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Patent EP-0607054-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HONJO TASUKU KANYU-CHI
IPC: C12N15/12
Filed: 1994-01-14
Abstract: A process for constructing a cDNA library which has a selectivity for signal peptides, that makes it possible to efficiently identify unknown and useful polypeptide comprising a signal peptide. A novel polypeptide consisting of 89 amino acids (including a signal peptide) produced by a stroma cell line, which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating, for example, anemia, leukopenia or infections and the like, and DNAs coding for said polypeptide, have been identified using the process of the invention.
Patent EP-0620524-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DI ZENZO MAURIZIO
IPC: G06F11/16
Filed: 1994-03-11
Abstract: Subject-matter of this invention is a system for use of semiconductor dynamic memories having faulty locations, wherein such memories are preliminarily organized as memory banks in order to form an elementary information word and subsequently all homologous address locations which contain errors are identified so as to obtain a map which is stored in a not-volatile memory (OTP) associated to the memory banks, thereby creating a transcoding table: and wherein the external user who desires to retrieve the data contained in the memory blocks will have access to said not-volatile memory (OTP) by using successive memory (logic) addresses supplied by an intelligent section of the system and will receive (material) transcoded addressed therefrom, which will enable him to have direct and immediate access to said memory blocks. 
     In the system according to this invention, aiming at increasing the number of locations wherein it is possible to store information, by using also somewhat faulty regions, techniques designed for application to error correction are exploited.
Patent EP-0671627-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SETO YOSHIHIRO C O FUJI PHOTO
IPC: G01N1/28
Filed: 1995-03-09
Abstract: Whether or not there remains a frameless chemical analysis film (1) in a cartridge (20) in which a plurality of the frameless chemical analysis films (1) are stacked is judged by a film presence detector (110) disposed in a second position (102) different from a position (101) where a film takeout mechanism (70) takes out the frameless chemical analysis films (1) from the cartridge (20) so that the film presence detector (110) does not interfere with the film takeout mechanism (70).
Patent EP-0701882-A2 (EP)
Title: Clamp device for workpieces or similar
Inventor: KLINGEL HANS
IPC: B24B9/04
Filed: 1995-08-26
Abstract: The device for holding and centering a workpiece consists of one set of clamps (1,2) which move towards each other under the action of a pressure source (35). The pressure forces piston arms (7a,7b) outwards towards the workpiece and at the same time forces the opposite clamp face (2) toward the workpiece via a rotating lever mechanism (16,17). The levers translate a movement in arms (11,12) into an opposite movement direction in rod (26) which is connected to clamp (2). A second set of clamps (28) work in a similar manner but in a perpendicular plan to the first set. Both sets are connected in parallel to the pressure source.
Patent EP-0717377-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BROOKNER GEORGE M
IPC: G07B17/00
Filed: 1995-12-12
Abstract: A postage metering system includes a postage meter (1) in bus communication with an external interface unit (11). The postage meter (1) operates under the control of a programmable micro control system (2, 4, 5) which is responsive to a number of postage meter program routines stored in the program memory (5) of the meter micro control system. The postage meter also includes a communication port (18) in bus communication with the micro control system and a keyboard (8) also in bus communication with the meter micro control system for entering operator instructions. An external interface unit (11) includes a micro control system (12, 30, 32) responsive to one or more program routines stored in the program memory (32) of the external interface unit. The external interface unit further includes a postage meter port (14) and a plurality of communication ports (15, 16, 17). The postage meter port (14) is in bus communication with the communication port (18) of the postage meter. The postage meter is programmed to be responsive to encrypted operator instructions inputted through the keyboard (8) to enable one or more of the postage meter program routines, and generate external interface unit instruction messages in response to the operator instructions. The external interface unit is programmed to be responsive to the instruction messages from the postage meter to enable one or more of the external interface unit program routines.
