Abstract: An apparatus can be used for heating a steel sheet. A positive electrode is configured to make contact with a first electrode area of the steel sheet and a negative electrode is configured to make contact with a second electrode area of the steel sheet. A cooling member includes a cooling block configured to make contact with a cooling area adjacent to a third edge parallel to a second direction. The cooling member is configured to radiate heat generated from the steel sheet. The positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the cooling member are arranged on the steel sheet such that the resistance of a path from the positive electrode to the negative electrode through an area with which the cooling member makes contact is higher than the resistance of a path from the positive electrode to the negative electrode through the cooling member.

Abstract: A method of projection welding hardware to a plated steel sheet for hot stamping, may include pressing hardware and a plated steel sheet in a state in which a welding projection on the hardware is in contact with the plated steel sheet, supplying a primary current to the hardware and the plated steel sheet in a state in which they are pressed, and supplying a secondary current to the hardware and the plated steel sheet.

Abstract: A household appliance including a control panel includes a body and a control panel provided on an outer side of the body, wherein the control panel includes a first panel formed by a process of extrusion of an aluminum (Al) material and provided with at least one surface thereof exposed to an outside thereof, and a second panel provided to be coupled to the first panel and made of the same material as the first panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic substrate having excellent thickness uniformity, and a plastic substrate having excellent thickness uniformity manufactured thereby.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a saliva collector which comprises: a container which provides a space to accommodate at least one absorber; and a head wherein one end is detachably disposed on at least one part of a musical instrument and another end is detachably disposed so as to communicate with at least one part of a side of the container.

Abstract: A method for obtaining an elastic feature of an object includes inducing a first shear wave in the object by transmitting a first push ultrasound signal which is generated by a probe of an ultrasound apparatus and a first grating lobe signal which relates to the first push ultrasound signal toward the object, transmitting a tracking ultrasound signal to an area of the object where the first shear wave has propagated, receiving, from the object, a reflection signal which relates to the tracking ultrasound signal, measuring a first shear wave parameter which indicates a shear wave characteristic of the first shear wave based on the reflection signal, and obtaining an elastic feature of the object by using the first shear wave parameter.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of evaluating brittleness by measuring force applied to an electrode specimen by simulating a wound state of a jelly-roll type electrode assembly are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a brittleness evaluation apparatus includes a jig unit, a driving unit, and a measurement analyzing unit. The jig unit includes two jigs, a groove formed between the jigs, a pressing plate, and guides. The jigs facing each other and have top surfaces formed in a horizontal plane and configured to receive a specimen arranged on the top surfaces along a length direction extending between and along the top surfaces. The pressing plate is arranged perpendicular to the length direction and configured to cause the specimen to bend by descending into the groove. The guides are located on each of the top surfaces of the jigs and configured to prevent distortion of the specimen during descent of the pressing plate.

Abstract: The present application provides a cerumen removing device, comprising a container section comprising a recovery hole and a discharge hole; a head section exposed to the outside through the recovery hole and having at least one air ejection hole; and a pump configured to discharge air to the outside through the air ejection hole.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a metal plate including a plurality of pattern portions, a patterning apparatus configured to form a plurality of patterns on the metal plate, and a patterning method using the same. The metal plate to be used in a household appliance includes a plurality of pattern portions in which a hairline pattern is formed on a surface of the metal plate, wherein the plurality of pattern portions includes a first pattern portion having a first hairline pattern and a second pattern portion having a second hairline pattern different from the first hairline pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a full-screen display device capable of sufficiently securing light transmittance of a sensor area overlapping a sensor unit in a pixel array and minimizing deterioration in perceived image quality of the sensor area. The pixels are arranged in the sensor area overlapping the sensor unit in the pixel array of the full-screen display device such that the number of pixels gradually decreases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks, and the area of a transmission portion gradually increases from the outer periphery toward the center of the sensor area in units of masks.

