A pair of slits (35) are defined in a slider body (22) of a head slider. The slits (35) extend from a trailing end surface to the leading end on the slider body (22). A movable block (38) is established in the slider body (22) between the slits (35). The slits (35) ensure the extent of movement for the movable block (38). Elongated plates (44) enable a relative displacement between the movable blo...

A monolithic array (60) of vertical cavity lasers with different emission wavelengths on a single wafer (52), and method of manufacture therefor, is provided. A first reflector (64) is over the semiconductor substrate (22) (62) with a photoactive semiconductor layer. A reflector support (74) defines first and second air gaps (84) (85) with the photoactive semiconductor layer. The second and third ...

A printing system including an ink container (110) having a memory (110D) and an ink level sensing circuit (110C), a print cartridge (60) having a memory (60B), and a printer controller (80). Remaining ink level in the ink container is estimated pursuant to ink drop usage information provided by the ink container memory and ink level sense information provided by the ink level sensing circuit.

The invention relates to a 3D multichip module including a plurality of two-dimensional elementary electronic modules (4a-4d) each comprising at least one chip (10a-10d), a support (6a-6d) on which the chip is arranged and a conductor interconnection network (8a-8d) covering an upper surface of the support. These elementary modules are arranged substantially on one another in an offset way (in a s...

A dental care material comprising a titanium sintered body has no harmful effects on the human body and easily produces products with complicated shapes having a high level of strength. A mixture of titanium powder and an organic binder is injection molded and subjected to binder removal and sintering processes to form a bracket for orthodontic or dental implant materials. Pure titanium powder, wi...

The invention relates to a building material, in particular a concrete structure quick repairing material or bearing concrete quick repairing material and improvement on its production process. Its formula is formed from S-type double-quick cement 25-35%, waste steel slag 65-75%, water-reducing agent 1.0-2.0% and retarding agent 0.20-0.25%. Its production process includes the following steps: brea...

Multiplexed joining of solder bumps to various substrates for assembly of an integrated circuit package includes placing a semiconductor substrate (312) having solder bump structures (314) in contact with a ceramic substrate (320 having chip pads (322, 334), and placing this structure in contact with ball grid array spheres (352) in order to form a CBGA (360) in a single flow process. The method i...

A structure and method is disclosed for directly attaching a device or package on flexible organic circuit carriers having low cost and high reliability. IC chips with a new solder interconnect structure, comprised of a layer of pure tin, deposited on the top of high melting Pb-Sn solder balls are employed for joining. These methods, techniques and metallurgical structures enables direct attachmen...

A semiconductor device for life enhancement of electrical connections between a semiconductor chip and a mounting substrate. Protruding electrodes, each including a bump electrode and a land electrode, are located on the lower surface of an LSI chip. The bump electrodes are substantially spherical and have a first thickness. Connecting terminals of substantially spherical configuration and having ...

The use of 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives in liquid crystal media, liquid crystal devices, anisotropic polymers and various applications such as semiconductor, optical recording and electroluminescent applications and liquid media, polymers and display comprising 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives. In particular, the derivatives used are of formula I in which A<1> and A<2> are each independently o...

A process of, and apparatus for controlling waste ink from an ink jet printer printhead, transfers waste ink to an absorptive diaper, and at least intermittently forces air across the absorptive diaper to promote evaporation of certain volatile ink components from the transferred ink. Waste ink may be received and temporarily retained on a plurality of spaced apart inclined louvers located above t...

An inkjet printer having a maintenance station for removing waste ink from printheads comprises a spill-resistant waste ink reservoir (35). The spill-resistant waste ink reservoir (35) has an upper surface which is completely bounded by raised spill lips (47) and having an opening for conveying waste ink from the upper surface top the reservoir interior. There may also be provided a spit wheel (25...

A spirometer 10 comprises a housing 27 and a detachable differential pressure sensor 17. The housing 27 has elongated flow chamber 12 which is coupled to the pressure sensor 17 at one end and has a mouthpiece 11 at the opposite end. An outlet passage 13 intercepts the flow chamber 27. A meander passageway 15 is provided to protect the sensor from contaminants, and a flow restriction in the flow ou...

A method of moulding a container (10, 20) e.g. by rotational moulding in which moulding material is introduced into a mould cavity, and the mould is rotated about at least one axis of rotation, wherein prior to introducing the moulding material, a dividing member (12a) is located in the mould cavity, which divides the mould cavity so that when the moulding material is subsequently introduced and t...

The nucleic acid sequence encoding the porcine factor VIII A2 domain is disclosed.The nucleic acid sequence encoding the porcine factor VIII A2 domain is disclosed.

The process for making fine metallic mesh is disclosed comprising the steps of cladding an array of metallic wires with an array cladding material to provide an array cladding. The array cladding is drawn for reducing the diameter thereof and for reducing the corresponding diameters of each of the metallic wires for producing a clad array of fine metallic fibers within the array cladding. The arra...

The present invention relates to a self-fastening backing (A) for a coated abrasive product, comprising a backing for abrasive (1) bonded to a self-fastening sheet (1a), characterized in that the said self-fastening backing (A) has a water vapour permeability of greater than 1 g.m<-2>/24 h, particularly one bonded by a porous adhesive matrix (1b). The invention also relates to the process for manu...

A noninverting transistor switch having only a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal includes a transistor connected to the second and third terminals, the transistor having an on switching state in which current is able to pass between the second and third terminals and an off switching state in which current is interrupted from passing between the second and third terminals. The...

Disclosed is a cured form of calcium silicate, mainly comprising tobermorite and exhibiting a powder X-ray diffraction pattern in which the diffraction peak intensity Ib ascribed to the (220) plane of the tobermorite and the minimum diffraction intensity Ia observed in the diffraction angle range between the two diffraction peaks respectively ascribed to the (220) plane and (222) plane of the tobe...

A door opening/closing mechanism fitted on a door that closes and opens an opening formed in the body of an apparatus by being brought into and out of contact with the rim of the opening has cam mechanisms that permit the door to engage with and disengage from the body at either of the right and left sides of the door (102). The cam mechanisms can be brought into a first lock position in which the...