6198 results about "Lower half" patented technology

A spinal fusion cage comprises an upper half-cage, a lower half-cage, and a plunger with a cam. The upper half-cage and lower half-cage have a first collapsed configuration which has a thin, flat, rectangular envelope and a second expanded configuration. The half-cages have at least one ramped surface on which the cam of the plunger rides. The cam bears against the ramped surface and spreading the two half-cages apart. A method of deploying a spinal fusion cage comprises the steps of disposing in a spinal space an upper half-cage and lower half-cage in a first collapsed configuration which has a thin, flat, rectangular envelope and a second expanded configuration. The method continues with the step of distally advancing a plunger between the upper half-cage and lower half-cage and spreading the two half-cages apart.

Various reactors for growing thin films on a substrate by subjecting the substrate to alternately repeated surface reactions of vapor-phase reactants are disclosed. In one embodiment, the reactor comprises a reaction chamber. A showerhead plate divides the reaction chamber into upper and lower parts. A first precursor is directed towards the lower half of the reaction chamber and a second precursor is directed towards the upper half of the reaction chamber. The substrate is disposed within the lower half of the reaction chamber. The showerhead plate includes plurality passages such that the upper half is in communication with the lower half of the reaction chamber. In another arrangement, the upper half of the reaction chamber defines a plasma cavity in which in-situ radicals are formed. In yet another arrangement, the reaction chamber includes a shutter plate, which is configured to selectively open and close the passages in the showerhead plate. In other arrangements, the showerhead plate is arranged to modify the local flow patterns of the gases flowing through the reaction chamber.

A cellular phone has an upper casing and a lower casing. The upper casing has a pair of slide grooves defined in a substantially lower half region thereof along respective opposite side faces of said upper casing, and the lower casing has a pair of slide grooves defined in a substantially upper half region thereof along respective opposite side faces of said lower casing. Slide connection members are fastened to the lower casing by screws threaded into respective joint holes in the lower casing through the respective slide grooves of the upper casing, and a bifurcated joint slide connection member and a slide connection member are fastened to a joint bar of the upper casing by screws threaded into respective joint holes in the joint bar through the respective slide grooves of the lower casing. The upper and lower casings are made slidable by the slide connection members, and are stably connected to each other against wobbling movement.

This invention discloses circularly knit undergarments, said under garments having an anterior tummy region, a posterior stretching from the waist to the gluteal region, and two outer-regions corresponding to the outer thigh region, each of said regions includes knit-in support panels to minimize appearance of undesirable bulges. The posterior region further includes a plurality of derriere cups to slim and shape the lower half of the body to a younger tone and to provide a natural appearance to the derriere, hips and tummy. In a preferred embodiment the body of the undergarment is made with material that is seamlessly woven, for example, light weight micro fiber nylon or LYCRA spandex, and includes a gusset that is made of cotton and micro fiber nylon to prevent moisture build up between the legs. The under garments are finished in ribbing located at their terminal ends. In addition to providing an overall slimming and reshaping of the lower body part, the unique knitting technique and the derriere cups in the posterior of the under garment provide the wearer comfort, a rounder natural look to the buttocks, and a psychological boost.

A console structure for supporting equipment thereon, comprising a lower base structure; an upper turret structure supported on the base structure; the turret structure being independently laterally positionable relative to the base structure.

An isothermal heat sink use operational principles of heat pipes and includes a plate-like body including a housing, an interior partition and a wick. The housing has an inner chamber under a vacuum. The interior partition divides the inner chamber into an upper and lower half chamber and has a central through hole and multiple air passages. The wick containing a working fluid is held in the central through hole and has a lower evaporating section and an upper condensing section that are held respectively in the lower and the upper half chambers. Therefore, the working fluid in the evaporating section evaporates and produces a vapor that enters the upper half chamber from the lower half chamber through the air passages. The vapor condenses into liquid that enters the condensing section and returns to the evaporating section to improve cooling efficiency of the heat sink.

A wall materials bracket comprises a base piece 11, a catching piece 12, a spacing piece 13 and a holding piece 14, and further includes a leaning means for leaning an insulation put on the catching piece 12 against a wall substrate. For example, the leaning means is constructed with the upper half 111 of the upper part 110 of the base piece 11, a slope 113 in the lower half 112 of the upper part 110, and a cavity 132 and bosses (133) in the upper part 130 of the spacing piece 13.

