larger than 1 in the arrangement above.
Magnitudes of restricting force F.sub.in, F.sub.out (where "in", "out" indicate the approaching and leaving sides, respectively) per unit width of magnetic tape 110 controlled as stated above are given by the following equations: EQU F.sub.in = T sin (.beta..sub.in -.alpha.) (1) EQU F.sub.out = T sin (.beta..sub.out -.alpha.) (2)
where T is tape tension per unit width of magnetic tape 110.
Pressing force is generated on slide face 102 by the tape tension T per unit width above, which is given by the following equation: EQU f = T/R (3)
where R is a radius of the curvature of slide face 102.
In this case, when magnetic tape 110 is guided in the direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure, magnetic tape 110 moves in a stable manner under the condition that the restricting forces F.sub.in, F.sub.out and the pressing force f are in harmony with an air film pressure between slide face 102 of magnetic head 101 and magnetic tape 110.
FIG. 17 is a diagram of a spacing distribution when the values of .beta..sub.in /.alpha., .beta..sub.out /.alpha. are 1.2-2.5 as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-49308. The spacing distribution is a distribution of a gap (hereinafter referred to as spacing) between magnetic tape 110 on slide face 102 of magnetic head 101 and slide face 102.
As shown in FIG. 17, the spacing is virtually constant and small over slide face 102. This means that the spacing of magnetic gap 100 on slide face 102 of magnetic head 101 is hardly affected by the moving direction of magnetic tape 110 and disturbance such as vibrations, and a good electromagnetic converting characteristic can be provided at magnetic gap 100.
The effect described above is due to the restricting forces F.sub.in, F.sub.out. Appropriate setting of the values of .beta..sub.in /.alpha., .beta..sub.out /.alpha. is disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,888,657, U.S. Pat. No. 4,875,129, and Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 59-16119. According to the references, an air bearing face is formed on the same circumference as that of the slide face having the magnetic gap.
As a representative of the prior art, a magnetic head configuration according to U.S. Pat. No. 4,888,657 is shown in FIG. 18.
In FIG. 18, a magnetic head 101 includes a slide face 102 having a cylindrical shape with a magnetic gap 100. Slots 103a, 103b are formed on slide face 102 at both sides of magnetic gap 100, extending at right angles with the moving direction of magnetic tape 110. Slide face 102 is divided into three raised faces 102a, 102b and 102c by slots 103a and 103b.
In this case, when magnetic tape 110 is guided as far as raised faces 102b and 102c of slide face 102 by tape guides 108 and 109, magnetic tape 110 is restricted by both ends 104, 105 of raised face 102a having the magnetic gap 100 and ends 106, 107 of raised faces 102b, 102c to be air bearing faces. As a result, the magnetic tape wrap angles, .beta..sub.in, .beta..sub.out on raised face 102a are set stably. That is, end 106 of raised face 102b and end 107 of raised face 102c serve as guides, which correspond to tape guides 108, 109 of FIG. 16, respectively.
In the conventional technique (FIGS. 16 and 18), however, even if the values of .beta..sub.in /.alpha., .beta..sub.out /.alpha. are set to 1.2 to 2.5, a good spacing characteristic is not necessarily obtained for some tape tension. Here, the spacing characteristic means a characteristic of a spacing and spacing distribution.
This problem will now be described with reference to FIG. 19.
FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a spacing distribution relative to tape tension when the tape wrap angles are set so that .beta..sub.in / .alpha.= .beta..sub.out /.alpha.= 1.2 to 2.5, and magnetic tape 110 is guided in the direction of the arrow A in FIGS. 16 and 18.
In the figure, the solid line indicates a spacing distribution when the tape tension is optimized. The dot-and-dash line indicates a spacing distribution when the tape tension is rather low. The dotted line indicates a spacing distribution when the tape tension is rather high. That is, when the tape tension is low, magnetic tape 110 flies by a fluid lubrication effect as a restriction effect on magnetic tape 110 on end 104 of slide face 102 of FIG. 16 or raised slide face 102a of FIG. 18 is small. When the tape tension is high, the restricting force of the tape on the both ends 104, 105 of slide face 102 of FIG. 16 or raised face 102a of FIG. 18 is large and stiffness of magnetic tape 110 is increased, so that magnetic tape 110 flies due to deformation of tape 110 at magnetic gap 100.
A second problem in the conventional technique will now be described.
This problem is due to the difference between the approaching tape wrap angle .beta..sub.in and the leaving tape wrap angle .beta..sub.out in FIGS. 16 and 18.
FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a change of a spacing distribution with the leaving tape wrap angle .beta..sub.out being constant while the approaching tape wrap angle .beta..sub.in being changed. In this case, the values of .beta..sub.in /.alpha., .beta..sub.out /.alpha. are in the range of 1.2 to 2.5. The spacing distribution in this case varies with tape tension. In the figure, the solid line, the dot-and-dash line, and the dotted line indicate spacing distributions when .beta..sub.in = .beta..sub.out, .beta..sub.in << .beta..sub.out, and .beta..sub.in >> .beta..sub.out, respectively. That is, for some tape tensions set, when there is a large difference between the approaching tape wrap angle .beta..sub.in and the leaving tape wrap angle .beta..sub.out, a good contact condition cannot be created between magnetic tape 110 and slide face 102 of magnetic head 101 (FIG. 16), or magnetic tape 110 and raised slide face 102a of magnetic head 101 (FIG. 18).
A third problem in the conventional technique will now be described.
This problem is related to a distance between guides for setting the tape wrap angles .beta..sub.in, .beta..sub.out . A spacing characteristic changes depending on distance between guides. For example, a spacing characteristic with a relatively long distance between the guides, such as, the distance between tape guides 108, 109 shown in FIG. 16 is different from that with a short distance, such as, the distance between end 106 of raised face 102b and end 107 of raised face 102c in FIG. 18.
FIG. 21 is a diagram for describing the problem above.
In this case, the tape tension and the tape wrap angles are so set that a good spacing characteristic is obtained with a short distance between the guides. In the figure, the solid line and the dot-and-dash line indicate spacing distributions with a short distance and a long distance between the guides, respectively.
As shown in the figure, since the spacing characteristic varies with the distance between the guides, the tape tension and the tape wrap angles must be set appropriately according to the distance in order to obtain a good spacing characteristic.
As described above, the first, second and third problems indicate that the spacing characteristic is determined by a correlation between the guide distance, the approaching tape wrap-angle .beta..sub.in, and the leaving tape wrap angle .beta..sub.out and if these parameters are set inappropriately, a good spacing characteristic cannot be obtained. In this case, magnetic gap 100 of magnetic head 101 cannot display a full electromagnetic converting characteristic. This becomes more significant with shorter recording wavelength on magnetic tape 110.

Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus capable of high-density recording on a magnetic tape guided at high speed


A construct formed from a first RNA molecule carrying an antisense insert complementary to a nucleotide sequence in a second target RNA molecule is used to direct crossovers between the first and second RNAs at or near the site of hybridization. The incidence of recombination and the location of recombinant junctions depends on the structure of the recombining RNA molecules and on the stability of the heteroduplex region. The RNA-RNA construct may be provided in double stranded DNA form. The DNA form may be inserted into a vector and used to transform or transfect a host.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to methods and materials for targeting and enhancing RNA-RNA nonhomologous recombination by utilizing local complementarity between recombining RNA molecules.
2. Brief Description of the Prior Art
Genetic recombination in RNA viruses is defined as any process involving the exchange of information between genomic RNA molecules. RNA recombination is of interest for several reasons. First, it offers a means for manipulating RNA genomes (including genetic mapping). Second, the ability to exchange genetic information may confer a selective advantage on the virus and thus be a significant factor in its evolution (1, 2).
Recombination processes, as defined above, are of two kinds: homologous and nonhomologous. In the former, the parent RNAs are related to each other and the location of the genetic crossover is the same in both sequences, so preserving any reading frame and producing a potentially functional recombinant molecule. In nonhomologous recombination neither of these restrictions applies.
We have studied recombination in brome mosaic virus (BMV) previously. Brome mosaic virus is a plant virus in which three species of genomic RNA have a similar, though not identical, sequence at the 3' end (3). RNA-RNA recombination in BMV was first demonstrated after coinoculation with a mixture of wild-type (wt) RNA1, wt RNA2, and a mutated RNA3 (designated M4). M4 contained a short deletion in the 3' noncoding sequence (4). The repaired RNA3 progeny resulted from crossovers between M4 RNA3 and either RNA1 or RNA2. In a majority of recombinants, the crosses occurred at homologous (legitimate) positions, while some contained duplications of 3' noncoding sequences. Characterization of a large number of recombinants suggested that BMV RNAs can form local heteroduplexes at the crossover sites (5, 6).
In addition to two bromoviruses, BMV and cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) (7-10), RNA-RNA recombination has been demonstrated experimentally in other plant viruses (11, 12), in animal viruses (13-17), and in bacteriophages (18, 19). As in BMV, formation of local heteroduplexes was proposed to promote RNA-RNA recombination in poliovirus RNAs (14) or to be involved in generation of poliovirus defective interfering RNAs (15). Using poliovirus mutants to inhibit the replication of one parent, Kirkegaard and Baltimore (13) showed that recombination occurs via a copy-choice mechanism. In Sindbis virus, mutated RNAs induced illegitimate recombinants that contained both viral and non-viral insertions (17), most likely via a mechanism analogous to that observed in bromoviruses.
A discontinuous copy-choice mechanism has been proposed for recombination between genomic, defective interfering, and satellite RNAs of turnip crinkle virus (11, 20). The acceptor crossover sites appeared to corresponding to the recognition sequences of the turnip crinkle virus RNA replicase. Some form of discontinuous recombination mechanism also has been postulated for mouse hepatitis coronavirus (16). The crossover hotspots resulted from selection rather than from specific sequences (21), suggesting a random nature of recombination for mouse hepatitis coronavirus.
In the present invention, experimental evidence is provided for hybridization-mediated recombination in single stranded viruses. A construct formed from a first RNA molecule carrying an antisense insert complementary to a nucleotide sequence in a second target RNA molecule is used to direct crossovers between the first and second RNAs at or near the site of hybridization. The incidence of recombination and the location of recombinant junctions depends on the structure of the recombining RNA molecules and on the stability of the heteroduplex region.

