US Applications Published on 07-Jan-2010

The preparation of atorvastatin calcium epoxide dihydroxy (AED) is described. AED can be used as a standard or marker in determining the amount of AED in a sample. AED can therefore be used as a tool in preparing atorvastatin calcium substantially...

An apparatus for processing a biological and/or chemical sample in a liquid droplet (1) is provided. The apparatus includes a processing compartment (20), a base (21) and at least one circumferential wall (25). The processing compartment (20) is...

The present invention generally relates to methods and kits for measuring and analyzing degradation of adsorbent materials, particularly for adsorbent materials used in gas separation processes. The present invention can assess the damage to...

An inflow port and an outflow port of a bypass passage have openings on a front surface near a projecting end and on a bottom surface, respectively, of a bypass passage forming member. A recess portion is disposed on the front surface of the bypass...

A method and apparatus for determining the condition of a tire tread of a vehicle wheel including a rim and a tire configured to perform the steps of: (1) emitting an electromagnetic radiation towards the tread of the tire, ...

In bank note processing machines bank notes are conveyed by a transport system and thereby pass through a sensor path. With some sensors the bank notes guided past touch the front side of the sensor housing. Thus, the front sides wear out which may...

An arrangement for measuring fill levels of fill substances located in containers with a single fill-level measuring device operating according to the travel time principle, and arranged removed from the measuring locations at which a fill level is...

A system for providing different versions of a modularly structured apparatus for determining a physical process quantity, wherein at least two devices to be generated from the system are based on different measuring principles, including a number...

A whole determination area of a targeted wafer is concentrically divided in a radial direction, COP density is obtained in each divided determination segment, a maximum value of the COP density is set as COP densityRADIUSMIN, a minimum value of the...

A method and an apparatus for quantitatively detecting the unbalanced state of a rotating shaft and a clamping state of a workpiece clamped to a shaft are disclosed by solving with a nonlinear multivariable method a Lagrange kinematics equation to...

Disclosed is an angular velocity sensor. The angular velocity sensor includes a first layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second layer. The first layer has a first main surface and a second main surface, and includes a vibrator portion and a base...

Provided is an acceleration sensor that has high detection sensitivity and that can enhance production efficiency. The acceleration sensor (50) has: a ceramic substrate (1) made of Al2O3; a ferroelectric layer (2) formed in a predetermined area on...

Disclosed is a capacitive pressure probe for high temperature applications, such as for use in a gas turbine engine. The capacitive probe or pressure sensor of the present invention includes, inter alia, a sensor housing that defines an interior...

A method for measuring the force necessary to dislodge a stent from a balloon catheter to which it is mounted. The balloon catheter with a stent mounted thereon is encased in a mass of gel material. The force necessary to pull the catheter from the...

A monitoring system is presented for monitoring fluid flow in turbid medium. The fluid flow monitoring system comprises a processor utility which is connectable to an acoustic generator associated with one or more acoustic ports and is operable for...

An orifice fitting having a drainage system. In some embodiments, the orifice fitting includes a housing having a chamber therein, a flow path extending through the chamber, an orifice plate moveable between a first position in the flow path and a...

The flowmeter is provided with an oscillation circuit receiving supply of electric power in a non-insulated manner from an external power source and supplying the electric power to the coil to drive the magnetic substance, an insulating unit for...

A machine for raising and lowering a load, the machine including a platform, a boom attached at one end to the platform, a rod mounted transverse to the longitudinal axis of the boom on the other end of a boom, the rod having a central bore there...

A system and method utilizes distance-measuring equipment including a laser sensor for controlling the collection instrument-to-surface distance during a sample collection process for use, for example, with mass spectrometric detection. The laser...

In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a probe assembly comprising a flange assembly, a probe platform, a platform extension, an extension enclosure, and a fluid coupling assembly is provided. The fluid coupling assembly...

The invention relates to a hollow needle (1) having a geometry adapted to SPME and including a tip (5) as well as an adsorbant material (2) provided in the needle at a distance from the tip (5), characterised in that it comprises a plurality of side...

A plurality of fluorescent lamps 30 are in a decentered layout so as to be placed in a peripheral part of an upper space of an environmental test chamber 11 above a sample loading surface 21. The irradiance distribution of light from the fluorescent...

The invention relates to an expanded concrete composed of binder-containing mixtures, preferably having binders composed of Portland cement as specified in DIN EN 197 or of mixtures of hydraulic, latent-hydraulic and/or pozzolanic binders, having...

Device for fastening a sensor on containers with a flexible container wall, in particular mixing bags, comprising a sensor support which is fitted with a sensor, bears against an inner wall of the container wall at least with a rear subsurface...

A torque amplifying device that is of centrifugal or gyroscopic type and has a unidirectional drive or drives. This device is used to control the body of a controlled object. The controlled object can be an airplane, helicopter, land vehicle, cargo...

