74results about How to "Low cost and efficient" patented technology

A method for providing for an advertising screen saver is disclosed. At least one video advertisement is stored at a location in a telephone network. If there is no activity at a video telephone with an associated display, a video advertisement is sent to the video telephone. The video advertisement is then displayed on a dark background on the display, wherein the video advertisement is smaller than a display area of the display. The video advertisement is then periodically moved to different locations in the display area.

Methodology and corresponding apparatus ensure the integrity of utility metering data during power outages while providing improved memory integrity. An initial step includes determining and storing an energy top value that is representative of metered energy, and also includes establishing an update pattern. Accumulated energy is then monitored until a predetermined energy threshold is crossed, at which point a selected state in the update pattern is stored into one of a plurality of energy increment cells. Such stored value can be validated at some point after the data read. The steps of monitoring accumulated energy and storing a selected value / state of the update pattern into additional energy increment cells continue until each of the plurality of energy increment cells is updated with a new value. Upon completion, the energy top value is updated with a new energy total and the process of cycling through each energy increment cell is repeated.

A communications system connects one or more BTS hotels with several remote access nodes on a transmission ring. Each operator has one or more separate optical wavelengths. Signal flow around the ring can either be uni-directional or bi-directional. Each optical wavelength (or wavelength pair) contains the wireless signal traffic for all remote nodes in the ring for the operator using that particular wavelength in digital form. At each node, the incoming signals are electrically demultiplexed and appropriate signals for that node are extracted for conversion to RF. These signals are copied rather than cut so that they are also available at following remote antenna nodes, thereby enabling simulcast operation.

For measuring the rotational frequency of a movable game device, one resorts to an existing radio signal in the form of a broadcast signal or mobile communication signal within the framework of an open system, or to a radio signal of an evaluation unit within the framework of a closed system, so as to obtain, by means of an antenna having a directivity characteristic, a time-varying radio antenna receive signal which has a low-frequency modulation portion, the frequency of which corresponding to the rotational frequency of the movable game device.

The present invention provides methods for synthesis and therapeutic use of DNA and RNA oligonucleotides and analogs. RNA oligonucleotides are synthesized using a small, circular DNA template which lacks an RNA polymerase promoter sequence. The RNA synthesis is performed by combining a circular single-stranded oligonucleotide template with an effective RNA polymerase and at least two types of ribonucleotide triphosphate to form an RNA oligonucleotide multimer comprising multiple copies of the desired RNA oligonucleotide sequence. Preferably, the RNA oligonucleotide multimer is cleaved to produce RNA oligonucleotides having well-defined ends. Preferred RNA oligonucleotide multimers contain ribozymes capable of both cis (autolytic) and trans cleavage.

A communications system connects one or more BTS hotels with several remote access nodes on a transmission ring. Each operator has one or more separate optical wavelengths. Signal flow around the ring can either be uni-directional or bi-directional. Each optical wavelength (or wavelength pair) contains the wireless signal traffic for all remote nodes in the ring for the operator using that particular wavelength in digital form. At each node, the incoming signals are electrically demultiplexed and appropriate signals for that node are extracted for conversion to RF. These signals are copied rather than cut so that they are also available at following remote antenna nodes, thereby enabling simulcast operation.

An application consistent data protection method provides application-assist and replication-technology neutral mirroring that ensures that a remote data copy is application-consistent. The method comprises a coordination protocol to coordinate application hosts across heterogeneous hosts and heterogeneous storage devices. The method utilizes a disk layout and data record format that enables use of an underlying replication ability of a storage device, minimizing development cost and utilizing customer investment. The method comprises on-demand consistency point initiation to minimize performance impact and maximize system resource usage. The method can be applied to both synchronous and asynchronous mirroring and can be incorporated into any virtualization device.

A closure body has a closure deck with a dispensing orifice. A lower peripheral skirt depends from the closure deck and is configured to be mounted on a container. A closure cap has an upper wall and a wall flange which depends from the upper wall. A hinge structure joins the wall flange to the lower peripheral skirt. A latch recess is defined within the lower peripheral skirt. A latch protrusion is located on the wall flange of the cap and positioned respectively positioned above the latch recess when closure cap is in a closed position. The latch protrusion and the latch recess define interfitting mating formations which engage to secure the cap to the closure body when the closure cap is in an open position.

