An externally-attached PTC element attachable to one electrode terminal of a tubular battery with electrode terminals on both end surfaces, the externally-attached PTC element including: a bottom plate made of a metal plate; a plate-shaped PTC element; and a top panel made of a metal plate, the plate-shaped PTC element and the top panel being stacked in that order above the bottom plate disposed below, the PTC element being disposed in an opposed area between the top panel and the bottom plate, the top panel projecting and extending in one direction with respect to a planar area of the bottom plate, the top panel having a distal end formed into a lead terminal shape mountable to a circuit board.

In an electronic device whose battery cannot be exchanged by a user, the battery itself is implemented on a circuit board of the electronic device as one electronic component. An electronic device handling a large current requires a safety device to cut off the current in the case of increase in temperature of the battery due to, for example, short-circuit at the inside and outside of the battery. In view of this, some batteries capable of large current discharge such as a lithium battery incorporate a Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) element. As is well-known, while usually having a low resistance, the PTC element is a chip component that has a laminated structure with metal foils on both surfaces of plate-shaped high-polymer material (polymer) and ceramic material (hereinafter also referred to as a PTC material) whose electrical resistance increase as the temperature increases. The PTC element, which is incorporated in the battery, is disposed in a sealing body doubling as an electrode terminal of one side of the battery.
However, some batteries include a sealing structure into which the PTC element cannot be built. Alternatively, there may be a case where current cut-off characteristics of the PTC element incorporated in the battery does not match characteristics required for the electronic device. Accordingly, as an electronic component to handle such case, a PTC element externally attached to the electrode terminal of the battery (hereinafter also referred to as an externally-attached PTC element) is available. The battery with the externally-attached PTC element attached is incorporated in the electronic device.
FIG. 1 illustrates a conventional externally-attached PTC element 101 attached to a cylindrical battery 110. FIG. 1 hatches members constituting the externally-attached PTC element 101 differently. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the externally-attached PTC element 101 has a structure of laminating metal plates (120, 130) on respective front and back of a PTC element 10 as a plate-shaped chip component and is attached to an electrode terminal 111 on one end surface of the cylindrical battery 110.
For example, fixedly securing the one metal plate 130, which constitutes the externally-attached PTC element 101, to the electrode terminal 111 on the one side of the cylindrical battery 110 by spot welding or a similar method attaches the externally-attached PTC element 101 to the cylindrical battery 110. To implement the cylindrical battery 110 with the externally-attached PTC element 101 attached on, for example, the circuit board, a lead wire 50 is connected to the other metal plate 120 of the externally-attached PTC element 101 using, for example, a solder 40.
A terminal plate 160 made of, for example, only a metal plate is attached to an electrode terminal 112, which is on the other end surface of the cylindrical battery 110. Obviously, the lead wire 50 is soldered to the terminal plate 160. Soldering the lead wire 50 to the circuit board implements the cylindrical battery 110 on the circuit board.
In addition to the externally-attached PTC element 101 illustrated as the example in FIG. 1, as illustrated in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B as examples, there is provided an externally-attached PTC element 201 that sandwiches the PTC element 10 by two strip-shaped metal plates (220, 230).
FIG. 2A is a drawing illustrating a stacked structure of this externally-attached PTC element 201. FIG. 2B is a drawing illustrating the cylindrical battery 110 with the externally-attached PTC element 201 attached. The externally-attached PTC element 201 illustrated as the example in FIG. 2A is formed of the two electrode plates (220, 230), which are both made of the strip-shaped metal plate, opposed via the PTC element 10. While base end sides (222, 232) of both electrode plates (220, 230) are opposed to one another, distal end sides (221, 231) of the respective electrode plates (220, 230) extend so as to face directions opposite to one another. The PTC element 10 is disposed in an opposed area where both electrode plates (220, 230) are stacked to one another.
Mounting the externally-attached PTC element 201 illustrated in FIG. 2A to the cylindrical battery 110 brings the distal end side 231 of the one metal plate 230 in contact with the electrode terminal 111. Since the two strip-shaped metal plates (220, 230) extend in the identical direction through the opposed area, the externally-attached PTC element 201 significantly projects to the outside of the cylindrical battery 110. Implementing the cylindrical battery 110 in this state on the circuit board significantly separates the cylindrical battery 110 itself from the circuit board, thereby inhibiting downsizing of the electronic device.
As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the metal plate 230 on the side in contact with the electrode terminal 111 is bent along the outer shape of the cylindrical battery 110 in the middle of the extension in some cases such that the opposed area of the two electrode plates (220, 230) becomes parallel to the side surface of the cylindrical battery 110.
The following Patent Literature 1 describes an externally-attached PTC element with a structure of sandwiching a plate-shaped PTC element by two strip-shaped metal plates. The following non-Patent Literature 1 describes a structure, properties, or a similar feature of a PTC element referred to as so-called "PolySwitch" using a polymer as the PTC material.

