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An implant including a substantially cohesive aggregate comprising bone-derived particles. Cohesiveness is maintained by a member of mechanical interlocking, engagement of adjacent bone-derived particles with one another through engagement with a binding agent, thermal bonding, chemical bonding, or a matrix material in which the bone-derived particles are retained. The aggregate is shaped as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional body.

Composition and methods that include potassium nitrate for whitening and / or reducing tooth sensitivity. The dental compositions may optionally include a dental bleaching agent, such as hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide. The dental compositions may be applied directly to the person's teeth, or they may be loaded into a comfortable fitting, flexible, thin-walled dental tray and placed over the person's teeth. In that case, the dental compositions will include a tackifying agent, such as carboxypolymethylene, dispersed within a solvent, which assists the composition in retaining the dental tray over the person's teeth as a result of the adhesive properties of the dental composition rather than due to mechanical interlocking of the tray over the person's teeth. The dental compositions may further include anticariogenic and antimicrobial agents.

Composition and methods that include potassium nitrate for whitening and / or reducing tooth sensitivity. The dental compositions may optionally include a dental bleaching agent, such as hydrogen peroxide or carbamide peroxide. The dental compositions may be applied directly to the person's teeth, or they may be loaded into a comfortable fitting, flexible, thin-walled dental tray and placed over the person's teeth. In that case, the dental compositions will include a tackifying agent, such as carboxypolymethylene, which assists the composition in retaining the dental tray over the person's teeth as a result of the adhesive properties of the dental composition rather than due to mechanical interlocking of the tray over the person's teeth. The dental compositions may further include anticariogenic and antimicrobial agents.

An improved method and system for attaching a welded wire grid-work panel to a plurality of face panels of a retaining wall. The method first begins by providing a plurality of stackable face panels, each face panel having a plurality of anchor links fixed within a back portion of the face panels. Each of the anchor links forms a vertical loop extending outwardly generally perpendicular to the back portion of the face panels. Additionally, each anchor link includes two legs extending laterally from each anchor link within the face panel. Next, a first tier of the face panels is disposed at the bottom of the embankment being erected. Soil is then back-filled behind the first tier of panels to a level of the anchor links disposed within the first tier of face panels. A welded wire grid-work panel, which extends perpendicularly from the back portion of the face panels into a soil embankment, is positioned so that a plurality of wire loops at the edge of the grid-work panel aligns with the vertical loops. A connector rod is extended through the vertical loops of the anchor links and the wire loops of the grid-work panel. Next, additional soil is back-filled behind the first tier of face panels and over the anchor links, vertical loops, wire loops, and grid-work panel to a level at a top edge of the first tier of face panels. The method is repeated until the desired height of the embankment is attained.

A pivot hinge for a portable electronic device is disclosed. A base plate with a pivot tube is fixed on the main unit of the portable electronic device, and a locating bracket is fixed on the movable display panel. A shaft is inserted through the pivot tube, exposing the angular section from the other end of the pivot tube. A locking piece, a spring, and a ring are sequentially inserted over the angular section to complete the spring assembly. The interlocking of the tooth and notch enables the movable display panel to be placed in the horizontal direction over the main unit. A middle section of the shaft and the pivot tube are closely mated only when two plain facets respectively formed on the shaft and the pivot tube are matched up in the rotation of the shaft, thus abrasion damage is significantly reduced.

A modular stone panel is disclosed. The panel is adapted to be mounted or fastened to a structural wall to provide a stone wall facade therefor. The panel is generally comprised of a shaped backboard and a plurality of stones solidly fastened on a front face thereof. The backboard is adapted to be fastened to the structural wall such that the front face thereof faces away from the wall to provide the stone wall facade. The stones may comprise natural or synthetic molded stones. The backboard may also be ventilated to provide ventilation to the stones fastened thereto. The panels may be fabricated to provide key-cut edges allowing an interlocking of adjacent panels. A method of fabricating such panels is also disclosed.

Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one row of alternating polygonal shaped recesses and protrusions. The recesses and protrusions terminate in a vertex; the vertex has a planar, or two-dimensional, configuration that is parallel to either-the blade centerline or the sipe centerline.

