Abstract: A distributed network system and method includes a processing unit configured to manage safety data for a plurality of medical devices, a database software component in communication with the processing unit, and a monitoring software component in communication with the processing unit. The monitoring software component is configured to monitor a number of messages between a number of medical devices and the processing unit, to process performance parameters to generate an overall performance index, and to generate an output that is viewable by a user. The output includes relative contributions of each of the performance parameters to the overall performance index, where the overall performance index is generated using a weighting factor associated with each of the performance parameters. The performance parameters include the number of messages waiting to be processed, which has the largest weighting factor, and a disk queue length, which has the smallest weighting factor.

Abstract: A transport apparatus is for conveying a shoe last along a conveying direction, and includes a rail unit, a transport device and a transfer device. The rail unit is divided into process, bridge and transfer regions. The transport device is movably mounted to the rail unit, is movable in the process and bridge regions, and includes a gripper for gripping the shoe last. The transfer device is movably mounted to the rail unit, is movable in the bridge and transfer regions, and includes a holding member for holding the shoe last. When the gripper is in the bridge region, the holding member is operable to hold the shoe last and transfer the shoe last from the gripper to the transfer region.

Abstract: A distributed network system and method includes a processing unit configured to manage safety data for a plurality of medical devices, a database software component in communication with the processing unit, and a monitoring software component in communication with the processing unit. The monitoring software component is configured to monitor a number of messages between a number of medical devices and the processing unit, to process performance parameters to generate an overall performance index, and to generate an output that is viewable by a user. The output includes relative contributions of each of the performance parameters to the overall performance index, where the overall performance index is generated using a weighting factor associated with each of the performance parameters. The performance parameters include the number of messages waiting to be processed, which has the largest weighting factor, and a disk queue length, which has the smallest weighting factor.

Abstract: A roughing system includes a roughing machine and an imaging apparatus. The roughing machine roughs an upper of a shoe along a path to form a rough trace thereon. The imaging apparatus includes a camera module and a processing module. The camera module is moved parallel to the path and repeatedly captures an image of a portion of the upper having a segment of the rough trace thereon each time when one of a first condition that the camera module has been moved by a predetermined length and a second condition that the camera module has been moved for a predetermined time duration is satisfied. The processing module receives the images respectively of different portions of the upper that are sequentially captured by the camera module, and is configured to generate a panoramic image based on the images.

Abstract: A system for capturing a panoramic image of a shoe sole includes a processor and a panoramic image capturing device that is disposed apart from an attachment surface of the shoe sole. The panoramic image capturing device captures a panoramic image of the attachment surface and an inner surface of a sidewall of the shoe sole. The panoramic image capturing device outputs the panoramic image. The processor obtains the panoramic image outputted by the panoramic image capturing device.

Abstract: A transport apparatus is for conveying a shoe sole, and includes a rail unit divided into process and bridge regions, a delivery device and a transfer device. The delivery device is movable in the process and the bridge regions, and includes a conveyor belt for carrying the shoe sole and to move the shoe sole on the rail unit. The transfer device is located adjacent to the bridge region, and includes a transfer roller assembly and a transfer belt, which surrounds the transfer roller assembly and is drivable by the same for carrying the shoe sole. When the delivery device is in the bridge region, the conveyor belt is adjacent to the transfer belt, and is operable to convey the shoe sole onto the transfer belt.

Abstract: A gripping apparatus includes a frame unit, a gripping unit, a driving unit and a pushing unit. The gripping unit includes two gripping claws. The driving unit includes a central shaft unit and an actuating mechanism operable to move the central shaft unit such that the gripping claws are converted to grip a gripped portion of a shoe last or release the gripped portion. The pushing unit includes a driving mechanism and a pushing seat drivable by the driving mechanism to move to a lifted position to be in contact with the gripped portion. The frame unit includes two positioning members each having a positioning groove spatially communicated with a receiving space defined between the gripping claws and receiving a part of the gripped portion.

Abstract: An automated production line for transferring and processing multiple shoe members includes multiple transferring rail units aligned along a transferring direction, multiple handoff rail units aligned along the transferring direction and alternately arranged with the transferring rail units, multiple transferring unit each being movably mounted to a respective one of the transferring rail unit for transferring the shoe members onto an adjacent one of the handoff rail units, multiple handling units each being movably mounted to a respective one of the handoff rail units and being adapted to transfer the shoe members onto an adjacent one of the transferring rail units, and multiple processing units disposed beside the transferring rail units for processing the shoe members.

Abstract: A transport apparatus is for conveying a shoe last along a conveying direction, and includes a rail unit, a transport device and a transfer device. The rail unit is divided into process, bridge and transfer regions. The transport device is movably mounted to the rail unit, is movable in the process and bridge regions, and includes a gripper for gripping the shoe last. The transfer device is movably mounted to the rail unit, is movable in the bridge and transfer regions, and includes a holding member for holding the shoe last. When the gripper is in the bridge region, the holding member is operable to hold the shoe last and transfer the shoe last from the gripper to the transfer region.

