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Patent EP-0743230-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BENTLEY FRED MICHAEL
IPC: B60R21/216
Filed: 1996-05-13
Abstract: A break-away fastener system for an air bag deployment door designed for normally closing a panel opening in the vehicle adjacent the open end of a housing containing an air bag in a folded-up, non-deployed condition in readiness for rapid inflation in an emergency to protect persons in the vehicle. The fastening system includes one or more spaced apart fastener assemblies, each including a male element and a female element extending between a portion of the door overlapping an edge flange of the vehicle panel around the opening used for air bag deployment. The male element comprises a bayonet-like member having an enlarged free end adapted to snap into a female element including a receiving spring clip, which clip permanently retains the male element even after air bag deployment occurs. A base portion of each male element is secured to the door at a central portion of a frangible section of reduced cross-section designed to fracture along a path extending around the base of the male element. A small portion of the door remains with each fastener assembly after the door is pushed to open outwardly upon air bag deployment. Only a smooth back face of the cover is presented to the expanding air bag so that no damage occurs to the rapidly inflating air bag because of cutting, ripping or tearing thereof during air bag deployment.
Patent EP-0846195-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PATTERSON JAMES A
IPC: B01J23/89
Filed: 1996-06-03
Abstract: Cross-linked polymer non-conductive cores (12) having a sulfonated cation exchange surface are carefully separated into fractions of equal size and density. Each fraction is separately plated preferably with a copper, palladium, nickel, titanium or any metal cation which will reduce with hydrazine to form a conductive metal flash coating (14 or 24). The flash coat plated microspheres are again separated into fractions of equal size and density. Each fraction is then given additional metal platings first of nickel (16 or 26), then preferably palladium (18 or 28), then a support layer for the palladium, followed preferably by a stabilizing metal layer (32) such as chromium. The thus plated microspheres (10 or 22) have uniformly thick platings and have a maximized surface area for the amount of metal plated making them particularly useful as catalysts or in electrical products or processes. Microspheres having a plating of palladium (18 or 28) exhibit a marked improvement in the adsorption of hydrogen both quantitatively and in rapidity. An inner nickel layer (16 or 26) between the copper flash coat (14 or 24) and palladium layer (18 or 28) and an outer nickel layer (20 or 30) atop the palladium layer serve to structurally stabilize the palladium layer during a heat production duty cycle without inhibiting hydrogen adsorption by the palladium layer.
Patent EP-0831763-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSENG MINGCHIH M
IPC: D01F8/12
Filed: 1996-06-05
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un fil dentaire amélioré se composant de filaments multicomposants co-extrudés et/ou de filaments à section multilobée. Certains fils préférés de l'invention peuvent être transformés en brosse.
Patent EP-0852625-A2 (EP)
Title: Sequence initiale secretoire de la toxine pichia, destinee a l'expression de proteines
Inventor: CRAWFORD KENNETH
IPC: C07K14/39
Filed: 1996-09-25
Abstract: L'invention concerne des polynucléotides, des vecteurs et des cellules hôtes comprenant un polynucléotide présentant un fragment d'une séquence initiale ainsi qu'une seconde séquence nucléotidique codant un polypeptide hétérologue de la séquence initiale, et elle est caractérisée en ce que le fragment de séquence initiale est suffisant pour la sécrétion et comprend une séquence d'acides aminés comportant au moins environ 70 % de l'identité de séquence de la séquence initiale de la toxine tueuse Pichia acaciae, en ce que le polypeptide hétérologue n'est pas contigu naturellement à la séquence initiale, et en ce que, lors de l'expression de la molécule polynucléotidique dans une cellule hôte appropriée à l'expression de celle-ci, le polypeptide hétérologue produit est dépourvu d'acides aminés N-terminaux additionnels.
