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Patent EP-0713656-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GORZA ROBERTO
IPC: A43B5/04
Filed: 1995-11-17
Abstract: A ski boot comprising a shell (2) that is constituted by a first element (5) and by a second element (6) that are asymmetrical with respect to the longitudinal median plane of the shell. The first element and the second element can also mutually partially overlap so as to allow optimum foot and leg securing, and also to walk satisfactorily although the quarter and the shell are fastened.
Patent EP-0718668-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAUMS DIETER
IPC: G02B6/125
Filed: 1995-12-14
Abstract: The switch has a number of independently controlled light amplifying or light absorbing waveguide zones (AB) applied to a common substrate and provided by curved waveguide sections, each extending from a waveguide branch point (V). Pref. an incoming waveguide has a straight waveguide section (A) leading to the branch point at which it splits into two waveguide sections which are curved in opposite directions, each having a radius of curvature (r) which is at least one quarter of the spacing (d) between the waveguides at the end of the curved sections.
Patent EP-0704913-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KOBAYASHI FUMIHIKO
IPC: H01L33/00
Filed: 1995-09-27
Abstract: An optical semiconductor device includes an optical semiconductor element, a semiconductor region, and a buried layer. The optical semiconductor element is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor region opposes the optical semiconductor element and essentially surrounds the optical semiconductor element to form walls. The buried layer is arranged between the walls of the semiconductor region and the optical semiconductor element and formed by vapor phase epitaxy. In this optical semiconductor device, a distance between the wall of the semiconductor region and a side wall of the optical semiconductor element is larger in a portion in which the growth rate of the vapor phase epitaxy in a horizontal direction from the side wall of the optical semiconductor element and the wall of the semiconductor region is higher.
Patent EP-0685977-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAKER ALBERT D
IPC: H04Q11/04
Filed: 1995-05-24
Abstract: Full channel service is obtained over a modified ISDN BRI interface by emulating at least one central office (CO) station terminal which provides access to a voice channel over a single DSL for user station terminals whether or not they are ISDN BRI compatible. To this end, an interface is provided for the DSL that emulates an ISDN BRI CO station terminal and acts like a facility to user station terminals. More specifically, a plurality of CO station terminals are emulated on a single multi-point passive bus terminating the single DSL. Each of the emulated CO station terminals presents to the CO switching office the appearance of being a CO station terminal. The emulated CO station terminals are configured such that CO features are accessible. Information from the emulated CO station terminals is mapped into existing system structures where such structures are available and compatible with the information from the emulated terminal.
Patent EP-0695111-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AN HYUN-JUN
IPC: H05B6/68
Filed: 1995-07-26
Abstract: A microwave oven and a method of controlling the operation thereof in which an algorithm is provided to operate the microwave oven virtually. The microwave oven comprises a control unit (20) including a microcontroller (25) for storing a program therein, an operating panel (13) including a plurality of keys for inputting key signals regarding various functions of a cooking operation, a display unit (11) for displaying the contents inputted through the operating panel (13), and a magnetron (36) for generating a microwave under the control of the control unit (20). The microwave oven further comprises key select means for selecting a desired one of the plurality of keys on the operating panel to operate the microwave oven virtually, and simulated operation change means for changing the operation of the microwave oven to a simulated operation in response to the key being selected by the key select means.
Patent EP-0718880-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAMATSUZAKI TAKAO
IPC: H01L21/66
Filed: 1995-12-11
Abstract: A high speed device and method for estimating the yield of semiconductor chips without requiring a large data storage area. The noise particles which adhere to a number of semiconductor chips are generated in a particle generating unit 12 and an identification number indicating the semiconductor chip on which the noise particles adhere is given. All the noise particles are driven in driving unit 13 on one mask stored in circuit storage unit 15. The mask pattern near the driven noise particle is checked and whether or not the noise particle causes a defect is checked in a defect detecting unit 16. Semiconductor chips with defects are detected in a semiconductor chip defect detecting unit 17 based on the semiconductor chip identification number of each noise particle. Then a computing unit 18 calculates the chip yield from the total number of semiconductor chips and the number of semiconductor chips without defects.
Patent EP-0692782-A2 (EP)
Inventor: COMBE ANTHONY DAVID
IPC: G11B5/39
Filed: 1995-03-15
Abstract: A disk drive comprises a magneto-resistive read head (20) and an inductive write head (22) for use with removable hard disk cartridges. A four-bust embedded servo is written and read to guide the servo-positioning of the magneto-resistive read head over data tracks (24) recorded on the removable hard disk (12).
