A method and a system are provided for assigning transportation for a passenger for transporting the passenger from an origination to a destination by a vehicle driven by a driver. A transportation request from a passenger comprises a route and a time of transportation. A transportation offering from a driver comprises at least a route and a time of transportation. A driver is matched with at leas...

A method of making a roofing product such as a shingle is provided. One such method includes creating a mixture having at least a polymer and a filler, forming a sheet from the mixture, cooling the sheet, embossing the sheet, forming multiple roofing products from the sheet and bundling at least some of the roofing products together. This method is performed using an automated procedure. Another m...

A multiple layer, thermoformable acoustic sheet material useful for manufacturing acoustic absorption, acoustic barrier and/or vibration damping components includes a barrier layer of synthetic fibers having an area weight of from about 40 grams per square foot to about 100 grams per square foot, and an absorber layer of vertically-lapped synthetic fibers, natural fibers or a combination of synthe...

A device for releasing a therapeutic agent in the body space in the form of a prosthetic joint implant having a first portion such as a stemmed portion for contacting bone tissue in an intramedullary canal of a long bone. The implant has a second portion which extends into the body space such as a joint space. The joint component contains a reservoir filled with a bioabsorbable/resorbable polymer ...

A patient monitoring system is described including a monitoring beam generating device for generating a monitoring beam along a substantially straight-line path of a selected length and a detecting means that signals the system to generate an alert signal in response to the monitoring beam being broken at least in part at a position along the length of its path.

Improvement in electrical conductors in items for everyday use, represented by a protective layer made of a suitable material, such as copper, placed before the external insulation, with a light to signify the correct functioning of the application. Technical field: electrotechnic; application field: construction of household electrical items.

The process includes the operations of: arranging a particular filter (PT) in the exhaust duct (EP), generating, by indicator devices (S 1 -S 5 ), electrical signals indicative of the values of parameters (NQ) of the operation of the engine (ICE); performing filter regeneration phases of the filter (PT) by controlling the injectors (I 1 -I 4 ) of the engine (ICE) in such a way as to cause a contro...

The process comprises the operations of: controlling, by means of processor and control devices (PCU, ECU) the fuel injectors (I1-I4) of the engine (ICE) in a predetermined manner as a function of the signals provided by an indicator devices (S1-S5) in such a way as to cause an increase in the exhaust gas temperature capable of causing combustion of the particulates accumulated in the filtration d...

A method for obtaining a waterproof and breathable shoe comprising a waterproofed insole (8) from the perimetric edge (11) of which at least one seat (12) is obtained through part of its thickness, a perimetric strobel-stitched seam (15) being applied at the seat in order to provide coupling to the lower end of an upper (2) and the lower skived perimetric edge (14) of a lining (3), the shoe compri...

Head for carousels for filling bottles or other containers, of the type which comprises a body (1) with a conduit (3) for feeding the liquid to put into the bottles and with a discharge mouth open downwards, up against which the mouth of the bottle to fill with liquid coming from said feed conduit can be abutted tightly, which comprises a valve means (5) for intercepting the flow of liquid between...