Abstract: A connector cover (10) has of two half pieces (20, 30) mounted on a rear of a connector housing (51). Upper and lower ribs (20U, 20L) are formed in one half piece (20) near a rubber plug (60) mounted in a rear end portion of the connector housing (51) at opposite sides of an extension (L) of the axial line of a through hole (61) of the rubber plug 60, through which hole a wire (W) is inserted. The upper and lower ribs define a first wire guide (22) to bend small-diameter wires (W1) drawn out backward from the through hole (61). The connector cover (10) also has a second wire guide (23) for bending the small-diameter wires (W1) bent by the first wire guide (22) in a direction opposite to a bending direction by the first wire guide (22).

Abstract: A blower comprising: a vane wheel including a pair of grooves, and blades extending in a radial direction of the vane wheel in each groove, and a casing including stationary flow paths facing to the grooves respectively so that the gas urged in the grooves is capable of flowing in a circumferential direction in the stationary flow paths, a guide flow path extending in the axial directions to fluidly communicate with both of the stationary flow paths to enable the gas to flow from one of the stationary flow paths to the other one of the stationary flow paths, an inlet port for introducing the gas into the one of the stationary flow paths facing to the one of the grooves and an outlet port for discharging the gas out of the other one of the stationary flow paths facing to the other one of the grooves.

Abstract: The invention relates to an eyepiece-connected taking optical system well fit for TV camera heads using a small-format imaging device. The taking optical system comprises a field direction turning member 1P, 2P, a positive first group and a negative second group. The first group comprises a positive cemented lens convex on its object side, a positive single lens convex on its object side and a positive cemented lens convex on its object side, and the second group comprises a negative single lens. Focus adjustment is implemented by changing a spacing t2 between the first group and the second group. The taking optical system satisfies condition (1) for defining the position of the front focus with respect to the taking lens, condition (2) for defining the refracting power of each lens group, condition (3) for defining the imaging magnification of the second group, and condition (4) for defining the profile of refracting power in the first group.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an implantable medical device, such as a drug eluting stent, is disclosed. The method includes subjecting an implantable medical device that includes a polymer to a thermal condition. The thermal condition can result in reduction of the rate of release of an active agent from the device subsequent to the implantation of the device and/or improve the mechanical properties of a polymeric coating on the device.

Abstract: A method and system for implementing context aware synthesis of assertions is disclosed. The method and system for assertion synthesis includes converting an assertion formula to sequence implication form using semantic preserving rewrite rules, performing optimizations on the resulting formula to reduce the number of state-bits in a final FSM (Finite State Machine), and synthesizing the resulting formula to the final FSM using context aware sequence synthesis.

Abstract: A message distribution center (MDC) is interposed between content providers and a wireless carrier to subjectively examine and direct messages via SMTP based on desired rules (e.g., non-peak hours, paying subscribers only, etc.) using standard SMTP Gateway and other well-known protocols. The MDC includes an individual queue for each subscriber, and the provider is informed through conventional SMTP protocol messages that the short message has been accepted. If the carrier has specifically disallowed service for a particular MIN (e.g., in the case of churning), then the content provider is informed through an SMTP interchange that the recipient is invalid. An MDC provides a single mechanism for interacting with subscribers of multiple carriers, regardless of each carrier's underlying infrastructure. For the carrier, an MDC can protect their SS7 network by intelligently throttling messages and configuring message delivery parameters to be more network friendly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hyperproliferative diseases. Specifically, the present invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions comprising a modified Reoviridae virus, wherein the Reoviridae virus is conjugated to a hydroxylated hydrocarbon or a polycationic polymer to reduce the clearance of the composition and reduce the immunogenicity of the composition. Yet further, the invention relates to methods of treating a hyperproliferative disease by administering to a patient an effective amount of the modified Reoviridae virus.

Abstract: Methods of monitoring a computer system. The methods may comprise the steps of calculating a first checksum of a data location and receiving a request from an operation running on the computer system for a lock corresponding to the data location. The methods may also comprise the steps of calculating a second checksum of the data location, and generating an indication if the first checksum and the second checksum are not equivalent. Also, methods of detecting a lock ranking violation in a computer system. The methods may comprise the steps of receiving a request from an operation for a first lock associated with a first data storage location and reviewing a list of locks issued to the operation. The methods may also comprise the step of determining whether the operation possesses a lock ranked higher than the first lock.

