Abstract: A coupling is provided for attaching an evaporative emission device having a housing to a mounting surface of a motor vehicle. The coupling includes a pair of tracks fixed the mounting surface and a pair of matching rails fixed to the housing. The rails are sized to slide within the tracks until reaching a predetermined seated position within the rails. An aperture is fixed to the mounting surface and includes a shoulder with a manufacturing tolerance defined about a nominal location at the predetermined seated position. A resilient latch is formed on the housing and located so as to snap into the aperture at the predetermined seated position. The latch includes a inclined engaging surface to engage the shoulder over the entire tolerance range of the shoulder.

Abstract: An electrosurgical device includes a first electrode tip connected to a first shaft and spaced from a second electrode tip connected to a second shaft. The first electrode tip serves as a first pole, and the second electrode tip serves as a second pole, of a bipolar electrode configuration. A first fluid outlet opening is defined by a distal end of the first shaft and a portion of the first electrode tip. A second fluid outlet opening is defined by a distal end of the second shaft and a portion of the second electrode tip. At least one recess can be formed in an exterior surface of each of the first and the second electrode tips, providing a fluid flow channel for fluid to flow distally along the respective electrode tip.

Abstract: A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer readable medium that includes one or more programs for carrying out a method for restoration of a patient's tooth. The method includes the steps of generating an electronic image of a patient's tooth; providing a preliminary treatment plan for addressing the dental needs of the patient; and forwarding the electronic image and preliminary treatment plan to a dental laboratory so that technician can evaluate the image and treatment plan and in a manner such that the technician and dentist can review and discuss the preliminary treatment plan.

Abstract: A cordless reader electro-optically reads indicia on products to be processed in a checkout system in a handheld mode. A base station has a compartment in which the cordless reader is mounted in a hands-free mode. A transceiver communicates data between the cordless reader and the base station. A controller controls operation of the cordless reader and the base station, and also determines the mode of the cordless reader. An alarm generates an advisory alert to advise a return of the cordless reader to the compartment when the controller determines that the cordless reader is in the handheld mode and the cordless reader or the base station does not satisfy an operational condition.

Abstract: An auto-injector apparatus and associated methods utilizing specific dimensions and parameters of use for the auto-injector are provided for achieving increased effectiveness of the auto-injector device in delivering medicament into the patient's body, and in dispersion of the medicament from the initial injection site into the surrounding bodily tissues.

Abstract: A tandem-type image forming system comprises: a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected in series, the image forming apparatuses which respectively perform image formation on sides of a sheet, thereby performing a job, the image forming apparatuses including: a first image forming apparatus; and a second image forming apparatus provided upper than the first image forming apparatus in a sheet conveying direction, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls transmission of image data generated based on printing data of the job received by the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus, and the second image forming apparatus includes: a controlling section which controls feeding of a sheet on which the image formation is performed based on the image data received from the first image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A liquid chromatography device (200) being controllable for executing a chromatographic method (402) defined by a set of target parameters and by a corresponding target sequence of operation procedures, the device comprising a method execution unit (202) configured for executing the chromatographic method (402) by applying the set of target parameters and by running the corresponding target sequence of operation procedures within the liquid chromatography device (200), a determining unit (204) configured for determining a deviation of an actual result of the chromatographic method (402) from an expected target result, wherein the expected target result of the chromatographic method (402) represents a desired behavior of the liquid chromatography device (200) and wherein the actual result of the chromatographic method (402) is obtained by executing the chromatographic method (402) and represents an actual behavior of the liquid chromatography device (200), and an adjusting unit (206) configured for adjusting a

Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus to form an image by scanning with a light beam through a polygon mirror, having a motor drive section to rotate and drive the polygon mirror based on a polygon drive clock pulse and an image processing section capable of adjusting image magnification through image processing, and a control section to control that at least image magnification adjustment by changing revolution of the polygon mirror or image magnification adjustment through the image processing in the image processing section is selected in accordance with an output form of the image when the image magnification is adjusted.

Abstract: A parallel processing development environment has a graphical process control server that provides an interface through which a developer may access the environment to create a parallel processing routine. The development environment also includes a financial server for managing license and usage fees for the parallel processing routine, wherein the developer of the parallel processing routine receives a portion of the license and usage fees received for the routine. The environment identifies plagiarism and malicious software within the parallel processing routine.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) package includes an IC chip and a package carrier. The IC chip includes a substrate and an IC layered structure configured on an active surface of the substrate. The IC layered structure includes a first physical layer interface and a second physical layer interface. The first physical layer interface includes a plurality of first bump pads and a plurality of first inner pads electrically connected to the first bump pads, respectively. The second physical layer interface includes a plurality of second bump pads and a plurality of second inner pads electrically connected to the second bump pads, respectively. The second bump pads are mirror images of the first bump pads with respect to a first geometric plane perpendicular to the active surface. The second inner pads are mirror images of the first inner pads with respect to the first geometric plane.

