21454results about "Bridge structural details" patented technology

A collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in, for example, a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved.

An SOI substrate which has a thick SOI layer is first prepared. Then, the SOI layer is thinned to a target film thickness using as a unit a predetermined thickness not more than that of one lattice. This thinning is performed by repeating a unit thinning step which includes an oxidation step of oxidizing the surface of the SOI layer by the predetermined thickness not more than that of one lattice and a removal step of selectively removing silicon oxide formed by the oxidation. The SOI layer of the SOI substrate is chemically etched by supplying a chemical solution to the SOI layer, and the film thickness of the etched SOI layer is measured. When the measured film thickness of the SOI layer has a predetermined value, a process of chemically etching the SOI layer ends.

A home network system and a control method thereof in which an electric home appliance periodically transmits an alive message through a network to inform that it is in operation, and a home server transmits / receives messages to / from the electric home appliance via the network to control the electric home appliance. The home server transmits an operation identification request message to the electric home appliance when no alive message from the electric home appliance is received by the home server.

The present invention relates, in general, to lancing elements for use in drawing bodily fluids out of a patient and, more particularly, to an improved lancing element including first and second elements positioned relative to each other such that an incision formed by the first element is held open by the second element and bodily fluids are pulled up the lancing element by surface tension on the first and second lancing elements.

To provide a luminescent light source that can increase the number of divisions of a reflecting mirror without reducing pitch interval of reflection areas. A luminescent light source comprises a reflecting mirror for reflecting light, a mold unit arranged on a light reflection surface of the reflecting mirror, and light emitting devices of three luminescent devices of red, blue and green that are placed in the central part and output light to the mold unit. In the reflecting mirror, rectangular reflection areas are arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid.

A home network system including one or more electric home appliances connected to a network, each of the electric home appliances periodically transmitting an alive message through the network to inform of the fact that the electric home appliance is in operation, and a home server connected to the network such that the home server transmits / receives messages to / from each electric home appliance via the network to control the electric home appliance while monitoring the status of the electric home appliance. The home server transmits an operation identification request message to the electric home appliance when no alive message from the electric home appliance is received by the home server for a predetermined time. Accordingly, the home network system can identify respective operation statuses of the electric home appliances, and control respective operations of the electric home appliances, while periodically identifying the connection status of the electric home appliances, each of which is maintained in a standby state because there is no associated operation control command received by the home network system, thereby updating operation statuses and connection statuses of the electric home appliances. The invention also provides a method for controlling the home network system. Thus, an enhancement in convenience in using the home network system is achieved.

The present invention discloses one kind of combined beam of laminated steel-concrete plate for highway bridge and building as support member of bridge and building. Shear resistant connecting parts are welded to steel beam, prefabricated solid or hollow reinforced concrete boards are set on the steel beam, the steel bar tails are crossed and welded together, and the post-deposited concrete is deposited to form the combined beam. The combined beam has the advantages similar to those of in-situ deposited combined beam as well as saving in formwork and formwork supported step, simple prefabricated board structure, fast construction speed, etc. The present invention has wide application foreground in bridge structure and building structure fields.

The invention discloses a self-resetting pier column structural system with a built-in energy dissipation assembly and an implementing method for the self-resetting pier column structural system, and belongs to the field of bridge engineering. The self-resetting pier column structural system consists of a pier column, a bridge abutment, energy dissipation steel bars, non-adhesion prestressed steel bars with an elastic resetting function and an embedded part; in the novel pier column structural system capable of effectively reducing residual deformation and ensuring sufficient energy dissipation, a pier is connected with the bridge abutment through the energy dissipation steel bars and the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars. Compared with the conventional pier column node, the self-resetting pier column structural system has the advantages that: the non-adhesion prestressed steel bars are positioned in the axle center of the pier column, a self-resetting restoring force can be generated, and the problem that the conventional pier has large residual deformation under the action of an earthquake load and cannot serve people any longer can be solved well; the self-resetting pier column structural system is flexible in design and definite in structural stress; the pier is ensured to have sufficient strength and rigidity; and the self-resetting pier column structural system can be implemented by a prefabricating or on-site pouring method, is easy and convenient to construct, and is an advanced and practical novel pier column system.

Techniques are disclosed to enable utilization of randomly-occurring features of a label (whether embedded or naturally inherent) to provide counterfeit-resistant and / or tamper-resistant labels. More specifically, labels including randomly-occurring features are scanned to determine the labels' features. The information from the scan is utilized to provide identifying indicia which uniquely identifies each label and may be later verified against the label features that are present to determine whether the label is genuine. In a described implementation, the identifying indicia may be cryptographically signed.

A modular structure construction and repair system for use in new bridge construction and old bridge repair. The invention comprises a plurality of prefabricated modules which have a plurality of longitudinally extending beams and deck portions molded thereto. The modules are positioned over a plurality of girders so that longitudinal joints are formed above the girder. In the repair of an old bridge, an old section of the bridge deck is removed, and the modules are positioned on the existing girders. The modules are attached to the girders such that a shear connection is provided therebetween. Precompression may also be applied to clamp the sides of adjacent deck portions together. Various embodiments disclose this precompression and the shear connections.

