Abstract: A scalable, low cost, reliable, compliant, low profile, low insertion force, high-density, separable and reconnectable electrical connection for high speed, high performance electronic circuitry and semiconductors. The electrical connection can be used to make, for example, electrical connections from one Printed Circuit Board (PCB) to another PCB, MPU, NPU, or other semiconductor device.

Abstract: A medical stand apparatus supports light-weight medical equipment and is installable directly on a patient bed or in a small space adjacent to a patient bed. The medical stand apparatus has a base (10) spaced away from the floor (F), a horizontal rotation member (11), and a protrusion (11a). With the use of these elements, the medical stand apparatus directly attaches a parallel link mechanism (6) including a longitudinal sub-link (14) and a lateral sub-link (15) to support the medical equipment to a table (8) on which a patient (7) is laid.

Abstract: A personal communication and electronic commerce system for use by participating users and participating merchants in connection with incentive programs in the Network Economy. The system includes a cellular communication network that includes geographically spaced base stations that are linked to a fixed communication network. Users may have personal communication devices that can be used to allow a digital message generated on the personal communication devices by placing a call through one of the base stations and memory for storing a digital value corresponding to a monetary value. The personal communication device may also be used as a cellular position locator to determine one's geographic location and, if desired, to access information from a merchant information database containing information pertaining to a plurality of participating merchants located within the geographic territory covered by the cellular communication network.

Abstract: A pod unit including a pod housing (1) and an assembly unit (6), a so called seating, for the pod housing (1), wherein the seating (6) has a lower portion (6A) and an upper portion (6F) as well as a base (15) for the installation of the pod housing (1) which comprises a lower casing portion (1A) for the accommodation of a propulsion unit (2, 3, 4), an intermediate portion (1B) comprising air ducts (9, 10), and an upper portion (13), which is fixedly connected to a steering engine (14, 18, 19), with a gear ring (14) to be fixed at the base (15). A cooling system having at least one fan (7) is mounted within the seating.

Abstract: An alternating electromagnetic field in the radiofrequency range is applied in a gaseous environment (4). Free electrons produced in the gas (4), by an ionising source of radiation (5) or by interaction of a charged particle beam with a specimen, are acted upon by the alternating electromagnetic field and undergo an oscillatory motion resulting in multiple collisions with the gas molecules or atoms. Amplified electron and photon signals are generated in a controlled discharge, proportional to the initial number of free electrons, and are collected by suitable means (6, 7, 8). The alternating field is generated either by electrodes (1, 2) biased with an alternating voltage, or by a coil driven by an AC current, and may be superposed with a static electric field. The detection device may be used with instruments such as electron microscopes, in ion beam technologies, and with instruments used for detection of ionising radiations such as proportional counters.