Patent EP-0859650-A2 (EP)
Title: Verfahren zum abbau stabiler organischer schadstoffe
Inventor: KOENIG MICHAEL
IPC: C02F1/70
Filed: 1996-10-09
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Abbau stabiler organischer Schadstoffe in flüssigem Medium durch Bestrahlung. Insbesondere betrifft sie die Behandlung von Klärschlämmen, verunreinigt mit organischen Schadstoffen wie polychlorierten Dibenzo-p-dioxinen und -furanen, für die es bisher kein technisches Entsorgungsverfahren gibt. Erfindungsgemäß wird eine wäßrige Suspension aus Produkten, die die stabilen organischen Schadstoffe enthalten, sowie der Suspension zugesetzten Festkörpern mit spezifischen Eigenschaften zur Umwandlung von Elektronenstrahlung in eine für die spezifische chemische Bindungsspaltung wirksame Strahlung oder in der Suspension wirksamen Stoffen, die an ihrer Oberfläche derartige strahlungsumwandelnde Festkörper tragen, und Radikalinitiatoren wie Wasserstoffperoxid, einer niederen Carbonsäure wie Ameisensäure und Essigsäure, im sauren Medium mit Elektronenstrahlung mit einer Energie im Bereich von 0,5 bis 20 MeV und bei einer Schichtdicke der Suspension im Bereich von 0,1 bis 10 cm unter Bewegung der Suspension behandelt.
Patent EP-0797094-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INOUE RYUJI
IPC: G01N27/41
Filed: 1997-03-18
Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an exhaust gas sensor which comprises an oxygen pump cell made of solid electrolyte having an oxygen ion conductivity, an oxygen sensor cell made of solid electrolyte having an oxygen ion conductivity and disposed in opposition to the pump cell in such a manner as to define therebetween a detection space, and a semiconductor detection element made of oxide semiconductor and disposed in the detection space for detecting a predetermined detected substance in the exhaust gas introduced to the detection space. The concentration of oxygen in the detection space is regulated so as to be included within a predetermined range through control of charge or discharge of oxygen into or from the detection space by means of the oxygen pump cell on the basis of the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas, which is detected by the oxygen sensor cell.
Patent EP-0835953-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMANAKA SHUICHI
IPC: D01F9/22
Filed: 1997-10-09
Abstract: This invention relates to a precursor fiber bundle for
production of a carbon fiber bundle, a process for producing
the precursor fiber bundle, a carbon fiber bundle produced
with the precursor fiber bundle, and a process for producing
the carbon fiber bundle. 
     A percursor fiber bundle according to the invention has a
fineness being in the range of from 300,000 denier to
1,500,000 denier and has a potential dividability to sub-tows
each of which has a fineness being in the range of from
50,000 denier to 250,000 denier. 
     The precursor fiber bundle is obtained by dividing a
multifilament spun from a spinnerette into a plurality of
sub-tows, drawing the sub-tows in this state, and after that
converging the sub-tows into one tow with overlapping
adjacent sub-tows at a side edge portion thereof. The
converging is practiced typically by passing the overlapped
sub-tows through a crimping apparatus. 
     A carbon fiber bundle according to the invention is
produce by dividing the precursor fiber bundle into the sub-tows
and after that treating the sub-tows by passing thereof 
through stabilizing and carbonizing processes.
Patent EP-0850588-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMADA MASASHI
IPC: A47J41/00
Filed: 1997-11-26
Abstract: A low thermal conductivity gas-filled thermal insulation material, having a
double-walled structure with a thermal insulation space layer filled with a low thermal
conductivity gas having a thermal conductivity less than that of air provided between an
inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the thickness of the thermal insulation space layer is
set to be such that the inner wall and the outer wall are capable of achieving contact when
a space between the inner wall and the outer wall is made vacuum and an outside of the
outer wall is held at atmospheric pressure, within a range of elastic deformation allowing
return to an original position. This low thermal conductivity gas-filled thermal insulation
material can be economically produced, is compact and lightweight, and is suitable for
use with containers having unusual non-cylindrical designs.
Patent EP-0848215-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAKAMURA SHINJI
IPC: F24F11/00
Filed: 1997-12-03
Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus 3 for detecting an
abnormal operation of an air conditioner by abnormal operation
detecting means 11a retrieves a storage region 11c into which
the detected abnormal operation has been stored. If there is
a content identical to the presently sensed content in this
storage region, then report judging means 11d cancel to report.
Conversely, if there is no content identical to the presently
sensed content, then reporting means 11b reports via a public
line to a remote monitoring terminal. When present reporting
suppressing time T has passed, the abnormal operation content
of the storage region is automatically erased. As a result, it
is possible to suppress reporting of such an abnormal operation
which continuously occurs within preselected time after this
abnormal operation has once occurred.
