Abstract: A multiband antenna switch is disclosed in which a matching pad (3) effects an open-circuit operation of the receiving branch at a circuit node (A) with respect to at least one higher-frequency useful-frequency band and the matching pad (3) and a filtering device (2) are tuned to one another in such a manner that, in the transmit case, a non-resistive component of an input impedance of the matching pad (3) is essentially compensated for at the circuit node (A) with respect to at least one lower-frequency useful-frequency band.

Abstract: The opto-electronic system for dimension-measuring device comprises a transparent rule (30) comprising at least one portion provided with a succession of opaque graduations (31), a photo-emitter (20), a photo-detector (21), an integrated optical bloc (1) capable of concentrating the light beam generated by the photo-emitter (20) on the rule portion, and of concentrating the light beam having crossed said rule (30) on said photo-detector (21). The optical bloc (1), the photo-emitter (20) and said at least one photo-detector (21) are mounted on the same printed circuit board (2). The rule (30) occupies a plane perpendicular to said printed circuit board (2). The optical bloc comprises optical surfaces disposed opposite each side of said rule (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fabricating a structure in a semiconductor material. At least one etching step is carried out in-situ in an epitaxy installation and tertiary butyl chloride is used as the etchant. The at least one etching step produces at least one grating structure of a DFB laser. This provides an efficient method for fabricating DFB lasers.

Abstract: Novel processes for the preparation of peripheral opioid antagonist compounds and intermediates thereto. The compounds prepared by the present processes may be useful, for example, as antagonists to the mu, kappa and delta opioid receptors, and thereby may be useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal motility disorders, and in preventing peripheral opiate induced side effects. The present processes may offer improved yields, purity, ease of preparation and/or isolation of intermediates and final product, and more industrially useful reaction conditions and workability.

Abstract: A safety belt apparatus for motor vehicles. The apparatus includes a safety belt and a belt tensioner which can be mounted to the vehicle in the region of a free belt section and which cooperates with the safety belt in the region of the free belt section to alter the effective length of the safety belt.

Abstract: An improved radio-frequency or network connection is distinguished by the following additional features:

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic regulating device (1) for a hydraulic control valve, comprising a housing (14, 15, 32) which comprises an electromagnet rotor arranged in a pressure pipe (2). Additionally, a distance measuring system (6) which detects the lift of the rotor is provided. Said pressure pipe (2) comprises a central thread (3) on one end thereof for securing onto the control valve and is made of a rotor conduit (7) and a sensor pipe which is connect thereto in a tight and secure manner. Said rotor conduit (7) lifts the rotor and supports a magnetic coil (5). Said sensor pipe (8) comprises a sensor coil (21) for detecting the way. Securing means are also provided for components which are semi-mounted on the pressure pipe (2). In the area at the end of the rotor conduit (7) orientated towards the sensor pipes (7), a collar (13) for holding the components arranged on the rotor conduit is provided and is firmly secured to said rotor conduit (7), rising above said conduit.

Abstract: A method for interlinking regulation and/or control functions for a motor vehicle, the communication structure of the control or regulation functions is defined by way of graphs containing nodes and directed gridlines, the nodes of the graph representing control or regulation functions and its directed gridlines representing defined communication paths of the control or regulation functions.

Abstract: A composition comprising a promoter, a metal oxide, a support component, and a silicon-containing material, wherein at least a portion of the promoter is present as a reduced valence promoter and methods of preparing such composition are disclosed. The thus-obtained composition is employed in a desulfurization zone to remove sulfur from a hydrocarbon stream.

Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating manual dexterity in humans and in particular to an apparatus for evaluating the manual dexterity of humans with an impaired nervous system and/or musculoskeletal system is provided. Manual dexterity and object manipulation is a three dimensional activity and any attempt to evaluate it should take this fact into consideration. A method and apparatus for evaluating manual dexterity and object manipulation in humans comprises a structure to receive a hand and a unit to measure and record omnidirectional forces applied to the hand. Additionally, a connection structure to connect two hands is provided, wherein each hand is capable of transmitting a force onto the other hand via the connection structure. The apparatus may also include a unit to measure and record forces applied by each hand.

Abstract: The subject of this patent application is the formulation and production of an organic based agricultural soil fertilizer/conditioner. The principal product meets the standards of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as 2-2-2, 10-10-10, or other similar mix of fertilizer for land application. The organic based material is municipal sludge from wastewater treatment plants. Sludge material meeting the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) standards is used. These materials are treated with chemicals and/or an electron beam to render pathogens harmless in the waste material. Globally acceptable macronutients and micronutrients are added to the base material to produce the agricultural fertilizer/conditioner. The macronutrient materials include phosphate rock, hydrated lime, gypsum, potassium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, ammonium nitrate, potash, ammonia prills, and liquid ammonia.

