Abstract: A layered article, the structure of which comprises a layer of a transparent thermoplastic material, a metallic layer having a thickness of 5 to 250 nm, and an electroluminescent layer containing one or more lectroluminescent compounds is disclosed. The article is useful in transmitted light technology.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating directions for traveling from a first service location to at least a second service location. One exemplary method embodiment includes obtaining through a server at least one set of “from” coordinates associated with the first service location; obtaining through the server at least one set of “to” coordinates associated with the second service location; transmitting the “from” and the “to” coordinates to a mapping system; and receiving directions from the mapping system based on the “to” and the “from” coordinates. Another exemplary method embodiment includes receiving first knowledge of one or more service personnel locations, receiving second knowledge of one or more service locations, and applying an algorithm with a computer using the first and the second knowledge to facilitate moving a service person to a most appropriate service location.

Abstract: A bridge igniter having a resistance layer which has a given electrical resistance and which can be heated by an electrical current, an electrical insulating layer that is disposed on the resistance layer and has a given thermal conductivity, a reactive layer that is disposed on the insulating layer, the insulating layer transmitting the heat that is produced in the resistance layer to the reactive layer, thereby causing the latter to undergo an exothermic reaction, and a pyrotechnic layer that is disposed on or above the reactive layer and that may be set off by the exothermic reaction of the reactive layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically generating several electrical pulses using numeric default values, in particular for simulating an incremental encoder for a sequential, digital counting of linear or angular displacement values using said pulses. The method incorporates a value generator that outputs the default values repeatedly within each first cycle time, calculation and control means that detect the default values in a cyclic manner and a pulse switching interface that has one or more outputs for the pulses.

Abstract: In a process for preparing a metal-containing supported catalyst or a metal-containing supported catalyst component by impregnation of a support material with an impregnation solution comprising the metal component, the impregnation solution flows through the support material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel enzyme, histidine protein phosphatase, which is derived from mammalian sources, and its homologue variants. The invention further relates to DNA sequences encoding said proteins, to a process for preparing the latter, and to antibodies directed against them. The novel phosphatase can be used for diagnosis of pathological states of cell regulation and cell growth and as pharmaceutical drug which can be administered in conjunction with pathological disorders related to malfunctions of said enzyme.

Abstract: A master cylinder for the clutch or brake of a motor vehicle has a housing for a reciprocable piston one end of which receives the spherical head of a reciprocable piston rod. The head is held in a desired position relative to the piston by a one-piece or composite coupling device having a first section exerting a pull or bearing upon the head of the piston rod and a second section which is confined in or surrounds the end of the piston and urges the first section in a direction to hold the piston rod against axial movements relative to the piston. The coupling device and/or the piston are or can be made of a plastic material, and the connection between such parts is or can be established by snap action.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacture of an anti-paratopic antibody comprising the steps of: (1) selecting from a pool of antibodies occurring in one species a prototypic set the members of which are effective in binding a specific antigen (or antigen epitope), and (2) utilizing one or more members of said prototypic set, or paratopic fragments thereof, as an immunogen in a host of a different species, or in an in vitro incubation system comprising cells derived from the same or a different species, to produce antibodies having a characteristic which is anti-paratopic with respect to said immunogen to produce a synthetic replicate of the specific antigen or epitope. Antigen (or antigen epitope), and monoclonal antibodies, vaccines and processes of immunization employing the product of the method of manufacture are also described.

Abstract: A magnetoresistive memory includes a control circuit with a first pole that, via a reading distributor, can be individually connected to first ends of bit lines by switching elements. The control circuit also has a second pole, which supplies power to an evaluator, and has a third pole that is connected to a reference voltage source. The readout circuit additionally includes a third voltage source having a voltage, which is approximately equal to the voltage of the first reading voltage source and which can be individually connected to second ends of the bit lines by means of switching elements. Finally, the readout circuit includes a fourth voltage source, which can be individually connected to second ends of the word lines by means of switching elements.

Abstract: The invention describes a multi-layer filter structure and the use of a multi-layer filter structure for the dust removal from gases, wherein a coarse dust filter layer, a fine dust filter layer, and a support layer are disposed behind one another in the direction from the inflow side to the outflow side, and which is designed such that the fiber diameter distribution within the coarse dust filter layer and fine dust filter layer has a gradient, and that the fiber diameters of the coarse dust filter layer and fine dust filter layer continually decrease from the inflow side to the outflow side.