Externally-attached PTC element and tubular battery


Disclosed are a system for grasping keyword extraction based speech content on recorded voice data, an indexing method using the system, and a method for grasping speech content. An indexing unit receives voice data, performs per-frame voice recognition with reference to a phoneme to form a phoneme lattice, generates divided indexing information for a frame of a limited time configured with a plurality of frames, and stores the same in an indexing database, the divided indexing information including a phoneme lattice formed for each frame of the limited time. A searcher uses a keyword input by a user as a search word, performs a comparison on the divided indexing information stored in the indexing database with reference to a phoneme, searches a phoneme string matching the search word, and finds a voice portion corresponding to a search word through a precise acoustic analysis regarding the matching phoneme string, and the grasper grasps a representative word through a search result searched by the searcher and outputs it to the user so as to grasp speech content of the voice data.

Recently, needs to search recording targets for recording a dialogue with a client for the purpose of a client satisfying service by a service provider, or recording a calling content, performing voice recognition thereon, and grasping whole speech contents from the recorded voice data for the purpose of electronic transactions have been on the rise.
However, no basic working programs or services for processing big data of the recorded voice of the client are developed, and it requires a huge amount of manpower or time for manually listening to the big data so such a search on the recording targets is not appropriately performed.
Further, there have been attempts to search a recording target based on a voice recognition technique, but such a voice recognition technique aims at an artificial intelligence voice recognition service for outputting a real-time input by a user as text through a voice recognition engine and extracting a meaning from the text output through an artificial intelligence based approaching method in a like manner of Siri by Apple or Assistant by Google. Therefore, when the recorded voice data are not accurately converted into text, the recording target may not be accurately searched so it becomes difficult to accurately grasp the recorded speech content.

System for grasping keyword extraction based speech content on recorded voice data, indexing method using the system, and method for grasping speech content


A tool and method is provided for mixing multiple components and feeding a single blend of the multiple components into the tool. The method includes adjusting a concentration of etchant solution. The method includes determining an etch target for each batch of wafers of a plurality of batches of wafers entering an etch chamber of a wafer processing tool. The method further includes adjusting a concentration of 40% NH4F to 49% HF for the each batch of wafers of the plurality of batches of wafers entering the wafer processing tool during a single run.

Typically wet tools have had a single concentration of buffered hydrofluoric acid (BHF) plumbed to the tools. Implementation of single wafer BHF at fixed concentration leads to significant volumes of waste for most recipes on the tool. This wastes expensive single wafer tool capacity and creates significant volumes of fluoride waste. High fluoride waste with single-use buffered HF on a single wafer tool also results in decreased throughput for all HF targets. This increases operating costs, since single wafer wet tooling are very expensive to operate.
Accordingly, there exists a need in the art to overcome the deficiencies and limitations described hereinabove.

Tool for manufacturing semiconductor structures and method of use

International Business Machines Corporation


Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for providing enhanced entertainment data. For instance, in one embodiment, a computer implemented method for providing enhanced entertainment data includes receiving a request for additional information related to a selected show and displaying the additional information, which includes a list of selectable merchandise associated with the selected show, in response to the request. In one embodiment, the method presents information related to a selected merchandise and an option for a user to purchase the selected merchandise. The method may further include retrieving a billing address associated with a subscriber account associated with the user in response to receiving a purchase request for the selected merchandise and placing an order for the selected merchandise using the billing address. The method may also include billing the order as part of a monthly service charge to the user.

