Abstract: Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles are described herein. An example height adjustable seat post includes an upper tube and a lower tube configured in a telescopic arrangement. The height adjustable seat post also includes a shaft coupled to the lower tube and extending into the upper tube a piston assembly coupled to the shaft and disposed in the upper tube. The piston assembly includes a piston dividing the upper tube into a first chamber and a second chamber. The first and second chambers are filled with fluid. The piston assembly includes a valve operable between a closed state in which the fluid is blocked from flowing between the first and second chambers and an open state to enable the fluid to flow between the first and second chambers. The height adjustable seat post also includes a solenoid to control the valve.

Abstract: A wireless charging circuit for using a transmitting wireless device to charge a receiving wireless device is disclosed. The wireless charging circuit of the transmitting wireless device has a transmitting mode. The transmitting wireless device includes a wireless charging circuit and a position detector, the position detector electronically coupled to the wireless charging circuit and for activating the transmitting mode of the wireless charging circuit of the transmitting wireless device dependent upon the position of the transmitting wireless device (e.g., upside down). When a receiving wireless device is placed face up on an upside down transmitting wireless device that is in the transmitting mode with the transmitting mode activated, the transmitting wireless device automatically begins charging the battery of the receiving wireless device. A method of wireless charging of a wireless device and including a battery power conserving backoff feature is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless charging circuit for using a transmitting wireless device to charge a receiving wireless device is disclosed. The wireless charging circuit of the transmitting wireless device has a transmitting mode. The transmitting wireless device includes a wireless charging circuit and a position detector, the position detector electronically coupled to the wireless charging circuit and for activating the transmitting mode of the wireless charging circuit of the transmitting wireless device dependent upon the position of the transmitting wireless device (e.g., upside down). When a receiving wireless device is placed face up on an upside down transmitting wireless device that is in the transmitting mode with the transmitting mode activated, the transmitting wireless device automatically begins charging the battery of the receiving wireless device. A method of wireless charging of a wireless device and including a battery power conserving backoff feature is also disclosed.

Abstract: A variable bandwidth filter is described herein, wherein a bandwidth of a passband of the variable bandwidth filter is dynamically tunable. The variable bandwidth tuner is implemented on a CMOS chip, and acts to filter analog signals. The variable bandwidth filter comprises a plurality of finite impulse response (FIR) filters, wherein each FIR filter comprises a plurality of tunable transconductors. The tunable transconductors are tunable in their gain.

Abstract: A key for a keyboard includes a keycap having a top surface configured to be contacted for pressing the key down, and having a bottom. The keycap is substantially transparent. An intermediate layer is coupled to the bottom of the keycap. The intermediate layer is translucent and includes a top and a bottom. The top of the intermediate layer faces the bottom of the keycap. A character layer is positioned between the bottom of the keycap and the top of the intermediate layer. A resilient member is coupled to the bottom of the intermediate layer. The resilient member is translucent and is configured to direct light through the intermediate layer, through the character layer, and out from the keycap. The character layer is configured to be lighted for viewing through the keycap.

Abstract: A key for a keyboard includes a keycap having a top surface configured to be contacted for pressing the key down, and having a bottom. The keycap is substantially transparent. An intermediate layer is coupled to the bottom of the keycap. The intermediate layer is translucent and includes a top and a bottom. The top of the intermediate layer faces the bottom of the keycap. A character layer is positioned between the bottom of the keycap and the top of the intermediate layer. A resilient member is coupled to the bottom of the intermediate layer. The resilient member is translucent and is configured to direct light through the intermediate layer, through the character layer, and out from the keycap. The character layer is configured to be lighted for viewing through the keycap.

Abstract: An electronic security scheme and security system for a communications network facilitates the preventing of unauthorized access to an internal resource of an entity's internal computer system. A server includes a first set of ports for communication between an external communications network and the server. The server has a second set of ports for communications between an internal communications network and the server. A first firewall is interposed between the server and the external communications network. The first firewall is coupled to the first set of ports to provide at least one interconnection between the first set of ports and the external communications network. A second firewall is interposed between the server and the internal communications network. In one embodiment, the second firewall is coupled to the second set of ports to provide in a nonnegative integer number of interconnections between the second of set ports and the internal communications network.

Abstract: A cryosurgery device includes an aerosol container holding a liquid refrigerant and having a valve and a stem extending out therefrom; an actuator seated on the stem and including an outlet tube for receiving released refrigerant from the container; a hub mounted on the container and including slots therein; and a base having a central opening for receiving the hub, the base including aligning projections that enter the slots in the hub to engage and apply pressure to the actuator to cause the actuator to depress the stem and release refrigerant into the base. The container may further contain an applicator tube mounted to the hub in fluid communication with the outlet tube with a porous tip mounted to a distal end of the applicator tube for receiving the refrigerant and, being chilled thereby, applied to a skin lesion to be treated.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding novel human proteins. These novel nucleic acids are useful for constructing the claimed DNA vectors and host cells of the invention and for preparing the claimed nucleic acids, recombinant proteins and antibodies that are useful in the claimed methods and medical uses.