Patent EP-0774024-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ALSOP PETER
IPC: E02B3/04
Filed: 1995-07-26
Abstract: Système (10) de prévention d'érosion de sol sous-marin constitué d'une longueur de matériau (12) généralement rectangulaire pliée à intervalles réguliers à un angle généralement perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de la longueur de matériau (12) rectangulaire, formant ainsi des feuilles (16). Chaque feuille (16) comporte des fentes (12) qui sont généralement perpendiculaires aux plis (14). Les fentes (22) commencent au-dessus de l'arête inférieure (20) de la feuille et se terminent sous l'arête supérieure (18) de ladite feuille. Les feuilles comportent des ouvertures (26) de taille appropriée pour recevoir de manière serrée une ligne d'ancrage (28) de chaque côté. Un ensemble (40) enroulable gonflable doté d'une soupape réceptrice (44) facilite le déploiement dudit système (10). Ledit ensemble peut être enroulé avec le système de prévention d'érosion de sol sous-marin et lorsque tout est prêt pour le déploiement, un fluide est introduit de manière régulée dans l'ensemble par la soupape réceptrice, ce qui provoque le déroulement de l'ensemble et du système. Selon une variante, ledit système de prévention d'érosion de sol sous-marin peut être fixé amovible à un mécanisme à châssis (50) pour faciliter le déploiement sous l'eau.
Patent EP-0720844-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AMI KAZUHIRO
IPC: A61K8/00
Filed: 1996-01-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a stick cosmetic which is not oily when it is applied to skin and is not softened at high temperatures and which is adhered to the skin with a powdery and smooth feeling when it is applied to the skin while having a sufficiently large flexural strength and is suitable for eyebrows and eyeliner having a sufficiently good color tone. 
     The present invention relates to a stick cosmetic which has a porosity of 5 to 45 % and in which the pores are impregnated with silicone oil, oil & fat or wax, comprising 1 to 10 weight % of at least one clay selected from the group consisting of bentonite, smectite, montmorillonite, bederite, nontronite, hectorite, and saponite, an inorganic extender pigment, and an inorganic color pigment as essential components, wherein the above inorganic fine particles leaving no carbides in sintering at 300 to 1000°C are kneaded with water; the kneaded composition is molded; this molded composition is dried and then subjected to heat treatment at 300 to 1000°C, and a production method for the same.
Patent EP-0724364-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MOCHIZUKI TAKASHI
IPC: H04N19/91
Filed: 1996-01-26
Abstract: In Hadamard transform coding/decoding method and apparatus, transform coefficients which are obtained through an Hadamard transform operation in an Hadamard transformer 3 are subjected to a bit extract (delete) operation in a bit delete unit 4 to extract 1 bit from the least significant bits of the transform coefficients, 4 bits from the second least significant bits and 7 bits from the third least significant bits and then the extracted bits are output as supplement information Ysup. In addition, the transform coefficients whose first, second and third least significant bits are deleted, are output from the bit delete unit 4. A bit restoring unit 7 supplements the first, second and third least significant bits of all the transform coefficients on the basis of the 1-bit information, 4-bit information and 7-bit information per block of the supplement information Ysup, which represent the first, second and third least significant bits of the transform coefficients, thereby restoring the transform coefficients. The restored transform coefficients are output to an Hadamard inverse transformer 8 to obtain an image signal.
Patent EP-0728546-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHMIEDEKNECHT DEAN L
IPC: B22D27/15
Filed: 1996-02-20
Abstract: A method of making a directionally solidified casting by casting a melt in a mold cavity of an investment mold having a core therein to form an internal casting surface feature involves evacuating the mold cavity while the investment mold is disposed on a chill member with the mold cavity communicating to the chill member, and introducing the melt into the evacuated mold cavity about the core so that the melt contacts the chill member for unidirectional heat removal and directional solidification. Then, gaseous pressure is applied to the melt cast in the mold cavity rapidly enough after introduction in the mold cavity to reduce localized void regions present in the cast melt as a result of surface tension effects between the melt and the core.
Patent EP-0730333-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KRANERT KLAUS DR
IPC: B63H23/24
Filed: 1996-03-01
Abstract: The ship's drive has an electrical drive network (10) with a pair of independently supplied 3-phase current rails (12, 13), supplying at least 2 redundant electric motors (22, 23), for driving at least one ship's propeller (24, 25). The current rails are coupled via a longitudinal transformer (17) with a 1:1 transformation ratio, providing a voltage phase rotation which is a factor of 60 degrees between the primary and secondary circuits. At least one further transformer (19) in the secondary circuit of the latter transformer provides a reverse phase rotation through the same angle, for supplying a LV network (11) in phase synchronism with the electrical drive network.