Abstract: The present application relates to a polarizing plate having a polarizing film in which a light absorption axis is formed in one in-plane direction; a protective film formed on one side of the polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on the other side of the polarizing film, where the total thickness is 200 ?m or less, and a ratio of (SPro/SPVA) of a shrinkage force (SPVA) of the polarizing film in the in-plane direction parallel to the light absorption axis direction and a shrinkage force (SPro) of the protective film in the in-plane direction perpendicular to the light absorption axis direction is in a range of 0.1 to 5. The present application can provide a polarizing plate which does not cause cracks or the like while having a thin thickness, does not induce warping or twisting in itself and does not induce the above problems even when applied to a display device such as an LCD or OLED.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a liquid crystal panel comprising a liquid crystal cell having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first polarizing plate provided on the first surface and a second polarizing plate provided on the second surface, where each of the first and second polarizing plates includes a polarizer layer and a low moisture permeable base layer bonded to the polarizer layer, and a flexural balance between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate is controlled by adjusting shrinkage force of the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle speed sensor device, an ABS apparatus including the same, and an operating method thereof. The vehicle speed sensor device comprises: a rechargeable battery; a speed sensor for receiving power supplied from the battery and measuring a rotation speed of a wheel bearing to generate a speed signal; and a wireless signal transmitter for transmitting a speed signal to an electronic controller through wireless communication. Such a configuration enables the vehicle sensor device to be robust against an external damage, can remove the signal crosstalk problem due to complex cable connection, and can reduce the weight of a vehicle.

Abstract: A method and device, for isolating a migratory cell population from a mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells is described herein. The method comprises placing the mixed population of migratory cells and non-migratory cells in contact with a device having one or more microchannels; and isolating the migratory cell population within the microchannels following an incubation period, wherein the one or more microchannels have an average size in a proliferation direction of the migratory cells that is less than a minimum proliferation space of the migratory cells along the proliferation direction.

Abstract: In one aspect, an apparatus for stimulating and/or monitoring a nerve is described herein. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a top substrate layer, a bottom substrate layer in facing opposition to the top substrate layer, and a channel disposed between the top substrate layer and the bottom substrate layer. The apparatus further comprises a plurality of electrodes disposed on one or more interior surfaces of the channel. Additionally, the channel is defined by the top substrate layer, the bottom substrate layer, and a retaining wall extending at least partially between the top substrate layer and the bottom substrate layer. The retaining wall retains the nerve within the channel.

Abstract: In one aspect, methods of detecting tumor cells are described herein. In some embodiments, a method of detecting tumor cells comprises providing a device, the device comprising a substrate surface and a plurality of first aptamer probes attached to the substrate surface. The method further comprises contacting a plurality of cells with the plurality of first aptamer probes attached to the substrate surface; adhering one or more of the plurality of cells to the substrate surface; and measuring a non-uniformity parameter, a Hausdorff distance, a change in the number of pseudopods, and/or a shape of at least one adhered cell. In some cases, the method further comprises using the non-uniformity parameter, Hausdorff distance, change in the number of pseudopods, and/or shape of the adhered cell to identify the adhered cell as a tumor cell or a non-tumor cell.

Abstract: A sensor for measuring a rotation speed of a magnetic encoder includes a first magnetic detector detecting a magnetic field induced from the magnetic encoder and outputting a strength value of the magnetic field as a first electrical signal, a second magnetic detector detecting the magnetic field induced from the magnetic encoder and outputting a strength value of the magnetic field as a second electrical signal, a first output signal generator for generating and outputting first rotation data including information indicating a rotation speed of a wheel based on the first electrical signal, and a second output signal generator configured to generate second rotation data including information indicating a rotation speed of the wheel based on the second electrical signal. The information indicating the rotation speed in the second rotation data may have a higher resolution than the information indicating the rotation speed in the first rotation data.

Abstract: A wheel speed detection device according to one aspect of the present disclosure is installable on a wheel bearing which comprises an outer ring and an inner ring coupled to a rotating shaft and relatively rotated relative to the outer ring about the rotating shaft. The wheel speed detection device comprises a first target concentrically coupled to the rotating shaft, a second target disposed along an outer circumference of the inner ring, a cap coupled to the outer ring to cover the first target and the second target, a first sensor disposed in the cap and configured to detect a variation in magnetic field of the first target due to a rotation of the rotating shaft, and a second sensor disposed in the cap and configured to detect a variation in magnetic pole of the second target due to a rotation of the inner ring.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) based electrode and method of making the same is disclosed. The CNT based electrode can have a microelectrode made substantially from a substantially inert metal, a first CNT sheet and a second CNT sheet, wherein the first and second CNT sheets are embedded in a collagen film.

Abstract: A progressive die machine improves forming quality of a low formability material such as an ultra-high strength steel material, or the like, and enhances productivity by adopting rapid heating to a progressive method. The progressive die machine includes: a lower die; an upper die installed to vertically reciprocate with respect to the lower die; a material transfer unit to sequentially transfer a material in a length direction between the upper die and a lower die; a plurality of forming stations installed in the upper die and the lower die; and a rapid heating station installed to be adjacent to at least one of the plurality of forming stations.