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An improved composite structural member comprising a complex profile structural member, made of a composite comprising a polypropylene polymer and a wood fiber. The material is useful in conventional construction applications. The complex profile, in the form of an extruded thermoplastic composite member can be used in residential and commercial structures as described. Preferably, the structural member is used in the manufacture of the fenestration components such as windows and doors. Such linear members are designed with specifically configured cross-sectional shapes to form structural elements in the fenestration units. Structural elements must possess sufficient strength, thermal stability and weatherability to permit the manufacture of a structurally sound window unit that can be easily installed into a rough opening but can maintain its attractive appearance and structural integrity over the life of the window unit often twenty years or more. The structural member comprises a hollow complex cross-section with at least one structural web or one fastener web formed within the component. The exterior of the extruded component has a visible capstock layer and is shaped and adapted for installation in rough openings. The exterior also contains shape and components capable of supporting the elements of the fenestration unit such as a window, sash or movable door unit. The improved polypropylene structural members have unique advantages and can be assembled in thermoplastic weld processes.

An intraluminal device implantable in a body lumen having an atheroma therein in the vicinity of a side-branch vessel includes a mesh-like tube of bio-compatible material formed with liquid-permeable window openings. The mesh-like tube has an expanded condition in which the tube diameter is slightly larger than the diameter of the body lumen in which it is to be implanted, and the tube length is sufficient to cover the atheroma and the side-branch orifice, and to be anchored to the body lumen around the periphery of the atheroma, and a contracted condition wherein it is sufficiently flexible so as to be easily manipulatable through the body lumen to the site of the atheroma. The mesh-like tube, in its expanded condition, has window openings of a size and distribution such as to structurally stabilize the atheroma and to keep embolic material originating from the atheroma in place on the wall of the body lumen, while diverting embolic material of predetermined size present in the blood flowing through the mesh-like tube from the side-branch orifice, without substantially impeding the blood flow, or increasing the thrombogenitic properties, of the blood flowing into the side-branch orifice.

Device for carrying out and monitoring an atherectomy, with which a cutting knife driven in a rotating manner by an external unit and set back to project into an opening in the tip of the catheter can be pressed onto the artery wall by means of an inflatable balloon arranged on the side of the catheter casing opposite the window opening, an atherectomy catheter being connected to an OCT catheter to form an integrated unit.

An electrically and thermally enhanced die-up tape substrate ball grid array (BGA) package and die-up plastic substrate BGA package are described. A substrate that has a first surface and a second surface is provided. The stiffener has a first surface and a second surface. The second stiffener surface is attached to the first substrate surface. An IC die has a first surface and a second surface. The first IC die surface is mounted to the first stiffener surface. A plurality of solder balls is attached to the second substrate surface. In one aspect, a heat spreader is mounted to the second IC die surface. In another aspect, the stiffener is coupled to ground to act as a ground plane. In another aspect, the substrate has a window opening that exposes a portion of the second stiffener surface. The exposed portion of the second stiffener surface is configured to be coupled to a printed circuit board (PCB). In another aspect, a metal ring is attached to the first stiffener surface. In another aspect, wire bond openings in the stiffener are bridged by one or more studs.

A storm protector (20) to be attachable over a window (21) or other opening of a building (22) includes a header (26), a bottom sill (25) and side frames (23, 24) extending between the ends of the header (26) and the sill (25). The header (26) carries a tube (53) which has one end of a curtain assembly (27) attached thereto. The curtain assembly (27)is biased by a spring (54) to be normally coiled on the tube (53), but the curtain assembly (27) may be manually moved along the frames (23, 24) to the sill (25) to cover the window opening (21). A bar (31) is formed at the other end of the curtain assembly (27), and the bar (31) carries a guide and lock assembly (110) which rides in and can engage at least one of the side frames (23, 24) to guide and selectively hold the curtain assembly (27) at any selected position along the side frames (23, 24). A tensioning assembly (32) is positioned in the header (26) and, without disassembling the protector (20), it may be accessed to adjust the tension of the spring (54). The header (26) includes a sealing surface (50), the sill (25) includes a sealing surface (105) and each side frame (23, 24) includes a sealing surface (89). A force upon the curtain assembly (27) causes it to engage the sealing surfaces (50, 89, 105) to provide a full perimeter seal around the window opening (21).

A weather strip for a vehicle door for being fitted to an upper edge flange of a door inner panel forming a window opening edge of the vehicle door having a lifting / lowering window pane. The weather strip includes: a main body portion having an insertion groove to be fitted to the upper edge flange; a seal lip portion projecting from the main body portion to be in resilient contact with the lifting / lowering window pane; and a resilient retainer to be resiliently engaged with a door trim. The main body portion includes a fixing portion to be engaged with the upper edge flange. The resilient retainer is projected outward from the main body portion in a substantially horizontal direction and perpendicular to an attaching portion provided at an upper portion of the door trim, when the insertion groove is fitted to the upper edge flange substantially.