Abstract: A multiprocessor system includes a plurality of special purpose processors that perform different portions of a related processing task. A set of commands that cause each of the processors to perform the portions of the related task are distributed, and the set of commands includes a predicated execution command that precedes other commands within the set of commands. It is determined whether commands subsequent to the predicated execution command are intended to be executed by a first processor or a second processor based on information in the predicated execution command and the set of commands includes all commands to be executed by each processor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparing dairy animal teats for being milked, and more particularly to teat preparation, rinsing, and milking that all take place in a milking machine teat cup liner. Such a method includes: applying a teat sanitizer to the teat; injecting air into the liner to force the teat sanitizer toward a waste milk line connected to the liner; pulsating the liner at a first pulsation rate; drawing a rinsing milk from the teat; directing the teat sanitizer, the air, and the rinsing fluid to the waste milk line; pulsating the liner at a second pulsation rate to draw additional milk from the teat; and directing the additional milk to a good milk line.

Abstract: A method of producing an electrostatic image developing toner comprising toner particles comprising a binder resin containing at least a non-crystalline polyester resin having a crosslinking structure and a crystalline polyester resin, the method comprising the steps of (a-1) preparing a crystalline polyester resin particle aqueous dispersion liquid; (a-2) preparing a polymerizable unsaturated non-crystalline polyester resin aqueous dispersion liquid; (b) preparing crosslinking non-crystalline polyester resin particles by adding a radical polymerization initiator to the aqueous dispersion liquid of particles containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having a polymerizable unsaturated bond; (c) preparing core particles by aggregating at least the particles containing the crystalline polyester resin in an aqueous medium; and (d) preparing a shell layer containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having a crosslinking structure by fusing the particles containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having

Abstract: This invention provides both void-filling pellets and packaging board that are environmentally compatible and biodegradable. They are made from starch and cellulose fiber, potentially from recycled paper Extruded Pulp Fiber shell waste The void-filling pellets have a hard outer shell and a foamed interior. This makes them resilient to crushing, while at the same time reversibly compressible, providing protection for the item inside the packaging. The reinforced packaging board also has a hard outer shell and a foamed interior, and is reinforced by way of a multi-laminate or corrugated structure. Both the pellets and the board are made by an extrusion process that creates the outer layer and fills the interior with foam.

Abstract: A laser based coordinate measuring device measures a position of a remote target. The laser based coordinate measuring device includes a stationary portion, a rotatable portion, and at least a first optical fiber. The stationary portion has at least a first laser radiation source and at least a first optical detector, and the rotatable portion is rotatable with respect to the stationary portion. The first optical fiber system, which optically interconnects the first laser radiation source and the first optical detector with an emission end of the first optical fiber system, has the emission end disposed on the rotatable portion. The emission end emits laser radiation to the remote target and receives laser radiation reflected from the remote target with the emission direction of the laser radiation being controlled according to the rotation of the rotatable portion.

Abstract: An improved photonics module includes a Silicon motherboard having a plurality of v-grooves that collimate and optically align a laser diode emission is held within an enclosure that includes two or more positioning portions that locate and guide the Silicon motherboard in the desired position within the enclosure. The enclosure acts as a heat sink that provides stability and aids in wicking Silicon motherboard mounting material such damage to the Silicon motherboard by the mounting material is avoided. Methods of making the improved photonics module are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device receives a data signal and a reference timing signal provided from a first clock. The device includes a sample clock that operates independently from the first clock, wherein the sample clock outputs a sample clock signal that is asynchronous with the reference timing signal; a sampler for sampling a data signal in accordance with the sample clock signal and outputting a sampled data signal; and a resampler for resampling the sampled data signal according to a resampling ratio and outputting a resampled data signal such that a number of data samples in the resampled data signal within a synchronization time interval defined with respect to the reference timing signal equals a nominal number of data samples that would occur in the sampled data signal within the synchronization time interval when the sample clock signal was synchronized to the reference timing signal.

Abstract: A method for visualization of electrophysiology information can include storing electroanatomic data (14) in memory, the electroanatomic data representing electrical activity on a surface of an organ over a time period. An interval within the time period is selected in response to a user selection (28). Responsive to the user selection of the interval, a visual representation (26) of physiological information for the user selected interval is generated by applying at least one method to the electroanatomic data (14). The visual representation (26) is spatially represented on a graphical representation of a predetermined region of the surface of the organ.

Abstract: A light guide module with adjustable lighting of a contour surface is composed of light sources and a light guide. The light guide is composed of a primary part, a Y-shaped branch, and a secondary part with a contour surface. The supporting surface of the Y-shaped branch of the light guide is composed of a system of directional optical elements, is of prismatic shape, conical shape, or a combination thereof, and has a vertex on the optical axis of the primary part of the light guide.