An apparatus comprises: an engagement shaft able to engage with a bottom surface of a DSA and held linear movably; an air cylinder supplying a drive force for linearly moving the engagement shaft; and a link mechanism interposed between the air cylinder and the engagement shaft and transmitting the drive force input from the actuator to the engagement shaft, and the link mechanism transmits the drive force input from the air cylinder by rotary motion.

An electronic device test system conveys a large number of ICs held on a tray inside a handler, brings the ICs into electrical contact with sockets of a HiFix of a test head, and uses a tester to test them. Further, after finishing the tests, the ICs are classified into corresponding customer trays based on the categories of the test results.
A HiFix (interface apparatus) which relays electrical connections between the ICs under test which sides with the handler and the test head is mounted on the top of the test head. Further a DSA (device specific adapter) is mounted on the top of this HiFix. This DSA has a socket board etc. on which sockets are mounted for electrical contact with the input/output terminals of the ICs under test. This DSA is prepared in a variety of types in accordance with the types of the IC chips under test and has to be changed along with a change in the type of the IC chips. For this reason, a DSA attachment apparatus for attaching or detaching the DSA to or from the HiFix body is provided at the HiFix body.
As such a DSA attachment apparatus, a DSA attachment apparatus 540 using a cam mechanism shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 has been known in the past. This attachment mechanism 540 comprises: a cam 542 attached to a linearly moving drive shaft 541a of an air cylinder 541; and a cam follower 545 attached to an engagement shaft 544 engageable with the DSA 501. Further, by the cam follower 545 rolling along a cam groove 543 formed at the cam 542 at a slant and the engagement shaft 544 engaged with the DSA 501 linearly moving in the downward direction, the DSA 501 is attached to the HiFix body 510. As opposed to this, by the engagement shaft 544 engaged with the DSA 501 moving linearly along the upward direction, the DSA 501 is detached from the HiFix body 510.
By the way, when attaching the DSA to the HiFix body, their connectors are coupled together whereby the DSA and the HiFix body are electrically connected. For that reason, for attachment, a predetermined force is required for coupling the connectors together. The number of connectors increases along with the increase of the number of simultaneous measurements in electronic device test systems in recent years and the force required for pushing the DSA toward the HiFix body at the time of attachment tends to increase.
In order to deal with this trend toward increase of the pushing force by the above mentioned DSA attachment apparatus 540 utilizing a cam mechanism, it is necessary to lengthen the cam groove 543 to increase the reduction ratio or increase the number of attachment apparatus. Further, in the above DSA attachment device 540, the drive force supplied from the air cylinder 541 is transmitted through linear contact of the cam follower 545 and the cam groove 543, so it is not possible to deal with the increase in pushing force unless strengthening the structure of the cam 542 and cam follower 545. For this reason, an increase in size of the attachment apparatus and higher costs are invited.

Attachment apparatus, test head, and electronic device test system


A mobile station in a CDMA wireless communication system, includes a receiver which receives power-control data by which power for transmitting a wireless signal is controlled, from a plurality of base stations during soft handover, a judging unit which judges tendency in accordance with which the power-control data varies, in accordance with predetermined standard, and a masking unit which masks the power-control data, based on the results transmitted from the judging unit.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a mobile station in a CDMA wireless communication system, a method of controlling power for transmitting a CDMA wireless signal in a wireless communication system, an apparatus for controlling power for transmitting a wireless signal in a CDMA wireless communication system, and a computer readable medium encoded with program for causing a computer to carry out a method of controlling power for transmitting a wireless signal in a CDMA wireless communication system. The invention relates more particularly to signal-transmission power control in a situation in which a mobile station makes communication with a plurality of base stations.
2. Description of the Related Art
A wireless communication terminal such as a mobile phone, PHS (personal handy phone system), PDA (personal digital assistant), a pager, and a device capable of making communication with a wireless LAN is now popularized, and further expansion of a service area and variation in services are expected.
Wireless communication technology may be grouped into TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), for instance. Hereinbelow is explained CDMA to which the present invention is preferably applied.
In a CDMA wireless communication system, communication is made as follows.
First, a transmitter spreads signals with pseudorandom noise (PN) codes of the transmitter, and then, transmits the signals.
On receipt of the signals from the transmitter, a receiver de-spreads the received signals with the same pseudorandom noise (PN) codes as those of the transmitter to reproduce the signals transmitted from the transmitter.
In CDMA, a plurality of transmitters uses pseudorandom noise (PN) codes perpendicular to and different from one another, and hence, it is possible to differentiate the transmitters from one another. Thus, a plurality of transmitters can transmit wireless signals having a common frequency.
However, it is quite difficult to render all pseudorandom noise (PN) codes perpendicular to one another. Actually, pseudorandom noise (PN) codes are not completely perpendicular to one another, that is, there exists correlation among pseudorandom noise (PN) codes. Such correlation interferes with communication, resulting in degradation in communication quality. Since correlation causes interference, as a number of transmitters increases, interference increases.
In a wireless communication system, communication is not made directly between mobile stations corresponding to wireless communication terminals, but made through a base station. Hence, there is caused a problem that signals transmitted from a mobile station located in the vicinity of a base station interfere with weak signals transmitted from a mobile station located far away from the base station. In a CDMA wireless communication system, in order to avoid degradation in communication quality caused by the above-mentioned problem, power by which a wireless signal is transmitted to a mobile station (hereinafter, referred to as "signal-transmission power") is controlled.
Hereinbelow is explained an example in which signal-transmission control is applied to W-CDMA (Wideband-CDMA) which is one of IMT-2000.
A base station controls signal-transmission power such that Eb/I0 (a ratio of desired power (Eb) for receiving a signal to power (I0) of an interference signal) obtained through communication channel established to each of mobile stations is kept equal to a predetermined Eb/I0 in order to ensure requisite communication quality. Specifically, a base station controls signal-transmission power as follows.
A base station periodically transmits a down-channel signal to a mobile station together with TPC (Transmission Power Control) data in accordance with which power by which a mobile station transmits a signal to a base station is increased or reduced.
If SIR (Signal to Interference Ratio) of a signal received from a mobile station is smaller than Eb/I0, a base station transmits TPC data to the mobile station to increase the power. In contrast, if SIR of a signal received from a mobile station is greater than Eb/I0, a base station transmits TPC data to the mobile station to reduce the power. Herein, SIR of a signal received from a mobile station is used as one of data indicative of wireless communication quality.
The mobile station controls the power by which an up-channel signal is transmitted to the base station, in accordance with the received TPC data.
The above-mentioned transmission power control is described in "3GPP TS 25.214 V3. 12. 0", pp. 11-21, Apr. 4, 2003, 3GPP (printed on Jul. 7, 2004 through Internet from the site having URL "http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/25214.htm).
Transmission power control is carried out to power for transmitting a signal through down-channel.
A mobile station transmits an upward signal to a base station together with TPC data in accordance with which power for transmitting a signal to the mobile station from the base station is increased or reduced. The base station controls power for transmitting a signal to the mobile station, in accordance with the TPC data received from the mobile station.
The above-mentioned transmission power control is described in "3GPP TS 25.214 V3. 12. 0", pp. 21-27, Apr. 4, 2003, 3GPP (printed on Jul. 7, 2004 through Internet from the site having URL "http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/html-info/25214.htm).
In a wireless communication system, in which each of base stations transmits signals having different frequencies from one another, it is necessary to switch a frequency each time of handover, and hence, communication is instantaneously interrupted. Herein, handover means a function of a mobile station for automatically switch a base station to continue communication, when the mobile station moves into a second service area of a second base station from a first service area of a first base station.
In contrast, since it is possible for base stations in a W-CDMA wireless communication system to use signals having a common frequency, it is not necessary for a mobile station to switch a current frequency to a frequency associated with each of base stations at handover. Accordingly, a W-CDMA wireless communication system allows a mobile station to carry out soft handover (SHO), that is, to carry out handover without instantaneous interruption of communication, as described in "Spectrum Spreading Technology", Kenichi MATUO, Tokyo Denki University Publishing section, May 30, 2002, pp. 230-231.
Herein, soft handover (SHO) is defined as handover to be carried out keeping a mobile station in communication with a plurality of adjacent base stations through the use of signals having a common frequency, and is inherent to a W-CDMA wireless communication system.
In a W-CDMA wireless communication system, power for transmitting upward and downward signals between a mobile station and a base station is controlled even during SHO. When power for transmitting a downward signal is to be controlled, a mobile station transmits common TPC data to a plurality of base stations with which the mobile station is in communication.
When power for transmitting an upward signal is to be controlled, a mobile station controls the power in accordance with a plurality of TPC data received from a plurality of base stations with which the mobile station is in communication. However, since a mobile station is usually designed to include a single signal-transmission circuit, it is necessary to unite a plurality of TPC data into single TPC data.
A plurality of TPC data can be degenerated into single TPC data in many ways. The standard specification defines Algorithm 1 and Algorithm 2 (see 3GPP TS 25.214 V3. 12. 0", p. 11-21).
In a system in which transmission power control is carried out between a plurality of base stations and a single mobile station, even if a part of the base stations transmits TPC data to the mobile station to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal, and the mobile station increases the power in response to the received TPC data, communication quality might not meet desired requirement.
Various reasons are considered to the above-mentioned problem. For instance, in an environment in which complicated phasing occurs, a bit error rate (BER) would not be improved, even if the power is increases, due to the phasing, resulting in that communication quality does not meet desired requirement. However, since a base station receives a signal which does not meet the required communication quality, the base station keeps transmitting TPC data to the mobile station to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station.
When a mobile station is located remarkably far away from a base station, the base station keeps transmitting TPC data to the mobile station to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station.
Furthermore, when a base station is out of order, the base station often keeps transmitting TPC data to the mobile station to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station.
If a certain base station keeps transmitting TPC data to a mobile station to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station, the power is increased excessively, and resultingly, the mobile station may transmit a signal to the base station with higher power than necessary.
If a certain base station transmits a signal with higher power than necessary, interference would be unpreferably increased to other base stations. Furthermore, increase in interference would cause reduction in communication channel capacity of a base station.
Transmission power control during SHO has been suggested as follows.
For instance, WO99/37111 has suggested transmission power control to be carried out to a mobile station during SHO in a CDMA wireless communication system, in order to optimally control power by which a mobile station transmits a signal during SHO. On receipt of various TPC data from a plurality of base stations during SHO, a mobile station calculates reliability data to apply weighting to TPC data in proportion to transmission power, but in inverse proportion to noise power, based on both signal power obtained by averaging the received TPC data with a predetermined time constant, and an average SIR in a recent period of time. The mobile station weights the received TPC data with the reliability data, and controls power by which a signal is transmitted to the base station, in accordance with the thus weighted TPC data.
Though the TPC data is averaged with a predetermined time constant, the transmission power control suggested in WO99/37111 is accompanied with a problem that it is not possible to avoid a mobile station from being influenced by a base station keeping transmitting TPC data to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-211119 has suggested transmission power control in a CDMA wireless communication system in order to reduce an error in transmission power control by varying a step size in accordance with which transmission power is controlled, when control delay exists. The transmission power control is carried out based on a known relation between statistical characteristics of TPC commands and an optimal step size. Specifically, an optical step size is determined statistically based on stored TPC commands.
However the suggested transmission power control is accompanied with a problem that it is not possible to avoid a mobile station from being influenced by a base station keeping transmitting TPC data to increase power by which the mobile station transmits a signal to the base station.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-217751 has suggested a transmission power controller including a first unit which compensates for a symbol point of data in accordance with a corrected amplitude, and a second unit which, based on a first signal indicative of whether it is necessary to compensate for an amplitude of a symbol, and a second signal indicative of masking at least one of symbol point components, compensates for an amplitude of the symbol, and transmits the thus compensated amplitude to the first unit.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-87184 has suggested a method of judging a condition of an electric field in a mobile station in a mobile communication system, including the steps of counting a number of TPC bits in a plurality of slots in a predetermined period of time, measuring an intensity of an electric field of a signal received from a base station, calculating TPC bit estimate, based on the number of TPC bits, calculating field intensity estimate, based on the measured intensity of the electric field, calculating field condition estimate, based on the TPC bit estimate and the field intensity estimate, and judging a condition of the electric field, based on the field condition estimate.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2003-204299 has suggested a control system for controlling a velocity of a data signal transmitted to a mobile station through down-shared channel in a mobile packet communication system. The control system includes a first unit which receives transmission power control data of downward channel transmitted through upward channel, a second unit which stores therein the transmission power control data of downward channel, and a third unit which controls a velocity of a data signal transmitted to a mobile station through down-shared channel, in accordance with the transmission power control data of downward channel stored in the second unit.
Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-88333 has suggested a transmission power controller including a first unit which judges whether received power is equal to or greater than a threshold, a second unit which judges whether transmission power control data included in received data indicates "increase" or "reduction", and a third unit. The second unit transmits the judgment as it is to the third unit, if the received power is equal to or greater than the threshold, or instructs the third unit to increase power, if the received power is smaller than the threshold, and further if the transmission power control data successively twice indicates "increase". The third unit increases or reduces power in accordance with the instruction received from the second unit.