An interface is provided that corresponds to an individual person without being restricted to a particular place within a room, by performing gesture recognition while identifying an individual person. A stereo camera (1) picks up an image of a user (4), and based on the image pickup output, an image processor 2 transmits a color image within a visual field and a distance image to an information integrated recognition device (3). The information integrated recognition device (3) identifies an individual by the face of the user (4), senses the position, and recognizes a significant gesture based on a hand sign of the user (4). The information integrated recognition device (3) executes a command corresponding the identified user (4) and performs operations of all devices (6) to be operated in the room (such as a TV set, an air conditioner, an electric fan, illumination, acoustic condition, and window opening / closing).

Screenshots on a computer display are automatically captured to assist in building a tutorial to demonstrate the functionality of one or more applications. In one possible approach, an event detector, such as an accessibility toolkit, detects when events are generated by the one or more applications. The events may include, e.g., button clicks, windows opening or closing, drag and drop events, check boxes being checked, menus being pulled down or menu items selected, and so forth. Or, a program may monitor pixel changes on the screen to detect when changes occur in the images generated by the one or more applications. A tutorial builder application automatically captures an image when the event or image change is detected, edits the captured image such as by providing a focus on the changed portion, and provides the edited image in a tutorial window. Related text can also be automatically generated.

A coordinated cutting and spreading mechanism within a syringe dilator sub-assembly is applied to an eye surface during an intravitreal injection to provide an access window free of the conjunctival layer and through which an injection needle can be inserted. The system and method comprises a dilator sub-assembly including both the cutting and spreading mechanism and the intravitreal injection needle, for use with a conventional syringe. The dilator sub-assembly includes a number of projections to secure points of the surface of the conjunctival layer, a cutting member to incise the conjunctival layer, and at least one deflectable projection to move during the intravitreal injection, spreading the incision, and creating a window opening in the conjunctival layer through which the intravitreal injection needle then enters. Upon removal of the device from the injection site, the deflectable projection is released and the window opening in the conjunctival layer is closed.

The invention relates to an intelligent home furnishing control system and realization method of the system. The intelligent home furnishing control system comprises an intelligent home furnishing controller, a remote control terminal, a WIFI (wireless fidelity) router, an appliance control sub-system, a home furnishing device control sub-system, a security alarm sub-system and a monitoring camera sub-system, wherein the appliance control sub-system comprises an infrared transponder, an intelligent switch and an intelligent socket; the security alarm sub-system comprises an infrared alarm probe, a door magnet alarm probe, a gas alarm probe and a fire alarm probe; and the home furnishing device control sub-system comprises an electric curtain controller, an electric curtain, an electric window opening controller, an electric window opener, and a energy-saving remote control break controller. The intelligent home furnishing control system further comprises a power line carrier alarm sub-system used for basements. The intelligent home furnishing control system has the advantages that the remote control modes are flexible and various, a user can control home furnishing at any time andhome furnishing alarm information can be sent to the user by a text messages mode at real time.

A window frame assembly for installation within a garage door having front and rear exposed surfaces and one or more window openings. The assembly includes front and rear window frame members of injection molded plastic which are installed within the door opening on the front and rear exposed surfaces. The window frame members have engagement elements located about their peripheries which snap together in mating fashion to mount the frame members within the window opening. The engagement elements are also disenageable with a hand tool to separate the frame members and remove the members from the window opening.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a windowed polishing pad or a platen hole cover which is used to form planar surfaces in glass, semiconductors, dielectric / metal composites, integrated circuits, etc.; a polishing apparatus including the windowed polishing pad or the platen hole cover; a method for fabricating a semiconductor device using the polishing apparatus; and a polishing method, in which the number of scratches occurring on the surface of the substrate is small, and the polished state can be optically measured satisfactorily during polishing. In order to achieve the above object, a polishing pad is constructed in such a manner that the polishing pad includes a polishing layer and a light-transmissive window member disposed in an opening formed in a part of the polishing layer, wherein the amount of indentation strain measured when a constant load is applied to substantially the entire upper surface of the light-transmissive window member is larger than the amount of indentation strain measured when the same constant load is applied to a region having the same area on the upper surface of the polishing layer.

An electrical connector arrangement includes a resilient contact adapted for direct engagement with the bare wire of an insulated conductor without the use of any assembly tool, characterized in that the resilient contact includes a first leg having a first end containing a window opening, a second leg having a first end extending at an acute angle through the window opening for clamping engagement with a conductor bare wire that is also inserted in the same direction therein, and a connecting portion connecting the other ends of the first and second legs to define a closed loop. A clamping edge at the extremity of the first end of the second resilient contact leg engages the bare wire and cooperates with a first edge of the window opening to prevent the withdrawal of the bare wire from the window opening. A conductive bus bar may be provided that includes a projecting portion that extends into the window opening between the bare wire and the window first edge, whereby the bare wire is clamped between the clamping edge of the second leg of the resilient contact and the bus bar projecting portion.