Abstract: One or more nodes of a network may be configured to provide substitute header information for insertion into a received data packet and then to retransmit the data packet with the modified header information to other network destinations. One or more other downstream nodes may be configured to do likewise, thus allowing a packet to proceed through a selected number of multiple destinations in the network without being shortened, and so that the number of control words required in each packet is reduced, in increasing data bandwidth for the network.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit and an image acquisition unit. The imaging condition setting unit includes an input part for inputting an imaging condition with applying plural pre-pulses. The image acquisition unit performs imaging according to the imaging condition and generates an image based on data acquired by the imaging. The imaging condition setting unit includes a display part configured to display an application region and attribute information of at least one pre-pulse of the plural pre-pulses together with a position of the imaging.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a timing-offset estimator calculates a correlation value for each sample of an OFDM signal having a cyclic prefix for each OFDM symbol. The correlation value is provided to a tapped delay line that applies a separate weight to each of 2V correlation values, where V is the length of the cyclic prefix and the weights are based on a triangular weighting scheme that increases linearly from the first value, peaks at the Vth value, and decreases linearly to the 2Vth value. A stream of combined, squared correlation values is generated by combining and squaring the 2V weighted correlation values for each sample of the OFDM signal. For each cyclic prefix of the OFDM signal, a timing-offset estimate is determined based on a detected peak value in the stream of combined, squared correlation values. A timing-offset estimator with triangular weighting scheme may be implemented using recursive processing.

Abstract: A battery comprises a battery cell having two voltage terminals and a flexible sidewall; a wall structure against which the battery cell is located, the wall structure including a sidewall that is adjacent to the sidewall of the battery cell; and a tooth structure that extends away from the sidewall of the wall structure and towards the sidewall of the battery cell, wherein the tooth structure includes a distal end sufficiently sharp to puncture the flexible sidewall of the battery cell when the flexible sidewall of the battery cell is forced up against the tooth structure due to a build up of excess pressure inside the battery cell.

Abstract: A package for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The package includes an interior chamber for holding the flowable material, a coupling insert located within the chamber and a piercing member. The piercing member includes a dispensing tube and is arranged to pierce through the package to communicate with the chamber and thereafter to snap-connect to the coupling insert. The contents of the package can then be dispensed from the package via the dispensing tube. The coupling insert is arranged to be moved to any desired position within the chamber. The package's wall may be constructed, e.g., be transparent and/or include target indicia thereon, to facilitate the positioning of the coupling insert at the desired position.

Abstract: In a controller and method for preventing sending saturated control signals to an actuator, the controller receives parameters of controlling the actuator. The parameters include: a limit capacity value of the actuator, a predefined value which the status value of the plant needs to obtain, a ratio of the ideal control signal value to the limit capacity value, and a ratio of the actual control signal value to the limit capacity value. The controller calculates an ideal control signal value and an actual control signal value by applying a hyperbolic tangent function. And then the controller sends a control signal to the actuator according to the actual control signal value. The actuator drives a plant to move according to the control signal.

Abstract: A gear pump includes: a pump chamber formed in the housing; a gear disposed in the pump chamber; a side plate disposed between a wall of the pump chamber and the gear, and arranged to seal a side surface of the gear, the side plate including an annular receiving portion formed between the wall of the pump chamber and the side plate, the receiving portion having a bottom portion and a side wall portion; a seal member disposed in the receiving portion of the side plate, and arranged to liquid-tightly separate the low pressure chamber and the high pressure chamber of the pump chamber; a pressure introducing section arranged to introduce a pressure generated by the pump operation, to a space between the bottom portion of the receiving portion and the seal member, and thereby to separate the seal member away from the bottom portion of the receiving portion.

Abstract: A battery system comprises a plurality of battery subunits arranged in a stack, wherein each battery subunit among the plurality of battery subunits comprises a first battery cell, a heatsink, a second battery cell, and a compliant pad in that order with the heatsink between and in thermal contact with the first and second battery cells and with the compliant pad abutting the second battery cell.

Abstract: A first sub passage portion and a second sub passage portion are configured so as to form layers on both sides of a separation wall, respectively. A linear passage portion of a third sub passage portion is formed so that a cross section thereof extends within a range across both sides of the separation wall in a direction perpendicular to a wall surface of the separation wall. The cross section is taken along a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of a fluid flowing through the linear passage portion. The separation wall separates the layer of the first sub passage portion and the layer of the second sub passage portion from each other. A first communication passage portion which allows the first sub passage portion to communicate with the third sub passage portion curves to make a directional change and connects a passage wall surface of the first sub passage portion to a side wall of the third sub passage portion by an inclined surface. The passage wall surface is defined by the separation wall.

Abstract: The invention provides an improved method for creating at least two flows of water from a reactor, derived from substantially pH 7 water, for various applications and having widely divergent pH readings between 2 and 14 without need for chemicals. In addition, the reactor generates said divergent flows without need of an RF or A/C generator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bias controller for a dual output electro-optic modulator and a method for controlling the bias of a dual output electro-optic modulator. The invention further comprises an optical commutator switch with a plurality of dual-output electro-optic modulators interconnected in a tiered arrangement, and control means for deriving measurements of optical power from each of the modulators. The optical commutator is further used for determining respective bias control signals to achieve and maintain operation of the modulators substantially at their quadrature bias points, and further for generating said respective bias control signals for applying them to the respective modulators.