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The present invention is an occlusion device having a support hoop. The support hoop increases the ability of the occlusion device to form a seal around the defect and adds additional structural strength to the device by allowing distribution of pressure along a 360° continuum.

Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the construction material through each orifice independently of the other orifices; a shuttle to which the printing heads are mounted; a support surface; and a controller adapted to control the shuttle to move back and forth over the support surface and as the shuttle moves to control the printing heads to dispense the construction material through each of their respective orifices responsive to the data to form a first layer on the support surface and thereafter, sequentially the other layers; wherein each printing head is dismountable from the shuttle and replaceable independently of the other printing heads.

An improved capsule for processing materials or growing crystals in supercritical fluids. The capsule is scalable up to very large volumes and is cost effective according to a preferred embodiment. In conjunction with suitable high pressure apparatus, the capsule is capable of processing materials at pressures and temperatures of 0.2-8 GPa and 400-1500° C., respectively. Of course, there can be other variations, modifications, and alternatives.

A display device includes a pixel portion in which a pixel is arranged in a matrix, the pixel including an inverted staggered thin film transistor having a combination of at least two kinds of oxide semiconductor layers with different amounts of oxygen and having a channel protective layer over a semiconductor layer to be a channel formation region overlapping a gate electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer electrically connected to the inverted staggered thin film transistor. In the periphery of the pixel portion in this display device, a pad portion including a conductive layer made of the same material as the pixel electrode layer is provided. In addition, the conductive layer is electrically connected to a common electrode layer formed on a counter substrate.

A composite structure has composite skin layers and at least two elongated stiffener / spacer composite members interposed between the skin layers. The stiffener / spacer composite members are arranged generally longitudinally of the skin layers in spaced-apart relation laterally. Each of the skin layers is formed by assembling a layer of an uncured resin-impregnated fiber material on a forming surface of a jig. Each stiffener / spacer composite member is formed of an uncured resin-impregnated fiber material that is laid up over an elongated hollow mandrel of a stiffened fabric and is assembled to one of the uncured skin layers. The jigs are juxtaposed to form a sandwich with the assembled uncured composite layers, which are then vacuum-bagged and co-cured under a predetermined pressure and a predetermined temperature to render the structure unitary.

An industrial hopper and support system includes a hopper having a plurality of receivers complementally configured to receive the top ends of legs of a support. The hopper is particularly designed to receive and discharge both solid and liquid material by the mounting of a selected valve, and the receivers include recesses therein which inhibit the spread of the legs and provide a structural connection between the legs of the support when the hopper is mounted thereon. The hopper may be mounted to the legs without the use of tools, but a separate fastener may be used when it is desired to lift both the hopper and its support from above. The support is provided with openings through primary tubular members which align with crossmembers so that forks inserted into the openings pass longitudinally through the crossmembers.

A water-resistant casing for a portable electronic device is provided. The water-resistant casing may include a front cover. The front cover may include a water-resistant film enabling a user operation of the portable electronic device through the water-resistant film, and an impact-absorbing seal to provide water resistance and impact absorption. The water-resistant casing may also include a back cover coupled to the front cover. The back cover may include a material that is at least water-resistant or impact-absorbing. The water-resistant casing may further include a sealing structure to provide a water-resistant seal, and a latching mechanism for enclosing the water-resistant casing. The water-resistant casing may further include at least one mounting point and at least one impact-absorbing structure for providing additional impact absorption.

A tubular tissue scaffold is described which comprises a tube having a wall, wherein the wall includes biopolymer fibrils that are aligned in a helical pattern around the longitudinal axis of the tube where the pitch of the helical pattern changes with the radial position in the tube wall. The scaffold is capable of directing the morphological pattern of attached and growing cells to form a helical pattern around the tube walls. Additionally, an apparatus for producing such a tubular tissue scaffold is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a biopolymer gel dispersion feed pump that is operably connected to a tube-forming device having an exit port, where the tube-forming device is capable of producing a tube from the gel dispersion while providing an angular shear force across the wall of the tube, and a liquid bath located to receive the tubular tissue scaffold from the tube-forming device. A method for producing the tubular tissue scaffolds is also disclosed. Also, artificial tissue comprising living cells attached to a tubular tissue scaffold as described herein is disclosed. Methods for using the artificial tissue are also disclosed.

