Abstract: Provided is a peptide and method in preventing or treating infections caused by a wide spectrum of pathogens, including bacteria and fungus in hosts such as plants and animals. Methods of preventing or treating plant diseases and infection in animals are also provided.

Abstract: An athletic skate body has an integrated leather vamp main body, a heel accessory piece, multiple strengthening pieces, a tongue, a shoe lining, an inner board, and a sole. The integrated leather vamp main body has a seamless toe box surface portion and a first lateral surface portion and a second lateral surface portion extending rearward from two sides of the toe box surface portion. The first and the second lateral surface portions are sewed with a heel accessory piece and thus a heel portion is formed. With the seamless toe box surface portion, strength of a head portion of the athletic skate body is enhanced, and a vamp base can be cut into shape by automation equipment. Thus, with the plane and integral vamp base attached with multiple strengthening pieces precisely, the manpower is saved and the quality of the athletic skate body is improved.

Abstract: An athletic skate body has an integrated leather vamp main body, a heel accessory piece, multiple strengthening pieces, a tongue, a shoe lining, an inner board, and a sole. The integrated leather vamp main body has a seamless toe box surface portion and a first lateral surface portion and a second lateral surface portion extending rearward from two sides of the toe box surface portion. The first and the second lateral surface portions are sewed with a heel accessory piece and thus a heel portion is formed. With the seamless toe box surface portion, strength of a head portion of the athletic skate body is enhanced, and a vamp base can be cut into shape by automation equipment. Thus, with the plane and integral vamp base attached with multiple strengthening pieces precisely, the manpower is saved and the quality of the athletic skate body is improved.

Abstract: A small form factor pluggable connector with a locking and unlocking mechanism is disclosed. The locking and unlocking mechanism includes a torsion spring mounted on a base, an actuator rotatably mounted on a cover, a rotating member rotatably mounted on the cover and the base, and a fastening shaft inserting into a cylindrical spring body of the torsion spring and shaft holes of the cover and the base. When the locking and unlocking mechanism is in an initial state or a locking state, a hook of the rotating member protrudes from a top surface of a front portion of the cover, and a spring-pressing portion of the rotating member presses a horizontal pin of the torsion spring. When the locking and unlocking mechanism is in an unlocking state, a handle of the actuator need be lifted up.

Abstract: A connector with a locking and unlocking mechanism is disclosed. The connector includes a case, a spring member and an unlocking member. The case includes a guiding groove, a narrow groove, a protrusion, a vertical stop wall and a latching groove. The spring member and the unlocking member are mounted the case. The unlocking member includes a guiding arm, a latching plate and a bending end. A vertical portion of the unlocking member is inserted between the spring member and the case. The guiding arm extends into the corresponding guiding groove. The latching plate enters into the latching groove. The bending end enters into the narrow groove and covers the protrusion. When a pulling portion is pulled back, the vertical portion compresses the spring member, the latching plate slides back along the latching groove, and the bending end moves back along the protrusion.

Abstract: A small form-factor pluggable connector is disclosed. A locking and unlocking mechanism of the SFP connector includes a rotating member rotatable mounted on a cover, a fastening shaft pivoting the rotating member on the cover, a spring member providing an elastic force for locking and unlocking, an actuator slideably mounted on the cover, and an U-shaped connecting member connecting the rotating member and the actuator. The spring member is located under a latching arm of the rotating member. When the latching arm is forced to rotate downward under an external force, the spring member is compressed. When the external force is removed, the spring member can be restored to its original state and push the latching arm upward. The SFP connector of the present invention is easy to be operated and can efficiently realize the locking and unlocking functions.

Abstract: A connector with a locking and unlocking mechanism is disclosed. The connector includes a case, a spring member and an unlocking member. The case includes a guiding groove, a narrow groove, a protrusion, a vertical stop wall and a latching groove. The spring member and the unlocking member are mounted the case. The unlocking member includes a guiding arm, a latching plate and a bending end. A vertical portion of the unlocking member is inserted between the spring member and the case. The guiding arm extends into the corresponding guiding groove. The latching plate enters into the latching groove. The bending end enters into the narrow groove and covers the protrusion. When a pulling portion is pulled back, the vertical portion compresses the spring member, the latching plate slides back along the latching groove, and the bending end moves back along the protrusion.

Abstract: A small form factor pluggable connector with a locking and unlocking mechanism is disclosed. The locking and unlocking mechanism includes a torsion spring mounted on a base, an actuator rotatably mounted on a cover, a rotating member rotatably mounted on the cover and the base, and a fastening shaft inserting into a cylindrical spring body of the torsion spring and shaft holes of the cover and the base. When the locking and unlocking mechanism is in an initial state or a locking state, a hook of the rotating member protrudes from a top surface of a front portion of the cover, and a spring-pressing portion of the rotating member presses a horizontal pin of the torsion spring. When the locking and unlocking mechanism is in an unlocking state, a handle of the actuator need be lifted up.

Abstract: A small form-factor pluggable connector is disclosed. A locking and unlocking mechanism of the SFP connector includes a rotating member rotatable mounted on a cover, a fastening shaft pivoting the rotating member on the cover, a spring member providing an elastic force for locking and unlocking, an actuator slideably mounted on the cover, and an U-shaped connecting member connecting the rotating member and the actuator. The spring member is located under a latching arm of the rotating member. When the latching arm is forced to rotate downward under an external force, the spring member is compressed. When the external force is removed, the spring member can be restored to its original state and push the latching arm upward. The SFP connector of the present invention is easy to be operated and can efficiently realize the locking and unlocking functions.

