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The invention relates to an X-ray device which includes an X-ray source and an X-ray detector which are mounted at a respective end of a common holding device. The holding device being attached to the room by way of a supporting device. In order to realize a more flexible construction of such X-ray devices that are widely used and are usually provided with a holding device in the form of a C-arm and nevertheless maintain a high positioning accuracy. The invention further relates to a supporting device constructed with a plurality of hinged, serially interconnected supporting members. The supporting device is formed notably by a serial manipulator, for example, a conventional robot arm.

A system, method and program product for maintaining fleet performance for a fleet of platforms, especially for a fleet of aircraft. Part removal data is contained in a maintenance database. A query is constructed for extracting part removal data from the maintenance database. Weibull analysis is applied to extracted part removal data. Exposed aircraft with parts being likely to fail within a given time period are identified from the Weibull analysis results. Overall part failure numbers are generated for each failing part. Inventory is checked to determine if sufficient spares are available to repair all expected failures. Any shortfalls may be covered. A risk report is generated for the fleet and for inventory. Each risk report highlights likely problems that may require immediate attention.

A swivel elbow and connector assembly for a patient interface system includes a ring (128) configured to be sealingly secured in an aperture of the patient interface system and an elbow (125) swivably secured in the ring (128). The ring (128) includes a first side (128(1)) in an interior of the patient interface system and a second side (128(2)) at an exterior of the patient interface system when the ring (128) is secured in the aperture. The ring (128) comprises a first flange on the first side and a second flange on the second side, the first and second flanges defining a channel (128(3)) that sealingly engages the aperture of the patient interface system. An inner surface (128(4)) of the ring (128) is partially spherical and an outer surface (125(3)) of the elbow (125) is partially spherical and the elbow (125) and the ring (128) form a ball and socket connection.

An apparatus is provided to calculate a quantity indicating a charged state of an on-vehicle battery. The battery powers a starter starting up an on-vehicle engine. In the apparatus, a plurality of pairs of data consisting of current and voltage of the battery are acquired at predetermined sampling intervals during a cranking period of the engine in response to starting up the starter. At intervals, a value of an internal resistance of the battery is calculated based on the plurality of pairs of data of current and voltage. The internal resistance is one kind of the charged-state indicating quantity. An open voltage difference is calculated, which is a difference between a pseudo circuit-open voltage of the battery given before starting up the starter and a pseudo circuit-open voltage of the battery given after the cranking period. The value of the internal resistance is corrected using the open voltage difference.

Systems and methods are provided for achieving convergent light rays emitted by a planar array of light sources. In one embodiment, an imaging device is provided for inspecting semiconductors or other objects. The imaging device includes one or more imaging lens for imaging light reflected from an object. The imaging device also includes a first light source attached to a planar circuit board and a second light source attached to the planar circuit board. The imaging device further includes a first Fresnel prism for directing light from the first light source toward the object from a first direction and a second Fresnel prism for directing light from the second light source toward the object from a second direction. In one embodiment, the imaging device also includes one or more optical elements for increasing or decreasing the divergence of the light.

Example implementations described herein are directed to a decision-support system for maintenance recommendation that uses analytics technology to evaluate the effectiveness of a maintenance action or a group of actions in improving the performance of equipment and its components, and provide recommendations on which maintenance actions or a group of maintenance actions should be pursued and which should be avoided.

A passively transformable wheel includes a wheel base including a centrally positioned transmitter rotation shaft and one or more passive leg rotation shafts positioned in the outer periphery; a force transmitter rotatably coupled to an end of the transmitter rotation shaft, the force transmitter including a trigger slide and one or more passive leg joints spaced apart from one another; a trigger leg arranged between the wheel base and the force transmitter and rotatably coupled to the trigger leg rotation shaft, the trigger leg including a trigger joint fitted to the trigger slide; and

• • one or more passive legs arranged between the wheel base and the force transmitter so as not to interfere with the trigger leg and rotatably coupled to the passive leg rotation shafts, the passive legs including one or more passive leg slides engaging with the passive leg joints of the force transmitter.

An optical device 1 has a substrate 2, whereas bare fibers 5 exposed from a coated optical fiber tape 3 by removing a coating 4 from its middle part are secured to the upper face part of the substrate 2. In the substrate 2, a transverse groove 8 is formed obliquely with respect to an axis of the bare fibers 5 so as to traverse core parts 5a of the bare fibers. An optical member 9 for reflecting a part of signal light transmitted through the bare fibers 5 is inserted in the transverse groove 8. A support member 10 is provided on the upper side of the bare fibers 5, whereas a support surface 10a of the support member 10 is provided with photodetectors 11 for detecting light reflected by the optical member 9. The support surface 10a of the support member 10 is inclined with respect to the upper face of the substrate 2, whereby the light entrance surface 13 of each photodetector 11 is inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to the upper face of the substrate 2. Such a configuration realizes an optical device which can lower the polarization dependence of received light in the photodetectors.