The present invention uses low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology for fabrication of micro-electro-mechnical systems (MEMS) based phase shifters. As a result, low-cost subarray modules can be constructed using LTCC, and the subarray modules (10) can be used as building blocks for large antenna arrays. In an exemplary description of the present invention, all layers of the multilayer subarray modules, including MEMS, are in LTCC. As a result, a significant cost reduction for satellite terminals using highly integrated LTCC subarray modules.

To provide a method for transmitting short messages (SMS) between computers (3, 8, 9) in the Internet (4), wherein the short message (SMS) is converted into a data format comprised of a header part (10) and a useful part (32), with at least one data field (11) for determining the data format, at least one data field (16) for identifying the sender, and at least one data field (19) for identifying the recipient being inserted into the header part (10), it is provided that before, during and, optionally, after the transmission of the short message (SMS), character strings (.LOGIN, .SELECT-CHANNEL) are exchanged between computers (3, 8, 9). By using the data format described in combination with the character strings which are exchanged between the computers (3, 8, 9), a protocol (ISMTP, Internet Short Message Transfer Protocol) that is suitable for such a data transfer and variable can be created which is based on a computer network, e.g. a TCP-IP-based network. By using this data format, a protocol suitable for such a data transmission (ISMTP Internet Short Message Transfer Protocol) can be created which is based on a computer network, e.g. a TCP-IP based network.

Systems and methods for reducing or removing condensate blockage in a natural gas wellbore and a near-wellbore formation are disclosed. Microwaves are used to heat a ceramic-containing material within a near-wellbore formation. Heat is transferred from the ceramic-containing material to the near-wellbore formation. Any gas condensate reservoirs in the near-wellbore formation are heated, and condensed liquids accumulated around the wellbore are re-evaporated.

The present invention provides a magnetic device for measuring scour depth. The magnetic device comprises a plurality of scour detecting units which are buried in the sediment and disposed at intervals along the direction perpendicular to the surface of water. Each scour detecting unit comprises: one or more magnetic sources; and one or more magnetic detecting elements configured to be apart from the magnetic source for a predetermined distance. The magnetic detecting element is utilized to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic source. The scour depth and the position where scour occurs are determined according to electronic signals corresponding to the magnetic strength detected by the respective magnetic detecting elements of the scour detecting units. The magnetic device of the present invention has many advantages including low cost, high efficiency, and such a device is easily deployed.

The invention belongs to the field of automatic manufacturing of lithium ion batteries and particularly relates to a capacity grading compensation method which comprises the following steps: performing battery cell capacity grading, at the same time monitoring and testing an ambient temperature, synchronously recording voltages and current of a battery cell in capacity grading, and compensating according to a capacity and temperature fitting curve till a capacity in an environment required by a customer, so as to effectively reducing the problems that testing conditions required by customers and manufacturers are not accordant. In addition, by adopting the method provided by the invention, automatic compensation can be achieved from local testing equipment to an MES (Manufacturing Execution System) simultaneously, by barcode tracing can be achieved, and the method is low in cost and high in efficiency.

Present invention teaches a method of producing electric guitar body without the costly and time-consuming process of wood-carving or other traditional woodworking technique. By creating the molds and injecting proper materials, present invention also achieves the 3-D artistic rendition of desired shape for an electric guitar body and at reduced weight than solid wood carving guitar body.

A method of bonding a connector to a first object includes providing the first object and the connector, the connector extending between a proximal end and a distal end and has a connector body that forms a distally facing punching edge. At least one of the connector and of the first object includes a thermoplastic material in a solid state. The method further includes driving the connector into the first object and coupling mechanical vibration into the connector until the connector extends through a portion of the first object from a proximal side to a distal side thereof and material of the first object is punched out by the connector body, and until at least a flow portion of the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows relative to the first object and the connector body while the connector body remains solid. Thereafter, the thermoplastic material is allowed to re-solidify.

In the method of using ambient air to vaporize liquefied gas, the steps include transferring heat from a stream of ambient air to a stream of liquefied gas, thereby cooling the air stream, and vaporizing the liquid; transferring heat from a source into the cooled air stream; and then discharging the heated air stream to atmosphere, sufficient heat being transferred to obviate objectionable fog production resulting from step c).

