Abstract: A method of making a multilayer, printed wiring board may include pre-drilling a prepreg sheet to form a hole free of glass fibers. The hole has a first diameter. The method includes laminating the pre-drilled prepreg sheet between a copper foil and a substrate and allowing the hole to fill with resin from the prepreg sheet, patterning the copper foil to create an opening in a location associated with the resin-filled hole, drilling a via hole in the resin-filled hole, and metallizing the copper foil and the via hole. The via hole has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer FPCB includes the steps of: providing a first copper clad laminate, a second copper clad laminate and a binder layer; defining an opening on the binder layer; defining a first slit on the first copper clad laminate; laminating the first copper clad laminate, the binder layer and the second copper clad laminate; defining a via hole for establishing electric connection between the first copper clad laminate and the second copper clad laminate; cutting the first copper clad laminate, the binder layer and the second copper clad laminate thereby forming a multilayer flexible printed circuit board having different numbers of layers in different areas.

Abstract: An intermediate layer 38 is provided on a die pad 22 of an IC chip 20 and integrated into a multilayer printed circuit board 10. Due to this, it is possible to electrically connect the IC chip 20 to the multilayer printed circuit board 10 without using lead members and a sealing resin. Also, by providing the intermediate layer 38 made of copper on an aluminum pad 24, it is possible to prevent a resin residue on the pad 24 and to improve connection characteristics between the die pad 24 and a via hole 60 and reliability.

Abstract: A turbine assembly for a gas turbine engine. The turbine assembly includes at least one stator assembly including a radially inner band and at least one stator vane that extends radially outward from the inner band. The stator vane includes an airfoil having a root portion adjacent to the inner band and a tip portion. The airfoil also includes at least one lean directional change that is defined between the root portion and the tip portion. The turbine assembly also includes at least one turbine blade assembly that includes at least one rotor blade. The blade assembly is coupled in flow communication with the stator assembly such that an axial spacing is defined therebetween. The axial spacing defined adjacent to the at least one lean directional change is wider than the axial spacing defined adjacent to the root portion.

Abstract: A method for making a replacement panel for repairing a liner for a gas turbine engine combustor, the combustor having a combustion zone formed by inner and outer liners, the method comprising the steps of forming a panel from a sheet of material suitable for use in a combustor liner, forming at least one opening in the sheet of material, and applying a thermal barrier material to the replacement panel adjacent to the opening.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the fabrication and/or repair of an integrally bladed rotor, specifically of an integrally bladed gas turbine rotor, is disclosed. At least one rotor blade is joined to a main rotor body for fabrication and/or repair. The joining is carried out by diffusion welding.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an inkjet print head that includes an improved process of forming an ink feed hole, thereby enabling an increase in productivity and a favorable ink supply via the ink feed hole. The method includes preparing a substrate on which a heater to heat an ink is formed on the front side thereof, forming a flow passage formation layer on the front side of the substrate such that the flow passage formation layer defines an ink flow passage, forming a nozzle layer provided with a nozzle on the flow passage formation layer, forming a first protective layer such that the first protective layer covers the flow passage formation layer and the nozzle layer, applying a mask material used to etch the substrate to the rear side of the substrate, applying a second protective layer to the lateral side of the substrate to protect the lateral side of the substrate, and forming an ink feed hole on the substrate by wet etching. Tantalum (Ta) is used as the mask material.

Abstract: A process for making a heat exchanger comprising extruding a profile (1) composed of a number of parallel tubes (2) and web-like portions (3) interconnecting said tubes (2), removing part of the connection made by the web-like portions (3) and expanding the extruded product in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tubes (2) and providing connecting means for allowing a fluid to flow through said tubes.

Abstract: The invention provides for a receiver tank for an automobile air conditioner condenser comprising: a first half having two openings for refrigerant inlet and outlet, a second half to be joined with the first half to form the receiver, at least one of the first or second half having means to join with the other half.