Websites such as "The Internet Movie Database" (IMDB) enables users to retrieve information online relating to shows, cast members, production crew personnel, video games, and most recently, fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. The IMDB website consists of one of the largest accumulations of data about films, television programs, direct-to-video products, and video games, reaching back to each medium's respective beginning. In many cases, the information goes beyond simple title and crew credit, but also includes data on uncredited personnel, production and distribution companies, plot summaries, memorable quotes, awards, reviews, box office performance, filming locations, technical specs, promotional content, trivia, and links to official and other websites. Furthermore, the IMDB tracks titles in production, including major announced projects still in development.
The database also houses filmographies for cast and crew members identified in listed titles. Filmographies include biographical details, awards listings, external links, and information about other professional work not covered by title entries in the database such as theatrical and commercial advertising appearances.
However, currently, this type of information is not readily available to a user while viewing a television program and/or while channel surfing an electronic programming guide on a set top box. Accordingly, certain of the disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for providing enhanced entertainment data about a television program and/or actor to a user via a set top box.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

System and method for providing enhanced entertainment data on a set top box


An auxiliary machinery mounting structure of an engine which can reduce the entire length of the engine, enhance the rigidity of a cover seal surface to improve the sealing effect, and also enhance the mounting rigidity of an auxiliary machinery. The auxiliary machinery mounting structure includes a mount seat that is integrally formed on an end surface of a cylinder block extending vertically to a crank shaft of the engine to lie outward of and along a cover seal surface that is a surface engaging with a cover laid over the end surface, and the auxiliary machinery is mounted on the mount seat.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a mounting structure for mounting an auxiliary machinery of an engine to an engine body.
2. Description of the Related Art
There is a typical structure in which a timing belt is rotatably provided along an end surface of a cylinder block of a four-cycle engine to transmit power to a valve driving mechanism and a timing belt cover is fixed to the end surface of the cylinder block so as to cover the timing belt.
FIG. 12 is an example disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. hei 8-28231, in which an oil pump body 03 is partially fixed to an end surface of a cylinder block 01 (end surface vertical to the crank shaft), and a cover 03 extends from the cylinder block 01 to the cylinder head to cover the timing belt. The cover 03 covers a part of the oil pump body 02.
Therefore, a hydraulic control valve 04 as an auxiliary machinery is mounted on a seat surface formed on the oil pump body 02 not interfering with the cover 03 so as to minimize the entire length of the engine in the lengthwise direction of the crank shaft.
However, because the hydraulic control valve 04 results in being mounted to the cylinder block 01 via the oil pump body 02, the entire length of the engine remains large by the amount corresponding to the width of the oil pump body 02.
To ensure rigidity of mount seat for mounting the hydraulic control valve 04, the oil pump body 02 is required to be thick, and this further increases the entire length of the engine.
It is therefore difficult to ensure a sufficient rigidity of the cover seal surface for engaging the cover 03 located near the mount seat of the oil pump body 02 difficult to be sufficiently rigid.
Additionally, if an auxiliary machinery is mounted through a bracket, it increases the number of parts and invites a decrease of the mounting rigidity of the auxiliary machinery.
Under those circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide an auxiliary machinery mounting structure of an engine capable of reducing the entire length of the engine, enhancing the rigidity of the cover seal surface thereby to improve the sealing efficiency and also improving the mounting rigidity of the auxiliary machinery.
In addition, in case a power unit incorporating an engine and a transmission is tried to be mounted to a vehicle body from the bottom of the vehicle body by lifting the power unit through between a pair of frames, the distance of the pair of frames in a conventional structure had to be larger than the size of the power unit itself plus the size of the mount bracket. Therefore, largely spaced frames have been inevitably made and the power unit was mounted thereon, and it has been regarded inevitable that the vehicle width increases. Furthermore, in case the power unit is mounted to a compact vehicle body having narrow-spaced frames, another method has been employed, which mounts the power unit by lowering it from above the frame. This method, however, involves the disadvantage that the process of mounting the power unit requires man-hour.
It is therefore a further object of the invention to provide a mount device having a mount bracket that permits an engine/transmission-incorporated power unit to be mounted to a vehicle body having a pair of frames spaced by a distance narrower than the size of the power unit itself plus the dimension required for the mount bracket by lifting the power unit from the bottom side, thereby to enable downsizing of vehicles.
According to the present invention, there is provided an auxiliary machinery mounting structure of and engine comprising a mount seat for an auxiliary machinery, the mount seat being integrally formed on an end surface of a cylinder block extending vertically to a crank shaft of the engine to lie outward of and along a cover seal surface which is a surface engaging with a cover laid over the end surface, and an auxiliary machinery being mounted on the mount seat.
According to the present invention, because a mount seat with a sufficient thickness can be formed on an end surface of the cylinder block without increasing its thickness, and an auxiliary machinery can be attached directly to the mount seat, entire length of the engine including that of the auxiliary machinery can be reduced.
In addition, because the mount seat is formed in the cylinder block, it has a high rigidity, and the cover seal surface formed along the mount seat is also ensured to have a high rigidity, thereby to improve the sealing effect in combination of the cover and improve the mounting rigidity of the auxiliary machinery.
In the auxiliary machinery mounting structure of the engine, the mount seat is preferably formed to thrust into a blow-by gas path formed in the cylinder block.
With this arrangement, because the mount seat thrusts into the blow-by gas path, the passage area of the blow-by gas path partly changes, and it is expected that separation of blow-by gas to air and liquid is promoted. At the same time, since the mount seat extends into the blow-by gas path, it contributes to downsizing the engine.
Still in the auxiliary machinery mounting structure of the engine, the auxiliary machinery may be an auto tensioner.