Mobile station in wireless communication system and method of controlling signal-transmission power in wireless communication system


An apparatus for detecting particles of interest that are dispersed in a fluid mix, which typically includes other particles. The apparatus typically is associated with an interrogation platform arranged to operate in harmony with an opaque member having an orifice sized to promote single-file travel of the particles there-through. A currently preferred embodiment includes a light pipe configured to impinge stimulation-radiation substantially transverse to a direction of fluid flow through the opaque member. Particles of interest may be tagged using antibody-binding, fluorescing molecules. Stimulation radiation from the source causes the tagged particles to undergo a Stokes-shift emission of fluorescence. The resulting fluorescence is detected by the radiation detector and indicates passage of the particles of interest. One workable opaque member is advantageously included in a thin film assembly carried on a removable and disposable card that is adapted for reception in the interrogation platform.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to optically-based evaluation of particles suspended in a fluid carrier medium. It is particularly directed to an improved apparatus and method for carrying out interrogation of particles by applying radiation to such particles and detecting a shift in wavelength of radiation emitted by selected ones of those particles.
2. State of the Art
Flow cytometry is a well established technique that is used to determine certain physical and chemical properties of microscopic particles by sensing certain optical properties of the particles. Many books and articles are available detailing aspects of this useful investigational tool. For example, operational principles of, and procedures for use of, modern cytometers are set forth in "Practical Flow Cytometry" by Howard M. Shapiro. Flow cytometry is currently used in a wide variety of applications including hematology, immunology, genetics, food science, pharmacology, microbiology, parasitology and oncology.
In flow cytometry, microscopic particles entrained in a carrier fluid are typically arranged in single-file inside a core stream using hydrodynamic focusing. The particles are then individually interrogated by an optical detection system. The interrogation typically includes directing a light beam from a radiation source, such as a laser, transversely across the focused stream of single-file particles. The light beam is scattered by each particle to produce a scatter profile. The scatter profile may be analyzed by measuring the light intensity at both small and larger scatter angles. Certain physical and/or chemical properties of each particle can then be determined from the scatter profile.
It is also known to apply fluorescing markers to selected particles of interest prior to processing such particles in a cytometer. For example, particles such as blood cells can be "tagged" with fluorescent molecules by using conjugated monoclonal antibodies. The wavelength of the radiation source (typically a laser), is matched to the excitation wavelength of the fluorescing molecule marker. The tagged particles fluoresce in the cytometer when excited by the transversely oriented laser beam. The fluorescence given off by the excited particle can be detected by an appropriately configured detector, which is conventionally mounted transverse to the path of the particles in the interrogation portion of the cytometer. Therefore, cells tagged with fluorescing markers can be easily detected for counting, or other data manipulation.
Unfortunately, flow cytometers are undesirably complex and expensive pieces of equipment. Care must be taken to ensure the machine is set up correctly, and properly calibrated. It would be an advance to provide a robust, inexpensive apparatus that can be used to promote single-file particle travel through an optically based interrogation zone to promote rapid processing of a plurality of different particle-bearing fluid samples.


An electro-rheological fluid composition is provided. A dielectric oil has particulate mixed therein. The particulate consists essentially of a polymeric sponge material entrapping an electro-rheological constituent such as water. The particulate is sized to remain in suspension when mixed in the dielectric oil.

Electro-rheological fluids are slurries composed of a non-conducting fluid medium and a particulate. The particulate is responsive to a high-voltage electric field applied across small gap (1-2 mm) electrodes placed in the fluid. The reaction by the particulate effectively changes the viscosity of the fluid in the localized area between the electrodes.
The particulate typically consists of a carrier and an electro-rheological constituent which is responsive to the applied electric field. In order for the effective change in viscosity to remain uniform over time, it is necessary to keep the particulate in suspension within the fluid. However, prior art particulates have been limited in the amount of electro-rheological constituent that they can contain. This results in the use of relatively large particulate (on the order of 100 microns) being introduced into the non-conducting fluid medium. Large particulate require continuous mixing in order to keep the particulate uniformly suspended in the fluid. In addition, large particulate may cause various fluid filters to clog during the use of the electro-rheological fluid.

Electro-rheological fluid composition having polymeric sponge particulates

The United States of America as represented by the Secratary of the Navy


A cargo step pad comprising a container having a bottom and a plurality of sidewalls defining an opening and a lid coupled to the container and operable between a closed position, wherein the lid extends laterally beyond the opening, and an opened position, wherein at least a portion of a back wall of the container is positioned within a volume defined by the inner surface of the lid.

Many vehicles include step pads disposed proximate the passenger doors to assist passengers in entering and leaving the vehicle. Additionally, storage space in a vehicle is a primary concern such that storage space within a step pad can be utilized. The use of step pads as an additional location for storage space takes advantage of the sturdy construction of the step pad that can carry the weight of one or more people. The step pad can also include an interior volume that is used to store and protect items placed therein. The sturdy construction of the step pad can help to prevent damage to the stored items located within the step pad's interior volume during operation of the vehicle.


