Abstract: The lens information display apparatus is provided that allows the cameraman to check required lens information while looking at a viewfinder. A transmissive LCD panel is mounted in front of a screen of the viewfinder, and a control unit for controlling the image displayed on the LCD panel is attached to the bottom surface of the viewfinder. The control unit obtains lens information from a lens apparatus of a television camera system and causes the LCD panel to display images (characters and/or graphics) representing the lens information so that the lens information is displayed as superimposed on the image on the viewfinder.

Abstract: A heating device for maintaining an elevated temperature of a polymer resorbable implant is disclosed. The heating device has a pair of members coupled by a hinge. At least one of the members defines a sealed cavity containing a heated liquid which maintains the temperature of the resorbable polymer implant above the implant's glass transition temperature. The members of the device being rotatable about a hinge to allow encapsulation of the resorbable implant adjacent to the heat bearing liquid while maintaining a separation between the liquid and the implant device.

Abstract: A target material delivery system in the form of a nozzle (50) for an EUV radiation source (10). The nozzle (50) includes a target material supply line (66) having an orifice (68) through which droplets (76) of a liquid target material (64) are emitted, where the droplets (76) have a predetermined size, speed and spacing therebetween. The droplets (76) are mixed with a carrier gas (74) in a mixing chamber (54) enclosing the target material chamber (60) and the mixture of the droplets (76) and the carrier gas (74) enter a drift tube (56) from the mixing chamber (54). The droplets (76) are emitted into an accelerator chamber (124) from the drift tube (56) where the speed of the droplets (76) is increased to control the spacing therebetween. A vapor extractor (90) can be mounted to the accelerator chamber (124) or the drift tube (56) to remove the carrier gas (74) and target material vapor, which would otherwise adversely affect the EUV radiation generation.

Abstract: An ink jet recording apparatus includes: a head body provided with a nozzle and a pressure chamber; an actuator including a piezoelectric element and an electrode for applying a voltage across the piezoelectric element; and a driving circuit for supplying a driving signal to the electrode of the actuator. The driving circuit always supplies an auxiliary pulse signal in every printing cycle. When ink is to be discharged, the driving circuit supplies, after the auxiliary pulse signal is supplied, an ink discharge pulse signal for driving the actuator so that the ink is discharged and so that an ink meniscus vibration in the nozzle is resonant with that caused by the auxiliary pulse signal.

Abstract: An electrodeless discharge lamp apparatus includes an electrodeless discharge lamp, a microwave resonator, and a microwave coupler. The microwave resonator includes a conductive reflecting mirror having an opening, a conductive shield, and two opposing external electrodes provided substantially on a central axis of the reflecting mirror. The electrodeless discharge lamp is disposed between the opposing external electrodes. The focal point of the reflecting mirror is positioned between the opposing external electrodes. When microwave energy is supplied to the microwave resonator via the microwave coupler, a microwave resonant electric field occurs between the opposing external electrodes, whereby discharge of the electrodeless discharge lamp occurs.

Abstract: A solar power system is provided for converting sunlight into electricity. The solar power system utilizes a mirror to focus the sunlight into a cavity of an absorption chamber. The cavity includes heat conducting shoes which absorb the solar energy reflected by the mirror and conduct the thermal energy to a plurality of a free piston Stirling converters mounted to the absorption chamber. The Stirling converter converts the thermal energy into electrical energy. The solar power system of the present invention reduces costs of typical solar power systems by using a plurality of free piston Stirling converters of a size small enough to allow the use of a simple monolithic heater head which is simple and inexpensive to fabricate and does not require complex external tubular heat exchangers. The free piston Stirling converter does not require a crankshaft or contacting seals and thereby is reliable and low maintenance.

Abstract: This invention provides a thin wall header fabricated from a nickel-base superalloy, UNS N06626, for the solar absorption panels in a molten nitrate salt solar central receiver. The thin wall header is obtained by using multiple flow distribution nozzles to yield the smallest diameter header having uniform flow distribution for the panel tubes while providing enough space to butt weld the tubes to the nozzles with an automatic orbital weld head and avoid overlapment of the nozzle reinforcement regions. This small diameter combined with the high allowable tensile stress of UNS N06626 results in a thin wall header. The thin wall small diameter UNS N06626 header with its low thermal expansion coefficient and small temperature gradients and differentials during cloud cover induced molten salt temperature transients yields low thermal strains in the tube nozzle to header region. The nozzles may be formed by direct extrusion from the header wall or by insert-welding a machined nozzle into the header wall.

Abstract: A portable work station having a work surface, a leg assembly operably coupled to the work surface and a clamp coupled to the work surface, for mounting the portable work station to an upright support. The work surface and leg assembly may be foldable into a compact unit for storage and transportation. The portable work station is particularly well-suited for use in conjunction with wheeled luggage having an extendable handle.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a non-volatile memory device and a resistance element including a resistance conductive layer is provided. The method comprises the following steps: a step of pattering a stopper layer and a first conductive layer to form a gate layer; a step of patterning the stopper layer, a dielectric layer and the first conductive layer to form a resistance conductive layer; a step of forming sidewall-like control gates on both side surfaces of the gate layer through ONO films at least within a memory region; a step of forming a second conductive layer above the gate layer and the resistance conductive layer; a step of forming a word line by patterning the second conductive layer; and a step of forming a word gate by patterning the gate layer.

Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal device includes a reflecting electrode (14) provided on the liquid crystal side of a first substrate (10), and a first retardation plate (106), a second retardation plate (116) and a polarizer (105), which are provided on the side of a second substrate (20), which is opposite to the liquid crystal side thereof. The twist angle and &Dgr;nd of the liquid crystal are 230 to 260 degrees and 0.70 &mgr;m to 0.85 &mgr;m, respectively. &Dgr;nd of the first retardation plate is 150±50 &mgr;m, and &Dgr;nd of the second retardation plate is 610±60 nm. The angle formed by the transmission axis or absorption axis of the polarizer and the optical axis of the second retardation plate is 10 to 35 degrees, and the angle formed by the optical axis of the first retardation plate and the optical axis of the second retardation plate is 30 to 60 degrees. As a result, a bright image display having high contrast can be obtained.

Abstract: A method for forming an electric motor includes providing a stator and an armature having a lamination stack with slots therein in which magnet wires are wound. Thermally conductive plastic is molded over at least a portion of the armature to at least partially encase the magnet wires and to mold a fan. The fan is molded without any portion of the fan extending into the slots in the lamination stack of the armature to increase the volume in the slots in which the magnet wires can be wound and the magnet wires are wound in this increased volume when they are wound in the slots in the lamination stack to increase a power rating of the electric motor beyond what is normally attainable with a fan component having portions extending into the slots in the lamination stack.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator with a plurality of circumferentially-spaced stator segment assemblies. A rotor rotates relative to the stator and defines an airgap between an outer diameter of the rotor and the inner diameter of the stator. Each stator segment assembly includes a stator segment core, an endcap that is attached to the stator segment core, and winding wire that is wound around the endcap and the stator segment core. The endcap provides first and second axial mating surfaces. The endcaps provide first and second circumferential surfaces on opposite axial ends thereof. First and second annular seals engage the first and second circumferential surfaces to provide circumferential seals at opposite axial ends of the stator. The annular seals, the axial seals and the circumferential seals prevent the entry of debris into the airgap.

Abstract: Disclosed is a soccer shoe having a structure, which allows a user to kick a ball farther, lessens the pain in a kicker's feet, and allows the shoe to maintain its shape after kicking a ball or even after being used for relatively long time. The soccer shoe has a sole member and an upper fixed to the sole member. The upper has: an inner coat fitly surrounding and being in contact with the heel, the inside foot, the outside foot, the toe, and the instep portions of the user, when the user puts on the soccer shoe, the inner coat being made from cloth; a sponge layer being adhered to an outer surface of the inner coat, the sponge layer being made from compressed sponge; a rubber layer being adhered to an outer surface of the sponge layer, the rubber layer being made from natural rubber, the rubber layer having a thickness between 0.38 mm and 0.

Abstract: An article of furniture having a set of lockable drawers, a vertically-actuated lock rod, which has a plurality of extending lock members, and a plurality of dog members. Each of the dog members is coupled to a sidewall of an associated drawer and includes a resilient trailing portion. When the lock rod is positioned in an unlocked position, the lock members and the dog members do not cooperate to inhibit the movement of the drawers. When the lock rod is positioned in a locked position, the lock members are positioned horizontally in-line with the dog members. Contact between a lock member and the trailing edge of a dog member inhibits the opening of a drawer. The resilient construction of the dog member permits the drawers to be closed when the lock rod is positioned in the lock position.

Abstract: A matched-filter receiver includes a detector that generates a current signal based on light input thereto. An integrating circuit has an input that is connected to the detector. The integrating circuit integrates the current signal and outputs an integrated signal. A delay circuit is connected to an output of the integrating circuit. The delay circuit delays the integrated signal for a first duration. A comparator circuit includes an inverting input that is connected to the output of the integrating circuit and to an output of the delay circuit. The integrating circuit includes a resistor having a parasitic capacitance. The integrating circuit includes an amplifier circuit that amplifies the integrated signal. The duration that the delay circuit delays the integrated signal can be set to a plurality of duration values. The comparator provides an output signal having one of a first state and a second state. A decision circuit that is connected to the comparator provides a binary decision signal.

Abstract: A sealed gas burner for a cooking range has a venturi tube assembly which is attached directly to a range top of the cooking range. A burner cup slidingly and releasably engages a venturi tube of the venturi tube assembly which extends through the range top. A burner cap releasably engages the burner cup and it defines a plurality of burner ports. The burner cup and the burner cap define an annular gas chamber in communication with the burner ports. The burner ports can be cleaned by removing only the burner cap. Additional cleaning of the burner and the range top can be accomplished by removing both the burner cap and the burner cup.

Abstract: The invention relates to an outdoor sealing end (8) which is elevated on one side. Means (18) for fixing the cable (10) are designed on the base fittings (20). An electric duct (32) is situated inside the sealing end. Additional, conventional means for electrically connecting the cable shield to the earth potential and means for the field control (field control body 33) and the insulation on the inhomogeneous potential transitions on the cable end are provided. The electric duct (32) that is embodied as a pipe or pin is connected to the cable conductor (12) by means of contact elements (42). The duct (32), the insulating body (50) and the top fittings (70) form an assembly unit. The surface of the sealing end is coated with a voltage-dependent field-controlling layer (64).

Abstract: A method for forming a high quality conductive film pattern having an accuracy on the order of microns by simple steps is provided. A lyophilic region and a lyophobic region are formed on a predetermined pattern using an organic molecular film on a surface of a substrate, and after a solution dispersed with conductive fine particles is selectively applied to the lyophilic region, the solution applied to the lyophilic region is converted into a conductive film by a heat treatment, and a conductive film is formed on only the lyophilic region.