This invention relates to monitoring the health and/or activity of a person occupying a bed. This invention provides a novel system comprising a pressure-sensitive surface and interface electronics. Systems made in accordance with the present invention may be used for a variety of applications including but not limited to any of the following (or combinati on of the following): detecting the prese...

A ball ramp mechanism (8) is used to load a clutch pack (10) in a transmission inertia brake (4) to slow a rotating shaft (6) where an armature (16) having an angled peripheral surface (18) engages a mating surface formed in an inertia brake housing (38) to form a cone clutch where the armature (16) is magnetically pulled toward the brake housing (38) by an electromagnetic field generated by an el...

Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for controlling and measuring an embossed texture on a decorative article. The embossed textured article includes both peaks and valleys that are measured arad quantified to determine a profile o f the textured article. Typically, the textured article comprises both chemically and mechanically embossed areas. The method uses moving average subtraction and p...

Thickness-shear mode resonators which simultaneously measure mass deposition and fluid properties can be utilized to monitor petroleum processing, petrochemical and water treatment systems. Specialty chemical additive materials can be accurately and instantaneously added to control conditions detected by the thickness-shear mode resonators. The thickness-shear mode resonators are piezoelectric cry...

The present invention relates to a cutting tool consisting of a substrate and a coating containing at least one layer having an X-ray diffraction pattern. Said pattern shows the presence of a crystalline structure as well as of an amorphous structure. Preferably said layer consists of (Ti,Al)(O,N). The tool is particularly useful for machining steel, hardened steel or stainless steel, preferably m...

To provide a system for lubricating an engine for a personal watercraft, which is capable of simplifying an oil piping structure. An oil pump 80 driven by a crankshaft 21 of an engine 20 and a relief valve 130 for controlling a discharge pressure of the oil pump 80 are provided in an oil tank 50 provided on an extension of the crankshaft 21 of the engine 20. Suction/discharge passages 51, 53 and t...

The invention prevents illegal use of information contents by embedding contents management information in a magnetic recording medium. In a region for embedding track identification (ID) of a magnetic recording medium, a pattern corresponding to copy management information, i.e. a type of contents management information, is embedded as well as a pattern corresponding to track ID, the track ID bei...

SE REFIERE AL USO DE UN INHIBIDOR DE MICROGLIA PARA LA PREPARACION DE UN FARMACO PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE REACCIONES INMUNES ASOCIADAS CON MONOCITOS, MACROFAGOS, CELULAS T, INTERLEUCINA 12, INTERFERON, REACCIONES INFLAMATORIAS NO ASOCIADAS CON CELULAS T, ENFERMEDADES AUTOINMUNES, INFLAMATORIAS QUE NO SON OCASIONADAS POR NEUROINFLAMACION, ENFERMEDADES ALERGICAS, INFECCIOSAS, ENFERMEDADES INTESTINALES...

SE REFIERE A DERIVADOS DE BENZIMIDAZOL 1-FENIL-2-HETEROARIL-SUSTITUIDOS DE FORMULA I DONDE R1 ES FENILO CON HALO, OH, SR4, R4, NH2, NHR4, ENTRE OTROS; R2 ES UN GRUPO HETEROARILO MONOCICLICO O BICICLICO DE 5-10 MIEMBROS CON 1-2 HETEROATOMOS, ENTRE OTROS; R3 ES H, OH, ALQUILO O-C1-C6; A ES UN GRUPO ALQUILENO C2-C6 QUE ESTA SUSTITUIDO POR =O, OH, O-ALQUILO C1-C3, NH2, ENTRE OTROS; B ES COOH, CONH2, C...

QUE COMPRENDE: a)UNA PELICULA DE BASE PERMEABLE A LA SUSTANCIA ACTIVA, TAL COMO UN TEJIDO TEXTIL; b)UNA CAPA ADHESIVA QUE CUBRE POR LO MENOS PARCIALMENTE LA PELICULA DE BASE Y QUE PRESENTA UNA CAPA QUE CONTIENE UN DEPOSITO O UNA MATRIZ QUE CONTIENE SUSTANCIA ACTIVA, Y QUE TIENE UN BORDE CIRCUNDANTE LIBRE DE LA SUSTANCIA ACTIVA; Y EN CASO NECESARIO c)UNA PELICULA PROTECTORA RETIRABLE QUE CUBRE POR ...