An assembly tool for assembly and replacement of bolts on a wheel hub is revealed. The tool includes a first tool set and a second tool set. The first tool set has a base and a fastener. The base is a circular body with a receiving part. A pad is disposed on the receiving part and a bearing is arranged under the pad. The fastener includes a hexagonal head, an enlarged part, a cylindrical part and an axial hole arranged with a thread. The second tool set has a first arm and a second arm pivotally connected to each other. A wheel bolt is pressed into the wheel hub by the first tool set while the wheel hub is positioned by the first and second arms of the second tool set fastened with the wheel bolts of the wheel hub for convenient assembly of the wheel bolts.

Field of Invention
The present invention relates to an assembly tool, especially to an assembly tool for mounting a plurality of wheel bolts on a wheel hub of vehicles such as cars or trucks. The structure of the wheel bolt is different from general bolt so that special assembly tools are required. The present invention provides a convenient, fast and labor-saving assembly tool.
Description of Related Arts
The special wheel bolt for cars or trucks is a hexagon bolt. In order to prevent falling off, the bolts on the wheel have specific design. The wheel bolt has a head. The head is extended to form an expansion part. The expansion part is extended to form a threaded rod. The threaded rod can be engaged with different fasteners. The diameter of the threaded rod is smaller than that of the expansion part while the diameter of the expansion part is smaller than that of the head. The expansion part is a tapered cylinder. The design of the wheel bolt is base on that the expansion part can be pressingly mounted in an assembly hole of the wheel. The bolt with such design can replace conventional wheel bolts available now for preventing falling off and matching various kinds of wheels/rims. However, such bolt is vigorously pressed and fixed in the wheel hub by a tool. After the vehicle being used for a long period of time, the wheel bolt may be rusted, deformed or damaged. For driver's safety, the wheel bolts on the wheel hub must be replaced periodically.
For replacement of the wheel bolts, vehicle maintenance and repair technicians need to remove the whole wheel together with the wheel hub from the axle shaft. This is labor-and-time-consuming process. The wheel bolts are not fixed on the wheel hub by threads. They are pressed to be tightly fixed on the wheel hub. Yet the wheel hub is rotatable. Thus the only way for mounting the bolts on the wheel hub is to remove the wheel hub from the axle shaft first and then the old bolts are released from the wheel hub by hammering. Next a fastening tool is used to rotate and press new bolts on the wheel hub gradually.
Refer to US Pat. App. Pub. No. 20130126197 "Reversible Drive Socket or Bit Holder With One-Way Clutch Mechanism", a one-way clutch mechanism 54 typically includes multiple rollers 56, which interact with a cylindrical member that may be inserted in an axial passageway 48. A flange 70 will be seated generally on or generally at the face 50. A clutch housing 46 is fitted over a centerline axis 38. For rotational continuity, the socket holder or assembly 34 must be inserted initially axially into the clutch or clutch assembly 32 to lock or retain the holder 34 for rotation in a first sense, and must be removed and reinserted axially into the opposite side of knob or handle 30 to reverse the effective locked rotational sense of operation. The problem of this device is in that the rollers interact with a cylindrical member that may be inserted in an axial passageway. When the socket holder 34 is rotated, the rollers 56 may be biased due to too much force applied. Then the socket holder 34 is against the rollers 56 so that the rollers 56 got damaged or locked and difficult to rotate. While using the conventional fastening tool, a force is applied to the bolt by the fastening tool for pressing the bolt to move axially and press into the assembly hole of the wheel hub after the bolt being threaded tightly. During the rotation process, a pressure friction occurs between the flange 70 and the handle 30. However, the device with the above structure is unable to solve this problem and the operation is not smooth. Thus users need to take more effort to rotate the fastening tool. Thus there is room for improvement and a need to provide a tool that solves the problem of surface-to-surface pressure friction occurred between the flange 70 and the handle 30 while the projecting section 80 being rotated.


An automotive voltage regulator circuit for supplying a predetermined voltage to first and second optically connected and electrically separated digital electronic circuits includes first and second serially connected voltage regulators. The total drop-off voltage is reduced and the total current consumption is smaller for the two serially connected regulators as compared with two parallel circuits. Consequently, the total power consumption is reduced.

More and more digital circuits are being employed in automotive electronics such as automotive audio electronics. Consequently, there is a need for a relatively constant 5 volt voltage supply.
For audio products, the more efficient switching power supplies create undesirable side effects such as increased electromagnetic interference (EMI). EMI impairs radio reception. Consequently, linear-type voltage regulators have advantages over switching-type voltage regulators. Linear regulators have less EMI radiations, but they are also less efficient as described in Application Note 32 of Linear Technology Company.
Linear voltage regulators require the use of a large heat sink to dissipate wasted power from the voltage regulator. The wasted power primarily comes from the difference between input and output potentials resulting from instantaneous current requirements of the load. Such a large heat sink increases the volume and weight of the product. Therefore, it is desirable to have a voltage regulator circuit that is more efficient but that produces less EMI than prior art voltage regulator circuits.
German patent document 3 105 369 discloses a DC voltage regulator having two integrated circuit regulators connected in series between a load and a DC supply.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,600,667, 4,535,282, 4,074,182 and 4,611,162 all generally disclose voltage regulator circuits having two regulators. In addition, Japanese patent document 57-34217 discloses a similar-type circuit.

Automotive voltage regulator circuit including serial voltage regulators


A fluid dispensing unit includes a hollow support enclosing a collapsible reservoir or container. The container has a one-way valve at its outlet for directing flow through the valve into a metering chamber. The metering chamber has an outlet connected to another one-way valve which valve prevents any backflow of contaminants into the container after fluid is dispensed. As the fluid is dispensed, the container can be collapsed to ensure complete evacuation of the fluid. Further, the metering chamber can be completely collapsed to ensure that the dispensing unit is completely empty.

The present invention is directed to a closed system for the metered dispensing of a fluid from a container. A one-way valve is located at the outlet of the system affording flow out of the container while preventing any backflow of contaminants into it. Initially, the container is filled with a fluid free of air or any other gases. The one-way valve maintains the integrity of the fluid throughout its useful life even over extended time periods. The system includes means for selectively dispensing metered amounts of the fluid.
In U.S. Pat. No. 4,846,810, a valve, hereinafter called the RESEAL.RTM. valve, is disclosed for affording one-way flow out of a container while preventing any backflow to the valve which might contain contaminants. Contaminants from outside the valve may be microorganisms, atmospheric gases, not only emptying the container, but also any metering chamber attached to the container. Maintaining the closed system for metered dispensing of the fluid and at the same time dispensing all of the fluid can present problems.
If air is present in the system it may interfere with the flow of the fluid and, in addition, has a deleterious effect on the fluid.
In the past it has been known to provide a dispensing system where the fluid flows from a container or reservoir through a one-way valve into a chamber with the fluid from the chamber being dispensed through another one-way valve. One of the problems in such a system is that air can enter into the container and contaminate the fluid being dispensed. Further, the chamber receiving the fluid from the reservoir cannot be completely emptied, so that a portion of the fluid is retained and exposed to air entering through the system outlet.

Fluid dispensing unit with metered outflow

ReSeal International Limited Partnership


An image processor performs a histogram acquisition step of acquiring a histogram representing a distribution of gradation values of pixels in a fundus color image captured by irradiating a fundus with a plurality of beams of single-color light having different wavelengths, the histogram being acquired for each channel corresponding to each beam of single-color light, a histogram correction step of acquiring a corrected histogram by correcting the histogram of each channel acquired in the histogram acquisition step, of which a target pattern is set for each channel in advance, so as to fit to the corresponding target pattern, and a color tone corrected image generation step of generating a color tone corrected image, in which a distribution of gradation values for each channel is represented by the corrected histogram, based on the corrected histogram of each channel.

As a fundus imaging apparatus which uses visible light to capture an image of a fundus of a subject eye, it is known not only an apparatus using white light as illumination light but also an apparatus using a plurality of beams of single-color light having different wavelengths as the illumination light.
A confocal type apparatus is known as the apparatus using a beam of single-color light as the illumination light. For example, JP-A-2016-059539 discloses an SLO apparatus in which laser light of four colors in the infrared range, red, blue, and green is emitted from a light source simultaneously or selectively, and a fundus image is generated based on fundus reflection light of each color light.
However, when a beam of single-color light is used as illumination light, differences of the reflection characteristics of individual fundus are emphasized in the fundus image as differences in color tone compared to a case where multi-color light (for example, white light) is used as the illumination light. In other words, when the beam of single-color light is used as the illumination light, a significant difference in color tone in the fundus image is likely to occur for every time imaging the subject eye.
In addition, in the confocal type apparatus as disclosed in JP-A-2016-059539, an alignment deviation and a focus deviation at the time of imaging are likely to affect the color tone.

