Provided is an automatic pressing jig apparatus including: a plurality of contacting units configured to simultaneously press each of a plurality of bus bars provided in a battery module and press an end of a lead assembly from a top of the plurality of bus bars to prevent the lead assembly from protruding from a surface of the plurality of bus bars; a pair of pressing units connected to the plurality of contacting units and configured to adjust a pressing force of the plurality of contacting units with respect to the plurality of bus bars; a support frame supporting the pair of pressing units; and a distance adjusting unit connected to the support frame and configured to ascend or descend the support frame to move the plurality of contacting units away from or close to the battery module.

In a general battery module, a bus bar is applied for electric connection between stacked battery cells, and a plurality of electrode leads drawn out respectively from a plurality of battery cells are bent and located on the bus bar to be welded.
When a battery module is manufactured as such, a bent electrode lead is pressed in a direction towards a bus bar by using a jig while the electrode lead is located on the bus bar such that the electrode lead closely contacts the bus bar, and then a laser beam is emitted on the electrode lead to perform welding.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a general battery module in which a plurality of pouch type battery cells are electrically connected to each other by a bus bar is shown.
Such a general battery module is manufactured by inserting an electrode lead 2 drawn out from each of a plurality of pouch type battery cells 1 into a lead slit 4 of a bus bar 3 as shown in FIG. 1, and then bending and welding the inserted electrode lead 2 in closely contact with the bus bar 3.
However, the general battery module complicates manufacturing processes because a process of bending the electrode lead 2 is additionally required in addition to a process of inserting the electrode lead 2 into the lead slit 4 of the bus bar 3 and a process of welding the electrode lead 2 to the bus bar 3.
Also, in case of a pouch type cell applied to a battery module, when the thickness of a cell is decreased, the length of an electrode lead is also decreased. As such, when the length of the electrode lead is decreased, a bonding area between the electrode lead and a bus bar is also decreased, thereby deteriorating combining strength and consequently increasing the possibility of product failure.
Accordingly, it is required to develop a battery module structure in which a bending process of an electrode lead can be omitted, and accordingly, it is also required to develop a new pressing jig for welding, which is suitable for a bonding structure of the electrode lead and a bus bar.

Automatic pressure jig device for bringing electrode lead into close contact with busbar, and battery module manufacturing system comprising same


A method using OTDOA for positioning a mobile station includes: transmitting to the mobile station an OTDOA capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, where the OTDOA capability request message includes a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station; receiving an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, where the OTDOA support capability message includes the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality; sending to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality.

A positioning technology is a technology for determining a geographical position of a mobile station, which particularly can directly or indirectly obtain the position information of the mobile station using resources of a wireless communication network.
There are three standard manners for positioning a UE in the existing communication system, a network-assisted GNSS positioning, a downlink positioning and an e-CID positioning.
When a mobile station in the existing communication system is positioned, characteristic parameters of a radio wave propagation signal between the mobile station and a base station, such as a signal field strength, a time difference of arrival of a propagation signal and an angle-of-arrival of a signal are generally detected first, and a geometric position of the mobile station is then estimated using a corresponding positioning formula (detection of the field strength and the time of arrival are mainly implemented by the mobile station, and estimation of the angle-of-arrival of the signal is mainly implemented by the base station).
The downlink positioning belongs to a network positioning, and is mainly to detect characteristic parameters of radio resources within a mobile communication system and estimate a position of a mobile station according to a corresponding positioning formula.
An OTDOA positioning manner is one of the downlink positioning manners, a mobile station receives downlink positioning reference signals of a plurality of base stations in a single communication system, performs a timing measurement, and reports to a network positioning server a time difference of arrival for PRS between base stations, and the network positioning server calculates according to the time difference of arrival for PRS between base stations to obtain a geographical position of the mobile station.
The prior art has deficiencies that, positioning is performed by the OTDOA with a time difference of arrival for PRS between base stations of a single system, which causes lower positioning accuracy.

Method and device using observed time difference of arrival for positioning mobile station


A cutting and/or sawing unit for timber handling purposes and adapted to be mounted on the free end of a working arm or jib of an off-road vehicle. The unit includes a saw (4) rotatably mounted on a motor stand (1) and knives (6) which project out from a hub part (5) of the saw. The knives are intended to coact with a toothed device (7) on the motor stand (1), to obtain a cutting action in addition to a sawing action. Mounted on the upper side or top plate (11) of the motor stand is a gripping device (2). The motor stand (1) is pivotally suspended on a preferably horizontal shaft (13) journalled in a suspension link (14). This arrangement enables the saw (4) or the griping device (2) to be brought to a working position relative to the surface of the ground, by rotating the motor stand (1).

