Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical generator has a housing, a heater, a cooler, a heat transfer member, a supporting member, and fluid. The heater is formed in the housing and the cooler is formed in the housing opposite to the heater. The heat transfer member is positioned between the heater and the cooler and is provided with a first surface facing the heater and a second surface facing the cooler. The supporting member supports the heat transfer member at an external portion of the heat transferring member and is deformable between a first position where the heat transferring member is positioned adjacent to the heater, and a second position where the heat transferring member is positioned adjacent to the cooler. The supporting member also partitions the housing into a sealed first space at a side of the heater and a second space at a side of the cooler. The fluid is charged in the sealed first space.

Abstract: A semiconductor package substrate is provided, which can meet the move toward high integration of semiconductors. A nickel layer is plated on an electroplated copper foil to form a wiring pattern. An LSI chip is mounted on the copper foil, and terminals of the LSI chip and the wiring pattern are connected by wire bonding, followed by sealing with a semiconductor-sealing epoxy resin. Only the copper foil is dissolved away with an alkali etchant to expose nickel. With a nickel stripper having low copper-dissolving power, the nickel layer is removed to expose the wiring pattern. A solder resist is coated, and a pattern is formed in such a way that connecting terminal portions are exposed. Solder balls are placed at the exposed portions of the wiring pattern and are then fused. The wiring pattern is connected to an external printed board via the solder balls.

Abstract: This invention relates to processes for immobilizing ion exchange particles, and to the products of those process. One embodiment of the invention encompasses a process of immobilizing ion exchange particles within a porous polyolefinic material. A second embodiment encompasses a process of immobilizing ion exchange particles within a hydrogel. Preferred hydrogels are comprised of polyvinyl alcohol.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved ice tray that forms narrow ice pieces that easily fit through the opening of portable beverage containers such as standard cans, bottles, and cartons, thereby saving the costs and energy associated with refrigeration. The ice tray has one or more narrow cavities for receiving water. A protrusion in the cavity produces a notch in the ice so that the ice may be broken into smaller pieces and conveniently dropped into the beverage containers. Multiple ice trays may be stacked on top of each other.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a pattern on a transparent substrate, particularly a glass or glass-ceramic substrate. According to the invention, there is deposited on at least one area of one face of the substrate, a first layer of a photosensitive resin comprising at least one sensitizing agent and at least one photosensitive compound essentially composed of a polymer with an average degree of cross-linking d° such that it is able to absorb solid particles. Certain areas of said first layer are exposed to light, particularly in order to increase, in a controlled manner, the average degree of cross-linking d° of said polymer so as to modulate its absorption capacity. On the first layer is deposited at least one second layer of a mineral-particle-based composition. The substrate is subjected to at least one treatment cycle, particularly in order to fix said mineral particles. The invention also concerns the substrate produced by this method and its applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of stimulating he growth of hematopoietic progenitor cells. In particular, it relates to the use of thiols and related compounds in stimulating the growth of hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods of using these compounds for the treatment of marrow failure states and immunodeficient conditions, including but not limited to myelodysplastic syndromes and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Abstract: An exchangeable cutting insert having a substantially prismatic shape is disclosed. The insert has an upper rake surface, an opposite, substantially parallel base surface and side surfaces, adjacent side surfaces intersecting at an insert corner. Each side surface also intersects with the rake surface so as to define a cutting edge. Each cutting edge comprises a major cutting edge portion extending from one insert corner and merging with a succeeding, associated minor cutting edge portion, which terminates in a successive insert corner. Chip diverting ribs respectively associated with each of the cutting edges are formed on the rake surface. Each rib extends from a region adjacent the merger of the major and minor cutting edge portions on its associated cutting edge, and is substantially coextensive with the region of merger and is spaced from this region by a portion of the rake surface.

Abstract: An apparatus for encoding a contour of an object determines a number of vertex points based on a polygonal approximation to the contour. A set of approximation errors calculated at a predetermined number of sample points on each line segment between two adjacent vertex points is transformed to obtain a corresponding set of transform coefficients. The apparatus converts, in response to a masking range designation signal corresponding to each line segment, a part of the set of transform coefficients to zeros and produces a set of masked transform coefficients corresponding thereto. The set of masked transform coefficients is quantized and encoded to be transmitted through a transmitter.

Abstract: A controller, for use in a video signal encoding system, which decides an inter/intra mode, a field/frame DCT mode and a quantization parameter, wherein the video signal contains a multiplicity of GOP's each of which is classified into three types of pictures, with each of the pictures being divided into a multiplicity of macroblocks. The encoding system encodes the video signal on a macroblock basis.