The invention discloses a rotary magnetic refrigeration device. The rotary magnetic refrigeration device comprises a magnetic field source, two active regenerator modules and cold and hot fluid heat exchange channels, and is characterized in that: two packing layers sandwich a magnetic medium in a radial direction so as to form one active regenerator module; the two active regenerator modules are staggered coaxially and axially and arranged at an interval of 180 DEG in the circumferential direction, and pass through an upper half magnetic field region covered with the magnetic field source and a lower half nonmagnetic region alternately when rotating synchronously; A hot fluid channel which is communicated with a high temperature end heat exchanger is statically arranged in the pace of the magnetic field region at the rotating periphery of the active regenerator module; and the cold fluid channel which is communicated with a low temperature end heat exchanger is statically arranged in the space of the nonmagnetic region at the rotating periphery of the active regenerator module, and thermal insulation layers are arranged between the two active regenerator modules in the axial direction, and at the periphery and left and right end faces of the cold and hot fluid channels.

An intra ocular lens arrangement having positive and negative lens elements which move during the eye's accommodation response in order to improve the image on the retina of objects viewed by the eye over a wide range of distances. The positive and negative lens elements either can be linked mechanically to constrain their relative movements or not linked. The lenses are positioned by an operating surgeon following cataract extraction in either the eye's ciliary sulcus or lens capsule. Alternatively, one of the lenses may be inserted into an eye that already has a lens implanted therein to further improve a person's vision. An improved intra ocular lens has is an optic lens having at least two pairs of haptics that controls the movement of the optic lens along the optical axis of the eye in response to the movement of the ciliary muscle of the eye acting on the haptics during the accommodation response, one pair of haptics having one end hinged to the lower half of the optic lens and the second end connected to an upper portion of the ciliary muscle, and a second pair of haptics hinged to an upper half of the optic lens and to a lower potion of the ciliary muscle.

The invention relates to a modularized multi-level converter with an auxiliary diode. The modularized multi-level converter comprises a three-phase valve body, and three active energy feedback circuits respectively connected to the three-phase valve body, wherein each phase of valve body comprises 2M half-bridge inversion units and 2M-1 auxiliary diodes; direct current capacitors of the 1-(2M-1)th serially connected half-bridge inversion units are respectively connected with one auxiliary diode, and the final (2M)th half-bridge inversion unit is serially connected to form the valve body; the 1-Mth half-bridge inversion units form the upper-half part of the valve body to output a negative polarity voltage; and the (M+1)th to 2Mth half-bridge inversion units form the lower-half part of the valve body to output a positive polarity voltage. The auxiliary diodes and the active energy feedback circuits form a capacitor voltage sharing loop, the modularized multi-level converter realizes capacitance self voltage sharing effect, and realizes that the unit capacitance voltage is measured by using less direct current voltage sensors, thus the detection and the control of multi-level topology are greatly simplified. The modularized multi-level converter can be used in occasions such as reaction compensation and harmonic treatment of a medium-voltage or high-voltage power grid.

An apparatus having an upper half with at least one upper clasp and a lower half hingedly connected to the upper half. The upper half and the lower half has a connector cavity and a cable channel, configured to receive a cord and a cord plug. The upper half and the lower half further has two opposed two holes for allowing cable access to the cable channel. Outer edges of the upper half and the lower half has a perimeter having sealant running continuous across an entire perimeter of all edges. Upon closing the upper half and the lower half, the apparatus becomes totally sealed.

The invention discloses a nondestructive ceramic detection device and a detection method thereof. The detection device comprises a rack and an engine cover, wherein the engine cover stretches across the middle of the rack in a portal frame mode; a driving wheel and a driven wheel are respectively mounted at two ends of the rack; a motor is arranged on a framework on one side of the rack; the driving wheel is connected with the motor through a synchronous belt; a fan is mounted on one transverse side of the engine cover; a control cabinet is mounted on one vertical side of the engine cover; the lower half part of the control cabinet is of cabinet type; a detection host is arranged in the cabinet; a linear CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera is arranged on a first cross beam in the engine cover; a linear light source is arranged under the linear CCD camera; a plurality of laser displacement sensors are arranged on a second cross beam of the engine cover. The detection device is simple in structure, convenient to maintain and capable of effectively avoiding artificial detection error; meanwhile, according to the detection method, the detection process is simple and quick, the detection result is accurate and the detection efficiency is high.

