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A bone fixation assembly including a coupling element having an inner surface defining a first bore coaxial with a first longitudinal axis, and a second bore coaxial with a second longitudinal axis, whereby the second longitudinal axis intersects the first longitudinal axis. The coupling element has a seat adjacent the lower end of the coupling element, the seat being defined by the inner surface of the coupling element. The assembly includes an anchoring element assembled with the coupling element, the anchoring element having a first end for insertion into bone and a head spaced from the first end, the head being in contact with the seat of the coupling element. The assembly provides sufficient angulation between adjacent anchoring elements securing a common orthopedic rod, and is particularly useful for assemblies mounted in spines having abnormal curvatures and in the cervicothoracic region of the spine.

A method for stabilizing a spine includes providing a coupling element having upper and lower ends, a rod receiving opening adapted to receive an elongated stabilizing rod, a bore extending through the lower end and a conical-shaped seat surrounding the bore adjacent the lower end; providing a fastener having upper and lower ends, a head having a radial surface, and at least one anchoring element between the lower end of the fastener and the head; assembling the fastener with the coupling element so that the lower end of the fastener passes through the bore of the coupling element and the radial surface of the head engages the conical-shaped seat. The method also includes anchoring the fastener to bone; moving the coupling element relative to the fastener for capturing the elongated stabilizing rod in the rod receiving opening; and urging the captured stabilizing rod toward the head of the fastener so that the rod contacts the head and forces the radial surface of the head against the conical-shaped seat of the coupling element for locking the coupling element from further movement relative to the fastener.

The invention generally relates to a facility wide sorting and/or sequencing system for improving product processing operations and, more particularly, to a facility wide system and related functionality for simultaneously sorting and sequencing mixed mail pieces such as, for example, flats and letter mail pieces. The flats and letter mail pieces are placed in frames so that all types of mail pieces can be sorted and/or sequenced simultaneously through merging and diverting a stream of filled trays into and out of different streams at a full or substantially full transport speed.

A method of forming a pattern in a semiconductor device is described. A substrate divided into cell and peripheral regions is provided, and an object layer is formed on a substrate. A buffer pattern is formed on the object layer in the cell region along a first direction. A spacer is formed along a sidewall of the buffer pattern in the cell region, and a hard mask layer remains on the object layer in the peripheral region. The buffer layer is removed, and the spacer is separated along a second direction different from the first direction, thereby forming a cell hard mask pattern. A peripheral hard mask pattern is formed in the peripheral region. A minute pattern is formed using the cell and peripheral hard mask patterns in the substrate. Therefore, a line width variation or an edge line roughness due to the photolithography process is minimized.

A folded optical element waveguide that allows a minimum width bezel to be used around the perimeter of a light-based touch screen display. The apparatus and method includes a touch screen and a waveguide substrate provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguide substrate includes a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of optical elements provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguides include an internally reflective surface to reflect light perpendicular to the surface of the touch screen. The emitting and detecting waveguides are thus folded and provided around the side edges of the display. As a result, the width of the bezel around the display can be minimized.

A catheter 1 suitable for advancement through a body passageway of a patient. The catheter 1 comprises a catheter body 4 which is flexible to provide the necessary trackability for the catheter 1 to advance through a body passageway, and two stainless steel reinforcement wires 5 extending along the catheter body 4 which provide the necessary pushability to advance the catheter 1 through the passageway. The reinforcements 5 are positioned diametrically opposed to one another by approximately 180 degrees on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the catheter 1, and the catheter body 4 is relatively soft and twistable. This configuration enables the entire catheter 1 to spontaneously twist during advancement so that the reinforcements 5 orientate themselves along a plane of neutral bending during advancement of the catheter 1. In this way, any resistance to the trackability of the catheter 1 due to the stiff reinforcements 5 is minimized.

A reclosable package and method having an integral reclosable door adjacent one end that permits article removal from the end of the package. The package is comprised of a thermoformed blister body joined to a thermoformed backing body. The blister body has sidewalls, endwalls and a peripheral flange broken into a first section adjacent the door where the height of the sidewalls decrease and a second section opposite the door with the first section angled relative to the second section. The backing body carries the door and has an integral peripheral rib inboard of a peripheral flange with the flange having a first section about the door and a second section disposed away from the door. The rib has a pair of longitudinally-extending sections divided by a notch that preferably is a transverse rib that causes the door to bend about a desired fold line that runs generally through or adjacent the ribs or notches when urged away from a closed position. In a preferred method, after performing a multilevel trim operation to trim the multiplanar flanges of one or both the blister body and the backing body, the two bodies are joined at the flange sections about a portion of the periphery to adjacent the fold line using an energy welding process, preferably RF welding, that produces a narrow tear seam that enables finished package flange width to be minimized to thereby also minimize package width.