Patent EP-0743081-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HARSANYI OTTO
IPC: A63C5/075
Filed: 1996-03-02
Abstract: The ski binding cooperates with the underside of the ski boot, with the force applied by the skier received by an elongate relatively stiff carrier plate extending in the ski longitudinal direction. The carrier plate has a section which is rigidly secured to the ski (1) and a section which is spaced from the ski and coupled to it via a coupling with an elasticity and/or damping rate which is varied in dependence on detected parameters. Pref. the variable coupling is provided by at least one fluid-filled chamber (10,12) between the surface of the ski and the carrier plate.
Patent EP-0735407-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKABE MASATO
IPC: G02F1/13
Filed: 1996-03-28
Abstract: The invention concerns a method and apparatus for recording a photographic image on a liquid crystal recording medium. The apparatus comprises in the order, a planar electrode (22), a smectic liquid crystal layer (23), a photoconductive layer (13), a gap and a transparent electrode (12). A voltage (30) is applied to the two electrodes (12,22) and an image is projected on the liquid crystal layer through the transparent electrode, causing local orientation of the liquid crystal in dependence of applied voltage and illumination. 
Due to liquid crystal hysteresis (memory), the orientation is maintained also when the voltage is removed. By adjusting the voltage applied during exposure, the characteristics of the recorded image can be controlled. The voltage can be adjusted in dependence of resistance of the liquid crystal medium and current from a photo-sensor.
Patent EP-0762808-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWASAKI OSAMU
IPC: H01L41/04
Filed: 1996-08-29
Abstract: An inverter power source apparatus using a piezoelectric transformer, has : variable oscillating device for oscillating a pulse signal; pulse-width changing device for changing a width of said pulse signal of said variable oscillating device; driving device for generating a driving signal on the basis of an output of said pulse-width changing device; a piezoelectric transformer which is driven by said driving signal, drives a predetermined load, and has input and output electrodes; detecting device for detecting a relationship between said driving signal and a resonance frequency of said piezoelectric transformer, and for, on the basis of a result of the detection, controlling a frequency of said oscillation signal of said variable oscillating device so that a difference between said resonance frequency and a frequency of said driving signal is substantially within a preset range; and pulse-width controlling device for, when a detection results of said detecting device shows that said difference between said resonance frequency and said frequency of said driving signal is substantially within said preset range, controlling said pulse-width changing device so that a current flowing through said load is substantially constant.
Patent EP-0761986-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BOCKENHEIMER ALEXANDER
IPC: F16B5/06
Filed: 1994-09-14
Abstract: The grip element has sprung grips (14) to secure a fitting, e.g. mounting screw, and is supported inside a cylindrical plastics sleeve (3) by sprung radial arms (6,7,8). The arms are evenly spaced and sprung and are at least two in number. For a simple sprung support the radial arms are positioned in a spiral pattern and are secured to the sleeve and to the central fitting. The grip in the central fitting can be via ratchet grips. The sleeve is located in the mounting by a shoulder.
Patent EP-0735376-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STROSSER RICHARD P
IPC: G01R31/72
Filed: 1996-03-26
Abstract: A metal detector comprises a detection coil (12) disposed in a magnetic field, the ends of the coil (12) being connected through a balanced resistor network (20) to the inputs (21, 23) of a differential amplifier (22). A test signal is injected into the metal detector at a point such that the coil (12) is effectively in series with one branch of the balanced resistor network (20). The injected signal produces a potential difference at the inputs (21, 23) of the differential amplifier (20), the magnitude of the potential difference being dependent on the resistance (R c ) of the detection coil (12). The test signal is generated by a circuit including a microcomputer (42) which successively feeds digital values corresponding to the sine function to a digital-to-analog converter (44), so that the converter generates the test signal in the form of a sine wave. The output signal (CH1) from the differential amplifier (22) is applied to an analog-to-digital converter (40). The microcomputer (42) controls the analog-to-digital converter (40) to repetitively sample the output signal (CH1) from the amplifier (22) and convert each sample to a digital value. The digital values are compared with two threshold values corresponding to the maximum and minimum values the amplifier output signal (CH1) may have when the coil resistance (R c ) is within an acceptable range and when the amplifier output signal (CH1) exceeds the maximum or is less than the minimum value, an error indication is produced.
Patent EP-0744183-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GYURE SANDOR
IPC: A61M5/32
Filed: 1996-04-12
Abstract: A hardpack shield employable with a medical delivery device utilizing the pivoting-type needle guard or barrier assembly. The shield, which may be formed from a semi-rigid yet puncture-resistant material such as polypropylene, may be configured for mating engagement with a component of the pivotable barrier assembly so as to enable a user to safely manipulate the barrier assembly respective of a medical delivery device to which the piercing element and barrier assembly are affixed. The hardpack shield is configured for ready removal by a user while providing a secondary barrier against inadvertent needlestick injury with a piercing element.
