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A medical probe, comprising: a tubular shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular shaft extending along a longitudinal axis; an expandable basket assembly proximate the distal end of the tubular shaft, the basket assembly comprising a first unitary tripodic structure and a second unitary tripodic structure, each tripodic structure formed from a respective planar sheet of material that includes three linear spines converging at a respective central spine intersection (211A, 211B), each spine of each tripodic structure including a respective end connected to the distal end of the tubular shaft, the central spine intersection of each tripodic structure being positioned on the longitudinal axis at a distal end of the basket assembly; and one or more electrodes (40, 740A-740E) coupled to each of the spines, each electrode defining a lumen through the electrode so that the spine extends through the lumen of each of the one or more electrodes. a tubular shaft including a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular shaft extending along a longitudinal axis; an expandable basket assembly proximate the distal end of the tubular shaft, the basket assembly comprising a first unitary tripodic structure and a second unitary tripodic structure, each tripodic structure formed from a respective planar sheet of material that includes three linear spines converging at a respective central spine intersection (211A, 211B), each spine of each tripodic structure including a respective end connected to the distal end of the tubular shaft, the central spine intersection of each tripodic structure being positioned on the longitudinal axis at a distal end of the basket assembly; and one or more electrodes (40, 740A-740E) coupled to each of the spines, each electrode defining a lumen through the electrode so that the spine extends through the lumen of each of the one or more electrodes.
A bi-directional optical communication system comprising bi-directional optical transmission/reception devices (21, 22) and a multi-core optical fiber (10B; 10C) having four or more cores (11, 12) in a common cladding, wherein the bi-directional optical communication system is configured to perform bi-directional optical communication between the optical transmission/reception devices (21, 22) by using the multi-core optical fiber (10B; 10C) as an optical transmission line, and the multi-core optical fiber (10B; 10C) has: a first end face; and a second end face opposing the first end face, wherein each of the cores (11, 12) has an input end into which signal light is inputted, and an output end from which the signal light is outputted, wherein the input end of each of the cores (11, 12) is arranged on the first end face or the second end face, and the output end of each of the cores (11, 12) is arranged on the first end face or the second end face so that the signal light is transmitted in a first direction through an arbitrary core among the cores (11, 12), whereas the signal light is transmitted in a second direction opposite to the first direction, through all the nearest-neighbor cores with respect to the arbitrary core, and wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to a central axis of the multi-core optical fiber (10B; 10C), the cores (11, 12) are arranged at other lattice points excluding one specific lattice point located at a corner part among nine lattice points of a square lattice, the square lattice having an odd number of lattice points. a first end face; and a second end face opposing the first end face, wherein each of the cores (11, 12) has an input end into which signal light is inputted, and an output end from which the signal light is outputted, wherein the input end of each of the cores (11, 12) is arranged on the first end face or the second end face, and the output end of each of the cores (11, 12) is arranged on the first end face or the second end face so that the signal light is transmitted in a first direction through an arbitrary core among the cores (11, 12), whereas the signal light is transmitted in a second direction opposite to the first direction, through all the nearest-neighbor cores with respect to the arbitrary core, and wherein in a cross-section perpendicular to a central axis of the multi-core optical fiber (10B; 10C), the cores (11, 12) are arranged at other lattice points excluding one specific lattice point located at a corner part among nine lattice points of a square lattice, the square lattice having an odd number of lattice points.
An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: an inkjet head that ejects ink from a nozzle; and a cloth wipe unit that includes a woven cloth that wipes a nozzle surface in which an ejecting opening of the nozzle of the inkjet head is open, wherein, the ink attached to the nozzle surface is wiped by a relative sliding movement between the woven cloth and the nozzle surface, and wherein the inkjet recording apparatus is configured such that a mountain portion formed on a surface by a thread passing above a crossed thread of the woven cloth rubs against all of the ejecting openings during the sliding, characterized in that the inkjet recording apparatus is configured such that the mountain portion runs over at least two threads and an intersection angle between a direction of the sliding and the mountain portion is within a range of 90 degrees ± 15 degrees. an inkjet head that ejects ink from a nozzle; and a cloth wipe unit that includes a woven cloth that wipes a nozzle surface in which an ejecting opening of the nozzle of the inkjet head is open, wherein, the ink attached to the nozzle surface is wiped by a relative sliding movement between the woven cloth and the nozzle surface, and wherein the inkjet recording apparatus is configured such that a mountain portion formed on a surface by a thread passing above a crossed thread of the woven cloth rubs against all of the ejecting openings during the sliding, characterized in that the inkjet recording apparatus is configured such that the mountain portion runs over at least two threads and an intersection angle between a direction of the sliding and the mountain portion is within a range of 90 degrees ± 15 degrees.
A solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor electrode including a first substrate having a first conductive film formed on its surface and a porous semiconductor layer formed on the first substrate; a counter electrode including a second substrate having a second conductive film formed on its surface; and a carrier transport layer including conductive material, posed between said semiconductor electrode and said counter electrode; wherein said porous semiconductor layer carries on its surface a photosensitizer containing inorganic material carrying organic molecules each having an aromatic ring, and molecular weight of said organic molecule is at most 500. a semiconductor electrode including a first substrate having a first conductive film formed on its surface and a porous semiconductor layer formed on the first substrate; a counter electrode including a second substrate having a second conductive film formed on its surface; and a carrier transport layer including conductive material, posed between said semiconductor electrode and said counter electrode; wherein said porous semiconductor layer carries on its surface a photosensitizer containing inorganic material carrying organic molecules each having an aromatic ring, and molecular weight of said organic molecule is at most 500.
Method for the mass spectrometric determination of microbial resistance to an antibiotic, whereby the microbes are grown in a synthetic culture medium which contains a specific concentration of an antibiotic, wherein mass spectrometry is used to determine whether at least one nutrient component of the synthetic culture medium decreases during culturing or a chemically modified variant of a nutrient component increases, whereby a decrease in a nutrient component or an increase in a chemically modified variant of a nutrient component indicates resistance to the antibiotic at the given concentration.
A remote, precise gap-measuring apparatus for a nuclear reactor comprising a nuclear reactor vessel, a core support barrel, a core shroud and a lower support structure, said remote, precise gap-measuring apparatus comprising: a plurality of digital probes suitable for measuring a gap between a recess of the nuclear reactor vessel protrusion and a surface-hardening part of a core support barrel protrusion, said nuclear reactor vessel protrusion being disposed on an inner surface of the nuclear reactor vessel, the core support barrel protrusion being disposed on an outer surface of the core support barrel and engaged with the nuclear reactor vessel protrusion; a computer coupled to the digital probes to display and store a measured value of the gap measured by the digital probes; a solenoid valve controlled by the computer, wherein the solenoid valve is adapted to control compressed air supplied through an air hose to operate the digital probe; an air compressor supplying the compressed air to the digital probes; and a standard block gauge capable of being inserted in the gap, characterized in that the digital probes are configured to measure the gap distance from the surface-hardening part to the standard block gauge after the core support barrel is inserted into the nuclear reactor vessel, and after the core support barrel, the core shroud and the lower support structure are welded to each other. a plurality of digital probes suitable for measuring a gap between a recess of the nuclear reactor vessel protrusion and a surface-hardening part of a core support barrel protrusion, a computer coupled to the digital probes to display and store a measured value of the gap measured by the digital probes; a solenoid valve controlled by the computer, an air compressor supplying the compressed air to the digital probes; and a standard block gauge capable of being inserted in the gap,
A method for detecting a fatigue state of a cog belt of a wind power generator set, comprising: acquiring pitch angles satisfying a preset condition, wherein the preset condition comprises a predetermined pitch angle range and the predetermined pitch angle range comprises pitch angles at which a signal fed back by a proximity switch changes; acquiring signal characteristic values corresponding to the pitch angles; selecting, from the pitch angles, pitch angles at which the signal characteristic value changes, according to an acquisition timing sequence of the signal characteristic values; performing characteristic statistics on the selected pitch angles to acquire a characteristic statistic value; and determining whether the cog belt is in the fatigue state, by comparing the characteristic statistic value with a predetermined threshold. acquiring pitch angles satisfying a preset condition, wherein the preset condition comprises a predetermined pitch angle range and the predetermined pitch angle range comprises pitch angles at which a signal fed back by a proximity switch changes; acquiring signal characteristic values corresponding to the pitch angles; selecting, from the pitch angles, pitch angles at which the signal characteristic value changes, according to an acquisition timing sequence of the signal characteristic values; performing characteristic statistics on the selected pitch angles to acquire a characteristic statistic value; and determining whether the cog belt is in the fatigue state, by comparing the characteristic statistic value with a predetermined threshold.
A method of containing arc faults in a power distribution unit, the method comprising: in response to a bus bar temperature exceeding a bus bar temperature threshold, thermally opening a conductive element that is electrically connected to an energizing coil of a contactor, thermally coupled to a bus bar, and electrically connected to a controller configured to selectively open and close the contactor, the conductive element being electrically connected to the energizing coil of the contactor and the controller, the conductive element being electrically isolated from a power source electrically connected to the first bus bar through the contactor.