Abstract: Structured thermal transfer article comprising a plurality of metal bodies and a plurality of interstitial elements disposed between and connecting the plurality of metal bodies to one another. The metal bodies comprise an inner portion comprising a first metal and an outer portion comprising an alloy comprising the first metal and a second metal. The interstitial elements comprise the alloy of the outer portion.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a hydrodynamic bearing (30) comprises steps of: step (201): providing a substrate (10) with a plurality of protrusions (14) formed on a periphery thereof; step (202): placing the substrate in a middle of a hollow mold, then injecting a feedstock of powder and molten binder into the mold to surround the substrate under pressure, thus forming a desired bearing preform (20); step (203): separating the substrate from the bearing preform by means of catalytic debinding; step (204): separating the binder from the bearing preform; step (205): sintering the bearing preform; step (206): precision machining the bearing preform to form the desired hydrodynamic bearing.

Abstract: A nail clipper is described which can be used by a person having only one hand. The nail clipper comprises a base 32 shaped to rest on a horizontal surface and an elongate actuator 30 pivotably connected at one end to the base 32. A first cutting edge is located on the base 32 and an opening 34 is provided in the actuator 30 to allow the nail of a finger of a hand pressing down on the actuator to be placed over the first cutting edge. A second cutting edge movable with the actuator 30 towards the first cutting edge is used to trim the nail resting on the first cutting blade when the actuator 30 is depressed.

Abstract: A rotary shaver including an outer cutter frame (18) provided on a shaver main body (10), an outer cutter (14) that is installed in this outer cutter frame (18) and has ring-shaped thin layer portions (28a, 28b) whose upper surfaces are the shaving surfaces, and an inner cutter (16) that has cutter bodies (38) that rotates and make sliding contact with the lower surface of the thin layer portions of the outer cutter to cut hair that entered hair introduction openings (30a, 30b) formed in the thin layer portions; wherein the hair introduction openings have a slit shape extending in substantially the radial direction of the thin layer portions, and the cutting edge angle (p, q) at the lower end(s) of the side wall surface(s) of the hair introduction openings (30a, 30b) defined by the ribs (32a, 32b) is an acute angle.

Abstract: The invention discloses a vibration razor, including a hand grip, a scraper head, and a vibration motor. The scraper head is connected to the hand grip and includes a plurality of blades forming a blade surface. The vibration motor is disposed in the hand grip or the scraper head. When the vibration motor is activated, the scraper head vibrates. It is conducive to shave a beard with the effect of rubbing. Therein, the vibration motor can be a coin-shaped vibration motor or a bar-shaped vibration motor. The bar-shaped vibration motor is disposed parallel to the scraper surface and perpendicular to the head grip. Thereby, the vibration razor of the invention is more efficiently conducive in shaving a beard.

Abstract: An invented spoon-fork and spoon-knife flatware are created with a shallow bowl of spoon in oval shape or other appropriate shapes denting into the new designed fork or created knife in metal or plastic materials and become dual functions of a new set of flatware.

Abstract: A knife having a handle with a pair of ends and a knife assembly pivotally mounted on each end for movement from a folded to an unfolded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the knife assemblies when the knife assemblies are in the folded positions. Each knife assembly having a blade at one end and tang at the other end with the tang having a lock edge. A lock sleeve is mounted within the handle and has a body and a pair of spring lock fingers which are biased in opposite directions away from the plane of the body of the lock sleeve. Each of the spring lock fingers has a lock shoulder adapted to cooperate with the lock edge of said knife assemblies when the knife assemblies are in their unfolded position to at least assist to hold the knife assemblies in their unfolded position.