Abstract: A computerized method for predicting/completing the addressee field in an electronic mail system, in which user-related history information, including the user's sent and/or received mail, is analyzed, using text mining and/or data mining techniques, for associating the most probable addressee for a given e-mail letter.

Abstract: Method and device for evaluating, simultaneously and with a single equipment, physical parameters such as the absolute permeability and the porosity of fragments taken from a fragmented artificial or natural porous medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of molecules specified as novel multipurpose antibody derivatives. This class of molecules is created by heterodimerization of two constituting components. Heterodimerization is obtained by the specific heterotypic interaction of a chosen VH-CH1 combination of immunoglobulin domains, with a chosen VL-CL combination of immunoglobulin domains. The appropriate VH and VL domains in the VHCH1 and VLCL context, a binding specificity can be constitituted by the heterodimerization scaffold itself. One or both of the comprising VHCH1 and VLCL chains can thus be extended at either the N- or the C-terminus or both with other molecules, such as a toxin polypeptide, an enzyme, a hormone, a cytokine, a signaling molecule, or a single chain linked Fv fragment with the same or a different specificity.

Abstract: A method for attaching the elastic spring elements of a vibration absorber to a metallic mounting support, in particular of a vibration absorber that is to be placed in a steering wheel of a motor vehicle to a metal mounting plate or the bottom of the steering wheel, the spring elements having the form of cylindrical pegs which are each provided with a bead featuring an annular groove and which snap into correspondingly designed openings in the metal mounting plate, whereby the vibration absorber (1) and the metal mounting plate (8) are inserted into a device such that they lie one above the other and that the pegs (4) of the vibration absorber (1) are aligned with the openings (9) in the metal mounting plate (8). The extensions (7) provided on the pegs (4) are passed through the openings (9) until the metal mounting plate (8) butts against the bead (5).

Abstract: A fuse indicator is disclosed for indicating the status of a fuse. The fuse indicator includes an electrically conductive material that extends between conductive ends of a fuse and undergoes a visible change in appearance upon being subjected to electrical current above a threshold. The fuse indicator also includes a layer of indicator material that becomes exposed beneath the electrically conductive material when the fuse indicator is subjected to electrical current above the threshold. The fuse indicator also includes adhesive for maintaining contact between the electrically conductive material and the layer of indicator material.

Abstract: A method of designing a product for use on a body used to develop a preferred product configuration using a computer-based virtual product development and testing system. A virtual wearer sub-model is created of the body and a virtual product sub-model is created of a product for use on the body. An environment sub-model is generated so that environmental factors affecting the product or the body are also used in designing or evaluating the product. Instructions defining how the wearer sub-model, the product sub-model and the environment sub-model interact are introduced in an interaction model. The sub-models and the interaction defined by the interaction model are then combined to create a virtual use model simulating the use of the virtual product sub-model by the virtual wearer sub-model. The use model determines the forces, deformations and stresses caused by movement and interaction between the virtual wearer sub-model and the virtual product sub-model using numerical method analysis.

Abstract: A light directing apparatus comprising an LED array having RGB light emitting diode structures arrayed longitudinally along a substrate to form a plurality of RGB triplet groups and a lenslet array having a plurality of lenslet structures positioned adjacent a respective one of the RGB triplet groups. The lenslet structures include for each respective RGB triplet group a plurality of cylindrical lenses indexed to its respective RGB triplet group. The cylindrical lenses are longitudinally arrayed in parallel to said RGB light emitting diode structures. This arrangement results in greater optical efficiency because light from the LEDs is preferentially directed in a desired direction where an observer is most likely to be.

Abstract: An osteosynthesis screw (1) used especially for application by a translaminar vertebral screw, comprises a shaft (3) at least partially provided with a thread (2) and a head (4) formed at one of its ends and having a notch (5) for a tool. Said shaft (3) has a section (A) with a thread (2) on the end section oriented towards the head (4). The remaining section (B) of the shaft (3) up to the free end is produced without a thread. The head (4) has a diameter (D1) corresponding at least approximately to the outer diameter (DA) of the thread (2) and is provided with the inner notch (5) for a tool. The section (A) of the shaft (3) with the thread (2) has a configuration of uniform thickness, e.g. a trilobular configuration. Thus, the invention provides an osteosynthesis screw (1) exhibiting a short section (A) with a thread (2) and a long section (B) without a thread, said screw having a pull-out head (4) which is secured both axially and rotationally.

Abstract: Process for the separation of enantiomers comprising at least one free functional group, in which process a reagent based on an enantiopure amino acid is reacted in basic medium with a mixture comprising enantiomers.