In this configuration, since the auto tensioner can be attached to the high-rigidity mount seat formed on the end surface of the cylinder block, the auto tensioner normally loaded with a counter force to the biasing force can be fixed firmly.
The auxiliary machinery mounting structure of the engine may be configured to mount the auxiliary machinery directly to the mount seat formed in the cylinder block.
With this configuration, since the auxiliary machinery can be mounted directly to the mount seat formed in the cylinder block, easy and firm attachment of the auxiliary machinery in the engine is ensured.
In the auxiliary machinery mounting structure of the engine, the engine may be of a V-bank type in which a plurality of cylinders are offset from each other in the crank shaft lengthwise direction, and the auxiliary machinery may be located in a space made by the offset arrangement of the cylinders.
With this arrangement, the entire length of the engine including that of the auxiliary machinery can be reduced in the crank shaft lengthwise direction.
Still in the auxiliary machinery mounting structure of the engine, the engine may be of a V-bank type in which a plurality of cylinders are offset from each other in the crank shaft lengthwise direction, and the blow-by gas path of the cylinder block may be formed in a space made by the offset arrangement of the cylinders.
With this arrangement, since the mount seat is formed to thrust into the blow-by gas path formed in the space made by the offset arrangement, the engine itself is effectively downsized, and a partial change of the path area of the blow-by gas path effectively promotes separation of the blow-by gas to air and liquid.
According to the invention, there is further provided a power unit mounting device used at a portion where a power unit is suspended to one of vehicle frames when mounted by lifting it from below and through the vehicle frames, characterized in that a mount bracket to be attached to the power unit is composed of a stump portion having a short size and an extension to be connected to make up the full length required for the mount bracket.
With this configuration, upon mounting the power by raising it from below and between the vehicle frames, when the device is attached only at its short stump portion and raised, since the gap between the frame and the power unit is large, the power unit can be mounted easily, and the workability can be improved.
The extension of the mount bracket may be mounted at a position overlapping the vehicle frames when viewed from above.
With this configuration, even when the pair of frames have a gap too narrow for a power plant having mounted a mount bracket with a full size to pass through from below to above, the power unit having mounted only the stump portion of the short mount bracket can pass through from below to above. The extended portion can be attached after the power unit passes through to form the integral mount bracket with the full size, and this can be provided for mounting the power plant. Since it enables the mounting of the power plant by lifting it even in a vehicle having narrow-spaced frames, the invention contributes to downsizing the vehicle body.
An end surface of a cylinder block vertical to a crank shaft of an engine, which forms a part of the power unit, may be oriented substantially in parallel to the frames, and a mount seat for an auxiliary machinery may be integrally formed at a position along the cover seal surface outside the cover seal surface for engaging with the cover laid over the end surface of the cylinder block, such that the auxiliary machinery can be mounted on the mount seat and the mount bracket is attached to the end surface of the cylinder block.
With this configuration, the auxiliary machinery is mounted on the mount seat along the end surface of the cylinder block substantially in parallel to the vehicle frames, and the mount bracket is attached to the end surface of the cylinder block. As a result, even after the auxiliary machinery is attached to the cylinder block, the power unit can be easily mounted to the vehicle frames.
An end surface of the cylinder block vertical to the crank shaft of the engine, which forms a part of the power unit, may be oriented substantially in parallel to the frames, and the mount seat for the auxiliary machinery may be integrally formed at a position along the cover seal surface outside the cover seal surface for engaging with the cover laid over the end surface of the cylinder block, such that the auxiliary machinery can be mounted on the mount seat and the mount seat thrusts into the blow-by gas path formed in the cylinder block.
With this configuration, in the mount device capable of easily mounting the power unit to the vehicle frames, the engine having a blow-by gas path exhibiting a high effect of separating blow-by gas to air and liquid can be decreased in size.
The engine forming a part of the power unit may be of a V-bank type in which a plurality of cylinders are offset from each other in the crank shaft lengthwise direction, an end surface of the cylinder block vertical to the crank shaft may be oriented substantially in parallel with the frames, the mount bracket may be attached to the end surface of the cylinder block, and the auxiliary machinery may be located in a space made by the offset arrangement of the cylinders.
With this configuration, the auxiliary machinery can be located on the end surface of the cylinder block of the engine so that it does not project externally from the end surface, and the power unit can be mounted to the vehicle frames more easily and reliably.
The engine forming a part of the power unit may be of a V-bank type in which a plurality of cylinders are offset from each other in the crank shaft lengthwise direction, an end surface of the cylinder block vertical to the crank shaft may be oriented substantially in parallel with the frames, the mount bracket may be attached to the end surface of the cylinder block, and the auxiliary machinery may be located on the mount seat positioned in a space made in the cylinder block by the offset arrangement of the cylinders.
With this configuration, on one end surface of the cylinder block of the engine, the mount seat can be formed in a space made in the cylinder block by the offset arrangement of the cylinders, and upon mounting the power unit to the vehicle frames, the auxiliary machinery can be mounted on the mount seat so that it does not project from the end surface of the cylinder block. As a result, the power unit can be mounted to the vehicle frames more smoothly.
Furthermore, the engine forming a part of the power unit may be of a V-bank type in which a plurality of cylinders are offset from each other in the crank shaft lengthwise direction, an end surface of the cylinder block vertical to the crank shaft may be oriented substantially in parallel with the frames, the mount bracket may be attached to the end surface of the cylinder block, and the mount seat may be formed to thrust into the blow-by gas path formed in a space made in the cylinder block by the offset arrangement of the cylinders, and the auxiliary machinery may be mounted on the mount seat.
With this configuration, both the blow-by gas path having a high effect of separating air and liquid and the auxiliary machinery mount seat can be formed on the end surface of the cylinder block, and the auxiliary machinery can be attached to the auxiliary machinery mounting seat.

