The present invention relates to a case that can house an image pickup apparatus or the like and can be used as a cover of the image pickup apparatus for preventing the adhesion of water droplets to the image pickup apparatus during shooting. The case according to the present invention a first cover portion 20 and a second cover portion 21, and an outer periphery of the first cover portion has the...

A system monitors the condition of a container. A container security device secures at least one door of the container. The container security device is programmably armed to implement the securing. The container security device is adapted to sense at least one condition of the container, transmit information relative to the at least one sensed condition to a location outside the container, and in...

An overhead screen of gull wing profile is supported by a traveller running on a mast extending vertically beside one longitudinal edge of the screen. The upper surface of the screen is attached to three, spaced parallel support tubes and its gull wing profile is maintained by members attached to opposite longitudinal edges of the screen. Tie bars converge inwardly towards the ends of a cross tree...

An improved flash EEPROM memory-based storage subsystem includes one or more flash memory arrays, each with a duplicity of data registers and a controller circuit. When data are read from a flash array into a data register, the data is copied to a second register so that, during the ensuing program operation into the same array, the data may be transferred to the controller for the purpose of chec...

The present invention is directed to an aqueous silicone dispersion capable of being crosslinked into a transparent elastomer comprising: 1) a silicone phase comprising at least one crosslinkable polyorganosiloxane A, optionally at least one silicon-containing adhesion promoter B, optionally at least one crosslinking agent D, and optionally at least one solvent Sa of the crosslinkable polyorganosi...

This invention provides a process for producing a styrene foam product that can produce styrene foam products, which can prevent the occurrence of black smoke, can improve fire resistance and heat resistance, and can suppress shrink deformation caused by fire and heat, with good productivity. Prefoamed beads are mixed with a phenolic resin containing boric acid and aluminum hydroxide to form cover...

A planetary gear of a vehicle differential assembly has a shaft (16,17,18) fixed in a casing (11). The shaft has a dished outer end (26) with a chamfer (27) around the periphery. A circular land (28) provides a ring of material adapted to be urged outwardly by a staking tool so as to fix the shaft (16,17,18) within the casing (11).

A downhole telemetry system for transmitting electromagnetic signals wirelessly in a bore hole comprises a surface modem (230) coupled to an antenna and a downhole modem (220) coupled to an antenna (201). The modems (220, 230) communicate using discrete multitone (DMT) modulation over a first set of frequency subchannels for uplink communications to a surface computer (234) where the telemetry dat...

A system usable with a well includes a downhole component such as a pump 152 located in the well to receive power and perform a downhole function in response to the received power. A power generator located downhole in proximity to the downhole component 152 responds to vibrational energy from the downhole component 152 and generates at least some of the power received by the downhole component 15...

A system usable with a well comprises a sandscreen 158, and a power generator mounted to the sandscreen 158 to respond to vibrational energy from the sandscreen 158 to generate power for a downhole component. A flow diverter 160 may be mounted on the sandscreen 158 to enhance vibration.

A method usable with a well comprises deploying wireless tags 220 in the well to measure properties of the well as the tags flow through the well, and using vibrational energy transferred to the tags 220 during the flowing through the well to activate and power the tags 220. The tags 220 can be used to monitor various downhole conditions. The tags 220 can include a processor and the information ga...

The method involves generating a valid diagnostic message using one of several motor-vehicle controllers, in particular using a gateway-controller, where the message is for the other controllers. The message is transmitted to each data bus of the other controllers, where the other controllers exclusively carry out error storage if an error storage function is activated via the diagnostic message. ...

A device (1) for paying in cheques (2) comprises means (14a, 14b) of receiving at least one cheque, logical processing means (33) controlling access to the receiving means (14a, 14b) and means (9, 8, 7) of recognizing a deposit account. The device comprises means (9, 8, 7) of recognizing the cheque or cheques (2) inserted into the receiving means, the cheque receiving means (14a, 14b) comprising a...

A hybrid telemetry system 702 for passing signals between a surface control unit (4, Fig. 10) and a downhole tool 15, such as a drill bit, a is provided for the purposes of providing redundancy to an existing telemetry system or bypassing portions of existing systems in the event of failure. The downhole tool 30a is deployed via a drill string 749 into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formati...

A system-design support program and method capable of visualizing costs necessary for system creation and maintenance in an easy-to-understand manner. When a function-selection receiving means receives functions selected and input, to be applied to a computer system, a resource output means refers to a resource information table which has resource information that includes the fixed cost and varia...

The invention relates to improvements in hubs (10) for wall mounting systems for screens, and in particular to a hub (10) for a wall mounting system for a flat panel screen, such as a plasma display or television screen, which enables the screen to be tilted. The hub (10) comprises a casing (18), means for attaching (14) the hub (10) to a screen bracket, means for attaching the hub to an arm of a ...

A compound having a structural unit of Formula (I): A polymer having a structural unit of Formula (II): A conjugated polymer having one or more side groups of the following Formula (III): Additionally, compositions, polymer blends, films, coatings, and electronic devices prepared from such polymers.

Dispositivo y procedimiento para la conformación, llenado y sellado de envases de material laminar flexible y flácido. Dispositivo para la conformación, llenado y sellado de envases de material laminar flexible y flácido (1), que comprende una estación de preconformación de los envases (2), seguida de una cámara de llenado (3); una estación de cerrado de los envases (4) y una estación de descarga ...

Engranaje de ruedas dentadas con dispositivo anti-ruidos, del tipo que tiene una primera rueda dentada, que puede girar alrededor de un primer eje, una segunda rueda dentada, que se engrana en la primera rueda dentada y puede girar a una distancia predeterminada respecto al primer eje, una superficie perimetral de fricción, unida fijamente a prueba de giro a la primera rueda dentada, y una superfi...

El uso de una película poliolefínica coextruida, orientada biaxialmente, para selladura, en que la película comprende una capa de base formada con polímeros poliolefínicos y por lo menos una capa superior exterior, en que esta capa superior comprende por lo menos 50% en peso, con base en el peso de la capa superior, de una poliolefina modificada por anhídrido maleico y ha sido tratada superficialm...