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The present invention relates to a contactless integrated circuit reader operating by inductive coupling, comprising an antenna circuit for sending an alternating magnetic field, circuits for applying an alternating excitation signal to the antenna circuit and circuits for modulating the amplitude of an antenna signal present in the antenna circuit according to data to be sent. The reader includes circuits for simulating the operation of a contactless integrated circuit, arranged to inhibit the application of the excitation signal to the antenna circuit and to apply a load modulation signal to the antenna circuit when data is to be sent. The load modulation signal is capable of disturbing a magnetic field sent by another contactless integrated circuit reader and of being detected by the other contactless integrated circuit reader.

Disclosed herein is flexible packaging with a relative rigid structure portion, and an efficient method for manufacturing the same, that provides flexible packaging with an interior support that is able to contain products such as snacks, confections, pet foods, and liquids. The present invention provides for shearing and reinforcing portions of a primary web to form a bag. A supportive structure is also sheared and configured into a predetermined shape. The supportive structure is affixed inside the lower portion of the bag and provides form and support to the bag. The bag may also have a reclosable top portion that encloses the contents of the packaging.

A compact solar concentrator photovoltaic module assembly includes a plurality of rear contact solar cells configured in a matrix array on a substrate. The substrate is comprised of conductors laminated to an insulator sheet to form a receiver sheet. A lens sheet on which many lenses have been formed is disposed in a fixed spaced relation to the substrate and operates to focus sunlight onto the active surfaces of the PV cells. The overall thickness of the concentrator module is less than four inches thick. The receiver sheet may be assembled using standard, surface mount printed circuit board assembly techniques. The receiver sheet may have a secondary optical element and may also serve as part of the encapsulant for environmental protection.

A monolithic optical module of injection-molded high temperature polymeric resin combines an optical turn of typically 90 degrees together with dual or triple beam paths. No additional piece parts are necessary for achieving the optical turn, since this occurs by total internal reflection (TIR), and no additional piece parts are necessary for dual monitoring, which is realized by means of an air-gap functioning as a dual beam-splitter plate. The monolithic optical module further includes integrally surfaces for accurate alignment of the module with external optical elements, and can additionally include integral optical elements, for example lenses and thin film coatings.

A heating method for a band-shaped body transported in a constant conveying direction in a heating zone so as to heat it, comprises: detecting whether or not a portion of the band-shaped body is passing through the heating zone, at which portion at least one of width and thickness of the band-shaped body changes; before detecting the portion pass into the heating zone, setting a first supplied heat quantity based on dimensions of the first band-shaped body on a downstream side of the portion in the conveying direction, and supplying heat with the first supplied quantity to the band-shaped body in the heating zone; and after detecting that the portion has passed into the heating zone, setting a second supplied heat quantity based on dimensions of the second band-shaped body on an upstream side of the portion relative to the conveying direction, and supplying heat with the second supplied quantity to the band-shaped body in the heating zone, so as to adjust a temperature history of the band-shaped body so that the temperature history is approximately uniform on both upstream and downstream sides of the portion.

A method for producing a golf club head (42) with a face component (60) and an aft-body (61) is disclosed herein. The face component (60), which includes a striking face (72) having a variable face thickness and a return portion is formed from a custom sheet or strip (50) of metal material that has been formed to have a desired thickness profile, with at least one portion of the sheet having a greater thickness than another section. A blank pattern of the face component (51) is cut from the sheet of metal material and formed into the face component (60). The face component (60) is then welded and attached to the aft-body (61).

A multi-channel device fabrication process and multi-channel devices made therefrom wherein two ribbons of sheet material edge webs and, optionally, additional webs and/or support members are secured to a ribbon of sheet material base web. The resulting partial laminate is separated into subassemblies, each subassembly comprising a base and two edge strips and, optionally, additional strips which cooperate to define a plurality of open channels with, optionally, support members. A plurality of subassemblies may stacked together with an end plate to form a complete stack, the edges of each subassembly being attached together to form a complete unit. One or more headers or manifolds may be attached to the outside of the complete unit to provide combined fluid inlet to, and egress from, the unit.

Solid state lighting (SSL) luminaires are disclosed having remote phosphors arranged to minimize heat degradation and to efficiently convert light. One embodiment of an SSL luminaire comprises a light emitting diode (LED) mounted in a base. An enclosure is mounted in relation to the base so that light from the LED emits into the enclosure. A remote phosphor is mounted in the enclosure with at least some light from the LED passing into the remote phosphor where at least some of the light is absorbed and re-emitted at a different wavelength and passing through the enclosure. The remote phosphor is mounted a sufficient distance from the LED so substantially no heat from the LED passes into said conversion material, and wherein the remote phosphor has an open compound shape.