Abstract: A candle cutter may include a case having an outer surface and in inner surface, which may form an inner cavity. The outer surface may have one or more outer surface slots and the inner surface may have one or more inner surface slots. The candle cutter may further include a cutting assembly that meshes with the case and moves through the inner cavity for the purpose of cutting the object therein, such as a candle. The movement may be pivotal if the cutting assembly is attached to a pivot point. The movement of the cutting assembly may not be pivotal. For example, it may be controlled by guide means, such as guide rods. Some embodiments may include features such a clamping mechanism, a case handle, a locking mechanism, a bottom container, handles or knobs, and/or a detachable blade.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blade, referred to herein as the “Hollow Flat blade.” The Hollow Flat blade would make sharpening easier, by eliminating the problem of correctly holding the blade to match the angle of the sharp-edge bevel during the sharpening process. In an exemplary Hollow Flat blade embodiment of the present invention, the blade is a fixed blade. As depicted in FIG. 30a, in this Hollow Flat blade embodiment, a spacing detent 32 would be provided on the hollow ground side of the blade at the end opposing the sharp edge 11 of the blade 1. The spacing detent 32 would be equal in height to the raised flat bevel 10-1 relative to the concave side 13-2?. As further depicted, the spacing detent 32 would be even with the height of the small raised flat bevel 10-1 relative to line 34-34 as the raised flat bevel.

Abstract: A razor handle having a rigid core and a layer of elastomeric material that defines an outer surface of the razor handle. The outer surface of the razor handle includes a finger rest area having a plurality of spaced protruding pins. The razor handle also comprises an air cushion disposed beneath the finger rest area, between the rigid core and the layer of elastomeric material.

Abstract: A sensor determines the absolute angular position of a body that can rotate through rotations. The sensor includes two code wheels which rotate as the body rotates. The code wheels are driven at a different gear ratio such that the code wheels rotate faster than the body and the code wheels rotate at different rates. Two sensor elements respectively determine the rotational angle positions of the code wheels. The difference between the rotational angle positions is a beat angle. The different gear ratio is selected such that beat angle periods are in an angular measuring range of the sensor and the absolute angular positions of the code wheels in the beat angle periods is different. The absolute angular positions of the code wheels in successive beat angle periods is offset by the nth part of the measuring range of a sensor element, where n is number of beat angle periods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for non-contact measurement of the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle. In practice, the method provides for the steps of: applying a plurality of markers to the wheels of the motor vehicle along a line approximately substantially coaxial with the wheel; positioning, at each wheel for which the characteristic angles must be acquired, two image acquisition devices, with different inclinations with respect to said wheel; acquiring for each of said wheels, through each of said two image acquisition devices, at least one image of said wheel with the relative markers; determining, through epipolar and triangulation geometrical calculations, the equation of an approximate plane in which said markers lie in space, with respect to a reference system; determining the camber and toe angles of said wheel on the basis of the equation of said plane and of the equation of the reference planes with respect to which the motor vehicle takes a known position.

Abstract: To provide a parallel ruler device with which it is easy to obtain a plate material of a constant width having parallel sides. Also, to make it possible to easily carry out a precision adjustment of an amount of parallel movement of a ruler face by means of a visual observation. Also, to enable a precision adjustment of a desired dimension in both a positive direction and a negative direction with a position fixed once as a base point.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measuring stick, particularly a folding measuring stick, having a stop (1) that, at one end of the measuring stick (7), extends transversal to the longitudinal axis of the measuring stick (7). The inventive measuring stick is characterized in that a magnetic element (2a, 2b) is placed at the end of the measuring stick (7), and the stop (1) is formed by an element (1) made of a ferromagnetic material.

Abstract: 10 binches=1 foot=200 divisions=304.8 mm 10 binches=1 foot=250 divisions=304.8 mm The existing ruler has 192 divisions for 12 inches which force the use of ?, 1/16 of an inch fraction. New ruler will have 200 divisions which would have 20 divisions for each binch allowing the length measurement in increment of 0.05 binch or 0.005 foot. New ruler will have 250 divisions which would have 25 divisions for each binch allowing the length measurement in increment of 0.04 binch or 0.004 foot.

Abstract: A portable coordinate measurement machine (CMM) is disclosed. The CMM may include a manually positionable articulated arm having opposed first and second ends and a measurement probe attached to the first end articulated arm. The arm may include a plurality of jointed arm segments. Each arm segment may include at least one position transducer for producing a position signal. The CMM may also include an electronic circuit that receives the position signals from the transducers and provides a digital coordinate corresponding to the position of the probe in a selected volume. At least one of the arm segments may be non-linear along its length.