Patent EP-0672488-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHRISTIE DALE C
IPC: B24B5/46
Filed: 1992-08-28
Abstract: Sprue is removed from a cast steel railroad wheel (34) using a grinding wheel (168) when the wheel (34) has cooled from its initial casting temperature to a temperature of about 425-650°C. A railroad wheel support assembly includes a roller assembly (62,64,100,110) to receive and grasp the railroad wheel (34) and rotate the railroad wheel (34) about its center axis. A motor (160) driving a grinding wheel (168) are mounted to a support assembly (122). The railroad wheel support assembly oscillates about an axle assembly (70,72) during grinding. The grinding assembly advances the grinding wheel (168) laterally into the railroad wheel during grinding. The lateral advancing of the grinding wheel (168) and oscillating of the railroad wheel (34) are controlled to achieve a finish grinding of the selected surface of the railroad wheel (34) to a preselected contour.
Patent EP-0687116-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAKER MARK CHRISTOPHER
IPC: H04Q3/66
Filed: 1995-05-30
Abstract: A method and apparatus that allows different likelihoods of call completion during very heavy call loading conditions to be supplied to different customers. Customers are assigned to different levels of service and these levels of service are used to manage call completion in throughout the telecommunication network during very heavy call loading periods. Thus, a securities broker may have a higher likelihood of completing a call near the close of a trading session than the average telephone customer. However, each caller may be offered an opportunity to immediately increase his or her level of service and thus likelihood of completing a call to the highest available level if a call is not completed at the caller's lower level of service.
Patent EP-0698666-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRAI YOHEI
IPC: C12N15/18
Filed: 1995-06-20
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a modified epimorphin obtained by adding a hydrophilic peptide composed of 5 to 99 amino acids to at least one terminus of a polypeptide containing the functional domain of epimorphin, and a modified epimorphin composed of a polypeptide having a structure that a hydrophobic domain adjacent to the C-terminus of the whole-length epimorphin consisting of a coiled coil domain (1) on the N-terminal side, a functional domain (2) at the center, a coiled coil domain (3) on the C-terminal side and the hydrophobic domain (4) adjacent to the C-terminus has been deleted from the whole-length epimorphin, and at least part of amino acids have been deleted from the terminal side of at least one of the coiled coil domains (1) and (3) as well. The invention also discloses a variant modified epimorphin obtained by making partial substitution, deletion and/or insertion of amino acids in the amino acid sequence of the modified epimorphin, wherein the variant maintains the function of the original sequence. The invention further discloses DNAs encoding the modified epimorphin and variant thereof, recombinant vectors containing the DNAs, transformants obtained by introducing the recombinant vectors, and a production method of the modified epimorphin and the variants thereof making use of the transformant.
Patent EP-0694788-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FONTANA ROBERT EDWARD
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 1995-07-19
Abstract: The present invention provides an improved spin valve (SV) magnetoresistive sensor, which has its free ferromagnetic layer in the form of a central active region with defined edges and has a separate layer providing end regions that are contiguous with and abut the edges of the central active region. A layer of antiferromagnetic material, preferably a nickel-manganese (Ni-Mn) alloy, is formed on and in contact with the ferromagnetic material in the end regions for exchange coupling with the end regions to provide them with a longitudinal bias of their magnetizations. The pinned ferromagnetic layer in the SV sensor is pinned by exchange coupling with a different layer of antiferromagnetic material, preferably an iron-manganese (Fe-Mn) alloy. This material has a substantially different Neel temperature from that of the antiferromagnetic material on the end regions. The process for making the SV sensor includes heating to different predetermined temperatures in the presence of an applied magnetic field to orient the magnetizations of the free and pinned layers in the proper direction. The SV sensor may be used for reading data in magnetic recording systems.