Control apparatus for a switching device having a trip coil and/or a holding coil, comprising a pulse-width-controlled switching apparatus connected to the coil, and a control unit which is connected to the switching apparatus and generates a control signal having an adjustable pulse width, the control unit setting the pulse width of the control signal as a function of the input voltage signal of the control unit such that the control apparatus maintains the current through the trip coil and/or the holding coil of the switching device in an approximately constant manner, the control unit determining the voltage of the switching device by determining an instantaneous coil voltage (U Sp) at the trip coil and/or the holding coil from a determined input voltage signal of the control unit, taking into account a pulse width modulation time (t PWM), and by adjusting a current pulse width modulation switch-on time (t On) from the instantaneous coil voltage (U Sp), characterised in that a data processing unit of the control unit compares the instantaneous coil voltage (U Sp) of the trip coil and/or the holding coil of the switching device with a predeterminable coil voltage target value (U Sp,soll) stored in the control unit and determines the current pulse width modulation switch-on time (t On) for the output signal of the control unit as a function of the comparative value.
An elevator belt monitoring system, comprising (a) a housing (2, 102) for receiving an elevator belt, wherein said housing includes a bottom portion (6, 106) which receives the elevator belt and a top portion (4, 104) removably connected with said bottom portion (6, 106); (b) a plurality of parallel belt-piercing devices arranged in an array within said housing, each belt-piercing device being configured to pierce a respective cord within the belt; and (c) a plurality of contacts connected with said belt-piercing devices, said contacts including a pair of signal contacts and a plurality of bridge contact assemblies, said bridge contact assemblies connecting selected pairs of belt-piercing devices, wherein said bridge contact assemblies each have a planar portion which extends normal to said belt-piercing devices, characterized in that (d) said housing bottom portion (6, 106) contains a plurality of openings (16, 116) arranged in an array and said belt-piercing devices comprise screws (14, 114) arranged in said housing bottom portion openings, respectively, whereby a screwdriver may be inserted into said housing bottom portion openings (16, 116) and rotated to drive said screws (14, 114) through the elevator belt to engage a respective cord. (a) a housing (2, 102) for receiving an elevator belt, wherein said housing includes a bottom portion (6, 106) which receives the elevator belt and a top portion (4, 104) removably connected with said bottom portion (6, 106); (b) a plurality of parallel belt-piercing devices arranged in an array within said housing, each belt-piercing device being configured to pierce a respective cord within the belt; and (c) a plurality of contacts connected with said belt-piercing devices, said contacts including a pair of signal contacts and a plurality of bridge contact assemblies, said bridge contact assemblies connecting selected pairs of belt-piercing devices, wherein said bridge contact assemblies each have a planar portion which extends normal to said belt-piercing devices, characterized in that (d) said housing bottom portion (6, 106) contains a plurality of openings (16, 116) arranged in an array and said belt-piercing devices comprise screws (14, 114) arranged in said housing bottom portion openings, respectively, whereby a screwdriver may be inserted into said housing bottom portion openings (16, 116) and rotated to drive said screws (14, 114) through the elevator belt to engage a respective cord.
A method for producing a semiconductor wafer, comprising at least steps of epitaxially growing a Si 1-X Ge X layer (0<X<1) on an SOI wafer (1, 2, 3), - forming a Si 1-Y Ge Y layer (0≤Y<X) on the epitaxially grown Si 1-X Ge X layer, and then - enriching Ge in the epitaxially grown Si 1-X Ge X layer by an oxidation heat treatment so that the Si 1-X Ge X layer becomes an enriched SiGe layer, wherein the oxidation heat treatment is initiated from 950°C or less under an oxidizing atmosphere, and the oxidation is performed so that a portion of the formed Si 1-Y Ge Y layer remains during the temperature rise to 950°C, and then, after the temperature rise to 950°C, the temperature is raised to 1200°C or more, and then the enrichment of Ge is performed under an oxidizing atmosphere, and then - performing a heat treatment for relaxing the lattice in the enriched SiGe layer under an argon or nitrogen atmosphere, characterized in that - the step of raising the temperature to 1200°C or more after the temperature rise to 950°C, is performed under an argon or nitrogen atmosphere containing oxygen of 5% or less, thereby performing oxidation until the remaining portion of the Si 1-Y Ge Y layer disappears. - forming a Si 1-Y Ge Y layer (0≤Y<X) on the epitaxially grown Si 1-X Ge X layer, and then - enriching Ge in the epitaxially grown Si 1-X Ge X layer by an oxidation heat treatment so that the Si 1-X Ge X layer becomes an enriched SiGe layer, wherein the oxidation heat treatment is initiated from 950°C or less under an oxidizing atmosphere, and the oxidation is performed so that a portion of the formed Si 1-Y Ge Y layer remains during the temperature rise to 950°C, and then, after the temperature rise to 950°C, the temperature is raised to 1200°C or more, and then the enrichment of Ge is performed under an oxidizing atmosphere, and then - performing a heat treatment for relaxing the lattice in the enriched SiGe layer under an argon or nitrogen atmosphere, characterized in that - the step of raising the temperature to 1200°C or more after the temperature rise to 950°C, is performed under an argon or nitrogen atmosphere containing oxygen of 5% or less, thereby performing oxidation until the remaining portion of the Si 1-Y Ge Y layer disappears.