Abstract: The installation gauge for electrical fixtures is a device for spacing or positioning a ceiling fixture at the proper height or depth relative to the interior or finish surface of the uninstalled wallboard or ceiling paneling during building construction. The gauge includes a pair of opposed gripping members, which secure temporarily to two spaced apart adjacent structural members, and an elongate flat plate extending there between. The plate is offset from the gripping members by an amount equal to the thickness of the uninstalled paneling in order to position an electrical fixture placed thereon at the proper height. The gripping members, in a first embodiment, are pairs of resilient plates configured to grip strapping members attached to the ceiling joists. The gripping members, in a second embodiment, are two opposed resilient members generally normal to the central plate, which resiliently grip the sides of two adjacent joists.

Abstract: A squaring tool used by pipe fitters in lay out and angular orientation and welding of pipe segments and pipe elbows comprises a rugged one piece tool wherein a long tang and a short tang are interconnected at their ends by a large radius corner allowing squaring and alignment of pipe components from either the inside or outside of the angle formed by the pipe segments and elbows.

Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement probe that is less likely to break, that is of long lifespan, and that is of low cost, capable of measuring the shape and the like of a measuring object such as an aspheric lens with higher precision is realized. A magnetic force for preventing rotation and axial displacement of a small slidably moving shaft part is generated by constructing a magnetic circuit by a magnet attached to a small air bearing part, a yoke, and a magnetic pin attached to the small slidably moving shaft part. The three-dimensional measurement probe is able to perform measurement from below and from the side since the magnetic force is non-contacting.

Abstract: A positioning device has a first unit and a second unit arranged so as to be displaceable relative to the first unit. A slip-stick drive acts between the first unit and the second unit to produce a translatory movement (P) of the two units. The positioning device has a solid-body joint which is coupled to the first unit and the slip-stick drive and which mechanically protects a translation shaft of the slip-stick drive against rotation and/or lateral displacement.

Abstract: A method of measuring an object includes positioning the object on a moveable stage, performing a rotary scan of the object with a range sensor, and determining geometric parameters of the object based on the rotary scan.

Abstract: A measuring wheel includes a hollow handle respectively having a grip handle and a fork pivoted with a wheel at an upper and a lower end thereof. A counter is mounted on the grip handle or the handle, and inside of the handle has a link rod having a shock absorber. Both ends of the link rod are connected with the wheel and the counter respectively, whereby the rolling distance of the wheel is shown on the counter.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a dryer with safety function which can interrupt a drying operation of the dryer in clogging of an exhaust duct. The dry with safety function includes a judgment means for judging clogging of the exhaust duct, and a display means interworking with the judgment means, for displaying the clogging state of the exhaust duct in clogging of the exhaust duct. The user can be rapidly informed of the clogging state of the exhaust duct.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the determination of the stresses occurring in wood when drying or being dried. With the method in accordance with the invention, electrodes are used to generate an electric field in drying wood in order to measure the electric complex spectrum using the impedance spectroscopy method while at the same time employing sensors k to measure acoustic emissions from drying wood and using the results for calculating the parameters required for determining the stress state existing in the wood and for monitoring and/or controlling the drying process.

Abstract: A continuous granulating and drying apparatus comprises a granulator and a fluid bed dryer. The fluid bed dryer comprises at least two separate processing compartments forming part of a common vessel being provided with radially extending partition walls separating the processing compartments from each other. Each processing compartment has a product inlet and a product outlet. The fluid bed dryer comprises a granulated product supply conduit arranged rotatably to selectively communicate with the product inlet of each separate processing compartment, respectively, and a product discharge conduit arranged rotatably to selectively communicate with the product outlet of each separate processing compartment, respectively. The granulator and the fluid bed dryer are closely coupled.