Abstract: Overlaminated faceless PSA label constructions of this invention comprise a low material cost, thin prelaminate PSA construction having a layer of pressure-sensitive material disposed on a release surface of a removable substrate, and a nonblocking continuous film disposed over a surface of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive to render the pressure-sensitive adhesive tack free. An optically transparent overlaminate film layer is disposed over the nonblocking continuous film, and a printed indicia is interposed between the overlaminate film layer and nonblocking continuous film. The prelaminate PSA construction does not include a conventional facestock formed from paper, cardboard or plastic, and is highly conformable.

Abstract: This invention provides human extracellular junctional adhesion molecules (huJAM) and polynucleotides which identify and encode huJAM. The invention further provides methods using the molecules of the invention for treating, cancer and inflammatory, immune system, and cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention overcomes problems in the prior art of updating/upgrading remote control to include functions and/or abilities nor originally planned when the remote control was being designed/manufactured. A set-top device itself can be an updated device which can be bundled with an outdated remote control. The set-top can provide a remote teacher display or such a display can be made available from a distance via the internet or satellite. In such a case, a remote control can be used to select a specific on-screen display button from the remote teacher. The corresponding remote control code is then taught to a learning remote control by a blaster which serves as a substitute for a teaching remote control in order to teach and/or update/upgrade the learning remote control.

Abstract: The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding novel human proteins. These novel nucleic acids are useful for constructing the claimed DNA vectors and host cells of the invention and for preparing the claimed recombinant proteins and antibodies that are useful in the claimed methods and medical uses.

Abstract: A cryosurgery device includes an aerosol container holding a liquid refrigerant and having a valve and a stem extending out therefrom; an actuator seated on the stem and including an outlet tube for receiving released refrigerant from the container; a hub mounted on the container and including slots therein; an applicator tube mounted to the hub in fluid communication with the outlet tube; a porous tip mounted to a distal end of the applicator tube for receiving the refrigerant; and a base having a central opening for receiving the hub and applicator tube therein, the base including aligning projections that enter the slots in the hub to engage and apply pressure to the actuator to cause the actuator to depress the stem and release refrigerant to the tip.

Abstract: The specification and drawings describe and show embodiments of the present invention in the form of a combination closure tape and tear strip, an object comprising the combination closure tape and tear strip, and a method of sealing and later opening said object utilizing the combination closure tape and tear strip. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to ascertain quickly the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A method for forming porous silicon oxide film, comprising the following steps. A CVD chamber having inner walls and a wafer chuck/heater is provided. At least a portion of the CVD chamber inner walls is pre-coated with a layer of first PECVD silicon oxide film having a first thermal CVD oxide deposition rate thereupon. A semiconductor wafer is placed on the wafer chuck/heater within pre-coated CVD chamber. The semiconductor wafer including an upper second PECVD silicon oxide film having a second thermal CVD oxide deposition rate thereupon that is less than the first thermal CVD oxide deposition rate upon the first PECVD silicon oxide film coating the CVD chamber inner walls. A porous silicon oxide film is deposited upon the upper second PECVD silicon oxide film overlying the semiconductor wafer. The porous silicon oxide film being different from the first PECVD silicon oxide film coating the CVD chamber inner walls.

Abstract: A process for increasing the surface area of a DRAM capacitor structure via definition of a capacitor in a porous insulator layer, wherein the porous insulator layer is comprised with voids, has been developed. The process features the use of an anisotropic dry etch procedure to form a capacitor opening in a porous insulator layer, exposing a portion of the voids located on the sides of the capacitor opening extending into the porous insulator layer. An isotropic wet etch is then used to enlarge the surface area of the exposed voids, allowing the surface area for a subsequently formed, overlying storage node structure, to be increased.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat dissipating device and a method for making the same. The heat dissipating device includes an aluminum flat base plate integrally forming a number of studs thereon, an aluminum folded fin with a number of inverted U-shaped heat dissipating fins connecting with each by bottom partitions. Each partition defines a number of holes. Thermal grease is uniformly spread on a bottom of each partition. In manufacturing the heat dissipating device, the folded fin is firstly mounted to the base plate to a position that the studs extend through the holes in the partitions. The studs are then subject to pressing operation to fixedly connect the folded fin and the base plate together, whereby the thermal grease entirely fill the gaps between the partitions and the base plate to enable heat absorbed by the base plate to be effectively dissipated by the inverted U-shaped heat dissipating fins.

Abstract: A method of preparing an ester of a carboxylic acid functionalized with a moiety selected from the group consisting of halides, sulfonates, ethers, hydroxyl, amines, and aldehydes, said method comprising: (a) providing either a carboxylic acid having a vinyl group or an ester thereof; (b) functionalizing the vinyl carbon closest to the carboxyl group with said moiety, wherein said functionalizing comprises cleaving said vinyl group.