An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.

A system which creates a durable seal between adjacent horizontal panels, including those that may be curved or subject to temperature expansion and contraction or mechanical shear. The durable seal system incorporates a plurality of ribs, a flexible member between the cover plate and the ribs and may incorporate a load transfer plate to provide support to the rib from below, and / or cores of differing compressibilities.

The invention includes a work platform and support system that includes a hub and joist configuration, wherein the hubs and joists are capable of articulation, or pivoting. One method of installation allows for sections of new work platform system to be extended from an existing suspended work platform system. The system is also capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it.

In an immersion lithography process, a pattern is formed by forming a photoresist layer on a wafer, forming a protective coating on the photoresist layer from a resist overcoat material, exposing the layer structure to light in water, and developing. A water-insoluble, alkali-soluble material is used as the resist overcoat material.

A composition for an organic EL element which can form a high precision pattern in a simple manner and in a short time and a method of manufacturing the organic EL element are disclosed. By using the composition, optimum film design and luminescence characteristic can be easily obtained, and an adjustment of a luminescence efficiency can also be easily performed. The composition for an organic EL element comprises a precursor of a conjugated organic polymer compound for forming at least one luminescent layer (106), (107), (108) having a certain color and at least one kind of fluorescent dye for changing the luminescence characteristic of the luminescent layer. The luminescent layer is made from a pattern formed by an ink-jet method. As for the precursor, a precursor of PPV, PPV derivative or the like is preferably used. Further, it is preferable that the composition for the organic EL element satisfies at least one of the conditions including a contact angle of 30 to 170 degrees with respect to a nozzle surface of a nozzle provided in a head of an ink-jet device used for the ink-jet method for discharging the composition, a viscosity of 1 to 20 cp and a surface tension of 20 to 70 dyne / cm.

A compression seal for concrete expansion joints is extruded as a one-piece unit from rubber-like material. The compression seal includes a compressible sealing portion and a pair of load-bearing wings that extend laterally from the compressible sealing portion. The one-piece design facilitates easy installation of the compression seal in an expansion joint. In use, the compressible sealing portion is inserted the expansion joint. Simple zipper-like motion may be used to press fit the compressible portion into the expansion joint. The lateral load-bearing wings are bonded to concrete surfaces adjoining the expansion joint to hold the compressible sealing portion in place.

A microcontact printing method using an imprinted nanostructure is provided, wherein the microcontact printing is introduced to a nanoimprint lithography process to pattern a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) The method includes forming a nanostructure on a substrate by using the nanoimprint lithography process; and patterning the nanostructure with the microcontact printing method. The operation of patterning includes: depositing a metal thin film on the nanostructure; contacting a plate with the nanostructure to selectively print the SAM on the nanostructure, wherein the SAM is inked on the plate and the metal thin film is deposited on the nanostructure; selectively removing the metal thin film by using the SAM as a mask; removing the SAM from the nanostructure; and patterning the substrate by using the remaining metal thin film on the nanostructure as a mask.

The invention discloses a steel truss bridge and a method for fabricating the same. The steel truss bridge comprises a steel box girder bridge deck, a main truss composed of two steel trusses, and a steel portal frame. The steel truss comprises an upper chord member, a lower chord member, and a web member which is connected with the upper chord member and the lower chord member through bolts. A sidewalk bracket is arranged outside each steel truss. The lower chord member is connected to the steel box girder bridge deck and the sidewalk bracket, respectively. Besides, the two steel trusses are connected through the steel portal frame. During fabrication, all the sections of the steel trusses, the steel portal frame and the bridge deck are independently fabricated, respectively; all the sections of the upper and lower chord members of the steel truss are pre-assembled circularly with the corresponding web members, and all the sections of the steel box girder bridge deck are pre-assembled with the corresponding lower chord members by an orthotectonic method, respectively; and the steel portal frame is pre-assembled with the steel trusses. The steel truss bridge disclosed by the invention completely meets the design requirements so that the stability and safety factor of the bridge can be enhanced; and by employing the fabricating method, positioning is accurate so that the risks during the field assembling can be reduced; and the construction period can be shortened.

The invention discloses an external energy-consumption self-resetting bridge pier stud structure system and a realization method thereof, belonging to the field of bridgework. The structure system mainly comprises a bridge pier stud, a bridge abutment, an unbonded prestressed reinforcement, an external energy consumption device, a pier embedded part and a bridge abutment embedded part, wherein the bridge pier stud and the bridge abutment are connected by the unbonded prestressed reinforcement and the external energy consumption device, so that residual deformation can be effectively reduced, and energy consumption can be guaranteed. The external energy-consumption self-resetting bridge pier stud structure system is flexible in design and has specific structure stress. The unbonded prestressed reinforcement on the axis position of the pier stud can be used for generating self-resetting restoring force. The problem that the traditional bridge pier has larger residual deformation and cannot continuously serve after the earthquake loading action is solved. The bridge pier has enough strength and rigidity. The external energy-consumption self-resetting bridge pier stud structure system is realized in a cast-in-situ or prefabricating mode and is easy to construct and is a novel pier stud structure system which is advanced and practical and can realize quick replacement and repair after the earthquake..

