Abstract: A light guide plate, a backlight module and a liquid crystal display are provided. The light guide plate has a first surface at least having one first structure and one second structure formed thereon. The first structure and the second structure are adjacent arranged and are mirror reflection with each other. Each of the first structure and the second structure has a first protrusion having a cross section of eccentric triangle.

Abstract: A container for receiving coins and/or documents of value having a container housing with at least one feed opening, a sealing element which is movable between a sealing position to block the feed opening and an open position in which the feed opening is opened to allow the feeding of coins or documents of value, and a biasing element which biases the sealing element in the direction of the sealing position in the open position. The container also includes an actuating opening that receives an actuating element to move the sealing element out of the sealing position into the open position, a catch device which has a catch element, and a closing device that enables the catch device to be displaced out of the catch state into the ready state.

Abstract: A window image projection screen includes a transparent case, including a transparent front element and a transparent rear element. A thin inner space formed between the front and rear elements is filled with fine water drops produced by ultrasonic vibration of water in a reservoir to selectively crease a screen for a projected image.

Abstract: A pressure control valve is provided with a valve main body (10) having a valve chamber (15) with a valve seat portion (14), a refrigerant inflow port (11) and a refrigerant outflow port (12), and a pressure response element (30) having a diaphragm (20) defining an upper surface of a valve chamber (15) and driving a valve body (17) and a lid-like member (35) defining a sealed pressure chamber (25) together with the diaphragm (20) and having a concave portion (36), an inert gas having a thermal expansion coefficient not more than a predetermined value is enclosed within said sealed pressure chamber (25), and an internal volume of the sealed pressure chamber is set such that the valve body (17) comes to a full-open state when that the pressure of the valve chamber (18) becomes a predetermined pressure or more higher than the pressure at which said valve body starts opening.

Abstract: A method of making a planar coil is disclosed in the present invention. First, a substrate having a trench is provided. Then, a barrier and a seed layer are formed on the substrate in sequence. An isolative layer is used for guiding a conductive material to flow into a lower portion of the trench such that accumulation of the conductive material at opening of the trench is prevented before the lower portion of the trench is completely filled up, thereby avoiding gap formation in the trench.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring volume- or mass-flow of a medium in a pipeline. The apparatus includes: a measuring tube, through which medium flows in the direction of the measuring tube axis, wherein the measuring tube has, in stream direction of the medium, a first end region and a second end region; a magnet system, which a produces a magnetic field passing through the measuring tube essentially transversely to the measuring tube axis; at least one measuring electrode coupled with the medium and arranged in a region of the measuring tube lying essentially perpendicular to the magnetic field; and a control/evaluation unit, which delivers information concerning volume- or mass-flow of the medium in the measuring tube on the basis of a measurement voltage induced in the at least one measuring electrode. In order to keep costs for the magneto-inductive flow measuring device low, the measuring tube is embodied as one-piece and the first end region and the second end region of the measuring tube are flared.

Abstract: A storage method for a gamma value look-up table comprises storing gamma values corresponding to grays exceeding or equaling a 33rd gray in the gamma value look-up table, and calculating gamma values corresponding to a 1st gray to a 32nd gray by a formula.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of general formula (I) as ligands to the melanocortin receptors and/or for treatment of disorders in the melanocortin system: wherein X is H or OH; R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are the same or different and are selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, electron donor groups such as alkoxy having 1-5 carbon atoms or hydroxy, electron acceptor groups selected from cyano, nitro, trifluoroalkyl or amide; alkylamino, benzoyloxy, nitroxy, phenyl or sulpho; and the pharmacologically active salts thereof.

Abstract: Free standing articles or articles at least partially coated with substantially porosity free, fine-grained and/or amorphous Co-bearing metallic materials optionally containing solid particulates dispersed therein, are disclosed. The electrodeposited metallic layers and/or patches comprising Co provide, enhance or restore strength, wear and/or lubricity of substrates without reducing the fatigue performance. The fine-grained and/or amorphous metallic coatings comprising Co are particularly suited for articles exposed to thermal cycling, fatigue and other stresses and/or in applications requiring anti-microbial properties.

Abstract: A process automation system for determining, monitoring and/or influencing different process variables and/or state variables in at least one manufacturing or analytical process. Included is: at least one control station; and a plurality of field devices; wherein in each field device at least one sensor is provided for ascertaining a measured value of a process variable and/or state variable and/or an actuator is provided for influencing a process variable and/or state variable by means of an actuating value. Each field device makes available its cyclically or acyclically ascertained, measuring-device-specific, measured values and/or actuating values of the process variable and/or state variable to every other field device of the process automation system as information, and the current information of all ascertained measured values and/or actuating values of the process variables and/or state variables is available to each field device as a current process-state-vector.

