"APARELHO APERFEIçOADO PARA MONITORAR A CONDIçãO DE UM PNEU". De acordo com a invenção, há em conjunto com um pneumático (101) tendo uma etiqueta eletrónica (100) montada no mesmo com um emplastro (70') tendo um primeiro lado (72') para montagem de encontro ao revestimento interno do pneu, um segundo lado conformado arqueadamente (73") e um membro rosqueado internamente (71') que se estende até o ...

A process and an apparatus for removing water from a fibrous web are disclosed. The process comprises providing a fibrous web having a moisture content from about 1% to about 99%; providing an oscillatory flow-reversing impingement gas having a pre-determined frequency; providing a gas-distributing system comprising at least one discharge outlet designed to emit the oscillatory flow-reversing impi...

The present invention concerns a method and device for detecting an imbalance condition in a rotating washing machine tub. An indication of a power level required to maintain a given washing machine rotation speed is compared to a predefined standard power level associated with the given rotation speed, and a tub imbalance condition is detected in response to the comparison. The predefined standar...

A printer and components of the printer are described, along with methods of adjusting and using the printer. The printer includes a carriage that supports at least one printhead. The at least one printhead ejects ink onto a print media that is fed though a space between the printhead and a platen as the carriage moves laterally along slider rods supported by a beam. The space between the at least...

A liquid container for containing printing liquid for supplying to a recording head for an ink jet recording apparatus, the container includes a first chamber containing a negative pressure producing material and having a printing liquid supply port connectable to a recording head for allowing printing liquid to be supplied to the recording head and an air vent for allowing ambient air to enter th...

A method of making artificial bone comprises providing a membrane of collagen with solutions of calcium ions and of phosphate ions on opposite sides of the membrane. The calcium ions and phosphate ions diffuse through the membrane and precipitate as a hydroxyapatite material. Control of ionic concentrations ensures that precipitation takes place within the fibrils of the membrane. The result is an...

A method of laminating a structure comprises at least two layers and a photopolymerizable adhesive composition between the layers, at least one of the layers being opaque, colored, or reflective. One or both of the layers is transmissive to actinic radiation in wavelengths in the range of greater than 400 nm and up to 1200 nm. The photopolymerizable adhesive composition absorbs radiation in the id...

The invention relates to a method for decoloring liquids, in particular ground water, by means of a membrane filtration unit, wherein the following steps are carried out: i) subjecting the ground water to a biological treatment in a bioreactor; ii) feeding the effluent from the bioreactor of step i) to the membrane filtration unit, in which membrane filtration unit a separation between biomass and...

A method for manufacturing an aerated autoclaved concrete material. A quick-stiffening mixture is prepared by combining a silica containing material, quicklime, a rising agent, gypsum, cement and water. The mixture is deposited into a mold and is allowed to form a stiffened body. The stiffened body is removed from the mold and placed in an autoclave station in which it is steam cured at elevated t...

It is possible to produce high purity Si by heating solid SiO at a temperature of at least 1000° C. and lower than 1730° C., for a disproportionation reaction in which the SiO solid is decomposed to liquid or solid Si and solid SiO2, and the produced Si is separated from the SiO2 and/or SiO. The SiO solid can be obtained by a process whereby a starting mixture of carbon C, silicon Si or ferrosilic...

A method for producing an orthopaedic implant having enhanced fatigue strength. A forged implant substrate having an elongated stem is incorporated with a melting point lowering substance. Then, metal particles are sintered to the substrate, forming a porous layer on the substrate which enhances bone ingrowth or the mechanical interlock with bone cement. Advantageously, the sintering occurs at a l...

The invention relates to an agent specific for peripheral sensory afferents. The agent may inhibit the transmission of signals between a primary sensory afferent and a projection neuron by controlling the release of at least one neurotransmitter or neuromodulator from the primary sensory afferent. The agent may be used in or as a pharmaceutical for the treatment of pain, particularly chronic pain.

Method for bond pad crater jeopardy identification in integrated circuits, and apparatus which performs the method. The gate or gates of a transistor or transistors of an ESD device are formed under each bond pad in the integrated circuit device. Connected to the transistor is circuitry for determimg the electrical, and hence mechanical, integrity of the transistor. A reduction in current through ...

The fine spherical silica having a particle size distribution in which maximum particle diameter is 24 mum, average particle diameter is 1.7 to 7 mum, and the proportion X1 of particles having a particle diameter of 3 mum or less in the total particles is 100/D50 to (18+100/D50) wt %, and the viscosity at 50 C. of a mixture obtained by blending a maximum of 80 wt % of the fine spherical silica wi...

Disclosed are novel compositions of morphogenic proteins constituting soluble forms of these proteins, antibodies that distinguish between soluble and mature forms, and method for producing these morphogenic proteins and antibodies.

An optical device packaging technique involves an optical sensor that is formed on a first substrate and flip chip bonded to a second substrate. The second substrate includes a through hole or a transparent section that is aligned with the optical sensor in order to allow light to contact the optical sensor. An embodiment of an optical device structure includes an optical sensor, a first substrate...

A number of techniques and substrate arrangements are described that working individually and in common have been found to significantly improve the environmental resistance of the resulting package. In one aspect, conductive pads (referred to herein as landing pads) on the top surface of a substrate are slightly undercut. This permits molding material applied during later packaging to flow into t...

A package for a flip chip integrated circuit including an interposer with electrical interconnecting for signal, power, and ground contacts. Routing is accomplished on only two conductor layers through the use of selective planes and buses. Multiple power planes are provided on a single conductor level to support circuits having different operating voltages. A unique cavity down BGA package for a ...

A semiconductor package is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the package comprises a substrate having a top surface with traces thereon and a bottom surface with solder balls thereon, the substrate comprising at least three material layers defining at least four substantially planar metal layers, wherein one of the metal layers comprises a reference layer that serves as a reference to both t...

A printed wiring board for a ball grid array type semiconductor plastic package which has excellent heat diffusibility and causes no popcorn phenomenon, and a metal-plate-inserted printed wiring board having wire bonding pads formed at two levels, for use in the ball grid array type semiconductor plastic package.