US Applications Published on 19-Nov-2009

A breathing tube for a sensor (9) with a horizontally extending grip element (11) shall be improved such that the sensor (9) assumes a preferred position in relation to the connecting component (1). To accomplish the object, a wall section (7), which...

An electrochemical potentiometric titration method that entails titration of a known volume of a catholyte containing an unknown amount of hydrogen peroxide in a titration cell having two electrodes, a platinum working electrode and a silver/silver...

A device that carries out a method for measuring permeability to a gas sample through a container (2) comprises an inlet duct for the gaseous carrier, in particular, nitrogen, both as inlet in the container (2) and as inlet in the chamber (1) and out...

The present invention relates generally to a signal amplification method for a SAW resonator microsensor for analyzing test samples, containing target analyte including proteins and nucleic acids. The invention relates to at least one surface...

A test system for a plurality of transmissions is disclosed. Each of the plurality of transmissions may have a transmission input member and a transmission output member. The test system may have a prime mover. The prime mover may have a prime mover...

An apparatus for detecting a decrease in a tire air pressure includes: a rotation velocity information detection means for periodically detecting tire rotation velocity information for the respective wheels of a vehicle; a frequency characteristic...

Embodiments of the present invention provide an electrifiable fabric made up of conductive fibers and non-conductive fibers. Garments may be created with the electrifiable fabric. Electricity may be applied to the electrifiable fabric, where the...

The present invention is a non-intrusive method to determine the fluid level in a vessel. In a preferred embodiment, the vessel is a delayed coker drum in a refinery. Waves are generated in the vessel from an outside source. For wall vibration...

An apparatus for remote inspection of fire extinguishers at one or a system of fire extinguisher stations includes, e.g., at each fire extinguisher station: a detector for lack of presence of a fire extinguisher in its installed position at the fire...

A micromechanical acceleration sensor has a substrate, a suspension, a seismic mass, and stationary capacitive electrodes, which seismic mass is suspended over the substrate with the aid of the suspension. The seismic mass has a mass center of...

An inertial sensing system including an inertial sensor having a proof mass providing a deflection signal in response to application of an inertial force, wherein the proof mass has a physical deflection limit and a selected saturation limit set...

An acceleration sensor having a high impact resistance to prevent breakage under excessive acceleration, but can stably exert a sensing performance. The acceleration sensor is formed of an SOI substrate of a three-layered structure including a...

A nuclear reactor vibration surveillance system has a first ultrasonic transducer for transmission, an ultrasonic transmitter, a second ultrasonic transducer for reception, an ultrasonic receiver, a signal processor, and a display unit. The first...

A method for monitoring a system, in which a plurality of acoustic images are recorded and compared at defined intervals of time over a period of time extending several weeks. A large system can be monitored reliably and with little complexity if the...

A transducer arrangement for a nondestructive ultrasonic material testing system has a multiplicity of ultrasound transducers which can be moved linearly or swiveled along a trajectory curve. A multiplicity of ultrasound transducers can be aligned...

A pressure-sensor system having a sensor element and a hermetic housing for the sensor element has a particularly uncomplicated installation, in particular even under aggressive ambient conditions. The housing of this pressure-sensor system includes...

A load cell having an optical micro-resonator in a housing formed of high thermally conductive material. Upon application of a force to a surface of the housing, the micro-resonator is squeezed and changes in shape and refractive index, thereby...

A force sensor includes a polymeric substrate including a cavity with a tilt plane, at least two metal piezoresistors on the tilt plane, and a contact pad connected to the metal piezoresistors. The tilt plane may include a measured interface of from...

A device and method for extending the useful life of a bulk liquid used in an automated clinical analyzer. Air from the atmosphere surrounding the automated clinical analyzer that displaces the bulk liquid consumed from a container is routed through...

An under travel actuator, particularly intended for an automobile clutch, including an engine (12) for the translation movement of a mobile gear (14) acting on a push stem (16) for the opening and closing of the clutch, the mobile gear including...

A one-way action mechanism capable of rotating steplessly includes a main body, a rotary element and a friction element. The main body is provided thereon with a pivotal hole and a recessed space in communication with the pivotal hole. One side of...

A composite ring gear (10) with a metallic gear insert (30) has at least one filament (34) wound about the gear insert and an eyelet (32) a plurality of times. The filament is adapted to withstand a portion of a tensile load transmitted between the...

A rolling element screw device is provided with a power transmission mechanism for moving a retainer ring 14 in an axial direction in accordance with lead angles of spiral grooves 11a, 12a while rotating the retainer ring 14 in a condition of...

A user interface for an automatic transmission includes a base surface, a display configured to display the operational status of the automatic transmission, and a selector. The selector includes a selector surface spaced apart from the base surface,...

A humanoid robot to naturally imitate various motions and gestures of humans and a shoulder joint assembly thereof is disclosed. The humanoid robot includes a first shoulder joint device disposed between a body and an arm of the robot, to move the...

