A device for anchoring a crucial ligament transplant in the knee joint parts, characterised by - a generally cylindrical sleeve of metallic, bio-compatible material, with at least two axis-parallel slots which are distanced in the circumferential direction and which extend from one end over a larger length of the sleeve, with a roughening; of a sleeve section in the region of the slots, with a hea...

This invention concerns a method for gasifying biofuel (15) in a fluidized bed reactor, where a circulation (3, 4, 6) is maintained that contains fluidized particles and is led through the reactor (1). The invention is characterized in that the gasifying is accomplished at a temperature that is higher than the melting point or sintering point temperature of the ashes produced from the fuel, and th...

The present invention relates generally to networks of computer systems, and more specifically, to a method and system of distributed operating system over a network of computer systems. Existing distrbuted operating systems have performance limits due to multiple layers, distinctions between client and server abilities, and inflexible architectures. The invention presents a system and method of d...

The present invention relates generally to computer operating systems, and more specifically, to operating system calls in a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) environment. Existing SMP strategies either use a single lock or multiple locks to limit access to critical areas of the operating system to one thread at a time. These strategies suffer from a number of performance problems including slow exe...

The present invention provides a teleservice management system adapted to manage a plurality of complex teleservices. The teleservice management system provides a user with a graphical interface which enables the user to provide data on a required QoS and other parameters, relating to a teleservice which the user wishes to invoke. A dialogue with a user, conducted via said graphical interface, emp...

The present invention provides a teleservice management system adapted to manage a plurality of complex teleservices. The teleservice management system provides a user with a graphical interface which enables the user to provide data on a required QoS and other parameters, relating to a teleservice which the user wishes to invoke. A dialogue with a user, conducted via said graphical interface, emp...

A battery case comprising a pair of case members joined together along a sea m to form a housing. Each case member includes a pair of sidewalls adapted to define a base surface on which the case rests so as to permit a plurality of resting orientations of the battery case. The seam is positioned above the lowermost base surface of the casing to contain any leaked battery acid regardless of case or...

A battery case comprising a pair of case members joined together along a sea m to form a housing. Each case member includes a pair of sidewalls adapted to define a base surface on which the case rests so as to permit a plurality of resting orientations of the battery case. The seam is positioned above the lowermost base surface of the casing to contain any leaked battery acid regardless of case or...

An arrangement for anchoring a roof of a building so that it can resist wind forces captures each roof truss, or other roof framing member, under a wire rope passed through a sequence of eyebolts protruding above a top plate of one of the walls of . Each of the eyes is the upper portion of one of a plurality of rod assemblies, each of which is connected to a respective one of a plurality of anchor...

An air conditioner is provided of the type having an indoor section, which includes a housing, evaporator coil and an indoor grille adapted to be mounted to the housing in spaced relation to the evaporator coil. The grille includes a front wall having a return opening therein to admit return air to be conditioned into the evaporator coil. The front wall also has an elongated opening adjacent to an...

A front grille for the indoor section of an air conditioning unit includes a substantially planar front section, which has air inlet louvers and an air outlet opening formed therein. The front section also includes an opening configured to provide access to the air conditioning unit's control box when the grille is mounted on the indoor unit. The control box access opening is substantially rectang...

An air conditioning unit is provided which includes an outdoor section, which has a condenser coil mounted therein and an outer protective housing partially enclosing the outdoor section. The housing has a substantially rectangular opening therein in overlying relation with the condenser coil. The opening is defined by at least two spaced parallel coplanar wall sections, each of which has a predet...

A control box for an air conditioning unit, which is configured to contain control components and a capacitor. The control box includes a housing having an inverted L-shape, which defines a substantially vertical section and a substantially horizontal section. The horizontal section has an open front defined by peripherally extending edges. One or more of the edges are provided with attachment str...

An improved room air conditioner of the type having an indoor section and an outdoor section, which are supported by a basepan and which are separated by a partition. The indoor section includes an indoor fan and an evaporator coil and the outdoor section includes a condenser coil, an outdoor fan and a compressor. The air conditioner is made from two subassemblies, the first subassembly includes a...

It is shown a method and an apparatus for determining a temperature of a battery pack connected via a single communication line to an electric device. The battery pack and electric device both include control and signaling units capable of exchanging digital signal sequences. The batter pack includes an impedance unit having a temperature dependent impedance value. Signaling between the battery pa...

It is shown a method and an apparatus for determining a temperature of a battery pack connected via a single communication line to an electric device. The battery pack and electric device both include control and signaling units capable of exchanging digital signal sequences. The batter pack includes an impedance unit having a temperature dependent impedance value. Signaling between the battery pa...

A battery case comprising a pair of case members joined together along a seam to form a housing. Each case member includes a pair of sidewalls adapted to define a base surface on which the case rests so as to permit a plurality of resting orientations of the battery case. The seam is positioned above the lowermost base surface of the casing to contain any leaked battery acid regardless of case ori...

A hula hoop includes a hoop body inside which a control circuit is arranged. The control circuit has a processor having the functions of turns counting and timing so that the number of rotation turns of the hula hoop and the time period of playing the hula hoop may be calculated and stored in a memory. Output devices, including visual display and audio sound generator, are provided to display the ...

Liquid is held inside an inner bag (1) of liquid-impermeable material provided with refilling and discharge valves (2), and surrounded by an outer bag (3) and an outer box (6) made from e.g. cardboard. A shock damping layer (4) in the outer box is positioned beneath the inner bag. The container is mounted on top of a pallet (7) designed to absorb the initial impact and break up as the container hi...