The aforesaid cutting and/or sawing unit is a development of an earlier, less refined cutting unit of the kind described, for instance, in Swedish Patent Application No. 89103434-2. This known unit is provided with a saw blade which is mounted on a motor stand and fitted with two knives and is intended to rotate in the close proximity of a toothed device, thereby obtaining a cutting action between the knives and the cutting surfaces of the teeth on said device. This unit is able to cut everything from grass and thick-stalk plants to thickets and bushes, shrubs, having stem thickness of up to 5 cm.
However, thicket and bush vegetation which is to be cleaned and cleared will often contain slender threes which must be cut manually with the aid of some type of motor saw. With the intention of eliminating such manual work when cleaning areas of this nature, the number of knives on the saw blade of some cutting units has been increased so as to obtain a sawing action which will enable thicker stems to be cut. However, it is necessary to exercise caution when cutting or felling relatively thick stems, since if the cutting unit is brought against a stem too quickly, the stem is liable to be drawn in towards the center of the saw blade and wedge there between a cutting knife and a cutting tooth, causing the blade to stop abruptly. In order to prevent wood which is too thick to be cut by the unit from being drawn into the cutting unit, there is described in Swedish Patent Application No. 9002286-4 a saw which is equipped with knives whose forward cutting edges are provided with stepped projections. A saw of this construction will not only prevent wood from being drawn into the cutting unit, but also has a lower power consumption than other units while being capable of cutting vegetation of stem thicknesses in the region of 15-20 cm. This extension of the working range of the unit to include trees which can be used in the manufacture of wood chips and wood pulp results in the need of a rational and effective method of recovering the coarser part of the wood when cleaning and thinning vegetation.

Cutting and sawing unit provided with a timber handling arrangement


A catheter includes a handle, a catheter sheath having at least one conductor within a lumen of the catheter sheath, and a stylet received within the catheter sheath. The catheter sheath is fabricated by providing a tubular member, forming an aperture in a wall of the tubular member at a distal part of the tubular member and inserting a conductor into the lumen of the tubular member. An exposed distal end of the conductor is attached to an electrode, which is then mounted onto an external surface of the tubular member to cover the aperture. The tubular member is then treated by heat to seal the electrode.

Any discussion of the prior art throughout the specification should in no way be considered as an admission that such prior art is widely known or forms part of common general knowledge in the field.
In the manufacture of cardiac catheters, a problem arises with an easy, simplified way to attach electrical conductors to electrodes arranged on a catheter sheath of the catheter. It will be appreciated that these conductors need to extend through the catheter sheath to a proximal end of the catheter sheath to be connected to an electrical connector for connection to diagnostic or therapeutic equipment or to a patient cable.
Generally, the manner of connecting the electrodes to the conductors and entraining the conductors within the catheter sheath is very labor intensive. This increases the cost of manufacture of the catheter sheath and, consequently, the cost of the final catheter.

