"CéLULA DE CHUMBO áCIDO SELADA, PLACA POSITIVA E BATERIA DE CHUMBO áCIDO". Uma célula de chumbo ácido selada (20) e uma placa positiva (10) são fornecidos para uma bateria de chumbo ácido selada. A placa positiva (10) compreende uma estrutura de suporte em forma de grade (14) tendo ainda uma camada de material ativo (14) pastoso, a estrutura de suporte em forma de grade (14) compreendendo uma base...

A method and an apparatus for determining the position of a mining machine as its wheels skid with respect to the underlying surface. In the method, at least one detector detecting the operation of transmission detects skidding of at least one wheel with respect to the underlying surface, whereupon determination of the position by means of the rotation of the wheels and the direction of travel is ...

A belt for supporting strips of deformable material includes a flexible central band. One or more strips are placed onto the band. Variable-configuration air chambers are arranged along edges of the band. The air chambers, when inflated, may have upper and lower surfaces that are substantially flat and substantially parallel to the band. An apparatus for using the belt includes a storage coil, a t...

An extended text wrap label includes a base ply and at least one top ply. The base ply has a first lengthwise dimension, a first widthwise dimension, a top surface that is capable of bearing graphic images, and a bottom surface that is capable of bearing graphic images and capable of being adhesively coupled to an object to be labeled. The at least one top ply has a second lengthwise dimension, a ...

A powder composition for warm compaction comprising an iron-based powder and a lubricant powder consisting essentially of an amide described by the following formula D-Cm-B-A-B-Cm-D wherein D is -H, COR, CNHR, wherein R is a straight or branched aliphatic or aromatic group including 2-21 C atoms; C is the group -NH (CH)n CO-; B is amino or carbonyl; A is alkylene having 4-16 C atoms optionally inc...

A barrier rib for an EL display element. The rib is formed from the radiation sensitive resin composition containing (A) an alkali soluble resin, (B) a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and (C) a radiation sensitive polymerization initiator.

An ester polyurethane foam is prepared by reacting a mixture of one or more polyester polyols with one or more isocyanates and one or more silicone surfactants in the presence of a blowing agent, such as water, and other additives, such as catalysts. The cured foam is chemically treated in a caustic solution to form a hydrophilic ester polyurethane foam having a water absorption rate of at least 2...

A card connector assembly having a slot for inserting a card that has raised portions and a connector that receives the card that is inserted into the slot. An anti-dust shutter that pivots into an interior of the slot when the card is inserted. The anti-dust shutter having an interference avoiding means in the form of a cut-out or a projection that enables the card to be withdrawn from the slot w...

A sensor (32) and method is provided for measuring one or more select components of a material (18). The method measures the components by emitting electromagnetic radiation (42) at the material (1 8) and detecting the intensity of the emerging radiation at the material at separate locations (36; 37) from the source (38 ). The sensor (32) provides a radiation source (38) for emitting radiation (42...

An anti-noise gear wheel against which at least one vibration damping mass made from a heat-resistant and oil-resistant material is coupled in order to de-tune its vibration behavior. In order to produce an anti-noise gear wheel which is simple to assemble and whose anti-vibration mass can be mounted in the gear assembly area using standard means, the anti-vibration mass is applied against the gea...

A parking brake actuation assembly is provided including an electric motor and a first rotatable member operatively connected to the electric motor so as to enable the motor to rotate the first rotatable member in a brake applying rotational direction. The first rotatable member normally is prevented against rotation in a brake releasing rotational direction. A second rotatable member is rotatable...

A vehicle brakes traction control system and method of operation, for a vehicle having a drive axle with a differential operable between wheels at the two ends of the axle, and brakes for each respective wheel operable by a brake controller. The traction control system includes wheel speed sensors sensing the rotational speed of the wheels, an engine torque demand sensor and an engine torque outpu...

A vehicle driveline assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a differential assembly adapted to transfer torque proportionally between first and second axle half-shafts. An over-running clutch is adapted to selectively lock the differential assembly thereby effectively rotationally locking the axle half shafts to one another. The differential has three modes of operation; an open mode, wherein ...

Differential gears which obtain adequate differential motion limiting action under heavy loading, and switch between a differential motion condition and a differential motion limiting condition, inside a differential case are provided a pair of left and right pressure rings, which move freely in the direction of the wheel axles but are incapable of relative turning, the inner diameter being larger...

An electrosurgical device is provided having at least one elastomeric seal capable of providing bio-contamination and dielectric protection by inhibiting the ingress of fluids and contaminants through the nose and actuator areas. The elastomeric seal is manufactured from a thermoplastic elastomer or resin which while in liquid form is placed within a mold. A housing section having the main circuit...

A method for the preparation of starch particles in a two-phase system comprises at least the following steps: a) a preparation of a first phase comprising a dispersion of starch in water; b) preparation of a dispersion or emulsion of the first phase in a second liquid phase, with the proviso that the second phase is not water; c) cross-linking of the starch present in the first phase; d) separati...

A process for treating liquids containing organic compounds and water. The process includes a pervaporation step in conjunction with a dephlegmation step to treat at least a portion of the permeate vapor from the pervaporation step. The process yields a membrane residue stream, a stream enriched in the more volatile component (usually the organic) as the overhead stream from the dephlegmator and a...

The method of this invention for raising the stick temperature of pellets of ethylene-based copolymers with an acid content at least 5 weight percent has the steps of contacting the pellets with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble metal salt of an aliphatic acid having fewer than 12 carbon atoms, and drying the pellets. The resulting ethylene-based copolymers have a stick temperature of above 2...

The invention concerns a film comprising ethylene copolymers and an unsaturated epoxide and comprising quinones grafted on said copolymers. The invention also concerns a structure comprising at least an oxygen-barrier film and at least said oxygen-absorber film. The invention further concerns a packaging element comprising said structure wherein, starting from inside and moving outwards, there is ...

An exposure mask has a phase mask and a phase-shifting dummy structure. The exposure mask can be repaired with regard to defects in the dummy structure. For that purpose, repair structures are applied on the exposure mask substrate material which have a lower phase shift compared to the dummy structures. The repair structure is preferably produced from carbon, the carbon being applied in a suitabl...