Abstract: A method for processing a substrate using a proximity head is disclosed. The method is initiated by, providing a head with a head surface positioned proximate to a surface of the substrate. The head has a width and a length, and the head has a plurality of ports that are configured in rows along the length of the head. The plurality of rows can extend over a width of the head, and there is a first group of ports configured to dispense a first fluid. The first fluid is dispensed to the surface of the substrate forming a meniscus between the surface of the substrate and the surface of the head. The method also includes delivering gaseous carbon dioxide from a second group of ports of the head to an interface between the meniscus and the substrate. The carbon dioxide assists in promoting a reduced surface tension on the meniscus relative to surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Method for controlling a dryer having a steam generator for generating high temperature steam with heat generation of a steam heater, including a hot air supply step for supplying dried hot air to a drum for drying clothes, and a moisture supply step for supplying moisture to the drum for removing static electricity from the clothes dried in the hot air supply step.

Abstract: A clogging detecting apparatus for a dryer is provided that can check a clogging state of an air passage according to an off time of a drying operation. The clogging detecting apparatus may include a heater for heating the air of the air passage, a temperature control unit for turning on/off a power supply from a power unit to the heater according to a temperature of the air passage or a temperature of the heater, and a judgment unit for judging the clogging state of the air passage according to an on/off time of the temperature control unit. The clogging detecting apparatus may precisely judge the clogging state of the air passage according to a quantity of laundry dried in the dryer regardless of external factors such as a variation of an external common power.

Abstract: A sole for an article of footwear having an insert with a plurality of forefoot support tubes are configured to control the support characteristics of the sole in a forefoot region of the sole. In one embodiment, the forefoot support tubes each include a base, and a wall extending from the base. The wall is formed from a material that has a lower durometer value than the base. In another embodiment, the forefoot support tubes are arranged in a radiating pattern, such that at least two of the forefoot support tubes diverge as they extend toward the lateral side of the insert.

Abstract: Shoe inserts, including midsoles, footbeds, sockliners and/or upper components with a moldable outer membrane having an upper portion and a bottom portion, with the bottom portion being injected through an injection means with one or more layers of granular ethyl vinyl acetate through one or more compartments located inside of the outer membrane, the layers of granular ethyl vinyl acetate being of various densities to fit the particular application, the granular ethyl vinyl acetate being produced through the breaking down of the physical state of solid foam ethyl vinyl acetate and with the granular ethyl vinyl acetate optionally containing on or more variety of colors.

Abstract: An article of footwear with heel webbing is disclosed. The article of footwear includes an elastic member along a heel portion. The elastic member is associated with a heel protector. The heel protector is attached to the outsole of the article of footwear at one end and to a portion of the elastic member at another end.

Abstract: The present invention provides a traction device for a terrain engaging element. The traction device defines a stud having a head portion and a shank portion extending from the head portion and adapted to be secured into the terrain engaging element. A plurality of spherical carbide pellets are bonded together on and to surfaces of the head. The carbide pellets are provided in multiple layers extending across the head surface. The carbide pellets are provided in a stacked relationship to each other so that during use the carbide pellets are capable of being individually dislodged to reveal a carbide pellet of an underlying layer.

Abstract: A sports boot including an upper extending above the ankle joint and at least one rigid collar extending around the wearer's lower leg, the boot including a device for adjusting the volume of the collar to better accommodate the shape of the user's calf. The adjustment device includes a wedge, or collar extension, positioned inside the collar, the wedge being fixed to the collar by means of at least one pivot and by means of a fastening mechanism enabling the relative displacement of the wedge with respect to the collar as well as a deformation of the wedge. The fastening mechanism includes a plate equipped with a cylindrical body having an axis Al and received in a first circular opening provided in the collar and a rivet received in a second circular opening provided in the wedge and received in a third circular opening having an axis A2 provided in the body, the axis A2 and the axis A1 being non-coaxial.

Abstract: Sport footwear, in particular ski boot, having passage openings (16, 19) for the wearer's foot provided frontally in the lower shell (10) and the leg-piece (20). At least the opening (19) in the leg-piece (20) is capable of being closed by two flaps (22, 23), of which at least one is in the form of a pad (23) coupled to the remaining portion (25) of the leg-piece (20) with a clearance fit allowing said pad (23) to freely rotate in view of enabling the wearer's foot to be most smoothly and conveniently introduced in and subsequently extracted from the footwear.