Ophthalmologic image processing method and fundus imaging apparatus


A data transmission method for use in the transmission of a performance transmitter of a portable user-specific performance monitor by using wireless data transmission that is based on radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation, and the method comprises measuring with the performance monitor the movement and/or organ system state of a user. In the solution, the availability of wireless data transmission in the performance transmitter is determined. If wireless data transmission is not available, measuring data is stored into a memory of the performance transmitter, otherwise the measuring data is transmitted using wireless data transmission.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a portable user-specific performance monitor and a related transmission method and computer program product.
2. Description of the Related Art
It is important to measure the functioning of the organ system and the movement of a person when training for an athletic performance, for example. The heart rate of a person can be measured with a portable device that comprises a measuring belt fastened on the chest with an elastic belt and a heart rate receiver fastened on the wrist like a watch which serves as a receiver of measuring data and may process the measuring data.
The measuring belt consists of a flexible piece fastened on the chest with a sensor for measuring an ECG signal. The sensor comprises two measuring electrodes that settle against the skin and are connected to an ECG detecting block. Instead of ECG measurement or in addition to it, it is possible to use other sensors to measure the state of the organ system or movement of the user. These include acceleration sensors that provide information on the movements of the user.
A transmitter in the measuring belt or some other sensor may wirelessly transmit measuring data by means of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation to the measuring data receiver fastened to the wrist of a user for processing therein. From the measuring belt or wrist receiver, the measuring data may be transmitted on to a computer or some other corresponding receiver for further processing.
However, there are problems associated with data transmission by means of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation. If the measuring data transmitter or receiver is in sufficiently humid conditions, for instance when the user goes swimming, radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation cannot propagate through water from the transmitter to the receiver. Sometimes the fact that the transmitter is too far from the receiver prevents data transmission. It is also possible that the user is in an environment where the operation of a transmitter is not allowed. The measuring data generated during a break in the data transmission then cannot be processed in the receiver and the measuring data thus cannot be used for an analysis of the performance of the user.

Performance monitor, transmission method and computer program product


A transportable rowing device can include a top plate, a rod, and an oar lock. The rod can be rotatable with respect to the top plate. The oar lock can be secured to the rod and the oar lock can be configured to secure an oar therein. The oar lock can be rotatable with the rod.

Rowing is a sport or activity where a rower uses an oar to propel a boat by pushing against water with the oar. Rowing is a common team and individual sport in some regions where members of a rowing team (a crew) race competing schools or teams. As with many other sports, members of the crew must practice to develop proper technique, skills, and strength to improve performance in competitions. However, rowing in small watercraft may not be convenient or cost-efficient for coaching and practicing.


An oil processing vessel for cleaning oil and the associated produced water utilizing the principle of capillary attraction in lieu of heat and/or electric coalescence to dehydrate the oil and in lieu of induced gas flotation to extract oil from the water. The oil processing vessel also includes a means for mitigating the foam often encountered when processing crude oil and if required an integral means to split the oil discharge from the vessel into disparate proportional flow streams. There also can be included a means for extracting extraneous material that accumulates inside the vessel at the water/oil interface.

It is conventional to dehydrate the oil utilizing heat and electrostatic coalescence to speed up the gravitational separation of the water from the oil in a vessel as exemplified by the Bull U.S. Pat. No. 4,919,777, and then deliver the separated water to another vessel such as that exemplified by my U.S. Pat. No. 5,484,534 for removal of the oil from the water using flotation or a similar means to speed up gravitational separation of the oil from the water. The conventional processes for removing water from the oil and the conventional processes for removing oil from the water as exemplified by the referenced patents consume considerable energy and are expensive. Further, as described by the Bull patent Column 3 lines 5 through 15, when the amount of water produced with the oil is a high percentage then a third vessel known as a Free Water Knockout is used in front of the oil dehydrator.
The principal object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and process for combining all three of the functions, Free Water Knockout, Oil Dehydrator and Water Treater into a single vessel constructed in such a manner as to employ the principle of capillary attraction thereby providing a very energy efficient means for removing water from oil and oil from water at less capital expense and less operating expense and including an integral means for splitting the crude oil discharge from the vessel into disparate proportional flow streams, and a means of extracting extraneous material that accumulates at the water/oil interface from the vessel.

Energy conserving oil and water processing vessel


The present invention relates to a power inserter having frequency compensating function, which comprises: a housing formed with a chamber, a first opening, a second opening and a third opening; a first connector exposed outside the housing through the first opening; a second connector exposed outside the housing through the second opening; a third connector exposed outside the housing through the third opening; and characterized in that: a capacitor is further provided, a first terminal of the capacitor is formed with a winding having at least half turn and coupled to a signal terminal of the third connector, a second terminal of the capacitor is formed with a winding having at least half turn and coupled to a signal terminal of the second connector, thereby being enabled to provide the frequency compensating function.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a power inserter having a frequency compensating function, and specifically to a power inserter having a frequency compensating function in which a capacitor is installed between a power output and radio frequency (RF) signal input connector and a RF signal output connector. Two terminals of the capacitor are respectively formed with a winding having at least half turn.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional power inserter is often installed with a power input connector, a RF signal input connector and a power and RF signal output connector. The power input connector is generally used for receiving electric power, the RF signal input connector is generally used for receiving RF signals, the power and RF signal output connector is used for mixing the power and the RF signals to be transmitted, and a capacitor is generally coupled between the RF signal input connector and the power and RF signal output connector, thereby providing a simple frequency compensating function.
Please refer from FIG. 1(a) to FIG. 1(c), wherein FIG. 1(a) is a schematic view illustrating the return loss of the power output and RF signal input connector of a conventional power inserter; FIG. 1(b) is a schematic view illustrating the return loss of the RF signal output connector of a conventional power inserter; and FIG. 1(c) is a schematic view illustrating the transmission loss between the power output and RF signal input connector and the RF signal output connector of a conventional power inserter. As shown in FIG. 1(b), the RF signal output connector of a conventional power inserter has a return loss of −50 dB between the location of ∇2 and ∇3, wherein the value of ∇1 to ∇3 has to be below a third limit line. The return loss is only −5 to −7 dB between the location of ∇4 and ∇5, wherein the value of the ∇4 and ∇5 has to be below a fourth limit line. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1(c), the transmission loss of the conventional power inserter gradually gets higher from the location of ∇2, and even reaches to −1.7403 dB at the location of ∇5, such condition would seriously affect the RF signal transmission quality, wherein the value of ∇1 to ∇3 has to be above a fifth limit line, the value of ∇4 and ∇5 has to be above a sixth limit line.
In view of the mentioned shortage of the conventional power inserter, the present invention provides a power inserter having frequency compensating function for improvement.

Power inserter having frequency compensating function


The invention features a method of producing heterologous molecules in cells under the regulatory control of a metabolite and metabolic flux. The method can enhance the synthesis of heterologous polypeptides and metabolites.

The use of recombinant DNA technology has allowed the engineering of host cells to produce desired compounds, such as polypeptides and secondary metabolites. The large scale production of polypeptides in engineered cells allows for the production of proteins with pharmaceutical uses and enzymes with industrial uses. Secondary metabolites are products derived from nature that have long been known for their biological and medicinal importance. Because of the structural complexity inherent in such molecules, traditional chemical synthesis often requires extensive effort and the use of expensive precursors and cofactors to prepare the compound. In recent years, the expression of heterologous proteins in cells has facilitated the engineering of heterologous biosynthetic pathways in microorganisms to produce metabolites from inexpensive starting materials. In this manner, a variety of compounds have been produced, including polyketides, β-lactam antibiotics, monoterpenes, steroids, and aromatics.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Food Industry Research and Development Institute


A thrust taking arrangement for a marine propulsion unit that employs a propeller shaft and a thrust transfer member that is affixed against an abutment on the propeller shaft and which transfers thrust to a lower unit housing through forward and reverse thrust bearings. In one embodiment, the thrust transfer member is permanently affixed to the propeller shaft and in the other embodiments, it is detachably connected by threaded connections.

This invention relates to a thrust supporting structure for a marine propulsion unit and more particularly to an improved construction for transferring forward and reverse driving thrusts from a propeller shaft to the lower unit of a marine propulsion unit.
One well-known form of marine propulsion unit includes a forward/neutral/reverse transmission that is comprised of a driving bevel gear that is enmeshed with a pair of counter rotating driven bevel gears which are, in turn, journaled on a propeller shaft to which a propulsion device is affixed. A dog clutching arrangement selectively couples one of the driven bevel gears for rotation with the propeller shaft to drive an associated watercraft in a forward or reverse direction. A wide variety of thrust taking arrangements have been proposed for transferring driving thrusts from the propeller shaft to the lower, unit and, accordingly, to the associated watercraft.
One form of thrust taking arrangement provides a flange integrally on the propeller shaft which is engaged with forward and reverse thrust bearings for transferring forward and reverse driving thrusts from the flange to the lower unit housing. Although this construction has a number of advantages, there are certain disadvantages, particularly in the cost and difficulty of forming a flange integrally with the propeller shaft for transmitting the driving thrusts. If the propeller shaft is made from a machining operation, then there is substantial wastage of material as the shaft is machined to provide the resulting flange. On the other hand, if the propeller shaft is formed as a forging, then the material wastage is avoided, but the cost of manufacturing the forging is rather large because of the successive forging steps required. In addition, with each type of arrangement, it is difficult to insure that the thrust flange is formed at the appropriate location on the propeller shaft.
It is, therefore, a principal object of this invention to provide an improved thrust taking arrangement for the propeller shaft of a marine propulsion unit.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved thrust taking arrangement for the propeller shaft of a marine propulsion unit wherein forward and reverse drive thrusts are transmitted from the propeller shaft to the lower unit housing through a flange.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a thrust taking arrangement of the type described in the preceding paragraph wherein the flange need not be formed integrally with the propeller shaft.