Patent EP-0852449-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LINCOLN BRADFORD C
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 1997-12-10
Abstract: A status queue in a host and a control queue in a
segmentation and reassembly (SAR) subsystem are on opposite
sides of a host bus in a control plane. Buffer descriptors in
the host and the SAR and buffers in the host are in a data
plane. To transfer cell payloads to a first line interfacing
the SAR, the host writes the SAR that it has such cell
payloads. The host writes the host buffer descriptors into
the control queue to obtain the transfer of the buffer payload
to the first line. The SAR writes the status queue when the
transfer has been completed. To transfer cell payloads to the
host memory, the host writes into the control queue the
address of the buffers to receive the payload from the SAR.
The SAR then writes the buffer descriptors to the status queue
to obtain the transfer of the cell payloads to the buffers.
Each of the control and status queues may be respectively
considered to constitute two (2) control queues and two (2)
status queues. The SAR determines if either status queue is
full by comparing the address written by the SAR into such
status queue with the address written by the host periodically
to the SAR where the host is in the status queue. The host
determines if either control queue is full by comparing the
address written by the host into such control queue with the
address written by the SAR periodically to the host where the
SAR is in the control queue.
Patent EP-0856349-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SEKI HIROFUMI
IPC: B01D53/74
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: The interior of a single vacuum vessel (14) is
maintained at vacuum by means of a vacuum pump (16),
first and second lenses (52, 54) are disposed in the
vacuum vessel (14), an electron beam (64) emitted from an
electron source (10) is focused by each of the lenses
(52, 54), and the electron beam (64) is irradiated onto a
processing gas (66) in a duct (18). When the current
value of the electron beam is increased as the concentration
of NOx in the processing gas increases, the focal
distance is decreased by increasing the intensity of
magnetic fields or the intensity of electric fields of
the lenses (52, 54) in accordance with the current value
of a filament (32), the current value of an arc power
supply (36) and the gas pressure in a gas reservoir (20),
the lens (52) is moved toward a draw-out electrode (44)
and the lens (54) is moved toward the duct (18), so that
a parallel electron beam of constant diameter is formed
and the electron beam can be prevented from being increased
in focusing diameter.
Patent EP-0851694-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAKODA KAZUYUKI
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: A communication resource allocation method according
to the present invention is one in which a second apparatus
allocates a communication resource based on a request from a
first apparatus, and includes an allocation request step for
transmitting an allocation request signal by the first apparatus
to the second apparatus, and a resource allocation step for
detecting, by the second apparatus, the allocation request
signal to allocate a communication resource. The communication
resource allocation is carried out by using a resource of a
predetermined amount as a unit.
Patent EP-0791592-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MACKENZIE ALEXANDER RODERICK
IPC: A61P1/00
Filed: 1997-01-24
Abstract: The present invention provides compounds of the formula (I):-
      and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein 
   R is C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl, aryl or C 1 -C 6  alkyl, said C 1 -C 6  alkyl being optionally substituted by fluoro, -COOH, -COO(C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl, adamantyl, aryl or het 1 , and said C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl being optionally substituted by 1 or 2 substituents each independently selected from C 1 -C 4  alkyl, C 3 -C 7  cycloalkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, hydroxy, fluoro, fluoro(C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl and fluoro(C 1 -C 4 )alkoxy;
     R 1  is phenyl, benzyl, naphthyl, thienyl, benzothienyl or indolyl, each optionally substituted by 1 or 2 substituents each independently selected from C 1 -C 4  alkyl, C 1 -C 4  alkoxy, halo and trifluoromethyl;   R 2  represents various groups;   X is C 1 -C 4  alkylene; and   X 1  is a direct link or C 1 -C 6  alkylene.   
     Such compounds and salts are useful as tachykinin antagonists.
Patent EP-0793397-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SRINIVASA PRASANNA G N
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 1997-02-18
Abstract: In a simple high speed Real-Time method and apparatus for processing a queue in a network queue server, long packets (20) at the beginning of the queue are processed while a pointer (80) chains down the queue to find shorter packets (40). When a shorter packet (40) is found the pointer (80) stops and waits for a timing threshold to be met. When the timing threshold is met the short packet is processed until completion and then work is resumed on the long packet. The method is implemented using a pointer (60) to identify the position in the queue that is currently being processed, a pointer (80) to search for the shorter packets, two registers (70,90) to hold values of the respective pointers and memory to hold the location of the discontinued packet (20). An additional register (20) is utilized to hold the incremented cycle processing time, and a final register (150) is used to hold a threshold value for processing a packet. Lastly, a previous pseudo head register (110) is also utilized when the queue is not doubly linked.