Method of fabricating an electrical lead


A bus for the high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is disclosed. The bus comprises a plurality of transmission lines and two clad layers. The conductive lines comprise a plurality of mutually twisted conductor lines arranged in a flat shape. The clad layers are disposed on two opposite surfaces of the twisted conductor lines sandwiching the transmission lines in-between. Since the transmission line sets are arranged in a juxtaposed structure, the bus can be easily bent for routing and coupling to reduce the installation space, streamline the manufacturing process, and reduce the overall manufacturing cost. Furthermore, a continuous extended shield can be used to penetrate or surround a cord set comprised of a group of transmission. Furthermore, the transmission lines may be covered to shield the cord set to protect the signal from external electromagnetic wave interference between the cord sets during the high frequency transmission.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a type of bus, and more particularly to a bus for the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) that can be manufactured by a simple process, and capable of reducing the distortion caused by the kink effect and the magnetic field interference.
2. Description of Related Art
Traditionally, Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) displays take analogous signals; hence the connectors are designed for transmission of analogous signals, in which a Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) is used to convert digital signals from a display card in a computer into analogous signals, and then the analogous signals are transmitted to a digital display where the analog signals are converted again into digital signals using an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) circuit. Since signals are first converted from digital to analogous, and then transmitted in analogous form and converted back into digital signals for display, disturbance of signals may occur and cause fidelity losses. If it is possible to directly transfer digital signals to a digital display without any conversions of signals, the problems of signal fidelity losses due to disturbances described above may be effectively prevented. Therefore, digital interface for pure digital signal transmission provides better transmission quality than traditional analogous signal transmission.
To achieve better signal transmission quality, the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) has been developed, which aims principally to connect to computer display cards to provide digital display output functions, for example, displaying RGB signals from computers. Therefore, during the transfer process of the DVI digital interface, the transmission of digital format is entirely unchanged in order to ensure the data integrity along the transmission path from the host computer to the monitor without the disturbance of signals. Thus, better image quality can be displayed on digital displays such as liquid crystal (LCD) projectors, and plasma TV, LCD TV. Product specifications of certain high end products specifically illustrate the features of DVI plug.
Although DVI does provide a better signal transmission quality, it is only used for digital video signal transmission, and is not available for audio portions. For this reason, many manufacturers have redesigned the HDMI bus/port based on the DVI bus/port, wherein such interface encompasses not just video signals but audio parts as well. By loading audio and video signals onto the same cable line, the need for multiple signal line connections is eliminated, enabling safe transmission of uncompressed or compressed high definition video and multi-channel audio signals. Thus, massive high definition and high quality digital contents may be provided to facilitate the reduction of number of connections and usage simplification; therefore, HDMI has become one of the many critical technologies for consumer electronic devices of the new generation. As a result, DVI has become a standard interface for future flat display apparatus.
FIG. 4 illustrates a 3D diagram of a signal transmission line 30 for the HDMI, wherein comprises plural sets of paired conductor lines 311 and 312 bundled in juxtaposition. Conductor lines 311 and 312 respectively comprise copper conductors 311a and 312a which are respectively wrapped with insulation layers 311b and 312b. A layer of aluminum foil 32 is adopted to circumferentially surround the paired conductor lines 311 and 312. A layer of copper braid 33 and a layer of insulation 34 are used to circumferentially surround the layer of aluminum foil 32. In this way, the transmission line 30 is formed and used for signal transmission.
In the transmission line 30, metallic layers such as the aluminum foil layer 32 and the copper braid layer 33 may be used to protect the signal transmission from external disturbance. In addition, paired conductor lines 311 and 312 are twisted together in order to avoid mutual signal interference.
The conventional transmission line 30 is usually in a cylindrical shape with a wider internal diameter. Because the electronic devices, such as LCD projectors, Plasma TV's, LCD TV's or personal computers, are usually installed close to walls, and because the conventional transmission line 30 can not be excessively bent, this makes it impossible to position electronic devices in close proximity of walls and causes inconvenience during installation work.
Meanwhile, when conductor lines are coupled to a connector, each conductor line must be first located to the corresponding position of fixed wire material in the connector in such a way that the transmission lines and the connector can be mutually joined. Thus, assembly operations can be very time-consuming and expensive.
Furthermore, if the coupling direction between the connector at the end of the transmission line 30 and the connector plug on the body of the electronic device mismatch, the transmission line 30 must be turned awry. Due to the significant diameter of the transmission line 30, the interior conductor lines 311 and 312 may be easily broken or damaged, leading to problems of signal transmission failure or bad contact within the transmission line 30.
Because of the significant internal diameter, it might not be easy to bend the transmission line 30 when being plugged into the body of electronic device, and may easily get damaged if excessively bent. Hence, it is important not to overly twist or bend the transmission line 30 with excessive force when connecting to the body of the electronic device.
Since the transmission line 30 is circumferentially wrapped with the layer of aluminum foil 32 and the layer of copper braid 33, the weight of the HDMI transmission line 30 is substantially increased. Thus, the lengthy transmission line 30 must be supported with fixture members in order to avoid possible damage due to the pulling force at the two ends of the transmission line 30.
The structure of the transmission line 30 is much more complicated; in that, the external surface of the conductor lines 311 and 312 are circumferentially wrapped with a layer of aluminum foil 32, a layer of copper braid 33, and an insulation layer 34. Thus, the manufacture of the transmission line 30 requires at least 3 material wrapping processes. Hence, the complexity of manufacturing process would significantly increase the cost.
As mentioned above, the HDMI is one of the major technologies of future multimedia electronic devices, but the structure of the transmission line 30 indeed presents the aforementioned drawbacks. Therefore, resolving the drawbacks described above is an important issue for the manufacturers in the field.

Bus for high definition multimedia interface


A number of embodiments of two cycle crankcase compression internal combustion engines having at least two cylinders in a common bank in side-by-side relationship. Each embodiment incorporates a main Schnurle type scavenging system that includes a pair of main scavenge passages on opposite sides of the exhaust passage that terminate in main scavenge ports that are disposed in proximity to and on opposite sides of the exhaust port. A transversely extending supplemental scavenge passage is provided for delivering a charge to the combustion chamber to somewhat restrict the scavenging flow so as to prevent fuel from passing out of the exhaust port. Fuel is injected into proximity with this supplemental scavenge passage. This facilitates stratification of the fuel charge. The ports are rotated from normal around the cylinder bore axis in many embodiments to provide a more compact construction. Even in those embodiments where this is not done, the fuel injectors are mounted so that they can be easily accessed from outside of the engine body. Various applications for the engine such as a motorcycle, personal watercraft and outboard motor are depicted.

