An actively controlled rotary steerable drilling system for directional drilling of wells, the system having a rotary drive component rotatable within a tubular slidin g tool collar that incorporates elastic anti-rotation members to maintain a coupled relation wi th the borehole wall during drilling. An offsetting mandrel is supported within the tool collar by a knuckle joint for pivotal movement ...

MéTODO DE LEILãO IDEAL UTILIZANDO SERVIçO DE REDE, MéTODO DE ARRENDAMENTO IDEAL UTILIZANDO SERVIçO DE REDE, MéTODO DE LEILãO REVERSO IDEAL UTILIZANDO SERVIçO DE REDE E MéTODO DE LEILãO DE ARRENDAMENTO REVERSO IDEAL UTILIZANDO SERVIçO DE REDE. é descrito um método de leilão ideal utilizando uma rede. Em especial, sendo diferente de um método de leilão típico para a simples avaliação de um preço de ...

COMPOSTOS DE DIFENIL OX-INDOL-2-ONA E SEU USO NO TRATAMENTO DE CáNCER. A presente invenção refere-se aos compostos de 3,3-difenil-1 ,3-diidro-indol-2-ona substituídos, e ao uso de tais compostos para a preparação de um medicamento para o tratamento de câncer, em um mamífero. Postula-se que o tratamento de cânceres nos quais a inibição da síntese protéica e/ou a inibição da ativação da via de mTOR ...

A robot cleaner includes a suction device installed within a cleaner body, that sucks dirt on a floor; a driver that moves the cleaner body; a detector mounted at the cleaner body, that detects a height between a bottom of the cleaner body and the floor; and a controller that controls the suction device in response to signal from the detector to adjust a suction force of the suction device in acco...

A gate latch including a bolt portion, a sleeve portion and a channel bolt. The sleeve portion is mounted on a generally U-shaped clamp assembly that is adapted to fit around tubular gate members. The sleeve portion further includes a receiving notch and a padlock portion. The padlock portion is adapted to receive a standard padlock and to surround the shackle of the padlock so as to deter attempt...

A device for transporting a human subject over a surface. The device is a dynamically balancing vehicle having a control loop for providing balance. The device includes a platform defining a fore-aft plane. The platform supports a payload including the human subject. A ground contacting module is included which may include one or more wheels. A ground-contacting member is movably coupled to the pl...

A configurable wrist or arm worn camera harness ( 1 a) that facilitates convenient carry, access, and secure use of a camera during participation in a physical activity. Camera harness ( 1 a) is comprised of an adjustable strap system for attaching harness ( 1 a) to operator wrist or arm and a coupling system for attaching, one at a time, cameras of various shapes and sizes to aforementioned harne...

A method of penis lengthening including dividing the suspensory ligament down to the inferior public arch; dividing the fundiform ligaments; or dividing the first and second corpus cavernosum circumferentially. A method of widening a penis where a dermal fat graft is sutured to the exposed Bucks fascia. Post operative drug and exercise to maintain the outcome of penis lengthening or widening.

An oxide dispersion strengthened martensitic steel excellent in high-temperature strength having residual alpha-grains can be manufactured by a method comprising mixing either element powders or alloy powders and a Y₂O₃ powder; subjecting the resulting mixed powder to mechanical alloying treatment; solidifying the resulting alloyed powder by hot extrusion; and subjecting the ...

A method of oxidizing a substrate having area of about 30,000 mm² or more. The surface is preferably comprised of silicon-containing materials, such as silicon, silicon germanium, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and metal suicides. A mixture of oxygen-bearing gas and diluent gas normally non-reactive to oxygen, such as Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, and/or Rn are ionized to create a plasma having an...

In an organic EL display device having at least one electrode, a light emitting material layer and another electrode that are stacked in each pixel region formed on a surface of a substrate, wherein the light emitting material layer is formed in an opening portion of a bank film which separates the pixel region from other pixel regions arranged close to the pixel region so that the inside of the o...

Disclosed is a position-recognizing system of a self-moving robot. A position-recognizing system of a self-moving robot includes: a floor in which a magnet is inserted; and a self-moving robot provided with a magnetic sensor that can sense the magnet while the robot is moving on the floor. According to this, a magnet mounted in a floor is sensed through the magnetic sensor, and thusly a current lo...

The invention provides an electro-optical device having circuits for driving electro-optical elements, such as organic EL elements, and a driving device, which can employ driving elements having low driving ability, such as alpha-TFTs. By providing a charge storage capacitor between the source electrode and the gate electrode of a driving transistor which is between power sources, the electro-opti...

A method and apparatus for optically interrogating a particle comprising obtaining a plurality of optical interrogations from a plurality of orientations relative the particle. In one aspect, the particle is tumbled relative to optical interrogation direction and reflected or transmitted energy is collected and weight of one or several seeds is derived.

MéTODO E SISTEMA DE TRANSAçãO COMERCIAL POR MOEDA OU CéDULA MONETáRIA VIRTUAL A patente de invenção compreende a geração de um número lógico criptografado, inserido em um objeto gráfico representado por uma moeda ou cédula monetária virtual, sendo, que neste número contém a identificação, o número da operação e o valor correspondente solicitado pelo usuário, como ardem de pagamento, para realizar ...

SISTEMA DE UITILIZAçãO DE PONTO-DE-VENDA ELETRÈNICO A presente invenção refere-se a um sistema de utilização de ponto-de-venda que compreende um módulo aplicativo dotado de um terminal POS ponto-de-venda (point-of-sale) wireless De comunicação GSM (global system for mobile communications) acessando a rede GPRS das operadoras de celulares para o envio/recebimento de transações eletrónicas logística...

The invention relates to a device for holding and releasing an object, such device having a body with a cavity in which the object is accommodatable, an elastic retaining member for retaining the object in the cavity, and, a pushing member for pushing the object out of the body past the retaining member. The pushing member has a first stimuli responsive gel, which has a volume that varies in respo...

A system is described for monitoring a subsea formation, which is under development. Instruments located in a completed but unconnected well are employed for providing information by a provisional monitoring unit being lowered downhole and connected to the well. Changes in the reservoir as a result of operations in other adjacent wells are intercepted by the instruments in the well and transmitted...

A hydraulic parking brake device is selectively switched between a braking state and a non-braking state. A braking force decreases as a pressure in the control oil chamber increases and increases as the pressure in the control oil chamber decreases. The device includes a discharged oil restrictor located in a discharge passage and an accumulator connected to the control oil chamber. The accumulat...

Drivetrain for a motor vehicle including an engine ( 1 ), a gearbox ( 9 ) having an intermediate shaft ( 11 ) with intermediate shaft brake ( 17 ) and a friction clutch ( 3 ) coupled between the engine and the gearbox. A torque sensor ( 19 ) is provided, which detects the input torque to the gearbox. The intermediate shaft brake and the clutch are controlled by a control unit ( 12 ), which is prog...