Abstract: A rigid shoe shell of a skate has a heel portion, two quarter portions respectively extending from two opposite sides of the heel portion, and at least one resilient cushion region formed on an upper edge of the rigid shoe shell. In some embodiments each of the at least one resilient cushion region has multiple strips that have an upper distal end being a free end. Since the strips are bendable, the upper edge of the rigid shoe shell resiliently presses against a lower leg of a wearer of the skate without rubbing against the lower leg of the wearer, thereby providing good protection effect.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a one-piece shoe shell of a skate with different widths having acts of forming a shoe shell with a rudimentary mold assembly, ejecting the shoe shell from the rudimentary mold assembly and adjusting a width of the sole of the shoe shell before the shoe shell hardens. The sole of the shoe shell has at least one adjusting portion to allow the sole to expand or be compressed. With the acts, each size of the shoe shell needs only one rudimentary mold assembly that has complex structure and high cost to substantially form a basic shape of the shoe shell and multiple shaping molds of different widths that have simple structure and low cost are prepared to further adjust widths of the shoe shell. Consequently, total cost for manufacturing the shoe shell with different widths is effectively lowered.

Abstract: A combination structure for a shoe shell has a shoe body, a toecap mounted on a front end of the shoe body and at least one connecting part disposed between the shoe body and the toecap. Each of the at least one connecting part has a female connector and a male connector formed respectively on the shoe body and the toecap and is mounted with each other. Connecting the toecap to the shoe body through the at least one connecting part is an improved quick and time saving process. Furthermore, the toecap is attached securely to the shoe body and not easily detached from the shoe body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a skate shell has acts of providing an expandable sheet, providing a mold assembly, forming the sheet into a three dimensional shape, mounting the shaped sheet around an inner mold, closing the mold assembly, forcing molten plastic material into the mold assembly and opening the mold assembly. The mold assembly has an outer mold and an inner mold to form a mold cavity. The inner mold has a mold block. The sheet has a peripheral rim squeezed by the inner mold and the outer mold when the mold assembly is closed and the peripheral rim of the sheet is positioned onto the mold block with a positioning assembly. The plastic material is injected into the mold cavity and combined with the shaped sheet to make the sheet smoothly bonded to one surface of the skate shell in a three dimensional arrangement.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a one-piece shoe shell of a skate with different widths having acts of forming a shoe shell with a rudimentary mold assembly, ejecting the shoe shell from the rudimentary mold assembly and adjusting a width of the sole of the shoe shell before the shoe shell hardens. The sole of the shoe shell has at least one adjusting portion to allow the sole to expand or be compressed. With the acts, each size of the shoe shell needs only one rudimentary mold assembly that has complex structure and high cost to substantially form a basic shape of the shoe shell and multiple shaping molds of different widths that have simple structure and low cost are prepared to further adjust widths of the shoe shell. Consequently, total cost for manufacturing the shoe shell with different widths is effectively lowered.

Abstract: A combination structure for a shoe shell has a shoe body, a toecap mounted on a front end of the shoe body and at least one connecting part disposed between the shoe body and the toecap. Each of the at least one connecting part has a female connector and a male connector formed respectively on the shoe body and the toecap and is mounted with each other. Connecting the toecap to the shoe body through the at least one connecting part is quick, process improvement and time saving. Furthermore, the toecap is attached securely to the shoe body and not easily detached from the shoe body.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a one-piece shoe shell provides a method to produce a one-piece shoe shell having steps of: mounting a mold assembly on an injection molding machine; closing the mold assembly and forming a cavity that can produce a shoe shell having a sole, two lateral vamps and a quarter combined together; opening the mold assembly and ejecting the shoe shell. Because the sole, lateral vamps and quarter are integrally formed, a durability of the shoe shell is increased and the shoe shell is easily fabricated.

Abstract: A method for making a component of boot body for a skating shoe includes a cutting step, a mold-making step, a coating step and a shaping step. The cutting step cuts a flexible sheet to form a base sheet with at least one predetermined coating area. The mold-making step forms a coating mold with at least one coating slot. The coating step applies epoxy resin to the base sheet to form a layer of epoxy resin coating and applies the epoxy resin to the at least one predetermined coating area through the at least one coating slot to integrally form at least one reinforcement on the base sheet. The shaping step heats and pressurizes the base sheet to form a component of a boot body. The at least one reinforcement provides an improved hardness and impact strength to the boot body and keeps a user's foot from injury.

Abstract: A method for making a component of boot body for a skating shoe includes a cutting step, a mold-making step, a coating step and a shaping step. The cutting step cuts a flexible sheet to form a base sheet with at least one predetermined coating area. The mold-making step forms a coating mold with at least one coating slot. The coating step applies epoxy resin to the base sheet to form a layer of epoxy resin coating and applies the epoxy resin to the at least one predetermined coating area through the at least one coating slot to integrally form at least one reinforcement on the base sheet. The shaping step heats and pressurizes the base sheet to form a component of a boot body. The at least one reinforcement provides an improved hardness and impact strength to the boot body and keeps a user's foot from injury.