Targeting and enhancing RNA-RNA recombination

Board of Regents for Northern Illinois University


Provided is a method for solid phase synthesis of liraglutide, comprising the following steps: A), Fmoc-Gly-resin being obtained by coupling resin solid phase carrier with glycine with N-end protected by Fmoc(Fmoc-Gly-OH) in the presence of activator system; B) according to the peptide sequence of the main chain of liraglutide, successively coupling with amino acids with N-ends protected by Fmoc and protected side chains by the method for solid phase synthesis, wherein lysine employs Fmoc-Lys(Alloc)-OH; C) removing the protective group, Alloc, from the side chain of lysine; D) coupling the side chain of lysine with Palmitoyl-Glu-OtBu by the method for solid phase synthesis; E) cleavage, removing protection groups and resin to obtain crude liraglutide; F) purifying and lyophilizing to obtain liraglutide.

Liraglutide has the following sequence: H-His-Ala-Glu-Gly-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Ser-Ser-Tyr-Leu-Glu-Gly-Gln-Ala-Ala-Lys(N-ε-(N-α-Palmitoyl-L-γ-glutamyl))-Glu-Phe-Ile-Ala-Trp-Leu-Val-Arg-Gly-Arg-Gly-OH (SEQ ID No. 1). Liraglutide, developed by Novo Nordisk, Denmark, is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist, which has favorable hypoglycemic effect as a formulation for subcutaneous injection.
Liraglutide from Novo Nordisk is prepared primarily by biological methods, such as genetic engineering, etc. Such methods, however, are not suitable for large-scale production of liraglutide, due to its complex techniques and high cost. Solid-liquid phase synthesis of liraglutide has been described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,268,343B1 and 6,458,924B2, in which reverse-phase HPLC is required for the purification of the intermediate GLP-1(7-37)-OH, followed by reaction with Nα-alkanoyl-Glu(ONSu)-OtBu in liquid phase. In such process, the N-terminal of GLP-1(7-37)-OH is not protected and protective groups for the side chains are all removed, leading to generation of a great amount of impurities, difficulties in purification and complicated operation steps. The synthesis methods of liraglutide in the prior art have disadvantages, such as, complicated operation process requiring two purification steps, long synthesis cycle, large amount of waste liquid which is not environmentally friendly, a great amount of acetonitrile required, high cost and unsuitability in large-scale production.

Method for solid phase synthesis of liraglutide


An evaporative emissions control fuel cap system comprises a closure adapted to mate with a fuel tank. The closure includes a passageway formed therein to conduct vapors from the fuel tank to the atmosphere. The closure includes a filter configured to capture hydrocarbons positioned in the passageway so that fuel vapor flowing from the fuel tank is scrubbed of hydrocarbons before being discharged to the atmosphere.