Patent EP-0699818-A2 (EP)
Title: Downhole tool hanger
Inventor: BURLESON JOHN D
IPC: E21B43/116
Filed: 1995-07-25
Abstract: A gun hanger for emplacement through a tubing string into a casing string, has an inner mandrel (52), a setting means (70,80) slidably received on said mandrel (52), said setting means (70,80) including a plurality of spaced apart, extendable slips (85) mounted thereon such that operation of said setting means causes said slips to extend and engage the casing string; a slip release means (120) slidably received on said mandrel (52) such that operation of said slip release means causes said slips to retract and disengage from the casing string, said setting means (70,80) and said release means (120) preferably having diameters less than the inside diameter of the tubing string when said slips are retracted. A centralizer (200) can be mounted to extend axially from the hanger, said centralizer comprising a stem (210) and a plurality of spaced longitudinal bow springs (212a,212b,212c,212d) flexibly mounted thereon.
Patent EP-0713205-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JONES MARVIN SCOTT
IPC: G10C3/18
Filed: 1995-10-30
Abstract: An escapement action (200) for a piano includes a hammershank (132) having a first end mounted to pivot relative to the piano and a second end carrying a hammer (130) to strike a tensioned string (140) of the piano, with a knuckle (150) disposed therealong between the first and second ends. A repetition support (110) bearing against a key (102) of the piano is mounted to pivot relative to the piano in response to depression of the key (102). A jack (120) has a first portion extending from a pivot connection (121) with the repetition support and defines a jack surface disposed for engagement with a knuckle (150) surface, the jack (120) arranged for escape of the jack surface from engagement with the knuckle surface during depression of the key (102). A spring (160) urges the jack toward an "at rest" position with the jack surface in engagement with the knuckle surface. A jack retainer assembly (204) dependent from the hammershank (132) between the second end and the knuckle includes a cushion surface (210) positioned to retain the jack (120) in "at rest" position in opposition to force of the spring.
Patent EP-0719052-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUJII AKIO
IPC: H04N19/625
Filed: 1995-12-20
Abstract: A coding apparatus has a quantizer selected from a quantizer group and being used for coding inputted data, a first code amount calculation circuit for calculating a code amount of codes of the inputted data quantized by the quantizer, a prediction circuit for predicting a quantizer among the quantizer group capable of obtaining a target code amount, in accordance with the code amount calculated by the first code amount calculation circuit, the quantizer predicted by the prediction circuit for quantizing the inputted data, a second code amount calculation circuit for calculating a code amount of codes of the inputted data quantized by the predicted quantizer, and a comparator circuit for comparing the code amount calculated by the second code amount calculation circuit with the target code amount.
Patent EP-0681150-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DUDLEY KEVIN F
IPC: F01P7/04
Filed: 1995-04-13
Abstract: Apparatus and method for controlling an air distribution system (10) of the type which includes a motor (25) drivingly associated with a blower (20) and further including a target air flow rate signal (85) which represents a target air flow for the air distribution system (10), the apparatus and method providing control of the motor speed to maintain a rate of air flow in the system at substantially the target air flow rate (85) regardless of the static pressure therein. The apparatus includes means for providing a speed signal representative of the speed of the motor (25), means for providing a control signal (85) in response to the target air flow rate signal and the speed signal, and means for controlling the motor speed in response to the control signal. The means for controlling the motor speed applies a voltage to the motor (25) which varies in accordance with the control signal for maintaining the rate of air flow in the system at substantially the target air flow rate (85) regardless of the static pressure therein. The means for providing a control signal provides the control signal by implementing a constant air flow control algorithm which is responsive to both the target air flow rate signal and the speed signal generated by the means for providing a speed signal.
Patent EP-0733874-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZAHN ARTHUR D
IPC: F42B12/76
Filed: 1996-03-14
Abstract: The shell simulation (10) consists of a sleeve (11) made of at least two parts, contg. a charge effect material. The sleeve sections are connected by friction welding. The two sections pref. form a closed receiving chamber (18) in which the charge is located. The sleeve is pref. made of a weldable material, esp. polyethylene, and is 1.5-3 mm thick.