Patent EP-0792684-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRAI HIDEFUMI
IPC: B01J20/32
Filed: 1997-02-27
Abstract: Disclosed are an adsorbent for CO, comprising a composite comprised of a porous inorganic carrier and, carried thereon, a binary complex of a nitrogen-containing compound and a copper(I) halide, the nitrogen-containing compound being at least one member selected from at least one pyridine compound and a diamine represented by R 1 R 2 N(CH 2 ) n -NR 3 R 4 , wherein n is 2 or 3 and each of R 1 , R 2 , R 3  and R 4  independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1  - C 4  alkyl group, with the proviso that when n is 2, each of at least two of R 1 , R 2 , R 3  and R 4  represents a C 1  - C 4  alkyl group atoms and that when n is 3, at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3  and R 4  represents a C 1  - C 4  alkyl group, and a method for separating carbon monoxide by adsorption using the adsorbent. Also disclosed are a method for increasing the concentration of CO in an atmosphere by desorbing and releasing the CO from the adsorbent having CO adsorbed thereon and a method for regenerating an adsorbent by treating the deteriorated adsorbent (deteriorated by the contact with an oxygen-containing gas) with a reducing agent. The adsorbent is advantageous in that the adsorbent can adsorb CO with high selectivity and has high adsorptive and desorptive ability for CO, that the adsorbent can be produced using a conventional carrier and without using hydrochloric acid, with economical advantages, and that since the adsorbent is a solid, it can be handled with ease.
Patent EP-0794528-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ALLEN RONALD
IPC: B24B41/06
Filed: 1997-03-07
Abstract: A robotic end effector for loading and unloading a magnetic information storage circular disk on a grinder or polisher carrier surface includes an effector block, an annular vacuum cup, including vacuum apertures, attached to and extending from the block and a vacuum source for attaching the cup to the disk. The cup surrounds and abuts against a periphery of a central aperture of the disk. A bore in the block conveys pressurized air through the cup axial interior, through the disk central aperture to overcome surface tension (stiction) between the carrier surface or platen of the grinder or polisher and the disk underside during unloading. A disk-carrying effector is aligned by including a lens surrounded by a ring of light-emitting diodes directed to fiducial holes on the carrier surface providing for a comparative reflection of light from the diodes by dark holes and a light colored carrier surface. The lens is protected from impingement of water droplets and grinding debris by an air flow within the ring, past the lens and through a an apertured cap in the interior of the ring.
Patent EP-0806696-A2 (EP)
Inventor: O'DONNELL ADRIAN CHARLES
IPC: G02F1/125
Filed: 1997-05-09
Abstract: A process for the manufacture of an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) employs a single soaking step at an elevated temperature for an extended period. A suitable dopant such as titanium is deposited on a substrate typically of lithium niobate, in three parallel strips so that following soaking, an optical waveguide is formed between regions defining the limits of the acoustic waveguide. The thickness and linewidth of the deposited dopant which forms the optical waveguide are selected having regard to the soaking period required to form the acoustic waveguide, so that a predetermined mode geometry for the optical waveguide will be formed in substantially the same soaking period as is required to form the acoustic waveguide.
Patent EP-0816783-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LAWRENCE JOHN MICHAEL WALMSLEY
IPC: F25B41/06
Filed: 1997-06-26
Abstract: A defrost control system comprises a superheat
detector (32) for detecting the degree of superheat of
refrigerant leaving an evaporator (8) or the presence
of liquid in the refrigerant, a temperature sensor
(28) for sensing the temperature of a thermal load
cooled by the evaporator (8) and an electrically
operable expansion valve (18) for controlling the flow
of refrigerant through the evaporator (8), each
connected to a control circuit (22). In normal
operation, the control circuit (22) controls the flow
of refrigerant to keep the temperature of the thermal
load constant. However, if the superneat detector
(32) detects that the superheat is too low, the
control circuit (22) overrides the normal operation
and reduces the flow of refrigerant. 
     If the control circuit (22) determines that the
time spent in override condition over a period exceeds
a maximum level, defrosting of the evaporator (8) is
triggered.