Thrust supporting structure for a marine propulsion unit


A method for ranking includes the steps of receiving, at least one model from a central server to form at least one model node; training, the at least one model node with at least one data node to generate a trained model; generating, a weight from each of the at least one data node for the trained model; transferring, the weight from the at least one data node to the central server; inferencing, an inference output using the trained model and the data node; determining, an edge between the at least one data node and the model node, wherein the edge is determined depending on the influence of the data node or the model node on each other in generating the trained model and the inference output; determining a score for the data node and the model node based on the edge formed.

Private enterprise data is currently accessible through data brokers who collect data from different sources and then resell or license it to customers based on a contract.
Access to enterprise data (deep web) and machine learning (ML)/deep learning (DL) models has been difficult due to privacy concerns around sensitive data and further due to data being distributed across the enterprise's resources. With recent advancement in privacy preserving technologies such as Federated Learning, Split Learning, Differential Privacy, Multi-Party Computation, Homomorphic Encryption, etc. sensitive data can now be made available to train machine learning (ML) and/or deep learning (DL) models and run inferences without having to compromise on user privacy as in most cases raw data will never have to leave the premise.
Google's PageRank algorithm describes a method for ranking nodes in a linked database. These nodes are primarily web pages (publicly accessible on the internet) that are linked through citations or references. The same may not be applicable when the nodes are just connected (some nodes in an intranet could be connected to the internet) but not linked through a reference as in the case of webpages.
Hence, there is a need for a method to solve the problem of ranking, searching and improving access to the private enterprise data, models and compute resources that are connected but may not directly linked through the internet as they become available through one or more privacy-friendly technologies.

Machine learning based ranking of private distributed data, models and compute resources


A color ink-jet printer is provided, with one pen for dispensing black ink onto a print medium and at least one pen for dispensing color ink onto a print medium. The pen for dispensing black ink is adapted to jet droplets of black ink of a first volume and the pen(s) for dispensing color ink are adapted to jet droplets of color ink of a second volume, with the first volume being larger than the second volume. Such a color ink-jet printer provides both superior text quality of the black ink and does not require as much ink volume of the color ink(s) as previous ink-jet printers.

Ink-jet printers capable of forming color images using an ink set derived from cyan, yellow, magenta, and black inks are now commercially available. Specific types of ink-jet printers, such as thermal and piezo-electric, are also well-known.
The formation of color images onto the print medium, e.g., paper, requires inks having competing requirements. For example, the ink must be relatively quick drying, so as to avoid smearing of images. Yet, the ink must not be so quick drying that it clogs the printhead nozzles out of which it is jetted. Further, when printing color images, bleed (the invasion of one color by another) must be avoided. Various patents have been issued dealing with dye-based color components; examples of such patents, which are assigned to the same assignee as the present application, include U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,091,005, 5,098,476, 5,100,470, 5,106,416, 5,108,503, 5,112,399, 5,116,409, 5,118,350, 5,133,803, 5,196,056, 5,198,023. Typically, these inks comprise a vehicle (one or more water-miscible organic solvents and water) and one or more water-soluble dyes, or colorants. Additives may be present to improve a given property, such as waterfastness, color bleed, and the like.
Penetration of the ink into the print medium (e.g., paper) reduces bleed, while cost per copy is reduced by lateral spreading of the ink. Cockle of the paper is reduced by a lower drop volume (e.g., less water). On the other hand, edge acuity is reduced for an ink that has a high lateral spread on the paper.
Further tradeoffs are realized by considerations of surface tension and viscosity. The surface tension governs the wetting properties of the ink to the paper, and this in turn is governed by the nature of the paper (e.g., photocopy versus bond). Viscosity controls the amount of ink dot spread, with a higher viscosity limiting dot spread.
Dot gain is defined herein as the amount of spread for a given dot size compared to no spreading. Thus, a low dot gain ink does not spread as much as a high dot gain ink. Another way of viewing this is that for a given dot size, where a smaller drop volume give the same dot size as a larger volume of ink, then gain is attained.
A print cartridge with a high dot gain ink is advantageous in reducing cost-per-copy, bleed, and paper cockle. However, the best edge acuity of a high dot gain ink is inferior to the best edge acuity of a low dot gain ink. When printing black text, edge acuity is the most important feature. The amount of ink used in a single black text page is usually minimal. However, edge acuity is less important when printing color text because the contrast between the color print and white page is less than the contrast between the black print and the white paper. Furthermore, bleed, cockle, and cost-per-copy are more important in a color page as large amounts of inks are printed. Thus, a printer with a print cartridge containing a low dot gain black ink and at least one other print cartridge containing a high dot gain color ink would be advantageous.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in this art that reducing the amount of ink used to jet a given droplet of ink while maintaining high edge acuity for text printing requires balancing various considerations. Thus, an ink set that combines the advantages of both low dot spread and high dot spread, while alleviating the disadvantages of each, is required.

Printer with pen containing a low dot spread black ink and a high dot spread color ink


Method and system for monitoring parameters of a cable system of an electric power transmission system, wherein: a plurality of monitoring nodes is associated with different monitoring points of the cable system; the monitoring nodes are operated alternatively in a sleeping mode and in an active mode; in the active modes the monitoring nodes acquire values of at least one of said parameters and process the acquired values so as to generate corresponding output data; a central unit collects the output data generated by the monitoring nodes; the output data generated by the monitoring nodes are sent from the monitoring nodes, when in active mode, toward the central unit by making them pass from one of the monitoring nodes to another, by starting from the monitoring node that generates the output data until a last of the monitoring nodes, which forwards the output data to the central unit.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and a system for monitoring a cable system of an electric power transmission system.
2. Description of the Related Art
Electric power transmission from a power generating plant is typically performed by means of high voltage electric power transmission systems that may be aerial (overhead), terrestrial or submarine.
An electric power transmission system typically comprises electric conductors either aerial (overhead), terrestrial or submarine - junctions and terminations.
It is advantageous to monitor various parameters of an electric power transmission system, such as temperature, partial discharges, pressure, voltage, current, etc., during the system operation so that a failure can be detected and located soon after occurrence, or, even better, to try and foresee a possible failure and to schedule the suitable in situ checking.
WO 99/58992, for example, discloses a power cable monitoring system comprising one or more transducers distributed along a sea cable. Each of the transducers is operationally connected to the sea cable for measurement of operational parameters of the sea cable, such as temperature, pressure, voltage, current, etc., and provides an output signal in response to actual parameter values. A data cable extends substantially in parallel with the sea cable. The data cable is operationally connected to the transducers via corresponding branching units, for transmission of output signal to a controller.
WO 99/58992 states that in the power cable monitoring system wherein the transducers and associated electronic circuits receive their power supply from batteries, considerable power savings may be obtained by designing the electronic circuits to operate in a power down mode and in an active mode. In the power down mode, the circuits are in an idle mode and no data is transmitted to the data cable, and in the active mode transducer parameter values are converted into data signals for transmission through the data cable. Operation of the circuits may be controlled by means of a timer circuit comprised in the transducer signal converter. The timer may be programmed to interrogate the transducer signal converter at predetermined time intervals. Upon timer interrogation, the transducer signal converter changes operation mode from its power down mode to its active mode. In the active operation mode, the transducer output signal is converted into a data signal and the data signal is transmitted to the controller. The transducer signal converter returns to its power down mode after the data signal has been transmitted.

Method and system for monitoring a cable system of an electric power transmission system


A net structure for a vehicle includes a first connection to a door arranged in a side opening of the vehicle for selectively closing a door opening portion of the side opening, a second connection to a roll cage frame at or adjacent an upper portion of a passenger seating compartment and a third connection to a vehicle frame of the vehicle. The roll cage frame at least partially defines the side opening. The net structure further includes a tautness axis defined between the second connection and the third connection that is substantially forward of a head area of the passenger compartment with tautness maintained along the tautness axis.