The present disclosure relates to a fuel cap, and particularly to a fuel cap for use on a fuel tank filler neck associated with a small engine of an off-road vehicle or other apparatus. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to evaporative emissions control of small off-road engines.
Vehicle fuel systems include valves associated with a fuel tank and configured to vent pressurized or displaced fuel vapor from the vapor space in the fuel tank to a separate vapor recovery canister. The canister is designed to capture and store hydrocarbons entrained in fuel vapors that are displaced and generated in the fuel tank.
It is desired to limit daily hydrocarbon evaporative emissions from small off-road engine (SORE) systems included in gas-powered products such as, for example, lawn mowers, all-terrain vehicles, go-karts, string trimmers, and leaf blowers. Such limits could be achieved by capturing hydrocarbons emitted by SORE systems and conducting captured hydrocarbons to the engine for combustion.


Apparatus for the automatic positioning of stockings in a pantyhose-sewing machine, with detection of the garter line 17, and including two binate stocking-holding shapes 13, each of which has two horizontal articulated arms 10 extended ends joined by a nylon bow 7, wherein the stems 71, 72 of the bow 7 are slidingly housed within the arms 10, 30 of the clamp 13, a driving and guiding device being provided inside the arm 10 of the clamp 13, with a bored rod 4 on top of which one stem 71 of the bow 7 is fixedly engaged; the foot of the other stem 72 being loosely received in a hole 11 of the other arm of the clamp 13; with a hose 1 fixedly fitted on a second hose 2 internally gauged for guiding the shoe 5 of the rod 4, on top of the hoses a bush 3 being fixed for guiding the end of the rod 4; with a thrust spiral spring 5 fitted on the rod 4 inside the hose 2 and suitably pressed between the bush 3 and the shoe 5 of the rod 4; and with a device for driving the retraction or withdrawal of the stretching bow 7 of out of the arms of the clamp 13.

It is known to make pantyhose articles by suitably cutting two stockings lengthwise from the open end, that is, from the elastic hem of the bodice, to a point spaced a predetermined distance from the garter line which separates the bodice from the leg and, afterwards, by sewing together the juxtaposed edges of the thus cut stockings. To this end, the two stockings to be sewn to form a pantyhose article are first fitted on two binate or paired juxtaposed shapes, then they are lined up vertically and brought close to each other, so as to provide a correspondence between the elastic hem and the garter lines thereof.
Owing to the above mentioned correspondence, the longitudinal cut leads to the definition of two edges of equal length and equally located with respect to the garter line. In a successive step, the juxtaposed edges of the two stockings are sewn together to form a pantyhose article: the seams being carried out throughout the length of the edges.
It thus follows that in order to carry out the cut with the necessary accuracy, the garter line must be distinctly sensed.
Devices are known to overcome this problem for detecting the garter on a stocking, and these devices are provided with optical sensors able to sense the difference of consistency between the fabric of the stocking leg and that of the bodice.
But, for the sensors to distinctly detect the garter line it is necessary to dispose the stocking in stretched attitude in a correspondence with the sensors, that is, with the stockings in a wrinkle-free condition.
A device is known from the Japanese Patent No. 1-312.410 for positioning the stockings in a pantyhose-making machine. This device is provided with first optical sensors to detect the presence of the stockings over the relevant paired shapes, and these first sensors are associated with means for longitudinally sliding the stockings over the shapes.
Second optical sensors are used for sensing the garter line of the thus disposed stockings. These second sensors are associated which means for transferring the garter lines to a predetermined position over the shapes.
Third optical sensors for sensing the elastic edge of the stockings and these third sensors are associated with means for transferring the stockings to a predetermined position over the shapes.
The operation of this known device may be described as follows.
The two stockings to be combined to obtain a pantyhose article are fitted in bulk over the two paired shapes. As soon as the sensors for the detection of the stockings sense the presence thereof, the means for positioning the elastic hems take over the latter and put them thoroughly onto the shapes, as far as the stocking regions with the garter line result fitted on the shapes and allow the detection thereof by the corresponding sensors. Thereafter, means associated to the sensors provide for aligning the two garter lines. Finally, the sensors for detecting the elastic hem of the stockings move forward to a predetermined alignment position, and the associated means for positioning the elastic hems provide for the transfer thereof up to the alignment position. At this point, the stocking bodices are stretched wrinkle-free over a predetermined length and with the elastic hems and garter lines lined up vertically in order to properly carry out the subsequent cutting operation.
Yet, this known positioning device exhibits some drawbacks, the major of which being the need of moving the elastic hem and the leg of each stocking in two distinct steps and by means of different positioning members which must operate separately. This implies a higher constructional complexity of the machine, which is detrimental to the economy of production and running of the latter. Moreover, owing to the constructional complexity of the known device, the reliability of the machine provided with such device is heavily reduced, which brings about more frequent service interventions and longer dwell or down times. A further drawback is that the whole time necessary to make a pantyhose article is heavily affected by the speed at which the operations for positioning the stockings over the relevant shapes are carried out. When the making of a pantyhose article is to be sped up as much as possible--and considering that it is not possible at present to reduce the stockings-cutting and sewing times any further--it is impossible to attain very close tolerance limits in the detection of the garter lines, which implies inaccuracies in the pantyhose formation.


