A compact case that can be manually carried or carried in another case, for example a brief case, is designed to protect fragile, delicate objects such as laptop computers contained in the case from side impacts of bumping or from dropping the case without appreciably detracting from the compact size of the computer carried in the case.

A rod material made of Ti alloy has a larger diameter portion at the end, which is joined with the end of material made of Ti-Al intermetallic compound, by friction welding, to form a poppet valve for an internal combustion engine. Instead of providing such larger diameter portion, the end of the material made of Ti-Al intermetallic compound may be heated to facilitate joining.

An attachable lighting system for an outdoor umbrella includes at least an illuminating arrangement which includes at least an illuminating unit for illumination, an illuminating unit supporter which has an guiding surface formed on a bottom portion thereof and is securely connected to the awning frame, an illuminating unit adaptor, and a power supply device. The illuminating unit adaptor has a ho...

A method of sterile needless vial access, utilized to transfer materials from one unit to another. The method utilizes a swab-able access port and a blunt cannula. The access port receives the blunt cannula to couple and aseptically transfer medical and body fluids. The swab-able access port permits disinfectant treatment before receipt of the blunt cannula to limit and prevent contamination of st...

A surgical system that applies electrical energy to obtain predetermined surgical effects while improving the control of the application of the energy that is supplied by electrosurgical generators. In one embodiment, a surgical assembly interfaces with and receives power from an electrosurgical generator for executing a first electrosurgical procedure. This surgical assembly may employ a shunt ci...

A catheter for applying ablation energy to biological tissue having biological fluid flowing thereby includes a shaft having a distal-end region defining a tissue-contacting surface and a fluid-contacting surface. A plurality of band electrodes are positioned at the distal-end region of the shaft. A thermally conductive and non-electrically conductive surface covering, covers a portion of each of ...

A Home Network telephone system and method are provided for backing up user data. The system comprises at least one endpoint to transceive telephone communications. The endpoints can be devices such as telephones or fax machines, for example. The system also comprises a gateway to service and transceive telephone communication with the endpoints. The gateway has a memory to store a copy of user da...

A navigation system for navigating an autonomous vehicle along a path that is confined by walls that are within range of on-board sensors is described. The system determines the relative location and orientation of the walls with respect to the vehicle. The system controls the steering angle and the ground speed of the vehicle by employing: (a) range data to establish free space in front of vehicl...

Methods and systems for monitoring semiconductor fabrication processes are provided. A system may include a stage configured to support a specimen and coupled to a measurement device. The measurement device may include an illumination system and a detection system. The illumination system and the detection system may be configured such that the system may be configured to determine multiple proper...

Il est proposé une bande de roulement pour un pneumatique comportant, sur au moins une partie latérale et radialement à l'intérieur de la surface de roulement (38) de ladite bande, une pluralité de cavités (36, 39) orientées quasiment transversalement et débouchant sur au moins un des bords de la bande, lesdites cavités étant destinées à former des rainures et des incisions débouchant radialemen t...

"PRODUTOS DE ALTA DENSIDADE E MéTODO PARA A PREPARAçãO DOS MESMOS". A presente invenção refere-se a um método para a preparação de produtos PM pela compactação em alta velocidade dos pós de ferro ou baseados em ferro tendo partículas de pó irregulares.; The present invention concerns a method of preparing PM products by high velocity compaction of iron or iron-based powers having irregular powder ...

"MéTODO APLICADO NO GERENCIAMENTO DO SETOR DE TURISMO CORPORATIVO". Método este que particularmente se destina a auxiliar empresas de turismo e equivalentes na redução de custos processuais como controle de passagens áreas e respectivos acordos com as cias. aéreas, adiantamentos, solicitações e aprovações de viagens, revisão da política de viagens, reembolsos e custos relacionados, e revisão/ cria...

A novel microorganism producing a nontoxic, non-antigenic exopolysaccharide is taught. The exopolysaccharide has neutral sugars migrating at the same rate as mannose, fucose, fructose and galactose, acidic sugars migrating at the same rate as fucose and amine sugars migrating at the same rate as glucose and fucose, and wherein the ratio of galactose:fucose:glucose:mannose is about 1:2:3:6. The mic...

The present invention provides a gas discharge panel on which color images are accurately displayed and which is easy to manufacture. The first and the second substrates face each other across an interval, forming a discharge space in between, which is filled with a discharge gas. Pairs of electrodes for sustaining discharge are provided on at least one of the two substrates, and phosphor layers a...

A differential assembly for a motor vehicle comprises a differential case rotatably supported in an axle housing, opposite output shafts drivingly connected to the differential case, a friction clutch pack for controlling the differential action, and a hydraulic clutch actuator for selectively fictionally loading the clutch pack. The hydraulic clutch actuator includes a variable pressure relief va...

A simplified differential assembly includes a single-piece open-ended hollow differential case and a free-floating differential gear mechanism mounted therewithin. The differential case is provided with a plurality of axial grooves formed on an inner peripheral surface of the differential case and extending between opposite open ends thereof. The differential gear mechanism includes a pinion shaft...

A back strengthening apparatus having first and second horizontal base members attached perpendicularly to one another, a support member for supporting a user's lower trunk area and means for securing the support member in vertical position above the horizontal base members, and a planar support plate adjoining the securing means. The support member includes at least one indentation for positionin...

A method for the reduction in healing time for a wound on the skin of a mammalian patient. The method comprises the steps of providing an optical radiation apparatus with a handpiece communicating therewith, energyzing the optical radiation apparatus to provide a beam of light, and directing the light beam onto a wound or surgical site of a patient. The beam has a wavelength range of about 530 nm ...

Thermoplastic composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a phosphorescent pigment with a aluminate matrix expressed by M-Al in which M is at least one metal element selected from calcium, strontium and barium and Al represents an aluminate group, wherein the pigment has been coated with a silicone oil.Objects formed by injection molding of the thermoplastic resin compositions. The compositio...

The present invention is directed to the use of a polymer coating composition having a dispersant, microbeads and a high Tg polymer with a Tg of greater than -10° C. for the inner coating on natural and synthetic rubber articles, particularly for latex gloves. The coating for rubber articles, provides an inner surface coating that reduces friction between the latex and the hand to allow convenient...