Side-by-side all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) generally have an open cockpit area with side-by-side seating. The open cockpit area is often protected by a roll cage disposed above the cockpit area. The driver and the passenger enter and exit (ingress and egress) the vehicle through lateral side openings. Current side-by-side regulations require the use of safety devices to contain the occupants of the vehicle in the event of a vehicle roll-over. Doors and/or nets have conventionally been used to satisfy these safety requirements. Many current designs involve multiple, time consuming processes and/or require the use of two hands to open the door and/or net provided over the side opening. Additionally, some designs can inhibit easily entering and exiting the vehicle during normal operation. Further, some operators ignore or remove the safety features from the vehicle due to the inconvenience of operation.


A method of measuring the read-to-write offset of a track in a disc drive system having separate read and write elements by measuring read error rate as a function of incremental actuator offset. The actuator is incrementally moved from one edge of the track to the other. The two radial positions which produce read error rates within acceptable limits are identified, and the read-to-write offset is determined by subtracting the offset at which the track was written, from the midpoint of the two radial positions. The read-to-write offset for each track accessed by the transducer is calculated from the read-to-write offset measured at the track.

The present invention is a method of measuring the read-to-write offset in a disc drive system having separate read and write elements. More specifically, the present invention is a method of measuring the read-to-write offset by measuring read errors as a function of incremental offset within a track.
In the prior art, a disc drive head was typically comprised of a single thin film transducer, which performed both read and write functions. As the state of disc drive design evolved, track widths became narrower. It has became increasingly difficult to combine the read and write functions in a single thin film transducer. Accordingly, disc drive designers began to use separate read and write elements. Typically, the write element was comprised of a thin film transducer optimized to perform the write function. The read element typically comprised a magnetoresistive (MR) sensor. The MR sensor was formed from a strip of magnetoresistive material, typically Permalloy, which had a resistance which varied with the magnitude of flux passing through the sensor. The MR sensor was optimized to perform read functions, and was usually narrower than the write element.
Because the read and write elements cannot occupy the same physical space, a gap exists between the two elements. In a disc drive having a linear actuator, the effect of the gap can be minimized because the two elements can be placed in-line, and will remain in-line for every track on the disc surface. However, linear actuators are rarely used in modern disc drives because they are slower, require more space, and are not as precise as rotary actuators.
Most newer disc drives employ a rotary actuator. A rotary actuator includes an arm which is rotatably mounted to traverse an arc across the disc surface. Because the arm traverses an arc, the gap between the read and write elements results in a read-to-write offset. While the read and write elements might in-line for a single track, they typically will not be in-line for other tracks on the disc surface.
Accordingly, it is desirable to have a method for measuring and managing the read-to-write offsets for every track on disc drive surface and every pair of read and write elements in a disc drive system.
The present invention is method for measuring the read-to-write offset of a track on a disc drive system having a transducer with separate read and write elements. An xe2x80x9cerror bucketxe2x80x9d is mapped, and actuator offsets are determined from the error bucket. The read-to-write offset is determined from the difference between the center of the error bucket and the offset at which the track was written.
In one form of the present invention, the read-to-write offset of all tracks accessed by a transducer can be calculated from a single measured read-to-write offset. In other forms of the invention, the read-to-write offsets of additional tracks are measured.

Method of measuring the read-to-write offset in a disc drive having separate read and write elements


The invention provides shelf service apparatus in the form of a gantry crane (7), for a material store for rod-like material which may be accommodated in self-supporting magazines (5), where the material store comprises stacking frames arranged transversely of, and aligned with one another in, the storage space direction and separated from one another by lanes for material transport. These frames are provided in the manner of shelving units with carrier arms (4) arranged one above another, extending in the direction of the storage space and secured on vertical shelving supports (2), for the material or the magazines. The gantry crane, which bridges over the material store and is mobile in the direction of the storage space, comprises vertical crane supports (8), on which the carrier brackets (14) are movable up and down by means of a carriage (17), the carrier brackets being arranged to extend horizontally, in operation, into the region of the material store for moving the material up and down, by means of a load cross-piece carried by the carrier brackets or by grasping the ends of the magazines, and transversely of the lanes and in them. The carrier brackets are of T-shaped formation, a carrier beam being formed by the transverse bar (31) of the T-section and the longitudinal bar (32) of the T-section being pivotably mounted on the respective carriage, such that the carrier brackets (14) are pivotable upwardly and thus capable of being brought out of the region occupied by the shelving units.

A material store is known, which has stacking frames arranged transversely of, and aligned with one another in storage space direction. They are separated from one another by lanes for material transport. The frames include shelving units with carrier arms arranged one above another, extending in the direction of the storage space and secured on vertical shelving supports for the material or the magazines. The gantry crane, which bridges over the frames of the material store and is mobile in the direction of the storage space has vertical crane supports. Carrier brackets are movable up and down on the crane supports by means of carriages or cages. The carrier brackets extend horizontally into the region of the material store for moving the material up and down, by means of a load cross-piece carried by the brackets or by grasping the ends of the magazines or pallet boxes. The gantry crane is movable in the lanes, as well as transversely of the lanes.
In known apparatus of this nature the carrier brackets can lift the magazines containing the material out of the shelving compartments formed by the carrier arms, move them horizontally into the lanes, then drive them up in the lanes and finally bring them over the top of the material store to a position where by renewed lowering, for example in a lane, they can be brought to an apparatus for further handling of the material in rod form.
As shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,778,325, Stolzer and Blust, the possibility also exists of employing the carrier brackets for taking up a rod material support beam. The support beam extends across the crane and is equipped over the length of the rod-like material with fork-like prongs, so that with the aid of this cross-piece or beam it is possible to take out of the shelf compartments individual rod-like material which has been deposited individually in the compartments and to transport such material further in the above-described manner.
The known apparatus have proved their value, especially in as much as they are versatile in use, namely equally for material in rod form contained in magazines and also, with the aid of the load cross-member, for material deposited singly in the shelf compartments.
It is however disadvantages that the shelf compartments and magazines deposited in them must be freely accessible for the carrier brackets over their full area of the magazine ends, with which the necessity is combined of accommodating the shelf unit supports sufficient cross-section necessary for the load carrying capability formation of the shelf units within a region lying between the shelving compartments arranged on both sides of the shelf support. This results in a relatively great width of the shelf supports in the storage space direction. A correspondingly wide formation of the shelving supports is also necessary transversely of the storage space direction and in the longitudinal direction of the material. This requires considerable space in each case in the longitudinal direction of the storage space, which in the case of a more extensive material store is correspondingly added over several shelving units arranged in the longitudinal direction of the storage space. However, transversely of the longitudinal direction of the storage space this also requires corresponding space, which necessitates a corresponding width of span of the gantry cane, which is compounded due to the conditions existing equally on both sides of each shelving unit.
A further disadvantage of the known apparatus consists in that the carrier brackets which are fitted on the crane supports as rigid even though upwardly and downwardly movable structures, may be driven not only during the handling of the material that may possibly be contained in magazines, in their transport only over the shelf units in the longitudinal direction of the storage space, but that they must also travel the same paths on empty journeys.

Shelf service apparatus in the form of a gantry crane, for a material store for rod-shaped material


Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques of processing data packets in a computer network. The computer network includes a multiport network device and a computer executing a software application. The multiport network device is configured to receive data packets to be transmitted using the computer network and the network device stores one or more authorized network descriptors. The software application generates data packets to be transmitted to the computer network through the network device. The software application registers the network rights descriptor with the network device and inserts the network rights descriptor in each generated data packet. The network device is configured to discard the data packet if the network rights descriptor in the data packet does not match an authorized network rights descriptor and to process the data packet if the network rights descriptor in the data packet matches an authorized network rights descriptor.

The present invention relates to network switching, and more particularly to Layer 2 through Layer 7 switching.
This invention relates to uses for network switches, and more particularly to filters and policies for managing and controlling user applications using network switches.
The OSI (Open System Interconnection) Model is an ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a networking framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the applications layer in one station, proceeding to the physical layer and back up the hierarchy.
The layers are defined as:
Applications Layer 7 provides interface to end-user processes and standardized services to applications.
Presentation Layer 6 specifies architecture-independent data transfer format, encodes and decodes data, encrypts and decrypts data, compresses data.
Session Layer 5 manages user sessions and reports upper-layer errors.
Transport Layer 4 manages network layer connections and provides reliable packet delivery mechanism.
Network Layer 3 addresses and routes packets.
Data Link Layer 2 frames packets and controls physical layer data flow.
Physical Layer 1 interfaces between network medium and network devices. Also defines electrical and mechanical characteristics.


The present invention pertains to combustion catalysts, including processes for achieving increased thermal output from combustion processes, processes for improved combustion in boilers and furnaces, processes for reducing the emission of undesirable pollutants, and processes for increasing the combustion of carbon.

The demand for energy is increasing significantly worldwide. To help satisfy this demand for energy, and due to increased energy costs, there is a desire to increase the thermal output in the burning of fossil fuels, particularly solid hydrocarbon fuels, such as in furnaces, boilers or the like. Also, there are several drawbacks to burning fossil fuels such as coal, a significant one of which is the generation of undesirable combustion emissions. There is a need for something which can increase the thermal output in combustion processes, and reduce undesirable emissions such as NOx.