A holder for supporting a bag having handles in an open position is disclosed. The holder includes a mounting member to removably mount the holder to a support structure, and a pair of support arms which interlock with the handles of the bag during use. The support arms extend from the mounting member, include a pair of notches on an upper edge thereof, and a pair of cutout portions on the bottom coners of each support arm. In use, the handles of the bag are disposed from an inner surface of an adjacent support arm, outwardly through the upper notches, extend downwardly over an outer surface of either arm, and are secured within the lower corner cutout portions of each arm. The interlocking of the handles and the arms allows the bag to maintain an open position, while providing sufficient support for items placed within the bag.

A device (1) for mixing substances to obtain an injectable medical product, the device (1) comprising a cartridge (50), a front piston (5), a front chamber (17) containing a liquid or a powder, a rear piston (6), a rear chamber (18) containing a liquid, a piston rod (7), and a bypass channel (19). The piston rod (7) is adapted to advance the rear piston (6) to collapse the rear chamber (18), whereby the liquid in the rear chamber (18) is forced to move to the front chamber (17) via the bypass channel (19). The piston rod (7) has a projection (10) which is adapted to mate with a recess (12) in the front piston (5) to provide an interlocking between the two components.

Layered structures and associated fabrication methods that serve as the foundation for preparing high-operating-temperature electrochemical cells have a porous ceramic layer and a porous metal support or current collector layer bonded by mechanical interlocking which is provided by interpenetration of the layers and / or roughness of the metal surface. The porous layers can be infiltrated with catalytic material to produce a functioning electrochemical electrode.

A tolerance ring configured to prevent interlocking during shipping and handling. The tolerance ring has a cylinder with a first radius about an axis of rotation and a gap in the cylinder surface having a first edge and second edge extending along the axis. The gap in the cylindrical base has a first tab on the first edge and a second tab on the second edge. The first tab is adapted for coupling to the second tab and thereby prevents the interlocking of one tolerance ring with another. The gap can be configured to be non-linear.

A container assembly comprising a body and interlocking and self-actuating lid. The body has a bottom and at least one sidewall extending generally upwardly and includes at least one body interlock piece. The lid includes a lid interlock piece configured to releasably engage the body interlock piece. A first magnet is coupled to the body and a second magnet is coupled to the lid. The first and second magnet magnetically generate a first relative movement of the body and lid in a first direction when the first and second magnet are in a first orientation, wherein the first relative movement operatively engages the lid interlock piece with the body interlock piece. Additionally, the interengagement of the lid interlock piece and the body interlock piece during the first relative movement of the body and lid mechanically generate a second relative movement of the body and lid in a second direction.

A quick-release ratcheting mechanism for a weight lifting bar system. The present invention utilizes a ratcheting device in conjunction with ratchet teeth which are located on the inside surface of an aperture of individual weight components. As such, when the individual weight components are placed onto the present invention, the present invention ratcheting system engages the weight component teeth, subsequently creating a fixed and secure engagement. If the user desires to remove the individual weight component, a quick-release handle disengages the ratchet mechanism and allows free removal of an individual weight component. As a further feature the present invention, the preferred embodiment incorporates a unique passive interlocking means between each adjacently placed individual weight component and a unique geometric configuration which enhances the stability of the present invention.

Disclosed is a four-jawed combinational scissor-grasper surgical tool for use in laparoscopy. Cutting and grasping functionalities are respectively enabled via movement of a pair of such specially contoured jaw members sliding against or splaying apart from the other pair. Also disclosed are means for achieving selectable interlocking of jaw members and mechanical linkage for their actuation by human user.

An exhaust manifold for connecting an exhaust pipe with at least one cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and a shell manifold as at least one component of the exhaust manifold. The at least one shell manifold (3, 9, 17, 31, 38) is comprised of at least two shape shells (4, 14, 10, 20, 18, 28, 32, 34, 39). The shape shells are joined to each other by mechanical interlocking. The shell manifold exhibits at least one inlet (5, 11, 19, 35, 46). The shell manifold (3, 9, 17, 31, 38) is so designed, that the at least one inlet (5, 11, 19, 35, 46) communicates with the at least one cylinder.

Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have at least one row of alternating polygonal shaped recesses and protrusions. The recesses and protrusions terminate in a vertex; the vertex has a planar, or two-dimensional, configuration that is parallel to either-the blade centerline or the sipe centerline.

A tolerance ring configured to prevent interlocking during shipping and handling. The tolerance ring has a cylinder with a first radius about an axis of rotation and a gap in the cylinder surface having a first edge and second edge extending along the axis. The gap in the cylindrical base has a first tab on the first edge and a second tab on the second edge. The first tab is adapted for coupling to the second tab and thereby prevents the interlocking of one tolerance ring with another. The gap can be configured to be non-linear.

An article of manufacture for building concrete structures from precast blocks and the process for making the structural system. The block comprises one or more annular tire wall stack units embedded in reinforced concrete. Prestressing and / or post-tensioning structural reinforcing techniques are used with assembled building blocks. The blocks are made by placing used tire stacks in a form that centralizes the stacks so that reinforced concrete can be placed around them while maintaining a hollow core through the stacks. Horizontal interlocking between blocks uses reinforcing bars and / or a tongue and groove configuration, and / or post-tension wire strand placed in a recess or post-tension tubes formed in the blocks and mortared in-place during construction. Vertical interlocking between blocks uses a tongue-and-groove interlock, shiplap splicing, and reinforcing bars. Post-tension wire strand, pipe, or H-piles are placed in and through the stacks and mortared in-place during construction.

The invention discloses an anti-following AB door system which comprises an A door and a B door, wherein an access controller of the A door and an access controller of the B door are both connected with a computer host through a communication converter; and the anti-following AB door system is characterized in that the access controller of the A door is connected with identity detecting equipment, the access controller of the B door is connected with the computer host through human-face recognition equipment, the human-face recognition equipment is connected with image acquisition equipment, the computer host is connected with people counting equipment, and the people counting equipment is connected with the image acquisition equipment. The computer host is used for judging whether lawless persons tag after lawful authority personnel to enter a controlled area or not according to the received information and is combined with an access control device, a locking control device and an alarm to control the interlocking of the A door and the B door and the alarming of the alarm to close the door on taggers.

Stackable weight plates comprised of a front and a rear lateral faces with a protrusion at a proximal radial center of the front lateral face and corresponding recess at a proximal radial center of the rear lateral face is provided. The rear lateral face with the recess section at the proximal radial center of a top weight plate in a stack may rest (or be stacked) on the front lateral face with the protrusion at a proximal radial center of another weight plate. Because each plate is restrained along its center axis by the mating or interlocking of the protruded area of one plate with the recessed area of another weight plate, the stacked plates are therefore generally stable and do not fall due to lateral shearing of the stack. When mounted on a handle bar to form an inertial force exercise device, the recessed area of the rear lateral face of the weight plates of the present invention house the mounting or fastener mechanism.

Both a mold blade for forming sipes and the sipe so formed in a tire tread element have three-dimensional portions. In the formed sipe, the three-dimensional portion creates a constant interlocking of the opposing sipe faces. The blade and the sipe have two radially adjacent rows of projections, wherein the projections are separated by a planar section, the planar section having a defined length and width.

The invention discloses a three-working-position electric operation mechanism for a switching device, and a driving device, a manual interlocking device and an electrical control device are arranged in a case of the mechanism, wherein the driving device adopts a single motor, a gear pair, a worm and worm gear pair, a two-way controllable overrunning clutch and an output shaft and is connected with a three-position isolation / grounding switch through a shaft coupling so as to realize the operations of closing, opening and grounding; a frame is provided with position-limiting clutch pin shafts in the closing position and the grounding position respectively, and a pair of detents, a half shaft and a tripping electromagnet are arranged in the opening position of the frame, thereby realizing the positioning for closing, opening and grounding and the mechanical clutch protection; a chain wheel transmission / bevel gear pair is used for realizing the state indication of the three positions on the front surface and the side surfaces and the position switching of a three-working-position auxiliary switch; and the manual interlocking device can realize manual-electrical interlocking and electromagnetic interlocking among switching elements. The three-working-position electric operation mechanism is simple in structure, stable in output angle, accurate in positions and unrelated to the inertia of a system, the mechanical-electrical interlocking is realized between isolation and grounding, the production and the use are safe, the reliability is very high, the cost is low, and the operations of closing a break and opening the break can be performed rapidly.

