A power roller for a toroidal type continuous variable transmission system comprises a trunnion having a central shaft, a bearing outer race connected to the trunnion, one face of which is provided with a first track groove concentric with the central shaft, a power roller rotatably mounted on one end portion of the central shaft, the power roller having a face opposing to the one face of the bear...

A deflectable catheter for ablating tissue in the heart of a patient comprising: an axially elongated catheter shaft sized and constructed to be advanced through the vasculature of a patient into the patient's heart; a deflection wire; and an ablation electrode having first and second opposed electrically conductive surfaces exposable for contact with a selected area of tissue within the patient's...

A device and method for treating collapsed bronchial tubes found in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma are provided. The device which has a balloon at a distal end delivers energy so that the tissue is indirectly, i.e., conductively, heated by contact with a heated surface of the balloon which has been in turn heated by a heated fluid. The method includes heating the br...

PCT No. PCT/JP96/00992 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 11, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 11, 1996 PCT Filed Apr. 11, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/32443 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 1996A polyester composition comprising 0.005 to 10% by weight compound oxide particles having a volume average particle meter of 0.005 to 2 mu m, a relative standard deviation sigma of the particle diameter of not more than 0.3, and composed ma...

A cured silicone foam exhibiting high flame resistance and forming hard chars on burning, contains from about 1 to 60 percent by weight of wollastonite mineral, based on the weight of the composition. The silicone foam can be formed from any of the curable polyorganosiloxane foam-forming compositions known in the art. Preferred are those polyorganosiloxane foams cured using a platinum group metal ...

An apparatus is disclosed for use in a multi-zone alarm system having a single-pair wire alarm loop and programmable switching circuit arrangements. The apparatus includes a current source serially connected to the single-pair wire loop and selectively operative to provide a predetermined current signal in the loop. A plurality of zone sensing devices are arranged in a normally closed series circu...

In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for transitioning a mobile machine from a first path to a second path within a work area includes selecting from among one or more transition schemes, wherein the transitions schemes are composed of one or more interim paths between the first path and the second path. The desired transition scheme is chosen by evaluating one or more performance ...

The driverless vehicle system and method of control therefor includes a fixed camera fixedly mounted to a vehicle and a movable camera movably mounted to the vehicle. A control unit selectively inputs an image from one of the fixed camera and the movable camera, determines a trace angle based on the input image, and controls a steering angle of the vehicle based on the trace angle. The control uni...

Hard, real-time, multi-tasking system is monitored by combined hardware and software and logic to detect overrun of any task beyond a declared maximum processor cycle limit for the task. Processor execution cycles utilized by DMA or interrupt processing and not related to the task being executed are not counted. Counter hardware and control logic reduces software overhead for monitoring execution ...

A microcomputer reset apparatus including a counter for counting pulses of a pulse signal generated by a ring oscillator, and an edge detector driven by a clock signal of the microcomputer, for detecting an edge of each pulse of the pulse signal to produce a reset signal of the counter. The edge detector halts its edge detection when the clock signal is suspended so that the reset signal of the co...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new container which is easily moved with casters, can be fixed surely and strongly, is excellent in constructing property and economy and is free from damage to beauty and appearance. SOLUTION: In a space formed with a container main body 1, a ground panel part 2 and a leg panel part 3, a vertically moving caster means 7 having caster parts 8 and bolt/nut vertica...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for evaluating the creep characteristics of optical fiber jackets, enabling the creep characteristics of optical fiber jackets to be accurately evaluated. SOLUTION: The method of this invention is to measure longitudinal variation in distortion of an optical fiber 1 in a state that the optical fiber 1 is wound around the body of a bobbin 2 and then to calc...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for liquid-phase epitaxial growth capable of growing a multilayered crystal and good in uniformity of the film thickness. SOLUTION: This apparatus for liquid-phase epitaxial growth is obtained by installing an upper member 6 in which a melt reservoir 8 for storing a melt of a crystal raw material is formed and a boat 2 for growth arranged on the lower ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control valve for refrigeration cycle which has control property approximate to the optimum control line (condensation zone to supercritical zone) computed tentatively from system efficiency, and controls the degree of supercooling of a refrigerant on the side of condenser outlet, covering a wide area, and also can cope with supercritical zone, too. SOLUTION: In ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize sure contact and connection at a soldering part and eliminate faulty electrical continuity. SOLUTION: This chip-type variable resistor is provided with an insulating board 1, a resistor 2 arranged on the upper surface 1a of the insulating board 1, electrodes 3 arranged on the upper surface of the insulating board 1 connecting with both end portions of the resistor ...

Rigid foams containing urethane groups and predominantly isocyanurate groups are obtained by reaction of 1) polyisocyanates with 2) compounds containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and having a molecular weight of 400 to 10,000 in the presence of 3) organic blowing agents and 4) flameproofing agents and 5) compounds containing at least two isocyanate-reactive hydrogen atoms and...

An improved moldable low density thermoplastic composite containing hollow glass spheres comprising a blend of thermoplastic resin, glass fiber reinforcement, and a concentrate of hollow glass spheres dispersed in thermoplastic resin.

Herein disclosed is a connector for connecting slender piping members. The connector comprises: a connector body and a separate socket body. The connector body is formed axially therethrough with a stepped smaller-diameter chamber, which is expanded to lead to a communication hole formed in a connecting cylindrical wall at the leading end, and a stepped larger-diameter chamber which is positioned ...

A method and apparatus for simultaneously exposing an optical fiber 32, made of a material which has a refractive index that can be permanently changed by exposure to light of a predetermined intensity at a predetermined wavelength, to two writing light beams 268,272 which intersect and interfere in a predetermined region 30 of the fiber 32 so as to create an interference pattern along a longitudi...

A double rectification column air separation method and apparatus in which a stream of oxygen-enriched liquid air from a higher pressure rectification column is at least partially vaporized in indirect heat exchange with a stream of purified, compressed, gaseous air. The stream of purified, compressed air is condensed and a stream of the resulting vapor after having been warmed is expanded in a tu...