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The present invention relates to a remote control (107; 201; 301) for controlling at least one device (101, 102, 103; 302) with connectivity to a service delivery network (105, 106). The remote control (107; 201; 301) comprising one or more displays (202) for showing display items which are indicative for one or more control instructions and the remote control (107; 201; 301) is able to adapt the display items and / or the control instructions in real-time depending on a selected service (303).

A system mounted on a vehicle for performing vehicle control applications and driver warning applications, the system including a camera configured to acquire a plurality of images of the environment in front of the camera. The camera includes a filter wherein the filter is installed at the focal plane of the camera and wherein designated portions of the filter transmit selective light wavelength. The preferred filter has a checkerboard pattern. The system further including an image processor capable of analyzing in real time a plurality of respective image sequences acquired from at least one of the portions of the filter and is capable of detecting yellow lane markings on a concrete road surface.

A system and method for ameliorating spinal column anomalies, such as scoliosis, while accommodating growth of juvenile patients, which include pedicle screws and an extendable telescopic spinal rod of non-circular cross section. Each pedicle screw includes spinal rod engagement means of complementary shape to the spinal rod for allowing longitudinal movement of the spinal rod, while resisting axial rotation of the pedicle screw relative to the spinal rod. The spinal rod is thereby allowed to slide longitudinally as attached vertebrae move during growth, while movement in other directions is arrested to preserve a proper orientation of involved vertebrae and to maintain scoliotic correction in three dimensions.

The invention discloses a preparation method for propellant fuel. The preparation method comprises the following steps: uniformly mixing hydrazine or a methyl derivative thereof with a tetrahydrofuransolution of borane to perform a reaction, and after the reaction, performing rotary evaporation on the tetrahydrofuran solution to obtain a first product; adding a first solvent into the first product, then performing washing, and then performing rotary evaporation to remove the first solvent, so as to obtain a hydrazinoborane derivative. According to the method, hydroboration is carried out on ahighly-volatile hydrazine fuel and a methylated derivative of hydrazine, the obtained borohydride of the hydrazine is a colorless non-volatile liquid or a white solid, has no volatility and greatly reduces hazard of the hydrazine fuel, and is a novel aerospace propellant fuel since the ignition delay time of the hydrazine borofluoride is extremely short.

An electric power load management system and method that uses a multiplicity of remote power supplies in a controlled manner such that the aggregate system has the capacity to offset critical power company peak electric demand periods thereby preventing severe and detrimental power shortages and interruptions.

The Alarm Triggered Shut off Appliance System (ATSAS) relates to a safe control shut-off system for all utility appliances. It reduces the risks of fire and carbon monoxide poisoning before they occur by turning off utility appliances when the smoke detection / carbon monoxide alarms sound. As the alarms sound, the ATSAS automatically shuts off the appliance. This helps the occupants to take emergency action in the earliest stages of development of a fire / carbon monoxide breakout or prevents their occurrences when the occupant's direct action is impossible. The system has a tone decoder that is responsive only to the frequency range of the alarm's alert sound. The tone decoder prevents the system from being falsely activated by erroneous sounds. Once a smoke or gas leak occurs, the system detects the alert sound through its microphone, and energizes a relay or solenoid valve that turns off the supply line to the utility appliance.

A method and apparatus for the estimation of maximum friction between a vehicular tire and a road surface via driving dynamics measurements and at least one sensor measuring the road surface, comprisingmeasuring road surface properties via a sensor;measuring the state of motion of a vehicle and a tire and concluding therefrom a momentary maximum friction coefficient when the tire is subjected to a sufficient friction force;storing a maximum friction estimate concluded from the above-mentioned measurements, along with measuring results regarding road surface properties measured at the moment of measurement;when the tire is not subjected to a friction force sufficient for measuring maximum friction, using, as a maximum friction estimate, the previously measured maximum friction estimate, such that an applied selection criterion for the maximum friction estimate is the newness as up-to-date as possible of the measuring result and a consistency of the road surface measuring result.