A method for manufacturing reflective spatial light modulator mirror devices is disclosed. In the method, a portion of a mirror layer and a first sacrificial layer beneath the portion of the mirror layer are removed simultaneously to expose the substrate while defining a pattern of the mirror layer. Then, a second sacrificial layer is deposited conformally, and substrate contact openings and a mirror layer contact opening are defined in the second sacrificial layer at the same time. Subsequently, a support material layer is deposited conformally and etched back, so as to form supporting posts of the mirror layer in the substrate contact openings. Before the support material layer is etched back, the substrate contact openings can be filled with a photoresist material first, so as to maintain the support material layer in the substrate contact openings and increase the structural intensity of the supporting posts.

A sandwich composite panel (2) provides a load bearing structural member as well as noise protection, especially for a helicopter fuselage cell or cabin. The panel (2) includes an inner honey-comb core (6) made up of hollow cell bodies (4) extending trans-versely and sandwiched between first and second cover skins (8, 10) of fiber composite material. In order to achieve a low weight, a simple manufacturing, and good noise absorption, at least one of the cover skins (8) adapted to face the main source of noise (H) is made up of an open mesh fiber composite net (12) and a flexible cover film (16) applied on the outer surface of this fiber composite net (12). The net (12) has a smaller mesh size than the inner cross-sectional size of the hollow cell bodies (4).

Integrated glass ceramic spacecraft include a plurality of glass ceramic components including molded, tempered, annealed, and patterned glass ceramic components coupled together for forming a support structure or frame or housing through which is communicated optical signals through an optical communications grid and electrical signals through an electrical communications grid, with the optical communications grid and electrical communication grid forming a composite electrooptical communications grid for spacecraft wide intercommunications. The support structure multifunctions as a frame, a housing, a support, a thermal control system, and as part of an electrooptical communications grid while encapsulating a plurality of optical, electronic, electrical, and MEMS devices between which is communicated the electrical and optical signals over the electrooptical communication grid.

A light emitting diode (LED) chip has a multilayer semiconductor structure that is at least 10 microns thick and does not require an attached growth substrate or transfer substrate for structural rigidity or support. The multilayer semiconductor structure includes a first doped layer, a second doped layer and an active region interposed between the first doped layer and the second doped layer. Optionally, the multilayer semiconductor structure includes an undoped layer. At least one of the layers of the multilayer semiconductor structure is at least 5 microns thick and is preferably deposited by hydride vapor phase epitaxy.

A display device includes a pixel portion in which a pixel electrode layer is arranged in a matrix, and an inverted staggered thin film transistor having a combination of at least two kinds of oxide semiconductor layers with different amounts of oxygen is provided corresponding to the pixel electrode layer. In the periphery of the pixel portion in this display device, a pad portion is provided to be electrically connected to a common electrode layer formed on a counter substrate through a conductive layer made of the same material as the pixel electrode layer. One objection of our invention to prevent a defect due to separation of a thin film in various kinds of display devices is realized, by providing a structure suitable for a pad portion provided in a display panel.

The invention discloses a bridge plug with a large drift diameter. The bridge plug comprises an upper joint, a central tube, a guiding shoe head and a bridge plug assembly; the upper joint is an annular part and is fixedly connected with the outer side of one end of the central tube in a sleeving mode; the central tube is a metal central tube, a soluble ball base is arranged at the end, close to the upper joint, of the central tube, and the central tube is a drillable metal part; the guiding shoe head is an annular part, is fixedly connected with the outer side of the other end of the central tube in a sleeving mode and is provided with a device used for being fixedly connected with a pull rod which is arranged in the bridge plug in a sleeved mode; the middle section of the central tube is sleeved with the bridge plug assembly which is located between the upper joint and the guiding shoe head. The invention further discloses a setting method of the bridge plug with the large drift diameter. The drilling polishing procedure of the bridge plug with the large drift diameter can be omitted, the problems of a long construction period, high operation cost and high construction risk brought by drilling polishing are solved, and the bridge plug is easier and more convenient to use and faster to construct.

A microwave antenna radome used for covering a microwave antenna and of rotatablely symmetrical includes the following components all of which are arranged concentrically; a compensation portion located at a central portion of the radome and used for compensating phase delay of electrical field at the central portion of an antenna aperture plane caused by blocking of a feed; a main reflective portion located on a periphery of the compensation portion and used for reflecting electromagnetic wave originating from the feed of the microwave antenna at a specific direction biased from the feed; and an auxiliary reflective portion located on a periphery of the main reflective portion and used for bunching and reflecting diffraction electromagnetic wave at edge of the microwave antenna. All components of the radome are specifically shaped. The microwave antenna thus formed has good electrical performance, stable structure and low cost.