The invention relates to a permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper which comprises a steel magnetic-conducting baseplate (10), wherein end plates (3) are respectively arranged at two ends of the baseplate (10). The permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper is characterized by also comprising a circular shaft (4) and a linear bearing seat (5), wherein two ends of the circular shaft (4) are respectively arranged on the corresponding end plates (3), and the linear bearing seat (5) is sleeved on the circular shaft (4) and can slide on the circular shaft (4); the lower part of the bearing seat (5) is connected with a mass block (6), and two ends of the mass block (6) are respectively connected with the corresponding end plates (3) through spiral springs (7); the lower part of the mass block (6) is connected with a permanent magnet (13), and a copper plate (12) is arranged below the permanent magnet (13) and connected with the baseplate (12) through a cushion block (11). By adopting an eddy current damping model with special design, the permanent-magnet type eddy current tuned mass damper realizes the damping adjustability of the damper in a larger range, realizes the complete separation between the system rigidity and the damper, and cancels the mechanical friction energy consumption and stress concentration elements, thereby avoiding the common TMD damage failure.

Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composite with low molar mass and high friction resistance, preparation and application thereof. Raw materials of 100 parts by weight of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, 0.1-10 parts by weight of wear-resisting agent, 0.1-5.0 parts by weight of processing aid is prepared into highly friction resistant composite by mixing, chill-pressing, heating to melt, compression molding, cooling for shaping and cutting. The mentioned utra high molecular weight polyethylene has a matrix molecular weight of greater than 6 millionl. The mentioned wear-resisting agent is MoS2 surface treated by coupling agent, black lead, lubricating grease of molybdenum, copper powder, or mixture of more than two of them. The mentioned processing agent is organic silicon oil with high boiling point, polytetrafluroethylene, oxidized polyethylene wax, olefin or polyethylene wax with high boiling point, or mixture of more than two of them.

The invention provides a bridge structural health monitoring car. A mechanical hand capable of being bent to extend into the lower part of a bridge is arranged on the bridge structural health monitoring car, wherein at least one camera is arranged on the mechanical hand and used for collecting the image information of the bottom and the side face of the bridge; a high-precision GPS positioning device is arranged and used for determining a current detection position and measuring the line shape of the bridge surface; a bridge structure dynamic information collecting device is arranged and used for collecting the dynamic characteristic information data of the bridge structure; an information processing device is arranged and used for storing the image information collected by the cameras, the GPS data and the dynamic characteristic information data, judging the health conditions and the disease development conditions of the bridge structure according to the analysis and the comparison of the monitoring data of each time and definitely indicating the disease conditions and parts by visual images. The bridge structural health monitoring car can carry out health monitoring on a plurality of bridges at the same time.

The invention discloses a damage-controllable self-resetting section prefabricated assembled steel pipe concrete bridge pier and a manufacturing method thereof, and belongs to the field of bridge engineering. An exposed node connecting piece consists of a foot plate, anchor bolts, end connecting plates and buckling restraining sleeves. A connecting plate is mounted between prefabricated steel pipe concrete sections through high-strength bolts; the exposed node connecting piece is connected with each of a cover beam and a bearing platform by utilizing the anchor bolts, and is connected with a prefabricated steel pipe concrete section through the high-strength bolts relying on the end connecting plates. A pre-stressed tendon penetrates through a section prefabricated steel pipe concrete pier; the two ends of the pre-stressed tendon are respectively anchored to the interiors of the bearing platform and the cover beam by using anchorage devices. The energy consumption-controllable self-resetting section prefabricated assembled steel pipe concrete bridge pier disclosed by the invention has the characteristics of small post-seismic residual displacement, high energy consumption capacity, controllable energy consumption, high assembling degree, convenience and quickness in construction process, greenness, high efficiency, energy conservation, environment friendliness, easiness in factory production, convenience and quickness in construction, and the like; the construction period of the pier can be remarkably shortened.

An expansion joint design for supporting transfer loads. The system includes an elongated core and at least one longitudinal load-transfer member which are bonded together.

A multiprocessor computer system has a plurality of processing nodes which use processor state information to determine which coherent caches in the system are required to examine a coherency transaction produced by a single originating processor's storage request. A node of the computer has dynamic coherency boundaries such that the hardware uses only a subset of the total processors in a large system for a single workload at any specific point in time and can optimize the cache coherency as the supervisor software or firmware expands and contracts the number of processors which are being used to run any single workload. Multiple instances of a node can be connected with a second level controller to create a large multiprocessor system. The node controller uses the mode bits to determine which processors must receive any given transaction that is received by the node controller. The second level controller uses the mode bits to determine which nodes must receive any given transaction that is received by the second level controller. Logical partitions are mapped to allowable physical processors. Cache coherence regions which encompass subsets of the total number of processors and caches in the system are chosen for their physical proximity. A distinct cache coherency region can be defined for each partition using a hypervisor.