Patent EP-0851562-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MENICHELLI STEFANO
IPC: H02M3/07
Filed: 1997-12-23
Abstract: A voltage multiplier circuit for integrated circuits, comprising two
mirrored sections driven by control signals (PH00, PH01, PH0_P; PH10,
PH11, PH1_P) generated by a logic circuitry which receives, as input
signals, an enable signal (en) and a clock signal (clk), wherein each
mirrored section includes N stages and each stage comprises a capacitor
(C00, C01, C02; C10, C11, C12) having a lower terminal and an upper
terminal, the lower terminal is connected to a first switch (INV0, NCH00,
NCH01; INV1, NCH10, NCH11) that, in closed condition, couples the
lower terminal of the capacitor to ground (GND), said lower terminal of the
capacitor being additionally connected to a second switch (INV0, PCH00,
PCH01; INV1, PCH10, PCH11) that, in closed condition, couples the
lower terminal of the capacitor to the supply voltage (Vpp), as far as the
first stage is concemed, or to the upper terminal of the capacitor of the
previous stage, the upper terminal of the capacitor is connected to a third
switch (NCH02, NCH03, NCH04; NCH12, NCH13, NCH14) that, in closed
condition, couples the upper terminal of the capacitor to the supply
voltage (Vpp), the upper terminal of the capacitor (C02; C12) of the last
stage is connected to a last two-terminal switch (Q0; Q1 ) that, in closed in
condition, couples the upper terminal of the capacitor of the last stage to
the output of the voltage multiplier; said control signals directly or
indirectly drive said switches such that, when the voltage multiplier is
enabled (en = 1), at a rate determined by said clock signal (clk), each
mirrored section in alternated times is switched over from a charging
phase to a discharging phase, so that while a mirrored section is in
charging phase, the other one is in discharging phase and vice versa;
when a mirrored section of the circuit is charging phase, the last switch
(Q0;Q1) and all second switches thereof (INV0, PCH00, PCH01; INV1,
NCH10, NCH11) are in open condition, while its first (INVI0, NCH01; 
INV1, NCH10, NCH11) and its third switches (NCH02, NCH03, NCH04;
NCH12, NCH13, NCH14) are in closed condition, so that all capacitors of
this circuit section are parallel connected between the supply voltage
(Vpp) and ground (GND) and are charged up to said supply voltage
(Vpp); when a mirrored section of the circuit is in discharging phase, all its
first (INV0, PCH00, PCH01; INV1, NCH10, NCH11) and third switches
(NCH02, NCH03, NCH04; NCH12, NCH13, NCH14) are in open
condition, while its last switch (Q0; Q1) and all its second switches (INV0,
PCH00, PCH01; INV1, PCH10, PCH11) are in closed condition, so that all
capacitors are serially connected with one another, the lower terminal of
the capacitor (C00; C10) of the first stage being connected to the supply
voltage (Vpp) and the upper terminal of the capacitor of the N-th stage
being connected to the output of the voltage multiplier; when the voltage
multiplier is disabled (en = 0), both mirrored sections of the circuit are in
charging phase.
Patent EP-0904037-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZDEBLICK THOMAS
IPC: A61B17/28
Filed: 1997-02-12
Abstract: A laparoscopic surgical technique is provided for preparing a site for implantation of a fusion device or implant. In accordance with one embodiment of the technique, a laparoscope (170) is provided having an outer sleeve (171) with distraction fingers (173) at one end to distract the disc space (D). The laparoscope (170) includes a laparoscopic port (180) at its opposite end through which instruments and implants are inserted. The laparoscope (170) provides a sealed working channel to the disc space through which the disc space is distracted, the vertebral endplates and surrounding disc is reamed, and the fusion device inserted. The laparoscope (170) is alternately engaged within bilateral locations in the disc space for insertion of a pair of fusion implants (10). A switching sleeve (191) extends through the laparoscope (170) to protect the tissue at the surgical site as the laparoscope (170) is moved between the bilateral fusion loctions. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-0857614-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PREGL ALEXANDER
IPC: B60R5/04
Filed: 1998-02-02
Abstract: The car has a boot of variable volume, which is separated from the passenger compartment by a partition wall behind the rear seat. The dividing wall (3) and the rear seat (9) can both be moved forward and back. There is an acoustic seal between the partition wall and the edge (11) of the boot. The acoustic seal may be in the form of bellows (8). The rear seat may run on rails, and it may be possible to turn the its backrest (10). The partition wall may have at least one cross-bearer (5,6) or support carrier (7) to lock it.