A drive system is provided for a utility vehicle and includes an alternating-current (AC) motor for providing a drive torque. An AC motor controller receives a battery voltage signal, throttle pedal position signal, brake pedal position signal, key switch signal, forward/neutral/reverse (FNR) signal, and run/tow signal indicative of the utility vehicle being configured to be driven and being confi...

"ESTEIRA NãO-TECIDA, MéTODO PARA SUA PRODUçãO E COMPóSITO DE FIBRA". A presente invenção refere-se a uma esteira não-tecida como meia-estofa que contém um termoplástico de alta performance como fibra de fusão e uma fibra de reforço, e também um método para produzir uma esteira não-tecida desse tipo e compósitos de fibra produzidos da esteira não-tecida.; The invention relates to a nonwoven mat as ...

The present invention relates to collapsible self-supported cribs which have one or more of the following characteristics: adjustable length and/or, width and/or height, lightweight, easily collapsed, very compact when collapsed and easily carried, stored and transported. The cribs contain one or more of the following elements: anti-torque posts, crossed support arms, telescoping crossed support a...

A sheet of pliable, washable material is configured to cover at least a portion of a piece of furniture, such as a mattress. A manifold and a plurality of air flow tubes are formed in the sheet, with the air flow tubes in communication with the manifold. The air flow tubes include top surfaces that are constructed to release air at a controlled rate therethrough. The sheet helps reduce exposure to...

The invention, as embodied herein, comprises a back worn pack that allows a user to transport both energetic materials, such as primary explosives, and energetic initiators, such as blasting caps, within the pack without the threat of premature initiation of the energetic materials.

A method for the manufacture of a three-dimensional object includes the steps of forming a mixture that contains a binder and a least one of aluminum or a first aluminum-base alloy into a green composite, removing the binder from said green composite, forming a porous perform structure, reacting the aluminum or first aluminum base alloy with nitrogen to form a rigid and continuous skeleton and inf...

A train control system includes a control module that determines a position of a train using a positioning system and consults a database to determine when the train is approaching a portion of track monitored by a track circuit. When the train is near a track circuit, but while the train is still far enough away from the track circuit such that the train can be stopped before reaching the portion...

A process for controlling sound producing produces predetermined sound according to a distance between a position for obtaining an invisible item and an operation character, to be computed by process for computing item distance, and outputs from sound output means. A process for obtaining invisible item executes a processing for obtaining invisible item for a corresponding operation character in s...

A surgical instrument and method for facilitating the capture of objects during surgery are provided. The surgical instrument includes a flexible tube defining a cable passageway and being configured for insertion of at least portion of the flexible tube into a body cavity of a patient. The surgical instrument further includes flexible cable slidably disposed in the cable passageway. A snare loop ...

A pneumatic tire having a puncture preventive layer formed by windingly sticking a tube having seal material wrapped therein to the tire inner surface circumferentially of the tire and continuously and spirally with its side surfaces closely contacted each other: or a pneumatic tire having a puncture preventive layer formed by sticking micro balloons having seal material wrapped therein to the tir...

A false drum servers used in the manufacture of tires having a hollow cylindrical drum with a perforated surface on the drum through which air is drawn. The drawn air creating a suction surface for holding flat or sheet materials that are to be cut before transferring onto a tire building drum. When smaller pieces of flat materials are being held on the drum, the perforations that are not covered ...

Compositions for the diagnosis and therapy of prostate and colon cancer, derived from or based on a novel prostate-specific, androgen-related, cell membrane associated and secreted serine protease termed 20P1F12/TMPRSS2 are described. A full length cDNA comprising the entire coding sequence of the 20P1F12/TMPRSS2 gene (also designated 20P1F12-GTC1 herein) is provided (FIG. 1 ). Among the compositi...

Oligonucleotides containing the non-palindromic sequence motif: X₁X₂X₃X₄X₅X₆X₇X₈, wherein X₁ is C,T,G or A (preferably T or C); wherein X₂ is C,T,G or A; wherein X

A method generally includes electronically accessing positional data defining a defect location on a composite structure, and automatically causing a material placement machine to return to the defect location as defined by the positional data. The method can also include automatically causing the material placement machine to place or lay down material sufficient for repairing a defect at the def...

The present invention relates to a sleeve joint between an outer tube (30) and an inner tube (31) in a telescopically adjustable-length shaft. The sleeve joint comprises a muff-like body member (1) mounted to an end of the outer tube (30). In the proximity of the rim of the body member's (1) opening are disposed mutually aligned fastening brackets (12), which include helical wedge surfaces (13), a...

The invention relates to a plastic sheeting which is suitable, in particular , for application in the construction industry. It is obtained by employing polyetherester block copolymers and has good humidity-regulatin g properties and water impermeability. Flame retardancy in accordance with DIN 4102 B2 is obtained by employing melamine, melamine compounds or melamine condensates in the polyetheres...

"SISTEMA APLICADO NA DISPONIBILIZAçãO, GERENCIAMENTO E MONITORAMENTO DE PUBLICAçõES IMPRESSAS EM MEIOS DIGITAIS CONTEMPLANDO EXPERIêNCIA MULTIMìDIA DE INTERAçãO QUE SIMULA FOLHEAçãO DE PáGINAS DE PAPEL, PARáMETROS DE BUSCA INERENTES AO CONTEúDO ABORDADO E MECANISMO DE MONITORAMENTO DE INTERAçõES QUE GERA RELATóRIOS POR DIVERSOS FILTROS". Sistema que proporciona a interação entre um espectador e um...

"PROCEDIMENTO PARA O PROCESSAMENTO TéRMICO DE ESFERAS DE POLIéSTER E DISPOSITIVO PARA EXECUTAR TAL PROCEDIMENTO". A presente invenção se refere a um procedimento para o processamento térmico de esferas de PET, para obter uma cristalização parcial, sendo que a massa fundida de poliéster é alimentada para um sistema de granulação subaquático e é granulada; que os grânulos obtidos são alimentados par...

"CONJUNTO DE EQUIPAMENTOS PARA PRODUZIR UM SISTEMA DE PILOTAGEM AUTOMáTICA". Compreendendo um microprocessador a ser conectado a um sistema de posicionamento global e ativo para comparar uma localização captada com o caminho desejado do veículo. Uma válvula de redução de pressão controlada provê fluído hidráulico a uma pressão reduzida, menor do que a pressão hidráulica de suprimento do veículo. C...