An object is to achieve excellent wear resistance in a case where a flexible portion is partially formed in a protection member formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven fabric. A wire harness has a wire harness main body including at least one electric wire and a protection member. The protection member includes a path regulating portion formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness main body, and a bendable portion formed by covering the wire harness main body with the nonwoven member, adjacent to the path regulating portion along an extending direction of the wire harness main body, the bendable portion being more readily bent than the path regulating portion and being more depressed than the path regulating portion.

In a conventional technology, as disclosed in Patent Literature 1, a wire bundle is hot-pressed in a state of being covered by a nonwoven fabric to form a wire protection member. Patent Literature 1 discloses a technology to form into a path regulating portion and a bendable portion separately by differentiating a degree of compression, heating temperature, and the like.

Wire harness and method for producing wire harness


A method of scheduling for an Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH) in a user equipment (UE) is disclosed. More specifically, a method of receiving an information indicating an allowable transmit power range from a base station and updating a group of Transport Format Combinations (TFCs) allowed by the base station by selecting the TFCs that can be used within the allowable transmit power range. Furthermore, the method comprises transmitting the E-DCH by at least one TFC selected from the group of TFCs.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of scheduling, and more particularly, to a method of scheduling for Enhanced Dedicated Channel (E-DCH). Although the present invention is suitable for a wide scope of applications, it is particularly suitable for efficiently performing uplink scheduling and rate controlling functions.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
In the Rel-99/Rel-4/Rel-5 systems, the Radio Network Control (RNC) performs uplink scheduling and rate controlling functions. More specifically, the RNC assigns transport format combinations (TFCs) subsets to Node B from the TFC subsets configured by the RNC. Thereafter, a base station (Node B) assigns the TFC subsets for a user equipment (UE). The relationships of the RNC configured TFC subsets with respect to Node B controlled TFC subsets and UE controlled TFC subsets are illustrated in FIG. 1.
The problem of such TFC subset restriction imposed on Node B is that it is inefficient in performing uplink scheduling and rate controlling functions since Node B has to go through RNC. In addition, because the RNC has control of TFC subset restriction, response time to changes in transmission is slow.

Method of scheduling for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH)


A dent repair system includes a hammer apparatus comprising an elongated base member with proximate and distal ends. An elongated swing member with proximate and distal ends is pivotally mounted on the base member by a hinge assembly mounted on and pivotally connecting the members at their proximate ends. A tip is mounted on the base member distal end and an impact head is mounted on the swing member distal end. The swing member is movable between a splayed position with the impact head spaced from the base member distal end and a closed position with the impact head engaging the base member distal end. A pry bar apparatus includes primary, extension and handle sections. The primary section mounts a head assembly adapted for engaging and straightening a dent. A dent repair method includes the steps of straightening a dent with the hammer apparatus and with the pry bar apparatus.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to dent repair, and in particular to a system and method for paintless dent removal (PDR) and knockdown.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventional dent repair involves placing fiberglass body putty in dents and sanding or grinding the resulting surface smooth and flush. Coats of primer and paint are then applied as needed to match a surrounding, existing finish. Various tools and materials are available for performing such dent repair procedures, including hammers and other impact tools for straightening damaged sheet metal.
Refinishing plays a significant role in much of the collision damage repair work done with conventional tools and techniques. It also accounts for a significant part of the cost of many conventional collision repair jobs.
Paintless dent removal ("PDR") techniques are becoming increasingly popular. A major advantage of such techniques is eliminating the refinishing step. Substantial savings in labor and material costs can thus be achieved. Another advantage relates to preserving the original finish, which is generally preferred for aesthetics. PDR is accomplished by either pushing out a concave dent from the inside or pushing in a convex dent from the outside. Either way a common problem relates to overcorrection, which is generally caused by the metal being stretched or expanded by the original damage. Thus, reverse "dents" or projections often result from PDR techniques.
The tools commonly used for initially straightening sheet metal damage include hammers, slaphammers and other impact tools for applying positive force. Suction devices are available for applying negative force. Both types of tools can leave deflections from overcompensation and undercompensation, which can necessitate additional repair procedures.
After a dent is initially straightened, force is often applied from the other side to correct an overcompensation. However, with conventional impact tools and suction devices the person performing the repair often finds himself or herself too close to the damage to accurately assess the results. Consequently, convex and concave deflections, which are unnoticed at close range, often become apparent when observed from a greater distance. Body shop personnel often "step back" to observe the results of PDR procedures from a vantage point where the entire panel can be observed. Dents, deflections and overcompensations are common, and often necessitate further straightening adjustments.
The system and method of the present invention address the aforementioned problems associated with PDR and other repair procedures.


A method of making a shaped part having members that are positively interconnected via thermal treatment. The shaped part includes a metallic member having a first flange that is delimited by an outer contour of the metallic member and projects essentially at right angles therefrom. The first flange defines a recess-like opening having a base in which is provided a circumferential groove that extends essentially parallel to the first flange. A second flange is formed between a base of the groove and a contiguous surface of the metallic member. Prior to creation of the positive interconnection between the metallic member and the ceramic member, at least the metallic member is heated up, and then the ceramic member is introduced into the recess-like opening of the metallic member.

The present invention relates to a shaped part, especially for use as a sliding or journal bearing that can be axially stressed, with the shaped part including a metallic member and a ceramic member that are positively interconnected via thermal treatment.
Adjoined together shaped parts of this type have been known for a lng time and are required in many technical fields, in order, for example, to be able to be used as sliding or journal bearings that can be axially stressed where high process temperatures occur. Typical applications include, for example, pumps or mixers in so-called bioreactors, or pumps in the chemical industry that must operate without leaking at high process temperatures and high temperature gradients. In order to be able to positively or frictionally connect the metallic member with the ceramic member, the two members are first thermally treated, whereby the ceramic member is then generally in the thermally treated state inserted into a corresponding recess opening formed in the metallic member. The two joined-together members are subsequently subjected to a cooling process, whereby the members contract by a predetermined amount so that consequently the metallic member encloses the ceramic member in a positive manner below a prescribed cooling temperature.
However, it is has been shown that as a consequence of high process temperatures at which such members serve, for example, as bearings, the heretofore known bearings can sometimes briefly enter the temperature range in which the positive connection of the two members was effected. The result is a loosening or canceling of the positive connection with a devastating result for the bearing, the consequence generally being a total destruction of the bearing. This serious problem has been attempted to be resolved by providing the ceramic member that is accommodated in the metallic member with mechanical means, for example pins, rings, and/or abutment means in the form of projections or recesses that are formed on the outer contour of the ceramic member and engage in corresponding recesses and projections formed in the metallic member. However, the result of all these measures was that the ceramic member, due to the pressure stresses that inherently acted thereupon in an irregular manner, was increasingly susceptible to a total destruction as a consequence of certain parts failing or breaking off, so that this approach did not provide any significant success.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method of making a shaped part of the aforementioned general type that is sufficiently resistant to high process temperatures, easily maintains its positive connection over a wide temperature range from room temperature to at least 350.degree. C. without any limitation of its function, that its function is similarly maintained at the great temperature gradients that occur in this temperature range, that it can be easily and economically produced, and that no additional measures are required for creating a positive connection between the metallic member and the ceramic member.

Method of making a shaped part comprising a metallic member and a ceramic member


The technologies described herein are generally directed to facilitating the allocation, scheduling, and management of network slice resources. According some embodiments, a system can comprise a processor and a memory that can store executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations can include identifying a slice configuration of a network slice that was allocated to a user device, the slice configuration being based on a characteristic of the user device, wherein a capacity of a resource of a network device of a network was previously assigned to support the network slice based on the slice configuration. The operations can further include monitoring usage of the network slice by the user device during the usage of the network slice, resulting in monitored usage of the network slice. Further, based on and during the monitored usage of the network slice, operations can include facilitating modifying the capacity of the resource assigned to support the network slice.

Fifth generation (5G) wireless communications can facilitate the abstraction of network services into network slices managed by the provider of the network. Considering the broad variety of devices that rely upon wireless communication, there is the potential for millions or billions of 5G network slices to be allocated to different types of devices. Given the scale and complexity of network slice utilization, allocating, maintaining, and managing network slices can be difficult.
One benefit that can result from the use of network slices is the allocation of network resources to support different types of network applications, e.g., high bandwidth, low-latency, and IoT. Problems that can occur however, can comprise, when allocations are exceeded by the use of a network slice for an application that depending on the resources.

Modifying capacity assigned to support a network slice allocated to a user device in a 5G or other next generation wireless network


A T4 endonuclease V DNA repair enzyme contains an amino acid sequence within its carboxyl terminal region which is involved in dimer specific binding. The region includes polar nonaromatic basic amino acids and aromatic amino acids between amino acid 128 to 137 positions. The specific activity of the enzyme is greatly increased at low salt concentrations when substitutions are made in aromatic amino acids in the carboxy terminal region.