A four-wheeled recreational vehicle in the form of a go-cart having an open body without doors or windows. The body is formed from interconnected tubular members to define a chassis and frame. The vehicle includes a front suspension having V-shaped, parallel upper and lower control members including forward and rear control arms. The forward control arms are substantially perpendicular to the chassis centerline and the rear control arms incline inwardly and rearwardly from the front wheels. Greater vertical front wheel travel is provided for improved ride comfort and stability over rough terrain. The accelerator and brake pedals are placed closer to the front wheel pivot axis for greater legroom.

A process for fabricating a semiconductor device having reduced capacitance for high frequency circuit protection is disclosed that comprises first forming an n+ buried layer in a p-type substrate by depositing n-type dopant on the top surface of the substrate and then drive in or by implanting n-type material into the substrate, and then growing an n-type epitaxial layer atop the n+ buried layer as the device layer. Trenches that surrounds the device region with depth extending from the top surface, going through the n+ buried layer and reaching down to the substrate are then formed and then an n+ layer on the sidewalls of the trenches is formed by diffusion or ion implantation. The trenches are then filled by growing a layer of thermal oxide on the sidewalls of the trenches and followed by deposition of plasma enhanced oxide, nitride, TEOS oxide CVD oxide, or polysilicon into the trenches and then planarizing the top surface by plasma etch back or polishing. Then n+ region of the device is formed by forming an oxide layer on the top surface of the device layer and then etching the oxide by photolithography, then depositing n-type dopant material and then driving in by high temperature diffusion. Finally p+ region of the device is formed by etching the oxide using photolithography, then depositing p-type dopant material by solid or gas phase deposition or ion implantation and then driving in by high temperature diffusion so that the breakdown voltage between cathode and anode of the device is set to a targeted voltage for high frequency circuit protection.

The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a pouch type lithium rechargeable battery having the same, which can minimize the total volume of a battery while maximizing a distance between electrode tabs. Insulation members cover portions of electrode tabs to prevent contact of an electrode tab with another electrode tab and electrode plate with opposite polarity. The shape of the insulation member is changed to effectively increase the distance between electrode tabs and to reduce overall thickness or width of the battery.

The present invention relates to a painting system having improved productivity achieved by optimizing the number and arrangement of robots in a painting booth. A painting system (1) in which a painting robot (6) and an opener robot (4) can pass each other without interference on a first travel guide rail (3) and a second travel guide rail (3). The first travel guide rail (3) is placed at a lower position than the second travel guide rail (3). The painting robot (6) is placed on the first travel guide rail (3), and the opener robot (4) is placed on the second travel guide rail (3).

A vessel storing or transporting a low temperature fluid includes an insulating material disposed between an inner tank and an outer shell. The insulating material is volumetrically compressed so that it exerts a reaction force that is equal to or exceeds an ambient pressure at the outer shell and/or supports at least some of the weight of the inner tank. Manufacturing processes and methods of using the vessel also are described.

The method for cutting off glass panes from a continuously produced glass sheet includes continuously testing the glass sheet for glass faults prior to the cutting off process and determining glass sheet regions to be discarded containing the glass faults. Based on the test results for the glass faults an optimized cutting pattern for a predetermined glass sheet section is calculated in a cutting optimization device, which is a plan for cutting the glass sheet section into crosscut pieces, in which glass panes of respective sizes are arranged next to each other in corresponding crosscut pieces. In order to reduce waste, the cutting lines for the glass panes to be cut away within each crosscut piece are placed sufficiently close to the fault-containing glass sheet regions, so that widths (B_S) of the glass sheet regions to be discarded are minimized or the glass sheet regions to be discarded are minimized, while accounting for a largest possible number of usable glass panes. The crosscut pieces are subsequently cut according to the optimized cutting pattern and the glass panes are formed. An appropriate apparatus for performing the method is described.

The stator includes a plurality of concentrated winding coils disposed coupled into an annular form through yokes, and a plurality of conductors that couple the coil ends of the concentrated winding coils to each other in a multi-phase connection fashion. Conductors for a U-phase, a V-phase, a W-phase, and neutral points P are each formed of a plurality of holes for inserting therethrough coil ends and are substantially circular with different diameters, and are disposed on the same plane. A connection plate provided with a wall is inserted between the conductors and the concentrated winding coils. A rotating machine includes the above-mentioned stator and a rotor that is rotatable within the stator.

An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed in which a flow control pattern of an organic protective layer is disposed to implement a thin bezel. In an active area and a bezel area defined on a substrate, the flow control pattern disposed reduces the flow of a protective layer so as to minimize area size of the bezel area.