A so-called Electronic Value Auction (EVA) system is used in which the product market potential is determined by objective measurement. The seller (1) places his product (2) in a database (3), sets a price for it (4) and then sets the parameters for controlling the price, which can be regulated via the objectively measured market potential (5). These parameters include period, number of visitors ,...

A control system controls a hybrid vehicle having an engine for rotating a drive axle, an electric motor for assisting the engine in rotating the drive axle with electric energy and converting kinetic energy of the drive axle into electric energy, and an electric energy storage unit or a capacitor for supplying electric energy to the electric motor and storing electric energy output by the electri...

To provide a vehicular two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive switching system the configuration of which is simple, which can be builtwithoutchangingtheexistingconfigurationpossibly,whichhardly generates noise and which can be individually lubricated in a state separated from the other actuating part. [Means to Solve] A vehicular two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive switching system is provided wit...

A method of charging a nonwoven web of thermoplastic microfibers to provide electret filter media is provided. The method includes impinging on a nonwoven web of thermoplastic nonconductive microfibers capable of having a high quantity of trapped charge jets of water or a stream of water droplets at a pressure sufficient to provide the web with filtration enhancing electret charge and drying said ...

"PROCESSO PARA A REMOçãO DE UM DEPóSITO DE UMA COBERTURA CERâMICA EM UM ORIFìCIO SUPERFICIAL DE UM COMPONENTE". Um processo para a remoção de depósitos cerâmicos (22) de um orifício superficial (12) em um componente (10), um exemplo particular sendo porções de uma cobertura cerâmica (20) depositadas na superfície (16) de um componente (10) equipado com orifícios de refrigeração (12). O processo fa...

A pneumatic tire has a puncture sealing layer radially inward of the tire carcass layer. The puncture sealing layer is formed by co-extruding a sealant material and an skin compound.

An apparatus, for transporting a stroller, includes a sac for receiving a stroller therethrough. A support device is connected adjacent to the bottom end portion of the sac and selectively a frame of a stroller. The wheels of a stroller are allowed to extending outwardly from the open bottom end portion of the sac so that same can be rolled along the ground rather than carried on a user's back. A ...

A protective enclosure capable of storing an electronic device while protecting it from damage emanating from impacts, impingements, dust and moisture is provided herein. More specifically, the present invention allows a user to use a portable electronic device without requiring the user to open the enclosure and expose the contents to inclement weather.

The invention relates to a device for treading a vulcanized tire carcass using an uncured tread comprising a rim ( 6 ) for mounting the carcass, an elastic annular mold ( 7 ) whose circumferential outer surface is covered with an elastic sleeve ( 16 ), the mold being intended to mold the uncured tread ( 3 ), the device comprising two disc-shaped elastic flanges ( 8, 9 ) intended to cover, respecti...

A method of treating cardiac arrhythmia, including guiding a distal end portion of a catheter, the distal end portion having a distal tip and accommodating an elongated configuration of ablation electrodes, from the inferior vena cava into the right atrium of a human heart, guiding the distal end portion from the right atrium into the right ventricle of the heart, deflecting the distal tip into a ...

A device for ablating tissue is provided. The device comprises a conductive element with a channel for irrigating fluid formed therein, which is in contact with a non-conductive microporous interface. All or a portion of the interface may be removable. When the interface is removed, a portion of the conductive element is exposed for use in ablating tissue. Methods of using the device and of removi...

The present invention provides a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) pellet comprising 80 wt % or more of trimethylene terephthalate repeating units copolymerized with bis(3-hydroxypropyl) ether at a ratio in a range from 0.01 to 2 wt %, wherein an amount of terminal carboxyl groups is 25 milli-equivalent/kg or less and an intrinsic viscosity is in a range from 0.8 to 2 dl/g, which pellet has an L* v...

The invention relates to a powdered thickener preparation based on polyurethane, which can be incorporated particularly well into water-based paints and lacquers and into other aqueous systems, and to their use as rheological additives for thickening preferably aqueous systems.

Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple proper...

Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple proper...

Devices and methods are provided for creating lesions in endocardial tissues surrounding a vessel opening to thereby isolate focal arrhythmia substrates, including an invasive catheter assembly comprising an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and first and second lumens, a first catheter having a distally mounted expandable anchor body disposed in the first lumen, and a second catheter havin...

A method for recognition, determination and localization of at least one arbitrary object or space and the picking up of said object, by at least on robot, in particular, a service robot, which operates independently on the base surface. The method is achieved, whereby the robot is oriented within at least one room by room co-ordinates and/or co-ordinates of arbitrary objects in the room, transmit...

A method and system for tracking and processing errors in a distributed computer system. As an application encounters an error, a centralized system intercepts and assumes the processing of that error event. The central error processing may be used with a distributed network connecting the applications running on various user computers. Upon receipt of an error message from an application, the sys...

A system and method is disclosed for synchronizing certain periodic activities and/or processes in a computer system or device. The synchronization allows more efficient use of the computer system's or device's processing capabilities, and may result in conservation of electrical power. In one example embodiment, a periodic scheduler is implemented to periodically verify the continued existence of...

An apparatus (20) for monitoring the depth of tread (4) on a tire (5) being buffed includes a sensing device (74), for example, a magnetic sensor, mounted to a reciprocating motion carrier (30). The carrier (30) is driven by a drive wheel (38) that is in contact with the tire (5) being buffed. The carrier (30) is movably mounted to float over the surface (9) of the tire (5), that is, accommodate v...