256results about How to "Block rise" patented technology

Intrabuccal device includes two shells (2, 3) made of thermoformed plastic material, the first of which respectively covers the superior arch, and the second of which covers the inferior arch of the oral cavity. This device is provided with (rings and arms) (4a, 4b, 13a, 13b) that act on the said shells (2, 3) and can generate a mandibular propulsion force oriented in the direction of the mandibular propulsion and in the posteroanterior sense, so as to keep a shift of the mandible to the front of the maxilla, while allowing lateral movements.

In certain aspects, the present invention relates to CPR devices that are designed to limit the rise in intrathoracic pressure when performing CPR compressions (e.g., chest, thorax, etc.) so as to minimize increases in intracranial pressure resulting from such compressions and elevated ITP. Exemplary CPR devices of the invention generally include one or more pressure sensors and a control system configured to adjust or alert for the need to adjust the amplitude and duration of CPR compressions so as to prevent a rise in ITP above a certain threshold amount, thereby controlling the rise in ICP during CPR. Methods of controlling a rise in ICP during CPR are also provided.

In a method for operating an internal combustion engine in which fuel is injected directly into a combustion chamber in a pre-injection and a main fuel injection step, and, if appropriate, also in a post-injection step by means of an injection nozzle with a plurality of injection bores, the injection of fuel takes place in a timed fashion and, to limit pressure and temperature during combustion of the fuel in the combustion chamber, a quantity of water is introduced into the combustion chamber during or after the pre-injection step.

The present invention relates to a wiper blade for wiping a windshield of a motor vehicle, and more particularly, to a so-called flat blade wiper which can be connected to a wiper arm without a primary and a secondary yokes. The wiper blade assembly comprises a flexible elongated wiper strip that includes opposite longitudinal grooves and comes into close contact with a windshield of the vehicle; a rail spring including rail portions disposed in the opposite grooves of the wiper strip; an elastic support member that extends along a longitudinal direction of the wiper strip and includes a plurality of openings; and a connection member which includes an inserting portion inserted in the opening of the elastic support member for connection with the elastic support member and a claw for holding both the wiper strip and the rail spring.

An assembly insole impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor, with a structure including a membrane impermeable to water and permeable to water vapor and arranged in an upward region, and a supporting layer arranged below the membrane, made of a material resistant to hydrolysis and vapor-permeable or diffusely perforated, and capable of acting as a support for the foot, as a manufacturing base for the shoe, as an element for protecting the membrane against the penetration of blunt objects, and of withstanding the stresses induced in the shoe during use. The membrane and the supporting layer are mutually joined so as to make, as a whole, the assembly insole impermeable to the passage of water and not compromise the vapor permeability of the membrane.

A laid cable configuration contains cables, preferably electric cables, data and information transport cables and / or control cables, in particular fiber optic cables, and fluid transport tubes and is to be disposed in galleries, tunnels, shafts, pipes, channels or the like, in particular water and / or waste-water guiding systems. The configuration contains at least one cable which is to be laid, which can be unwound from a drum from the region of an opening providing access to an installation shaft or access shaft toward the respective pipe or channel, or drawn or fixed in a stationary manner in the pipe, channel or the like. The configuration includes a flexible and / or articulated carrier band having lateral edges that are laid against an inner wall surface of the pipe or the channel. A weighting body is suspended from the carrier band.

An illumination device comprising: a wired board having flexibility and including a light source member mounted on one of principal planes; a light-shielding member disposed so as to cover at least part of the other principal plane of the wired board on the opposite side from the one principal plane and having at least partly a light-shielding property; a fixing member having first and second sticking surfaces to which the wired board and the light-shielding member are stuck respectively, a first adhesive layer being interposed between the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface of the fixing member, having an adhesive property with respect to both of the one principal plane of the wired board and the first sticking surface, and having a first adhesive force with respect to the one principal plane, and a second adhesive layer being disposed on a surface opposing the fixing member of the light-shielding member, and having a portion having an adhesive property with respect to both of the light-shielding member and the second sticking surface and a portion having an adhesive property for both of the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board, wherein the second adhesive layer includes a non-adhesive portion having no adhesive property with respect to the other principal plane or a low-bond strength adhesive portion having a second adhesive force lower than the first adhesive force at least in a portion having an adhesive force for both the light-shielding member and the other principal plane of the wired board.