An Artificial Intelligence (AI) based document processing system receives a request including one or more of a message and documents related to a process to be automatically executed. A process identifier is extracted and used for retrieving guidelines for the automatic execution of the document processing task. Machine Learning (ML) models, each corresponding to a guideline, are used to extract data responsive to the guidelines. Based on the responsive data meeting the approval threshold and the automatic document processing task executed, one or more of a recommendation to accept or reject the request, and a corresponding letter can be automatically generated.

The evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies is enabling machines to take over many manual processes. Many organizations are taking significant strides in this direction by adopting cognitive and ML technologies for automating different processes. Machines, such as computers, possess different skills than human employees in that the machines are good in terms of precision and consistency. However, machines tend to underperform employees at tasks that require contextual understanding and complex communication. Therefore, moving a battery of repetitive tasks to be handled by machines provides an advantage in improving the efficiency of repetitive tasks; however, these machines often perform poorly when applied to complex task and/or tasks requiring contextual understanding.
Numerous processes within organizations are driven by documents which not only serve as the inputs for these processes but are used to collate the outputs of the processes. The automation of various tasks can therefore be based primarily on the processing of the documents involved in the tasks. Many legacy systems that were based on paper documents are being digitized and moved online to enable the process automation. Forms or documents of various types are widely used for these purposes. The documents can include processor-readable documents including those with structured and unstructured data as well as scanned images, photographs, etc., which need to be further processed by the machines prior to collecting and analyzing their data to drive the process automation.

Artificial intelligence (AI) based document processor


An associative memory device in which a coincident output is held by each word and aging for word data can be efficiently performed such that the word data is made valid or invalid on the basis of the information. The associative memory device includes a plurality of words for storing data, for detecting the coincidence/non-coincidence between the data stored in the plurality of respective words and input search data. Each word further includes a memory for storing a coincidence line output by a searching operation, a storage memory for storing data representing whether the corresponding word is subjected to a searching operation or is available to write new data therein, a circuit for simultaneously setting/resetting the contents of the storage memory, and circuit for resetting/setting the memory for storing the coincidence line output by the storage memory.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an associative memory device, having a plurality of words for storing data, for detecting the coincidence/non-coincidence between the data stored in the respective words and input search data in the plurality of words.
2. Description of the Related Art
A circuit block diagram showing an associative memory device having the search function described above is shown in FIG. 3.
This associative memory device 100 comprises a large number of memory words 110, 120, . . . , constituted by a plurality of associative memory cells. The associative memory device 100 also comprises a search register 160 in which search data are stored. The bit pattern of all or predetermined part of the search data stored in the search register are compared with the bit pattern of a corresponding part of data stored in the memory words to check the coincidence/non-coincidence therebetween. Coincidence/non-coincidence signals are output to coincidence lines 111, 121, . . . , arranged for the respective memory words.
The signal of the coincidence line is input to a priority encoder 170. The priority encoder outputs an address signal 171 corresponding to a memory word, having the highest priority, of the memory words to which the coincidence signals are output.
Since such an associative memory device has a price per bit which is higher than a conventional memory device, maintenance for word data is necessarily performed. More specifically, data to be searched are not stored in all the memory words constituting the associative memory device, and some memory words do not have valid data stored therein and are set in an empty state. New valid data may be written in the memory words set in the empty state. In this case, it is very complicated that memory words set in the empty state are managed by an external device.
As an associative memory device to solve the above problem, as disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 61-31558, an associative memory device having the following arrangement is known. Storage circuits (empty bits) for storing whether words are allowed to write information therein are arranged for the respective words, so that the information can be written in the words allowed to write information therein in the device without address management by an external device.
As disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-18790, an associative memory device which can control whether a word is to be searched by an empty bit (whether a coincidence output is made or not) is known.
In the associative memory device, when unnecessary word data left a predetermined period of time after registration or a coincidence output is made, the empty bit of the word to be erased is reset. For this purpose, a specific word must be selected by address designation. Although the later associative memory device has a simultaneous reset function for empty bits, the associative memory device does not have a function of simultaneously resetting only a plurality of specific words.
Associative memory devices which are proposed by the present applicant in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. 7-105689, 8-106788, and 8-124386 will be described below with reference to FIG. 4. Each of these applications proposes an associative memory device having an empty flag register 220 for storing whether a word is allowed to write information therein, a hit hysteresis flag register 230 for storing whether a word is a word in which coincidence is detected at least once in previous searching operations, and a storage state change circuit 240 in which flags stored in the empty flag register 220 are changed from a valid state to an invalid state depending on the hit hysteresis at once, or for respective words, or for respective sets of words.
In the associative memory device having conventional empty bits, in order to reset the empty bit of a specific word, a corresponding word must be selected by address designation. In addition, when there are a plurality of corresponding words, selecting and erasing operations by address designation must be repeated. For this reason, the associative memory device has problems that complex control must be performed for address designation and that a high-speed operation cannot be easily achieved.
Since an empty bit and a circuit for controlling the empty bit are required for each word, it is important for obtaining a high integration density to decrease the number of elements for realizing these functions. However, a prior art concerning this technique is not actually disclosed.
Furthermore, in the associative memory device proposed by the present applicant, as a means for realizing empty flags and hit hysteresis flags is constituted by a flip-flop having a set/reset function and some logic circuits. Since these circuits are required for each word, a circuit arrangement disadvantageously increases in size.
For a high-speed operation, a coincidence line output (251 in FIG. 4) is held, and bit lines and coincidence lines of the respective words must be initialized for a next searching operation during a priority encoder processing. For this reason, another hit flag must be arranged independently of the hit hysteresis flag, and the circuit further increases in size disadvantageously.
In a general associative memory device has a mechanism which receives a coincidence line output or a signal of a hit flag holding the coincidence line output to cause a priority encoder to encode a hit address. In the conventional associative memory device, upon completion of the searching operation, a coincidence line output is reset for a next searching operation. Words having hit flags hold the hit flags until the next searching operation is performed. For this reason, when the coincidence states of valid words are checked after coincidence words are made invalid, a searching operation must be performed again. Of a series of operations in the associative memory device, the searching operation requires a processing time and current consumption. For this reason, a re-searching operation for only checking a coincidence state degrades the performance of the system. Therefore, when a word is made invalid, if the hit flag of the word can be reset (incoincidence state), a coincidence state after the word is made invalid can be checked by operating a priority encoder. A processing speed of the system can be increased, and current consumption of the system can be reduced.

