A method of obtaining an image of a boundary of an object, the boundary representing a refractive index variation, the method including irradiating the boundary with penetrating radiation having high lateral spatial coherence and a propagation component transverse to the refraction index variation, and receiving at least a portion of the radiation on an image plane so as to form the image, the rad...

This invention is a prosthetic linkage (110) for use with skeletal muscle (M). The linkage (110) includes a plurality of longitudinally extending filaments (14) forming a strand (12). The strand (12) has a first portion (20) that includes a core portion (22) wherein the filaments (14) extend generally parallel to each other, and an exterior portion (24) wherein the filaments (14) are braided along...

The uniaxial gas turbine system of the present invention has a uniaxial gas turbine, a rotary machine driven by the uniaxial gas turbine, a continuously variable speed transmission of transmitting a drive force from the uniaxial gas turbine to the rotary machine, and a controller of controlling a revolution speed of the uniaxial gas turbine to an optimal revolution speed and controlling a speed va...

SISTEMA DE TRANSFERêNCIA DE ENERGIA MECáNICA POR DESLOCAMENTO ONDULATóRIO DE MASSA DE áGUA. Descreve a presente patente de invenção a sistemas construtivos em geral, mais especificamente a um "Sistema de Transferência de Energia Mecânica por Deslocamento Ondulatório de Massa de água", mais especificamente a um equipamento que converte a energia contida no deslocamento de massa de água dos oceanos ...

COGERAçãO EóLICA E ACOPLANENTO COAXIAIS, COM TRANSMISSãO HIDROSTáTICA. Esta patente de invenção consiste na integração de tecnologias para viabilizar aproveitamento do vento como fonte alternativa. A primeira inovação é captação da energia eólica por meio de duas hélices montadas em um eixo diferencial, somando o que for captado por cada uma delas, transferindo o movimento rotativo, da horizontal ...

A tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a carcass structure, belt structure, tread band, and at least one pair of sidewalls. The carcass structure includes at least one first carcass ply and at least two annular reinforcing structures. The at least one first carcass ply includes elongated sections circumferentially distributed around the tyre's geometric rotation axis. Each elongated section extends i...

A method for detecting ply wire anomalies in a tire carcass ply having a plurality of spaced apart ply wires extending across a tire carcass, the method comprising the steps: constructing a green tire carcass in a diametrically expanded toroidal configuration, the carcass comprising a pair of beads, the carcass ply extending from bead to bead, at least one crown layer covering the carcass ply and ...

Various present invention devices enable adherence to requirements for medical items. A medical item of the present invention includes a monitoring or data recording device to monitor and/or record medical solution conditions. The device may further include indicators to indicate compliance of the medical solution with prescribed requirements (e.g., manufacturer, medical standard or regulation, et...

An apparatus for detecting defects, including: a first illumination optical unit which illuminates from a normal direction or in the vicinity of the normal direction; a second illumination optical unit which illuminates from a first elevation angle; a first detection optical unit which detects light reflected by the illumination of the first illumination optical unit or the second illumination opt...

A method and apparatus of inspecting a sample, in which the sample is inspected under a plurality of inspection conditions, and inspection data obtained by inspecting the sample under each of the plurality of inspection conditions and position information on the sample of the inspection date in correspondence with the respective inspection conditions, are stored. The inspection data for each of th...

In an optical method for determining surface defects and/or material shortage on the neck ring ( 3 ) of a container having an axis of symmetry (X) comprises illuminating the surface(s) of the neck ring ( 3 ) of the container with an incident light beam, a uniform ring of light (C) is obtained that converges towards a point of convergence located on the axis of symmetry (X) of the container with a ...

An analyte test sensor for use in measuring the concentration of a particular analyte in a test sample includes a non-conductive substrate, a reference electrode deposited on the substrate, a working electrode deposited on the substrate and a compensation electrode deposited on the substrate. The compensation electrode is provided with a resistive ladder and is designed to correct for test result ...

A device and a method implementable therewith for regulating the driving speed of at least one vehicle, having an electric motor/generator connected or connectable to a drive train for at least one wheel as a function of at least its actual speed and setpoint speed. The device includes a control unit for controlling the torque of the electric motor/generator, an arrangement for driving the electri...

A braking method for a vehicle is proposed as a safety measure and replacement function if the brake system fails, in particular the X-by-wire brake system of a motor vehicle, in which the vehicle is braked with the help of the transmission by a defined engagement of frictional shift elements until the vehicle comes to rest, such that the combination of frictional shift elements actuated when the ...

In a hybrid-drive electric vehicle, upon request of gear shifting of a transmission ( 2 ), a clutch ( 3 ) is first disconnected and the transmission ( 2 ) is set to a neutral position. The rotating electric generator 4 is then operated in a motor mode or a power generating mode so that a rotational speed of an input shaft of the transmission ( 2 ) reaches a region of a synchronizing rotational spe...

A polyamide acid solution and/or gel film is subjected to at least any one of the following processes: addition of a semiconducting inorganic filler, addition of a conductivity imparting agent, and formation of a conductive film. Thereafter, the polyamide acid contained in the polyamide acid solution or gel film is imidized. Thus, the obtained semiconducting polyimide film has surface and volume r...

The invention relates to crosslinked (meth)acrylate-based resin particles having an average particle diameter of 1 to 10 mum, containing monomer components containing a monomer having a carboxyl group and at least one monomer selected from an acrylate and a methacrylate copolymerized therein, the particles having a surface coated with a surfactant having a sulfonic acid group or a sulfonate group,...

A resin composition, wherein the composition contains a thermoplastic resin and an aluminum-containing inorganic compound; the thermoplastic resin and the aluminum-containing inorganic compound form a parent phase and a dispersed phase, respectively; and the following inequality (1) 0

In a casing unit for accommodating a printed circuit board, a case has a plurality of walls, one of the walls being partially or entirely open to form an open surface through which the board is inserted into the case. Guides, secured on side walls, comprise two guide protruding members each formed to protrude from the side walls and positioned to partly contact both sides of the board to be insert...

A method and system for reducing server load. Requests are received for a service at a first server from a plurality of client devices. The first server decides to identify one or more other servers to provide the service to some of the plurality of client devices. An address is requested of one or more second servers from a server address management entity. A resource identifier is created at the...