Provided herein are methods and apparatus for a centrifuge accelerator syste m releasably mounted within a centrifuge assembly by a detachable connector, thereby improving the accessibility of the accelerator. The centrifuge assembly includes a hollow bowl, a rotating conveyor, a drive shaft, and an accelerator. A series of detachable connecto rs are used to mount the drive shaft and accelerator w...

For low fidelity devices without time-date fields, the present inventio n provides for formatting, identifying and storing time-date information (350) corresponding to remote property values in a standard format (305) on the remote device. The time-date information is parsable by several devices and used in resolving conflicts between property values. Other example embodiments provi de for determi...

A modular implant is provided. The modular implant includes a first orthopaedic component, a second orthopaedic component coupled to the first orthopaedic component, and a micro-motion damper engaged with the first orthopaedic component and the second orthopaedic component.

A disposable syringe includes a barrel having a retaining region to retain a needle seat for carrying a needle cannula, and a friction diminishing region extending forwardly from the retaining region and terminating at a shoulder abutment, a plunger movable in the barrel toward the needle seat, and a coupling member biased by a biasing member and having a retained portion to frictionally engage th...

Session description message extensions include information describing a multimedia presentation or a single media presentation. The session description message is typically sent from one device to another device to which the multimedia or single media presentation will be streamed. Several extensions are described that extend the information that can be included in the session description message.

A cationically charged material suitable for use as a filter medium that is capable of reducing a large number of active microorganisms from a fluid such as water. The filter medium includes a substrate material. Portions of the substrate material are modified by adhesion of a cationic polymer thereto, the cationic polymer having aluminum-containing groups. The cationically charged material can fu...

A cutter for a drill bit used for drilling wells in a geological formation includes an ultra hard working surface and a chamfer along an edge of the working surfac e, wherein the chamfer has a varied geometry along the edge. The average geometry of the chamfer varies with cutting depth. A depression in the shaped working surface is oriented with the varied chamfer and facilitates forming the varie...

Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building block s for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for docume nt formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and display documents...

A cutter for a drill bit used for drilling wells in a geological formati on includes a shaped ultra hard working surface. The cutter with the shaped working surface is mounted on a drill bit to provide desired cutting characteristics . The shaped working surface provides varied cutting characteristics depending upo n the shape, and the characteristics can vary depending upon the depth of the cut.

In outboard motor engine speed control system having two outboard motors, a travel speed of the boat and the engine speeds of the outboard motors are detected, and the engine speeds of the outboard motors are controlled to be synchroniz ed with a highest one of the detected engine speeds when the boat travel speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, while controlling the engine speed...

A foldable chair that includes front legs, rear legs, a seat and a collar slidable on the front legs pivotally coupling the front and rear legs.

A method and system for providing e-mail messages to a receiving e-mail application. The e-mail messages as sent from a sending e-mail application being secure a nd in opaque signed format. The opaque signed e-mail messages being converted to clear signed e-mail messages by decoding extracting message content and digital signatures. The clear signed e-mails being sent to a receiving e-mail applica...

A nanostructured substrate is disclosed having a plurality of substrate openings disposed between the nanostructures on the substrate. When a desired fluid comes into contact with the substrate, at least a portion of t he fluid is allowed to pass through at least one of the openings. In a first embodiment, the fluid is caused to pass through the openings by causing the fluid to penetrate the nanos...

A battery separator comprising: a microporous polyolefin film having from 0.1% to 50% by weight of a block copolymer including a polyetheresteramide monomer. In this battery separator the polyolefin is selected from the group consisting of: polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutylene, polymethylpentene, mixtures thereof, and copolymers thereof. Preferably the polyolefin is polyethylene, mixtures of ...

Compounds of formula (I) where L, X, Y and Z are as defined in the claims, are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR9 receptor, and which have been further confirmed in animal testing for inflammation, one of the hallmark disease states for CCR9. The compounds are generally aryl sulphonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of ...

A deflector for use in a hydraulic turbine is adapted to be mounted relative to a vertically extending wall of the draft tube. The deflector has an upstream plate and a downstream plate. The upstream plate is positioned to extend downwardly and outwardly from the wall of the draft tube and the downstream plate is positioned to extend downwardly and inwardly from the upstream plate. The downstream ...

Authentication of two devices in communication with a third device is achiev ed where the first and second devices each possess a shared secret value. The authentication includes communication of authentication values from the first device to the second device using the third device. Similarly, there is communication of values from the secon d device to the first device using the third device. The...

A wireless communication device (and its related method of operation) includes, if invoked, password protected access to data stored therewithin and/or to normal device operations and further includes duress password checking logic that automatically causes a duress message to be sent if a duress password has been entered. The duress message is preferably sent without maintaining any user accessib...

A wireless communication system which employs cryptographic functions requiring random data input in a mobile wireless device includes provisions for securely adding randomness to the mobile wireless device. Such added randomness can b e securely provided during synchronizing sessions with a device user's base computer via secure wired and/or wireless connections. The new random data can be obtain...