The invention pertains to a method for lowering the ablation threshold of a laser-ablated material by having on a surface of the laser-ablated material a structuring which reduces the reflection of a laser beam. The ablation threshold can be further lowered by heating the material as well as by chemically modifying the material or its surface, even slightly. The invention facilitates industrial im...

The present invention is intended as a method for producing an electromagnetic transducer of variable reluctance type, where the transducer's seismic mass side and load side are mounted together in a first step while the inner and/or outer air gaps are supplied with shims in order to create balanced air gaps in an axial direction between the bobbin core's arms and the inner and outer yokes, whereu...

A method and apparatus are disclosed for generating an m--degree algebraic equation representative of an object, in a n--dimension space using a received image data stream representative of the object and further wherein a plurality of control points are associated on the received image data stream according to a desired m-degree form and further wherein the algebraic equation is generated using a...

The inventive limited perimeter vector Matching fault localization method and system is launched when alarming sinks are identified. Each alarming sink broadcasts its node ID and path length, and all nodes compare their paths to identify an executive sink, which creates an Affected Link Vector consisting of the links in its lightpath, for multicast within a limited perimeter thereabout, the perime...

A combination variable MRI diagnostic imaging with medical therapy, assisted , if necessary, by a robotic operating treatment system.

Apparatus (1) for reducing dust emissions from particulate commodities durin g discharge from an outlet (5); including a curved duct (4) having an inlet (3) and said outl et (5), and delivery means (2) arranged to deliver particulate commodities to the inlet (3) at or above a predetermined delivery velocity, the curvature of said duct (4) being determined in combination with said delivery velocity...

Mobile device usage may be monitored and restricted by pushing enabling/disabling events from an administrator the device. The events impose a certain set of rules that c an "lock" certain features provided by the device, according to permissions and pre-establishe d policies, for a certain period of time. Such restricted periods may coincide with meetings o r other events in which distractions sh...

The invention is related to a system for removal of moisture and contaminant s from recirculated flue gas which is used for combustion in fossil fuel power plants The system includes a spray tower having an inlet at one end of the housing and an outlet at an opposite end of the housing for channeling the flue gas into an d out of the housing. Sprayers are located in the housing for spraying the fl...

An integrated two-pole switch (1), provided with a socket (2) which supports two pairs of fixed contacts (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b) and is associated with a containment body (6) for a movable connection device actuated by an actuation button (7); the perimetric portion (2a) of the socket (2) has two elongated portions (8a, 8b) which are substantially straight and mutually parallel and are associated with sa...

This is a protective device for the head, comprising sectors which overlap each other following rotation around several hinges. Possible uses of the helmet according to the invention include the building site and fireman accident-prevention sector, the sports sector, such as a helmet for baseball players, rock-climbers, safari hunters, skiers and for snow and ice sports, for cyclists, polo-players...

In the electro-medical field, the problem represented by the pressure detection deviations suffered by the manometric technology with respect to the real pressure values expressed by the intra-arterial catheter is well-known. The oscillometric technology, now prevailing, receives from the artery, by means of a pressure transducer, indirect information mediated by the interposition of the air-chamb...

A hydraulic motor (1) with axial pistons, comprising a casing (2) for containing a motor shaft (4) and a plurality of pistons (5) which are substantially parallel to the motor shaft and act on a swash plate (6) which is mounted around the motor shaft (4) so as to oscillate between a maximum- displacement configuration and a minimum-displacement configuration, at least one first duct (8) and one se...