The invention discloses a high-power five-cylinder plunger pump. The plunger pump comprises a power end assembly, a hydraulic end assembly and a reduction gearbox assembly, wherein the power end assembly comprises a crankshaft box body, a crosshead box body and a spacer frame; the crankshaft box body, the crosshead box body and the spacer frame are sequentially connected; the hydraulic end assembly is fixed on the spacer frame; the reduction gearbox assembly is fixed on the crankshaft box body; and the cylinder spacing of the five-cylinder plunger pump is 13-14 inches, so that a guarantee is provided for the output of high power of the five-cylinder plunger pump. According to the high-power five-cylinder plunger pump, the problems that the area of a shale gas fracturing well site is narrowand the number of required fracturing equipment is relatively large are effectively solved, thus reducing the use of equipment, and facilitating the arrangement of the well site.

The invention discloses a five-cylinder plunger pump with an integral power end structure. According to the five-cylinder plunger pump, an integral welding structure is adopted for a crankshaft box body and a crosshead box body in a five-cylinder plunger pump power end assembly, so that the structural strength of the power end assembly is higher, the supporting stability is better, and the whole pump vibration can be reduced; the cylinder spacing is 13-14 inches, the bearing area of connecting rods, crossheads and bearing bushes is increased, a guarantee is provided for the output of the high-power of the five-cylinder plunger pump, the high-power five-cylinder plunger pump can effectively solve the problem that the shale gas fracturing well site area is narrow and the required fracturingequipment is relatively large, the use of equipment can be reduced, and the wellsite arrangement is facilitated; the 11-inches long-stroke design can better realize large-displacement operation requirements and improve the operation efficiency; and according to the multi-point supporting design of crankcase bodies, crosshead box bodies and the hydraulic end assembly, the supporting strength of thefive-cylinder plunger pump can be improved, the vibration is reduced, the high-load operation is better guaranteed, and the operation is more stable.

Integrated glass ceramic spacecraft include a plurality of glass ceramic components including molded, tempered, annealed, and patterned glass ceramic components coupled together for forming a support structure or frame or housing through which is communicated optical signals through an optical communications grid and electrical signals through an electrical communications grid, with the optical communications grid and electrical communication grid forming a composite electrooptical communications grid for spacecraft wide intercommunications. The support structure multifunctions as a frame, a housing, a support, a thermal control system, and as part of an electrooptical communications grid while encapsulating a plurality of optical, electronic, electrical, and MEMS devices between which is communicated the electrical and optical signals over the electrooptical communication grid.

An angled tissue cutting instrument comprises an angled outer tubular member rotatably receiving a flexible inner tubular member. The inner member has a flexible region in correspondence with an angle of the outer member. The flexible region comprises a helically cut length portion of an elongate tubular body of the inner member and a continuous solid flexible surface secured to an outer surface of the body along the helically cut length portion. A method of fabricating a flexible inner tubular member involves forming a helical cut through the solid wall of a length portion of a tubular body and securing a continuous solid flexible surface to the outer surface of the body along the helically cut length portion to form a flexible region.

A golf club head with strength-enhanced rear body comprises a front body, a rear body and at least one supporting member. The front body comprises a face and a plurality of abutting edges. The rear body comprises a crown, a ribbon and a plurality of abutting edges, with the rear body being made of a nonmetal material having a specific gravity lower than that of the front body, and the abutting edges of the rear body being corresponding to and connecting with those of the front body. The at least one supporting member being made of a light alloy is disposed along a border between the crown and the ribbon of the rear body.

A method of manufacturing a multilayer or a monolayer plastic container is disclosed. The container has a barrier layer manufactured from (i) a polyester resin, preferably an aromatic polyester resin such as a polyethylene terephthalate, (ii) a polyamide material, preferably an aromatic polyamide material, and (iii) an oxygen scavenging material, preferably a transition method. The present invention also provides containers having a multilayer or a monolayer body. In the preparation of the barrier layer. a preform first is prepared by an injection-molding process wherein a preblend containing a diluent polyester, polyamide material, and an oxygen scavenging material is added to a base polyester during the injection molding process. The preform then is expanded to form a container.

