2994 results about "Frustum" patented technology

A memory device configurable for independent double gate cells, storing multiple bits per cell, includes multilayer stacks of conductive strips configured as word lines. Active pillars are disposed between pairs of first and second stacks, each active pillar comprising a vertical channel structure extending from an underlying bounded conductive layer, a charge storage layer and an insulating layer. The insulating layer in a frustum of an active pillar contacts a first arcuate edge of a first conductive strip in a layer of the first stack and a second arcuate edge of a second conductive strip in a same layer of the second stack. The conductive strips can comprise a metal. The active pillar can be generally elliptical with a major axis parallel with the first and second conductive strips.

The present invention relates to a closed cartridge (10), for extraction under pressure, comprising a dish (12) with a bottom (13 ) with a central part and a peripheral part and a side wall having substantially the shape of a frustum of a cone and a circular edge with a diameter greater at the bottom and a cover (15) welded to the periphery of the edge of the dish and the cover is intended to be torn only through the effect of the force of the extraction fluid when extraction starts, the cartridge comprising, in the dish at the level of the bottom, a fabric (16) guaranteeing retention of the solid substance when it is opened,in which the fabric guaranteeing retention of solid substance is a sheet of fabric sealed in the bottom of the dish in two zones, on the one hand in the central part (17) and on the other hand in the peripheral part (18) of the bottom (13).

A low pressure current interrupt device (CID) activates at a minimal threshold internal gauge pressure in a range of, for example, between about 4 kg/cm² and about 9 kg/cm². Preferably, the CID includes a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate in electrical communication with the first conductive plate, the electrical communication between the first and the second conductive plates being interrupted at the minimal threshold internal gauge pressure. More preferably, the first conductive plate includes a frustum having a first end and a second end, a base extending radially from a perimeter of the first end of the frustum, and an essentially planar cap sealing the second end of the frustum. The first end has a broader diameter than the second end. More preferably, the second conductive plate is in electrical contact with the essentially planar cap through a weld. A battery, preferably a lithium-ion battery, comprises a CID as described above. A method of manufacturing such a CID comprises forming first and second conductive plates as described above, and welding the second conductive plate onto the first conductive plate while a temperature of the first conductive plate is controlled so as not to exceed the melting point of a surface of the first conductive plate opposite the weld.

A molded plastic container with a sidewall having a general hourglass configuration. The container structure includes an upper rim, a bottom and a sidewall that extends between the upper rim and the bottom. The sidewall includes a lower frustum section, a narrow mid-section and an upper frustum section. The lower frustum section connects the bottom to the narrow mid-section and decreases in width as it extends from the bottom to the narrow mid-section. The upper frustum section extends from the upper rim to the narrow mid-section and decreases in width as it extends from the upper rim to the mid-section. A method of making such a container, a method of hot-filling such a container and a method of retorting material enclosed in such a container are also disclosed.

The invention discloses a mechanical biaxial tension tester with variable proportion loading, relating to a biaxial tension tester. The invention solves the problem that the traditional biaxial tension testing device can not realize variable proportion loading under a complex loading path. In the invention, a slanting slide block is an inverted trapezoidal quadrangular frustum pyramid, a workbench is provided with a cruciform chute, a cruciform test piece is arranged above the cruciform chute, four ends of the cruciform test piece are respectively and fixedly connected with a clamping head, a tension-compression sensor is fixedly connected to the outer end surface of each clamping head, the outer end of each tension-compression sensor is fixedly connected with a horizontal slide block, each horizontal slide block is installed on the workbench, the lower end of each slant beam is fixedly connected with a horizontal slide block, a rolling bearing is installed at the upper end of each slant beam, and each rolling bearing is contacted with a corresponding trapezoidal inclined plane of each slant beam and rolls on the corresponding trapezoidal inclined plane of each slant beam. The invention is suitable for a tension test of the cruciform test piece.

A kit comprising a plurality of separate and distinct identically sized phase change material-containing panels shaped as a frustum of a right pyramid, a method of assembling a thermal insulating enclosure from such panels and the resultant assembled thermal insulting enclosure.

This invention provides an easy-to-manufacture, easy-to-analyze calibration object which combines measurable and repeatable, but not necessarily accurate, 3D features—such as a two-sided calibration object/target in (e.g.) the form of a frustum, with a pair of accurate and measurable features, more particularly parallel faces separated by a precise specified thickness, so as to provide for simple field calibration of opposite-facing DS sensors. Illustratively, a composite calibration object can be constructed, which includes the two-sided frustum that has been sandblasted and anodized (to provide measurable, repeatable features), with a flange whose above/below parallel surfaces have been ground to a precise specified thickness. The 3D corner positions of the two-sided frustum are used to calibrate the two sensors in X and Y, but cannot establish absolute Z without accurate information about the thickness of the two-sided frustum; the flange provides the absolute Z information.

A method of fabricating a nanoporous membrane filter having a uniform array of nanopores etch-formed in a thin film structure (e.g. (100)-oriented single crystal silicon) having a predetermined thickness, by (a) using interferometric lithography to create an etch pattern comprising a plurality array of unit patterns having a predetermined width/diameter, (b) using the etch pattern to etch frustum-shaped cavities or pits in the thin film structure such that the dimension of the frustum floors of the cavities are substantially equal to a desired pore size based on the predetermined thickness of the thin film structure and the predetermined width/diameter of the unit patterns, and (c) removing the frustum floors at a boundary plane of the thin film structure to expose, open, and thereby create the nanopores substantially having the desired pore size.