Abstract: A protective foot covering article comprises two adjacent layers of water impermeable sheet material. A water impermeable seam is provided between the layers of water impermeable sheet material. A shape of the water impermeable seam provides for an interior space between the layers of water impermeable sheet material. The interior space includes a closed end portion and an open end portion. A portion of the water impermeable seam defining the closed end portion of the interior space is contoured inwardly with respect to the interior space thereby providing a contoured foot arch portion. A plurality of water drainage apertures each extending through at least one of the layers. Means for cinching the open end portion of the interior space is engaged with at least one of the layers of water impermeable sheet material.

Abstract: Breathable and flexible footwear for infants and young children include an upper, a sole, and a thread. The upper having upper-holes around the upper peripheral. The sole having a lip portion on the sole peripheral, wherein the lip portion having sole-holes around the sole peripheral. The thread attaching the upper and the sole through the upper-holes and the sole-holes, and forming a set of stitches, wherein at least one ripple is formed between two sets of stitches, and wherein the thread is embedded in the lip portion and between the ripples. The set of stitches comprising the thread coming though a first upper-hole and entering the sole-hole of the lip portion, such that the thread forms an angled stitch on the lip portion, and wherein the thread then goes through a second upper-hole and exits from a third upper-hole, such that the thread forms a horizontal stitch on the inside of the footwear.

Abstract: A stabilizing and support accessory is provided for a stiletto heel. A base plate, having a surface contact area significantly greater than that of the heel, is mounted underneath the heel by means of a simple, clip-on attachment, such that the attachment can be easily and quickly mounted on a heel for walking over soft or uneven surfaces, and also quickly removed when not needed. A preferred clip-on attachment is formed of a section of spring steel shaped into an upwardly opening, U-shaped clip and a horizontally opening clip integrally extending from one element of the upwardly opening clip. An alternative form, formed primarily of plastic, is attached by a single, horizontally disposed clip gripping the heel. The accessories are sufficiently inexpensive that they may be discarded after use, as after walking on muddy surfaces, for example.

Abstract: The invention consists of a variety of embodiments for a shoe insert that prevents creasing along the top of a shoe. The invention consists of a semi-rigid inner shell, and an outer shell that has a range of rigidity based upon the alternative embodiments design. The inner and outer shells are made of materials comprising wood, metal, ceramic, or plastic.

Abstract: A ground engaging tool system comprises a ground engaging tool such as a tip, an adapter mounted to or part of a work tool, and a rotating lock member. The ground engaging tool is attached to the adapter, and a post portion of the adapter slides into a slot provided on the lock. The lock is rotated so that the entrance to the slot is blocked and the post cannot slide out of the slot. The lock in this position is in a locking position, and the retention of the post in the slot of the lock retains the ground engaging tool to the adapter.

Abstract: In a basic embodiment of a display for public use including a stand, an internal computer and an internal air conditioning system, the computer (10) is arranged according to the invention inside a housing (7) of the display, an evaporator (1) of an air conditioning device acting as an air delivering member is connected from below to an opening (18) in the floor panel of the housing (7) of the display, with said device being arranged inside the hollow stand (8) of the display, while a compressor (2) of the air conditioning device acting as a member for drawing in air is arranged on the floor panel of the stand (8). Modifications of said solution refer to standless displays providing the equipment either entirely in the housing of the display or entirely outside the housing of the display or partly inside partly outside.

Abstract: The invention is directed toward a motion picture display apparatus constructed with a casing, an undulating lens mounted on the casing, a motor mounted in the casing, and a background picture disposed on rear of the display apparatus. The motion picture display apparatus is driven by a motor and drive assembly comprising a driving shaft connected to the motor, a driven shaft and a transparent film which is rotatably connected between the driving shaft and the driven shaft in an endless rotating manner. The dynamic picture comprises a plurality of designs having at least two design layers, and the contents and colors of the design layer are identically printed on the film and viewable from the obverse and reverse surfaces. A light source disposed on a rear portion of the background picture illuminates the background picture.