Patent EP-0779114-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INSALACO JEFFREY LEE
IPC: F28F9/04
Filed: 1996-11-19
Abstract: A method for forming ports (12) on a heat exchanger manifold (14), in which risers (24) are back extruded in a single operation from the surrounding material of the manifold (14) such that subsequent machining steps to further define and finish the ports (12) are unnecessary. The method of this invention generally includes forging the manifold (14) between a pair of die halves (18a,18b) so as to back extrude a localized portion (22) of the manifold (14) into a riser cavity in one of the die halves (18a). Afterwards, and while the manifold (14) remains within the die cavity, a punch (20) is forced through the riser cavity and into the extruded portion (22) in a direction toward the manifold (14) so as to further back extrude the extruded portion (22). This step causes the raised portion to flow in a direction opposite to the direction of the punch (20), producing a riser (24) having an internal bore defined by the punch (20) and an outer surface defined by the cavity. An internal chamfer can be simultaneously formed on the internal bore of the riser in order to facilitate assembly of a tube with the riser (24). The precision of the punch operation yields risers (24) that do not require further machining or finishing to correctly size the risers (24) or form the chamfers.
Patent EP-0732093-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MICHELSON GARY K
IPC: A61B17/17
Filed: 1996-02-02
Abstract: The present invention discloses a spinal fusion implant that is at least partially cylindrical, made of material appropriate for human implantation and having preferably, but not necessarily, one closed end and one end capable of being closed, such that an internal chamber can be filled and hold any natural or artificial osteoconductive, osteoinductive, osteogenic, or other fusion enhancing material. The partially cylindrical implant directly participates and is incorporated in the ensuing fusion. In the preferred embodiment, the implant of the present invention relies on surface roughenings of the outer surface to enhance its stability and resist dislodgement from within the disc space between two adjacent vertebrae. The implant of the present invention incorporates at its rear end, an engagement means to facilitate insertion or extraction of the implant. The implant may be filled with, coated with, and/or composed of, fusion promoting substances. Finally, the implant of the present invention does not require rotation for its insertion and can be seated by linear advancement.
Patent EP-0752764-A2 (EP)
Title: Wireless communications network
Inventor: OLSEN CLAUS MICHAEL
IPC: H04B7/26
Filed: 1996-06-18
Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for expanding the physical coverage area of a wireless communications network in which a number of transceivers are connected in a series configuration to a single base station, and each transceiver transmits signals to selected portions (subcells) of the physical coverage area. Each transceiver is connected to a delay unit where all of the delay units are adjusted so that downlink signals transmitted from the single base station will be transmitted from the transceivers to their respective subcells in phase with each other. Since all of the downlink signals from each of the transceivers result from the same downlink signal from the base station and since they are in phase with each other, a wireless unit anywhere in the physical coverage area will receive a downlink signal which is error free. Further, when uplink signals are transmitted simultaneously from a number of wireless units in different subcells of the physical coverage area to the transceivers, the selection units will instantaneously select one and only one uplink signal to be received by the base station. Any one of the other simultaneously transmitted signals will be rejected throughout the duration of the signal.
Patent EP-0750413-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WILSON JEFFREY
IPC: H04M3/20
Filed: 1996-06-19
Abstract: A voice services equipment [VSE] (10) allows a number of incoming telephone calls to be connected together to provide a conferencing function. The telephone calls making up the conference are recorded by a disc store (26) of the VSE (10), and each caller speaking is identified by means of calling line identity (CLI) or the caller's PIN code. If a complaint is made after the conference, an operator at a review station (16) can review the conference and determine which caller caused offence. That caller can be added to a black list held on a database (14), so that further calls from that caller will not be allowed access.
Patent EP-0730835-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TILVE ENRIQUE JESUS RAMON
IPC: A45C13/10
Filed: 1996-03-08
Abstract: Improvements in cases for glassses of the type comprehending two boxes that, elongated and hinged among each other, complement their respective cavities opposite to each other defining the admission receptacle of the glasses; the boxes being formed by respective main walls obverse and reverse of the case, respectively in each one of them originating the lateral walls which, in a confronting way and include retentive means of the hinging, being said improvements characterized because two of the opposed lateral walls of one of the boxes comprehend respective flexibly cedent arms, projecting from their free ends, cams forcibly wedged and auto-retainable in respective compatible openings confonned by the other box, constituting said cams and said openings shutting means logether with the commanding means located in the lateral wall opposed to the hinging wall.