A bracket to attach a scaffold support to a vertically oriented stud is disclosed in one aspect of the invention as including a backing member to contact the back surface of a stud; a pair of side members rigidly connected to the backing member and extending along the sides of the stud beyond the front surface of the stud; a connection mechanism to attach the scaffold support to the side members; and a fastening mechanism to attach the bracket to the stud. In certain embodiments, the fastening mechanism includes offset flanges extending from the side members in substantially opposite directions to preclude interference between fasteners passing through the flanges.

Disclosed is an inorganic-organic composite functional composition which comprises an organic resin and an inorganic matter having an organic layer which is formed in a solvent containing an ionic liquid. A formed article made of such an inorganic-organic composite functional composition can be prevented from deterioration in the physical properties even when a large amount of the inorganic matter is dispersed in the organic resin.

An apparatus which selectively increases the size of the wake of a boat with an outboard or sterndrive motor system. The apparatus has one or more plates attached to the boat hull which, when rotated below the bottom of the hull, extend into the flow of water when underway, increasing the size of the wake due to the dynamic displacement of water. A support bar mechanism transmits propulsive force from the motor drive unit to the plates to overcome resistive hydraulic loads. Linkages may be used to locate the support bar mechanism. In one embodiment, the support bar mechanism is comprised of a plurality of members and pivots such that the support bar mechanism can be stowed substantially out of the flow of water until larger wakes are desired. In other embodiments, mechanical cable, fluidic, or electrical control systems are used to control the configuration of the support bar mechanism.

A waterproof vapor-permeable shoe, including an upper part that delimits a foot insertion region; a sole, made mainly of plastic material, provided with at least one region which is diffusely perforated with through holes in the direction of a walking surface; a vapor-permeable or perforated flat element, rigidly coupled to the lower part of the sole on which the tread of the sole is formed or rigidly coupled, the flat element adapted to limit the formation of hollows in the foot insertion region at the projection of the holes of the diffusely perforated region; and a waterproof vapor-permeable membrane associated with the upper part and / or with the sole; the membrane being arranged above the flat element so as to be superimposed on the diffusely perforated region.

A scaffold support system having an adjustable-width hanger. A vertical leg may support a foot upon which rests a deck, providing a working surface during building construction or modification. A lateral beam rests on a support structure forming part of the wall of a building with the vertical leg securing to the lateral beam at a plurality of points. A stop secured to the lateral beam to capture a support structure between itself and the vertical leg. The stop may be adjustable along the lateral beam to accommodate support structures of varying widths. An operator may insert the hanger from inside a building and pass the coupler through a gap between a frieze block and a top plate, presenting the coupler for securement to the vertical leg. A catch may slide along the foot into and out of engagement with an edge of the deck to prevent rotation of the deck.

A sole for shoes, of waterproof and vapor-permeable type, including a lower element of plastic material, with formed thereon a tread with multiple through holes, a water impermeable and permeable to water vapor membrane arranged above the lower element and superimposed on the through holes, the membrane being joined perimetrically and hermetically to at least one component of the sole to avoid rise of liquids through the sole, and a vapor-permeable or perforated mechanism protecting the membrane, arranged below the membrane superimposed on the area of the holes. The sole includes individual vapor-permeable or perforated protective elements, each arranged so as to block a corresponding through hole. The lower element forms, for each through hole, an undercut region for preventing downward extraction for each protective element.

To improve a CO conversion in stoichiometry-lean atmosphere, and additionally to prevent the rise of pressure loss.A catalytic coating layer 2 is constituted of a lower layer 20 including an oxygen storage capacity material and an upper layer 21 being formed on a surface of the lower layer 20 and including a catalytic noble metal, and a thickness of the upper layer is adapted so as to be 5 μm-40 μm. The upper layer 21 is good in terms of gas diffusibility, and thereby OSC resulting from the oxygen storage capacity material being included in the lower layer 20 is demonstrated maximally.

