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The invention comprises a totally implantable hearing prosthesis for hearing impaired persons. An inertial vibrational element is hermetically sealed and implanted in bone between the lateral and superior semicircular canals without breaching the integrity of the canals. The vibrational element is adapted to vibrate the walls of the canals and the fluids contained therein, thereby vibrating contiguous fluids within the cochlea thus stimulating hair cells and creating a hearing percept. The invention can also be adapted to be a tinnitus masking system, and / or used in combination with a coehlear implant hearing system.

The invention comprises a totally implantable hearing prosthesis for hearing impaired persons. An inertial vibrational element is hermetically sealed and implanted in bone between the lateral and superior semicircular canals without breaching the integrity of the canals. The vibrational element is adapted to vibrate the walls of the canals and the fluids contained therein, thereby vibrating contiguous fluids within the cochlea thus stimulating hair cells and creating a hearing percept. The invention can also be adapted to be a tinnitus masking system, and / or used in combination with a cochlear implant hearing system.

A large mode area optical fiber includes a large diameter core (d1 up to 60 μm), and a first cladding (diameter d2) wherein the difference between refractive index (n1) in the core and the first cladding (n2) is very small (Δn<0.002), thus providing a very low numerical aperture core (NA1 between 0.02 and 0.06). The preferred ratio of d2 / d1<2. The fiber further has a second cladding, preferably a layer of air holes, having a very low refractive index n3 as compared to the core and first cladding such that the first cladding has a relatively high numerical aperture (NA2>0.4) (n3 is preferably less than 1.3). The small change in refractive index between the core and inner cladding combined with a large change in refractive index between the first cladding and second cladding provides a significantly improved single mode holding waveguide.

A powertrain includes an engine with an engine output member, such as a crankshaft, and a first motor / generator having a first rotor connected to the crankshaft for rotation therewith. A transmission includes a transmission input member, a transmission output member, and a differential gearing arrangement selectively operatively connecting the transmission input member and the transmission output member. A plurality of torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to provide a plurality of fixed speed ratios between the transmission input member and the transmission output member. A second motor / generator includes a second rotor connected to the gearing arrangement to provide torque to the transmission output member. The transmission input member is selectively connectable to the engine output member and the first rotor to alternate between a series hybrid drive mode and a fixed ratio mode of powertrain operation. A corresponding method is also provided.

An X-ray device having an X-ray source, a high voltage generator supplying power to the X-ray tube and an inverter to generate, at the output end, an AC input voltage for the high voltage generator is disclosed. Provision is made therein for a resonance network to be formed between the inverter and the high voltage generator. This allows transmission of the AC input voltage with low power dissipation and low radiation levels. It also achieves spatial separation of the inverter from the high voltage generator and the X-ray source.

A vehicle includes a rear-wheel drive (RWD) automatic transmission having a stationary member, a two-mode selectable one-way clutch (SOWC), pressurized fluid, and a valve body assembly (VBA). The VBA has a piston, a return spring, and an actuator linkage in contact with the piston and a shift lever of the SOWC. Fluid moves the piston and linkage in one direction to lock the SOWC and enable a reverse mode having no spin losses, and the spring moves the piston and linkage in another direction to unlock the SOWC in a forward mode. A method reduces spin losses by admitting fluid into the VBA to move the piston in one direction to thereby rotate the shift lever of the SOWC to one angular position to lock a driving member of the transmission to the stationary member during reverse, engine braking first gear, and manual low speeds.

A powertrain includes an engine with an engine output member, such as a crankshaft, and a first motor / generator having a first rotor connected to the crankshaft for rotation therewith. A transmission includes a transmission input member, a transmission output member, and a differential gearing arrangement selectively operatively connecting the transmission input member and the transmission output member. A plurality of torque transmitting devices is selectively engageable to provide a plurality of fixed speed ratios between the transmission input member and the transmission output member. A second motor / generator includes a second rotor connected to the gearing arrangement to provide torque to the transmission output member. The transmission input member is selectively connectable to the engine output member and the first rotor to alternate between a series hybrid drive mode and a fixed ratio mode of powertrain operation. A corresponding method is also provided.