A bed foundation includes, in an advantageous form, a sidewall frame, a box-spring array, at least one spring interconnect, and at least a first structural foam layer. The sidewall frame includes a plurality of interlocking frame members. The sidewall frame has a frame interior, a frame top, and a frame bottom. The box-spring array is received within the frame interior and includes a plurality of springs. The at least one spring interconnect extends from the sidewall frame and into the frame interior. At least one spring interconnect interacts with at least one spring to thereby aid in retaining that at least one spring in place relative to the sidewall frame. The first structural foam layer is attached to one of the frame top and the frame bottom and extends thereacross. Advantageously, this first structural foam layer forms a mechanical interlock with the sidewall frame at the given one of frame top and the frame bottom to which it is attached.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the use of stamping to form features on a lead frame of a semiconductor device package. In one embodiment, portions of the lead frame such as pins are moved out of the horizontal plane of a diepad by stamping. In certain embodiments, indentations or a complex cross-sectional profile, such as chamfered, may be imparted to portions of the pins and / or diepad by stamping. The complexity offered by such a stamped cross-sectional profile serves to enhance mechanical interlocking of the lead frame within the plastic molding of the package body. Other techniques such as selective electroplating and / or formation of a brown oxide guard band to limit spreading of adhesive material during die attach, may be employed alone or in combination to facilitate fabrication of a package having such stamped features.

The invention, which belongs to the technical field of the power system and automation realization, discloses a phase modifier emergency control method and system capable of suppressing a direct-current consequential commutation failure. The method comprises: a direct-current commutation failure information sub station sends direct-current commutation failure information to an emergency control master station; the emergency control master station obtains bus voltage information of a direct-current inverter station with a commutation failure and all phase modifier operation information in a grid; the emergency control master station matches a proper emergency control measure from a control strategy table and sends the measure to a phase modifier control execution station; and the phase modifier control execution station sends an excitation reference voltage modification instruction and a duration time instruction to a phase modifier excitation system to complete phase modifier emergency control. According to the invention, because participation in grid emergency control is realized by using the phase modifier, a direct-current consequential commutation failure probability of a multi-direct-current feed-in receiving end is reduced, interlocking of the direct current due to multi-times commutation failures is prevented, and the large-area power outage caused by multi-direct-current interlocking can be prevented.

Modular structures constructed from interlocking wall modules made of plate steel and assembled with C-channel connectors, including tongue and groove elements used to position adjoining modules adjacent to one another, for example during the construction of a cell block. The tongue and groove elements ensure all adjacent prison cell modules are properly aligned such that the front fascia of each cell module lies within substantially the same plane. Further, the interlocking of the tongue and groove allows for the quick, cost-effective construction of a schoolroom having double skinned walls in an effort to increase the stability of the structure. Lastly, the interlocking panels may be formed in relatively small sections and then joined together in order to form a larger wall.

Disclosed are a computer interlocking system supporting C3 system and an interlocking control method, the computer interlocking system comprising: a man-machine interface module (21), an interlocking logic module (22), an input / output module (23) and a power module (24). The interlocking logic module (22) is respectively connected with the man-machine interface module (21) and the input / output module (23), for generating a control output signal according to the input information of the man-machine interface module (21) and sending the control output signal to the input / output module (23) to make the input / output module (23) control the operation of on-site equipment according to the control output signal; the power module (24) is respectively connected with the man-machine interface module (21), the interlocking logic module (22), and the input / output module (23). The computer interlocking system further comprises: a train control interface module (25), one end whereof is connected with the interlocking logic module (22), and the other end connected with a train control device, for implementing a communication interaction between the interlocking logic module (22) and the train control device. The computer interlocking system supporting C3 system and the interlocking control method realize the functional support of the computer interlocking system and a CTCS-3 train control system.