Abstract: A sliding member has a coating layer deposited on a base material through an intermediate layer, wherein the intermediate layer is formed of a lead-free metal, and the coating layer is formed of Bi or a lead-free Bi alloy; and wherein a grain in the intermediate layer becomes gradually large toward a coating layer side from a base material side, and a grain in the coating layer forms a columnar grain of which the major axis directs toward the surface of the coating layer from the intermediate layer side. Thus formed configuration improves a bonding strength between the base material and the coating layer owing to the intermediate layer, and has the grain of the coating layer formed into a desirable shape for bearing a load from an opposite material to improve fatigue resistance.

Abstract: For connecting a cardiac biventricular assist means including a dual-chamber pumping device, and an electrically powered compressor means provided between the two chambers (12, 15) a partially flexible one-part or multi-part adapter (20) is provided with two through-passageways (21, 22; 34, 35) each separate from the other, said adapter being securely held, on the one hand, in a port (4a) in the apical portion of the septum (4) and, on the other, in a port (2a) in/at the apex of the left ventricle (2) so that the through-passageway (22; 35) extending into the left ventricle (2) is connected directly or by means of a first flexible tube (11) to the inlet (12a) of the one chamber (12) and the other through-passageway (21; 34) extending into said right ventricle (3) is connected directly or by means of a second flexible tube (14) to the inlet (15a) of the other chamber (15).

Abstract: For supporting a cylindrical photosensitive drum, a high-precision high-strength supporting apparatus is disclosed to include a sleeve member and a shaft member. The sleeve member has an outer wall for attaching to the photosensitive drum, an inner wall within which an axial hole is defined, a first retaining portion positioned at the inner wall, and four locating ribs disposed inside the axial hole. The shaft member has an outer tube inserted into the axial hole of the sleeve member, a second retaining portion provided on the outer tube and engaged with the first retaining portion of the sleeve member, a connecting portion inwardly extending from the outer tube, an inner tube disposed at an inner end of the connecting portion, and four locating slot provided on the inner tube and engaged with the locating rib of the sleeve member.

Abstract: The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser.

Abstract: A self-recovering current limiting fuse protecting a secondary battery having a high rated voltage thanks to its improved breakdown voltage, expanding the application range, shortening the charging time, and realizing maintenance-free. The self-recovering current limiting fuse is made by fluid-dispersing solid conductive particles into a liquid matrix between electrodes. A current limiting operation through evaporation/spreading of the solid conductive particles and a conducting state brought about through collection of the solid conductive particles between the electrodes by dielectrophoretic force of the solid conductive particles are realized repeatedly, and a current limiting operation through evaporation/spreading of the solid conductive particles by overcurrent is realized.

Abstract: A method for protecting Ethernet data packets transmitted over SDH/SONET traffic in a ring-like optical network formed by a number of nodes, the method includes utilizing MS-SPRING/BLSR system for SDH/SONET traffic protection and, in case of one or more network failures that result in at least one isolated node in the network, the method comprises preventing initiation of a squelching algorithm of the MS-SPRING/BLSR system with respect to the SDH/SONET virtual containers carrying the data Ethernet packets, while ensuring that the standardized use of byte J1 is prevented with respect to the same SDH/SONET virtual containers carrying the Ethernet packets.

Abstract: A nucleotide analogue compound represented by formula (1) and salts thereof. In formula (1), A represents a direct bond, C1-4 alkylene, etc.; B represents an optionally substituted aromatic heterocyclic groups; and R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represents hydrogen, an amino-protecting group, a hydroxyl-protecting group, a phosphate group, or —P(R7)R8, wherein R7 and R8 each represents hydroxyl, protected hydroxyl, mercapto, protected mercapto, etc. The compounds are useful as nucleotide analogues for producing oligonucleotide analogues useful in an antisense method and for producing intermediates thereof.

Abstract: Implantable electrode lead for stimulation in or on the heart, comprising a body having an insulating and sealing outer surface, at least one electrical connection between an outwardly electrically active region having a connecting unit for the electrical connection to a cardiac pacemaker, cardioverter/defibrillator or other suitable electrically active implantable device, and an active or passive fixation. To reduce the electrical resistance while, at the same time, providing for a long life, the outwardly electrically active regions are manufactured with a component of high bioresistance, biocompatibility and non-toxicity, and a component with low electrical resistance.