A method for forming a mold interconnect system ball grid array package, MIS-BGA, the method comprising: providing a sacrificial element on a pad of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, the pad coupled with a carrier panel; providing, on the pad, a mold compound of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, wherein the mold compound is at least partially adjacent to the sacrificial element; and removing, subsequent to the providing of the mold compound, the sacrificial element to form a via in the mold compound to at least partially expose the pad; at least partially filling the via with an electrically conductive material via a plating process to form a plated via interconnect of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, the plated via interconnect coupled with the pad through the mold compound; and releasing the MIS-BGA package to be formed from the carrier panel. providing a sacrificial element on a pad of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, the pad coupled with a carrier panel; providing, on the pad, a mold compound of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, wherein the mold compound is at least partially adjacent to the sacrificial element; and removing, subsequent to the providing of the mold compound, the sacrificial element to form a via in the mold compound to at least partially expose the pad; at least partially filling the via with an electrically conductive material via a plating process to form a plated via interconnect of the MIS-BGA package to be formed, the plated via interconnect coupled with the pad through the mold compound; and releasing the MIS-BGA package to be formed from the carrier panel.
A vibratory floor installed in a container, and made up of at least one shaker module, each shaker module including at least one motor-driven vibrator secured to a metal sheet, the metal sheet bearing on a filler material when the vibratory floor bears a load, and on compression springs when the vibratory floor is not loaded, characterized in that the increase in the inner volume of each shaker module during an emptying cycle is offset using an outer pipe of the vibratory floor relative to a clean air contribution outside the container, and in that the outer pipe serves as a passage sheath for an electrical power cable of a motor-driven vibrator. characterized in that the increase in the inner volume of each shaker module during an emptying cycle is offset using an outer pipe of the vibratory floor relative to a clean air contribution outside the container, and in that the outer pipe serves as a passage sheath for an electrical power cable of a motor-driven vibrator.
An incubator comprising baby guards (23 to 26) for forming an outer periphery of an infant accommodation space, wherein: at least one of the baby guards (23 to 26) includes a substantially rod shaped protrusion configuring an upper end of the at least one baby guard (23 to 26), when in a substantially upright state that is substantially upward; and a thickness and a horizontal direction width of the substantially rod shaped protrusion are larger than the ones of an intermediate portion with respect to a vertical direction of the baby guards (23 to 26) respectively. at least one of the baby guards (23 to 26) includes a substantially rod shaped protrusion configuring an upper end of the at least one baby guard (23 to 26), when in a substantially upright state that is substantially upward; and a thickness and a horizontal direction width of the substantially rod shaped protrusion are larger than the ones of an intermediate portion with respect to a vertical direction of the baby guards (23 to 26) respectively.
A system for regenerating a particulate trap in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine and including a wall-flow particulate trap having a plurality of porous walls for filtering engine exhaust and removing particulates therefrom to form a particulate cake on the porous walls, a valving mechanism downstream of said trap for periodically creating a pressure increase throughout the exhaust system, said valving mechanism including a relief valve (38, 76, 96) having a first open position permitting flow of filtered exhaust to atmosphere and a second position restricting flow of the filtered exhaust until the pressure throughout the exhaust system reaches a pre-selected level; a reversing apparatus having a purge duct (27, 70) upstream of said trap and a mode valve associated with the purge duct (27, 70) for periodically creating a substantially instantaneous reverse pressure drop across porous walls of said trap fluidly connected to the purge duct (27, 70) to dislodge accumulated particulate cake and causing the filtered exhaust gas to flow back through the porous walls to remove the dislodged particulate from said trap and to be received in the purge duct (27, 70); and controls for for actuating the relief valve and the reversing apparatus and for starting and stopping a regeneration cycle, characterized in that the controls are configured to start the regeneration cycle by activating the relief valve (38, 76, 96) towards the second position until the pressure throughout the exhaust system reaches a pre-selected level between 1.38 bar (20 psig) to about 4.14 bar (60 psig); and after the pre-selected pressure level between 1.38 bar (20 psig) to about 2.41 bar (35 psig) is reached, opening the mode valve to thereby drop the pressure on the particulate cake to ambient, thereby creating the substantially instantaneous reverse pressure drop.