This invention relates to two cycle engines and more particularly to an improved porting arrangement for such engines.
As is well known, two cycle engines are very popular because their ported nature makes them very simple. In addition, the firing of the cylinder for each revolution increases the specific output of the engine. However, there are a number of problems in connection with the utilization of ported engines.
One of the major problems deals with the fact that the intake cycle takes place at the same time and substantially overlaps the exhaust cycle. In fact, the intake cycle is utilized to purge the exhaust gases from the cylinder through a process that is commonly referred to as "scavenging."
However, when the scavenging is employed in an engine, there is a risk that the fresh air charge may also pass out of the exhaust port with some of the exhaust gases. This problem is particularly troublesome if fuel is also mixed with the exhausted mixture before it has had an opportunity to bum.
One popular type of scavenging system employed with two cycle engines is the Schnurle type. With Schnurle type scavenging, one or more scavenge ports are placed in proximity to the exhaust port. The flow of air into the combustion chamber from the scavenge ports is directed toward the opposing side of the cylinder wall for redirection upwardly and across the cylinder head. The charge then flows back downwardly to the exhaust port. This type of scavenging also uses, at times, an auxiliary scavenging port that is directly opposed to the exhaust port. Although this type of scavenging is very effective, there nevertheless is some concern that the fresh charge may pass out of the exhaust port.
A scavenging type of system has been proposed that employs a supplemental scavenge or tumble port that are disposed transversely to the main scavenge ports. This port introduces a tumble flow into the cylinder on the side facing away from the exhaust port. This permits the attainment of stratification and also improves or reduces the likelihood that fuel will pass out of the exhaust port. A construction of this type is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,671,703, issued Sep. 30, 1997 and assigned to the assignee hereof.
Although the system shown in that patent is very effective, there still seem to be ways to further improve performance. For example, it has been found that the utilization of tumble although helpful is not always desirable. There is, however, desire to at least redirect the scavenge flow from the main scavenge ports so that the charge is directed somewhat away from the side opposite to the exhaust port.
It has also been found that a scavenging system as described can very useful in achieving stratification if fuel is injected into the stream of air circulated from the supplemental scavenging port. In fact, in some instances it may be desirable to inject the fuel into the scavenging passage serving this port. Thus there are disclosed several improved arrangements in my copending application entitled Porting Arrangement for Two Cycle Engine, Ser. No. 09/038,388, filed concurrently herewith and assigned to the assignee hereof (Attorney Docket No. YAMAH4.554A) which are intended to improve stratification.
Although the arrangements shown in that concurrently filed application are particularly useful in achieving stratification, it is believed that further improvements are desirable. For example, the embodiments shown in that application all attempt to achieve stratification in a generally open combustion chamber.
The use of an open combustion chamber is desirable. However, with two-cycle engines it is very difficult to achieve stratification. The reason for this is that because of the fact that scavenging is taking place simultaneously with the exhaust of gases from the combustion chamber and the time period for achieving this is relatively small, mixing of the intake charge and fuel with the exhaust charge is difficult to avoid.
It is, therefore, a principal object of this invention to provide an improved combustion chamber and porting arrangement for an engine wherein fuel stratification can be achieved without sacrificing effective scavenging.
It is a still further object of this invention to provide an improved scavenging and stratification arrangement for a two-cycle internal combustion engine.


In order to improve the anticorrosion properties of a flat plate or an intake/outlet passage plate provided at an outermost end in the direction of lamination in a laminated heat exchanger, a sacrificial layer, whose electrical potential is lower than the electrical potential of the core material, is provided at the outer surface of the flat plate or the intake/outlet passage plate located at the outermost end of the laminated heat exchanger in the direction of lamination. The above arrangement prevents corrosion of the core material through sacrificial corrosion of the sacrificial layer.

