Abstract: Ergonomic systems which provide medical therapy, comfort and enhanced function are provided. Surfaces are provided with adjustable contour, transient force damping and temperature. The technologies are applied to footwear, seating surfaces an cryotherapy devices. The cooling and cryotherapy system employ an evaporator in close proximity to skin, and therefore employ methods to reduce risk of frostbite. Advanced control and power supply options are disclosed.

Abstract: An improved human user computer interface system, providing a graphic representation of a hierarchy populated with naturally classified objects, having included therein at least one associated object having a distinct classification. Preferably, a collaborative filter is employed to define the appropriate associated object. The associated object preferably comprises a sponsored object, generating a subsidy or revenue.

Abstract: A windshield fixing structure of a passenger car capable of assuring a high safety by preventing a dead angle obstructing a visibility from being produced in the slanting forward direction of a driver which comprises: a windshield; front pillars; and side panels, wherein the windshield is formed of a front part and both side parts and formed in a plate of substantially channel shape in cross section bent to a substantially right angle, each of the front pillars is provided on a body side-face part on the side of a steering wheel in a substantially vertical direction from the side panel, and the vertical width of each of the side panels is gradually reduced from the portion of the windshield substantially just below a bend of the substantially right angle to the portion of the windshield where the front pillar is provided vertically.

Abstract: A system and method for correcting a control of relevant parameters of operation of an automatic transmission having shift elements of a hydraulically-shifted automotive automatic transmission. The influences of an alteration of the internal adaptation parameters on stored external adaptation parameters are taken into account, thus creating a quick-acting and robust adaptation system. The control algorithm is sensitive to a level of the stored external adaptation parameters, to compensate for internal parameter interactivity without requiring comprehensive evaluation of the interaction under all circumstances.

Abstract: An accelerator pedal device includes at least one pedal element that can be moved about the center of rotation of a gas pedal, opposite a base element, and which has at least one retraction element, and at least one damper element to dampen the pedal actuation movement and the pedal retraction movement of the pedal element. A control unit is provided, connected to a sensor element, which controls the motor unit as follows: a) sensing, through the control sensor element, a condition that deviates from the prescribed normal condition; b) switching on the motor unit that generates a motor counterforce that acts upon the pedal element in addition to the damping force of the damper element; and c) switching off the motor unit when the prescribed normal condition is sensed by the control sensor element.

Abstract: A circuit breaker having a manual control, an over-center contact mechanism, and a magnetic current sensing coil, wherein said an over-center contact mechanism is disposed between said external manual control and said sensing coil. For example, a collapsible toggle linkage selectively applies a force along an axis, which generally intersects the coil. The circuit breaker has a housing for a contact mechanism having a contact bar rotational axis. The magnetic sensing coil of the circuit breaker is not disposed between the contact mechanism and a side wall of the housing.

Abstract: The granule consists of individual granules approximately spherical in shape, having a pore volume of 0.5 cm3, a mean diameter of pores of 50 nm or less, a specific surface area of 100 m2/g or less, and a bulk density of 0.7 g/cm3 or higher. It is produced by dispersing a fumed silica obtained by hydrolysis of a silicon compound into pure water to obtain a slurry, and drying the slurry. The granule is used for producing high purity synthetic quartz glass powder. The method further comprises: a first heat treatment under an oxygen-containing atmosphere, a second heat treatment in a temperature range of from 600 to 1100° C., and a third heat treatment in a temperature range of from 1100 to 1300° C. under an atmosphere containing hydrogen chloride; and a step of densification comprising calcining the product at a temperature not higher than 1500° C. under vacuum or in an atmosphere of gaseous hydrogen or gaseous helium.

Abstract: An intelligent electronic appliance preferably includes a user interface, data input and/or output port, and an intelligent processor. A preferred embodiment comprises a set top box for interacting with broadband media streams, with an adaptive user interface, content-based media processing and/or media metadata processing, and telecommunications integration. An adaptive user interface models the user, by observation, feedback, and/or explicit input, and presents a user interface and/or executes functions based on the user model. A content-based media processing system analyzes media content, for example audio and video, to understand the content, for example to generate content-descriptive metadata. A media metadata processing system operates on locally or remotely generated metadata to process the media in accordance with the metadata, which may be, for example, an electronic program guide, MPEG 7 data, and/or automatically generated format.

