Abstract: An exhaust silencer device which is interposed in an exhaust passage in a vehicle to reduce exhaust noise comprises a sub-muffler which is interposed in the exhaust passage and has an expansion chamber formed therein; an inlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an inlet opening of the sub-muffler; and an outlet pipe which is airtightly inserted through an outlet opening of the sub-muffler, wherein the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are formed with openings (small apertures, non-joined portions) only in their upper half area and their lower half area is sealed without having the openings.

Abstract: A method of realizing an omnidirectional motion includes: detecting a pace of an object moving over an omnidirectional motion platform; decomposing the pace of the object into speeds along at least two directions; and driving at least two pluralities of movable members, based on the speeds along the at least two directions, to translocate the object along one of the at least two directions and in a direction opposite to a corresponding speed of the pace of the object such that the object remains at a substantially same place over the omnidirectional motion platform. An omnidirectional motion apparatus includes an omnidirectional motion platform, and a pace detector and a data processor.

Abstract: A chip package structure includes a plurality of first chips, a plurality of first conductive pillars, a second chip, a plurality of second conductive pillars, an encapsulated material and a redistribution structure. Each first chip has a first active surface. Each of the first conductive pillars is disposed on the first active surface of the corresponding first chip. A second active surface of the second chip is electrically connected to the first active surfaces of the first chips through the second conductive pillars. The encapsulated material partially covers the first chips, the first conductive pillars, the second chip and the second conductive pillars. The redistribution structure is disposed on the encapsulated material and connects the first conductive pillars. A chip package structure array is also provided.

Abstract: A lighting device to be mounted on a vehicle has a light source, a projection lens having an optical axis, and disposed so as to allow at least some of light emitted from the light source to pass therethrough, a holder that holds the projection lens, a pivot shaft provided at one of the projection lens and the holder and extending in a direction intersecting with the optical axis of the projection lens, a bearing provided at the other of the projection lens and the holder and that holds the pivot shaft, an aiming mechanism configured to pivot the projection lens relative to the holder about the pivot shaft, and a reflector configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source in a predetermined direction. The reflector is provided in the holder. The position of the holder to the light source is fixed.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling a drink including a drink supply pipe line for supplying a drink to a filling machine, the drink supply pipe line and the filling machine including a CIP and SIP treatments apparatus, and an aseptic chamber surrounding at least the apparatus for filling the drink, the aseptic chamber of the filling machine comprising a COP and SOP treatment apparatus. The CIP and SIP treatments apparatus and the COP and SOP treatment apparatus are driven in parallel with each other.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments for reconfiguring a storage system comprise a modular sensor platform, comprising: a base module comprising, a display, a processor, a memory and a communication interface; a band removably coupled to the base module such that the band is replaceable with different types of bands; and a sensor module that collects data from a user, the sensor module in communication with the base module and removably coupled to the band such that the sensor module is replaceable with different types of sensor modules, the sensor module further comprising a plurality of sensor units that are removably coupled to the sensor module such that individual sensor units are replaceable with different types of sensor units.

Abstract: A touch-sensing apparatus and an electronic appliance including a touch-sensing apparatus are provided. The touch-sensing apparatus may include a substrate having an effective area and a non-effective area, a first decorative layer provided within a cavity provided in the non-effective area of the substrate, and having at least one groove that exposes a bottom surface of the cavity, a second decorative layer provided inside the at least one groove of the first decorative layer, and a fingerprint sensor provided on the first and second decorative layers.

Abstract: A lens body includes a first reflecting surface totally reflecting entered light, a second reflecting surface totally reflecting at least some of the light totally reflected at the first reflecting surface, and a light emitting surface emitting light passed through forward, wherein the first reflecting surface includes an elliptical spherical shape with reference to a front-focal point and a rear-focal point disposed parallel with each other in the forward/rearward direction, the rear-focal point disposed in a vicinity of a light source, the light emitting surface has a first leftward/rightward emission region and a second leftward/rightward emission region adjacent to the first leftward/rightward emission region in a leftward/rightward direction, the first leftward/rightward emission region refracts the entered light in a direction approaching a forward/rearward reference axis, and the second leftward/rightward emission region refracts at least some of the entered light in a direction getting away from the f

Abstract: A nickname management apparatus includes a speech agent configured to recognize a speech of a user to obtain nickname information of a device, and a nickname manager configured to determine a device corresponding to the nickname information from one or more devices on a network, and register the named device based on the determination.

Abstract: A sensing module substrate and a sensing module including the same are provided. The sensing module substrate includes a film substrate having a first surface and a second surface; sensing vias which penetrate the film substrate from the first surface to the second surface, each of the sensing vias being configured to be coupled to pixels of a semiconductor chip; and an interconnection pattern provided on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the film substrate.