A system and method are disclosed for advantageously using field-controlled high-frequency alternators for the generation of controlled high-voltage DC power from variable speed mechanical power sources such as wind turbines, water wheels, and gas or steam turbines. The production of controlled high-voltage DC power without involving hard switching of the full output power is described.

The present invention provides a microscale pressure sensor that exhibits high sensitivity in a small form factor. The sensor is a bridged device in which a photonic crystal waveguide, surrounded by a photonic crystal slab, is suspended over a dielectric substrate. Under applied pressure, the photonic crystal waveguide is deflected toward the substrate, causing a decrease in optical transmission across the waveguide due to the coupling of the evanescent field of the guided mode to the dielectric substrate. In a preferred embodiment, the waveguide is coupled to a photonic crystal microcavity, which increases evanescent coupling.

A wiring board module has two wiring boards placed on an external circuit board. In each wiring board, a terminal end of a laminated waveguide tube is exposed at a lateral side of a dielectric substrate, thus forming an exposed face, and the dielectric substrate is provided at the bottom thereof in the vicinity of the exposed face with connection pads to be used for mounting the wiring board on the surface of the external circuit board. The exposed faces of the laminated waveguide tubes of the two wiring boards are contacted with each other, and the connection pads at the bottoms of the wiring boards are connected and fixed to connection pads disposed on the surface of the external circuit board.

Provided is a seal ring which has low-friction characteristics and low-leakage characteristics, reduces drive loss of the automatic transmission of an automobile, and contributes to improvement in fuel consumption of the automobile. The seal ring is attached to a shaft groove on the outer peripheral surface of a shaft. A plurality of recessed sections circumferentially spaced apart from each other with pillar sections interposed therebetween are formed at least on the inner peripheral side of a side surface of the seal ring in contact with the shaft groove. The circumferential opposite ends of each of the recessed sections are formed as squeezing portions formed of curved surfaces convex toward the pillar sections. The depth “h” of a deepest portion in which the axial width of the recessed section is the largest is set in the range of 2 to 17 where the axial width of the seal ring is 100.

An optical communication module includes: a plurality of semiconductor lasers which emit optical signals each having different wavelengths; a plurality of driver ICs which drive each of the plurality of semiconductor lasers; and a substrate on which both of the semiconductor lasers and the driver ICs are mounted. The semiconductor lasers are mounted on a first surface of the substrate and the driver ICs are mounted on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface.

A power-shiftable transmission, in particular an automatic transmission for a vehicle, which comprises a plurality of frictional shifting elements and at least one interlocking shifting element (A, B, C, D, E) and a plurality of gearwheels which can be engaged in a power flow by the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E). In order to engage a gear step, at least two associated shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) are engaged and at least one interlocking shifting element (B), as a shifting element (B) to be engaged, is associated with a gear step to be engaged with a supporting gear.

A signal transmission medium for transmitting EHF band signals from a first point to a second point, including: a first end at which a signal exchange with the first point takes place; a second end at which a signal exchange with the second point takes place; and a transmission line portion which is flexible and connects the first end and the second end. The transmission line portion includes: strip conductors which are formed substantially down a center of a flexible printed circuit board to establish electrical connection between a signal line at the first end and a signal line at the second end; and a pair of grounding sheets which are arranged in parallel to each other at a substantially constant gap from the flexible printed circuit board in 180-degree opposite directions. The cavities are formed between the pair of grounding sheets and the strip conductors.

An optical fiber coupler is formed of a section of optical fiber that is positioned between a conventional input fiber (for example, a single mode fiber) or waveguide and a coiled optical fiber device. The adiabatic coupler is coiled (or, at least, curved) to assist in transforming a conventional fundamental mode optical signal propagating along the longitudinal axis of the input fiber to an optical signal that is shifted into a peripheral region of the coiled optical fiber. Moreover, the pitch of an inventive coiled optical fiber coupler can be controlled to assist in the adiabatic transformation process.