The small size of endonuclease V from bacteriophage T4, combined with the relative complexity of the reactions it catalyzes, makes it an interesting and important DNA repair enzyme to be structurally characterized. Among the T-even bacteriophages, T4 has been shown to be approximately twice as resistant to ultraviolet light inactivation as T2 and T6. Luria, S. E. (1947) Reactivation of a Radiated Bacteriophage by Transfer of Self-reproducing Units, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 33, 253-264. Endonuclease V is coded for by the den V gene. Endonuclease V has been shown by biochemical and genetic analysis to possess four distinctly separable activities: (1) a pyrimidine dimer-specific DNA binding activity; (2) a pyrimidine dimer N-glycosylase activity; (3) an apyrimidinic/apurinic (AP)-endonuclease activity which may be manifest at the site of the N-glycosylase event or which may incise DNA at the site of any missing base; and (4) a salt sensitive linear diffusion along double-stranded DNA.
Site-directed mutational studies of the carboxyl terminal region of the enzyme support the concept that this part of the enzyme is intimately involved in binding to DNA at the site of the pyrimidine dimer. This carboxy terminal region of endonuclease V is essential for pyrimidine dimer binding.
The endonuclease V enzyme has commercial potential for in vivo as well as in vitro studies and uses. Especially for in vitro studies, it is desirable to possess an altered endonuclease V enzyme having increased specific activity thereby requiring less enzyme to provide a predetermined specific activity.
The present invention provides a T4 endonuclease V repair enzyme having increased specific activity at low salt concentrations.

T4 endonuclease V DNA repair enzyme having specific activity at low salt concentrations


An object of the invention is to provide a method of sputtering and a device for sputtering which can improve distribution of a film's thickness and coverage distribution improve. The device for sputtering includes at least a substrate, a substrate holder which holds the substrate, a target for forming a thin film on the substrate, a sputtering cathode in which the target is installed, a means for sputtering which makes materials of the target sputter to the substrate. Sputtering is carried out by making the substrate holder rotate and making a sputter cathode unit comprising at least one sputtering cathode move along an arc over the rotating substrate held on the substrate holder.

1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a method of sputtering and a device for sputtering, which is constituted of at least a substrate and a target for forming a thin film on the substrate. Ionized gas is smashed up to the target and atoms and/or molecules emitted from the target adhere to the substrate to form the thin film thereon.
2. Description of the Related Art
JP 11-335835 A discloses a sputtering device in which, in order to improve the evenness of a film's thickness, a disc-shaped target and a substrate on which a film is formed are provided so as to face each other, and the substrate rotates while revolving on the target. The substrate is rotated so as to change an area overlapped between the target and itself from the last overlapped area. In the sputtering device disclosed in this reference, the target is larger than the substrate in order to improve the evenness of the film's thickness on the substrate. In the case that concavities and convexities exist on the substrate, the thickness of the film formed in the concavity is not even, so that a problem such as worse coverage distribution arises.
JP 2001-262336 A discloses a sputtering device in which, in order to ensure evenness of a film's thickness over a wide range of a large-sized substrate, impedance of a second adjustment circuit is adjusted so as to bring a direct-current component of a potential of a substrate holder close to an electrical potential of plasma to form a thin film of an insulator. In this device, a specific angle is formed between the target and a surface of the substrate holder, and a center of the target is not identified with a center of the substrate holder. In the sputtering device disclosed in this reference, because a distance between a surface of the substrate and the target is inhomogeneous, even if the substrate is revolved and rotated, operation for a potential difference between a cathode and the target and/or operation for an impedance of the adjustment circuit must be strictly controlled. Therefore, a problem such as complex operation arises.
JP 2002-20864 A discloses a sputtering device in which a substrate and a target are located so as to rush (emit) the sputtered particles to the substrate, and the substrate is rotated so that a magnetic film with a high anisotropic rate can be formed uniformly. In the sputtering device disclosed in this reference, because materials emitted from the target are restricted by a plate for modifying distribution, a thin film can be formed on the substrate. However, a problem such as availability of the target being very inefficient arises. Besides, there is a problem in that the film is thicker in a center portion of the substrate because the center portion thereof is a common portion in every target.
JP 2002-20866 A discloses that, in a sputtering device which sputters to an object by generating a magnetic field on a target and applying an electric field to the target, a means for generating the magnetic field is located adjacent to the target and comprises a plurality of magnets which rotate complexly so as to combine rotation and revolution. In the sputtering device disclosed in this reference, the plural magnets located at the back of the target are rotated complexly (i.e., in a complex manner) to change the magnetic field complexly. However, the complex change of the magnetic field makes electrons moving like a cyclone on the target work in a complex manner, so that the magnetic field and the electric field are not certain. As a result, an erosion extent on the target causes evenness, but smashing directions of atoms from the target are not uniform, and a problem such that distribution of the film's thickness and coverage distribution of the substrate are not uniform arises.


A system and method are provided for accurate determination of various tremors and movements derived from Parkinson's Disease and other causes. Movement signals are generated by an accelerometer, the movement signals being analyzed to determine whether they are in a predetermined frequency range, and when there occurs an uninterrupted series of such movement signals that are within the frequency range. By determining when these two criteria are met, tremor signals are reliably discriminated from other activity signals. The system includes circuitry for collecting and storing data concerning the timing of tremor occurrences, the timing of other activity occurrences, and amplitude data concerning tremor occurrences.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a system and method for detecting tremors such as derived from Parkinson's Disease and, more particularly, to such systems and methods which involve detecting movement and processing signals representative of movement so as to discriminate tremor-derived signals from activity and non-tremor signals.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Monitoring of patients to determine the occurrence of Parkinson's tremors is known in the art, although very few long-term tremor registrations have been reported in the literature. The literature has reported 24-hour recordings, but no easily applicable and useful tool has been provided. Prior known monitoring systems generally comprise some arrangement for taking an electromyogram or accelerometer signal and transmitting received signals and/or data to an on-line recorder. Data analysis normally takes place off-line, which is very time consuming. Other systems, so-called actometers, generally count movements of a patient's limb, e.g., arm or leg, but do not accurately discriminate between movements representative of tremors and those representative of other forms of movement or activity. Moreover, no index of the average acceleration of movements is given in such a system. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,353,375, which discloses the general concept of detecting arm or leg movement, but which does not suggest how to separate out tremor signal from other activity signals.
Our investigations have confirmed the shortcomings of the prior art. We have registered movements in ten Parkinsonian patients (both sexes, ages 43 to 89) and twenty healthy volunteers (both sexes, ages 26 to 67). Each patient wore an accelerometer on the wrist, the output of which was continuously recorded on a portable analog instrumentation recorder for 24 hours. Recordings were ambulant, and no restrictions on movements were made. Data were sampled with a frequency of 100 Hz for off-line computer analysis. The attempt to discriminate tremor from non-pathological movements by frequency was not satisfactory: fast Fourier transforms showed that the movement patterns overlapped in frequency range. Thus, there remains a need for a system and method which reliably discriminates reliable tremor signals from activity and non-tremor-induced signals. There further remains a need in the art for obtaining data by which tremor activity can be classified and analyzed so as to optimally indicate desired treatment, i.e., drug level setting by the physician automatic drug injection.

System an method for detecting tremors such as those which result from parkinson's disease


A vehicle window pane having a plate-like window pane body which has an outer side facing the surroundings of the vehicle and an inner side facing away from the outer side and on whose inner side a shading arrangement is disposed, the shading arrangement being formed by a liquid crystal arrangement which has a liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal arrangement has two films between which the liquid crystal cell is disposed, and the liquid crystal arrangement is connected to the window pane body via at least one longitudinal-expansion compensation layer.

A vehicle window pane of this kind is known from practice and may be a displaceable or fixed roof element of a motor vehicle. The vehicle window pane comprises a plate-like window pane body, which is typically made of glass and forms the outer skin of the roof element. At its inner side, the window pane body is provided with a liquid crystal arrangement which can be electrically switched, thereby defining the translucency of the vehicle window pane. Depending on the switch state of the liquid crystal arrangement, the vehicle window pane is either largely translucent or largely opaque, thus forming a shading arrangement.
Furthermore, it is known for droplet-shaped liquid crystals to be embedded in a polymer. In the default state, the liquid crystals are unorganized, which is why substantially no light transmission is possible. The appearance is milky. If a voltage is applied to these liquid crystal cells, however, the liquid crystals align, allowing light to be transmitted.
Furthermore, it is known for what is referred to as SPD (suspended particle device) films to be used in vehicle window panes in order to provide a shading device. An SPD film comprises small rod-shaped particles in a suitable cell which are integrated in a thin plastic film and which are oriented randomly at first. An electric field causes these particles to align, allowing light to be transmitted. However, there is the problem that SPD films are producible in blue only and not in a neutral color that could be readily used in a motor vehicle.
So far, there has generally been the problem of providing curved vehicle window panes, in particular three-dimensionally curved vehicle window panes, with a liquid crystal arrangement as a shading arrangement that allows even shading at a low degree of transmission.

Vehicle window pane having a liquid crystal arrangement