An apparatus and method for storing and playing high definition content is disclosed. This invention provides a mechanism for storing and playing back high definition content on a medium such as DVD optical disc. One aspect of the invention is that elementary streams may be multiplexed and processed in a high definition media player instead of at authoring time. Another aspect of the invention is ...

A water-proofing process for wood and wood products is provided. The process comprises treating pre-dried wood or wood product with a mixture comprising one or more drying oils and one or more high boiling point oil. The process can be carried out at positive pressures and can also be used to treat wood or wood products with temperature sensitive additives.

The invention relates to a system consisting of a pouch (1) made of a foldable material and a filling device (3) for filling the pouch. The pouch comprises a spout-like filling element (5) and the filling device comprises a conical fulling spout (2) , which spout-like filling element is configured to receive the filling spout. The filling device furthermore comprises dosing means and conveying mea...

An electronic device (500) comprises a substrate (510) and an electrical contact(520) in contact with the dielectric layer (544) and electrically coupled withat least one resistor (518), a substrate carrier (540) including an electricaltrace (542) electrically coupled to the electrical contact (520), a polymer(524) enclosing the electrical contact (520), and a substantially planar film(528) dispos...

An array printhead and an inkjet image forming device having the same. The array printhead includes a first member, a second member, and a third member. The first through third members sequentially overlap and couple to each other. The first member supplies ink of different colors to the second member and the second member separately receives the ink of different colors supplied from the first mem...

"RECIPIENTE DE FLUIDO DE IMPRESSãO". Um recipiente de fluido de impressão (120) inclui um reservatório (124) configurado para reter fluido de impressão. O reservatório (124) define um poço (206) em uma porção gravitacionalmente baixa do reservatório (124) . O recipiente de fluido de impressão (120) também inclui uma interface de fluido (158) configurada para liberavelmente receber um conector de f...

"SISTEMA DE CRIO-ABLAçãO MODULAR E MéTODO PARA EXECUTAR ABLAçãO ENDOMéTRICA". Um sistema de crio-ablação incluindo uma cânula tendo uma extremidade proximal, uma extremidade distal, e um eixo longitudinal, um balão expansível se estendendo da extremidade distal da cânula e fluidicamente conectado a uma fonte de fluido de transferência de calor por pelo menos um trajeto de fluido, uma bomba para ci...

In a multilayer coil which winds "n" wire rods ( 4 ) ("n" is an integer number of two or more) in line around a winding core ( 2 ) having a cross section of a polygonal shape. An intersection portion ( 5 ) is formed on a face where feeding of the winding core is made by feeding the wire rods by an amount of "n" wire rods during a period when the wire rods ( 4 ) are wound by one round around the wi...

An inkjet nozzle is provided. The nozzle comprises: a nozzle chamber having an ink ejection aperture defined therein; a stationary member; and an ink ejection member for ejecting ink from the aperture. The ink ejection member is moveable relative to the stationary member. Further, the ink ejection member and the stationary member are configured such that a sealing meniscus is formed therebetween. ...

Systems and methods for cooling electronic components that are rotatable about an axis are provided. The system includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and a component cooling system. The stationary portion has a bore there through. The rotatable portion is rotatably coupled to the stationary portion. The rotatable portion includes an imaging detector and an associated electronic compo...

A pressure exchanger for the transfer of pressure energy from a high pressure fluid stream to a lower pressure fluid stream wherein a generally cylindrical housing contains a rotor having a plurality of channels extending axially therethrough and a pair of end covers which slidingly and sealingly interface with respective end faces of the rotor. The end covers are supported against deformation by ...

A handle for sports equipment such as a lacrosse or hockey stick including cushioning and grip ribs. In one embodiment, the shaft of the handle defines one or more regions of reduced diameter or thickness such as, in one embodiment, a plurality of elongate longitudinal grooves extending around the periphery thereof in spaced-apart relationship. Interior cushioning ribs are defined in the region of...

This invention relates to a color coded counter mechanism for a fluid treatment filter device which indicates to the consumer when to replace the filter. It also includes a selective pawl follower in the counter mechanism for permitting the filter device to be used in countries having different standards of filtration without requiring a new counter mechanism for each country.

This invention relates generally to composite materials and to devices which may alter fluid parameters. Devices incorporating the composite materials of the invention are used to deliver, remove, and generate, fluid treatment agents, and combinations thereof. These materials and devices are applicable to many different fluid processing situations including drinking water treatment, wastewater tre...

A complementary SCR-based structure enables a tunable holding voltage for robust and versatile ESD protection. The structure are n-channel high-holding-voltage low-voltage-trigger silicon controller rectifier (N-HHLVTSCR) device and p-channel high-holding-voltage low-voltage-trigger silicon controller rectifier (P-HHLVTSCR) device. The regions of the N-HHLVTSCR and P-HHLVTSCR devices are formed du...

A semiconductor device includes an output pad and a surge absorption unit formed above a semiconductor region of a first conductivity type. The surge absorption unit includes: a semiconductor island region of a second conductivity type; a buried layer of the second conductivity type formed between a bottom of the semiconductor island region of the second conductivity type and the semiconductor reg...

An optical amplifier includes first and second optical amplifier units, a variable optical attenuator optically coupled between the first and second optical amplifier units, a first control unit to control gains of the first and second optical amplifier units based on an input of the first optical amplifier unit and an output of the second optical amplifier unit, and a second control unit to contr...

An optical head device includes a light source for emitting light; a collection optical system for collecting the light emitted by the light source to an information memory medium including tracks having prescribed grooves; a light detector having a plurality of detection areas for receiving the light reflected by the information memory medium and outputting a signal in accordance with a light amo...

Feedback timing control equipment and process for an injection seeded modular gas discharge laser. A preferred embodiment is a system capable of producing high quality pulsed laser beams at pulse rates of about 4,000 Hz or greater and at pulse energies of about 5 to 10 mJ or greater for integrated outputs of about 20 to 40 Watts or greater. The feedback timing control is programmed to permit in so...

An X-ray computed tomographic apparatus includes a gantry, a reconstructing portion, and a tube current value determining portion. The gantry acquires projection data of an arbitrary range in a body axial direction by continuously moving a tabletop on which a subject is laid down and by continuously rotating an X-ray tube about the subject. The reconstructing portion reconstructs image data from t...