The invention generally relates to a system and method for integrated gas delivery and leak detection to one or more applications. The system includes at least one application site, a process conduit extending from a process gas source site to the application site, a first and second process flow control at the process conduit, and a first pressure sensor.Also included in the system is a microprocessor that is in electronic communication with the flow controls and the first pressure sensor, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to respond to an application standby request by performing a pressure decay test, including closing the second process flow control and pressurizing a portion of the system by opening the first process flow control. Further included in the pressure test is closing the first process flow control when the pressure at the first pressure sensor is at a minimum pressure, and comparing an empirical pressure decay rate at the first pressure sensor with a maximum pressure decay rate, whereby an empirical pressure decay rate that exceeds the maximum pressure decay rate indicates the presence of a leak.

This invention relates to a system and method for reducing the primary vortex wake structure generated by a lifting body mounted on an object moving through a fluid. This is achieved by first, altering the generated initial vortex wake to make it vulnerable to rapid breakup; and, second, producing disturbances to this wake with secondary vortices from auxiliary lifting surfaces, called vortex leveraging tabs, to instigate this breakup. This invention relates to various fields of uses to include vortices generated by any type of lifting body moving through a fluid to include aircraft and watercraft, such as surface vessels and submarines.

A motor for a washing machine including a driving shaft coupled to a drum, a stator for forming a magnetic field with a coil wound on a core, and a rotor rotatably mounted on an outside of the stator coupled to the driving shaft for driving the driving shaft, wherein the rotor includes a rotor frame having magnets attached to an inside surface of an outer end, a back yoke on an outside surface of the outer end for reinforcing the rotor frame and forming a magnetic path, a shaft supporting housing at a center of the rotor frame having one end portion of the driving shaft secured thereto, a bushing of a non-conductive resin having the shaft supporting housing formed as one body at a center, the bushing being secured to the rotor frame, and fastening members for fastening the bushing to the rotor frame.

The invention relates to the field of an electronic cigarette, in particular to electronic cigarette liquid and a preparation method thereof. The electronic cigarette liquid comprises 1%w / v to 2%w / v of spice capable of generating the aroma of the tobacco, 22%w / v to 24%w / v of glycerinum and the balance being propanediol. The electronic cigarette liquid can be used for substituting the cigarette to be used by smokers. Compared with the cigarette, the electronic cigarette liquid has the advantages that the thread to the health of people caused by harmful substances such as tar and CO can be avoided, and the hazard is reduced.

Compositions and methods for a hybrid biological and chemical process that captures and converts carbon dioxide and / or other forms of inorganic carbon and / or CI carbon sources including but not limited to carbon monoxide, methane, methanol, formate, or formic acid, and / or mixtures containing CI chemicals including but not limited to various syngas compositions, into organic chemicals including bio-fuels or other valuable biomass, chemical, industrial, or pharmaceutical products are provided. The present invention, in certain embodiments, fixes inorganic carbon or CI carbon sources into longer carbon chain organic chemicals by utilizing microorganisms capable of performing the oxyhydrogen reaction and the autotrophic fixation of CO2 in one or more steps of the process.

An implement for orientating a tool at a predetermined angle with respect to a plane of a target surface to be engaged by the tool includes a rod having a distal end coupled to a head formed with three contact points arranged in a circular array around the longitudinal axis of the rod, such that the three contact points define a plane. The rod is coupled to the head with the longitudinal axis of the rod at the predetermined angle to the plane defined by the three contact points, such that when the three contact points of the rod are in contact with the target surface, the longitudinal axis of the rod is at the predetermined angle with respect to the plane of the target surface. The implement is described particularly for orientating a surgical cutting tool perpendicularly to bone tissue for harvesting and implanting a bone plug to repair damaged bone tissue.