A wavelength variable filter (111) separates an input signal into a passing signal and an intermediate output signal. A wavelength variable filter (112) separates the intermediate output signal into a dropped signal and an extended output signal. An interleaver (120) separates the dropped signal into individual dropped channels. An intrerleaver (220A) multiplexes a plurality of addition channels into an added signal. A wavelength variable filter (212) multiplexes the added signal and an extended input signal to produce an intermediate input signal. A wavelength variable filter (211) multiplexes the passing signal and the intermediate input signal into an output signal. A wavelength setting portion (100) sets a wavelength of each wavelength variable filter in accordance with operation of an operator.

The present invention discloses a high power LED lamp circuit with a fan provides advantages such as simple structure, high efficiency, low power consumption, energy saving, and longer lifetime. The LED lamp circuit comprises a rectifying-filtering circuit (1), an LED load (3), an output terminal (A) and a grounding terminal (G) for providing a DC power generated by passing an AC power through the rectifying-filtering circuit (1), the high power LED lamp circuit with a fan further comprises a constant current source (4), a fan driving circuit (6); the lamp circuit is formed by cascading the LED load (3), the constant current source (4) between the output terminal (A) and the grounding terminal (G), the LED lamp circuit is widely applicable in various kinds of LED lamps.

The invention relates to an agent for preventing, improving or treating hypertension, which exhibits a hypotensive effect, inhibits the rise of blood pressure and improves hypertension, and food for preventing or improving hypertension, which does not become a burden in daily intake, has a higher antihypertensive effect and is useful as a diet during treatment for patients of hypertension. The agent for preventing, improving or treating hypertension contains the following components (A) and (B): (A) a compound selected from the group consisting of caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid and ferulic acid, and esters and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; and (B) a component selected from the group consisting of central nervous system stimulating components, food fibers, extracts of perennial evergreen leaves of the genus Camellia, Theaceae, or Eucommia ulmoides Oliver, Eucommiae, organic acids having a molecular weight of 60 to 300 (excluding citric acid) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and sugar alcohols.

The present invention relates to a composition and method for rapidly modifying the fatty acid composition of cell membranes of organs and tissues, in particular to increase the amount of omega-3 fatty acids of cell membranes of organs and tissues by parenterally administering to the human or animal body a supply of fatty acids in the form of an isotonic lipid emulsion comprising fatty acid triglycerides.

A laid cable configuration contains cables, preferably electric cables, data and information transport cables and / or control cables, in particular fiber optic cables, and fluid transport tubes and is to be disposed in galleries, tunnels, shafts, pipes, channels or the like, in particular water and / or waste-water guiding systems. The configuration contains at least one cable which is to be laid, which can be unwound from a drum from the region of an opening providing access to an installation shaft or access shaft or the like toward the respective pipe, channel or the like, or drawn or fixed in a stationary manner in the pipe, channel or the like. Accordingly, a stationary positioning of the cable and / or the laid cable configuration, which is optionally maintained by a cable support, is obtained and ensured by the force of gravity and the frictional fit thus arising.

The image heating apparatus includes a heater having first and second and heat-generation segments each having a plurality of spaced-apart heat generating parts therein in the longitudinal direction respectively. The heat generating parts each have first and second electro-conductive patterns provided along the longitudinal direction on a substrate and overlapping in the longitudinal direction, and a heat generating resistor which electrically connects the respective overlapping regions of the first electro-conductive pattern and the second electro-conductive pattern with each other and generates heat by supplied electric power. It simultaneously prevents the temperature in a non-sheet feeding portion from rising and secures fixing properties in the gap between the adjacent heat generating parts.