The invention discloses a fused deposition three dimensional printing nozzle and a printer. The fused deposition three dimensional printing nozzle comprises a screw machine barrel, a nozzle and screw shaft, wherein the nozzle is arranged at the lower portion of the screw machine barrel, the screw shaft is arranged in the screw machine barrel, the upper end of the screw shaft is connected with a motor shaft through a shaft coupling, the lower half segment of the screw shaft is provided with a thread slot, the upper portion of the barrel body of the screw machine body is provided with branch tubes used for mounting fed filament plasticizing tubes, and the periphery of the screw machine barrel and the branch tubes is provided with heaters. The screw machine barrel is used as a filament fusion and mixing container, the plasticizing tubes arranged in the branch tubes are used as filament inlets, the heaters are used to heat filaments in the plasticizing tubes and the screw machine barrel in order to fuse the filaments, and driving force is generated through screw rotation in order to stir and mix the fused filaments entering the screw machine barrel, push the mixed filaments into the nozzle and realize extrusion molding, so the filaments can be effectively fused and extruded.

A rotatory wireless USB network interface card setup is disclosed including a wireless network interface card, an USB connector, a USB connector fastener, a rotating and swing mechanism characterized in that the said wireless network interface card can rotate within the range of 270°, and swing up and down within the range of 180°, with the said rotating and swing mechanism between the said USB connector and the said wireless network interface card being pivot, whereof the said rotating and swing mechanism's shape likes T, with two axles intersecting each other perpendicularly and splitting into upper and lower halves which are fastened together by connector fastener and setup cover separately. The present invention can adjust the space occupied by wireless network interface card, and avoid problem of lacking space resulting from using several USB connectors simultaneously. Furthermore, the rotating and swing function can adjust orientation of wireless network interface card to increase receiving efficiency of wireless signal.

A semiconductor memory embraces a plurality of memory cell transistors, and each of the memory cell transistors encompasses a substrate; a gate insulator stacked on the substrate, configured to enable tunneling of electrons through the gate insulator; a floating gate electrode stacked on the gate insulator, configured to accumulate electron charges; an inter-electrode dielectric stacked on the floating gate electrode incorporating a positive charge layer, distribution of the positive charge layer being localized in the lower half of the inter-electrode dielectric; and a control gate electrode stacked on the inter-electrode dielectric.

The invention provides an electric vehicle inverter protective device. A gate control signal is output to the gate of an IGBT through a driving circuit and a buffer circuit. An auxiliary power supply converts the power of an inverter controller into voltage controlling the on-off state of the IGBT and supplying power to the driving circuit. A bus voltage detection circuit determines whether bus voltage is higher than a bus high-voltage threshold value and outputs a voltage comparison signal to the inverter controller. An emergency circuit is powered by the bus voltage and outputs a gate signal to control the conduction of IGBTs at a three-phase lower half-bridge in order that the inverter is in an active short-circuit mode. Further, the inverter controller may output a reset signal to reset the driving circuit. The invention further provides an electric vehicle inverter protective method. The electric vehicle inverter protective device provides an active safe mode for the trailed condition of an electric vehicle, may detect the operating parameter of the inverter in real time, may isolate the high-voltage power from the low-voltage power of the inverter, and performs active protection on an electric vehicle inverter.

Sports taping tights include multi-layered coats of silicone or urethane on sections in the front and back of arm muscle parts, front and back of shoulder muscle parts, the belly muscle parts, front and back of lower waist and buttock muscle parts, front and back of thigh and calf muscle parts, the front and back of ankle muscle parts and sections of knees in the inside or outside surface of the upper and lower halves of the tights applied by multi-step print coating to provide selective distribution of stronger fabric tension without necessitating cutting of main fabric, thereby maximizing the tightness of the contact of fabric with body, assisting and reinforcing the muscles and ligaments, enhancing the mobility of body, protecting and increasing the power of muscles and ligaments and protecting the body.

A compact, robust, wear resistant, and high performance electrically insulating gap sub for use with borehole EM Telemetry is disclosed. In one embodiment, the gap sub may include an externally threaded mandrel separated from an internally threaded housing by a dielectric material. Additionally, some embodiments may include an external gap ring for separating the upper and lower electrical halves of the sub which offers structural support, acts as the primary external seal, and provides an abrasion resistant non-conductive length on the exterior. Some embodiments may include torsion pins to prevent the possible unscrewing of the dielectric filled threaded sections should the dielectric material become damaged or weakened.