The present invention relates to a laminated heat exchanger manufactured by alternately laminating tube elements and fins, in which corrosion of the passage plates provided at the two ends in the direction of lamination is prevented.
Laminated heat exchangers in the prior art are manufactured by alternately laminating tube elements each constituted by bonding face-to-face formed plates whose main constituent is aluminum, and fins. For instance, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. H7-294175, tube elements each having a pair of tanks provided at one side and a U-shaped passage communicating between the pair of tanks are laminated alternately with fins over a plurality of levels. The tanks in adjacent tube elements are connected to form two tank groups extending in the direction of lamination. One of the tank groups is partitioned approximately in the middle to be divided into a first communicating area and a second communicating area and the other tank group is in communication throughout with no partitioning. Also intake/outlet passage plate having an intake portion, through which a heat exchanging medium flows in and an outlet portion, through which the heat exchanging medium flows out, is bonded to a flat plate constituting the outermost tube element in the direction of lamination at the end portion of the second communicating area in the direction of lamination.
In addition, the intake portion is made to communicate with the first communicating area via a communicating pipe, whereas the second communicating area is made to communicate with the outlet portion.
A laminated heat exchanger structured as described above is manufactured through brazing in a furnace, with a flat plate employed at an outermost tube element in the direction of lamination, a passage formation plate for changing the positions of the intake portion and the outlet portion bonded on the outside of the flat plate and a jig or the like employed to fix the entire assembly. During this furnace brazing, an aluminum alloy such as #3003, which is not clad with the brazing material emerges in the areas that are in contact with the jig, preventing contact with the jig supporting the laminated heat exchanger.
In a laminated heat exchanger manufactured through furnace brazing, the brazing material is not clad on the outside of the flat plate (also referred to as an end plate) of the outermost tube element with which the jig comes in contact as explained above, thus exposing a core material constituted of, for instance, aluminum alloy #3003. In addition, as in the example of the prior art described above, a core material (such as aluminum alloy #3003) is exposed in a similar manner on the outside of the intake/outlet passage plate.
When the aluminum alloy #3003 constituting the core material is directly exposed in this manner, since the core material does not achieve any sacrificial corrosion, a problem of poor anticorrosion properties arises. The generally practiced solutions to the problem include using a surface clad with a brazing material (aluminum alloy #4004) to come in contact with the jig to prevent the core material from corroding, and increasing the thickness of the plate to improve its anticorrosion properties. However, when the surface, clad with a brazing material, comes in contact with the jig, as in the former case, the process of separating them must be added into the production work, and increasing the plate thickness leads to an increase in the price and an increase in the weight of the laminated heat exchanger.


Provided is a battery pack with a nondirectional terminal, which includes a terminal part electrically connected to a connector part provided on a battery pack mounting surface of a body of an electronic device. The terminal part includes a plurality of individual terminals that are respectively connected to individual connectors of the connector part and are symmetrically installed to constantly and smoothly supply power even if the battery pack is reversely mounted in the electronic device.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a battery pack which is a power supply unit used in various types of electronic products, and in particular, to a battery pack with a nondirectional terminal constituted so as to smoothly supply power regardless of a mounting direction.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, various types of electronic products including portable devices use battery packs, which are attachable to and/or detachable from the electronic products, as power supply units. Such a battery pack is constituted so as to be charged with electricity and thus reusable. A terminal is provided on a widest surface or narrowest side of the battery pack according to a shape of an electronic product or an attached and detached position of the battery pack. In the former case, the battery pack can be used in a portable terminal, a camcorder, etc. In the latter case, the battery pack can be used in a slim product such a digital camera, etc.
In order to constitute the battery pack, a battery cell and a charging circuit, etc. are built in upper and lower case frames formed of synthetic resin. Finally, the upper and lower case frames are fixed to each other using a process such as reciprocal supersonic fusion. The terminal is installed to expose a portion thereof outside the fused case frame so as to be connected to a connector terminal, which normally protrudes from a battery pack mounting portion of the electronic product.
The terminal of the battery pack has at least three individual terminals including a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a ground terminal. The at least three individual terminals must be insulated from one other and are respectively connected to individual connectors of the connector terminal provided at the battery pack mounting portion of the electronic device.
However, the terminal of the battery pack is exposed from a specific portion of an outer surface of the battery pack. Thus, the battery pack must always be installed in a predetermined direction in the electronic product. As a result, users must find out in which directions battery packs having rectangular shapes are to be mounted in electronic products, in order to mount the battery packs in the electronic products.