Patent EP-0759664-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MASAAKI SHIMADA
IPC: H04J3/04
Filed: 1996-05-30
Abstract: A multiplexer comprises a plurality of stages including an n-th stage as a final output stage (n = integer 2 ≤ n) and a j-th stage (j = integer, 1 ≤ j ≤ n-1), wherein the n-th stage includes a D flip-flop (4) having a clock input terminal for receiving a first clock signal (CLK), a data input terminal for receiving serial data (SIG 2 ), and a data output terminal, the D flip-flop (4) synchronizing the clock signal (CLK) with the serial data (SIG 2 ); and the j-th stage includes m n-j-1  (m = integer, 2 ≤ m) multiplexer blocks (1 & 2, or 3), each multiplexer block comprising a plurality of D flip-flops and having data input terminals for receiving m parallel data and a clock input terminal for receiving a second clock signal (1/4CLK or 1/2CLK) that is produced by frequency division of the first clock signal (CLK), the multiplexer block converting the parallel data into serial data in response to the second clock signal, and the multiplexer block being connected to a multiplexer block in the next stage so that the serial data output from the multiplexer block in the j-th stage is applied as one of parallel data that is input to the multiplexer block in the next stage. The multiplexer further includes a variable delay circuit (10) connected to the data input terminal of each multiplexer block (1, 2, or 3) in any of the second to the n-th stages, and the variable delay circuit delays the data input by a variable delay time. Therefore, even when the delay times of the constituents of the circuit are varied due to variations in the device parameters or the temperature and the timing of the data input is deviated, the timing of the data input is adjusted by the variable delay circuit (10), whereby the D flip-flop in the stage having the variable delay circuit is normally operated.
Patent EP-0763859-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WADA TAKAHIRO
IPC: H01L31/04
Filed: 1996-09-13
Abstract: A thin film solar cell having high conversion efficiency is provided. The thin film solar cell can control its band gap while keeping the quality superior to conventional solar cells. The absorber layer for photovoltaic energy conversion is a Cu(In 1-X Ga X ) (Se 1-Y S Y ) 2  based solid solution where X and Y are in the range of the following Equation:       0.317 + 0.176Y ≧ X ≧ 0.117 + 0.176Y             1 > X + Y > 0 
   Y > 0. 
The Cu(In 1-X Ga X )(Se 1-Y S Y ) 2  based solid solution has a specific chalcopyrite type crystal structure and its lattice constant ratio of a-axis to c-axis is extremely closer to two. It is most preferable that the band gap is 1.4eV, X is 0.3 and Y is 0.4, since the conversion efficiency of a homojunction solar cell will become the highest.
Patent EP-0780834-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GOOCH BEVERLEY R
IPC: G11B5/31
Filed: 1996-11-26
Abstract: An improved magnetic head (100) obviates the need for separate read and write heads in a magnetic storage system by providing a head core (110) having two physical gaps (112,114) configured to generate a reproduce track width (124) that is narrower than a record track width (122). The core of the head comprises a tapered center pole (130) disposed between two generally symmetrical main poles (102,104) to form physical record and reproduce gaps. A magnetically saturable, high permeability element (150) is disposed within the core in a manner that bridges the rear of the record gap.
Patent EP-0734193-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WING THOMAS E
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 1996-03-13
Abstract: Testing of the operation of a radio in a base station of a wireless communication network may be achieved without removing the radio from service and without utilizing a separate test radio. Data concerning call processing activities are collected during wireless communications. A failure condition on an overhead or traffic channel of a radio is identified by suitably accessing the collected data, processing the data and then comparing the results to expected values.
