An improved x-ray image sensor system and method enables the use of an uncooled or only slightly cooled CCD array (18a) within a standard size x-ray film cassette (10). The sensor system enables the provision of a number of advanced functions such as remote diagnostic capability, variable image resolution, real-time exposure control, automatic x-ray detection, a low-power "sleep" mode, and automat...

Thread-guiding device for collecting spun yarns on bobbins, particularly for open-end spinning frames, constituted by a common thread-guiding rod (22) which carries the thread-guides (21) for the spinning units (2), driven in alternate movement in front of the bobbins being formed by the motion of a driving means (41,55,65) controlled in turn by a motor (47,53,63) capable of alternate rotation and...

A method (60) for acquiring views of an object includes acquiring (62) a first quantity of views at a first position on a z-axis, acquiring (64) a second quantity of views different from the first quantity at a second position on the z-axis different from the first position, and acquiring (66) a third quantity of views equivalent to the first quantity at a third position on the z-axis different fr...

A method (80) for operating a radiation source includes providing (82) a radiation source, providing (84) a detector, and operating (86) the radiation source and the detector such that the detector receives a substantially homogenous noise distribution.

An apparatus and method are provided for separating components of a fluid or particles. A separation vessel (28) having a barrier dam (62) is provided to initially separate intermediate density component of a fluid, and a fluid chamber (30) is provided to further separate these intermediate density components by forming an elutriative field or saturated fluidized particle bed. The separation vesse...

A surface functional member comprising: a support having a surface bonded to a graft polymer chain having a polar group; and an adsorbing layer comprising particles capable of bonding to the polar group.

The sheet guiding device has a pair of deflectors (2,2') whose axes are oriented relative to the longitudinal running axis of a sheet, such that the output and input generatrices (5b,5'a) of respective deflectors (2,2'), are parallel in same tangent plane common to both the deflectors.; L'invention a pour objet un dispositif de guidage d'un produit en bande (1) en particulier une bande métallique,...

A flap ventlid installing assembly comprising a flap ventlid and an anchor member, the top portion of which is connected to the flap ventlid and which has a longer portion not capable of being inserted as it is into the air removing hole through the opening and which has such a shape as capable of being press fitted into the air removing hole through the opening by making the longer portion to hav...

A high-strength titanium alloy of the present invention includes Ti as a major component, 15 to 30 at% Va group element, and 1.5 to 7 at% oxygen (O) when the entirety is taken as 100 atomic % (at%), and its tensile strength is 1,000 MPa or more. Overturning the conventional concept, regardless of being high oxygen contents, it has been possible to achieve the compatibility between the high str...

Object: To provide a pinion-shaft support structure for starter in a power unit which can firmly fix a pinion holder to a crankcase thereby ensure stable supporting of the pinion shaft. Means of Solution: In a case where one end of a pinion shaft (45) supporting a pinion (46) movably in an axial direction is supported with a bearing boss(48)which faces the inside of the transmission case(23) and ...

In order to improve a seizure resistance as well as restricting of a dispersion of a rotation torque, surface roughness of a large diameter side end face (4A) of a tapered roller (4) is defined as a value satisfying both the following conditional expressions (1) and (2). 0.04 mu m ≤ Ra(r) ≤ 0.1 mu m 0.8 ≤ Ra(r)/Ra(c) ≤ 1.1 where, Ra(r) is an arithmetic ave...

A hybrid transmission for a hybrid vehicle is comprised of a two-degree-of-freedom differential mechanism (2) and a brake (OD/B). The differential mechanism includes at least five rotating members wherein four of the rotating members are connected to an input (IN) from a main power source (3), an output (OUT) to a driveline, first and second mover/generators (MG1 and MG2), respectively. The brake ...

The invention provides a separator in lead acid battery, composed of fiber material and polymers; the polymers provide functions of increasing the mechanical strength for separators, avoiding shortage between positive and negative electrodes, and decreasing the thickness of separators. The invention also provides a manufacturing method of battery separators, whereby polymers are used to coat or ab...

An anchoring element with a screw (12) comprising a threaded section (13) and a head (15) designed as a spherical segment-shaped section, and with a receiving portion (1) for connecting the screw (12) to a rod (19), is provided. The receiving portion (1) comprises a first end (2) and a second end (3) opposite the latter and a longitudinal axis (4) passing through the two ends (2, 3). The receiving...

The invention relates to a device for shredding plastic structures having a low thickness, such as PET bottles, cups, films or the like. The inventive device is characterized in that the front (13) of a circular shredder (10) has a supply opening (24) for the plastic structures (26) fed axially into the interior of the shredder (10) in the direction of the rotor shaft(14) extending through the shr...

A method is disclosed for laser lap welding a pair of metal members together. At least one of the pair of metals having a protective metal layer. Each of the metal members having a melt temperature greater than the melt temperature of the protective metal layer. The method includes placing one end of the pair of metal members in an overlapping relation to an other end of the pair of metal members ...

A method and device for joining coated metal sheets by laser welding is provided in which the metal sheets (1, 2) are placed one on top of another such that the marginal strip (4) of one metal sheet (2) protrudes over the marginal strip (3) of the other metal sheet (1). The marginal strips (3, 4) are pressed together at least in some areas and are joined by laser welding with a laser beam (14) dir...

A method for generating audio alerts is disclosed. The method includes detecting an alert condition (305), and determining a notification path associated with the alert condition (310). The method also includes constructing an audio notification message based on at least one parameter associated with the alert condition (315), and outputting the audio notification message via the notification path...

Method and apparatus for power control in a packet-data switched communication system by adapting a transmission energy setpoint to transmission quality and adjusting the retransmission energy setpoint accordingly. In one embodiment, the retransmission energy setpoint is adjusted as a function of retransmission quality .

A method, system, and computer readable medium are provided for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions. The computer receives a user request to perform a blocked online action. The computer provides information about the pending request to the administrator and receives request resolut...