A retracting screen with its mounting and guiding apparatus for a door or window opening. The apparatus includes a housing from which and into which a screen is rolled, a drawbar for withdrawing the screen from the housing and for latching the screen in a closed position, and tracks for guidance of the drawbar across an opening. The housing is aesthetically mounted within a framed opening. The guidance system for the drawbar is adapted to accommodate slight structural variances in an opening by the cooperation between the drawbar structure and the elements of the track.

The invention discloses a paper money discrimination method and a device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring a transmission image of a region with window-open type safety line indentation characteristics on paper money, wherein the region is transmitted by light beam; and analyzing and recognizing the indentation characteristics in the image so as to determine the authenticity of the paper money. The method and the device of the invention have advantages of good adaptability to various currencies, low hardware cost, a high detection and recognition rate, stable and reliable performance, etc.

A window fastener for controlling the locking and unlocking of a window is disclosed. The fastener provides an unlocking feature that is manually activated by the user and a locking feature that is automatically activated as the window is moved substantially proximate to the closed position. The unlocking feature disengages the fastener from the window and maintains disengagement so that further manipulation of the fastener is not required to facilitate window opening. The fastener also provides a positive confirmation feature that informs the user that the window is either closed and locked or open and unlocked.

An expanding net integral with an inflatable airbag curtain is disclosed. The inflatable curtain includes an inflatable region that provides impact protection for a vehicle passenger in a lateral collision or rollover situation. The inflatable curtain also has an uninflatable region integral with the inflatable region for covering the side window openings not covered by the inflatable region. The uninflatable region could extend adjacent and below the inflatable region to provide for occupant retention in a collision or rollover situation.

A quick release mounting apparatus and method for mounting a room air conditioner in a window opening that utilizes a quick release mounting which supports the weight of the outdoor portion of the air conditioner in a cantilevered condition and, in the event of an emergency, upon releasing a latch mechanism allows the air conditioner to topple rearwardly from the window opening exterior of the room to provide an escape route through the open window. A safety harness may also be provided that suspends the air conditioner unit a distance above the ground on the exterior of the room after it has been released to prevent it from falling to the ground.

A spiral-path chimney-effect heat sink cools an LED light bulb by increasing the length of the path over which heated air rises between two coaxial tubes. A tube top is attached to one end of the tubes. A light emitting diode (LED) is thermally coupled through the tube top to the inner tube. There are window openings below the rim where the outer tube attaches to the tube top. A convection current path guide is disposed between the inner and outer tubes. The convection current path guide is a spiral wire that causes rising air to follow a longer spiral path around the heated inner tube before the air exits the heat sink through the window openings. An Edison screw base is attached to the end of the inner tube opposite the end attached to the tube top. The coaxial tubes can be cylindrical tubes, conical tubes or square tubes.

A differential assembly that includes a differential casing, which is rotatable about an axis, and a pair of side gears that are disposed within the differential casing. First, second, third and fourth pairs of pinion bores are formed in the differential casing and pairs of pinion gears are slidably and rotatably disposed in a respective pair of the pinion bores. A window opening is formed in the differential casing between the first and fourth pair of pinion gears. The second pair of pinion bores are radially offset an equivalent distance from the first and third pair of pinion bores. The differential assembly incorporates a cross pin configured to limit inward movement of a pair of axle shafts and a spacer that limits inward movement of the side gears.

A projection display is provided according to one embodiment of the invention. The projection display includes a hollow case including a window opening, a screen formed on one portion of the case, and at least one mirror internally mounted to the case at a position to reflect light from the window opening to the screen. The projection display further includes a window mounted in the window opening. The projection display further includes an optical engine mounted to the case. The optical engine is positioned over the window and oriented so that emitted light from the optical engine is directed onto the at least one mirror. The projection display further includes a diaphragm internally attached to the case and dividing an internal volume of the case into a first portion and a second portion. The projection display further includes a gas filling the second portion of the case at an overpressure and a vent communicating with the first portion of the case and communicating with an external environment. The vent at least partially equalizes the overpressure of the second portion with a pressure of the external environment.