An ergonomic handgrip for bicycle handlebars comprises a central body joined to a countered portion extending, starting from the central body, toward the rear of the handgrip with reference to the bicycle advancing direction, the contoured portion...

Methods for forming nanostructures of various shapes are disclosed. Nanocubes, nanowires, nanopyramids and multiply twinned particles of silver may by formed by combining a solution of silver nitrate in ethylene glycol with a solution of poly(vinyl...

A method for manufacturing metallic iron from a raw material mixture containing a carbonaceous reducing agent and an iron oxide-containing material, has a step of determining a target temperature of initial molten slag formation corresponding to a...

A method for cold forging a stainless steel tool includes a preparation step, a cold forging step, a trimming step and a hardening step. At the preparation step, there is provided a billet of stainless steel. At the cold forging step, the billet is...

A multi-purpose tool may be comprised of a body having a gripping configuration on the outer surface of the body for long bolts and a lengthwise bore through the center of the body. The multi-purpose tool has a socket located at a first end of the...

A turret lathe includes a bed having a chip pan, parallel bed ways, a first motor on the bed, a sliding carriage on the bed ways driven by the first motor for translating the carriage in a first direction, the carriage having a gable guard above the...

The purpose of the invention is a control device for handling mobility elements of a cutting tool (1) and/or a carrier device of a flat printing medium (2) whereon an inscription has been previously printed. The device includes teaching elements (9)...

[Problem] The present invention aims to provide an ice shaving machine that can produce a quantity of shaved ice powder without a fuss and that makes less noise. [Means of Solving the Problem] An ice shaving machine comprises an ice shaving chamber...

A piano includes a plurality of keys having forward and rearward ends and an emitter and a detector both disposed adjacent the rearward end of each key. The emitter emits a signal directed toward a surface of the rearward end of the key. The detector...

Drumhead tightening devices include lugs secured to a shell of a drum, lug bolts screwed to the lugs, hooks, which are engaged with a hoop fitted to an open end of the shell, and retaining members for retaining the position of the hooks with respect...

Methods for generating a new recording of a past musical performance of a musician from a recording of the past musical performance include obtaining a high-resolution data record representing actions of the musician while playing the past musical...

An antiballistic armored panel (200) comprising at least an interior surface (201), a first panel (205) adjacent to the interior surface and mounted in a plurality of tracks (203), a first set of Aramid Fiber sheets (207A) adjacent and attached to...

A vehicle protected against the effect of an external explosion and having a vehicle housing disposed on a chassis. The vehicle housing has at least one entry/exit door in at least one side wall, the door being disposed in a door opening of the side...

A composite piston (10) for a motor vehicle transmission comprises a support body (14) and at least one rotationally symmetric annular seal comprising an elastomer sealing lip (16, 17) interacting in a sealing manner with a component (11, 12) forming...

Embodiments of systems and methods for inducing swirl in particles are provided. In one embodiment, a system for inducing swirl in particles may include a supply including a plurality of electrically charged particles, and at least one swirling...

Greenhouse gas emissions containing methane are collected at the source and dispersed into the soil via subsurface drip irrigation techniques. In one embodiment, methane gas generated from anaerobic digestion in a septic tank, such as a decentralized...

One aspect of the invention relates to fluid-phase separators and devices containing them. Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of said fluid-phase separators and devices containing them for separating individual phases from gas-liquid...

The present invention is directed to degassing devices for dialysate circuits. One embodiment has a first housing and a second housing positioned within the first housing in an annular relationship. A second embodiment comprises a dialysate...

Disclosed is a hollow fiber that includes a hollow positioned at the center of the hollow fiber, macropores positioned at adjacent to the hollow, and mesopores and picopores positioned at adjacent to macropores, and the picopores are three...

Disclosed is a harmful material treatment system for recovering the energy and removing the harmful material in the process of treating the gas containing the harmful material generated in the multiplex utilization facility, in the display mall, in...

There is described a filtering device (1) for systems for supplying gas to internal combustion engines, comprising, integrated in the device, sensor means (10, 11, 12) for detecting the pressure and temperature of the gas being injected into the...

A rotating and driving device for barbecue includes a casing, a fixing base, a driving means and a shielding plate. The casing has an upright plate and an enclosing plate. An accommodating space and an opening are formed between the upright plate and...

An apparatus for cutting a food item includes a first portion defining an opening and a second portion having a blade. The second portion is at least partially received by the opening when in a storage position, and is at least partially received in...

A celebratory stencil includes at least one predetermined stencil having a predetermined size and a predetermined shape and including at least one aperture disposed there through. A celebratory stencil kit is also disclosed. Such celebratory stencil...

A flexographic printing station prints at least one print stripe of opaque scratch-off coating onto the surface of the card over a PIN as a card member is advanced into a printing station. A print cylinder has a circumferential printing surface that...