A real-time path-directed controller for navigating an object along a desired path is disclosed. The controller comprises: a position sensor which contributes to the production of a conditioned object position signal to a controller summer; a heading conditioning module which contributes to the production of a conditioned heading signal to the controller summer; a control apparatus sensor which co...

An abnormality detecting device serves to detect abnormality of a low frequency oscillator. When a prescribed condition is satisfied, if the abnormality detecting device does not detect the abnormality of the low frequency oscillator, a switching device exchanges the clock pulse for operating a CPU from a first clock pulse to a second clock pulse so that the CPU is shifted to a low power consumed ...

A method of producing parts from powdered metals is disclosed, comprising the following steps. A metallurgical powder is provided, consisting of iron, 0.3-1.0 weight percent carbon, 0-4 weight percent chromium, 0-3 weight percent copper, 0.5-1.5 weight percent molybdenum, 0.5-4.5 weight percent nickel, 0-1.0 weight percent manganese, and 0-1.5 weight percent silicon. Metal powders are made by atom...

The invention realises a radio knife powered by an electronic circuit that operates with high-frequency current wherein said circuit comprises: a rectifier circuit (20) fed by the mains voltage that supplies rectified pulsating voltage (201) to a radiofrequency circuit (30); a radiofrequency circuit (30) capable of emitting an output current signal (30 1) with a constant frequency in the scale of ...

A small volume sensor, and methods of making, for determining the concentration of an analyte, such as glucose or lactate, in a biological fluid, such as blood or serum, using techniques such as coulometry, amperometry, and potentiometry. The sensor includes a working electrode and a counter electrode, and can include an insertion monitoring trace to determine correct positioning of th e sensor in...

"SISTEMA DE CONTROLE DE TRENS E MéTODO PARA CONTROLAR TREM OU TRENS". Um sistema de controle de trens inclui sistemas de posicionamento na extremidade traseira do trem e na dianteira do trem, permitindo que o condutor ou maquinista determine de maneira não ambígua que nenhum vagão do trem se separou. O sistema de posicionamento na traseira do trem é também usado para se verificar que o trem inteir...

"SISTEMA E MéTODO PARA FORMAR UM ISOLADOR ANULAR ENTRE UMA TUBULAçãO E UM FURO DE SONDAGEM". A presente invenção diz respeito a aparelhos e métodos para formar um isolador anular em um furo de sondagem depois da instalação da tubulação de produção. O dispositivo de vedação anular é levado na tubulação de produção, ou dentro dela, quando ela se desenvolve dentro de um furo de sondagem. Em combinaçã...

"APARELHO DE APLICAçãO A QUENTE E SOB PRESSãO DE UMA MISTURA BORRACHOSA SOBRE UMA SUPERFìCIE DE RECEPçãO EM MOVIMENTO RELATIVO EM RELAçãO AO DITO APARELHO". Aparelho de aplicação de uma tira (S) de mistura borrachosa de pequena espessura e de pequena largura, sobre uma superfície de recepção (2) em movimento relativo em relação ao dito aparelho, que compreende um corpo (10) que comporta pelo menos...

"CABEçA PULVERIZADORA PARA UMA INSTALAçãO DE GRANULAçãO". A presente invenção se relaciona a uma cabeça pulverizadora para um sistema de granulação, a citada cabeça pulverizadora compreendendo um bocal de ranhura (22) provido com um corpo de regulação cilíndrico (36) tendo uma seção transversal oval com eixo geométrico central (38) . O citado corpo de regulação (36) sendo disposto aproximadamente ...

A hydrodynamic brake, which comprises a stator and a rotor which are coaxial and have respective opposed annular recesses which open toward each other to form a toroid-shaped space. A first medium is supplied to the space for providing braking action during rotation of the rotor. At least one injection member is arranged to supply a second medium to the toroid-shaped space for reducing the circula...

The present invention provides a method of fabricating a cathode requiring relatively few and somewhat simple steps. In one embodiment, a novel etchant gas chemistry dispenses with needing a second passivation layer. In one embodiment, a direct via is formed without a separate mask. In one embodiment, access and isolation features of a metallic gate are patterned in the same patterning operation a...

The invention relates to low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate and methods of making thereof. The invention also relates to films prepared from the low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate and articles containing the low solution viscosity cellulose triacetate.

PVA binder fibers having the following characteristics: a cross-section circularity of at most 30%, a degree of swelling in water at 30° C. of at least 100%, and a degree of dissolution in water of at most 20%, are capable of being processed even under low-energy drying condition, for example, in high-speed drying in a hot air drying system (e.g., air-through drier) or in low-temperature drying in...

A flame retarding polypropylene fiber and flame retarding polypropylene film having both good flame retardancy and good fiber strength and film strength, and generating no toxic gas, and a production method thereof are provided. 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of a NOR type hindered amine-based stabilizer and 0.5 to 3.0% by weight of a phosphoric ester-based flame retardant are mixed with a polypropylene re...

It is disclosed that a coated polyamide molding product, characterized in that, a polyamide molding product obtained from a polyamide resin composition containing a polyamide resin (A), a thermoplastic resin composition (B) having functional groups reacting with the polyamide resin and, if necessary, an inorganic filler (C) is coated with a thermoplastic resin elastomer (D) which is compatible wit...

Compositions based on PTFE, homopolymer or modified, comprising for 100 parts of the component 1) PTFE: 1) an aqueous nanodispersion of said homopolymer or modified PTFE, having a primary particle diameter from 5 to 100 nm; 2) from 3 to 45 parts by weight of a surfactant or surfactant mixtures; 3) from 0.2 to 20 parts by weight of an organic or inorganic sequestrant, and optionally: 4) from 0 to 6...

A ceramic material has particular utility as a thermal insulating or thermal barrier coating on metallic substrates. The ceramic material includes gadolinia and hafnia, preferably forming gadolinia-hafnia. This material exhibits chemical stability, thermal stability and thermal insulating properties superior to those of currently used thermal barrier ceramics, and also provides resistance to sinte...

A devulcanization product of comminuted scrap rubber of rubber granules, in which the sulfur bridges of the rubber granule surface are broken and activated for a new vulcanization, is produced by treating the rubber granules to swell the rubber structure of the granule surface and by mixing the treated rubber granules with a devulcanization formulation, acting mechanically and chemically reductive...

The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the crosslink degree of a vulcanized sample in real time during a vulcanization process or diagnosing the electrical properties of the sample after the completion of the vulcanization process, and then determining an optimal vulcanization time and an optimal content of each constituent gradient of a composition for vulcanization that optimiz...

A descriptive-profile mercantile method, for use at a juncture in a data-communications topology having associated therewith a maintained databank of partial profiles, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: from a user, receiving a transaction having therein a first partial profile; using the first partial profile, searching a databank having a plurality of second partial profiles, wherei...