In one aspect, the invention is related to a method of treating a patient with Parkinson's disease, the method including administering to the respiratory tract of the patient particles that include more than about 90 weight percent (wt %) of levodopa. The particles are delivered to the patient's pulmonary system, preferably to the alveoli or the deep lung.

A fuel cell assembly including: a membrane electrode assembly and current collector sub-unit including (i) a polymer electrolyte membrane having a cathode side and an anode side; (ii) catalyst layers disposed, respectively, on both sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane; (iii) gas diffusion layers disposed, respectively, on sides of both catalyst layers, wherein the gas diffusion layers are laminated on the catalyst layers; and (iv) porous current collectors disposed, respectively, on sides of both gas diffusion layers, wherein the porous current collectors are laminated on the gas diffusion layers. The fuel cell assembly also includes a hydrogen supplier layer disposed on the anode side of the sub-unit, sealed to the edges of the sub-unit and forming an anode chamber; and a hydrogen inlet and a hydrogen outlet connected the anode chamber.

A process for continuous, tailored lamination of aligned composite materials in such a way that either pre-formed or pre-consolidated sheets are made available for subsequent infusion molding or stamping processes, the process comprising the steps of: material placement, consolidation/stabilization, cut and kit, fabrication, and final trim. A tailored blank machine is also described. The blank machine includes a series of material placement heads arranged in a linear or serial fashion along a single moving placement table, wherein each head lays down a single angle of the prescribed stacking sequence as the conveyer passes under the head at a constant speed wherein the angle is proportional to head traverse rate divided by conveyer speed.

Virtually-integrated wire harness design and automated production systems and methods that achieve completely integrated data management by automatically producing scripts to dynamically propagate production commands and data to various subsystems for handling assembling necessary circuits and wire harness layout boards to produce corresponding batches of wire harnesses while script-based methods control configuring, testing, and using wire harness layout boards, and assembling, testing, reworking, and delivering wire harnesses. As derived from CAD-created specifications, the production system uses a programmable, automated wire C&C center prepares individual wire circuits. While automatic wire indexing, sorting, and delivery systems transfer circuits into, and retrieve circuits from, a transportable programmable, automated, indexed storage system equipped with an array of individual circuit tubes, and a script-controlled assembly system sends visual, aural, and other cues to help an assembler populate and configure a wire harness layout board with connector blocks and turn posts, and guides the assembler in building, testing, reworking, and delivering the corresponding batch of wire harnesses.

In one embodiment of the present invention, an escape hole generator creates escapes holes designed to facilitate removal of support and/or unprinted material generated inside enclosed hollows of three-dimensional (3D) digital models during 3D printing. In operation, the escape hole generator identifies a hollow included in the three-dimensional model and then selects optimized locations for escape holes. Notably, the escape hole generator selects the locations to optimize placement heuristics, such as favoring locations closer to the bottom of the 3D model, while satisfying escape hole constraints (e.g., hole size and spacing requirements). The escape hole generator then perforates the hollow at the selected locations with geometries that provide channels from the outer surface of the hollow to the outer surface of the hollow. Advantageously, automating escape hole generation enables efficient creation of hollowed 3D models that reduce 3D printing time and material usage compared to solid 3D model counterparts.

Systems, methods and computer program products for producing dental restorations that can include the use of a computer integrated manufacturing system. Using this system, physical properties of a tooth are collected, for the automated manufacturing of a dental restoration. The invention, in one embodiment, includes creating a color map comprising at least one color value, a computer program product for producing a dental restoration layer, as well as a method for producing a dental restoration using a computerized system.

In a double-side lamination system having a thermocompression bonding device for laminating laminate films on both surfaces of a card by applying heat and pressure using a pair of heat rollers, a temperature measurement device for measuring temperatures of the heat rollers are provided, and whether the lamination system is in a double-side lamination mode in which laminations are carried out on both surfaces of the card, or in a single-side lamination mode in which lamination is carried out on one of the surfaces of the card, is automatically distinguished by comparing measured temperatures of the heat rollers at a predetermined time after turn-on of the power of the system with a predetermined reference temperature.

The invention provides various methods and systems for providing hyperpolarized materials as well as the hyperpolarized materials so provided. In addition, a method of providing hyperpolarized materials, such as agents, to end users from a remote location is also provided.

A decorative laminate is provided and includes a core having a plurality of stacked paper sheets which are impregnated therein a melamine-formaldehyde resin and an internal plasticizer for the melamine-formaldehyde resin, the plasticizer comprising an amino-functional monomer; a decorative sheet overlying the core, the decorative sheet having impregnated therein a melamine-formaldehyde resin and an internal plasticizer for the melamine-formaldehyde resin; and, optionally, an overlay sheet on the decorative sheet. A combustion accelerant is also included in the resin.