Abstract: An automatic shoe-lacing machine for securing a shoelace onto a shoe upper includes a jig unit, a robotic arm unit and a control unit. The jig unit permits the shoe upper to be disposed thereon. The robotic arm unit is disposed at the proximity of the jig unit. The robotic arm unit simultaneously holds and moves two tipping members of the shoelace for sequentially passing the tipping members through eyelets formed in the shoe upper. The control unit controls the movement of the robotic arm unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for making a thin film device and/or for reducing warp in a thin film device, the methods comprising applying at least one metal film to a convex surface of a glass substrate, wherein the glass substrate is substantially dome-shaped. Other methods disclosed include methods of determining the concavity of a glass sheet. The method includes determining the orientation of the concavity and measuring a magnitude of the edge lift of the sheet when the sheet is supported by a flat surface and acted upon by gravity. Thin film devices made according to these methods and display devices comprising such thin film devices are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: Provided are an automatic spray system for a shoe sole adhesive and a spray method therefor, wherein a spray gun and a coating tool are provided at the end of a mechanical arm, enabled to be located in an adhesive spray path, and respectively arranged at the inner and outer sides of a contour side line of the top face of a shoe sole, and by cooperating with the scan information of the top face of the shoe sole and the position information of the shoe sole read by a computer, the adhesive spray region of the spray gun slightly exceeds the contour side line of the top face of the shoe sole and overlaps with a cementing region at the top face of the shoe sole such that a large part of the adhesive is sprayed onto the cementing region, and a small part of the adhesive exceeding the contour side line is blocked and adsorbed by the coating tool, whereby the technical effects of automatically and accurately cementing the shoe sole, preventing the adhesive from overflowing and staining the shoe sole appearance, incre

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a main connector including a shield housing, an insulated body, a plurality of metal terminals, and a shielding plate. The shield housing has an opening for a butt joint connector to insert. The insulated body is encapsulated inside the shield housing. Each of the metal terminals has a contact portion and a fixing portion. The contact portion is arranged in two rows inside the opening of the shield housing, and the fixing portion is fixed to the insulated body. The shielding plate has at least one elastic arm with bending formation and is disposed between two rows of the metal terminals.

Abstract: A high-frequency electronic connector includes an insulating main body, a terminal module and a metal shielding plate. The insulating main body includes a matching portion and a mounting portion. The terminal module includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. Each of the signal terminals and the grounding terminals has a docking portion, a main body portion, and a trailing portion. The docking portions extend out of the matching portion and are aligned in two opposite rows. The trailing portions extend out of the mounting portion. The main body portions are fixed on the insulating main body. The main body portion of each of the grounding terminals has a notch. The metal shielding plate is disposed at the notches and electrically connected with the grounding terminals. The metal shielding plate is located between the two opposite rows of the signal terminals.

Abstract: A high-frequency electronic connector includes an insulating main body, a terminal module and a metal shielding plate. The insulating main body includes a matching portion and a mounting portion. The terminal module includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. Each of the signal terminals and the grounding terminals has a docking portion, a main body portion, and a trailing portion. The docking portions extend out of the matching portion and are aligned in two opposite rows. The trailing portions extend out of the mounting portion. The main body portions are fixed on the insulating main body. The main body portion of each of the grounding terminals has a notch. The metal shielding plate is disposed at the notches and electrically connected with the grounding terminals. The metal shielding plate is located between the two opposite rows of the signal terminals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a main connector including a shield housing, an insulated body, a plurality of metal terminals, and a shielding plate. The shield housing has an opening for a butt joint connector to insert. The insulated body is encapsulated inside the shield housing. Each of the metal terminals has a contact portion and a fixing portion. The contact portion is arranged in two rows inside the opening of the shield housing, and the fixing portion is fixed to the insulated body. The shielding plate has at least one elastic arm with bending formation and is disposed between two rows of the metal terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector structure electrically connected to a docking connector and a cable. The electrical connector structure includes a plurality of first conductive terminals, a plurality of second conductive terminals, an insulating housing, and a metal housing. Each of the first conductive terminals has a first end portion and two first contact portions. Each of the second conductive terminals has a second end portion and a second contact portion. The insulating housing has a plurality of terminal grooves respectively receiving the first conductive terminals and the second conductive terminals. The metal housing substantially covers the exterior of the insulating housing. With the foregoing design, the structure of the whole product can be simplified, and the production costs can be reduced.

Abstract: A high-density cable end connector for transmitting high-frequency signals includes a first sub-assembly, a second sub-assembly, a printed circuit board, a shielding plate, and a shielding shell. The first sub-assembly includes first contacts, a first insulator, and a first cover body. The second sub-assembly includes second contacts, a second insulator, and a second cover body. The printed circuit board includes pins connected to the first contacts and the second contacts. The shielding shell at least partially surrounds peripheries of the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly. The shielding plate is disposed between the first contacts and the second contacts and fixed to the first insulator or the second insulator for insulating the first contacts from the second contacts. Therefore, the high-density cable end connector is prevented from having crosstalk resulted by high frequency signals between the first contacts and the second contacts.

Abstract: A contact strip structure includes a fixing portion, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a strip. The first terminals and the second terminals are fixed to the fixing portion. Two ends of the strip respectively extend in parallel from outsides of the first terminals and the second terminals for a distance, and then vertically extend and mutually contact with the first terminals and the second terminals to form at least one bridge. The first terminals and the second terminals are synchronously fixed to the fixing portion by insert molding.

Abstract: A high-density cable end connector for transmitting high-frequency signals includes a first sub-assembly, a second sub-assembly, a printed circuit board, a shielding plate, and a shielding shell. The first sub-assembly includes first contacts, a first insulator, and a first cover body. The second sub-assembly includes second contacts, a second insulator, and a second cover body. The printed circuit board includes pins connected to the first contacts and the second contacts. The shielding shell at least partially surrounds peripheries of the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly. The shielding plate is disposed between the first contacts and the second contacts and fixed to the first insulator or the second insulator for insulating the first contacts from the second contacts. Therefore, the high-density cable end connector is prevented from having crosstalk resulted by high frequency signals between the first contacts and the second contacts.