Associative memory device having circuitry for storing a coincidence line output


A system includes a high speed reciprocating mold plate patty-forming machine and a downstream patty presser. The high speed patty forming machine provides patties at a high production speed onto an output conveyor portion. The patty presser includes an upper conveyor having an upper endless belt. The upper conveyor is located above the output conveyor, wherein facing belt surfaces of the upper and lower endless belts define a path between the upper and lower conveyors. The upper conveyor has a tilted section such that a first clearance at an input to the path is equal to or greater than a thickness of the patties and a second clearance at an outlet of the inlet length is less than a thickness of the patties at the input of the path. A shuttle conveyor is arranged at the output of the path and delivers patties to an indexing packaging machine.

Use of pre-processed foods has created a demand for effective high-capacity automated food processing equipment. That demand is particularly evident with respect to hamburgers, molded steaks, fish cakes, and other molded food patties.
Food processors utilize high-speed molding machines, such as FORMAX®, MAXUM700®, F-6™, F-12™, F-19™, F-26™, or F-400™ reciprocating mold plate forming machine, available from Formax, Inc. of Mokena, Ill., U.S.A., for supplying patties to the fast food industry. High-speed molding machines are also described for example in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,887,964; 4,372,008; 4,356,595; 4,821,376; 4,996,743, and published U.S. Patent Application 2005/0092187, U.S. Ser. No. 10/942,627 filed Sep. 16, 2004.
While this equipment has been highly successful in producing meat patties at high speed, equipment of the type described generally produces patties having a flat, circular or square shape with smooth upper and lower surfaces. Consumers may tend to associate these meat patties which have smooth upper and lower surfaces and smooth perimeters with fast food meat patties.
In a hand-formed meat patty, the perimeter of the patties and the upper and lower surfaces are not smooth. Consumers may recognize this patty as being of a hand made quality, such as would be served at home.
While it may be desirable to produce such a hand-formed patty, unlike hand-formed meat patties made at home, precise weight control of each patty is extremely important for mass produced patties.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,516,291 describes an apparatus for forming meat patties that have a precisely and accurately controlled weight but attempts to produce such patties to have a natural irregular shape. This patent describes a reciprocating mold plate patty-forming machine that includes a mold plate provided with cavities for molding pre-forms from which the finished patties are made.
After being knocked out of the mold cavity, the patty is flattened to reduce its thickness. Pressure rollers engage the top and bottom surfaces of the patty force the top and bottom surfaces toward one another as well as cause the edges of the patty to spread radially.
The pressing of the patty is described as done by passing the patty sequentially through two sets of rollers, with a 90 degree patty re-orienting step between the two sets of rollers to reduce the thickness in two successive stages.
According to this patent, after the flattening stages each patty has a different appearance. The finished patty is free from smooth molded surfaces produced by shaping or forming it with molding dies or the like.
The present inventors have recognized that a need exists for a patty-forming machine that produced patties at a high rate of production and also produced patties having a hand-formed patty appearance and cooking quality. The present inventors have recognized the need exists for such a patty-forming machine that was reliable and produced a patty with a appetizing appearance simulating a hand-formed patty.