Abstract: A method for controlling a gear shift in an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle that is carried out as a deceleration shift of at least one engaging shifting element, without use of a mechanical free-wheeling condition. To increase the ride comfort, it is proposed that during the shifting sequence of the deceleration shift, a free-wheeling condition is simulated by a slip operation or by an opening of a second shift element of the automatic transmission, that is located in the power flow path, preferably using a start-up shift element of the automatic transmission.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a partitioned jetting fluidized bed with double nozzles, especially to a jetting fluidized-bed reactor with gas distributor, where a inclined nozzle is fixed at the side wall of the jetting fluidized bed above the gas distributor, and the gas pre-distribution chamber with gas distributor consists of a gas pre-distribution chamber with combined gas distributor and a gas pre-distribution chamber with perforated distributor. The two gas pre-distribution chambers are separated by a partition plate. The present invention can not only avoid the local agglomeration of the particles and the operation termination accident, but also broadens the adjustable range of the jet gas velocity and the distributor fluidization velocity. The excellent particle circulation can be reached in this jetting fluidized bed.

Abstract: A calibrating consists at least in part of a carbon fiber composite body. The composite body is formed from a porous material from a carbon-containing matrix, into which carbon fibers are embedded, this matrix is thickened by fluid infiltration of Si, which is essentially converted by reaction with carbon to SiC. The overall portion of Si and SIC is a maximum of 60% by volume. The carbon fibers have a minimum length of 3 mm.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exposure device for exposing a transparent photographic original and reproducing said photographic original (2) on photosensitive material or by means of a recording device. The exposure device has a primary light source (1) comprising a number of elements that emit light of different spectral bands, whose light travels to the photographic original along a first optical path or can be directed onto the photographic original using optical elements. The exposure device has additional real and/or virtual light sources, (15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28,) whose light strikes the photographic original along additional optical paths, or can be directed onto the photographic original using optical elements. The light that falls along the additional optical paths strikes the photographic original (2) at different angles of incidence from the angle of incidence of the first optical path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method that can be used to compensate the influence of the temperature on the optical output power (light power) of light emitting diodes and laser diodes without the need to measure the temperature or light power. The method is based on the fact that the current flowing through a light emitting or laser diode and the forward voltage drop on the diode are at a constant light power independent of the temperature in a functional correlation that is often linear and can be obtained. If it is known, it must only be achieved during operation that the current and the forward voltage exhibit this correlation in order to eliminate the temperature effect on the light power.

Abstract: A rotation angle sensor for use in a throttle adjustment device is disclosed, which includes a stator unit having at least two stator part elements positioned relative to each other leaving a spacer recess therebetween; a Hall sensor positioned in the spacer recess; a rotor unit having a magnetic element having a connector element molded into the rotor unit; a plug unit; and a housing unit adapted to partially house the stator unit.

Abstract: A method of producing a broth or stock, comprising mincing animal bone, mixing meat and/or meat extract and/or bone extract with the minced bone; and heating the mixture to effect coagulation thereof. The heating step may comprise retort sterilization. The coagulated mixture may be provided in a water permeable container, to retain insoluble material. A hydrometer may be provided with the minced bone, to assist in determining soup concentration. The invention provides an extended release of soup into boiling water of a period of hours, allowing replenishment of withdrawn soup stock.

Abstract: A small, no-tools-required device, for example constructed of weather and UV resistant glass-filled nylon, that is inserted into the gaps between the deck boards of any conventionally constructed outdoor deck, then turned 90° like a key and released. Once tension is applied to the device through an attachment, for example using an elastic strap, a locking tab engages against the underside of the deck boards and the stabilizer tab at the opposite end of the device from the attachment prevents the device from twisting. The device can then be used to secure any items on the surface of the deck and prevent unexpected shifting or moving due to wind, weather, or any other unforeseen force. It is installed or removed in seconds and causes no damage to the deck itself.

Abstract: A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said memory; and a processor, processing said location output in conjunction with said stored locations and associated events in said memory, to determine a priority thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyrotechnic primer charges produced on the basis of metal powders or metal hydride powders, potassium perchlorate and binders. In order to obtain a homogenous mixture, the powdery components are mixed with a liquid dispersing agent in a suspension with the aid of ultrasound and dosed having said consistency. Mixing for obtaining a suspension can also be carried out directly in a casing receiving the pyrotechnic primer charges.

Abstract: A method for determining characteristic parameter values within a transmission that includes, for example, hydraulically-operated shifting elements, hydro-dynamic brakes, and hydro-dynamic torque converters. Slip regulation is used to determine the actual slip at a transmission element, whose characteristic parameter values are to be determined, before engagement. This element to be adapted is activated by means of pressure application, and thus a specified slip is set that is clearly different from the actual slip at lower torques. The applied pressure or flow may be determined from the set slip, and occurrence of a set slip allows the occurring pressures to be determined.