Abstract: A guide roller assembly for use in a recorder fulfilling the functions of both a conventional guide roller assembly and a conventional impedance roller assembly comprises a stationary shaft tightly fitted into a bore hole prepared in a pole base, a lower flange tightly fitted around the stationary shaft, a guide roller, rotatably fitted around the stationary shaft, and including an upper drum-like section and a lower cylindrical section having a diameter smaller than that of the lower flange, an upper flange, provided on the cylindrical section of the guide roller, and a shallow notch which circumscribes the cylindrical section of the guide roller, directly below the upper flange.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera which comprises a camera unit including a housing with a front face and a bottom. A lens assembly is located within the housing and extends to the front face of the housing. A shutter is located within the housing. The camera further comprises a mirror member covering substantially the entire front face of the housing and being discontinued where the lens extends to the front face. The mirror member is marked with at least two lines that would intersect at the center of the lens. A remote shutter release mechanism is provided connected with the camera unit. At least one supporting arm is mounted to the housing and extending therefrom to a remote end for the user to hold. The supporting arm preferably has a length greater than two feet. Therefore, the user(s) can hold the camera away from himself (themselves), locate himself (themselves) in the mirror and use the remote shutter release mechanism to take portrait type pictures.

Abstract: The feature of the present invention is a heatspreader that is attached over a die instead of being set under the die to improve the efficient of spreading heat. A package includes a semiconductor die mounted to a die receiving area of a substrate. The die and a portion of the substrate are connected by using a conventional die attach material. A plurality of bonding wires are attached on the die. Further, conductive traces are on the top surface of the substrate. The die is electrically coupled to conductive traces by the bonding wires, a TAB method or a flip chip method. A plurality of conductive vias are also need for electrically coupling conductive traces on the top surface of the substrate to those on the bottom. Typically, at an end of portion of each conductive trace on the bottom of the substrate is an conductive pad for connecting to a solder ball. The die and portions of the substrate are encapsulated in a package body. A heatspreader is exactly set over the semiconductor die for spreading heat.

Abstract: A head drum assembly for use in a VCR comprises a rotating shaft; a rotary drum; a stationary drum fitted around the rotating shaft; a pair of bearing assemblies that allow the rotating shaft and the rotating drum to rotate easily; a motor rotor; a motor stator; an electromagnet of a predetermined polarity, placed on a bottom surface of the motor stator, and activated by a voltage applied to it when the rotary drum is rotating; a permanent magnet, having the same polarity as the electromagnet, and being placed on an upper surface of the motor rotor opposite the electromagnet. Such a head drum assembly achieves smooth rotation of its rotary drum by applying the necessary pressure uniformly along an inner ring of its bearing assembly. Furthermore, by selectively applying pressure to the inner ring of the bearing assembly only at times of operation, i.e., when the rotary drum is rotating, the inventive head drum assembly minimizes wear and tear of the bearing assemblies, prolonging their lifespan.

Abstract: A head drum assembly for use in a VCR includes a rotating shaft with a diamond-like carbon ("DLC") coating; a rotary drum fitted tightly around the rotating shaft; a stationary drum, fitting around the rotating shaft, and incorporating a set of DLC coated bearing surfaces; and an axial thrust bearing means. Such a head drum assembly allows smooth rotation by using herring-bone shaped grooves or protrusions in conjunction with DLC coatings in the appropriate bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A cam gear is provided with a camming groove including an inside camming face and an outside camming face. The inside camming face is divided into a stop mode inner-section of a first constant radius, a play mode inner-section of a second constant radius, the second constant radius being larger than the first radius, and a first transition section formed in a manner that an end of the stop mode inner-section is smoothly joined to a beginning of the play mode inner-section.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing tilting and rotational movements of a display panel. The apparatus includes a first device for tilting the display panel toward or away from a viewer and a second device for rotating the display panel in sidewise directions. The first device has a supporting member for supporting the display panel and a pair of connecting members for connecting the display panel with the supporting member. The connecting members have spring loaded balls for rotatable engagement of the supporting member with the display panel. The second device has a pinion for driving the display panel and a power conveying unit for conveying the power from the driving pinion. The power conveying unit has a rack divided into a first gear portion and a second gear portion engaged with the driving pinion, and a driven pinion coupled to the supporting member and having a gear portion engaged with the first gear portion of the rack.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing tilting and rotational movements of a display panel includes a first device for tilting the display panel toward or away from the viewer, a second device for rotating the display panel in sidewise directions, and a member connecting the first and the second devices. The first device has a pinion for driving the display panel and a unit for conveying the power from the pinion to the display panel, and the second device has a bevel gear for driving the display panel and a unit for conveying the power from the bevel gear to the display panel via the connecting member, thereby providing tilting movement of a visual display panel toward or away from a viewer and rotational movement thereof in sidewise directions.

Abstract: The head drum assembly for use in a tape recorder comprises a rotating shaft divided arbitrarily into an upper and a lower parts, a rotary drum pressed in and fixed to the upper part of the rotating shaft, the rotary drum having a protruding cylindrical portion with its center coinciding with that of the rotating shaft, a stationary drum attached at the lower part of the rotating shaft through a plurality of bearings, the stationary drum being hollowed out thereby being provided with an inside bottom surface, the stationary drum further including a bottom surfaces, a rotary transformer bonded to the protruding cylindrical portion, a stationary transformer fixed to and installed on inside bottom surface of the stationary drum, the rotary transformer and the stationary transformer being aligned and separated by a gap, and a transferrer for adjusting the gap between the rotary transformer and the stationary transformer.