Apparatus for forming hand-formed style patty using a patty-forming machine


Provided are an electrochromic display device and a method of manufacturing the electrochromic display device, the electrochromic display device, including: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; an electrochromic layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a sealing part provided in a continuous ring-like shape on the first substrate or the second substrate and intended for sealing the electrochromic layer. Thus, production efficiency can be increased, and production costs can be reduced.

Electrochromism is a phenomenon in which a color is reversibly changed by the direction of an electric field when a voltage is applied. An electrochromic material is a material, an optical property of which can be reversibly changed by an electrochemical redox reaction having the electrochromism property. The electrochromic material is not colored when an electrical signal is not applied from the outside, but it is colored when the electrical signal is applied. On the contrary to this, when the electrical signal is not applied from the outside, the electrochromic material is colored, but when the electrical signal is applied, the electrochromic material is not colored.
An electrochromic device, which is a device using a phenomenon in which the light transmission of an electrochromic material is changed by an electrochemical redox reaction, has been used for adjusting the light transmission or reflectance of a window glass for building or a mirror for automobiles. Recently, as the electrochromic device has been known to have an infrared cutoff effect as well as a color variation in a visible ray area, it has been receiving a great deal of attention with regard to the possibility of application as an energy-saving type product.
In particular, when the electrochromic device is applied to a rear view mirror, a vehicle window, a sun roof, and the like, it functions to stably protect a driver's field of vision by providing a variation in reflectance depending upon discoloration of the mirror at the same time as automatically sensing the strong beam of a car reflected from a car mirror in the daytime or at night.
FIG. 1 is a view schematically illustrating the structure of a conventional electrochromic display device.
Referring to FIG. 1, the conventional electrochromic display device is configured such that a first transparent substrate 10 and a second transparent substrate 20 facing each other are disposed to be spaced apart from each other; an electrode 30 and a reflection layer 40 are formed on respect facing surfaces of the first and second transparent 10, 20; a space is formed between the electrode 30 and the reflection layer 40 using a sealant 50; an electrochromic material layer 60 is formed by injecting a liquid discoloration material and an electrolyte into the formed space; and electrode connection parts 70, 80 are formed at one end of the first transparent substrate 10 and the transparent electrode 30, and at one end of the second transparent substrate and the reflection layer 40. The conventional electrochromic display device functions to protect a driver's field of vision by applying an electrochromic material in a liquid state to reduce the reflectance of light.
FIG. 2 illustrates a formation process of the electrochromic material layer of the conventional electrochromic display device.
Referring to FIG. 2, the first transparent substrate is prepared as shown in (A) of FIG. 2. More specifically, the first transparent substrate on which the transparent electrode is formed is prepared. Also, the second transparent substrate on which the reflection layer is formed may be prepared.
Then, as shown in (B) of FIG. 2, an upper portion of the transparent electrode is subjected to side sealing using the sealant 50. At this time, an injection hole 54 into which an electrochromic material and an electrolyte are injected is formed. Accordingly, the side sealing causes a spaced portion by the injection hole 54 rather than causing a continuous ring-like shape on the transparent electrode. As previously described regarding (A) of FIG. 2, when the second transparent substrate on which the reflection layer is formed is prepared, the reflection layer may be subjected to side sealing.
Then, as shown in (C) of FIG. 2, after bonding the second transparent substrate (20) on which the reflection layer is formed, and the first transparent substrate on which the transparent electrode 30 is formed, an electrochromic material and an electrolyte are injected via the injection hole 54 in a vacuum state.
After this, as shown in (D) of FIG. 2, the electrochromic material layer is formed by sealing the injection hole 54 using an end sealing 55.
As such, with regard to the conventional electrochromic device, when the electrochromic material layer is formed, external air and moisture should be blocked in order to increase the durability of an electrochromic function. To do so, by boding the first and second transparent substrates, the electrochromic material and the electrolyte should be injected in a vacuum state.
However, as the electrochromic display device has become bigger, such a vacuum injection method is problematic in that a time required for injection is largely increased so that production efficiency is reduced, and production costs is increased.
Also, in order to maintain an electrochromic state of the electrochromic material in the liquid state, a voltage should be continuously applied. Thus, it is problematic in that high power consumption is required, and a reaction speed is slow upon decolorization. Furthermore, the electrochromic material in the liquid state is problematic in that uniform discoloration is not performed upon discoloration.