Abstract: A bracket device includes a supporting frame, a bracket, an elastic member and a fastening member. The bracket is movably connected to the supporting frame. The elastic member is mounted to the supporting frame. The fastening member is connected to the elastic member. When the bracket is located at a first position relative to the supporting frame, the fastening member is in a locking state. When the bracket is located at a second position relative to the supporting frame, the fastening member is in an unlocking state.

Abstract: A multi-channel headspace extraction needle is provided. The extraction needle includes an inner needle tube, a sealed connector, and a needle rod and an outer needle tube respectively installed on a top portion and a bottom portion of the sealed connector. The sealed connector includes a first conduit and a second conduit connected with a tube lumen of the outer needle tube. A sealing layer is disposed between a bottom tube wall of the inner needle tube, which extends into the tube lumen of the outer needle tube, and a sidewall of the outer needle tube. The sidewall of the outer needle tube includes a first through-hole and a second through-hole respectively disposed above and under the sealing layer. The first through-hole is connected with the tube lumen of the outer needle tube and the second through-hole is connected with a tube lumen of the inner needle.

Abstract: The function of a respiration system, with a patient port (1) with connected inspiration branch (3) and expiration branch, is checked. A rebreathing line (9) connects the inspiration branch to the expiration branch. A reservoir (25) is connected to a reservoir port (27) in the rebreathing line. An actuatable control valve (29) is provided in the rebreathing line between the expiration branch and the reservoir port. A pressure sensor (33) is connected to the rebreathing line. A control unit (39) is connected to the control valve and to pressure sensor. The process includes closing the control valve for a preset inspiration time and opening it for a preset expiration time. The value sent by the pressure sensor is detected with the control valve opened during the expiration time and compared with a preset first threshold valve. An error message is generated when the value sent exceeds the first threshold value.

Abstract: The present invention provides a particulate water-absorbing agent which has an excellent fluid retention capacity under pressure and an excellent liquid permeability. Each of the following values of the particulate water-absorbing agent of the present invention falls within a certain range: a ratio represented by “centrifuge retention capacity/Ln (water-soluble component amount)”; a molecular weight distribution of the water-soluble component; a weight average molecular weight after a hydrolysis treatment; and a branching density after the hydrolysis treatment.

Abstract: A cable-stayed suspension bridge structure suitable for super long spans by comprising a horizontally arranged main bridge main beam, wherein vertical main towers are arranged at ends of the main bridge main beam, and each main tower is anchored by stay cables; a main bridge vertical support and a longitudinal elastic damping stopper are arranged at positions of the main bridge main beam close to the main tower, and the main beam is kept stable longitudinally by virtue of the geometric stiffness of the cable force of the stay cable and the longitudinal elastic damping stopper.

Abstract: An announcement system includes: a sound-pickup apparatus for receiving a speech expressing a fixed-form sentence; a conversion apparatus for generating a translation of the fixed-form sentence based on the speech received; and output apparatus for presenting information indicating the translation.

Abstract: A semiconductor device for power supply control includes an on/off control signal generation circuit which generates a control signal to turn on or off the switching element, a high-voltage input start terminal to which alternating-current voltage of AC input or voltage rectified in a diode bridge is input, a high-voltage input monitoring circuit connected to the high-voltage input start terminal and monitoring voltage of the high-voltage input start terminal, and a discharging unit connected between the high-voltage input start terminal and a ground point. When the high-voltage input monitoring circuit detects that a time for which the voltage of the high-voltage input start terminal is not lower than a predetermined voltage value for a predetermined period, the discharging unit is turned on.

Abstract: A clutch assembly comprising: an axis of rotation; first and second spherical centers positioned along the axis of rotation; a first member having a first spherical surface including: a radius defining a first curvature; the first spherical center; and a first frictional surface; a second member having a second spherical surface including: said radius defining a second curvature about same or equal to the first curvature; the second spherical center; and a second frictional surface. A torque converter comprising a spherical clutch assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: Prevention of contamination of a dried product, deformation of particles, and a change of particle size distribution. The system includes: a solid-liquid separator in which a processing material is supplied between a pair of endless separation filter cloths wound around an outer periphery of a separation roll, and is dehydrated by being squeezed therebetween and also by ventilation gas passing from a ventilation port formed in an outer peripheral surface of the separation roll; and a horizontal rotary dryer provided on a subsequent stage of the solid-liquid separator, wherein carrier gas is made to flow in a rotating shell of the dryer in a cocurrent manner in the same direction as a conveyance direction of the processing material.