Battery pack with nondirectional terminal


There is provided with a software executing device co-operating with a hardware circuit or a hardware simulator, including: a software executing unit configured to execute a software; an execution monitoring unit configured to monitor execution of the software by the software executing unit to sequentially obtain an execution state of the software; a determining unit configured to determine whether the software executing unit and the hardware circuit or the hardware simulator are to be synchronized based on an obtained execution state of the software; and a synchronization controlling unit configured to control synchronization between the software executing unit and the hardware circuit or the hardware simulator.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a software executing device and a co-operation method, which are used, for example, in a hardware/software co-simulation environment.
2. Related Art
Hardware/software co-simulation (HW/SW co-simulation) is used to shorten time to market (TTM) for a system on chip (SoC) by starting verification of software/firmware (SW/FW) using HW simulation before the SoC is completed, or to reduce production man-hours of a test vector for verification by giving a test input to an HW description which is an object of verification, from a central processing unit (CPU) model of an SW simulation environment.
In order to start the verification of software before the SoC is completed, it is necessary to simulate hardware operations in addition to an environment for performing software simulation (referred to as an SW simulator below). Simulating the operations is roughly classified into a method of simulating an existing HW description itself, and a method of creating an HW model for simulation which operates at a higher speed. Also, a scheme of writing the existing HW description on an FPGA board or the like and bringing the FPGA board into collaboration with a simulator has begun to be used recently (for example, FPGA board, ZeBu series, manufactured by EVE (http://www.eve-team.com/, Nihon EVE K.K., http://www.eve-japan.co.jp/)).
By performing co-simulation of the FPGA board and the SW simulator, the HW description can be operated at a high speed. There is also such an advantage that existing HW assets and intellectual property (IP) can be directly used.
Since it is not necessary to create a new HW model for simulation, such advantages are also considered to be obtained that turn around time (TAT) for verifying software can be shortened, cost reduction can be expected, and at the same time, the issue of accuracy of the HW model for simulation can be cleared.
On the other hand, in the co-simulation of the SW simulator and the FPGA board, the SW simulator is software operating on a general-purpose computer, and the FPGA board is hardware implemented on a dedicated board or the like and connected to the general-purpose computer. Thus, it is important how to synchronize operations between the SW simulator and the FPGA board.
Concerning synchronization between the SW simulator and the FPGA board, a per-cycle synchronization scheme, a scheme of using a bus transactor, a scheme of controlling a synchronization interval in an SW simulator side, a scheme of determining whether there is an interrupt possibility, or the like are conventionally known.
The per-cycle synchronization scheme is a scheme in which a clock signal is generated from the SW simulator side and the FPGA board is operated based on the clock signal. In the scheme, it is necessary to shorten a synchronization interval in order to perform accurate simulation. Thus, there is such a problem that a decrease in a simulation speed is caused.
The scheme of using a bus transactor is a scheme in which access from the SW simulator side to the FPGA board is always performed by a bus transaction (granularity at a bus-command level such as READ and WRITE) and the bus transaction is converted to a cycle level signal by the bus transactor on the FPGA board, so as to operate the HW description written on the FPGA board. A scheme in which a synchronization command (for example, "advance for 100 clocks") is issued from the SW simulator side other than during occurrence of the bus transaction to control operations in the FPGA board side is the scheme of controlling a synchronization interval in the SW simulator side. All of these schemes are schemes of controlling a synchronization period and interval in the software side. Since it is difficult to accurately handle a time of occurrence of an event (an interrupt request or the like) from the hardware side, there is such a problem that simulation accuracy is reduced.
The scheme of determining whether there is an interrupt possibility is disclosed in JP-A 2001-290860(Kokai). The scheme improves a simulation processing speed by determining in advance in the SW simulator side whether there is a possibility that an interrupt occurs from an HW simulator side, and performing no synchronization with a part of hardware where there is no interrupt possibility. In the scheme, concerning whether an interrupt occurs, what "incorporated software" operating on a "CPU simulating unit" writes to an address mapped into a register of an interrupt controller is monitored and how the "incorporated software" sets interrupts from respective "peripheral circuits" is recorded during simulation execution, so as to determine whether there is an interrupt from the HW simulator on SW simulation. Since specifications (a register address, a method of controlling the interrupts from respective peripheral circuits) of the "interrupt controller" which differ in each SoC are incorporated in the CPU simulating unit in this scheme, it is necessary to create a CPU simulating unit for each SoC, or to configure settings so that the specifications of the "interrupt controller" which differ in each SoC are simulated. Thus, the simulator has poor general-purpose properties. Also, a mechanism for simulating the specifications of the "interrupt controller" which differ in each SoC means that an interrupt controller model for simulation is created, and the same problem as that in creating the HW model for simulation described above could be caused.

Software executing device and co-operation method


Apparatus for depositing a flowable substance as marking on road surfaces, and the like, comprising a container for the flowable substance which is conducted through a valve with a series of computer controlled, close adjacently arranged valve elements which can be activated individually with a series of activating members with connecting elements to the individual valve elements. The apparatus comprises a way of varying as an assembly the geometry of the movement of activating members of the valve members. The connecting elements are linked to a longitudinally extending member with an eccentric mechanism to regulate the active length of the connection between the activating member and the valve member for each of a plurality of valve members.

From Norwegian patent 311733 (Trysil Maskin) such an apparatus provided for mounting at a vehicle, with a pressurized container receiving flowable substance from a storage container is known. The substance is conducted through a valve means with a throttle member facing the ground, with the axis perpendicular to the direction of movement. This valve means is connected to a secondary valve means arranged with the axis parallel to the outlet slot of a cylindrical bushing member, which connects an inlet slot from the pressurized container with the outlet slot at the valve means. This apparatus is operating satisfying at normal deposition of longitudinal stripes on road surface, but it is not suitable for deposition of design and not for controlled deposition of markings with improved reflexive properties for wet markings and for substances needing heating.
From Norwegian patent 316123 (Trysil Maskin) an apparatus is known, which is suitable for mounting on or integrating in a vehicle, with a pressurized container receiving a flowable substance from a storage container, which substance is conducted through a valve means with a series of computer controlled, adjacent valve members being individually controllable. Although this apparatus allows the deposition of designed markings, the means for the control of the valve openings is not operating satisfying. A further drawback of this prior art apparatus is the risk for clogging of the valve opening, lacking means for managing this problem.