Electrochromic display device, and method for manufacturing same


A cavity resonator system for measuring EM properties of the contents of a pipe portion comprises a primary resonator and a secondary resonator each with the same configuration comprising a conductive casing that defines a cavity and has openings for receiving a pipe portion, insulator material disposed inside the cavity, and antennae for generating and detecting a resonant EM field inside the cavity. In addition, the secondary resonator comprises at least one conductive screening ring that extends around the location occupied by a pipe portion for screening the interior of the ring from the field generated inside the cavity of the secondary resonator. By combining measures of parameters of the field from both resonators, the system may be used to generate a measure representative of EM properties of the contents of the pipe portion that is compensated for variation in the EM properties of the insulator material.

The present invention relates to a cavity resonator system for measuring electro-magnetic (EM) properties of the contents of a pipe portion, and in particular that can provide compensation for changes in environmental conditions such as temperature and pressure.
Cavity resonators are widely used to measure the dielectric and other EM properties of the contents of a pipe, typically a fluid flowing through the pipe. It is possible to continuously determine, for example, the volume fractions of mineral oil and water emerging from a well, which may be at the surface or subsea. Similarly, the cavity resonator may be used inline with a flow of drilling fluid to measure its water content and salinity. Likewise, the cavity resonator may be deployed inside the Christmas tree at the well-head, or downhole inside a well, to provide in-situ measurements of water cut, water 'hold-up' and salinity.
The cavity is typically formed in an outer conductive casing of metal with the cavity around the pipe completely filled with an insulator material that may be a solid for applications where it is desired to minimize the deformation of the casing under pressure. However, the EM properties of the insulator material change with the environmental conditions such as temperature and pressure, and this can cause significant errors that is variation in the measured response that are not caused by the contents of the pipe under measurement.
For example, one parameter of the resonant EM field in the cavity is a resonance frequency of the cavity. Such a resonance frequency is particularly sensitive to changes in the dielectric properties of the contents of the pipe. However, the resonance frequency is also affected by changes in the cavity dimensions and changes in the permittivity of the insulator material that fills the cavity outside the pipe. Accordingly, it is difficult to determine the dielectric properties of the contents of the pipe from the measured resonance frequency, due to the dependence on the environmental conditions.
One solution would be to attempt to sense the environmental conditions and calibrate the measured parameters on that basis. However, such sensing is impractical in many applications, particularly extreme ones such as are encountered in the petrochemical extraction industry. Furthermore, calibration is difficult to perform accurately.
It would be desirable to tackle errors of this nature in a cavity resonator system used to measure the EM properties of the contents of a pipe portion.


An electrically-insulating wire container is a wire container including one or more pipe-shaped main bodies for containing a plurality of conductors, and within which a plurality of separate, substantially parallel tubular cavities are defined. Each of the tubular cavities includes a forward open end in a forward end portion of the wire container, and a rear open or closed end in a rear end portion on an opposite side of the wire container. The wire container has an integrated structure. The wire container is flexible enough that when the conductors are inserted into the tubular cavities from the long, narrow, and hollow forward open ends, and the wire container is combined with a connector having a plurality of piercing contacts, the piercing contacts penetrate at least one pipe-shaped main body of the wire container and make contact with the conductors.

Various types of connectors have been known for some time as connectors that electrically connect a plurality of insulated conductors with another corresponding plurality of insulated conductors. The connector disclosed in Patent Document 1, indicated below, electrically connects a plurality of insulated conductors supported by a base cover with a plurality of insulated conductors supported by a top cover through an electric contact terminal. According to this connector, the top cover and the base cover are fitted together so as to enclose a container to which the electric contact terminal is attached.

Wire container, connector assembly, and water-resistant connector