The present invention relates to an apparatus for inhibiting scale formation and microorganism growth within a moving water system, with the apparatus including: (i) a pulse-power assembly having a fly-back pulse generator circuit effective to produce a current pulse that when terminated yields a voltage spike and generates a plurality of frequencies of energy, where the fly-back pulse generator circuit comprises a coil as an integral portion of the fly-back pulse generator circuit; and (ii) a chamber for passing water from the moving water system therethrough, where the coil is wound around the chamber so as to transmit the plurality of frequencies of energy into the chamber in order to inhibit scale formation and microorganism growth within the moving water system. Water treatment systems and methods of using the apparatus are also provided.

It is an object to obtain a highly efficient and low-cost single-phase motor by producing the motor in a form that allows a proper material layout, with securing a magnetic path of a coreback of a stator iron core. A stator iron core 1 formed by laminating a plurality of electromagnetic steel sheets and provided with N slots, where N / 2 is odd, a part of which are large slots 4 and others are small slots 3 having a shallower depth in a radial direction; a main winding 6 of 2-pole single-phase concentric winding arrangement inserted to the large slots 4 or the small slots 3; and an auxiliary winding 7 of 2-pole single-phase concentric winding arrangement inserted to the large slots 4 or the small slots 3 and arranged at a location which is dislocated by other than 90 degrees in electrical angle from the main winding 6 are included, and among the N slots, slots of which the occupying rate of winding is made smaller than others by arranging the auxiliary winding 7 at a location which is dislocated by other than 90 degrees in electrical angle from the main winding 6 are made the small slots 3, and other slots are made the large slots 4.

A method for managing a queue, such as for example a FIFO queue, and executing a look-ahead function on the data contained in the queue includes associating to the data in the queue respective state variables (C1, C2, . . . CK), the value of each of which represents the number of times a datum is present in the queue. The look-ahead function is then executed on the respective state variables, preferentially using a number of state variables (C1, C2, . . . CK) equal to the number of different values that may be assumed by the data in the queue. The look-ahead function can involve identification of the presence of a given datum in the queue and is, in that case, executed by verifying whether among the state variables (C1, C2, . . . CK) there exists a corresponding state variable with non-nil value.

A supercritical water oxidation treatment system for organic wastewater with a high salinity crystallizes high-salinity wastewater by a low temperature of liquid oxygen, and decreases an inorganic salt content in the wastewater. Under supercritical water conditions, a hydrocyclone (4) separates most precipitated solid salts in the wastewater, so effectively prevents pipes and the tubular reactor (22) after the hydrocyclone (4) from plugging. Inorganic salts are able to be continuously separated from the system by the hydrocyclone (4) at the bottom of a desalination device, In addition, excess oxygen and gaseous products CO2 are recovered by a separation recovery part. The reaction time and the reaction temperature of supercritical water oxidation reaction are lowered due to the installation of a simple post-treatment unit (37). Moreover, the heat of the reactor effluent with a high temperature is recovered in the system, so operation cost of the system is reduced evidently.

Disclosed is a low-cost and resource-saving cleaning method wherein high cleaning effects are obtained by high-pressure jet cleaning or two-fluid cleaning using a gas-dissolved water. In the high-pressure jet cleaning method or the two-fluid cleaning method, a cleaning liquid or a mixed fluid of the cleaning liquid and a gas is jetted from a cleaning fluid jetting nozzle toward a subject to be cleaned, and the subject is cleaned. The cleaning liquid introduced into the cleaning fluid jetting nozzle contains the dissolved gas in a quantity equal to or more than the saturation solubility at the liquid temperature of the cleaning liquid.

Herein is disclosed a process for recycling electrode material from lithium-ion batteries, comprising harvesting a mixture of anode and cathode electrode materials from waste lithium-ion batteries, and separating the anode electrode material from the cathode electrode material by means of dense liquid separation. The mixed anode and cathode material is suspended in a liquid that has a density between those of the anode material and cathode material, such that the anode material rises to the top of the dense liquid and the cathode material sinks to the bottom of the dense liquid. The thus separated materials can easily be collected and further purified and regenerated for reuse in new lithium-ion batteries, providing an efficient and low-cost method for recycling electrode active materials from waste lithium-ion batteries.