Apparatus for applying markings on a road surface


Apparatus and systems for applying filling compound, such as water blocking compound, and water absorbing powder to a core wire or wires of a stranded conductor or to subsequent layers of a stranded conductor, which are particularly suitable for use with a tubular strander, include a rotatable head, which may be positioned downstream of a wire strander. The core is drawn through a core passage where the filling compound is applied to the core and powder is applied to the filling compound. Strand through passages are provided through the rotatable head, for drawing the strand wires therethrough, without being coated. The strand wires are stranded about the core in a closing die. Preferably, the powder circulation circuit is a closed circuit, enabling recycling of the powder. The powder is preferably fluidized prior to its delivery to the applicator, and is withdrawn from the applicator under a slight vacuum. The rotatable head may include a filling compound applicator section and a powder applicator section, which are connected to each other so that they rotate together. Methods of applying filling compound and water absorbing powder are also described.

It is known in the art that when water is present in regions of the insulation structure of an electrical cable, water/chemical trees develop and propagate, causing deterioration of the cable insulation. Regions of localized high electrical stress caused by voids, contaminants and protrusions from the conductor and insulation stress control layers are particularly susceptible. Water present in the spaces between the strands of a multi-stranded conductor significantly accelerates the propagation of water/chemical trees in the insulation. It is therefore desirable to fill all spaces between such wires with a filling compound to minimize or prevent ingress and movement of water in such spaces. See, for example, U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,095,039; 4,104,480; 4,145,567; 3,943,271.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,049,593, assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated by reference herein, describes an improved polymeric filling compound for use in electrical cables. Water swellable particles are admixed with or applied to the surface of the polymeric compound providing a more effective block against the ingress and movement of water. In one example, the filling compound and water swellable powder is applied over a first layer of wires during stranding of the wires. A second layer of wires is stranded over the first layer of wires and the filling compound. The second layer is similarly coated and an outer layer of wires is then stranded over the first two layers of wires and filling compound. A rotating wire cage carrying bobbins of strand wires is used to strand the wires over the previous layer of wires and filling compound.
Tubular stranders, wherein the bobbins of strand wire are arranged linearly within a rotating frame, may also be used to strand wires. They may be preferred because of their speed. To fill the interstices between the wires of a cable stranded by a tubular strander, filling compounds are typically applied to the core wire or wires upstream of the tubular strander. The coated core is drawn through the tubular strander to the closing die guided by rollers on the tubular strander.
As the coated core is drawn through the tubular strander, the filling compound is prone to contamination. It may also lose uniformity, drip from the core wire or be removed from the core wire by contact with portions of the tubular strander. Filling compounds have also been applied to cable cores upstream of a rotating wire cage strander. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,923,003. Such a system is prone to the same problems described above with respect to the tubular strander.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,406,114 attempts to address the problems associated with the application of filling compound, such as a corrosion inhibitor, to a core wire upstream of a strander, by providing an applicator within the tubular strander, near its downstream end where the core wire is wound with strand wire. The core wire is drawn through the applicator, coated, and immediately wound with one or more strand wires, which is said to avoid dripping, smearing, contamination and premature deformation of the corrosion inhibitor. Since the applicator is within the strander, however, storage tanks for the corrosion inhibitor must be provided within the strander, as well. To refill such tanks, the operation of the strander must be stopped. The stranding operation cannot, therefore, be run continuously.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,085,388 shows a rotating applicator for applying filler compound to a core wire of a stranded conductor, which is located downstream of a tubular strander. Separate passages through the applicator are provided for the strand wires to pass through, uncoated. The strand wires are stranded around the core wire in a die after passing through the applicator. While alleviating certain of the problems associated with applying compound to a core, the patent does not show how to apply a layer of water absorbing particles over the filler compound.
A method and apparatus for coating a core wire or wires with water blocking compound and water absorbing particles, which may be positioned downstream of a strander, would be advantageous.

Apparatus, systems and methods for applying filling compound and water absorbing particles in a stranded conductor


Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for programmatically predicting policy transactions using machine learning.

External physical plots of land and structures have hazards associated with them. Programmatically making decisions to provide policies to insure such external plots and structures can be difficult in view of such hazards. Through applied effort, ingenuity, and innovation, many of these identified problems have been solved by developing solutions that are included in embodiments of the present disclosure, many examples of which are described in detail herein.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying hazardous conditions and predicting policy transaction behavior


This invention provides a method of making a prognosis for a patient afflicted with a type of cancer such as colon cancer, based upon quantification of biomarkers such as thymidylate synthase in subcellular compartments.