Abstract: A non-metallic element system is provided which can effectively seal or pack-off an annulus under elevated temperatures. The element system can also resist high differential pressures without sacrificing performance or suffering mechanical degradation, and is considerably faster to drill-up than a conventional element system. In one aspect, the composite material comprises an epoxy blend reinforced with glass fibers stacked layer upon layer at about 30 to about 70 degrees. A downhole tool, such as a bridge plug, frac-plug, or packer, is also provided. The tool comprises a first and second support ring having one or more tapered wedges, a first and second expansion ring, and a sealing member disposed between the expansion rings and the support rings.

Abstract: The invention relates to new C-19-halogen-substituted steroids of the androst-9(11)-ene series, namely 17&bgr;-hydroxy-19-halogen-androsta-4,9(11)-dien-3-ones of general formula (I) and process for their production. In addition, the use of new radiohalogen-labeled compounds of Formula (I) as radiopharmeceutical agents is the subject of the invention as well as the use of non-labeled compounds of Formula (I) as starting products for the production of new biologically active 5&bgr;-substituted androst-9(11)-enes of general formula (II) and the new 6&bgr;,19-cycloandrostadienes of Formula (III) as well as processes for their production and their use.

Abstract: Acoustical attenuating devices (52) and method of forming them. The attenuating devices (52) include an exterior layer (64), a sound absorption layer (66), and multiple perforated layers (68) coupled to the sound absorption layer (66). The perforated layers (68) include a perforated structural layer (70) and a perforated substrate layer (72). The perforated structural layer (70) and the perforated substrate layer (72) provide structural stiffness and define multiple resonating tubes (88) that attenuate sound.

Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment preparations containing i) at least one copolymer P of ethylenically unsaturated monomers M in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion which contains between 0.1 and 1.5 weight %, in relation to the total weight of the copolymer P, of polymerized itaconic acid as acid monomer M1, its salts and/or anhydride, where up to 50 weight % of the itaconic acid can be substituted by another monomer having at least one acid group or a neutralized acid group, and whose glass transition temperature TG lies between −10 and +50° C.; ii) at least one inorganic pigment; iii) possibly inorganic fillers; and iv) standard additives. The invention also relates to the use of the copolymers P containing itaconic acid for improving the wet-abrasion resistance of polymer-bound coatings containing pigments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I): where R1-R6, W, X, and Y are defined herein, a composition includung the compound of formula (I), and a method for, e.g., male birth control, including administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) to a patient in need thereof.

Abstract: A touch probe 9 for a coordinate measuring apparatus is proposed which includes a touch probe chassis 29 adapted to be attached to the coordinate measuring apparatus, a support for the sensing stylus 39 which is mounted on the touch probe chassis 29 so as to be deflectable from a rest position and on which a sensing stylus 47 is mountable for contacting a workpiece 17, a deflection measuring system 55, 57 for detecting a deflection of the support for the sensing stylus 39 with respect to the touch probe chassis 29 and an inspection optics 61 for inspecting a tip 49 of the sensing stylus 47. The touch probe 1 is characterized in that at least one of the components support for the sensing stylus 39 and touch probe chassis 29 comprises a transverse support 39 which extends transversely to a direction of extension of the sensing stylus 47 and which is transparent to light in at least a portion thereof and which is disposed in a beam path 69 of the inspection optics 61.

Abstract: The invention relates to cyclosporin derivatives, whereby the peptide chain thereof comprises at least one pseudo-proline type non-natural amino acid radical. The invention also relates to a method for the production of said derivatives.

Abstract: A torsion bar spring arrangement, particularly a stabilizer arrangement, for a double-track vehicle, has at least one prestressed spring element which limits the introduction of force into the torsion bar spring or the stabilizer to a value defined by the prestressing force of the spring element, in which case the spring element acts as an overload protection such that, when a force is introduced which significantly exceeds the prestressing force, the torsion bar spring arrangement would be damaged without this spring element. The torsion bar spring can have a divided construction and the spring element can be clamped in between the two parts of the torsion bar spring, in which case these two parts of the torsion bar spring can be mutually rotatable by way of an actuator.

Abstract: Micromachined vibratory gyroscope having two or more coplanar movable masses suspended over a planar substrate. Two perpendicular axes (x and y) are defined within the substrate plane, while a third, the z-axis or input axis, is defined to be perpendicular to the substrate plane. The movements of the two masses along the x-axis are coupled through an electrostatic coupling means so that the natural resonant frequency of the in-phase mode and that of the anti-phase mode are separated from each other for the resonances along the x-axis. When the two masses are driven to vibrate along the x-axis in the anti-phase mode and the device experiences rotation about the z-axis, Coriolis forces act differentially on the masses in the Y-direction, causing the two masses to dither in an anti-phase motion along the y-axis. The anti-phase dithering along the y-axis can be sensed directly by a rate sensor to measure the rate of rotation about the z-axis.