A high speed cable connector (1) includes a cover (3), a base (80) and a cable assembly (30) mounted between the cover and the base. The cable assembly includes a cable (42) consisting of a plurality of lines (44). Each line has a pair of upper and lower signal wires (442, 444) and a grounding wire (446). Front ends of the lines are sandwiched between upper half (462) and lower half (464) of a spacer (46) to which upper and lower shielding plates (50, 52) are respectively mounted. The upper and lower shielding plates are electrically connected with each other. The upper and lower signal wires are soldered to signal circuitry on top and bottom faces of a printed circuit board (62), respectively. The upper and lower shielding plates have engaging arms (508) soldered to ground circuitry of on the top and bottom faces of the printed circuit board, respectively. Each grounding wire is soldered to a corresponding upper shielding plate. Each pair of upper and lower signal wires is located between two pairs of upper and lower shielding plates, whereby cross-talk between the signal wires of two neighboring lines can be effectively suppressed.

A fastening device for connecting an attached component to a printed circuit board (PCB) has an elongated body, an operating member and a resilient member. The elongated body penetrates through the attached component and the PCB, and has a reducing section disposed at a lower half thereof and a protruding portion positioned on a free end thereof. The operating member eccentrically pivots to the elongated body, and has an eccentric body and a pressing arm outwardly extending from the eccentric body. The resilient member sleeves on an upper half of the elongated body. The resilient member has a clipping portion disposed at an end thereof and tightly contacting the reducing section. The protruding portion is consequently uplifted to force the clipping portion horizontally supporting a bottom of the PCB while the pressing arm is pushed downwardly, such that the attached component is connected to the PCB.

A thick pad-integrated double-layer nylon zipper or single-layer nylon reverse zipper and luggage mounting arrangement includes a lining of a hardside luggage, a zipper including two zipper tapes and a zipper slider slidable to close / open the zipper tapes, and two N bars respectively fixedly fastened with the lining and the zipper tapes together. Each N bar has an upper layer, a lower layer, and a thick pad element integrated intermediate layer connected between the upper layer and the lower layer and fastened with the respective zipper tape to the lining by stitches to define a vertical gap in the luggage below the zipper tapes for the passing of the lower half of the zipper slider when the zipper slider is moved to open or close the zipper.

A sealing gland system having an upper half, a lower half, and a sealing material positioned between the upper and lower halves. Each of the upper and lower halves and the sealing material has at least one opening extending therethrough, and wherein the sealing material forms a seal around at least one cable extending through the sealing material upon compression thereof.

The present invention provides a contact lens having an orientation / stabilization and optionally translation feature that does not provide an prism optical distortion and can effectively maintain a predetermined orientation of the lens on an eye. Like a conventional lens ballast, the orientation feature of the invention works by weighing the lens at its lower half portion, causing it to come to an equilibrium position on the eye. With such orientation feature, the optical zone of the anterior surface can be designed independently to provide an optimal visual performance.

A wall materials bracket comprises a base piece 11, a catching piece 12, a spacing piece 13 and a holding piece 14, and further includes a leaning means for leaning an insulation put on the catching piece 12 against a wall substrate. For example, the leaning means is constructed with the upper half 111 of the upper part 110 of the base piece 11, a slope 113 in the lower half 112 of the upper part 110, and a cavity 132 and bosses (133) in the upper part 130 of the spacing piece 13.

The invention relates to a long-wall coal method, which can be used in stable coal bed, rigid top plate, non-broken incline middle-thickness coal bed, and thick coal bed layered long-wall method. Wherein, it arranges hydraulic support, scrape transporter, and roller coal machine at the long-wall working surface; arranges groove transporter and flexible band transporter at the transport channel; the working surface has ultra long length, which is two times of integrated coal surface; it uses two coal machines on one scrape transporter, to scrape the upper half surface and the lower half surface; and it can arrange middle channel at the middle of integrated surface as the transport channel; and arranges scrape transporters at the upper and lower half working surfaces. The invention has high efficiency, while it can reduce the digging rate and improve the resource recycle rate.

A bionic mechanical fish is composed of casing consisting of upper and lower halves, chest fins driven by step motor, tail unit consisting of tail fin, skin, frame, and fixing plate, and driven by linear motor, detecting unit consisting of miniature camera head, infrared sensor and pressure sensor, control unit comprising microcontroller, information acquisition module, motor driver and communication module, and float regulating unit consisting of linear motor and piston-cylinder reciprocating unit.

An exercise alignment mat system for performing various exercises includes a mat of a generally flat structure having a top surface, bottom surface and a thickness, a major longitudinal axis and a minor longitudinal axis orthogonal to the major longitudinal axis, and a plurality of spaced grooves formed in the top surface along both the major and minor axes so as to define a plurality of equal sized panels on the mat. Each panel includes a set of concentric squares indicia thereon, in which an upper half of each square in the concentric squares has a dotted line configuration for fingertip placement, and a lower half of each square has a solid line configuration for palm placement.