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A ceramic material that can exhibit sufficient compactness and lithium (Li) conductivity to enable the use thereof as a solid electrolyte material for a lithium secondary battery and the like is provided. The ceramic material contains aluminum (Al) and has a garnet-type crystal structure or a garnet-like crystal structure containing lithium (Li), lanthanum (La), zirconium (Zr) and oxygen (O).

A method for electrically testing a semiconductor wafer during integrated-circuit fabrication process, the method including: (i) providing a scanning charged-particle microscope (SCPM), having a defined scanning plane and operative, while in any one mechanical state, to scan a surface in the scanning plane within a two-dimensional scanning window, which has a given maximum size; (ii) providing in association with any layer of the wafer, it being a test layer, one or more test structures, each test structure including normally conductive areas within a normally non-conductive background in one or more layers, which include said test layer, the conductive areas formed as one or more patterns; the patterns in said test layer include one or more clusters of mutually isolated pads; each pad is conductively connected with a corresponding distinct point on the patterns and all the pads in any one cluster are sized and arranged so that at least a significant portion of each pad falls within a common window whose size does not exceed said maximum size of said scanning window; (iii) with said test layer forming the top surface of the wafer, placing the wafer on the SCPM and adjusting the mechanical state of the SCPM so that at least a significant portion of each pad in any one of said clusters is within said scanning window; (iv) causing the SCPM, while in said mechanical state, to scan all of the pads of said one cluster and thereby to provide information about the electrical state of the respective test structure.

An exemplary auto-focus imaging system having a compact configuration and a high-focusing accuracy includes a lens assembly, an image sensor, a locator, a control unit, and a voice coil actuator. The lens assembly is configured for picking up and manipulating optical information. The image sensor is configured for sensing the optical information and producing corresponding electronic signals. The locator is configured for producing a first position signal representative of an actual position of the lens assembly. The locator includes a magnet and a magnetic sensor. A relative positional relationship between the magnet and the magnetic directly varies with a movement of the lens assembly. The control unit is configured for receiving the electronic signals and the first position signal and outputting a control signal. The voice coil actuator is configured for receiving the control signal and moving the lens assembly to a desired position.

An exercise wheel having a central shaft with counter locking handles is described. The device is adapted to enable rapid assembly and disassembly of the exercise wheel for and compactness. The device takes up the least amount of space as possible to carry on a person or in a small container, such as a gym bag, brief case, and the like.To this effect, the device contemplates at least one wheel mounted on an elongated, rigid, shaft adapted to extend through a central opening in the wheel to allow the wheel to rotate on the shaft. The shaft is adapted to receive a removable handle at each opposite ends of the shaft. The handles are configured to engage the shaft and lock in place while permitting the wheel to rotate on the shaft.

Devices for use during surgical or non-surgical procedures can move items from the field of view or work space. Retraction of items during any surgical or non-surgical procedure moves the items from the field of view or work space. The flexibility and compactness of a retraction device can make it suitable for surgery, especially minimally invasive surgery (MIS).

The invention discloses a temperature-resistant, corrosion-resistant and high-adhesion adhesive and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of adhesives. The temperature-resistant, corrosion-resistant and high-adhesion adhesive consists of two components, i. e., an adhesive A and an adhesive B, in the weight ratio of 100:1-10, wherein the adhesive A consists of chemical plasticizing vinyl ester resin, a polymerization inhibitor, a low shrinkage agent, a free radical curing solvent, gas-phase silicon dioxide, inorganic filler, a coupling agent, a defoaming agent, color paste or paint, a promoter and a promotion additive; and the adhesive B consists of phthalic ester, peroxide and inertial powder filler. The adhesive provided by the invention has the performance of heat resistance, corrosion resistance, penetration resistance, adhesion, positioning, impact resistance and the like, can be formed into different types at normal temperature, and medium and high temperature, is easy and convenient to operate, can bring the unique advantage of the adhesive into full play on some occasions requiring to paying attention to corrosion resistance, adhesion, heat resistance and the like, and is suitable for mutual adhesion among a continuous cellulose material, a concrete material, a metal material, stone, FRP (Fiber Reinforce Plastic), thermoplastic plastic and the like.

The invention provides an electric motor including a tubular insulator that insulates coils of each of U, V, and W phases that makes a rotor rotated by an electromagnetic force, and a stator core around which the coils are wound; and a plurality of busbars that are fixed to the insulator to relay feed of power to the coils that constitute each phase. Ring-shaped terminals directly connected to an external driving circuit board for controlling a driving current leading to each phase of the coils, without via separate connecting members, are integrally formed in the busbars, respectively.

An internal retraction system for use in minimally-invasive surgical procedures includes, among other features, an elongated applicator that has proximal and distal ends. The distal end of the applicator includes a grasper and the proximal end includes a mechanism or actuator for moving the grasper from an open position to a closed position. A plurality of anchor clips are slidably mounted on the elongated applicator and are initially in a stored position. Each clip includes spring biased upper and lower jaws for grasping tissue. The internal retraction system also includes a structure associated with the applicator for deploying the anchor clips from the stored position to a deployed position at a desired location. Moreover, the internal retraction system includes a mechanism associated with the applicator for removing the anchor clips from the deployed position and returning the clips to the stored position.

