Abstract: A urine absorbent pad is folded along a transverse center folding line extending across a full length of the absorbent pad into upper and lower halves. An inner side of the absorbent pad is formed with adhesive zones extending over a desired extent of the respective side edges and one of the upper and lower halves divided by the transverse center folding line is formed with a guide arrangement for insertion of a wearer's penis extending through a thickness of the absorbent pad.

Abstract: A reciprocating compressor includes an electric motor having fixed and moveable components within a housing for reciprocating a moveable assembly, to compress a working fluid within a variable volume compression chamber within the housing. An integrated flexure spring and circuit connected between the housing and the moveable assembly axially and radially centers the moveable assembly within the housing, and additionally, supplies an electric current to a moveable current coil of the electric motor associated with the moveable assembly. The moveable assembly is axially reciprocated against a restoring force of the integrated flexure spring and circuit responsive to an axial force exerted on the moveable assembly by the electric motor when the electric current is supplied to the moveable current coil via the integrated flexure spring and circuit.

Abstract: A power source 1 and an operating circuit 4 incorporating a waveform generating circuit 5 for synthesizing composite wave W obtained by synthesizing a sine wave of primary oscillations and a sine wave of secondary oscillations of a Rosen-type piezoelectric transformer and an amplifying circuit 6 raises the voltage of the composite wave so that composite wave W' (having a waveform similar to that of W) is, as input voltage V.sub.in, supplied to the Rosen-type piezoelectric transformer PT. Thus, output voltage V.sub.out having greater output electric power and higher transmitting efficiencies as compared with output voltage which can be obtained from a conventional structure in which input voltage in a single oscillation mode is employed can be produced to load resistor R.sub.o.

Abstract: A bulletproof glass window, for preferred use in a motor vehicle, includes at least one glass pane (10) and a metal insert arranged in a marginal stepped area of the glass pane (10). The insert (32) is fixed to the glass pane (10) with polyurethane (30).

Abstract: A single-piece outer race ring 3, a sleeve-like spacer 11, a plurality of first balls 4, a conventional ball bearing unit 7, a stepped-diameter shaft 1 and the like are assembled into a compound bearing assembly by a bearing maker with high accuracy to enable a user to be free from a cumbersome assembling work of rotating portions or cylindrical rotary shaft and its bearing means of a computer and its peripheral devices. In use, the compound bearing assembly is coaxially mounted in the cylindrical rotary shaft and the like at the user's end to rotatably support the cylindrical rotary shaft and the like in the computer and its peripheral devices.

Abstract: A coaxial plug-and-socket connector has an external-conductor contact-socket for engaging a mating plug external-conductor. The socket has an end face through which the mating-plug external-conductor passes. The external-conductor contact-socket has a bushing with a metal wall with an axial slit. The wall at the bushing end face is compressed in such manner that it conically tapers toward the mating-plug external-conductor. The opposite wall segments at the slit partly overlap so the bushing has a frustoconical shape and spring properties.

Abstract: A system integrates data elements from an operational database of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Commerce Service Provider (CSP) into a predetermined format for supporting collection of the Internet and/or electronic commerce data. The system includes a database storing the electronic commerce data for interrogation by the ISP/CSP, a user station, and a design database. The design database includes a logical data model providing a description of the database facilitating the integration of the Internet and/or electronic commerce data and facilitating query and report access of the database. The design database also includes a formatted file library providing classifications including at least one of process characterizations, customer descriptions, preference determinations, and behavior patterns, the classifications being reusable for at least one of different technical processes and different customer problems.

Abstract: A composite woven fabric made up of at least two plies of individual woven fabrics bonded together by a layer of flexible bonding resin disposed on juxtaposed surfaces of the individual woven fabrics. The bonding agent covers at least about 75%, preferably 100%, of the juxtaposed individual fabric surfaces and does not exude through the interstices of the woven fabric. The thus constituted fabric material is very good for use in making an anti-ballistic composite fabric. An anti-ballistic composite fabric is made up of at least one of these bonded woven fabrics sub-composites, preferably in combination with conventional non-woven fabric layers. This composite product has an exceptionally low areal density but still can withstand the impact of a 44 magnum projectile. It also offers excellent protection against knife and ice pick threats.

Abstract: A fixed subscriber unit includes a memory which stores first information for radio capture of an actual base radio station and second information for radio capture of a pseudo base radio station. There is a switch whose position is changeable. One of the first information and the second information is selected in response to the position of the switch. Radio capture of one of the actual base radio station and the pseudo base radio station is implemented in response to the selected information.

Abstract: In an apparatus for injecting a recording solution of a print head, a buckling force of a thin film shape memory alloy is increased by a pressure lower than an atmospheric pressure when the thin film shape memory alloy is cooled down to be buckled to its initial state. Thus, time taken for refilling a liquid chamber after the recording solution is injected, i.e., an operating frequency, is increased to enhance printing performance.

Abstract: A system for controlling physical distribution pallets makes it possible to accurately identify status of pallets, to set up an adequate forwarding plan of pallets, and to accomplish physical distribution in smooth manner. The system includes a wireless detector device mounted on pallets and for detecting pallet control information transmitted from transmitting means 21 which stores pallet control information of said pallet and transmits in wireless, a pallet stock data storage for receiving and storing the pallet control information detected by the wireless detector via a wide area communication network, and a pallet status judging device for judging whether the pallet stored in memory of the pallet stock data storage is empty or not based on the pallet control information of said pallet.