Auxiliary machinery mounting structure of an engine


A carbon separation and collection device used for a high performance dust collector includes a water supply tube, a water pump, a high pressure negative electrode discharge device, a high pressure positive electrode discharge device, a rotary brush, a removing plate, a carbon collector, a liquid tank, and a speed change device and an exhausting tube. The two discharge devices serve to achieve a function of electrolyte. When the cleaning liquid with carbon flows into the water supply tube by using the water pump. The carbon is adhered to the high pressure positive electrode discharge device. The high pressure positive electrode discharge device is driven to rotate by the speed change device. The carbon is moved from the high pressure positive electrode discharge device by the rotary brush and removing plate. Then, the removing carbon drops into the carbon collector.

Exhaust gas from the burnt light or heavy diesel oil produces coal particles. If this gas is vented to the air directly, the air will be polluted and people's health will be threatened by diseases from air pollution.
In some prior art design, the coal particles are removed by polarization and then polarized coal particles are beaten so as to achieve the object of dust accumulation. However, this prior art can not achieve a preferred effect. The polarized coal particles can still mix in the air so that the effect is reduced greatly.
A development is disclosed by the inventor of the present invention, which is U.S. Pat. No. 6,648,948, "High Performance Dust Collector". The high performance dust collector has a main body. The main body comprises a suction tube, a discharging electrode, a discharging plate, a dust accumulating electrode, and an exhaust tube. When exhaust gas from the burnt light or heavy diesel oil enters into the suction tube, since the exhaust gas passes through the discharging electrode and the discharging plate with negative charges, the coal particles in the exhaust gas become anions. When the waste gas passes through the metal net transfer belt, the coal particles with anions will adhere to the metal net transfer belt since the dust accumulating electrode is connected to a positive voltage end. Thereby, air exhausted from the exhaust tube has been cleaned and thus has no coal particles.
However, in this prior art, the metal net transfer belt has a structure like a circle belt which can be used cyclically. Another cleaning liquid tank is installed for cleaning the metal net transfer belt. However, the cleaning liquid has carbons. This is disadvantageous for the whole system.

Carbon separation and collection device used for high performance dust collector