An electrically and thermally enhanced die-up tape substrate ball grid array (BGA) package and die-up plastic substrate BGA package are described. A substrate that has a first surface and a second surface is provided. The stiffener has a first surface and a second surface. The second stiffener surface is attached to the first substrate surface. An IC die has a first surface and a second surface. The first IC die surface is mounted to the first stiffener surface. A plurality of solder balls is attached to the second substrate surface. In one aspect, a heat spreader is mounted to the second IC die surface. In another aspect, the stiffener is coupled to ground to act as a ground plane. In another aspect, the substrate has a window opening that exposes a portion of the second stiffener surface. The exposed portion of the second stiffener surface is configured to be coupled to a printed circuit board (PCB). In another aspect, a metal ring is attached to the first stiffener surface. In another aspect, wire bond openings in the stiffener are bridged by one or more studs.

A retainer lens of shape and dimensions configured to be releasably secured in the front opening of a face plate or helmet has a window opening configured for positioning in front of the eyes of a wearer of the face plate or helmet. An outer protective cover is configured to be secured over the window opening by means of scrap-book like frame corners located on the front surface of the retainer lens and spaced outwardly from respective corners of the window opening. The corners of the outer protective cover are releasably engaged with respective frame corners, so that the cover can be removed from the outside of the face plate as needed for replacement with a new outer protective cover, simply by removing the corners of the current outer protective cover from the respective frame corners, and then engaging a new outer protective cover into the frame corners.

A window restrictor that may be used to limit the opening of a window. The restrictor comprises a restrictor member and a latch mechanism. Typically, the restrictor member is attached to a stile or rail of the moving window pane and the latch mechanism is attached to a part of the casing or frame surrounding the window opening. In use, the restrictor member is engaged with the latch mechanism so that as the window is opened, the extent of opening is restricted by the restrictor member length. To fully open the window, the restrictor member is disengaged from the latch mechanism. When the restrictor member and latch mechanism are disengaged, they remain in such a configuration that, when the window is closed, the restrictor member and latch mechanism automatically re-engage to prevent the window being fully opened again. The restrictor member can comprise a hinged member which includes bias means.

The invention discloses a dynamic and static combined loading rock test machine and test method used for multiphase coupling. The machine comprises a visual confining pressure loading chamber module, air pressure control modules, a dynamic loading module and constant volume modules; and the loading chamber of the visual confining pressure loading chamber module is a steel cylinder structure with a square outside and a circular inside, three surfaces of the loading chamber has windows, high borosilicate glass is embedded in every window to realize the visualization of the test process, an opening in one surface of the loading chamber is provided with a rear door which is convenient to replace and take a test piece, and various monitoring devices are arranged in the loading chamber and are led out through sensor lead wires of a baseboard to realize real-time monitoring of all physical-mechanical parameters of the test piece in the test process. The machine has the advantages of small size, simple structure, convenience in dismounting, and realization of accurate, quantitative and visual monitoring of the adsorption-desorption characteristic of a coal rock standard test piece in different load forms and coupling form and the permeability and the damage dilatancy process of gas-containing coal body in different loading stages.

A method and system for capturing and characterizing data displayed on a workstation screen, and user manipulation, to support auditing and data mining of user information access. Capture and characterization are independent of application and network connectivity, so data from different applications can be captured, characterized, and analyzed and correlated in a uniform manner. Screen data is captured as machine-readable text-string words associated with meta-data attributes detailing circumstances and characteristics of screen data presentation, and user control of software applications and windows. Characteristics include: workstation identifier; application; date and time of display; coordinates of screen data; window opening, closing, and scrolling; searching, copying, printing, and saving. The invention can be used to determine patterns of normal operation, to investigate information access misuse, and as a watchdog for alerts to potentially abusive information access practices.

An articulated window assembly for mounting in a window opening of a vehicle includes a glass sheet, and a first mounting member for hingedly securing the glass sheet to a first area adjacent one edge of the sheet on the inner surface of the sheet for movement between open and closed positions. The mounting member is attached with no exposure on the outer surface. The glass sheet may have an outer surface area of at least 250 square inches. A second mounting member may also be attached to the inner sheet surface at a position spaced from the first mounting member, and may comprise a latch mechanism. Preferably, the mounting members are hidden from view from the outer sheet surface by opaque coatings, such as frit layers, included on the inner sheet surface. The window assembly may be flush mounted in the window opening, and may be a rear side window assembly, a rear window assembly, or a tailgate window assembly.

An epitaxial deposition process produces epitaxial lateral overgrowth (ELO) of nitride based materials directly a patterned substrate (10). The substrate (10) is preferably formed from SiC or sapphire, and is patterned with a mask (12), preferably formed of silicon nitride, having a plurality of openings (13) formed therein. A nucleation layer (14), preferably formed of AlGaN, is grown at a high reactor temperature of 700-1100 degrees C., which wets the exposed substrate surface, without significant nucleation on the mask (12). This eliminates the need for regrowth while producing smooth growth surfaces in the window openings (13) as well as over the mask (12). Subsequent deposition of a nitride based material layer (16), preferably GaN, results in a relatively defect free planar surfaced material grown laterally over the mask (12).