Compositions and methods and apparatus for growth and maintenance of microorganisms and / or bioprocesses using one or more gases as electron donors, electron acceptors, carbon sources, or other nutrients, and for a bioprocess that converts hydrogen and carbon dioxide, or syngas, or producer gas into lipid products, bio-based oils, or other biochemical products.

The invention is directed to a self-contained hose and valve assembly for installation on a pressurized canister. In one embodiment of the invention, a flexible hose is wrapped around a valve and is removably attached to a base supporting the valve. The hose and valve are housed within a cover that is removably secured to the base to form a self-contained unit. In an additional embodiment of the invention, the self-contained hose and valve assembly does not contain a cover and the hose is instead attached to the valve or the base by an adhesive or a mechanical fastener, such as a shrink sleeve to form the self-contained unit. The self-contained hose and valve assembly of the present invention reduces difficulties relating to installation, packaging, and storage of hose and valve assemblies for use with pressurized containers, such as tire inflation systems, in that the hose is securely affixed within the assembly and therefore will not interfere with automated assembly, installation, or packaging devices and will not become entangled with items in the trunk of a car during storage by the user.

Blast resistant and blast directing container assemblies for receiving explosive articles and preventing or minimizing damage in the event of an explosion. The container assembly comprises a container of blast resistant material and a blast mitigating material located within the container. The container is collapsible for storage when empty. The container assemblies have utility in aircraft, where weight is an important consideration, as cargo holders or containment devices in the passenger cabin. They also are useful as transport devices for hazardous materials such as gunpowder and explosives, e.g., bombs and grenades.

The present invention discloses aluminum silicon deformable aluminum alloy and the preparation method thereof. According to the weight percentages, the alloy contains 9.0-12.6 percent of silicon, 1.5-4.0 percent of copper, 0.3-0.6 percent of magnesium, 0.1-3.5 percent of bismuth, less than 0.30 percent of iron, less than 0.20 percent of zinc, less than or equal to 0.15 percent of impurity, and aluminum as the residual. The raw material is molten and fined in a reflecting smelting furnace, after Al-Sr intermediate alloy modification to the alloy liquid, cast rods are obtained through semi continuous casting, and after hot extrusion and deformation to the cast rods, the aluminum silicon deformable aluminum alloy is produced through forging and T6 heat treatment. After adding the element bismuth into the alloy, the present invention greatly enhances the wear-resisting performance of the alloy, leads the alloy to have self lubricating property, prolongs the service life of the product produced with the alloy, reduces the use cost, and leads the alloy to have the tensile strength of above 390 MPa, the elongation rate after breaking of 6 percent, and the hardness degree of 136-141 HB. The present invention is mainly used for producing vehicle components of wheels, pistons, bearings, and two-side swash plates of vehicles and motorcycles which have high demands on the intensity, the toughness and the abrasion resistance.

New synthetic methods for the preparation of macrocyclic amido-N donor ligands are provided. The primary method of the present invention involves in general only two synthetic steps. In the first step, an alpha or beta amino carboxylic acid is allowed to react with an optimal (approximately stoichiometric) amount of an activated malonate or oxalate derivative with mild heating. Upon completion of the double coupling reaction, hydrolysis of the reaction mixture yields a diamide containing intermediate (a macro linker). In the second step, stoichiometric amounts of a diamine, preferably an orthophenylene diamine, are added to the macro linker intermediate in the presence of a coupling agent and heat. This second double coupling reaction, is allowed to proceed for a period of time sufficient to produce a macrocyclic tetraamido compound. The substituent groups on the alpha or beta amino carboxylic acid, the malonate, and the aryl diamine may all be selectively varied so that the resulting tetraamido macrocycle can be tailored to specific desired end uses. The macrocyclic tetraamide ligand may then be complexed with a metal, such as a transition metal, and preferably the middle and later transition metals, to form a robust chelate complex suitable for catalyzing oxidation reactions.