QUE COMPRENDE: a) TRATAR AGUA CRUDA NATURAL EN REACTORES CON SULFATO FERROSO O SULFATO DE ALUMINIO, OXIDO DE CAL E HIPOCLORITO DE SODIO; b) PASAR EL AGUA RESULTANTE DE (a) A TRAVES DE FILTROS DE ARENA; c) AL MISMO TIEMPO Y DE FORMA APARTE, PASAR AGUA CRUDA A TRAVES DE FILTROS DE ARENA, FILTROS DE CARBON ACTIVADO, FILTROS DE CARTUCHO Y UN EQUIPO DE OSMOSIS INVERSA; d) MEZCLAR EL AGUA RESULTANTE DE ...

DONDE EL ELECTRODO COMPRENDE UNA BARRA DE CARBON, UNA CERA DE PARAFINA CONTENIENDO HIDROCARBURO CUYO PESO MOLECULAR ES DE 300 A 500, Y UNA CERA MICROCRISTALINA CONTENIENDO HIDROCARBURO CUYO PESO MOLECULAR ES DE 500 A 800 IMPREGNADA EN LA BARRA DE CARBON. LA CANTIDAD ENDOTERMICA DE DICHAS CERAS OBTENIDA POR CALORIMETRIA DE ESCANEO DIFERENCIAL HASTA 45°C NO ES MAYOR QUE 1 J/g; The positive electrode...

SE REFIERE A LA PUNTA DE UN ENVASE CARACTERIZADO PORQUE POSEE UN AREA LISA SIN ROSCA, ANTES DEL AREA ROSCADA. DICHA AREA LISA CON UN ESPACIO SUFICIENTE PARA ACOMODAR LOS LABIOS DE LAS PERSONAS DE MANERA QUE NO TOQUEN LA ROSCA. TAL QUE EL AREA DE ROSCA SE ENCUENTRA DESPUES DEL AREA LISA, JUNTO AL HOMBRO DEL TUBO DE ALUMINIO, Y ADEMAS EL FILO DEL TUBO ES ROMO. ESTE TUBO SE UTILIZA PARA SUCCIONAR O D...

SE REFIERE A UNA PARED PARA ENVASES PLASTICOS TERMOFORMADOS QUE POSEE REFUERZOS ANULARES CARACTERIZADA PORQUE DICHOS REFUERZOS ANULARES IMPIDEN LA DEFORMACION DE LOS MISMOS POR EFECTO DE LOS CAMBIOS DE LA PRESION BAROMETRICA CUANDO EL ENVASE SE UTILIZA PARA ALMACENAR HERMETICAMENTE PRODUCTOS LIQUIDOS, CREMOSOS O SOLIDOS. TAL QUE EL DISENO DE ESTE TIPO DE PARED PUEDE SER APLICADO A DIVERSOS ENVASES...

A microwave oven having a heater apparatus has an upper heater installed to an upper portion of a cooking chamber for transmitting heat toward the center of the cooking chamber. A bracket is fixed to a side plate of the cooking chamber and has a pair of lugs spaced apart from each other by roughly 60 DEG along the swinging direction of the upper heater. A bushing is fitted into the bracket to be ...

Amorphous precipitated silica which may be used to form battery separators of very low shrinkage is characterized by (a) a BET surface area in the range of from 60 to 200 m2/g; (b) a CTAB surface area in the range of from 40 to 150 m2/g; (c) a DBP oil absorption in the range of from 180 to 300 cm3/100 g; (d) a mean ultimate particle size in the range of from 20 to 30 nm; (e) a total intruded volum...

A fuel cell assembly having a self-recycling humidifier. The fuel cell assembly includes a humidifier and a fuel cell module communicating with an external hydrogen source. The fuel cell module chemically combines hydrogen from the hydrogen source and oxygen from introduced air to produce alectrieity and water. The produced mater is removed by an airflow. The moisture is recycled by the humidifier...

An idle control system applicable to a fuel cell vehicle 1 is provided for improving the fuel efficiency. When the fuel cell vehicle is determined to be in a predetermined idle mode, the idle control system stops a compressor to thereby stop power generation of a fuel cell. In contrast, when the state of charge of the capacitor 4 falls below a predetermined value while the fuel cell vehicle is in ...

PCT No. PCT/GB95/02352 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 9, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 9, 1997 PCT Filed Apr. 10, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96/11557 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 1996This invention relates to a telecommunications system including a plurality of mobile telephones. The telecommunications system has a switch network including: data storage units (HLR) for storing connection data relating to respective mobile te...

In a multi-lens hydrogen and/or electric/steam power plant there are mirrors 2, or equivalent, such as prisms, placed underneath lenses 1 directing ray bundles from several lenses 1 onto one focal point. There are for instance nine lenses 1 in a frame 4, and underneath the outermost lenses 1 there are diagonally placed flat mirrors 2 directing ray bundles to a water splitter or a vaporizer placed ...