Premix furnace for heating an occupied space while producing lower NOx emissions and methods of mixing air and fuel delivered to a premix burner and of improving combustion stability. A mixing device may be located within an inlet tube, may have a flat surface that is perpendicular to the direction of fuel flow, or may have two surfaces held at substantially opposite angles to induce swirl. A mixing device may be attached to the fuel injector, may be made from a piece of sheet metal, and may have bends and a hole for attachment to the fuel injector. A fluidic diode in the inlet tube may improve combustion stability and may include a hollow frustum or a frustoconical portion, a cylinder concentric with the inlet tube, or a combination thereof. Some embodiments include refractory insulation lining the combustion chamber or may adjust for elevation or fuel characteristics.

The invention discloses a colorful optical filter base plate with fixed spacers and a manufacturing method thereof. The colorful optical filter comprises a transparent substrate, a colorful film layer, a latticed black matrix, a flat layer, a transparent electrode layer and a columnar spacer. Firstly, the well-known colorful optical filter base plate is coated with transparent photosensitive material and then exposed by a mask with preset patterns, after being treated by adopting micro-lithography, the transparent columnar or frustum-shaped spacers are directly formed on the colorful optical filter base plate; the central shafts of the spacers are perpendicular to the surface of the flat layer and corresponding to the intersection of gridlines of the black matrix. Since the spacers are directly formed on the colorful optical filter base plate and the height, distribution and density thereof are all preset and controllable, the liquid crystal thickness (CELL GAP) between LCD base plates can be kept uniform, thus avoiding arranging the spacers within a pixel to affect the porosity of LCD.

A kettlebell is disclosed herein having, in its preferred embodiment, a pair of oppositely-facing, generally frustum-shaped weightplates disposed about a first axis that is perpendicular to the axis of its handle. The frustum shape reduces the force of impact against the user's forearm during certain exercise movements. The preferred handle includes places which can be held between the user's thumb and remaining fingers for improved control during other exercise movements.

The invention discloses a full-airspace-covering beamforming PAA for aircraft target tracking and measurement and control. The PAA comprises a passive array surface (1), a beam forming network, a beam controller (5), a calibration network (6), a secondary power supply (7) and a support structure (9), wherein the passive array surface (1) is composed of a plurality of antenna array elements; the beam forming network is formed by a beamforming network (2), an R assembly (3) and a beam synthetic network (4); the beam controller (5) is used for generating beam-controlled codes, the calibration network (6) is used for calibrating each access amplitude, the secondary power supply (7) is used for supplying power for an active circuit, and the support structure (9) is used for installation and fixation. According to the PAA, a one-dimensional forming and one-dimensional cone frustum PAA scanning mode is adopted, cosecant square beams with the highest gains horizontally are formed in the array direction through the beamforming network, coverage ranging from 0 degree to 90 degrees in the pitching direction is achieved, coverage at 360 degrees is achieved circumferentially through phased array beam scanning, and independent multiple beams are formed through multi-channel phase shift and beam synthesis to solve the multi-target tracking problem.

The invention relates to the field of an infrared detector, in particular to a micromachined thermopile infrared detector. The manufacturing technique is simplified and the performance and finished product rate are improved. The manufacture of the micromachined thermopile infrared detector comprises the following steps of: (1) depositing silicon nitride film on the both sides of a silicon substrate by an LPCVD method; (2) etching to remove peripheral silicon nitride film on the frontal side of the silicon substrate by lithography; (3) manufacturing a plurality of Poly-Si strips both ends of which are respectively arranged on the silicon nitride film and the silicon substrate by LPCVD method and photolithographic process; (4) manufacturing a plurality of aluminum strips which form a thermocouple with the plurality of Poly-Si strips by sputtering and photolithographic processes; (5) depositing the silicon nitride film on the frontal side of the silicon substrate by PECVD method; (6) manufacturing an infrared absorption layer (a carbonized photoresist layer) covering the hot junction area of the thermopile with photolithographic process; (7) manufacturing a metal reflective layer (a metal layer) covering the cold junction area of the thermopile with lift-off process; and (8) eroding the back side of the silicon substrate to form a square frustum pyramid shaped groove. The micromachined thermopile infrared detector has reasonable structure design, simple manufacturing process, high detector performance, high finished product rate, good development prospect and is easy to realize.

A method of repairing a composite material is provided in which a frustum-shaped portion of a composite material is removed, and the composite material and a repair material are bonded with each other while evacuating. The repair method includes step S2 of removing a damaged part 11 from the front side so as to pass through in the thickness direction while leaving a support wall protruding inward in the radial direction from the periphery of the top face of the frustum-shaped portion; step S3 of sealing the back side by placing a sealing plate, which is inserted from the front side into a through hole formed by the removing step, on the support wall; step S5 of placing the repair material through an adhesive on the composite material where the frustum-shaped portion has been removed; and step S6 of evacuating in a state in which the front side is sealed.

An advanced, back-illuminated, silicon avalanche photodiode (APD) design is presented using silicon-on-sapphire with a novel crystalline aluminum nitride (AlN) antireflective layer between the silicon and R-plane sapphire. The substrate supports optical and electrical integration of a high quantum efficiency silicon APD with a gallium nitride (GaN)-VCSEL diode in each pixel to form a novel, compact, emitter-detector pixel for passive and active 2-D and 3-D high resolution, imaging focal plane arrays. Silicon mesa pixels are anisotropically etched with a central inverted mesa frustum cavity. The APD detector is fabricated in the silicon mesa and the GaN-VCSEL diode is grown epitaxially in the center of the mesa. A sapphire microlens below each pixel collimates the VCSEL beam and focuses optical returns into the APD detector. APDs share a common front-side anode, and VCSELs share a common cathode. The APD cathode is electrically connected to the VCSEL diode anode in each emitter-detector pixel.