It is a special-purpose device used for two-directional energy-focusing and smooth blasting, post standard knot of multisection energy-gathering pipe which is in the double ''V'' shaped energy-accumulating groove which is set on the pipewall full of detonator, each post standard knot is linked with connection casing on which there is energy-accumulating groove, centering ring in the hole is noosed on the standard joint of the binding energy tube so that the center lines of the upper and the lower energy-gathering groove like V shape are in the same surface in the blasthole. Orifice centering rings of the two V- shaped central whose orientation is the same with V- shaped energy-gathering groove are set on the noose annulus wall at the ground end of energy -gathering pipe at orifice of blasthole, which makes the center line of each energy-gathering groove like a V shape forms a surface of centering and coinciding with blasting surface in each blasthole and among. After detonating explosive, make shaped charge jet spark along initial small crack that forms while the crack begins to form, then forms presplitting or smooth blasting surface, and finish energy-gathering presplitting and smooth blasting. The invention can enhance utilization ratio of demolishing energy and debase quantity of drilled holes, the influence of destroying rock mass kept down is little and the blasting surface is more level.

An air moving device includes a housing member, an impeller assembly, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly can include one or more angled vanes set an angle with respect to a central axis of the air moving device. The air moving device can output a column of moving air having an oblong and / or rectangular cross-section. A dispersion pattern of the column of moving air upon the floor of an enclosure in which the air moving device is installed can have an oblong and / or rectangular shape. The dimensions of the dispersion pattern may be varied by moving the air moving device toward or away from the floor, and / or by changing the angles of the stator vanes within the nozzle assembly.

The present invention is one kind of blended aramid yarn and its production process. The blended aramid yarn consists of aramid fiber 10-60 wt%, polyacrylic-polyvinyl chloride fiber 30-80 wt% and antistatic synthetic fiber 1-10 wt%, and has fiber length of 38 mm or 51 mm and spinning count of 10 s-50 s. It is produced through mixing material, producing card sliver, drawing and jet spinning. The production process includes spraying the polyacrylic-polyvinyl chloride fiber with antistatic agent, two card sliver producing modes, etc. The blended aramid yarn has excellent wear resisting property, excellent fireproof performance and high electrically insulating performance, and the fabric produced with the blended aramid yarn may be used in special suits for use in high temperature, electric welding and high voltage environment, and used in making fireproof decoration.

A system and / or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and / or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield or backlite). In certain example embodiments, a capacitor-based system and / or method is provided for auto-correlating sensor data to determine the existence of a material on the window, and then cross-correlating sensor data to identify the type and / or amount of that material (e.g., rain). This data may be used to actuate and / or deactivate a vehicle's wiper(s), and / or adjust wiper speed. In certain example embodiments, the sensor may include an array of at least two capacitors. In certain example embodiments, the system and / or method may perform check(s) to enhance the accuracy of the detection by comparing, for example, the sign of autocorrelation values, maximum autocorrelation values, and / or gradients of autocorrelation values

A system and / or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and / or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield, sunroof or backlite). In certain example embodiments of the invention, at least one sensing capacitor is supported by a window such as a vehicle windshield, the capacitor(s) having a field that is affected by moisture (e.g., rain) on a surface of the window. The at least one sensing capacitor may have a fractal geometry in certain example embodiments of this invention. The sensing circuit may output an analog signal that is based on and / or related to the sensing capacitor(s). The analog output of the circuit may be converted to a digital signal, and subjected to processing (e.g., correlation) for determining whether moisture (e.g., rain, dew, fog, etc.) or the like is present on the surface of the window.

A bottle top regulator / aerator for controlling the flow from a bottle having a narrow cylindrical opening through which wine or similar liquid may be poured. The dispensing apparatus includes, in combination, an air inductor, a regulating cartridge having a percolation labyrinth, and an anti-drip trough integrated within a housing. The application of this apparatus provides for both the rapid aeration of the wine, as well as a uniform flow rate absent the hazard of post-pouring droplets.

