A method and apparatus for acquiring data representing formation parameters while drilling a wellbore is disclosed. A well is drilled with a drill string havi ng a drill collar that is located above a drill bit. The drill collar includes a sonde section having transmitter/receiver electronics for transmitting a controlling signal having a frequency F and receiving data signals at a frequency 2F. T...

A structure for a multilayer electrode. Specifically, in one embodiment, a multilayer electrode for a flat panel display device is disclosed. The multilayer electrode comprises a metal alloy layer and a protective layer. The metal alloy layer includes neodymium having a concentration of between greater than three atomic percent and six atomic percent. The protective layer is disposed above the met...

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) structure, and corresponding method of making same are provided. Each OLED pixel includes a first electrode layer on a substrate, a second electrode layer on a substrate, and an organic emission layer disposed between the first and second electrode layers so as to emit visible light when a suitable potential is applied thereto by the electrodes. In accordance...

A road recognition apparatus estimates road parameters of a road model equation by processing a forward road image of a vehicle. A processor sets a series of windows along a road white line (or lane marker) on the forward road image, and calculates a candidate straight line segment likely to be a white line in each window. The processor further checks an accuracy in position of a candidate white l...

A system for tele-operating a robot in an environment includes a user interface for controlling the tele-operation of the robot, an imaging device associated with the robot for providing image information representative of the environment around the robot, means for transmitting the image information to the user interface, means for converting the image information to a user-perceptible image at t...

A method of making tungsten carbide and a method of making a densified tungsten carbide-containing ceramic body with a transverse rupture strength greater than 300,000 psi are disclosed.

A metal layer A constituting the stripe-shaped cathode electrode is formed on the surface of the organic electroluminescence layer 13, a peeling film B is stuck to the surface of the metal layer A through such an adhesive C as to reduce adhesion to the metal layer by the irradiation of ultraviolet light, and a pattern according to the stripe-shaped cathode electrodes 14 is baked onto the peeling f...

The invention provides a reaction product derived from an epoxy-functional acrylic monomer and an alkylaminoalkylene polyalkoxysilane or from a reaction product derived from acrylic acid and an epoxidized polyalkoxysilane.

Certain multi-substituted dibenzylidene sorbitol acetals having electron withdrawing groups as constituents and electron donating groups on the other such that the compounds are asymmetric in structure and are dipolar in nature are provided. Polymer compositions comprising such compounds, are also contemplated which may be utilized within, as merely examples, food or cosmetic containers and packag...

"MéTODO E APARELHO PARA MONTAGEM DE CORREIA DE BANDA DE RODAGEM". Trata-se de um método para construir e transferir uma banda de rodagem 12 ou uma montagem de reforço de correia de banda de rodagem 14 sobre um tambor de construção 10. As etapas incluem aplicar pelo menos um componente de banda de rodagem não-curado 12, 14 sobre um tambor de construção radialmente desmontável 10, inserir pelo menos...

"MéTODO PARA FABRICAR PNEUS EM UM SISTEMA FLEXìVEL DE FABRICAçãO". Trata-se de um método de produzir simultaneamente séries de produção de pneus 200 sobre um sistema de fabricação de pneu seq³encial de multi-estação 10, sendo que os pneus 200 são de um grupo de tipos de pneu de especificações de construção diferentes em tamanhos de lote de um ou mais pneus. As etapas incluem: programar a série de ...

"ESTRUTURA DE TUBO CENTRAL MOLDADO DE PLáSTICO". A presente invenção refere-se a um filtro para um sistema fluido que inclui um alojamento, apresentando uma cavidade interna. Um meio de filtração fica disposto no alojamento e definindo uma abertura central. Uma estrutura de tubo central fica disposta no interior da abertura central e inclui discos, os quais podem ser empilhados uns sobre os outros...

A cellulose ester film and its manufacturing method are disclosed, the cellulose ester film comprising a compound represented by the following formula (1) in an amount of from 1 to 30% by weight,wherein Y represents an ester bond or a divalent organic group containing an ester bond, RTA and Rd independently represent a substituent, and m and n independently represent an integer of 0 to 5, provided...

A coextruded multilayer film, having of at least a high crystalline propylene homopolymer resin layer of isotactic content greater than about 95%; a discharge-treated surface on one side of said polyolefin resin layer; an amount of hydrocarbon resin up to 10% by weight of the high crystalline propylene homopolymer of greater than about 95% isotactic content; and on the high crystalline propylene h...

The object of this invention is to provide a heat resistant fabric having high stiffness at high temperature and also high chemicals resistance.The heat resistant fabric of this invention is a fabric consisting of heat resistant fibers, characterized in that the contacts between the fibers constituting the fabric are bound by means of an inorganic binder. Furthermore, a preferable process for prep...

An ethylenic copolymer composition including an ethylenic copolymer having Mw/Mn of 1.5 to 4, Mw of 3,000 to 1,000,000, and a resin density of 0.85 to 0.95 g/cm<3>. The relationship between the half width at the half maximum [W/2] of the Gaussian distribution curve, and the average, n, of short-chain branches in the copolymer satisfies the equation,The ethylenic copolymer composition also includes...

The present invention provides a cyclic olefin addition copolymer which has a reactive silyl group having a specific structure, excels in optical transparency, heat resistance, and adhesion, and is capable of producing a crosslinked product having improved dimensional stability, solvent resistance, and chemical resistance. The present invention also provides a process for producing the cyclic olef...

The present invention provides an ambient temperature curable coating and coated articles therefrom in a rubbery, high elongation, weatherable coating composition which can be applied to flexible elastomeric substrates for a variety of purposes. Depending on the film forming polymer used in the composition, it may be used to provide resistance to ozone, oils and solvents, or the coating may be app...

The POS system has at least one POS terminal (101) and a store controller (121) connected to the POS terminal. The POS terminal has a program storage device (107), a program updating device (106), a program executing device (106), a goods information storage device (107) and a goods information updating device (106). The program storage device and the goods information storage device serve to stor...

An encoder-equipped seal mounted on a wheel bearing unit on an automotive vehicle includes an elastic element and a reinforcing ring for sealing said wheel bearing unit and for detecting the number of revolutions of the wheel. The encoder-equipped seal further includes a first ring element and a second ring element, wherein the first ring element includes a first reinforcing ring, a first flanged ...