A socket has a body, an enlarged pin, a detecting pin and multiple contact pins. The enlarged pin and the detecting pin are separately secured in the body. The contact pins are secured in the cavity of the body in a row between the enlarged pin and the detecting pin. The enlarged pin is longer than each contact pin so that an enlarged section is formed on the enlarged pin. A lateral rod is formed on the detecting pin and extends to a position below the enlarge section of the enlarged pin. Consequently, the socket can automatically indicate whether a plug inserted into the socket is a cable plug or a telephone plug. The socket can be used with different types of modular communications plugs. The cost for manufacturing the computer or a modem that can accommodate different transmission media is reduced.

A reinforced corner post assembly for cushioning and protecting a packaged article from axial and lateral forces. The assembly comprises a conventional corner post having an outer wall and an inner wall joined at opposing ends to form a hollow tube and one or more reinforcing tubes disposed longitudinally within the hollow interior of the corner post.

A merchandising display shelf track device for receiving a row of articles for sliding movement therealong has non-planar front face members connected to a base wall and sidewalls. Racking forces exerted on the front face members are transferred through the non-planar face members to the base wall and sidewalls to minimize racking. An anti-torsion bar connects the front face members to prevent spreading of the sidewalls and thereby minimize racking.

A container is provided which includes a top portion having an opening and a side wall extending from the top portion to an end portion of the side wall. A bottom portion is connected with the end portion of the side wall such that the top portion, the side wall and the bottom portion define an interior space of the container. At least one groove is formed in the side wall. The at least one groove includes a central arc portion and end arc portions. The central arc portion is substantially concave relative to a longitudinal axis of the container. The end arc portions are substantially convex relative to the longitudinal axis of the container. The end arc portions are formed adjacent ends of the central arc portion and communicate with an outer surface of the side wall. Desirably, the at least one groove includes a plurality of grooves. The plurality of grooves may be disposed within the rows in an interrupted configuration such that at least a portion of the outer surface is disposed between the plurality of grooves. The central arc portion and the end arc portion may be cooperatively formed to create a load stress path communicating with the outer surface of the side wall for a load applied to the container. In an alternative embodiment, the at least one groove defines a cross-sectional configuration having groove walls extending inward from the outer surface to a groove floor. The groove walls are oriented at a wall angle measured from the outer surface.

An industrial hopper and support system includes a hopper having a plurality of receivers complementally configured to receive the top ends of legs of a support. The hopper is particularly designed to receive and discharge both solid and liquid material by the mounting of a selected valve, and the receivers include recesses therein which inhibit the spread of the legs and provide a structural connection between the legs of the support when the hopper is mounted thereon. The hopper may be mounted to the legs without the use of tools, but a separate fastener may be used when it is desired to lift both the hopper and its support from above. The support is provided with openings through primary tubular members which align with crossmembers so that forks inserted into the openings pass longitudinally through the crossmembers.

A filter includes first and second sheets of filter media, the second sheet being pleated and forming with the first sheet a plurality of axially extending flow channels having lateral cross-sectional shapes with two adjacent included angles each greater than 45° and less than 75°. Forming apparatus and methods are provided.

Three-dimensional printing processes are disclosed which utilize printable fluids comprising a carrier fluid, a polymeric binder, and nanoparticles. The three-dimensional printing processes are useful for making articles from a build material powder, e.g., a ceramic, metal, metal alloy, or intermetallic powder. The nanoparticles enable low temperature interparticle bonding of the build material powder particles, e.g., by forming bridging bonds between adjacent powder particles, and / or increasing the interparticle friction between the build material powder particles to enhance the structural strength of the as-built article during a thermal treatment over at least a part of the temperature range which has as its low end the temperature at which the structural strength due to the binder becomes insubstantial and as its high end the temperature at which the structural strength due to interparticle sintering of the build material powder becomes substantial, i.e., the article's debile temperature range. Green density improvements are achievable.

A connector is provided to connect a structural rib of a structure to another rib or portion of the structure, such as an umbrella. The connector comprises first and second ends, and can include a reinforcing rib and / or a closure member. The second end comprises at least one recess extending from a side of the connector. The recess can comprise an open end configured to be coupled to a mounting member of an umbrella hub or rib and a closed end configured to rest on or retain the mounting member. The reinforcing rib can extend between the first and second ends of the connector to enhance its strength. The closure member, if present, can be biased to allow or restrict access to the open end of the recess to retain the mounting member in the closed ends thereof.