The invention discloses a method for preparing an additive capable of adding an oolong tea scent to cured tobaccos, a spice and the use of the spice in the cured tobaccos. The preparation method comprises the following steps: weighing100 grams of oolong tea leaves according to a ratio of 0.5-1.5:1.5-4:0.2-8, grinding the oolong tea leaves into powder, and placing the powder an extracting device; setting a temperature of between 20 and 60 DEG C and a pressure of between 10 and 20MPa, adding 400 to 1,000 milliliters of a mixed solvent of ethanol, acetone and water into the extracting device and carrying out 2 to 5 times of static extraction for 3 to 10 minutes each time; and collecting an extract, evaporating the extract to between 100 and 200 milliliters, adding 30 to 80 milliliters of acetone into the extract, standing the mixture at 0 DEGC for 10 to 60 minutes, centrifuging the mixture to remove sediments, taking upper clean liquid, evaporating the upper clean liquid to paste, dissolving the obtained paste with 80 to 150 milliliters of a mixture of propanediol, alcohol and distilled water, adding 0.01 to 0.2 gram of ascorbic acid, 0.01 to 0.1 gram of menthol, 1 to 10 grams of honey into the solution, uniformly mixing the solution and obtaining the additive for oolong tobaccos. The tobaccos made with the additive has the advantages of low tar content, unique and long lasting scent, comfort tea scent and uniform taste.

The invention relates to a method for recovering a rare-earth waste material. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) adding a decomposition auxiliary agent and fluxing agent powder into the rare-earth waste material, and evenly mixing to obtain mixed material, wherein the dosage of the decomposition auxiliary agent is 20-200wt% of the total weight of the rare-earth waste material, and the dosage of the fluxing agent powder is 1-20 wt% of the total weight of the rare-earth waste material; (2) roasting the mixed material obtained in the step (1) for 1-6 hours at the temperature of 600-1400 DEG C; (3) adding an acid solution into the roasted product obtained in the step (2) for acid dissolution, filtering and separating to obtain acid leaching liquor which mainly contains rare-earth elements and acid leaching residue; and (4) separating the rare-earth elements from other metal elements in the acid leaching liquor. The method provided by the invention realizes the cyclic utilization of the rare-earth waste material, is simple to operate, high in recovery rate of valuable elements in the waste material and low in reagent cost, saves energy, reduces emission and is low in environment harmfulness, and has important significance in the aspects of ecological protection and economic development promotion.

A system and / or method for sensing the presence of moisture (e.g., rain) and / or other material(s) on a window such as a vehicle window (e.g., vehicle windshield, sunroof or backlite). Such techniques may be used in connection with a light sensor. In certain example embodiments, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) includes a light sensor comprising a light sensor flip-chip, with the light sensor flip-chip including at least two light sensor arrays, and with each said sensor array being configured to sense light of a predetermined wavelength. An adhesive bonds the light sensor to the PCB. A hole is formed in the PCB and the opaque layer so as to allow the light sensor arrays to see through the hole formed in the PCB and the opaque layer. A state of the vehicle lights is settable in dependence on the light sensor. The PCB is located in or is supported by the vehicle windshield.

A system and method for ameliorating spinal column anomalies, such as scoliosis, while accommodating growth of juvenile patients, includes pedicle screws and a spinal rod of non-circular cross section. Each pedicle screw includes spinal rod engagement mean for achieving a slide-only engagement between each segment of said spinal rod that is respectively engaged with the pedicle screw. Pedicle screws are thereby allowed to slide longitudinally along the spinal rod as attached vertebrae move during growth, while movement in other directions is arrested in order to preserve a proper orientation of involved vertebrae to maintain scoliotic correction in three dimensions.

A deadbolt manipulation adjunct and method that provides user selection between dual cylinder, single cylinder, and disabled modes, is capable of retrofitting on existing deadbolt structures, which maintains full deadbolt security while providing authorized user deadbolt operation between locked and unlocked positions via a thumb turn actuator to release the deadbolt in the case of an emergency.