An extension device has such a configuration as to be mounted in an extension bay of an information processing device, and includes an identification-information-acquisition unit.

The invention discloses a continuous casting and rolling production line of wire rods and a production method of the production line. The continuous casting and rolling production line of the wire rods comprises a continuous casting machine, a parallel-flow device and a rolling mill unit. The method comprises the steps that a square casting blank or a circular casting blank is produced by means of the continuous casting machine firstly, the produced square casting blank or circular blank is cut through a cutting machine, parallel flowing is conducted through the parallel-flow device, the parallel flowed square casting blank bodies or circular casting blank bodies are conveyed to an inlet of the rolling mill unit through a conveyor roller way finally, and the rods are prepared by rolling through a rough mill, an intermediate mill and a finishing mill in sequence. According to the continuous casting and rolling production line of the wire rods and the production method of the production line, seamless connection of the continuous casting machine and rolling mills is achieved, the casting blank can be directly hot-delivered into the rolling mill unit to be rolled into the rods, secondary heating through a heating furnace is not needed, and the continuous casting and rolling production line of the wire rods and the production method of the production line have the advantages of being high in pouring speed, small in casting machine flow number, compact in production rhythm, high in efficiency, less in energy consumption and low in construction investment and operation maintenance cost.

A modular multi-stack fuel-cell assembly in which the fuel-cell stacks are situated within a containment structure and in which a gas distributor is provided in the structure and distributes received fuel and oxidant gases to the stacks and receives exhausted fuel and oxidant gas from the stacks so as to realize a desired gas flow distribution and gas pressure differential through the stacks. The gas distributor is centrally and symmetrically arranged relative to the stacks so that it itself promotes realization of the desired gas flow distribution and pressure differential.

A waveguide-type optical multiplexer / demultiplexer with low crosstalk characteristics and reduced wavelength dispersion is provided. A waveguide-type optical multiplexer / demultiplexer comprising, first, second and third optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuits connected in multistage, each multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit has four input-output ports, third input-output port of first optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit is connected to third input-output port of second optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit, and fourth input-output port of first optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit is connected to fourth input-output port of third optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit, when wavelength division multiplex signals having wavelength λ1, λ2, λ3, λ4, λ5, λ6 . . . are input through first input-output port of first optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit, multiplex signals of odd wavelength λ1, λ3, λ5 . . . are output from first input-output port of second optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit, and multiplex signals of even wavelength λ2, λ4, λ6 . . . are output from first input-output port of third optical multiplexer / demultiplexer circuit.

An imaging lens includes five lenses for a solid-state image sensor, arranged in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object side surface, a second lens with negative refractive power having a concave image side surface, a third lens with positive or negative refractive power, a fourth lens with positive refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image side surface near an optical axis, and a fifth lens with negative refractive power as a double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image side surface near the optical axis, wherein the first lens and second lens satisfy conditional expressions below:45<ν1<90  (1)22<ν2<35  (2)2.0<ν1 / ν2<2.6  (3)whereν1: first lens Abbe numberν2: second lens Abbe number.

Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature of one or more reaction vessels in a bio-chemical analyzer comprises a heat-exchange block, preferably made of cast aluminum or the like, and a thermoelectric device for heating or cooling the block to within a desired temperature range. The heat-transfer block cradles one or more reaction vessels in a thermal energy-transferring relationship, and further supports, in a thermal energy-transferring relationship, one or more fluid conduits serving to transmit a liquid or gas to the interior of the reaction vessels. Preferably, the heat-transfer block is cast from aluminum, and the fluid conduits are disposed inside the casting. By supporting the reaction vessel(s) and fluid conduit(s) in a common block, a single thermoelectric device and controller can be used to simultaneously control the respective temperatures of multiple fluid reagents and / or gases, as well as one or more reaction vessels, thereby reducing the power requirements of the thermal control system.

The invention provides an RF power amplifier with post-distortion linearizer. The power amplifier includes a main amplifier, an auxiliary amplifier and a phase compensator. The first amplifier has a first input end and a first output end and operates in class A or AB. The auxiliary amplifier has a second input end and a second output end and operates in class B or C. The second output end connects the first output end to form a signal output end. The phase compensator has a third input end and a third output end and compensates a phase difference between the main and auxiliary amplifiers to make outputs of the two amplifiers opposite in phase. The third output end connects the second input end. The third input end connects the first input end to form a signal input end.