Patent EP-0732479-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHNATZMEYER MARK ALAN
IPC: F04F1/20
Filed: 1996-03-14
Abstract: A remotely-adjustable valve (24) employable in an enhanced-lift recovery system and a method of adjusting the same. The valve includes an elongated valve body (34) having a process fluid inlet and a process fluid outlet. An elongated valve stem (68) is disposed within the valve body (34) for axial displacement relative thereto to adjust a rate of process fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet as a function of a relative axial position of the valve stem with respect to the valve body (34). A cam (104) is disposed within the valve body (34) and couples the valve body (34) and the valve stem (68); the cam (104) provides a plurality of axial displacement positions thereon to place the valve stem (68) at a selected one of a plurality of relative axial positions with respect to the valve body (34). The valve body has a control fluid pressure port (42) for allowing a control fluid pressure to be introduced into and released from the valve (24) to reciprocate the valve stem (68) axially with respect to the valve body (34) between cocked and set positions. The cam (104) is movable from a first axial displacement position to a second axial displacement position as the valve stem (68) is reciprocated. A difference between the first and second axial displacement positions causes an adjustment of the rate of process fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
Patent EP-0737458-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOLLANDS KEITH G M
IPC: A61F5/448
Filed: 1996-04-11
Abstract: A coupling, which may be an ostomy coupling but could be any kind of tube or pipe coupling, includes a first coupling member 10 and a second coupling member 30 which are mutually interengageable and which surround an orifice 70. The coupling also includes a resilient split ring 50 which encircles the two coupling members and has a handle member 51 which can be manipulated to cause the split ring to be deformed. This causes the radially-inwardly extending tabs 52 on the ring to be shifted between respective first positions in which the split ring is undeformed and the tabs lock the two coupling members together and respective second positions in which the split ring is deformed in such a way as to shift the tabs radially outwardly to positions where they permit separation of the two coupling members. 
     The split ring is desirably made of a relatively rigid but springy plastics material, for example an acetal resin. The tabs carried by it are provided with curved or angled ramp surfaces which, when the ring is deformed by a force tending to rotate it relative to the coupling members, cause the tabs to be withdrawn from slots in one of the coupling members so permitting the two coupling members to be separated.
Patent EP-0743507-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MALVERN ALAN RICHARD
IPC: G01C19/72
Filed: 1996-05-14
Abstract: An optical gyroscope includes an optical fibre ring or coil (2) around which light may propagate in clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, means (1, 3, 4, 5, 6) for inputting a beam of light in either direction into the coil (2), a phase modulator (7) for generating and applying a phase modulation at a modulation frequency between the clockwise and counter-clockwise beams, a detector (8) for detecting the combined clockwise and counter-clockwise beams and processing means for monitoring the intensity of the output of the detector means (8) at a plurality of integral multiples of the modulation frequency to determine the rate applied to the gyroscope. The processing means includes an analogue to digital converter (13) for receiving the detector analogue output on a single channel, a data accumulation device (20) for dividing the output from the converter (13) into a number of time samples and accumulating a succession of time samples over a number of cycles of the modulation frequency, means (15, 16) for synchronising modulation frequency to the analogue to digital converter sampling frequency and to the data accumulation device frequency, and a digital signal processor (21) for receiving data from the data accumulation device (20) extracting therefrom frequency components at modulation frequency, double modulation frequency and quadruple modulation frequency and calculating therefrom the rate corrected for phase modulation and amplitude effects.
Patent EP-0758156-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OBARA RIKURO
IPC: H02K5/173
Filed: 1996-08-09
Abstract: A motor is provided which includes a compound bearing assembly comprising a stepped-diameter shaft (1) the surface of which has an inner race ring groove (2a) formed thereon. A sleeve-like outer race ring (5) is disposed around the shaft and first balls (4) or second balls (8a) are supported by the race ring groove. A base-end portion of a larger-diameter portion (1a) of the stepped-diameter shaft (1) is fixedly mounted on a base member (10) of the motor, at right angles, to permit the shaft (1) to extend upward. The compound bearing assembly is also fixedly mounted in a central hub portion (12) of a rotor (11) of the motor, allowing the motor manufacturer to assemble the motor easily and highly accurately.