Abstract: A liner is arranged for use in prosthetic and orthopedic devices. The liner defines first and second end portions, and inner and outer surfaces. The liner includes an inner layer having a frictional component and forms at least part of the periphery of the inner liner surface. The inner layer defines a plurality of apertures. A porous element is in communication with the inner liner surface and is connected to the inner layer such that the apertures permit a transfer of air from the inner surface to the porous element. A base layer adjoins the porous element and extends between the first and second end portions of the liner.

Abstract: The invention provides a new class of photoconductive materials and devices, and methods for obtaining high internal photoconductive gain. The devices include a semiconductor or material with an electronic band gap provided in a confined geometry and which exhibits multi-exciton generation (MEG) when illuminated with photons with energies above the threshold for MEG. Due to carrier-carrier Coulombic interactions, multi-excitons within the confined material efficiently recombine via Auger recombination, in which a carrier from one exciton is excited to a higher energy level relative to the band edge. Carriers excited by Auger recombination are subsequently trapped by trap states that capture carriers excited high above the band edge more efficiently than carriers near the band edge. Carriers trapped by the trap states allow for the collection and recirculation of untrapped carriers of opposite charge when used as a photoconductive device, producing high internal photoconductive gain.

Abstract: The invention provides an epoxy nanocomposite material for dental therapy, which can be applied to direct or indirect clinical restoration, dental core-post system, and dental brace etc. The epoxy nanocomposite filling material provided by the invention can be polymerized with various curing agents to form the polymer with low shrinkage.

Abstract: A surface light source structure having a circuit board, a first light emitting diode (LED) array, and a second LED array is provided. The first and second LED arrays are assembled on the circuit board. Each LED rows of the two LED arrays has a plurality of LED units connected in series. The LED rows of the first LED array are connected in parallel. The LED rows of the second LED array are connected in parallel. The LED rows of the second LED array are intersected between the LED rows of the first LED array. Positive-to-negative directions of the LED units of the first and second LED array are arranged in opposite directions.

Abstract: A de-interlacing system includes a motion adaptive de-interlacer, a horizontal motion estimation device, a horizontal motion compensation device, a vertical motion detection device, a multiplexer, and a film signal detector. The film signal detector receives an input signal and decides whether the input signal is a video stream or a film stream to thereby select an output from the motion adaptive de-interlacer or the horizontal motion estimation and compensation device. Thus, a de-interlacing output has stable and smooth edges when a video stream is inputted, and the motion judder phenomenon is reduced when a film stream is inputted.

Abstract: An electrode anchoring structure in a crystal-growing furnace includes at least one graphite electrode pillar, at least one metal electrode pillar, at least one anchoring base, and at least one locking nut, wherein the graphite electrode pillar is engaged with a nut base of the metal electrode pillar, and the at least one metal electrode pillar is, through the anchoring base, is secured to furnace wall. Therefore, the at least one graphite electrode pillar acts both as weight support and electrical-conducting electrode. Since the flange welded on furnace wall has a greater area exposed to the atmosphere, a desirable cooling effect can be achieved, and temperature drop can be expedited if water spray is performed. The anchoring base is provided with a resilient washer, such that a resilient force can be employed to adjust loading of each graphite electrode pillar in an axial direction.

Abstract: A projection assembly is arranged to be added onto or built into at least one LED-unit or other light-unit of an illuminated object that has more than one LED or other light source to cause the object to be illuminated and show the object's design or appearance while also offering illumination to people. The illuminated object may include all kinds of seasonal lighting, regular light fixtures, track lights, desktop lights, and battery operated lights having more than one light-unit or LED-unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses that the auxiliary electric conductor is additionally installed between the positive or negative electrode plates being installed at the edge inside the individual electrode cell having electrode plates and the electrode cell casing, and the insulator is further installed between the electrode plate and the auxiliary electric conductor thereby favoring currents of the current collecting terminals at multiple end sides of the electrode plates of the same polarity to be collected to the single end side current collecting terminal structure being used as the input/output interface terminal.

Abstract: A field device for data- and parameter-processing in a decentralized automation system, wherein other connected fieldbus components of the decentralized automation system communicate with one another via a fieldbus connected to the field device, and wherein a unified automation system is formed from a plurality of encapsulated function blocks, which run decentralized in the individual fieldbus components of the fieldbus and communicate with one another. An object of the invention, therefore, is to provide a function block for field devices of process automation technology, which enables a simple, controlled storage of data and/or parameters from the various function blocks of the decentralized units of the automation system and which permits an autonomous re-parametering of the function blocks of the relevant field device.