Colorectal cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in industrialized nations. Patients diagnosed at an early stage, prior to lymph-node spread, are potentially cured with surgery. While many patients are diagnosed at an early stage, most patients frequently undergo peri-operative radiation and/or chemotherapy to attempt to control the metastatic spread of disease. Ultimately, many patients thought to have undergone curative resections eventually develop recurrent disease. Factors that enhance survival include accurate and early diagnosis and prediction of survival and response to therapy, as colon and rectal cancers are often silent and slowly progressive.
Thus, there is a need for identifying colon cancer early in the course of the disease process, and a particular need for identifying cancers that are chemoresistant. More specifically, since it is understood in the art that the behavior of cancer cells, both regarding their tumorigenicity and their resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs is mediated by the expression of a not completely defined set of particular genes, there is a need to identify genes and collections or sets of genes that serve as effective molecular markers for chemoresistance in colon cancer, as well as such genes or gene sets that provide clinically effective therapeutic targets for colon cancer.
The majority of oncologic therapeutics specifically target proteins in cancer cells, therefore measurement of protein expression is important in determining the potential efficacy of such therapeutics. Assays detecting thymidylate synthase (TS) in tissue samples are known and studies investigating the relationship between TS expression and survival in colorectal cancer patients have been done. Most have shown poorer overall survival and progression free survival with high TS expression but results have varied widely and the precise prognostic value of TS is not yet known (Popat et al Journal of Clinical Oncology 22(3) Feb. 1, 2004, Thymidylate Synthase Expression and Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. New methods for consistent measurement of TS is tissue sections are needed.
Thymidylate synthase (TS) catalyzes the reductive methylation of deoxyuridylate for production of dTTP, which is critical for DNA synthesis. The regulation of its expression has been shown to be critical in modulation of response to 5-FU, a longstanding chemotherapeutic agent for colon cancer. High expression levels have been shown to be a marker for decreased survival and response to therapy. Recently, it has been demonstrated that TS may have other cellular functions, including post-transcriptional regulation.

Methods for making cancer prognoses based on subcellular localization of biomarkers


An air intake system for a work vehicle may include a filter assembly having a pre-cleaner and an air filter. The filter assembly may define at least one outlet port. The air intake system may also include an air valve movable between an opened position and a closed position and a blower coupled to the outlet port via a conduit. The blower may be configured to create a vacuum within the conduit such that particulates are removed from the filter assembly through the outlet port. When the air valve is in the opened position, an airflow may be directed through the filter assembly in an intake direction from the pre-cleaner through the air filter and, when the air valve is in the closed position, the airflow may be directed through the air filter in a reverse direction.

Work vehicles typically include internal combustion engines that require clean air for use within the combustion process. Since many work vehicles, such as tractors and other agricultural vehicles, operate in fields and other harvesting environments in which the ambient air contains large amounts of dust, plant material and other particulates, an air intake system having an effective filter assembly is required. For example, conventional filter assemblies for work vehicles typically include a vortex or cyclone pre-cleaner configured to separate large particulates from the intake air and a porous air filter downstream of the pre-cleaner to provide the final stage of filtering prior to delivering the air into the engine.
To prevent the air filter from clogging, the large particulates separated from the intake air by the pre-cleaner must be removed from the filter assembly. Typically, such particulates are removed from the filter assembly via an outlet duct using a vacuum generated by the exhaust flow from the engine. However, the vacuum generated by the exhaust flow is often insufficient to meet the performance requirements of the filter assembly, thereby causing the air filter to plug within a short period of time.
To address these issues, U.S. Pat. Pub. No. 2011/0072769 (Vladaj et al), entitled "Air Intake System," discloses an air intake system including a fan module mounted directly to the filter assembly which is dedicated to delivering a vacuum that sucks large particulates from the pre-cleaner. Specifically, the fan module includes a fan and a motor housed within a sleeve, with a rotational axis of the fan and the motor being concentrically aligned with a central axis of the sleeve. During operation, the large particulates are sucked from the pre-cleaner and flow through the sleeve along a flow path radially aligned with and extending parallel to the rotational axis of the fan and the motor. However, while such a system is capable of removing the larger particulates contained within the intake air, the smaller particulates not separated by the pre-cleaner typically flow downstream and become trapped within the air filter. As a result, the air filter will eventually become plugged and must be cleaned or otherwise replace.
Accordingly, an air intake system that is capable of both aspirating large particulates separated by the pre-cleaner and removing particulates trapped within the air filter would be welcomed in the technology.