A device, method and computer program product for effecting vibrations in a device. In accordance with one example embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for effecting vibrations in a mobile electronic device having a first...

A disc spring is provided between a ball screw nut and a hollow shaft, and another disc spring is provided between rolling bearings and a housing. When leftward motion of a screw shaft is stopped and a rotational inertia force is applied to the ball...

Provided are a gear and a gear drive unit which allow oil film formation to a sufficient degree between tooth surfaces of gears rotating at high-speed and which help to prevent generation of pitting, abrasion, and prevent scoring, temperature rise,...

Described is a lubricating device with at least one lubricating pinion for applying a lubricant, in particular grease, which is for example fed through a lubricant line by a lubricant pump from a reservoir, to at least one gearwheel or the like,...

A manual transmission with a gearshift locking arrangement includes a rail having a shifter having a slot between forward and rear ears of the shifter, the rail being movable between rail forward and rear positions. The manual transmission with a...

An adjustable operating mechanism for a kick down switch includes a stopper formed on a stopper bracket and having a slope surface inclined in one direction, a kick down switch including a member for providing different mechanical operating feeling...

A robot includes a work tool, an arm, a cable, and a third member. The work tool is configured to perform a predetermined work with respect to a workpiece. The work tool is attached to the wrist. The arm supports the wrist and is rotatable around a...

A steering column device where an inner column can be reliably clamped and sufficient rigidity and strength of an outer column can be achieved. A semi-circular arc rib (132) is formed on the peripheral edge of a closed end section (131) of a slit...

An aerobar assembly for a bicycle that generally includes an aerobar, an adaptor and a control cable guide. The aerobar includes proximal and distal portions and proximal and distal ends. The aerobar has a generally hollow interior. The adaptor...

A hinge includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a shaft, and first and second interference elements. The shaft is fixed to the first bracket. The second bracket rotationally fit about the shaft. The first interference element is rotationally...

A cable stripper is comprised of two components, each component including a main body portion, a coupling device at one end of the main body portion and a T-shaped handle disposed at an opposite end of the main body portion. The coupling device...

An exemplary fastener feeder includes a pair of guiders, a slot cover and a blocker. The guiders define a sliding slot therebetween. Each guider includes a sloped part and a level part, bodies of the fasteners are capable of being received in the...

A ratchet wrench includes a head rotatably receiving a drive member and slideably receiving two pawls each having a coupling portion. An elastic element is mounted between the pawls to bias the pawls to engage with a coupling section of the drive...

A dual wrench includes: (1) a head with an internal guide and two crowns separated by the internal guide, each crown having a plurality of interior faces and a bolt receiving space, and (2) a shank connected to the head. The bolt receiving space of...

A multiple-link tool assembly includes an elongated handle, an exchangeable extension link, and an exchangeable tool link. The exchangeable extension link has a first connecting end removably linked to the handle, and a second connecting end defining...

A method of cutting, simultaneously on two axes (X, Y) perpendicular to each other, of a sheet or web of paper and other graphic or photographic substrates (10) with series of images, comprising the steps of feeding forward the substrate sheet or web...

The present invention discloses a method for cutting a large-size wafer and an apparatus for the same. The method of the present invention decreases the frequency of wafer transmission to reduce wafer damages, wherein a wafer is always carried by an...

The invention relates to a manual drilling or milling apparatus with a suction device, especially for cutting windscreens of motor vehicles, comprising a housing fixed at the drilling or milling head in which a radial impeller is rotatably supported...

A machine tool, in particular in the form of a handheld jigsaw, is equipped with an observation device that is pointed at the field of work of its working tool, whose sensor technology that is created in particular by a camera is connected by a...

The invention relates to a rotary microtome (1) with a vertically guided object carriage (2) and a drive mechanism that converts the rotary movement into the linear movement (8) of the object carriage (2). Such a rotary microtome should be...

A stringed instrument, for example an electric guitar, is arranged to produce a tremolo effect by providing the tailpiece with a number of saddles corresponding to the number of strings, each saddle having a slot for anchoring its string. The...

In order to improve a touch of a key of a keyboard musical instrument by using a key actuating apparatus which actuates the key supported so as to be rotationally movable with regard to a frame of the keyboard musical apparatus, a key actuating...

A firearm includes a receiver and a bolt carrier disposed in the receiver. The bolt carrier is moveable between a firing position and a rearward position. A rod is fixed relative to the bolt carrier and a hand guard is coupled to the receiver about...

The present invention relates to a silencer for reducing muzzle blast and noise of firearms or similar devices. The present silencer has a hollow cylindrical or other shape casing comprising front and rear end caps and an opening aligned along a...

A firearm including a barrel having a breech and a muzzle defining a length of the barrel is disclosed. The firearm includes a hand guard having a first end and a second end with a front sight is attached to at least one of the barrel adjacent the...