Example wellbore telemetry systems and methods for transmitting signals between a surface unit and a downhole tool are disclosed. One example method transmits data between a downhole location in a wellbore and a surface location associated with the wellbore by measuring downhole data via at least one downhole component and generating a data frame containing at least a portion of the downhole data....

A method provided for detecting stratification within a vehicle battery. The method includes determining whether a state of charge of the vehicle battery is greater than a predetermined state of charge threshold. A determination is made whether a working capacity of the vehicle battery is greater than a working capacity threshold. A determination is made whether a voltage differential of the vehic...

Stent exhibiting a succession of turns around the axis, adjacent turns being connected by connector portions distributed around the circumference of the prosthesis, each of the turns being made up of struts that extend the length of the turn and are interspersed by inflection zones located at the axial ends of each of the turns. When the prosthesis expands radially, gaps open up between adjacent s...

The present invention relates to a high capacity gas filter system. The metal filter of the system includes a visible indicator (20, 21) which indicates when the filter is spent. The indicator is preferably a non-reactive glass tube (18) with indicator material (20, 21) therein. The glass tube can be protected to maintain gas flow integrity in case the glass tube breaks. The filter is attachable t...

A preliminary bore (3) is formed in the electrically non-conducting material, e.g. using a laser. Electrically-conducting material (4) is introduced into the bore and is connected as an auxiliary electrode. A final bore (8) is formed along the preliminary bore, using a working electrode (6) for spark erosion. The diameter of the final bore (8) exceeds that of the preliminary bore. The electrically...

A method for manufacturing a multimaterial component or construction, whereby a multimaterial component or construction is manufactured comprising wear resistant material and elastomer material. The invention also includes use of a multimaterial component or construction manufactured with said method.

The present invention concerns a method for laser-frequency locking to a fibre resonator with induced birefringence, comprising the use of a laser external to the fibre optical resonator with induced birefringence (RisF), characterised in that the reflected radiation by the fibre optical resonator with induced birefringence (RisF) is detected by means of a polarisation analyser (AP) and is used as...

A system for approving transaction card transactions in which a card reader associated with a transaction approving authority (TAA). A source for complementary security data is linkable to the TAA can send data to the TAA, and a database linkable to the TAA keeps renewable security data of a user. A database linkable to the TAA keeps records of geographical locations of subscribed businesses. The ...

A battery system includes a plurality of sleeves modularly coupled together by members provided on an exterior surface of the sleeves. Each of the sleeves is configured to contain an electrochemical cell and comprises an inner surface. A plurality of features extend from the inner surface to define a space between the inner surface and an electrochemical cell provided within the sleeve. An end has...

The method involves receiving a photo of a part of a product (3) by an image recording device (5). The photo of the part of the product is verified in the presence of interference signatures of interference objects (11-14), where the interference objects are provided between the product and the recording device. The photo is analyzed after the verification of the interference signatures in the pre...

The device has a container for containing a cosmetic product e.g. mascara, to be applied, and an applicator including a rod and an applying unit e.g. brush, for applying the product contained in the container. A rinsing unit is arranged in the container for rinsing the applicator during withdrawal of the container, and is made of elastically deformable material. The rinsing unit has a rinsing lip ...

A driving force distribution control device for a four wheel drive vehicle having a mechanism (3) that distributes the torque of an engine (1), which is transmitted to a main drive wheel (4,5), to a secondary drive wheel (6,7) and determines a first torque (T1) to be distributed to the secondary drive wheel (6,7) on the basis of the engine torque, and corrects the determined first torque (T1) on t...

The present invention relates to a method for evaluating the SOI wafer in a method for evaluating an SOI wafer in which a sheet resistance of a buried diffusion layer of an SOI wafer that has at least an SOI layer on an insulator layer and has a buried diffusion layer whose impurity concentration is higher than other region of the SOI layer in an interface area with the insulator layer of the SOI ...

It is an object to make out a color conversion table in which, when a CMYK combination is determined, a K quantity saving process is carried out, so that it hardly causes a color difference without occurrence of a tone jump. An image processing method makes out a color conversion table for converting a plurality of input colors to output ones. The image processing method is characterized in the ...

A computed tomography imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector array (16) having detector elements (50) that are staggered in an axial direction (Z) by a selected non-zero staggering fraction (ds) of a detector spacing (dz) along the axial direction (Z). A radiation source (12) provides focal spot modulation at least between two spots (FS1, FS2) to increase a sampling rate transverse to the...

An X-ray computed tomographic apparatus wherein image data are reconstructed on the basis of a plurality of data segments which extend over a plurality of heart beats extracted from data obtained by scanning a patient with X-rays under helical scan, characterized by comprising: a selection device which is configured to select a combination in which a temporal resolution of the image data correspon...

A method of cutting material for use in an implantable medical device employs a plotted laser cutting system. The laser cutting system is computer controlled and includes a laser combined with a motion system. The laser precisely cuts segments out of source material according to a predetermined pattern as designated by the computer. The segments are used in constructing implantable medical devices...

A sealed lead-acid cell and positive plate for a sealed lead-acid cell are provided. The positive plate comprises a grid supporting structure having a layer of active material pasted thereto, the grid supporting structure comprising a lead-based alloy consisting essentially of lead, from about 0.02% to about 0.05% calcium, from about 1.5% to about 3.0% tin, and from about 0.01% to about 0.05% silv...

The utility model relates to an air refrigerant flow powder generating device which belongs to the airflow powder generating device. An air refrigerant flow inlet (6) and an air refrigerant surrounding inlet (7) are arranged under a vertical air refrigerant flow pipeline (5). An air refrigerant outlet (1), a generator (3) and a fan leaf (2) of the generator which are arranged above the air refrige...

The utility model provides a battery cover plate, comprising a cover body, an insulation piece, an electrode terminal, wherein a through hole is arranged on the cover body, the insulation piece is a part having a hole at the middle; the insulation piece passes through the through hole, and the electrode terminal is in the hole of the insulation piece, characterized in that, a temperature protectiv...