Disclosed is a sheet roller capable of achieving compactness and thinness, and improves space usability and design freedom. The sheet roller includes a roller body coupled with the rotation shaft, a plurality of coupling members coupled with a side surface of the roller body in order to surround a part of an outer peripheral surface of the roller body, and disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the roller body in such a manner as to be spaced apart from one another, and an elastic sheet interposed between the roller body and each of the plurality of coupling members. The roller body is formed to have a predetermined thickness thereof while maintaining a predetermined shape and strength thereof, and thus, improving space usability and the design freedom of an automatic transaction machine where the sheet roller is mounted.

A portable voting booth having multiple voting stations combined with a single utility / storage cart. The cart includes portable voting booth stations that can be deployed from the cart with privacy shields that are formed integral and can be erected instantly for privacy. Privacy booths are placed at various levels to accommodate individuals of various heights, including wheelchair bound individuals. Beneath the retractable voting stations is an area for storage of voting materials, allowing the materials to be assembled in a remote location and sealed within the utility cart for storage. The cart then can be moved to the particular locations for the voting procedure. At the voting location, the seal can be broken and the ballots accessed. Upon completion of the voting process the cart can be resealed with the cast ballots.

A microwave circuit for a linear accelerator includes multiple monolithic metallic cell plates stacked upon each other so that the beam axis passes vertically through a central acceleration cavity of each plate. Each plate has a directional coupler with coupling arms. A first coupling slot couples the directional coupler to an adjacent directional coupler of an adjacent cell plate, and a second coupling slot couples the directional coupler to the central acceleration cavity. Each directional coupler also has an iris protrusion spaced from corners joining the arms, a convex rounded corner at a first corner joining the arms, and a corner protrusion at a second corner joining the arms.

A voltage is supplied from an image writing apparatus to the power receiving electrode of an electronic paper and an optical signal is applied to light receiving elements of the electronic paper from the LEDs of the image writing apparatus. Then, the light receiving elements perform a switching operation to apply the voltage to row electrodes and column electrodes of a display unit including a plurality of pixels, thus making display.

A simple two-group zoom optical system that favorably corrects aberrations includes, in order from the object side, a first lens group of negative refractive power, a stop, and a second lens group of positive refractive power. The first lens group includes, in order from the object side, a lens element having negative refractive power and a meniscus shape with its concave surface on the image side, a biconcave lens element, and a lens element having positive refractive power. The second lens group includes, in order from the object side, a lens element having positive refractive power and at least one aspheric surface, a lens element having negative refractive power, and a biconvex lens element. Certain conditions are satisfied that relate to the focal lengths of the zoom optical system, the focal lengths of the two lens groups, and to the Abbe numbers of lens elements.

A ceramic material that can exhibit sufficient compactness and lithium (Li) conductivity to enable the use thereof as a solid electrolyte material for a lithium secondary battery and the like is provided. The ceramic material contains aluminum (Al) and has a garnet-type crystal structure or a garnet-like crystal structure containing lithium (Li), lanthanum (La), zirconium (Zr) and oxygen (O).

The invention discloses a transparent outer wall nano coating and a preparation method thereof. The transparent outer wall nano coating comprises an aqueous adhesive, a composite dispersant, a dispersion treatment agent, a photocatalyst, a composite photocatalysis stimulator and water. The transparent outer wall nano coating disclosed by the invention comprises the following components in parts byweight: a photocatalyst, namely 2-2.8 parts of nano titanium dioxide and 1-2 parts of nano cerium oxide, a composite photocatalysis stimulator, namely 0.2-0.3 part of nano aluminum oxide, 0.2-0.3 part of nano cadmium oxide, 0.5-0.8 part of nano rare earth and 0.1-0.2 part of a silane treatment agent, a composite dispersing agent, namely 0.6-0.8 part of lauryl sodium sulfate and 0.3-0.4 part of triethanolamine, an aqueous adhesive, namely 20-22 parts of lithium silicate, 10 parts of silica gel, 0.1-0.2 part of an organic silicon defoaming agent, and 63 parts of water. The transparent outer wall nano coating disclosed by the invention is capable of adsorbing and decomposing pollutant sources in outdoor air with or without ultraviolet rays.

Provided is a multilayer electronic component which has: a ceramic element body (1) wherein an internal electrode (2) having Ni as the main component is embedded; and external electrodes (3a, 3b) which are formed on the both end portions of the ceramic element body (1) and are electrically connected with the internal electrode (2). The external electrodes (3a, 3b) respectively have double layer structures composed of first metal layers (4a, 4b), which are brought into contact with the ceramic element body (1), and second metal layers (5a, 5b) formed on the surfaces of the first metal layers (4a, 4b), and the external electrodes are formed by sintering after the ceramic element body (1) is formed. The first metal layers (4a, 4b) contain at least Ni, and second metal layers (5a, 5b) are formed of Cu. The first metal layers (4a, 4b) are formed of either Ni or a Ni-Cu alloy, and contain 80 atm% or less (including 0 atm%) of Cu, preferably 10-50 atm% of Cu. Thus, in the multilayer electronic component, protrusion of the internal electrode to the sides of the external electrodes is suppressed and the external electrodes having a high density are provided.