Abstract: A vibration isolation pipe clip for securing a pipe to a support, in particular for securing a medium-carrying pipe to a wall or ceiling of a building. The pipe clip has a substantially annular, rigid pipe clip body which is composed of one or more parts and is provided with a securing element for securing the pipe clip body to a support. A substantially annular vibration isolating member is provided, this vibration isolating member bearing against the inner circumference of the pipe clip body and ultimately being positioned between the outer circumference of the pipe and the pipe clip body. The vibration isolating member is made from a porous elastomer material, preferably vulcanized porous rubber with closed cavities and separating walls between them.

Abstract: A film feeding machine includes a drawing device to draw a continuous film out of a film base to a predetermined position. The film is held by a feeding device and cut off by a cutting device to have a film piece. The film piece is fed to external equipment by the feeding device. The film feeding machine of the present invention is incorporated in a molding process having advantages of lower cost, lower defective ratio and high production efficiency.

Abstract: A method for balancing motor vehicle wheels, comprising mounting the wheel onto the rotating spindle of a balancing machine, using a probe of known type, selecting balancing planes and diameters, providing the data to the balancing machine, spinning the wheel, calculating the value of imbalance, calculating an entity and angular position for balancing weights to be applied in the balancing planes and diameters previously selected by the operator; during the spinning of the wheel, measuring an acceleration time between two predetermined speeds of the wheel; calculating an imbalance threshold value and applying the balancing weight only if it is above the calculated threshold value.

Abstract: An optical device is presented for use in modulation of light and/or in sensing an external field, by at least partially, directly or indirectly exposing the device to the controllable or unknown external field. The device comprises a waveguide structure configured to define at least a first light channel having a light input and a light output, and having a first deformable resonating structure. The device thereby allows exposure of said at least first channel to the external field of the kind affecting a deformation of the first resonant structure thus causing a change in the first resonant wavelength, resulting in a corresponding change in at least one parameter of light output from said first channel, said change in the output light parameter being indicative of the external field.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for authenticating different objects or substances to be identified comprising at least two phases: during an initial phase, selecting a plurality of chemical markers, assigning to and incorporating in each of the objects or substances a combination of markers, establishing an identification and/or authentication code (blocks 2, 11), storing in memory data or code for identifying and/or authenticating all the objects or substances and annex data; during an identification and/or authentication phase: a spectrophotometric analysis so as to determine a specific scanned code of the presence or absence of the markers (blocks 3, 4), identifying the object or the substance by comparing the scanned code and the identification and/or authentication codes (block 6). The invention is particularly applicable to fighting against counterfeiting, to automatic sorting, and the like.

Abstract: A powered sliding device includes a wire drum (16) connected to a vehicle sliding door (11) through wire cables (18, 19), a motor (14) for rotating the wire drum, a clutch mechanism (25) provided between the motor and the wire drum, a rotational member (85) rotated integrally with the wire drum, detection apparatus (86) for detecting the rotation of the rotational member, and a housing (74). The housing includes a first space (76) accommodating the wire drum and communicating with the outside of the housing through the wire cables and a second space accommodating the rotational member and the detection apparatus, and a housing body (73) provided between the first space and the second space which separates the first space and the second space.

Abstract: The method according the invention allows the extracting raw data from an image resulting from a camera shot. It comprises determining, for each point of the image of a combination V0[C,L] of color components of the image, calculating, for each point of the image, of a value VN+1[C,L], iterating said calculating a predetermined number of times then taking into account the values of the final image VNfinal [C, L] in each point of the image, calculating for each point of the image of the difference D [C, L]=VNfinal [C, L]?V0 [C, L], calculating of a noise contextual datum VS, correcting the extracted raw data D[C, L], with the contextual datum VS, calculating of a corrected value I*[C, L] taking into D*[C, L] and presenting the extracted data under a desired angle.

Abstract: A photon detector has a photocathode for the photon-induced triggering of measuring electrons. Spatial position information is supplied by an at least one-dimensional electron-detector pixel array. An electron optics unit serves for guiding the measuring electrons to the array. Each pixel (19) has an electronic converter unit (20) for converting an analog measuring signal of the pixel (19) into a digital measuring signal, which incorporates a discriminator for background suppression. An electronic post-processing unit (39) serves for processing the digital measuring signal. The converter unit (20) of each pixel (19) has at least one clock generator (36), as well as at least one counter (29, 30), which is in signal connection with the clock generator (36) and discriminator (27) for generation of a digital timing signal.