A printed circuit board is made of poly(arylene sulfide) board and a conductive metal deposited on the board by electroless plating. Adhesion between the poly(arylene sulfide) and the conductive metal is improved by allowing the plated poly(arylene sulfide) to age.

Silyl-functional fumarates are formed through the reaction of a methyl ester of a maleate with a chloroalkyl or chloroaryl silane or disiloxane in the presence of an amine or phosphine catalyst. These materials are useful as adhesion promoters for polyolefins.

A method of fabricating polycrystalline silicon resistors having nearly zero or positive temperature coefficient includes the steps of depositing a layer of polycrystalline silicon, implanting the layer with silicon to make the layer substantially amorphous, introducing an impurity to dope the layer, and annealing the layer.

A flow regulator 28 for use in an implantable drug delivery system, said regulator comprising a body 40, 42 having an internal cavity divided by a movable diaphragm 44 to define a lower section 46 and an upper section 48, an inlet 50 for receiving fluid from a pressure actuated drug delivery device 10 in said system and in fluid communication with said lower section, an outlet 52 in fluid communic...

This invention provides a lead frame comprising, an inner lead section (4) which is arranged radially around the circumference of a semiconductor chip mounting region, an outer lead section (5) which extends outward from the inner lead section (4); a frame (1) which stably supports the inner and the outer lead sections (4, 5); and means (7) for linking the tips of the outer lead section (5) at pos...

Pharm. prepn. contains an encapsulated active substance (I) with 40-99%, by wt. of the total prepn., of a carbohydrate (II) and/or carbohydrated-related cpd. (III).S With the prepn. there is controlled release of (I) and any unpleasant taste that it has is masked, and the stability of (I) is increased. (I) includes a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic agents for humans and animals, esp. baca...

Non-natural demethylavermectins useful as parasiticides and process therefor.

A process for the chlorination of sucrose-6-esters to produce 6 min ,4,1 min -trichlorosucrose-6-esters which comprises the steps of: (a) adding at least seven molar equivalents of an acid chloride to a reaction mixture containing a sucrose-6-ester and a tertiary amide to form initially a chloroformiminium chloride salt which subsequently forms a complex with the hydroxyl goups of the sucrose-6-...

The present invention relates to a novel process for forming metal matrix composite bodies. Particularly, a suitable matrix metal, typically in a molten state, is in contact with a suitable filler material or preform in the presence of a suitable reactive atmosphere in an impermeable container, at least at some point during the process, which permits a reaction to occur between the reactive atmosp...

2063822 9101379 PCTABS00003 The present invention provides a method of transcriptionally modulating the expression of a gene-of-interest. The method comprises contacting a cell which is capable of expressing the gene with an amount of a molecule effective to transcriptionally modulate expression of the gene and thereby affect the level of the protein encoded by the gene which is expressed by the c...

The room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition of the invention capable of giving a cured rubber can be used advantageously as an insulating material in electric and electronic instruments without causing troubles in contact points which is unavoidable with conventional compositions. The inventive composition is formulated with (a) a diorganopolysiloxane terminated at the molecule mol...

In a motor part package, a plurality of identical solid and rigid foamed urethane enclosure members include a heavy flat base and a plurality of side-by-side and longitudinally extended recesses separated by substantial solid sidewalls with an encircling sidewall. Each recess complements one half of a stator unit or rotor unit of a hermetic fractional and integral horsepower motor such that two su...

An electric generator mounted in a turbocharger includes a rotor (4) mounted on a rotational shaft (1) of the turbocharger between turbine blades (2) and compressor blades (3) thereof. The rotor (4) comprises a single permanent magnet (4 b) fitted in an outer cylindrical sleeve (4 a) which prevents the rotor from breakage upon high-speed rotation thereof. The rotor (4) also includes a heat insulat...

A catheter attachment device comprises a first pad of medical grade adhesive having one surface covered by a removable protective layer, a second surface covered by a plastics film, and, attached to the film, a second pad of medical grade adhesive. A surface of this second pad which faces away from the first pad is covered by a removable protective layer and has a plastics film on its other surfac...

The curable organopolysiloxane composition of the invention is formulated with two kinds of crosslinking agents including an organosilane compound having 2 or 3 isopropenyloxy groups in a molecule and an organopolysiloxane having at least 2 mercapto groups in a molecule added to the base ingredient of a hydroxy-terminated diorganopolysiloxane together with a curing catalyst and a photosensitizer. ...

This invention provides a bulky nonwoven fabric comprising a base cloth layer (1) made of thermoplastic fiber-like filaments and having densely distributed holes (1a) and a large number of cylindrical projections (2), each projection (2) standing from the peripheral edge of one of the holes (1a) and made of thermoplastic fiber-like filaments the height (h) of the projection (2) being at least twic...

The invention provides a method for imparting releasability to the surface of a plastic film or paper by coating the surface with an organopolysiloxane composition followed by curing, in which the curing is complete by heating at a relatively low temperature and the cured surface film of the composition is very stable and free from the problem of transfer to another body in contact therewith. The ...

A push to install, quarter turn to release fastening system includes a fastener having a plurality of radially extending cone-shaped projections spaced along a shank and a pair of diametrically opposed ribs extending along the shank forming smooth surfaces outside the periphery of the cone-shaped projections. The receptacle includes a split cylinder forming a pair of spring latches that are displ...

A diagnostic assay module for analytical procedures in which an optical signal developed by interaction between a component in a sample fluid, such as an analyte in a biological fluid, and one or more reagents in a resilient assay element is read by optical means. The module includes a first member having one open side and a second member adapted to close the open side of the first member against ...

The generator has a parallel bank of power modules (4-1..4-n) which are mounted on a power adder. A memory (2) has its data outputs coupled to the control inputs of the power modules. The memory is addressed by an address generator which is programmed so that each address provided corresponds to control signals for the power modules. The memory contains a number of code words for each address and...