A vehicle includes a front-wheel drive (FWD) transmission having a case, a selectable one-way clutch (SOWC) indexed to the case, pressurized fluid, and a valve body assembly (VBA). The VBA has a piston in communication with the fluid, a return spring, and an actuator plate in continuous contact with or connected to each of the piston and a shift lever of the SOWC. Fluid moving the piston and plate in one direction locks the SOWC to enable a reverse mode, and the spring moves the piston and the plate in another direction to unlock the SOWC in a forward mode. A method prevents spin losses in the FWD transmission by positioning a two-mode SOWC within a case, positioning a VBA adjacently and externally to the case, and admitting pressurized fluid into the VBA to engage the SOWC only during a reverse operating mode.

A power-shiftable transmission, in particular an automatic transmission for a vehicle, which comprises a plurality of frictional shifting elements and at least one interlocking shifting element (A, B, C, D, E) and a plurality of gearwheels which can be engaged in a power flow by the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E). In order to engage a gear step, at least two associated shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) are engaged and at least one interlocking shifting element (B), as a shifting element (B) to be engaged, is associated with a gear step to be engaged with a supporting gear.

A lubricating oil supply device that supplies hydraulic oil used to actuate a vehicle's transmission. The supply device configured with a pump that generates a hydraulic pressure, and a line pressure generation valve that discharges a part of the hydraulic pressure from the pump as a discharge pressure to generate a line pressure for actuating the transmission. A signal pressure output valve that outputs a signal pressure for actuating the line pressure generation valve in accordance with at least a throttle operation amount or torque input to the transmission. Furthermore, a switching valve that is actuated by the signal pressure from the signal pressure output valve and that supplies lubricating oil input to an input port to the object to be lubricated from an output port with a flow rate of the lubricating oil changed.

A lubrication control device for a transmission includes an oil pump, a heat exchanger, an oil quantity control valve, a first bypass oil passage, and an electronic control unit. The heat exchanger is connected between the oil pump and a lubricated portion of the transmission. The oil quantity control valve includes an inflow port, a supply port, and a discharge port. The supply port is connected to the heat exchanger. The oil quantity control valve is configured to control a supply oil quantity as a flow rate of the oil flowing from the inflow port to the supply port and discharge a residue of the oil from the discharge port. The first bypass oil passage is connected to the discharge port. The electronic control unit is configured to adjust the oil quantity control valve such that the supply oil quantity increases as a temperature of the oil increases.

A plurality of fixed contacts and signal lines are provided on a fixed substrate. A movable contact which is closed or opened with the fixed contacts is provided on a movable substrate opposed to the fixed substrate. A film thickness of the fixed contacts is made to be smaller than that of the signal lines so that the movable contact is set in a concave portion constituted by the fixed contacts when the fixed contacts, and the movable contact are closed and the signal lines are linearly connected.

An antenna module includes a multilayer board, a phased array antenna that includes antenna elements arranged on an outer face of a second conductor layer included in the multilayer board and adjusts one or more beam directions of the antenna elements, a radio frequency (RF) chip that is arranged on an outer face of first conductor layers included in the multilayer board and outputs the radio frequency signal, a matching circuit that is arranged on the outer face of the first conductor layers and adjusts matching between impedance of the antenna elements and impedance of the RF chip, a through hole that couples the first conductor layers and the second conductor layer, and one or more vias that are on an outer side in a diameter direction of the through hole and couples the first conductor layers.