A motorizable tilt shade system includes a header system where the header system includes an integral header attachment connection. At least one cord spool is provided within the header system and is connected with at least one suspension cord. A shade is suspended from the at least one suspension cord and a tilt cord pulley is connected with the at least one cord spool. A tilt cord is connected with the tilt cord pulley and with the shade such that the tilt cord and tilt cord pulley cooperate to tilt the shade. A drive shaft receiver is connected with the tilt cord pulley such that movement of the drive shaft receiver moves the tilt cord pulley. A counterbalance assembly including a negative gradient spring is connected to the drive shaft thereby providing an approximately constant tension on the tilt cord pulley.

A heat-treatment apparatus according to the present invention comprises a sheet-like heating body, which is bent like a letter “U”, and a heat equalizing plate constituted by a metal plate bonded to a heat generating part of the sheet-like heating body. The heat equalizing plate is bonded to the inner surface of the sheet-like heating body bent like a letter “U”. Alternatively, a fluorocarbon resin is coated on the surface of the heat equalizing plate.

In order to restrain rising of a lens frame due to an ambient environmental temperature and occurrence of an inclination of the lens frame during transmission of no electricity to a shape memory alloy wire, proposed is a drive module including: a lens frame; a supporting member for storing the lens frame; leaf spring members for elastically holding the lens frame so that the lens frame would be movable with respect to the supporting member; a shape memory alloy wire for driving the lens frame toward one leaf spring member against restoring force of the leaf spring members by contraction due to generation of heat in turning on the electricity; and a bias spring member for urging the lens frame toward a base plate through a locking portion to make the lens frame come in contact with the base plate through the other leaf spring member, the drive module wherein the lens frame is provided with a pre-pressure portion for generating urging force for initially deforming one leaf spring member to urge the lens frame toward the base plate and for holding a balance with the bias spring member in the case of no electricity transmitted to the shape memory alloy wire to keep the contact condition of the lens frame.

An eccentric coupling device in a radial compliance scroll compressor including a crank pin eccentrically arranged at an upper end of a crankshaft included in the scroll compressor, and provided with a vertically-extending cut surface at one side thereof, a bush fitted around the crank pin, and provided with a crank pin hole and a stopper hole, a stopper fitted in the stopper hole, and an engagement jaw adapted to prevent a vertical movement of the stopper, thereby preventing a vertical movement of the bush, the engagement jaw being provided at an upper end of the crank pin. The bush is arranged such that an upper end thereof is flush with an upper end of the crank pin. The stopper hole overlaps with the crank pin hole so that the stopper selectively comes into contact with the cut surface in accordance with a rotation of the crank pin. The stopper has a length shorter than that of the stopper hole.

In order to provide a plunger retraction preventing mechanism and to reduce the outside dimension of a housing, an inner ratchet chain tensioner includes a housing in which a cylinder is formed, a cylindrical plunger having a bottom and slidable in the cylinder by oil pressure, a flanged cylindrical body erecting from a bottom of the cylinder and on an outer periphery of which the plunger is slidably fitted, a return spring contained in the flanged cylindrical body to urge the plunger in a protruding direction, and a ratchet mechanism to prevent retraction of the plunger, and the ratchet mechanism includes a register ring containing groove formed on an inner peripheral part of the plunger, plural circumferential grooves formed at constant intervals on an outer periphery of a tube part of the flanged cylindrical body, and a register ring fitted between the register ring containing groove and the circumferential groove.

The switched mode power supply comprises an inductor, a switching transistor, a controller circuit coupled to the switching transistor, a rectifying means and a feedback regulation loop for providing a stabilised output voltage. It comprises further a protection circuit coupled to an output or input of a comparator of the controller circuit for providing an overvoltage protection in case of a failure of the regulation loop. The protection circuit comprises in particular an integrating circuit and a comparating circuit. In a preferred embodiment, an output of the protection circuit is coupled to a sense input of the controller circuit, for switching off the controller circuit immediately in case of a failure. In another aspect of the invention, the protection circuit comprises further a second comparator coupled to the first comparating circuit for the surveillance of the input voltage of the switched mode power supply, and for the detection of a short circuit of the inductor or the rectifying means.