The present invention provides a system and method of storing hydrogen (H2) and releasing it on demand, comprising and making use of diaminoalkanes and alcohols, or aminoalcohols as liquid-organic hydrogen carrier systems (LOHC). 2-amino-ethanol (AE) or its N-methyl derivative 2-(methylamino)ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form a cyclic dipeptide (glycine anhydride—GA) or its N,N-dimethyl derivative (N,N-dimethyl GA) with release of hydrogen. Similarly, ethylenediamine (ED) and ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form N,N′-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) with release of hydrogen. Glycine anhydride (GA) or N,N-dimethyl-GA may be hydrogenated back to 2-aminoethanol (AE) or 2-(methylamino)ethanol, respectively, each of which functions as a hydrogen storage system. N,N′-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) may be hydrogenated back to ED and ethanol, which functions as a hydrogen storage system. These reactions may be catalyzed by a variety of compounds or complexes, including Ruthenium complexes as described herein.

The present invention provides a liquid level measuring device which comprises: a tube for accommodating a liquid; a floating member disposed inside the tube, the floating member rising and falling as the level of the liquid varies; at least one magnetic detecting element fastened to the floating member, the magnetic detecting element floating along with the floating member; and a plurality of magnetic sources disposed outside the tube, which are distributed separately along the changing direction of the liquid level so as to establish a specific magnetic field strength distribution, wherein the magnetic detecting element detects the magnetic field strength at the height at which the magnetic detecting element is located and outputs a measuring signal correspondingly, and the liquid level is determined according to the measuring signal. The present invention has many advantages including low cost, efficiency, and it can easily be deployed in considerable amounts.

A technique for narrowing a linewidth of a plurality of lines of a coherent comb laser (CCL) concurrently comprises providing a mode-locked semiconductor coherent comb laser (CCL) adapted to output of at least 4 mode-locked lines; tapping a fraction of a power from the CCL from the laser cavity to form a tapped beam; propagating the tapped beam to an attenuator to produce an attenuated beam; and reinserting the attenuated beam into the laser cavity, where the reinserted beam has a power less than 10% of a power of the tapped beam. The reinsertion allows the CCL to be operated to output the mode-locked lines, each with a linewidth of less than 80% of the original linewidth. By propagating the tapped and attenuated beams on a solid waveguide, and ensuring that the secondary cavity is polarization maintaining, improved stability of the linewidth narrowing is ensured.

A torque detection and display device is provided for a tool, including at least one connection body, at least one tool coupling bar, at least one torque detector, and a torque displaying / processing unit. The connection body has an end connected to the tool coupling bar and the tool coupling bar is connectable to at least one type of tool bit, such as screwdriver, a wrench socket, and a spanner. The connection body is enclosed by at least a tool housing. The torque detector is mounted to the connection body to detect a torque value of the rotation operation of the tool bit in either the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction through strain / deformation or semiconductor detection, and generates a torque detection signal. The torque displaying / processing unit is connected to the torque detector to receive the torque detection signal from the torque detector and display an actual torque value occurring in the rotation operation of the tool bit. As such, a torque detection and display device that features connection with various tool bits and detection and display an actual torque value occurring in the operation of the tool bit is formed.

An electric melting method for forming a cylinder of a pressure vessel of nuclear power station, in which an electric melting head and a base material are connected to the anode and cathode of a power supply respectively. During the forming of a metal component, the raw metal wire is sent to a surface of the base material by a feeder and the electric melting head to create the electric arc between the raw wire and the base material, wherein the electric arc melts certain of deposited auxiliary material and crates a molten slag pool; a current creates the resistance heat and the electroslag heat; the raw wire is molten under the high-energy heat resource composed of the electric arc heat, the resistance heat and the electroslag heat, and creates a molten pool on partial surface of the base material.

Disclosed is a low-cost and resource-saving cleaning method wherein high cleaning effects are obtained by high-pressure jet cleaning or two-fluid cleaning using a gas-dissolved water. In the high-pressure jet cleaning method or the two-fluid cleaning method, a cleaning liquid or a mixed fluid of the cleaning liquid and a gas is jetted from a cleaning fluid jetting nozzle toward a subject to be cleaned, and the subject is cleaned. The cleaning liquid introduced into the cleaning fluid jetting nozzle contains the dissolved gas in a quantity equal to or more than the saturation solubility at the liquid temperature of the cleaning liquid.