Provided is a seal ring which has low-friction characteristics and low-leakage characteristics, reduces drive loss of the automatic transmission of an automobile, and contributes to improvement in fuel consumption of the automobile. The seal ring is attached to a shaft groove on the outer peripheral surface of a shaft. A plurality of recessed sections circumferentially spaced apart from each other with pillar sections interposed therebetween are formed at least on the inner peripheral side of a side surface of the seal ring in contact with the shaft groove. The circumferential opposite ends of each of the recessed sections are formed as squeezing portions formed of curved surfaces convex toward the pillar sections. The depth “h” of a deepest portion in which the axial width of the recessed section is the largest is set in the range of 2 to 17 where the axial width of the seal ring is 100.

A method is disclosed to provide improved fiber inline optical power monitoring that eliminates the need for micro-bending the fiber or for fabricating micro-reflector on the fiber. A subset of light is tapped through an offset at a fusion-spliced upstream and downstream optic fiber, and is guided out of the downstream fiber by a light guide to a reflector and photo-sensing measurement. The disclosed inline fiber monitoring is thus cost effective, wavelength independence, reliable, stable, and also causes less light transmission loss.

An antenna module includes a multilayer board, a phased array antenna that includes antenna elements arranged on an outer face of a second conductor layer included in the multilayer board and adjusts one or more beam directions of the antenna elements, a radio frequency (RF) chip that is arranged on an outer face of first conductor layers included in the multilayer board and outputs the radio frequency signal, a matching circuit that is arranged on the outer face of the first conductor layers and adjusts matching between impedance of the antenna elements and impedance of the RF chip, a through hole that couples the first conductor layers and the second conductor layer, and one or more vias that are on an outer side in a diameter direction of the through hole and couples the first conductor layers.

This invention relates to New Free Electrons Wire (4a, b), which will enable the use of electrical energy and also energy in various other forms in a loss free way at room temperature. Free Electrons confined in vacuum (4a1) at the order of 10−4 torr or more, at the core of the wire, can move a distance as long as about, to a few kilometers without any collision. The vacuum is maintained in a tube made up of alternate layers of Teflon (4a2) and Silicon Oxynitride (4a3) The columbic repulsion between these free electrons (4b1, 4b2, 4b3 . . . ) will actually conduct energy without any loss. The free electrons trapped in vacuum tube (4a), should be at a particular density of around 2.02×108 electrons in the area covered by the input device (4b4) or output device (4b5) and also all along the Free Electron Wire. The input device (4b4) is to deliver energy to the free electrons (4b1, 4b2, 4b3 . . . ) of the New Free Electrons Wire (4a, b), for loss free transportation and various other uses of energy. The output device (4b5) on the other end or anywhere on the wire, is to recollect the energy from the free electron wire, for different uses. The density of the electrons, inside the vacuum tube (4a) can be varied by changing the potential at the metal encapsulation of the wire and hence the covered are of the Input device (4b4) and the output device (4b5) over the free electron wire (4a, b) should also be changed. The covered are of the Input device (4b4) and the output device (4b5) over the free electron wire (4a, b) bears a definite ratio with the free electrons (4b1, 4b2, 4b3 . . . ) of the wire. Finally there will be a metal encapsulation(s) (4a4) over the wire to keep the electromagnetic field remain confined within the free electron wire (4a, b) to make it harmless in all respect to the health of living creatures, who may come in close contact with the wire. Apart from energy transportation the free electron (4a, b) wire is also capable of generating very high electromagnetic field generated by these free electrons (4b1, 4b2, 4b3 . . . ), simply by removing the metal encapsulation(s) (4a4), which can be used for various other electrical and non-electrical purposes. The materials and techniques adopted to create this New Free Electron Wire (4a, b) will enable it to get produced commercially at the cost of general copper wires.

There is disclosed a communication cable module including: a conductive cable; a linear amplifier connected to the conductive cable; a detector for detecting presence or absence of an input signal of the conductive cable; a first circuit having a variable-current function; and a second circuit having a common-mode voltage regulating function, wherein when the input signal is not present, the variable-current function of the first circuit reduces an output current of the linear amplifier and the common-mode voltage regulating function of the second circuit regulates an output common-mode voltage of the linear amplifier.