An installing structure of a wire harness on a link includes a link which pivotally connects a movable structural body to a fixed structural body, a wire harness which is installed along the link so as to extend from the fixed structural body to the movable structural body, a singular first flexible protective tube through which the wire harness is slidably passed, and a fixing member which fixes the flexible protective tube to the link.

The present invention provides a light-weighted backlight capable of ensuring a sufficient light quantity at a low cost. A backlight is arranged below a liquid crystal panel. A light source is arranged in the vertical direction with respect to a screen of the liquid crystal panel so that light from the light source is directed toward the liquid crystal panel by a reflector. Due to such a constitution, the reflector can also function as a back lid of the backlight. Further, the reflector plays a role of directing the light from the light source toward the liquid crystal panel and hence, a light guide plate can be omitted. Due to such a constitution, the present invention can realize the reduction of weight and cost of the backlight or the liquid crystal display panel.

A display device for a vehicle comprises an instrument for a vehicle (1), which includes a plate having a surface on which characters are provided (8), an indicating needle (7) rotatably disposed along a surface of the plate (8), and a transparent cover (25) disposed in a surface side of the plate (8) separately from the plate (8), and a small display portion (35) is disposed in a portion of the transparent cover (25) to be a floating state to the plate (8), and a new visual effect having a stereoscopic feeling can be obtained because the small display portion (35) can be seen as the floating state to the surface of the plate (8).

A projection apparatus has an optical device configured to be capable of diffusing coherent light beams, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate the coherent light beams to the optical device so that the coherent light beams scan the optical device, a light modulator that is illuminated by coherent light beams incident on and diffused at respective points of the optical device from the irradiation unit, a projection optical system configured to project a modulated image generated by the light modulator onto a scattering plane, and an intermediate optical system provided between the optical device and the light modulator, configured to restrict an diffusion angle of coherent light beams diffused by the optical device.

There is provided an air conditioning register which can prevent or effectively suppress a reduction in an effective opening surface area at an air-conditioned air blow-out portion, and which has good blow-out efficiency of air-conditioned air. A first flow path 42 and a second flow path 44, whose directions toward a blow-out bezel 26 differ, are formed within a retainer 12 of an air conditioning register 10. A first damper 52 and plural second dampers 58, which are interlocked with one another, are provided at the retainer 12. The first damper 52 opens and closes the first flow path 42, and the second dampers 58 open and close the second flow path 44. The first damper 52 and the second dampers 58 are operated such that either one of the first flow path 42 and the second flow path 44 is opened and the other is closed, and the flow path of the air-conditioned air is switched. In this way, a blow-out direction of the air-conditioned air from the blow-out bezel 26 is controlled, while a reduction in an effective opening surface area at the blow-out bezel 26 is prevented or effectively suppressed.

The present invention relates to a turbocharger assembly lock comprising a retaining ring partially disposed in a circumferential groove of a first turbocharger stage component and partially in a circumferential groove of a second turbocharger stage component so that the turbocharger stages are securely attached to each other.

A three rod bundle confined inside a sleeve is constructed as a light guiding fiber mechanical splicing device which is stiff, strong and precise, with no moving parts. The design also applies to splicing fibers to pre-polished optical connectors through a built-in model of this innovative mechanical splicer. Applying the Soddy circles formula and using a bin approach assists in deriving the exact rod sizes needed and sleeve bore size to accommodate the three-rod bundle, so that this apparatus can be properly designed to guide any size of light guide fibers and studs with minimum clearance. Rods of varying diameters are sorted into bins and chosen based upon the aperture desired, thus eliminating the need for tight tolerance of the diameters of the three rods. This unique design allows for construction of a precision virtual hole of very long depth, which enables two optical fiber studs to butt against each other with a core to core misalignment of less than 1 um for single mode fiber optics cables. Unlike prior arts, the sleeve holding the rods eliminates the need for any clamping mechanism to tighten a loose bundle, which induces undesirable mechanical strain. It also eliminates the need to use a fiber clamp to force the fiber studs against dimensionally unstable V or U groove alignment features which also induce undesirable mechanical strain. A fiber holder is also presented to depict the usefulness of this invention on hold fiber in position.