Abstract: In the image pickup phase (A), right and left images are taken in through two image-pickup devices (S101, S102). Then, in the next feature extraction phase (B), right and left images are respectively subjected to feature extraction (S103, S104). Thereafter, in the succeeding matching phase (C), the extracted features of right and left images are compared to check how they match with each other (step S105). More specifically, in the matching phase (C), a one-dimensional window is set, this one-dimensional window is shifted along the left image in accordance with a predetermined scanning rule so as to successively set overlapped one-dimensional windows, and a matching operation is performed by comparing the image features within one window and corresponding image features on the right image.

Abstract: A joint for transmitting shifting forces from a gear-shifting system of a transmission to a transmission drive member includes a pair of joint parts (1, 2) frictionally locked to the transmission drive member and to the gear-shifting system, a coupling (3) mounted between the joint parts (1, 2) and an elastically deforming device. The elastic deforming device is a damper (4) substantially enclosing omnidirectionally the coupling (3) in such manner that when the joint is not transmitting shifting forces, the damper (4) keeps the coupling (3) spaced from the joint parts (1, 2).

Abstract: A glass workpiece processed in a vacuum plasma processing chamber is dechucked from a monopolar electrostatic chuck by gradually reducing the chucking voltage during processing while maintaining the voltage high enough to clamp the workpiece. The chucking voltage during processing is controlled in response to flow rate of a heat transfer fluid flowing to the chuck to maintain the chucking force and the flow rate approximately constant. A reverse polarity voltage applied to the chuck at the end of processing assists in dechucking. The workpiece temperature is maintained at a high value at the end of processing to assisting in dechucking. Peak current flowing through the chuck during workpiece lifting from the chuck controls the amplitude and/or duration of the reverse polarity voltage during the next dechucking operation. An inert plasma in the chamber removes residual charge from the workpiece after workpiece lifting from the chuck.

Abstract: A speech synthesizing system using a redundancy-reduced waveform database is disclosed. Each waveform of a sample set of voice segments necessary and sufficient for speech synthesis is divided into pitch waveforms, which are classified into groups of pitch waveforms closely similar to one another. One of the pitch waveforms of each group is selected as a representative of the group and is given a pitch waveform ID. The waveform database at least comprises a pitch waveform pointer table each record of which comprises a voice segment ID of each of the voice segments and pitch waveform IDs the pitch waveforms of which, when combined in the listed order, constitute a waveform identified by the voice segment ID and a pitch waveform table of pitch waveform IDs and corresponding pitch waveforms. This enables the waveform database size to be reduced.

Abstract: A first storage in a system for progress management assistance stores production schedule data for a lot including: a production start time of the lot, described with a numerical value and/or a pointer; a production period for the lot, described with a numerical value; and a production finish time for the lot, described with a pointer and/or a numerical value that is obtained by adding the production period to the production start time. A second storage in the system stores an idle period table, in which an idle period between lots allocated to the same facility in the production schedule data is stored as a pair of a production finish time of a preceding lot and a production finish time of a following lot therein.

Abstract: A modulart medication-dispenser (1) adapted to be held in a pocket and being composed of a main module (2) itself comprising two compartments (2a, 2b) containing electronics sufficient for memory, calculation and data-retrieval relating to medication-dispensing by a compartment. The main module (2) also comprises visual data displays (3) and alarms (6). The dispenser is characterized in that at least one detachable additional compartment (5), comprising locking means (501, 502) and fasteners (503, 504) and forming a storage space for a given type of tablets, is detachably attached to the main module (2). The locking means (501) and the fasteners (503) of the preceding compartment cooperate with respectively the fasteners (504) and locking means (502) of the next additional compartment. Each compartment comprises a drive means (516) for a unit-dispensing component (515; FIG. 2b) adaptable to different sizes of pharmaceutical medications.

Abstract: The present invention aims at realizing with a simple structure a differential gear capable of arbitrarily producing a difference in speed of rotation between output side rotary members. When a difference in speed of rotation occurs between drive shafts 3 and 4, if clutches 12 and 17 are disconnected, a first input side sun gear 8 and a first output side sun gear 9 are allowed to rotate at arbitrary speed ratios independently of each other due to the rotation and the revolution of first planetary gears 10, besides a second input side sun gear 13 and a second output side sun gear 14 are allowed to rotate at arbitrary speed ratios independently of each other due to the rotation and the revolution of second planetary gears 15. When the first clutch 12 for example is brought into connection, the revolution of the first planetary gears 10 is controlled.

Abstract: Following a call set-up request emitted by a terminal of a given user of a telecommunications system using a constellation of non-geostationary satellites, the terminal reserves a channel in the cell in which it is located and in neighboring cells not including all the cells it will have to cross during a predetermined time period. For each cell where a channel has not been reserved, the given user's terminal waits until it is at a predetermined distance from its point of handover into the cell, equal to the greatest distance a user can travel in the cell, before transmitting a reservation request. The call set-up request is accepted only if a condition relating to the number of other users near the given user at the time of the call set-up request is satisfied.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a build-up multi-layer printed circuit board for use in computers, VTR, or portable telephones is disclosed, in which the method of forming a hole in a circuit layer and the method of forming a hole in an insulating layer are made different from each other by applying a combined formation method, thereby improving the formation precision and efficiency in forming the holes. Specifically, a resin-clad copper foil (RCC) is stacked on a CCL (copper-clad laminate) after forming a printed circuit layer, and this structure is heated and pressed. Then, beams of an Nd-YAG laser are irradiated to remove the copper-clad layer, and then beams of CO.sub.2 laser are irradiated to remove the residual resin insulator, thereby forming a via hole. Then, circuit patterns are formed on the board on which the via hole has been formed.